We use the model of covalent magnetism and its application to magnetic insulators applied to the case of insulating carbon doped BaTiO3. Since the usual Stoner mechanism is not applicable we study the possibility of the formation of magnetic order based on a mechanism favoring singly occupied orbitals. On the basis of our model parameters we formulate a criterion similar to the Stoner criterion...

The triplex approach to DNA recognition is exploited to direct covalent inter-strand cross-links to unique locations within a pre-assembled DNA nanostructure. This approach can be used to improve the stability of DNA nanostructures and demonstrates the feasibility of directing other reactive groups to unique locations within these complexes.

The interaction between the Streptomyces R61 penicillin-sensitive DD-peptidase and deacetyl-cephalosporin C or its lactone derivative has been studied at different pH values. The results show the importance of an enzyme group of pK g 9 which might form an ion pair with the free carboxylate of the former compound. This electrostatic interaction is shown to contribute to the formation of the firs...

Chalcone/flavanone interconversion occurs facilely under aqueous alkaline conditions making it a promising scaffold for the development of a covalent molecular switch. In this study, a single methoxy substituent is shown to have a significant impact on the equilibrium dynamics of this reaction; this impact is dependent on the site of substitution.

A domino addition-lactonization pathway has been applied to a dynamic covalent resolution protocol, leading to efficient oxathiazinanone formation as well as chiral discrimination. A new, double biocatalytic pathway has furthermore been proposed and evaluated where the initial product inhibition could be efficiently circumvented.

A series of octakis(alkyloxy)-substituted Zn(II)-phthalocyanines were efficiently incorporated into an organogel made of (1R,2R)-trans-1,2-bis(dodecanoylamino)cyclohexane by means of multiple cooperative non-covalent interactions, and SEM revealed the formation of unique brush-like nanostructures.

Wavelength- and time-resolved fluorescence experiments have been performed on the photoactive yellow protein, the E46Q mutant, the hybrids of these proteins containing a nonisomerizing "locked" chromophore, and the native and locked chromophores in aqueous solution. The ultrafast dynamics of these six systems is compared and spectral signatures of isomerization and solvation are discussed. We f...

The effect of aryl substitution on various aspects of the interconversion of ortho-hydroxychalcones and flavanones has been studied using multiple spectroscopic techniques. Derivatization of the core scaffold predictably alters the midpoint pH of this equilibration process suggesting its viability for application as a functional colorimetric molecular switch.

Substrate association and asymmetric induction in oxazaborolidinium-catalyzed cycloadditions of maleimides are shown to depend strongly on the catalyst's aromatic substituents. Favourable dispersive forces bias complexation to the catalyst's convex (exo) face exposing a single diastereoface of the substrate preferentially.

The Sn(IV) atom in the title carboxyl-ate-bridged polymer, [Sn(C(7)H(7))(3)(C(9)H(7)O(2))](n), exists in a trans-C(3)SnO(2) trigonal-bipyramidal geometry (average covalent Sn-O = 2.167 Å, average dative Sn-O = 2.361 Å and average O-Sn-O = 169.6°). The polymer propagates as a helical chain along the b axis with a repeat distance that is half the b-axial length. There are four independent formula...