Poly[bis(N,N-dimethylacetamide)-1κO,2κO-bis(μ4-thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylato-1:2:1′:2′κ4O2:O2′:O5:O5′)dizinc]

Poly[μ2-aqua-diaqua­(μ8-3-nitro­benzene-1,2-dicarboxylato)(μ6-3-nitro­benzene-1,2-dicarboxylato)tetra­sodium]

In the title layered coordination polymer, [Na(4)(C(8)H(3)NO(6))(2)(H(2)O)(3)](n), the doubly deprotonated 3-nitro-benzene-1,2-dicarboxyl-ate ligands exhibit μ(8)- and μ(6)-coordination modes to the sodium ions, generating sheets lying parallel to (001). The coordination environments of the sodium ions are distorted octa-hedral, distorted trigonal-bipyramidal and moncapped trigonal-prismatic. O...

Zebrafish sperm cryopreservation with N,N-dimethylacetamide.

High fecundity, rapid generation time, and external development of optically clear embryos make the zebrafish (Danio rerio) a convenient vertebrate model for genetic, developmental, and disease studies. Efficient sperm cryopreservation enhances the zebrafish model system by optimizing productive use of facility space, extending the reproductive lifetime of males, providing an alternative to liv...

The thiophene ring

New azaborine-thiophene heteroacenes.

A new class of heteroacenes containing B, N and S elements in the 22-electron aromatic nucleus has been synthesized by reaction of diaminoterthiophenes with dichlorophenylborane. Their structure was studied by X-ray crystallography and DFT calculations. UV-Vis absorption /emission spectroscopy shows high rigidity and deep-blue fluorescence of these compounds.

The lithium-thiophene riddle revisited.

A recent study of the interaction of a lithium atom with the thiophene molecule found a large disagreement between high-level coupled cluster (CCSD(T)/AVTZ) and quantum Monte Carlo (fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo, or FNDMC) calculations. We address this "lithium-thiophene riddle" by analyzing the influence of crucial FNDMC simulation parameters, namely, the one-electron models, basis sets, an...