4-N,N-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) as catalyst in combination with benzyl bromide was developed for the selective oxidation of methyl aromatics. DMAP exhibited higher catalytic activity than other pyridine analogues, such as 4-carboxypyridine, 4-cyanopyridine and pyridine. The sp3 hybrid carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds of different methyl aromatics were successfully oxygenated with molecular oxygen...

Diiron complexes of fluorene and fluorene* (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9-nonamethylfluorene) have been found to be catalysts for the dechlorination of chlorinated aromatics, such as PCBs.

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and related halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons are a highly toxic class of environmental contaminants, as evidenced by numerous cases of accidental poisonings of human and animal populations and their extreme toxic potency in laboratory animals. The proposed model for the mechanism of action of TCDD and related compounds is analogous to that of the ster...

Intermolecular interactions involving aromatic pi-electron density are widely believed to be governed by the aromatic molecular quadrupole moment, Theta(zz). Arene-cation binding is believed to occur primarily with negative Theta(zz) aromatics, and arene-anion binding is believed to occur largely with positive Theta(zz) aromatics. We have performed quantum mechanical computations that show the ...

Regioselective nucleophilic addition of electron rich aromatics to the beta-position of acetal carbon of p-benzoquinone mono O,S-acetal was achieved by modifying the acetal moiety.