i Work was performed to determine the possible effectiveness of sulfur-containing fuel additives as contrail suppressents. Such suppression would require production of significant levels of sulfur trioxide, a known suppressent, in the exhaust. A model combustor capable of simulating turbojet operation at 40,000 feet was designed and built, and a gas sampling and analysis procedure developed for...

We report on a series of arene sulfonyl phthalimides which were prepared and used to modify polycrystalline gold and Au(111) gold surfaces. Three investigated compounds are the p-iodo-, the p-methoxy-, and the p-fluoro-benzenesulfonyl phthalimides. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies were used to characterize the modif...

Given the challenges to life at low pH, an analysis of inorganic sulfur compound (ISC) oxidation was initiated in the chemolithoautotrophic extremophile Acidithiobacillus caldus. A. caldus is able to metabolize elemental sulfur and a broad range of ISCs. It has been implicated in the production of environmentally damaging acidic solutions as well as participating in industrial bioleaching opera...

Single crystals of RbBaTaS4 (1) and K2BaTa2S11 (2) were obtained from the reactions of Ta, with in situ formed fluxes of A2S3 (A = K, Rb), BaS, and S at 500 ◦C. Compound 1 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 9.3286(5), b = 7.0391(4), c = 12.4365(7) Å,V = 816.6(1) Å3, Z = 4. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 14.5280(10), b = 12.6347(7), c...

The first sulfur labelled compound, [(2)H(4),(34)S]indolyl-3-acetothiohydroxamic acid, is incorporated into the phytoalexins cyclobrassinin and spirobrassinin and the indole glucosinolate glucobrassicin, indicating that both biosynthetic pathways are closely related.

Volatile thiols, particularly 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one (4MMP), make an important contribution to the aroma of wine. During wine fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediates the cleavage of a nonvolatile cysteinylated precursor in grape juice (Cys-4MMP) to release the volatile thiol 4MMP. Carbon-sulfur lyases are anticipated to be involved in this reaction. To establish the mechanism o...

Biological production of the volatile compound dimethylsulfide in the ocean is the main natural source of tropospheric sulfur on a global scale, with important consequences for the radiative balance of the Earth. In the late 1980s, a Gaian feedback link between marine phytoplankton and climate through the release of atmospheric sulfur was hypothesized. However, the idea of microalgae producing ...

Methionine has an almost unique stimulatory effect on biosynthesis of cephalosporins (by Cephalosporium acremonium). No other sulfur-containing compound tested, except dl-methionine-dl-sulfoxide, replaced methionine. dl-Methionine stimulated the synthesis of cephalosporins when added after the growth phase. The utilization of inorganic sulfate was repressed by methionine. Experiments with l-met...

This research aimed to assess the toxicity of the pesticides abamectin 18 CE (0.02 g a.i. L-1), carbaryl 480 SC (1.73 g a.i. L-1), sulfur 800 GrDA (4.8 g a.i. L-1), fenitrothion 500 CE (0.75 g a.i. L-1), methidathion 400 CE (0.4 g a.i. L-1), and trichlorfon 500 SC (1.5 g a.i. L-1) as applied in integrated apple production in Brazil on the survival, oviposition capacity, and egg viability of the...