Cations of the alkali earth group have strong tendencies to form partially dissociated complexes in solution with the anions of carboxylic acids and other weak acids. The affinity of this association tends to increase with the number of carboxylic acid groups of the acid anion. In a considerable number of cases the effect has been studied quantitatively and expressed in terms of well defined di...

Pd-catalysed decarboxylative Suzuki reactions and orthogonal Cu-based O-arylation reactions of aromatic carboxylic acids are reported. The new reactions may provide alternative routes for the synthesis of some biaryls and aromatic carboxylic esters.

Cinchona alkaloids (quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, cinchonidine) alkylated at N(1) with chloromethyl anthracene can serve as fluorescent sensors for chiral carboxylic acids. These cinchona ammonium salts are shown to bind chiral carboxylic acids while displaying an increase in fluorescence intensity that can be utilized in determination of enantiomeric excess (ee). Sensor arrays composed of fo...

This review deals with the role of carboxylic amino acids in the proton transport activity of bacteriorhodopsin. The main focus is on the infrared data, which allow direct monitoring of the protonation/deprotonation of specific residues dur ing the proton movement in the course of the photocycle. Additional attention is paid to the potential use of carboxylic acids in proteins as internal senso...

In this paper, a series of mesoporous anatase TiO2 crystals were prepared through a hydrothermal method. By using different carboxylic acids as solvents and additives, the morphology of the integral crystals as well as inner pores can be tuned by the chain length of the carboxylic acids. Further application of these anatase TiO2 crystals as the photoanode of DSCs resulted in an overall energy c...