We present PLTplot, a plotting package for PLT Scheme. PLTplot provides a basic interface for producing common types of plots such as line and vector field plots from Scheme functions and data, an advanced interface for producing customized plot types, and support for standard curve fitting. It incorporates renderer constructors, transformers from data to its graphical representation, as values...

The O-alkylation of carboxylic acids with diazo compounds provides a means to esterify carboxylic acids in aqueous solution. A Hammett analysis of the reactivity of diazo compounds derived from phenylglycinamide revealed that the (p-methylphenyl)glycinamide scaffold has an especially high reaction rate and ester/alcohol product ratio and esterifies protein carboxyl groups more efficiently than ...

The copper complex Tp(CF3)2,BrCu(NCMe) efficiently catalyses the aziridination of olefins in water using PhI=NTs as nitrene source, with identical activity than that observed when dichloromethane solvent, under same experimental conditions. No specific modification catalyst or substrates are required, nor presence additional phase transfer catalyst. Competition experiments and Hammett plots sho...

The use of transition-metal catalysis to form new C C bonds is an important tool in organic synthesis. Palladiumand nickel-catalyzed C C bond-forming reactions have been extensively explored and are well understood. The use of iron as the catalyst has gained much less attention, despite the innovative work of Kochi et al. in the 1970s. Recently, several groups have turned their attention toward...