Gas-chromatographic analysis of the volatile compounds in the headspace of cultures inoculated with sewage sludge indicated phosphine production over a period of several days, a reaction which is clearly microbiologically mediated. The amounts of phosphine recovered from 40-mL specimens sewage sludge enrichment were in a pg-range of 5 to 100 in the presence of glucose as carbon source and phosp...

Phosphine metal-organic frameworks (P-MOFs) are crystalline porous coordination polymers that contain phosphorus functional groups within their pores. We present the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the P K-edge to determine the phosphine to phosphine oxide ratio in two P-MOFs with MIL-101 topology. The phosphorus oxidation state is of particular interest as it strongly influences ...

148 words < 350 words) Background: Pest insects are increasingly resistant to phosphine gas, which is used globally to protect grain reserves. The enzyme dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD) is a phosphine resistance factor and participates in four key steps of core metabolism, making it a potential central metabolic regulator. Results: Here we used microarray data and NMR-based metabolomics to...

Fumigation with phosphine gas is by far the most widely used treatment for the protection of stored grain against insect pests. The development of high-level resistance in insects now threatens its continued use. As there is no suitable chemical to replace phosphine, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of phosphine toxicity to increase the effectiveness of resistance management. Becaus...

The alkoxycarbonylation of trimethylsilylacetylene has been studied in order to develop an atom economic sustainable synthesis 2‐(trimethylsilyl)acrylates, a family valuable intermediates. Pd(OAc) 2 combination with CH 3 SO H and diphenyl‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)phosphine or diphenyl‐(6‐methyl‐pyridin‐2‐yl)phosphine is active catalyst for the reaction affording mixtures sought 2‐(trimethylsilyl)acrylate ...

We report that the common polyalcohol D-mannitol may have two amorphous phases related by a first-order transition. Slightly above its glass transition temperature Tg (284 K), the supercooled liquid (SCL) of D-mannitol transforms to a low-energy, apparently amorphous phase with stronger hydrogen bonds. The enthalpy of this so-called Phase X is approximately halfway between those of the known am...

this paper presents density functional theory and non-equilibrium green’s function based first principles calculations to explore the sensing property of adenine and thymine based hetero-junction chins for ammonia and phosphine gas molecules. this modeling and simulation technique plays an important and crucial role in the fast growing semiconductor based nanotechnology field. the hetero-juncti...

The methine C atom of the triphenyl-methyl group in the title compound, C(28)H(23)IO(2)S, is slightly flattened out [ΣC(phen-yl)-C-C(phen-yl) = 335.6 (5)°]. The -C-O-C-C-S- chain connecting the triphenyl-methyl group and the aromatic ring adopts an extended zigzag conformation, these five atoms lying on an approximate plane (r.m.s. deviation = 0.120 Å).

Facile, metal-mediated, (acceptorless) dehydrogenation of tricyclopentyl phosphine directly affords rhodium chelating phosphine-olefin complexes, some of which are catalytically active for 1,4-additions.