Mn and Co containing nanocubes were produced by hydrothermal synthesis. The materials consist of metal spinels carbonates, where ensure high activity carbonates contribute to stability in the oxygen evolution reaction.

A gold-catalyzed efficient method for the preparation of alkenyl enol esters/carbonates is developed. Besides the mild reaction conditions and high catalytic efficiency, the excellent E-selectivity of the nonenolic double bond is remarkable.

Recent experiments show evidence of fluctuating magnetism in δ-Pu. This has direct consequences for the atomic volume of this metal phase and gives a simple explanation for its anomalously low density. Earlier there has from the experimental community been a strong emphasis on the absence of magnetism in Pu, a view which has severely delayed the development of a proper description of the physic...

New aluminium scorpionate based complexes have been prepared and used for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide. Bimetallic aluminium(heteroscorpionate) complexes 9-14 were synthesised in very high yields. The single-crystal X-ray structures of 12 and 13 confirm an asymmetric κ(2)-NO-μ-O arrangement in a dinuclear molecular disposition. These bimetallic aluminium c...

Introduction: CRISM hyperspectral images of Mars have recently been used to identify what are interpreted as magnesium carbonate deposits composed of magnesite mixed with one or more hydrated phases [1]. Using existing approaches to parameterize spectral data from CRISM [2], thousands of high-resolution targeted observations have been examined for occurrences of this material. Results to date i...

An effective transformation of alkenes into cyclic carbonates has been achieved using NaHCO3 as the C1 source in acetone-water under microwave heating, with selectivities and yields significantly surpassing those obtained using conventional heating.

The peroxy-asymmetric allylic alkylation of hydroperoxyalkanes with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates was catalysed by modified cinchona alkaloids (up to 93% ee), from which chiral alpha-methylene-beta-hydroxy esters could be efficiently derived.