The increased rate of hydrolysis of organic phosphate compounds in the presence of molybdate has been observed frequently and is the basis for the estimation of phosphocreatine (1) and acetyl phosphate (2) in tissue extracts. A study was undertaken to determine whether this was a general effect and, if so, to elucidate the mechanism. While these experiments were in progress, Weil-Malherbe and G...

A custom-designed semifluorinated phosphonic acid, (9,9,10,10,11,11,12,12,13,13,14,14,15,15,16,16,16-heptadecafluorohexadecyl)phosphonic acid (F8H8PA), and a normal hexadecylphosphonic acid (H16PA) were synthesized and used to generate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on commercially available yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) tapes. In this study, we wished to evaluate the effectiveness of th...

We report on the synthesis, characterization, stability and pharmacokinetics of novel iron based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Statistical copolymers combining multiple phosphonic acid groups and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were synthesized and used as coating agents for 10 nm iron oxide nanocrystals. In vitro, protein corona and stability assays show that phosphonic aci...

Diverse supramolecular assemblies ranging from nanometres to micrometers of small aromatic π-conjugated functional molecules have attracted enormous research interest in light of their applications in optoelectronics, chemosensors, nanotechnology, biotechnology and biomedicines. Here we study the mechanism of the formation of a flower-shaped supramolecular structure of phosphonic acid appended ...

A simple and rapid method has been developed for the determination of ascorbic acid in fruit and pharmaceutical products. The method is based on the measurement of the reaction rate between ammonium molybdate and ascorbic acid in acidic media. The reaction was monitored spectrophotometrically at 800 nm by fixed-time and variable-time methods. The calibration graph was linear in the range of...

Crystallisation of yttrium and other trivalent metal cations of similar radius with racemic N,N'-2-methylpiperazinebis(methylene phosphonic acid) gives a small pore bisphosphonate metal-organic framework solid displaying coordinative and hydrogen bonding and permanent porosity.

Exfoliated 2D materials including graphene, BN, MoS(2) and WS(2) are accessible in water over a wide range of pH for a synergistic process involving sonication in the presence of p-phosphonic acid calix[8]arene.