Profiling the tuneable R-SMS-Phos structure in the rhodium(I)-catalyzed hydrogenation of olefins: the last stand?

A diversified family of enantiopure P-stereogenic "R-SMS-Phos" {R-SMS-Phos = 1,2-bis[(o-RO-phenyl)(phenyl)phosphino]ethane} ligands wherein R = branched or heteroatom-substituted alkyl, aralkyl, silyl, acyl, sulfonyl, etc. was screened for the Rh(I)-catalyzed hydrogenation of a representative set of olefinic substrates. This systematic and detailed investigation revealed a marked beneficial impact on enantioselectivity and catalyst activity in comparison to Knowles' ultimate DiPAMP {DiPAMP = 1,2-bis[(o-anisyl)(phenyl)phosphino]ethane} design. Mutant ligands with highly enhanced properties possessing particular features wherein the DiPAMP structure is found embedded were identified.     

She-She Interactions in a Polymer Matrix. Functionalization of Chloromethylated Crosslinked Poly-Styrene With Alkyl and Aryl Substituted Amines

Chloromethylated crosslinked polystyrene reacted with various alkyl and aryl substituted amines and besides the dispiacement reaction, additio-nai crosstinking took place. In reactions with disubstituted amines, e.g. piperidine or morphoiine, only substitution was observed, while in the case of monosubstituted amines additional crosslinking accompanying the dispiacement reaction depended on the structure of the amine, the degree of functionalization of the polystyrene, and the molar ratio between the Chloromethylated groups and the monosubstituted amines. Higher functionalization of polystyrene favoured a higher degree of additional crosslinking of the polystyrene network.     

Toward extracting $$\gamma $$ from $$B\rightarrow DK$$ without binning

SABRE (Sodium iodide with Active Background REjection) is a direct detection dark matter experiment based on arrays of radio-pure NaI(Tl) crystals. The experiment aims at achieving an ultra-low background rate and its primary goal is to confirm or refute the results from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. The SABRE Proof-of-Principle phase was carried out in 2020–2021 at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), in Italy. The next phase consists of two full-scale experiments: SABRE South at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory, in Australia, and SABRE North at LNGS. This paper focuses on SABRE South and presents a detailed simulation of the detector, which is used to characterise the background for dark matter searches including DAMA/LIBRA-like modulation. We estimate an overall background of 0.72 cpd/kg/\(\hbox {keV}_{\hbox {{ee}}}\) in the energy range 1–6 \(\hbox {keV}_{\hbox {{ee}}}\) primarily due to radioactive contamination in the crystals. Given this level of background and considering that the SABRE South has a target mass of 50 kg, we expect to exclude (confirm) DAMA/LIBRA modulation at \(4~(5)\sigma \) within 2.5 years of data taking.