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...

The reactions of triosmium carbonyl clusters on functionalised high surface area silicas have been monitored by 0s L(II1) edge EXAFS. Interaction of [OS~(CO)~~] with HS(CH2)jSIL affords HOS~(CO)~~[S(CH~)~SIL], which was structurally characterised using spherical wave methods to analyse the EXAFS data. Subsequent thermolysis in vacuo yields a new material. Coordination to " ~ 2 CO groups, 0 oxyg...

Three series of Au(I)-imidazole complexes with stoichiometries of [Au(Cn-bim)Cl], [Au(Cn-im)Cl], and [Au(Cn-im)2][NO3] x 2H2O (Cn-bim = N-CnH2n+1 -substituted benzimidazole and Cn-im = N-CnH2n+1-substituted imidazole) together with the compound of [Au(C18-bim)2][NO3] are synthesiszed. Typical structures of each series are determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The last series of compou...

T h . H i n r i c h s e n Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Marburg, Lahnberge, D-3550 Marburg Z. Naturforsch. 84b , 934-938 (1979); eingegangen a m 28. März 1979 Tetrafluorochromates(III) , Powder X r a y Data, Magnetic Susceptibilities, Thermolysis of NH4CrF4 The hitherto unreported c o m p o u n d NH4CrF4 could be prepared b y applying hydrothermal high pressure techniques. X r a...

Ethane 1,2-diamineborane (EDAB) is an alkyl-containing amine-borane adduct with improved hydrogen desorption properties as compared to ammonia borane. In this work, it is reported the high temperature thermolytic decomposition of EDAB. Thermolysis of EDAB has been investigated by concomitant thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis-mass spectrometry experiments. EDAB shows up to four H₂ d...

The thermal decomposition reaction of acetone cyclic triperoxide (3,3,6,6,9,9-hexamethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexaoxacyclononane, ACTP) in the temperature range of 130.0-166.0 degrees C and an initial concentration of 0.021 M has been studied in toluene solution. The thermolysis follows first-order kinetic laws up to at least ca. 78% acetone triperoxide conversion. Under the experimental conditions, a r...