Tetrachlorosilane Catalyzed Dithioacetalization

Tetrachlorosilane was found to be a mild as well as selective catalyst for dithioacetalization of the carbonyl compounds.     

On 2-factor hamiltonian regular bipartite graphs

A k-regular bipartite graph is said to be 2-factor hamiltonian if each of its 2-factor is hamiltonian. It is well known that if a k-regular bipartite graph is 2-factor hamiltonian, then k?Q3. In this paper, we give a new proof of this fact.     

Synthesis and evaluation of the catalytic properties of semicarbazides derived from N-triphenylmethyl-aziridine-2-carbohydrazides

A straightforward synthesis of a series of new catalysts derived from N-triphenylmethyl-aziridine-2-carbohydrazides is described. The new compounds have been tested for the enantioselective addition of diethyl- and phenylethynylzinc to aryl and alkyl aldehydes, which afforded the corresponding chiral alcohols in high chemical yields (up to 92%) and with excellent ee’s of approximately 90%.     

Non-singular space-times with a negative cosmological constant: V. Boson stars

We prove existence of large families of solutions of Einstein-complex scalar field equations with a negative cosmological constant, with a stationary or static metric and a time-periodic complex scalar field.     

Thermal transformation of polyacrylonitrile deposited on SBA-15 type silica

Thermogravimetry, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used for the studying of thermally induced structural changes of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) deposited on the surface of SBA-15 type mesoporous silica. Polymer was introduced onto the support by the precipitation polymerization of acrylonitrile in aqueous suspension of SBA-15. Low temperature transformation (to 723?K) of the deposited PAN was analyzed. It was found that at about 523?K, exothermic cyclization of polymer chains to the so-called ladder form of PAN occurred. However, the total cyclization of PAN required higher carbonization temperatures, at which gradual dehydrogenation followed by graphitization was initiated. XPS revealed that the cyclic form of PAN and a relatively large amount of carbonyl species, formed during the carbonization of the PAN/SBA-15 composite at 623?K, were responsible for the high sorption capacity in the methyl?Cethyl ketone (MEK) vapor elimination. The efficiency in the MEK adsorption was also influenced by the content of PAN-derived carbon deposited on the SBA-15 surface.