In the present research, activated carbon-supported sulfonic acid catalysts were synthesized and tested as pretreatment agents for conversion of switchgrass into glucose. The by reacting sulfuric acid, methanesulfonic p-toluenesulfonic with carbon. characterization suggested an increase in surface acidities, while area pore volumes decreased because sulfonation. Batch experiments performed 125 ...

Reactions of 4-hydroxycoumarin 1 with heterocyclic aldehydes 2-4 led to bis-4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives 5-7 under microwave irradiation as well the classical heating. The subsequent reactions products are described. 4,4’-Epoxydicoumarins 8, 9 were prepared by reaction in acetic acid / p-toluenesulfonic medium. Compound 10 was 5 anhydride presence sodium acetate. Dioxocine-1,15-dione 11 6 dich...

Previous work from this laboratory (1, 2) has demonstrated that the vasopressin from beef posterior pituitary lobes, after partial purification by the procedure of Kamm et al. (3), can be obtained in a high degree of purity by means of countercurrent distribution with the system 0.09 M p-toluenesulfonic acid-n-butyl alcohol. Although no detectable difference was observed in the physical propert...

We show that molecular catalysts for fuel-forming reactions can be immobilized on graphitic carbon electrode surfaces via noncovalent interactions. A pyrene-appended bipyridine ligand (P) serves as the linker between each complex and the surface. Immobilization of a rhodium proton-reduction catalyst, [Cp*Rh(P)Cl]Cl (1), and a rhenium CO2-reduction catalyst, Re(P)(CO)3Cl (2), afford electrocatal...

Poly(ester-acetals) have been prepared from isopropylideneglyceryI azelaaldehydate dimethyl acetal and from methyl azelaaldehydate glycerol acetal. Acid hydrolysis of isopropylideneglyceryl azelaaldehydate led to oligomeric poly (ester-acetals) with six to seven repeating units and carboxylic acid endgroups from which the sodium salt and the methyl ester could be prepared. The polymer sodium sa...

Ketones smoothly reacted with NBS in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid to give α-bromoketones in good yields in typical ionic liquids, such as [bmim]PF6 and [bmpy]Tf2N, and the ionic liquids could be repeatedly used for the same reaction after the extraction of the α-bromoketones. Then, the one-pot conversion of ketones into thiazoles by the treatment with NBS, and su...