What are trans fatty acids (TFA)? Fatty acids found in foods can be saturated (SFA, no double bonds), monounsaturated (MUFA, 1 double bond) or polyunsaturated (PUFA , 2 or more double bonds). The double bonds provide rigidity to the molecule and result in specific molecular configurations. Naturally occurring fatty acids in foods usually have the cis configuration, i.e. the hydrogen atoms with ...

We have performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to study the nature of the synchronous double proton transfer in formic acid dimer. In order to understand the evolution of the bonding during the double proton transfer, we have used the electron localization function and the molecular orbital isosurfaces. During the dynamics of the double proton transfer in formic acid dimer the two f...

A bidentate nitrogen-donor ligand with an appended phenol group, C5H4NCH[double bond, length as m-dash]N-2-C6H4OH, H(L1) was treated with a palladium cycloneophyl complex [Pd(CH2CMe2C6H4)(COD)], with both Pd-aryl and Pd-alkyl bonds, to give a Pd-alkyl complex, [Pd(CH2CMe2C6H5)(κ3-N,N',O-OC6H4N[double bond, length as m-dash]CH(2-C5H4N))], 1. The cleavage of the Pd-aryl bond and the deprotonation...