[figure: see text] Thermolysis of lactone 18 initiated a stereospecific transannular nitrone-olefin [3 + 2] cycloaddition to yield tetracycle 19. Methanolysis followed by reductive cleavage of the isoxazolidine yielded 20, representing the azaspirocyclic core of pinnaic acid (1).

Highly crystalline NiO nanoparticles synthesized through a facile thermolysis route were used as photocathode materials in p-type dye-sensitized solar cells resulting in open-circuit voltages exceeding 300 mV with an iodide/triiodide mediator.

Square planar dialkyl complexes of nickel, palladium and platinum exhibit intriguing difference in their reactivities. Thermolysis pathways of these dialkyls vary depending on the metal, ligands, alkyl groups, geometry as well as the presence or absence of added ligand. Kinetic studies on the thermolysis and trans-cis isomerizations of PdR,L2 (L = tertiary phosphine) complexes showed involvemen...

Five-coordinate platinum(IV) alkyl complexes bearing sterically non-demanding pyridylpyrrolide ligands, (LX)PtMe(3) [LX = 3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-(2-pyridyl)pyrrolide (3a) and 3,5-diphenyl-2-(2-pyridyl)pyrrolide (3b)] have been prepared. An X-ray structure of 3a establishes that it is a five-coordinate Pt(IV) complex with a square-pyramidal geometry. Thermolysis of 3a or 3b in C(6)D(6) with ethylen...

Thermolysis of the single source precursor (Et2Bi)2Te in DIPB at 80 °C yielded phase-pure Bi4Te3 nanoparticles, while mixtures of Bi4Te3 and elemental Bi were formed at higher temperatures. In contrast, cubic Bi2Te particles were obtained by thermal decomposition of Et2BiTeEt in DIPB. Moreover, a dual source approach (hot injection method) using the reaction of Te(SiEt3)2 and Bi(NMe2)3 was appl...

Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (Au UNPs) represent a unique class of nanomaterials making them very attractive for certain applications. Herein, we developed an organometallic approach to the synthesis of Au UNPs stabilized with the C18H37-NHC ligand by the solvent free thermolysis of [RMIM][Au(C6F5)2] () or [Au(C6F5)(RNHC)] () (with R = C18H37-), by controlling the reactivity of pentafluorophen...

Replacing the peroxide bond of dioxetanone prevents chemiluminescence by making its thermolysis energetically unfavorable and without a singlet chemiexcitation pathway.

The thermolysis of Meldrum’s acid derivatives has emerged as a powerful methodology to generate ketenes in polymeric structures, but the required high temperatures for ketene formation may reduce its broad applicability. We take a molecular approach toward addressing this limitation by engineering Meldrum’s acid derivatives to undergo thermolysis at significantly lower temperatures. Two distinc...

Thermolysis of proteins produces xenobiotic amino-acids such as the potentially toxic lysinoalanine, and the alkylating agent, dehydroalanine, which have been considered possible health hazards. We observed that thermolyzed casein promoted aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and colon cancer growth in rats initiated with azoxymethane and speculated that promotion might be due to the formation of these co...