Introduction Polythiophenes (PTs) continue to be one of the most versatile and extensively studied conjugated polymer systems due to their exceptional spectroscopic and electronic properties, and the ease of synthesis of PTs derivatives. Practical and potential applications of PT derivatives include rechargeable battery, electrochromic devices (ECDs) (e.g., poly(alkylenedioxythiophene) [PXDOT])...

Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (DPPE) reacts with pyranosyl azides derived from D-glucose and D-glucuronic acid in the presence of acid chlorides to yield the corresponding glycosyl amides. Reaction rates are comparable to those with triphenylphosphine, however, the byproduct phosphine oxide is easily removed from reaction mixtures using column chromatography. The simple and clean workup allows f...

The adsorption of human serum albumin (HSA) to dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayer membranes containing poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted dipalmitoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (PEG-DPPE) was studied as a function of content and headgroup size of the polymer lipid. In the absence of protein, conversion from the low-density mushroom regime to the high-density brush regime of polymer-lipid c...

Organocopper chemistry has attracted considerable interest over the last few decades, which is attributed to its high and versatile potential in synthetic chemistry. This is, for instance, reflected by the unique role of copper in the activation of dioxygen, as demonstrated by important transformations such as the catalytic oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol, the Wacker process, and the o...

Formation of low-temperature ordered gel phases in several fully hydrated phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) and phosphatidylcholines (PCs) with saturated chains as well as in dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) was observed by synchrotron x-ray diffraction, microcalorimetry, and densitometry. The diffraction patterns recorded during slow cooling show that the gel-phase chain reflection coopera...

The structural determination of ultrasmall clusters remains a challenge due to difficulties in crystallisation. Often the atomically precise undergo change under influence environment. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) can be an attractive tool study electronic and geometric properties such deposited onto various supports situ conditions. Herein, [Au6(dppp)4](NO3)2, [Au9(PPh3)8](NO3)3, [Au13(...

Chelating phosphines are effective additives and supporting ligands for a wide array of iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. While recent studies have begun to unravel the nature of the in situ-formed iron species in several of these reactions, including the identification of the active iron species, insight into the origin of the differential effectiveness of bisphosphine ligands in cataly...

The syntheses of Co(eta3-C3H5)(CO)2PR2R' (R, R' = Ph, Me; R, R' = Me, Ph; R = R' = Ph, Cy, CH2Ph) and Co(eta3-C3H5)(CO)(L) (L = dmpe and dppe) are described, and X-ray structures for Co(eta3-C3H5)(CO)(dppe) and the PPh2Me, PCy3 derivatives reported. The relative ability of Co(eta3-C3H5)(CO)2(PR2R') to exchange phosphine for CO follows the trend PMe2Ph < PPh2Me < PCy3 < P(CH2Ph)3 < PPh3. Reactio...