Multivalent neoglycoconjugates by regiospecific cycloaddition of alkynes and azides using organic-soluble copper catalysts

[reaction: see text] The construction of multivalent neoglycoconjugates is efficiently achieved by the regiospecific catalytic cycloaddition of alkynes and azides using the organic-soluble copper complexes (Ph(3)P)(3).CuBr and (EtO)(3)P.CuI. The simultaneous use of microwave irradiation shortened notably the reaction times.     

SEM/EDX and vis spectrophotometry study of the stability of resin-bound mortars used for casting replicas and filling missing parts of historic stone fountains

A study by SEM/EDX and spectrophotometry in the visible region attempting to assess the stability of new resin-bound mortars used for casting replicas of marble historic fountains is presented in this paper. Different accelerating tests such as thermal ageing, UV light ageing, ageing in an SO(2) pollutant chamber, freezing cycles ageing, salt crystallisation ageing, natural ageing and biological attack have been applied to a series of test specimens prepared with polyester-, epoxy- and gel-coat-bound mortars. Examination of morphology, measurement of chemical composition and chromatic coordinates before and after ageing treatments establish the higher stability and resistance properties of these resin-bound mortars by comparison to those from the natural marbles.     

Electrocatalytic intercalator-induced winding of double-stranded DNA with polyaniline

The intercalation of doxorubicin into double-stranded DNA stimulates the electocatalyzed oxidation of aniline to polyaniline and its winding on the DNA template.     

Dilithiated phosphazenes: scaffolds for the synthesis of olefins through a new class of bicyclic 1,2-oxaphosphetanes

The first examples of the PN-directed dilithiation of (N-methoxycarbonyl)phosphazenes in the C(alpha) and C(ortho) to the phosphorus, and the use of these dianions in the formation of tri- and tetra-substituted olefins through stereospecific thermolysis of a new type of isolable bicyclic 1,2-oxaphosphetanes are described.     

Ring opening metathesis polymerization on non-covalently functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Norbornene polymerization has been initiated selectively on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) via a specifically adsorbed pyrene-linked ROMP initiator, resulting in a homogeneous non-covalent poly(norbornene) coating.     

Extracting Algorithms from Intuitionistic Proofs

This paper presents a new method - which does not rely on the cut-elimination theorem - for characterizing the provably total functions of certain intuitionistic subsystems of arithmetic. The new method hinges on a realizability argument within an infinitary language. We illustrate the method for the intuitionistic counterpart of Buss's theory S, and we briefly sketch it for the other levels of bounded arithmetic and for the theory IΣ₁.     

Quantitative evaluation of the catalytic activity of dendrimers with only one active center at the core: application to the nitroaldol (Henry) reaction

One reference tertiary amine and three families of structurally related trialkylamines and dendrimers have been synthesized, characterized, and studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The catalytic activity of these amines in the nitroaldol (Henry) reaction between 2-nitroethanol and benzaldehyde has been measured by FT-IR spectroscopy. It is found that, in this kind of molecule with only one catalytic center at the core, the efficiency of the catalytic process decreases with the size and/or the degree of ramification of the dendrimer. According to these results, there is a linear departure from the behavior predicted by the hard sphere collision theory (HSCT) as the size of the dendrimer increases. Therefore, the behavior of structurally related dendrimers can be quantified in terms of their molecular weight and reagent accessible surfaces.     

Fluorimetric enzymatic flow-injection determination of bile acids in human serum

Summary A fast, simple and convenient method for the individual and total determination of bile acids based on the enzymatic oxidation of the analytes and the fluorimetric measurement of a reaction product (the reduced form of the coenzyme, NADH) is proposed. The method allows the determination of the analytes (taurocholic, chenocholic, glycocholic and chenodesoxycholic acid) over the range of 0.3–10.0 g ml^–1, with an r.s.d. smaller than 3.0% in each case. It was applied to the determination of total bile acids in human serum. The simplicity of the method makes it useful for screening clinical samples in order to avoid implementing chromatographic processes on samples with analyte overall contents clearly below pathological limits.     

Transition structure in a diabatic surface formalism

The theory of an implementation of the diabatic surface model within the Heitler–London valence bond approach is described. It is shown that the HL –VB wave function can be obtained from a Van-Vleck transformation of an MC –SCF wave function which has been built from atom-localized orbitals. This wave function is built from a superposition of two diabatic components, reactantlike and productlike. The transition structure is then obtained as the minimum of the seam of intersection of the diabatic surfaces and the algorithm for performing this constrained optimization is described. Several areas of application are also discussed.     

Selective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds containing o- and n-benzyl groups with hydrazine and raney nickel

The selectiity in the catalytic reduction of aromatic nitro compounds containing O-benzyl, N-benzyl or chlorine with hydrazine and Raney nickel was studied.