Borenium ion catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes with N-heterocyclic carbene-boranes

Treatment of alkenes such as 3-hexene, 3-octene, and 1-cyclohexyl-1-butene with the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-derived borane 2 and catalytic HNTf(2) (Tf = trifluoromethanesulfonyl (CF(3)SO(2))) effects hydroboration at room temperature. With 3-hexene, surprisingly facile migration of the boron atom from C(3) of the hexyl group to C(2) was observed over a time scale of minutes to hours. Oxidative workup gave a mixture of alcohols containing 2-hexanol as the major product. A similar preference for the C(2) alcohol was observed after oxidative workup of the 3-octene and 1-cyclohexyl-1-butene hydroborations. NHC-borenium cations (or functional equivalents) are postulated as the species that accomplish the hydroborations, and the C(2) selective migrations are attributed to the four-center interconversion of borenium cations with cationic NHC-borane-olefin π-complexes.     

A new chiral sulfinyl-NH-pyridine ligand for Ir-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation reaction

A new flexible C₁-symmetric tridentate ligand (S)-N-(2-(tert-butylsulfinyl)benzyl)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)methanamine sulfoxide (L1) was successfully prepared and utilized as a chiral ligand for Ir(I)-catalyzed ATH (asymmetric transfer hydrogenation) reactions. Without any cooperation of other chiral center, encouraging ee and conversion values have been achieved, which provide us a better understanding on these types of ligands and a new strategy to develop new high-efficiency chiral catalysts for asymmetric reaction.     

Fading Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Polyvinylpyrrolidone with Eosin Y

在弱酸性HC1-NaAc缓冲介质中,曙红Y（EY）在可见光区有强烈的光吸收,其最大吸收波长(lmax)位于517 nm处,而聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)在250-700 nm之间无光吸收,当EY与PVP反应形成结合产物时,EY发生明显的褪色作用,最大褪色波长仍位于517 nm,并在545 nm处出现一个较小的吸收峰。其褪色程度（DA）与PVP浓度在0.40~3.20 µg mL-1范围成线性关系,此褪色反应的灵敏度高,摩尔吸光系数(ε)是6.4 × 106 L mol-1 cm-1,对PVP的检出限为0.12 µg mL-1。并研究了反应的影响因素,结果表明方法具有较好的选择性,据此发展了一种曙红Y褪色分光光度法测定PVP的新方法。方法简便快速,可用于啤酒中PVP的定量测定。     

热核Laplacian的谱隙以及紧致分解

推广了热核Laplacian的谱隙的一个结果,并且证明了双曲空间上热核Laplacian的紧致分解性.     

ChemInform Abstract: Tetrakis(tetramethylammonium) Tricarbonatodioxidouranate Octahydrate.

Single crystals of (Me₄N)₄ [UO₂(CO₃)₃]·8H₂O are grown by slow evaporation (25 °C, 6 weeks) of an aqueous solution of uranyl 1‐hydroxyethane‐1,1‐diphosphonate and Me₄NOH.     

Superhydrophobicity-improved Ethanol-Water Separation

Efficient separation of biofuels from fermentation broths vis pervaporation plays an important role in addressing the global challenges, such as developing renewable energy. Great efforts have been continuously devoted in the past decades to developing high-performance pervaporation membranes. A recent report published in Science by Zhao et al. showed that a superhydrophobic surface could contribute significantly to improving the pervaporation separation of ethanol-water mixture, which will generate broad interest for the new design of separation membranes.