Succinic acid esters are important compounds that find many applications in various industrial fields. One of the most promising and easy ways producing these molecules is represented by bis-alkoxycarbonylation reaction olefins. In particular, a recently developed catalytic system, consisting an aryl ?-diimine/palladium(II) catalyst p-benzoquinone as oxidant, has allowed succinates to be obtain...

The synthesis and solution and solid-state structural characterization of a family of amine bis(phenolate) [ONNO]-vanadium complexes is reviewed. These compounds have oxi dation states ranging from vanadium(II) to vanadium(V), and were evaluated as olefin polymerization catalysts. In association with EtAlCl2 cocatalyst, we studied the homo polymerization of ethylene, propene, and 1-hexene, as w...

A heterobimetallic catalyst, {Ti--Cr}, consisting of a constrained-geometry titanium olefin polymerization center (CGC(Et)Ti) covalently linked to a chromium bis(thioether)amine ethylene trimerization center (SNSCr) was synthesized and fully characterized. In ethylene homopolymerizations it affords linear low-density polyethylene with molecular weights as high as 460 kg·mol(-1) and exclusively ...

1-Vinylcycloalkenes undergo highly regio- and enantioselective (>98% ee) 1,4-hydrovinylation (HV) when treated with ethylene (1 atm) at room temperature in the presence of [(S,S)-2,4-bis-diphenylphosphinopentane (BDPP)]CoCl(2) (0.05 equiv) and methylaluminoxane. The minor 1,2-HV products, seen only in 1-vinylcyclohexene (~15%) and 1-vinylcycloheptene (2%), are formed as racemic mixtures. The co...

To tailor the erosion rate of polyanhydrides while retaining their surface erosion characteristics, new three-component polyanhydrides of sebacic acid, 1,3-bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)propane and poly(ethylene glycol) were synthesized. The hydrophilicity of the polymer increased and its mechanical strength decreased with increasing PEG content. Correspondingly, the erosion rate increases with increasi...

Schiff base condensation of benzil bis(hydrazone) with formaldehyde, acetone and benzaldehyde and its nickel(II) complexes were synthesised. Preparation of the free ligands was accomplished by refluxing benzil with hydrazine derivatives in 1:10 mole ratios in ethylene glycol. The spectral characterisation of hydrazone based 14-membered octaaza macrocyclic complexes of nickel(II) was undertaken....

A series of ethylene bis-imidazoles was synthesized via a novel microwave-mediated synthesis. Biological testing on eight isozymes of carbonic anhydrase (CA) present in the human brain revealed compounds with nanomolar potency against CA VA and CA VII, also displaying excellent selectivity against other CA isozymes present in this organ.

A new bis(indenyl)zirconocene bearing a pendant Si-Cl anchor has been grafted onto MCM-41, SBA-15, MCM-48 and a disordered mesoporous silica for the polymerisation of ethylene and propylene, producing polymers with very high molecular weights, low polydispersities and, in the case of polypropylene, higher levels of isotacticity than obtainable with analogous homogeneous systems.

The author synthesized a Green reagent N, N1-bis (4-dimethyl amino benzyl) ethylene diamine for the analysis of heavy metals namely Fe, Cd, Cr, Cu and Co by FAAS using Amberlite-XAD-16 in various environmental samples. The results shows good recovery compared with the results obtained with Cytosine. Effects of pH, reagent concentration, flowrate, volume of sample etc were studied.