We describe the application of a new class of ligands--the phosphite-oxazole/imidazole (L1-L5a-g)--in asymmetric intermolecular Pd-catalyzed Heck reactions under thermal and microwave conditions. These ligands combine the advantages of the oxazole/imidazole moiety with those of the phosphite moiety: they are more stable than their oxazoline counterparts, less sensitive to air and other oxidizin...

Direct reactions of the MRI contrast agent K2[Gd(DTPA)(H2O)]·5H2O (1) (H5DTPA = diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid) with dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO4) or phosphite (K2HPO3) result in the isolation of well-defined Gd-DTPA phosphite K6[Gd2(DTPA)2(HPO3)]·7H2O (2) or phosphate K6[Gd2(DTPA)2(HPO4)]·10H2O (3), respectively. Their lanthanum analogs K4[La2(DTPA)2(H2O)]·8H2O (4), K6[La2(DTPA)2...

It has been hypothesized that before the emergence of modern DNA-RNA-protein life, biology evolved from an "RNA world." However, synthesizing RNA and other organophosphates under plausible early Earth conditions has proved difficult, with the incorporation of phosphorus (P) causing a particular problem because phosphate, where most environmental P resides, is relatively insoluble and unreactive...

Bull’s-eye rot, produced by Phlyctema vagabunda, is an important postharvest disease in apples. Current measures to control infection include synthetic fungicides, addition the application of copper hydroxide and potassium phosphite. However, growing public concern regarding fungicide residues food has generated interest developing non-chemical alternative methods; biological one most promising...

There are a number of turf fungicides the activity of which is based on the phosphite (=phosphonate) ion (P03-). Chipco Signature fungicide (active ingredient fosetyl-Al) is the most common, and has become a "keystone" product for disease control programs on many golf courses across the country. This is in part because of the general enhancement in quality on stressed turfgrass that has been re...

A semiquantitative analytical method has been developed for the determination of the total quinonoid content (o-benzoquinones and p-benzoquinones) of soluble lignins. The method is based on detailed measurements and observations made with model oand p-quinones, which in dry organic solvents were shown to form adducts with trimethyl phosphite in quantitative yield. These adducts gave 31P NMR sig...

In intensive fruit production, in order to obtain high yields, it is necessary to use high fertilization rates as well as plant protection products. An alternative to that kind of production is presented by natural stimulators of plant growth and development called biofertilizers, biopreparations, biostimulators or phytostimulators. They are preparations of natural (plant or animal) origin, har...

Monilinia fructicola is a fungal pathogen responsible for fruit brown rot in many species of the Prunus genus. The use abiotic elicitors as phosphites being studied induction resistance an alternative to synthetic fungicides. aim this work was evaluate effect on content total phenols, chlorogenic acid and changes susceptibility M. peach fruits. Peach fruits cultivars Flordaking Elegant Lady wer...