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Luhui Wang, Hui Liu, Ying Chen, Renkun Zhang, Shuqing Yang
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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A K-promoted Co–CeO
2 catalyst prepared through the coprecipitation–impregnation method was shown to give a higher activity for the reverse water–gas shift reaction but with lower formation of the side product CH
4. TPR results suggested that the addition of small amounts of K (1 wt %) improved the cobalt oxide reducibility through an electron-donation effect.
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Naoki Nomura, Akinori Takasu
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Scandium perfluoroalkanesulfonates and perfluoroalkanesulfonimides act as catalysts for the polyesterification of dicarboxylic acids by diols. We performed the model esterification between ethanol and acetic acid to measure the extent of the conversions and equilibrium constants for each scandium catalyst. According to the Arrhenius and Eyring constants, the activity of each scandium catalyst depends on its fluorine content and type of ligand, as reflected in the activation entropy values.
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Ali Samarat, Marwa Yahyaoui, Iyadh Aouani, Soufiane Touil
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Simple and efficient methodologies have been developed for the synthesis of novel hydroxy- and aminobisphosphonate derivatives, through the reduction and reductive amination of γ,γ′-diphosphonyl ketones.
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Lihua Zhang, Hui Li, Le Li, Jian Deng, Weiyi Deng, Yubao Zhao
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Anatase and rutile nanostructured TiO
2 semiconductor catalysts were prepared by wet-chemical methods and used for the photoreduction of uranyl ions under UV radiation. It was found that there is an obvious difference between their catalytic performances: rutile TiO
2 nanorods give the highest activity per unit surface area, being over twice as active as P25 and 10 times more active than the anatase counterparts.
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Mitsuru Kitamura, Kento Murakami, Yuichiro Shiratake, Tatsuo Okauchi
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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α-Arylcarboxylic acid amides were synthesized by reacting silyl enol ethers of aryl ketones and 2-azido-1,3-dimethylimidazolinium hexafluorophosphate (ADMP,
1). Silyl enol ethers react with ADMP
1 to give
N-(α-arylacyl)guanidines via the migration of aryl groups in enol ethers. The products were transformed to the corresponding α-aryl acetamides by treating with LiAlH
4.
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Kento Kimura, Takeo Oku, Tsuyoshi Akiyama
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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C
60 fullerene and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin (TAPP) composite micropowder was prepared by simply mixing C
60 and TAPP in an organic solvent under ambient conditions. The composite micropowder contributed to photoelectric conversion, which was confirmed by a semi-wet-type photovoltaic application.
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Sicheng Zhang, Yanqing Wang, Zhiyi Song, Kiyohiko Nakajima, Tamotsu Ta ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Dimerization of 2-hydroxyanthracene was investigated with 5 mol % of various catalysts that are efficient catalysts for the dimerization of 2-naphthol. Catalysts such as Cu(OH)Cl·TMEDA, [Mn(acac)
3], and [Mn(acac)
2] did not give satisfactory results. However, MnI
2, which gave only trace amounts of dimerization product of 2-naphthol under the same conditions, afforded 2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-bianthracene in 74% yield.
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Shinji Kanegawa, Soonchul Kang, Osamu Sato
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
700-702
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In this study, a new tetrathiafulvalene-functionalized phenanthroline ligand (TTF-phen) and a mononuclear cobalt(II) complex with a redox active 3,6-di-
tert-butylsemiquinonato (3,6-dtsq) ligand was synthesized. Magnetic measurements and IR spectroscopy suggested that the Co complex [Co(3,6-dtsq)
2(TTF-phen)] exhibited thermally induced valence tautomerism in the temperature range 130–400 K. This complex is the first example of a valence tautomeric complex with a TTF-functionalized ligand.
