The crystal structure of the proton-transfer compound of 1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (benzidine) with 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid, viz. 1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diaminium bis(4'-amino-1,1'-biphenyl-4-aminium) tetrakis(2-carboxy-4,6-dinitrophenolate) ethanol disolvate, C(12)H(14)N(2)(2+)x2C(12)H(13)N(2)(+)x4C(7)H(3)N(2)O(7)(-)x2C(2)H(6)O, shows the presence of both diprotonated and monoprotonated benzidi...

In the title compound, C(3)H(12)N(2) (2+)·2BF(4) (-)·2C(12)H(24)O(6), the central C atom of the propane-1,3-diammonium cation lies on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis. The terminal NH(3) (+) groups insert into the crown rings through strong N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, resulting in the formation of a 1:2 supra-molecular [(C(3)H(12)N(2))·(C(12)H(24)O(6))(2)](2+) complex. The ani...

In the crystal structure of the title amino alcohol derivative, C(9)H(24)N(2)O(2+)·2Cl(-), the cations and anions are linked by inter-molecular O-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.

A series of anhydrous cerium(III) trifluoroacetate complexes with neutral O-donor ligands, namely Ce2(OAc)(TFA)5(DMF)3 (1), Ce(TFA)3(L)x [x = 2, L = THF (2), DMF (3), DMSO (4); x = 1, L = diglyme (5)] and Ce2(TFA)6(DMSO)x(DMF)y [x = 6, y = 0 (6); x = 4, y = 2 (7)] (where OAc = acetate, TFA = trifluoroacetate, THF = tetrahydrofuran, DMF = dimethylformamide, DMSO = dimethylsulphoxide, and diglyme...

Ionic liquid 1,3-disulfonic acid imidazolium trifluoroacetate ([Dsim][TFA]) has been exploited as a highly efficient catalyst for the one-pot pseudo five-component reaction of phenylhydrazine (2 eq.) with ethyl acetoacetate (2 eq.) and arylaldehydes (1 eq.) in ethanol (reflux conditions). In this reaction, 4,4′‐(arylmethylene)‐bis(3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐ pyrazol‐5‐ol)s have been obtained in high ...

Aqueous solutions of tetrabutylphosphonium trifluoroacetate, [P4444]CF3COO, exhibit a liquid-liquid phase transition with a lower critical solution temperature. Herein, we characterized the constituent ions, [P4444](+) and CF3COO(-), in terms of their effects on the molecular organization of H2O on the basis of 1-propanol probing methodology devised by Koga et al. The resulting characterization...

The crystal structure of the title compound, C(10)H(26)N(2) (2+)·2NO(3) (-), exhibits a back-to-back paired double-stacked packing arrangement culminating in an overall double zigzag pattern of the dications. Each pair of double-stacked dications is surrounded by a ring of ten nitrate anions. An intricate three-dimensional N---H...O and N---H...(O,O) hydrogen-bonding network exists in the cryst...

Trifunctional organocatalysts and mimicking the active site of serine hydrolases showed high catalytic activity with up to a 3,700,000-fold acceleration for the acyl-transfer reactions from vinyl trifluoroacetate to alcohol.