The reduction of N-(p-fluorobenzenesulfonyl)phthalimide on polycrystalline gold and Au(111) was studied. Our key finding is the decomposition of the compound on the surface, leaving only sulfur behind. This was supported by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The modification leads to observation by STM of well-known as well a...

Vibrational Spectra of Tetraphosphorus decasulfide P4S10 The solid state i.r. and the solid an molten state Raman spectra of the cage compound P4S10 have been recorded. An assignment of the vibrational frequencies, mainly based on polarization data, is proposed. For P 4S i 0 an improved preparation method is reported. During melting the P4S10 units remain unchanged but partly lose terminal sulf...

A series of sulfur-containing 9-anilinoacridines related to amsacrine were synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer potential. Among the compounds, both diol-containing compounds, 2a and 3, were the most cytotoxic of the sulfide series against V-79 cells in vitro (IC(90) = 2.1 microM and 1.9 microM, respectively). Among the non-alkyl-substituted compounds (7-9), compounds with electron-do...

An electrophoretic procedure is outlined for the determination of the number of ligands bound to technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals. The approach involves use of ligands that will complex technetium in a similar fashion but that differ in charge. This approach was applied experimentally to dimercapto ligands in which the ligating sulfur atoms are separated by a flexible three-carbon chain (1,3...

Rats fed a diet supplemented with L-cystine excrete in the urine taurine, hypotaurine (l-3), and possibly cystamine disulfoxide (4)) although the excretion of the last mentioned compound is not certain (3). It was recognized earlier (1) that paper chromatograms of the urine of these rats showed another ninhydrin-positive spot which moved more rapidly than did taurine incollidine-lutidine solven...

The widespread use of diesel fuel for transportation, industry, and electricity generation causes several environmental issues via an increase in the amount sulfur compound emissions. Commercial must be free sulfur-containing compounds since they can cause problems. Considering currently available processes to eliminate compounds, oxidative desulfurization (ODS) is one effective means this purp...

microbiological analyses of soil chronically exposed to petroleum complex compounds of some oil springs in south of iran resulted in isolation and purification of a new native thermophilic strain which is capable to desulfurize petroleum sulfur compounds by 4-s mechanism. dibenzothiophene (dbt) was selected as a complex sulfur compound model and many experiments were done to identify the metabo...

Herein, we describe a novel approach for the practical synthesis of tetrasubstituted thiophenes 8. The developed method was particularly used for the facile preparation of thienyl heterocycles 8. The mechanism for this reaction is based on the formation of a sulfur ylide-like intermediate. It was clearly suggested by (i) the intramolecular cyclization of ketene N,S-acetals 7 to the correspondin...

Garlic supplements have shown promise in the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension, lowering blood pressure (BP) by about 10 mmHg systolic and 8 mmHg diastolic, similar to standard BP medication. Aged garlic extract, which contains S-allylcysteine as the bioactive sulfur compound, in particular is standardizable and highly tolerable, with little or no known harmful interaction when taken with ...

Sulfide mineral processing often produces large quantities of wastewaters containing acid-generating inorganic sulfur compounds. If released untreated, these wastewaters can cause catastrophic environmental damage. In this study, microbial fuel cells were inoculated with acidophilic microorganisms to investigate whether inorganic sulfur compound oxidation can generate an electrical current. Cyc...