Several lines of evidence from analysis of impact craters and other morphological features on Ida indicate the asteroid surface is covered with a thin layer of regolith that probably grades downward into less well-sorted rubble/megaregolith. This transition with depth is too gradational or occurs too close to the surface to be expressed in crater morphology at available resolution. Gravitationa...

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given to guarantee associativity of algebras and co-algebras. As main application, it is discussed the associativity of the tensor algebra T (V ) of a free module V over any commutative ring R. 1. Review of basic definitions Recall that a vector space A, or more generally a (free) module over a commutative ring R is an R-algebra if a multiplication map mA...

Polygodial, a valuable sesquiterpene dialdehyde featuring an epimerizable stereocenter was efficiently extracted and isolated in gram-scale quantities (3.3% w/w) from Tasmannia lanceolata (Tasmanian native pepper) via a recently developed rapid pressurised hot water extraction (PHWE) technique that utilises an unmodified household espresso machine. This method was compared to the maceration of ...

Apocarotenoids contribute to fruit color and aroma, which are critical quality marketability attributes. Previously, we reported that the red peels of citrus fruits, characterized by higher expression levels a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4b (CitCCD4b) gene, accumulate ?-citraurin ?-citraurinene than yellow peels. Here, identified quantified 12 apocarotenoids, either volatile or nonvolatile,...

A novel dynamic covalent gel strategy is reported to immobilize an asymmetric catalyst within the channels of a microfluidic flow reactor. A layer of a catalytically active Mn–salen dynamic covalent imine gel matrix was coated onto a functionalized capillary. Mn–salen active moiety was incorporated into dynamic covalent imine gel matrix via the reaction of a chiral Mn–salen dialdehyde unit with...

Four new botrydial derivatives, hymendial (1), 7 alpha-hydroxydihydrobotrydial (2), 7 alpha-hydroxy-10-O-methyldihydrobotrydial (4), and 7 alpha-acetoxy-15 alpha-methoxy-10-O-methyl-dihydrobotrydial (5) were isolated together with dihydrobotrydial (3) from the culture fluid of the ascomycete Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus. In addition, cytochalasin H (6a), 18-deoxycytochalasin H (6b) and (+)-mellein ...

The title compound, C(17)H(16)O(4), is a dialdehyde in which two formyl-phen-oxy units are linked by a -CH(2)CH(2)CH(2)- chain; the mol-ecule is V-shaped with the middle methyl-ene C atom as the apex. The two benzene rings are aligned at 77.4 (1)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers by pairs of non-classical C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.