Dihydrogen bonding occurs between protonic and hydridic hydrogens which are bound to the corresponding electron withdrawing or donating groups. This type of interaction can lead to novel reactivity and dynamic behavior. This paper examines the dynamics experienced by both borohydride and its dihydrogen-bound water solvent using 2D-IR vibrational echo and IR pump-probe spectroscopies, as well as...

According to previous interpretations of experimental data, sodium-scandium double-cation borohydride NaSc(BH4)4 crystallizes in the crystallographic space group Cmcm where each sodium (scandium) atom is surrounded by six scandium (sodium) atoms. A careful investigation of this phase based on ab initio calculations indicates that the structure is dynamically unstable and gives rise to an energe...

A novel synthesis of 4-[(18)F]fluorobenzylamine ([(18)F]FBA) by means of transition metal-assisted sodium borohydride reduction of 4-[(18)F]fluorobenzonitrile ([(18)F]FBN) is described. This approach could successfully be extended to borohydride exchange resin (BER) enabling a viable option for use in automated syntheses. [(18)F]FBA was used for the synthesis of 4-[(18)F]fluorobenzylamine-based...

Aminoalkylalkoxysilane copolymers (co-AAAS) have the ability to simultaneously deacidify and strengthen paper documents. Nevertheless, despite enhancing tensile strength, they generally fail improve folding endurance of degraded groundwood pulp-rich papers. Focusing on that specific type papers, several ways overcome their lack reinforcement were investigated. Promoting polymerization AAAS usin...

Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC) oxidize an easily-stored energy-dense (sodium borohydride: NaBH4), that in theory reacts ca. 400 mV below H2 and produces 8 electrons per BH4- anion. However, the oxidation reaction (BOR) does not fully meet these promises practice: electrocatalyst nature, structure state-of-surface, operating conditions (pH, concentration, temperature, fluxes) noticeably in...

1. The pneumococcal type IX polysaccharide (polysaccharide S IX) has been oxidized by sodium metaperiodate and reduced by sodium borohydride. Of the constituent monosaccharides, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmannosamine remain unaltered, whereas 40% of the glucose and 90% of the glucuronic acid are oxidized. 2. The effect of oxidation and subsequent reduction on the precipitation of polysacch...

Materials: Glycol chitosan (GCS, Mw = 200 kDa; degree of deacetylation = 90%), potassium persulfate, sodium borohydride, succinic anhydride, melittin from bee venom, sodium dodecyl sulfate, D-(+)-trehalose dehydrate, N-succinimidyl 3-[2-pyridyldithio]-propionate (SPDP), tris(2carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP), triethlyl amine (TEA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DM...