Capture of di-protonated [2.2.2]cryptand in the cavity of two p-sulfonated calixarenes as part of 2-D bi-layer lanthanide coordination polymers

Treating p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene with lanthanide ions, Ln3+ (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm and Eu), in the presence of [2.2.2]cryptand results in a 2-D bi-layer coordination polymer with axially elongated diprotonated cryptand in the cavity of two p-sulfonatocalix[4]arenes.     

Photoelectrochemical study of Zn cytochrome-c immobilised on a nanoporous metal oxide electrode

Transient optical spectroscopies and photocurrent action spectra are used to demonstrate photoinduced charge separation between zinc-substituted cytochrome c and a nanocrystalline TiO2 electrode.     

A novel piezo-optical styrene sensor incorporating polymer-supported tribromide ion

Encapsulation of Amberlyst A-26 supported tribromide in a 10,000 MW polyethylene glycol matrix gives a robust colour-sensitive reagent matrix which can be deposited on indium-tin oxide coated polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric film for the detection of styrene (and other alkene) vapours.     

Ni(II) N4-macrocycle grafted crown ether: caesium cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide) coordination polymer

A mixture of a Ni(TMTAA) grafted crown ether and Cs[Co(C2B9H11)2] in toluene-CH2Cl2 affords a 1:1 complex, comprised of layers of infinite two-dimensional polymeric arrays separated by layers of the cobalticarborane anion which themselves form two B-H...Cs+ hydrogen interactions.     

Clinical investigations of catecholaminergic systems using liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

Catecholamine levels in body fluids are reliable biochemical markers of several types of tumors, cardiovascular diseases and hereditary and metabolic disorders. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (RPLC-EC) is now the method of choice for catecholamine analysis.     

Reaction between 1-arenesulphonyl-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles and nucleoside base residues. Elucidation of the nature of side-reactions during oligonucleotide synthesis.

The protected guanosine and uridine derivatives (3a, 3b and 4) react with 1-(mesitylene-2-sulphonyl)-3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole (MSNT, 2a) to give 5a, 5b and 7, respectively: 9 is converted into 10 in the same way. The reactions proceed more rapidly in the presence of diphenyl phosphate.