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Takanori Suzuki, Hitomi Tamaoki, Ryo Katoono, Kenshu Fujiwara, Junji I ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Octafluorobiphenyl-2,2′-diylbis(diarylmethylium) dye
2a2+ prepared from 1,2-dibromotetrafluorobenzene is interconvertible with colorless dihydrophenanthrene donor
1a. By the S
NAr reactions of
1a with acetylides, π-extended analogues
1b and
1c were obtained. Their electrochromic behavior is accompanied by a drastic absorption change not only in the visible but also UV region, because the torsion angle of the biaryl unit is modified upon redox reactions.
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Takanori Suzuki, Takuma Kuroda, Hitomi Tamaoki, Sho Higasa, Ryo Katoon ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
706-708
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Upon oxidation of the title heterocycles with dimethylamino groups, elemental sulfur is extruded to form dicationic dyes, which regenerate the heterocycles by the reaction with Na
2S. The electrolysis of the heterocycles induces a drastic change in UV–vis spectrum exhibiting several isosbestic points. The bay-region substituents enhance configurational stability, so the optically pure heterocycle can be obtained in terms of helicity of one-handedness, and its chromism is accompanied by a large chiroptical response as detected by CD spectroscopy.
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Fang Fang, Kong-Lin Wu, Xiang-Zi Li, Chao Dong, Li Liu, Xian-Wen Wei
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
709-710
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In this letter, a reduced graphene oxide/CuI (rGO/CuI) nanocomposite was obatined by a facile chemical reduction route for the first time. The different reaction conditions that affected the catalytic properties of rGO/CuI nanocomposite were investigated. The catalytic activity of rGO/CuI nanocomposite for the N-phenylation of indole was much better than that of rGO and CuI.
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Jiu-Ying Feng, Li-Jun Gao, Bing Chen, Xiao-Jun Wu, Qiao-Li Luo, Cai-Ya ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Partly crosslinked poly(propylene carbonate) (pc-PPC) is directly prepared by terpolymerization of CO
2 and propylene oxide using multifunctional triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC). It is thermoplastic and exhibits significantly enhanced properties with the 5% weight-loss degradation temperature of 271 °C and the tensile strength of 37.4 MPa, along with good toughness with elongation at break of 446%. These findings may develop a facile and effective way to ensure that PPC can be melt-processed without decomposition and used as a structural material.
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Kazuhiro Nakabayashi, Hideharu Mori
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
717-718
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A naphthalene bisimide (NBI)-based donor–acceptor (D–A) alternating low-band-gap polymer, which is an electron-transporting material, was successfully synthesized by palladium-catalyzed direct arylation. The obtained polymer had a relatively high molecular weight (
Mn = 10000,
Mw/
Mn = 1.63), and
1H NMR analysis demonstrated that there were no structural defects.
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Keita Nakai, Hinari Nakagawa, Keita Kuroda, Syuji Fujii, Yoshinobu Nak ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
719-721
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Near-infrared (NIR)-responsive liquid marbles were prepared using carbon nanotube (CNT) and fullerene (C
60) powders. The liquid marbles were transferred to the surface of bulk water. The liquid marbles immediately disintegrated upon NIR irradiation due to conversion of NIR energy to heat. The NIR-responsive liquid marbles can be used to induce chemical reactions, if a liquid marble containing one reactant was floated on bulk water containing another reactant. Upon NIR irradiation, the liquid marble burst and the two reactants came in contact, triggering the reaction.
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Tadikonda Ramu, Sarakula Prasanthi, Nakka Mangarao, Gajula Mahaboob Ba ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
722-724
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A convenient one-pot synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles is described. The condensation of carboxylic acids and amidoximes in the presence of 2-chloro-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine (CDMT) and
N-methylmorpholine (NMM) has been employed to synthesize a variety of 3,5-disubstituted 1,2,4-oxadiazoles in good to excellent yields. The methodology has been applied for the synthesis of a metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 (mGlu5) receptor antagonist.
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Kei Kurotobi, Kyosuke Kawamoto, Yuuki Toude, Yamato Fujimori, Yuriko K ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
725-726
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Carboxyphenylethynyl-substituted diazaporphyrin has been synthesized to assess the utility of diazaporphyrins in dye-sensitized solar cells for the first time. The diazaporphyrin-sensitized TiO
2 cell exhibited photocurrent generation in the visible region of 400–700 nm together with a power conversion efficiency of 0.08%.
