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Complexation of phosphine ligands with peracetylated β-cyclodextrin in supercritical carbon dioxide: Effect of temperature and cosolvent on the equil…
2009
Abstract The interaction between peracetylated-β-cyclodextrin and tert-butyl and adamantyl functionalized triphenylphosphine derivatives was studied in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ) based solvent media by UV–vis spectroscopy. The equilibrium constant for a 1:1 complexation reaction was obtained from titration spectra both in pure carbon dioxide and in the presence of methanol as a cosolvent in the temperature range 308–323 K to estimate the internal energy and entropy of the inclusion equilibrium. The values of the equilibrium constants were found significantly smaller than those obtained in aqueous solution with analogous phosphines and substantially independent of the nature of t…
Pyrolysis of Tall Oil-Derived Fatty and Resin Acid Mixtures
2012
Neutralised mixtures of tall oil-derived fatty acids and resin acids were separately pyrolysed (at 750∘C for 20 s) by pyrolysis gas chromatography with mass-selective and flame ionisation detection (Py-GC/MSD/FID) to clarify their thermochemical behaviour. The pyrolysate of fatty acid salts characteristically contained high amounts of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and minor amounts of monoaromatics, whereas the pyrolysis of resin acid salts mainly resulted in the formation of aromatics with up to three benzene rings and only in very low amounts of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The data obtained are useful when considering the suitability of various tall oil products containing fatty and resi…
Sustainable carbon–carbon bond formation catalyzed by new oxamate-containing palladium(II) complexes in ionic liquids
2013
Abstract New and versatile bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes of formula ( n -Bu 4 N) 2 [Pd(2-Mepma) 2 ]·4H 2 O ( 1a ) and ( n -Bu 4 N) 2 [Pd(4-Mepma) 2 ]·2H 2 O·MeCN ( 1b ) ( n -Bu 4 N + = tetra- n -buthylammonium, 2-Mepma = N -2-methylphenyloxamate and 4-Mepma = N -4-methylphenyloxamate) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each palladium(II) ion in 1a and 1b is four-coordinate with two oxygen and two nitrogen atoms from two fully deprotonated oxamate ligands building a centrosymmetric square planar surrounding. Their catalytic role has been investigated for both Heck and Suzuki coupling reactions using a series of aryl…
The effect of iron on the biodegradation of natural dissolved organic matter
2016
Iron (Fe) may alter the biodegradation of dissolved organic matter (DOM), by interacting with (DOM), phosphorus (P) and microbes. We isolated DOM and a bacterial community from boreal lake water and examined bacterial growth on DOM in laboratory experiments. Fe was introduced either together with DOM (DOM-Fe) or into bacterial suspension, which led to the formation of insoluble Fe-precipitates on bacterial surfaces (Fe coating). In the latter case, the density of planktonic bacteria was an order of magnitude lower than that in the corresponding treatment without introduced Fe. The association of Fe with DOM decreased bacterial growth, respiration, and growth efficiency compared with DOM alo…
UHPLC-Orbitrap mass spectrometric characterization of organic aerosol from a central European city (Mainz, Germany) and a Chinese megacity (Beijing)
2018
Abstract Fine urban aerosol particles with aerodynamic equivalent dimeter ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) were collected in Mainz (a city within the Rhine-Main area, the third largest metropolitan region in Germany) and Beijing (Chinese megacity). A solvent mixture of acetonitrile-water was used to extract the organic aerosol fraction (OA) from the particle samples. The extracts were analyzed by an ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometer (UHRMS) Orbitrap coupled with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) both in the negative and positive ion mode. The number of compounds observed in Beijing is a factor of 2–10 higher compared to Mainz. The clear differences on chemical composition of OA in th…
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in indoor emission from decorative candles
2011
Abstract This study investigates PAHs indoor emissions from burning decorative candle in an indoor environment because emissions from burning wax in home have rarely been addressed. A total of 12 air samples were collected during the entire burning period of the decorative candles. Particulate and gaseous PAHs emissions were simultaneously measured by passing effluent through a filter (to collect particulate-phase PAHs), a cold trap and ORBO 43 tubes (to capture gaseous-phase PAHs). Analysis involved ultrasound extraction, followed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The measured total PAHs concentration (particulate + aqueous phase + gas phases) for the candles, reported as ma…
Molecular Recognition-Induced Function and Competitive Replacement by Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions: Amphiphilic Barbituric Acid Derivatives, 2,4,6-…
1998
The phenomenon of molecular recognition inducing further function is common in nature. However, there are few synthetic systems which achieve this cascade type mechanism, and those are generally ca...
Configurational effects in17O NMR chemical shifts of hydroxyl-substituted, bicyclo [2.2.1]heptenes and -heptanes, their methylated derivatives and so…
1993
Well resolved natural abundance 17O NMR spectra of 27 mono-, di-, tri- and tetrahydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes and -heptanes (norbornenes or norbornanes), their methylated derivatives and some related compounds were measured for 0.5 M or saturated solutions in acetonitrile at 65°C. In addition, the 17O NMR chemical shifts of 14 aliphatic and alicyclic alcohols were also determined for reference purposes. The 17O NMR chemical shifts of all compounds were assigned. Both methyl- and hydroxyl-induced deshielding β-effects were consistent with those reported in the literature. Similarly, observed shielding γ-effects were in agreement with the earlier observations and characteristic especially for…
Soil microbial and microfaunal communities and organic matter quality in reindeer winter and summer ranges in Finnish subarctic mountain birch forests
2008
Abstract Reindeer husbandry has significant influences on the aboveground plant communities and the structure of the mountain birch forests in the Fennoscandian subarctic. We investigated how the reindeer-mediated aboveground changes affect soil microbial and microfaunal communities and enzymatic activities. We hypothesized that in areas with intensive summer browsing by reindeer, the carbon flow to belowground is reduced, but the carbon substances are more readily degradable. This is likely to influence both the abundance and the trophic structure of microbial and microfaunal communities. However, despite large differences in the vegetation, the reindeer ranges did not differ in the amount…
Synthesis, characterization, and complexation of tetraarylborates with aromatic cations and their use in chemical sensors.
2005
Five aromatic borate anions, namely tetrakis(4-phenoxyphenyl)borate (1), tetrakis(biphenyl)borate (2), tetrakis(2-naphthyl)borate (3), tetrakis(4-phenylphenol)borate (4), and tetrakis(4-phenoxy)borate (5), have been prepared and tested as ion-recognition sites in chemical sensors for certain aromatic cations and metal ions. To gain further insight into the complexation of the cations, some complexes have been prepared and structurally characterized. The complexation behavior of 1 and 2 towards N-methylpyridinium (6), 1-ethyl-4-(methoxycarbonyl)pyridinium (7), tropylium (8), imidazolium (9), and 1-methylimidazolium (10) cations has been studied, and the stability constants of the complexes o…