We report the synthesis of a soluble perylene imide benzimidazole (PIBI) and its structural, thermotropic, optical and electrochemical characterization with emphasis on discotic liquid crystalline properties.

The synthesis, optical, electrochemical and physical characterization of 2,7-bis(pentafluorophenylethynyl)hexafluoroheterofluorenes is described along with a preliminary evaluation of their performance in photovoltaic applications.

In this investigation some preliminary results are reported about the electrochemical oxidation of CO using goldbased encapsulated nanoparticles grafted on conducting substrate. The investigation has been planned in four steps: 1. production of Au(111) substrate and modification with self assembled monolayers; 2. synthesis and embedding of nanoparticles; 3. grafting of encapsulated nanoparticle...

Electrochemistry in combination with mass spectrometry is emerging as a versatile analytical technique in the imitation of oxidative drug metabolism during the early stages of drug discovery and development. Here, we present electrochemical O-dealkylation of phenacetin to acetaminophen by square-wave potential pulses consisting of consecutive sub-second oxidation and reduction steps. This O-dea...

While preparative electrolysis of organic molecules has been an active area of research over the past century, modern synthetic chemists have generally been reluctant to adopt this technology. In fact, electrochemical methods possess many benefits over traditional reagent-based transformations, such as high functional group tolerance, mild conditions, and innate scalability and sustainability. ...

When urea is added to Ureaplasma urealyticum, it is hydrolysed internally by a cytosolic urease. Under our measuring conditions, and at an external pH of 6.0, urea hydrolysis caused an ammonia chemical potential equivalent to almost 80 mV and, simultaneously, an increase in proton electrochemical potential (delta p) of about 24 mV with resultant de novo ATP synthesis. Inhibition of the urease w...

The electrochemical and chemical modification of carbon by reduction of diazonium salts attracted a lot of interest in the past decade. The major disadvantage of the modification approach based on aryl diazonium salt is that the synthesis of the salt is required. Indeed, the synthesis and isolation of the diazonium salt are not always straightforward. The synthesis is commonly carried out in ac...

electrosynthesis process has been used for preparation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles. zinc sulfide nanoparticles in different size and shapes were electrodeposited by electrolysis of zinc plate as anode in sodium sulfide solution. effects of several reaction variables, such as electrolysis voltage, sulfide ion concentration as reactant, stirring rate of electrolyte solution and temperature on p...

Flow electrochemistry is an efficient methodology to generate radical intermediates. An electrochemical flow microreactor has been designed and manufactured to improve the efficiency of electrochemical flow reactions. With this device only little or no supporting electrolytes are needed, making processes less costly and enabling easier purification. This is demonstrated by the facile synthesis ...