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Tsutomu Shiragami, Takahiro Mori, Jin Matsumoto, Masahide Yasuda
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
727-728
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Tetracationic porphyrin dimers and heptacationic trimers were prepared by the connection of a bipyridyl linker with axial ligands of antimony(V) porphyrin and/or phosphorus(V) porphyrin complexes. The measurement of cyclic voltammetry and absorption spectra showed that the electrochemically reduced species was a long-lived species of antimony(IV) porphyrin chromophore.
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Tomoo Mizugaki, Racha Arundhathi, Takato Mitsudome, Koichiro Jitsukawa ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
729-731
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The copper nanoparticle catalyst prepared from Cu–Al hydrotalcite gives an excellent yield of 1,2-propanediol in the hydrogenolysis of glycerol. The copper nanoparticle catalyst also exhibits high durability against sintering during the hydrogenolysis reaction and can be reused without appreciable loss of activity or selectivity.
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Kazuya Matsumoto, Daisuke Kan, Noriya Ichikawa, Saburo Hosokawa, Hiros ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Oxygen incorporation into infinite-layer structure compounds SrFeO
2 and CaFeO
2 has been investigated by thermogravimetry analysis. Oxygen begins to be incorporated into SrFeO
2 at low temperatures like 100 °C, and the incorporation-reaction rate in SrFeO
2 is much larger than that in CaFeO
2. A larger structural framework has advantages in regard to the low activation energy for the oxygen incorporation reaction.
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Shuo Zhai, Yukitaka Manako, Shin-ichi Yusa, Kenichi Nakashima
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
735-737
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Hollow calcium tungstate (CaWO
4) nanospheres with well-controlled shape and size have been successfully synthesized for the first time by templating micelles of poly(styrene-
b-acrylic acid-
b-ethylene oxide) (PS-
b-PAA-
b-PEO). This polymer forms a micelle with a PS core, a PAA shell, and a PEO corona in aqueous solutions. Calcium chloride (CaCl
2) and sodium tungstate (Na
2WO
4) were used as precursors of CaWO
4. In the synthesis, the PS core acts as a template for cavities of the hollow particles, the PAA shell is beneficial for arresting calcium ions for further mineralizing, and the PEO corona stabilizes the CaWO
4-polymer nanocomposite to prevent secondary aggregate formation. The hollow CaWO
4 nanoparticles have a spherical shape with an outer diameter narrowly distributed at 22.7 ± 1.0 nm and a shell thickness at 6.7 ± 0.4 nm.
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Kiyoshi Kanie, Takafumi Sasaki, Masafumi Nakaya, Atsushi Muramatsu
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
738-740
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Quaternary ammonium hydroxides were first applied for the solvothermal synthesis of monodispersed ITO nanoparticles controlled in cubic morphology. The formation of a gel-like intermediate was the decisive factor for the precise control of size and shape. Their blue-colored compacts exhibited low resistivity as a transparent conductive oxide.
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Yoshikazu Kumashiro, Kazuyoshi Itoga, Yohei Kinoshita, Masayuki Yamato ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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Micropatterns on organic materials were fabricated using various positive photoresist solutions for clearly patterning the culture of cells on organic materials. The surface erosion of organic materials with positive photoresist solvents was quantitatively characterized, and a suitable solute/solvent combination was found. Clear cell patterns were observed on a surface when using the newly developed photoresist, mainly because the developed photoresist hardly eroded on the surface of organic materials.
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Hideki Kato, Arisa Takeda, Makoto Kobayashi, Masato Kakihana
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
744-746
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It has been found that cocatalyst-loaded LaTa
7O
19 with a band gap of 4.1 eV functions as a photocatalyst for water splitting under ultraviolet irradiation. The activity of Rh
0.5Cr
1.5O
3-loaded LaTa
7O
19 prepared by a polymerizable complex method exhibited double of that prepared by a solid-state reaction. An apparent quantum yield of Rh
0.5Cr
1.5O
3-loaded LaTa
7O
19 was determined to be 9.0% at 254 nm.
