In the title compound, 2C5H12N+·SO42-·2C3H8N2S, the C=S groups of the two independent 1,3-di-methyl-urea mol-ecules and the sulfur atom of the anion lie on twofold axes. The packing is centred on bis-(piperidinium) sulfate ribbons parallel to the c axis; the cations are hydrogen bonded to the sulfate by N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O inter-actions. The 1,3-di-methyl-urea mol-ecules are also hydrogen bonded to...

Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) samples pretreated by ionic liquid (ILs)H2O mixtures were studied for application in a pyrolysis process. A 1-ethyl3-methylimidazolium methanesulfonate [Emim][MeSO3]-H2O mixture with solid acid catalyst NafionNR50 was used in the pretreatment process. A lower amount of hydrogen bonding between neighboring pretreated MCC chains resulted from a less ordered cellul...

We studied thermophilic sulfate reduction with methanol as electron donor in continuous cultures. Mixed cultures of selected microorganisms were used, representing different methanol degrading pathways followed by various trophic groups of microorganisms. Our results show that direct competition for methanol between a homoacetogen, Moorella thermoautotrophica, and a sulfate reducer, Desulfotoma...

The structures of mixtures of ionic liquids (ILs) featuring a common 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ([C4C1im](+)) cation but different anions have been investigated both experimentally and computationally. (1)H and (13)C NMR of the ILs and their mixtures has been performed both on the undiluted liquids and those diluted by CD2Cl2. These experiments have been complemented by quantum chemical densit...

An efficient, mild and environmentally friendly method was developed for the Strecker reaction to synthesize α-aminonitriles in the presence of methyl imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([Hmim][HSO4]) as an efficient catalyst. These syntheses were performed via a one-pot three-component condensation of aldehydes (or ketones), amines, and trimethylsilyl cyanide under mild and solvent free c...

Element recovery from the Martian regolith using ionic liquids (ILs) is an active area of research within field in-situ resource utilization. In this work, we performed a classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulation study to better understand solvation thermodynamics and structures potential cationic anionic species originating in two select ILs, i.e., 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([emim...

In the title salt, 2C6H9N2O2S(+)·SO4 (2-), the sulfate S atom is situated on a crystallographic twofold axis (the symmetry of the anion is 2). The anion exerts intense libration, which is manifested by shortening of the observed sulfate S-O bonds, as well as by features in the electron-density map. The crystal structure is stabilized through a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network formed b...

The physiological properties of a hyd mutant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, lacking periplasmic Fe-only hydrogenase, have been compared with those of the wild-type strain. Fe-only hydrogenase is the main hydrogenase of D. vulgaris Hildenborough, which also has periplasmic NiFe- and NiFeSe-hydrogenases. The hyd mutant grew less well than the wild-type strain in media with sulfate as th...