Eight new iron(III) amine-bis(phenolate) complexes are reported. The reaction of anhydrous FeX(3) salts (where X = Cl or Br) with the diprotonated tripodal tetradentate ligands 2-tetrahydrofurfurylamino-N,N-bis(2-methylene-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol), H(2)L1, 2-tetrahydrofurfurylamino-N,N-bis(2-methylene-4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol), H(2)L2, and 2-methoxyethylamino-N,N-bis(2-methylene-4,6-di-tert-...

This study was motivated by our recent observation that the analytical reagent Nitron (2) is an "instant carbene", whose reaction with coinage metal salts MX afforded complexes of its carbenic tautomer 1,4-diphenyl-3-phenylamino-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene (2'). Our aim was to establish an alkyl homologue of 2 in order to achieve a carbenic tautomer of higher donicity. For this purpose 1-tert-butyl...

Lithium compounds of tetradentate amino-bis(phenolato)-tetrahydrofuranyl ligands, Li(2)[L1] (1) and Li(2)[L2] (2) (where [L1] = 2-tetrahydrofuranyl-N,N-bis(2-methylene-4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenolate), and [L2] = 2-tetrahydrofuranyl-N,N-bis(2-methylene-4,6-tert-butylphenolate)) were characterized by multinuclear solution NMR and solid-state (6)Li and (7)Li NMR spectroscopy. The proligands, n-pro...

densities and viscosities of binary mixtures of methyl tert-butyl ether (mtbe) with 1-alkanols include 1-butanol, or +1-pentanol, or +1-hexanol, or +1-heptanol were measured as a function of composition from 293.15 to 308.15 k at atmospheric pressure. the temperatures studied were 293.15, 298.15, 303.15 and 308.15 k. the experimental results have been used to calculate the viscosity deviation d...

Tert-butyl carbazate (1) reacted with ammonium thiocyanate and phenyl isothiocyanate to afford the corresponding 5-tert-butoxy-4H-1, 2, 4-triazole-3-thiol (3) 5-tert-butoxy-4-phenyl-2H1, 2, 4-triazole-3(4H)-thione 5 respectively. Compound (1) also reacted with carbon disulfide and potassium hydroxide to afford 5-tert-butoxy-1, 3, 4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione 6. Treatment of 6 with methyl iodide, 2...

The marine natural product flustramine A was synthesised via oxidative cyclisation of Nb-methylated 1-prenyl-2-tert-prenyl-6-bromotryptamine and subsequent reduction of the resulting amidinium salt. Only the tert-prenyl group migrated, whereas the 1-prenyl group remained in place. Interestingly, the 2-tert-prenylated precursor revealed to be the biologically most active of our entire series of ...

A microbial consortium that degrades ethyl-tert-butyl ether (ETBE) as the sole source of carbon and energy under aerobic conditions was selected from a gasoline-polluted soil. This consortium consists of a variety of microorganisms with a predominance of filamentous morphology. Degradation of ETBE was found to be solely related to bacterial activity. After prolonged cultivation followed by succ...

In a gasoline-contaminated site in Düsseldorf, Germany a two-year monitoring program was carried out to determine the presence, behavior, and fate of 12 gasoline additives in a total of 96 samples from 14 groundwater wells. The origin of contamination was suspected to be a gasoline spill at a gas station. Target compounds were methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE), its main degradation products, tert-...

background: methyl tert -butyl ether (mtbe) has been commercially used as an octane enhancer to replace tetraethyl lead in gasoline since 1979. the high mobility, water solubility, and resistance to natural attenuation associated with mtbe may re­sult in contamination of ground and surface waters. in this investigation the degradation of aqueous mtbe at relatively high concentrations was studie...