Cu(NO3)2 · 3 H2O as an Efficient Reagent for the Chemoselective Trimethylsilylation of Primary Alcohols and Oxidation of Trimethylsilyl Ethers

Abstract

Cu(NO₃)₂ · 3 H₂O can be used as an efficient reagent for the chemoselective trimethylsilylation of primary benzylic and aliphatic alcohols with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS). This reagent is also able to oxidize the obtained trimethylsilyl ethers to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in the presence of wet SiO₂ and KBr. In this study, all reactions are performed in the absence of a solvent and good-to-high yields are obtained.     

V(HSO_4)_3 promoted oxidation of alcohols and trimethylsilyl,tetrahyropyranyl and methoxymethyl ethers with Cu(NO_3)_2·3H_2O in the absence of solvent

V(HSO_4)_3 has been found to be an efficient reagent for the promotion of the oxidation of alcohols and trimethylsilyl, tetrahydropyranyl and methoxymethyl ethers to their corresponding carbonyl compounds with Cu(NO_3)_2·3H_2O in the absence of solvent.     

Electronic transport through superlattice-graphene nanoribbons

In this work, we study quantum transport properties of superlattice-graphene nanoribbons (SGNRs) attached to two semi-infinite metallic armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) leads. The calculations are based on the tight-binding model and Green’s function method, in which localization length, density of states (DOS) and conductance of the system are calculated, numerically. By controlling the layered boron concentration, this kind of system can separate the extended states from the localized states. Our results may have important applications for building blocks in the nano-electronic devices based on GNRs.     

Numerical optimisation of process parameters for combined quasi-static and impulse forming

Mathematical optimisation of technological forming processes requires expensive simulations to evaluate objective function and constraint values as well as their derivative and Hessian informations. Therefore numerical linearisation methods like the finite difference method or the BFGS-update are necessary. In this work the effects of these approximation techniques are studied. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)