Thermal properties of pressure sintered alumina–graphene composites

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The work concerns the alumina–graphene materials sintered by two different pressure methods. The different particle sizes of graphene were used....     

Sulfoxide-mediated Umpolung of alkali halide salts

A new protocol for the direct two-electron oxidative Umpolung of alkali halide salts is reported. This procedure, relying on the use of a commercially available sulfoxide as the oxidant, allows the electrophilic halogenation of carbonyl compounds as well as halolactonisation reactions to proceed from the corresponding sodium salts, at room temperature and under mild conditions.     

Dimeric TADDOL Phosphoramidites in Asymmetric Catalysis: Domino Deracemization and Cyclopropanation of Sulfonium Ylides

A gold‐catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of unactivated olefins with sulfonium ylides in the presence of a bimetallic catalyst with a novel dimeric TADDOL‐phosphoramidite ligand is reported. This transformation allows a rare gold‐catalyzed dynamic deracemization of chiral racemic substrates, where the same catalyst is responsible for several synergistic tasks in solution. The products are useful building blocks in synthesis and enable expeditious access to natural products.