[Reaction: see text] A hydrocarbon oxidation approach has been applied to the construction of several linear (E)-allylic alcohols that have served as intermediates in the synthesis of natural products and natural product-like molecules. In the original syntheses, these intermediates were constructed using a standard Wittig-type olefination approach. We report here that routes to these same inte...

FoR ~ANY YEARS anaesthetists have felt the need for a non-explosive anaesthetic agent possessing none of the. disadvantages assocmted with chloroform, trichlorethylene and mtrous o~ide, rhat is, the agent should be non-hepatotoxm, stable in the presence of soda lime and heat, an~ have a high therapeu :ie ratio. Since most heavily fluorinated hydrocarbons are not m2qamma )le, and many possess an...

Dipole polarizabilities of fluorinated C2 and C3 hydrocarbons have been studied using Coupled Cluster theory including single, double and non-iterative triple substitutions (CCSD(T)) – in conjunction with three basis sets: Pol, Z3Pol and HyPol. All molecular geometries were optimized at the MP2/aug-ccpVTZ level. We have found only small effects of electron correlation on electric properties in ...

Two mesoporous fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized from extensively fluorinated tritopic carboxylate- and tetrazolate-based ligands. The tetrazolate-based framework MOFF-5 has an accessible surface area of 2445 m(2) g(-1), the highest among fluorinated MOFs. Crystals of MOFF-5 adsorb hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)-the latter two being ozone-...

Aromatic fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as solvents for olefin metathesis reactions, catalysed by standard commercially available Ru precatalysts, allow substantially higher yields to be obtained, especially of challenging substrates, including natural and biologically active compounds.

The fluorinated hydrocarbons that are used for anesthesia are derived from ether. Although they have many benefits, there are several side effects of these drugs, including untoward hepatic effects. Whether the use of halothane gas can be revitalized is unknown. Introducing nanocarriers inside the halothane molecule can increase its benefits as an anesthetic in the lungs and cardiovascular syst...

Mink and otters are good integrators of their aquatic environments and useful sentinel species for determining exposure to environmental contaminants. In this study, perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS; C8F17SO3-), perfluorooctanesulfonamide (FOSA; C8F17SO2NH2), perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS; C6F13SO3-), and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA; C7F15CO2-) were measured in livers of mink and river otters coll...

Positron annihilation on a wide variety of atoms and molecules is studied. Room-temperature positrons confined in a Penning trap are allowed to interact with molecules in the form of low-pressure gases so that the interaction is restricted to binary encounters between a positron and a molecule. Data are presented for the g-ray spectra resulting from positrons annihilating in such interactions. ...