In the title compound, [Cu2(C19H31N4O)(OH)(NCS)2], the mol-ecular structure of the dinuclear complex reveals two penta-coordinated Cu(II) ions, which are bridged by the phenolate O atom of the ligand and by an exogenous hydroxide ion. The bridging atoms occupy equatorial positions in the coordination sphere of the metal atoms and complete the equatorial coordination planes with two ligand N ato...

Supply chain management in the petroleum industry contains various challenges, specifically in the logistics area, that are not present in most other industries. These logistical challenges are a major influence on the cost of oil and its derivatives. However, opportunities for cost savings in logistics still do exist. Giant oil and petrochemical companies are undertaking a “swap” practice that...

The rationalist approach to strategizing emphasizes analytical and convergent thinking. Without denying the importance of this approach, this book argues that strategists must learn to complement it with a more creative approach to strategizing that emphasizes synthetic and divergent ways of thinking. The theoretical underpinnings of this approach include embodied realism, interpretivism, pract...

Producers and agronomists need crop developmental scales that are easy to use, universally accepted, and accurate. Development of such a scale requires correlation of stages among scales currently in use and correlation of developmental patterns among crops. A computer program for converting among staging systems is a useful tool in developing new staging systems with wider applicability. The B...

The two title compounds are analogs of 1-indanone that are substituted at the 6-position with chlorine and bromine. Although very similar in mol-ecular structure, the crystal structures are not isomorphous and reveal that 6-chloro-indan-1-one, C9H7ClO (I), and 6-bromo-indan-1-one, C9H7BrO (II), exhibit unique inter-molecular packing motifs. The mol-ecules of the chloro analog (I) pack with a he...

In the face of growing oil demand the use of renewable feedstocks for the potential to supply transportation fuels, electricity, chemicals and materials is increasingly attractive. This review covers novel technologies and pathways to produce liquid fuels and chemical intermediates in an efficient and cost-effective way. Several commercial and pilot scale projects by companies including Anellot...

Mounir Bouhifd 1, Richard Beger 2, Thomas Flynn 3, Lining Guo 4, Georgina Harris 1, Helena Hogberg 1, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk 5, Hennicke Kamp 6, Andre Kleensang 1, Alexandra Maertens 1, Shelly Odwin-DaCosta 1, David Pamies 1, Donald Robertson 7, Lena Smirnova 1, Jinchun Sun 2, Liang Zhao 1 and Thomas Hartung 1, 8 1Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives...

The title compound, C7H13N3O3S [systematic name: (Z)-methyl 2-di-methyl-amino-N-(methyl-carbamo-yloxy)-2-oxoethanimido-thio-ate], is an oxime carbamate acaride, insecticide and nematicide. The asymmetric unit comprises two independent mol-ecules, A and B. The dihedral angles between the mean planes [r.m.s. deviations = 0.0017 (A) and 0.0016 Å (B)] of the acetamide and oxyimino groups are 88.80 ...

The asymmetric unit of the title Schiff base compound, C(30)H(38)N(4)O(2), comprises two crystallographically independent mol-ecules, A and B. The structure is non-merohedrally twinned with a refined BASF ratio of 0.219 (6):0.701 (6). Mol-ecule B shows both phenol-imine and keto-amine tautomeric forms in a single structure. The dihedral angles between the central ring and the two outer rings ar...

The title compound, C26H25N3, crystallizes with four independent mol-ecules, 1-4, in the asymmetric unit of the triclinic unit cell. The allyl substituents on the imidazole rings adopt similar conformations in all four mol-ecules. The imadazole and the 4-and 5-substituted phenyl rings of two pairs of molecules in the asymmetric unit stack parallel to (110). In contrast, the dimethyl-aniline sys...