Experiments are described which demonstrate that asphaltenes precipitated from a refinery tar using an excess of n-heptane spontaneously partition into a contacting water phase in the presence of an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant by effecting a temperature change. The process appears to be related to the temperature-dependent phase behaviour of the particular surfactant. Hot (ca. 80-90°C) aque...

The polymeric title complex, [Co(C(8)H(8)O(5))(H(2)O)(2)](n) was synthesized by reaction of cobalt acetate with 7-oxabicyclo-[2,2,1]heptane-2,3-dicarb-oxy-lic anhydride. The Co(II) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral environment, binding to two water O atoms, to the ether O atom of the bicyclo-heptane unit, to two carboxyl-ate O atoms from two different carboxyl-ate groups of the ...

Use of lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia in transesterifcation reactions of ethyl hydrocinnamate with different alcohols has been examined. Among the alcohols tested, viz., n-butanol, iso-amyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, n-octanol and 1-phenylethanol, only n-butanol yielded the transesterified product. Among the solvents tested, viz., n-heptane, n-hexane, cyclohexane, toluene, diisopropylether and n...

This experimental and theoretical study deals with the thermal spontaneous polymerization of n-butyl acrylate (n-BA). The polymerization was carried out in solution (n-heptane as the solvent) at 200 and 220 ◦C without adding any conventional initiators. It was studied with the five different n-BA/n-heptane volume ratios: 50/50, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10, and 100/0. Extensive experimental data present...

The auto-ignition of toluene and n-heptane as model fuels for Diesel fuel components have been studied in a highpressure shock tube under engine-relevant conditions. Toluene/air and n-heptane/air mixtures as well as toluene/nheptane/air (10/90% and 40/60% by volume) have been investigated over a wide temperature range (700 – 1200 K), = 1.0 and 0.5 and 40 bar behind reflected shock waves. A kine...

We have determined that hepsulfam, in common with its structural homologue busulfan, alkylates both free guanosine and GMP in DNA at the 7 nitrogen. Mass spectral analysis of the products of the reaction of hepsulfam with guanosine has identified the mono- and bis-alkylated guanosine adducts. UV spectrophotometry and mass spectrometry were used to confirm that alkylation occurred at the 7 nitro...

Light alkanes and alkenes are abundant but are underutilized as energy carriers because of their high volatility and low energy density. A tandem catalytic approach for the coupling of alkanes and alkenes has been developed in order to upgrade these light hydrocarbons into heavier fuel molecules. This process involves alkane dehydrogenation by a pincer-ligated iridium complex and alkene dimeriz...

The title compound, {[Cd(C(8)H(8)O(5))(C(10)H(8)N(2))]·H(2)O}(n), was obtained by the reaction of cadmium acetate with 2,2'-bi-pyridine and 7-oxabicyclo-(2.2.1)heptane-2,3-dicarb-oxy-lic anhydride. The Cd(II) atom is seven-coordinated in a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal configuration, defined by five O atoms from the carboxyl-ate groups of three 7-oxabicyclo-[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxyl-ato...