Rhodium and platinum nanoparticles were supported in polymeric membranes with 10, 20 and 40 μm thickness. The polymeric membranes were prepared combining cellulose acetate and the ionic liquid (IL) 1-n-butyl3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (BMI.(NTf) 2 . The presence of metal nanoparticles induced an increase in the polymeric membrane surface areas. The increase of the IL...

The title compound, C(15)H(14)O(2), was obtained by Friedel-Crafts acyl-ation between 2,5-dimethyl-phenol and benzoyl chloride in the presence of aluminium chloride as a catalyst. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 61.95 (4)°. In the crystal, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding and C-H⋯O weak inter-actions lead to polymeric C(6), C(8) and C(11) chains along the a, b and c-axis directions, respe...

New biodegradable surface active agents were prepared by glycosidation of prehydrolysis lignin with the D-glucose using anhydrous ferric chloride as the catalyst which afforded polymeric alkyl, benzyl and aryl glucofuranoside derivatives of lignin. Moreover, a series of novel lignin-based surface active agents was obtained by subsequent Oxidation of the primary alcohol groups of u-glucose into ...

{Rh(xantphos)}-based phosphido dimers form by P-C activation of xantphos (4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxanthene) in the presence of amine-boranes. These dimers are active dehydrocoupling catalysts, forming polymeric [H2 BNMeH]n from H3 B⋅NMeH2 and dimeric [H2 BNMe2 ]2 from H3 B⋅NMe2 H at low catalyst loadings (0.1 mol %). Mechanistic investigations support a dimeric active species, su...

The objective of the study is the development of a new technique based on supercritical technology for the production of bioabsorbable polymeric microparticles containing pharmaceutical principles, for their use in the controlled release of medicines. For this purpose, the ring-opening copolymerization of D,L-lactide and glycolide in supercritical carbon dioxide, using zinc(II) 2-ethylhexanoate...

A new type of supported rhodium nanoparticles were reproducibly prepared from N(2)H(4)BH(3) reduction of [Rh(μ-Cl)(1,5-cod)](2) without using any solid support and pre-treatment technique. Their characterization shows the formation of well dispersed rhodium(0) nanoparticles within the framework of a polyaminoborane based polymeric support. These new rhodium(0) nanoparticles were found to be the...

In processive catalysis, a catalyst binds to a substrate and remains bound while performing several consecutive reactions, as exemplified by DNA polymerases. Processivity is essential in Nature, and is often mediated by a clamp-like structure that physically tethers the catalyst to its (polymeric) template. In the case of the bacteriophage T4 replisome, a dedicated clamp protein acts as a proce...