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Hisatoyo Morinaga, Yoshihito Nishioka, Mao Hatayama, Hirotoshi Nakabay ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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A ring-opening polymerization of oxetane was performed with a novel solid-acid catalyst based on heteropolyacid salt ((NH
4)
3PW
12O
40/SiO
2), by which the corresponding polyether was successfully obtained in high yield.
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Norihito Maru, Noriko Chikaraishi, Keisuke Yokota, Yoshinori Kawazoe, ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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A new diterpenoid, jolkinolide F (
1), was isolated from roots of
Euphorbia jolkinii. The planar structure of
1 was elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, and its stereochemistry was determined by NOESY spectroscopic data and X-ray data analysis.
1 showed cytotoxicity against mammalian cells.
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So-Hee Lee, Hyun Sik Kim, Kwang-soon Ahn, Soon Hyung Kang
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
758-760
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Bamboo-type TiO
2 nanotube (BT-TONT) arrays were developed by biasing the facile alternating voltage (AV, 80–20 V) and compared to smooth-walled TiO
2 nanotube (SW-TONT) arrays grown by forcing a constant voltage (CV). The duration at 20 V in the AV mode had a considerable influence on the morphological properties such as the thickness, ridge spacing, and pore size for the same cycles. As the duration at 20 V was increased, the length and ridge spacing decreased, while the pore size increased. This is due to the formation of a thick blocking layer that blocks the growth of TONT. However, the repetitive formation of ridges in the BT-TONT arrays induced an enlargement of the surface area, resulting in an improvement of the short-circuit current (
Jsc) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) in comparison with that of the SW-TONT arrays. In particular, the 20 V (20 min dwell time) TONTs exhibited a photoconversion efficiency (η) of 0.20% per thickness, compared with 0.077% for the SW-TONTs. Therefore, the formation of BT-TONT arrays can give an increased surface area for dye uptake, leading to an improved photoconversion efficiency.
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Yu Muronoi, Jian Zhang, Masayoshi Higuchi, Hideyuki Maki
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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A Ru(II)-based metallosupramolecular polymer
RuL1 was synthesized by complexation of a Ru(II) salt and phenylenebis(terpyridine). The long polymer chains were observed on a Si substrate using atomic force microscopy. Interestingly, a
RuL1 film showed luminescence from the
3MLCT state of the Ru(II) complex moieties at room temperature by excitation at the resonant wavelength of the
1MLCT absorption. In addition, we fabricated a solid-state polymer device with a
RuL1 film and achieved reversible switching of the luminescence by applying voltages (3 and −3 V) between indium tin oxide electrodes, which caused electrochemical redox between Ru(II) and Ru(III).
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Tetsuo Yatabe, Hajime Okumoto, Yuji Kawanishi, Takahito Inoue
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
764-766
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1,4-Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (BPB) derivatives with alkyl or alkoxy terminal chains were synthesized, and the mesomorphic and charge-carrier-transport properties were investigated. The BPB derivatives exhibited high charge-carrier mobilities in the crystal mesophase or crystal phase.
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Yuki Sakamura, Moemi Yoshiura, Hengmin Tang, Takeshi Mori, Yoshiki Kat ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
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A plasmid DNA and gold nanorods were directly injected to tumor in mice, and the tumor was heated to 39–42 °C through the photothermal effect of the gold nanorods. The heat treatment enhanced transgene expression from the plasmid DNA in the tumor and induced heat shock protein HSP70, related to several immune responses. This transfection technique combined with heat treatment will be applicable to DNA vaccination and gene therapy for immunological diseases.
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Lichen Yang, Ruimao Hua
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
769-771
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A one-pot synthesis of benzo[
f]quinazoline by a novel cycloaddition of 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes with nitriles in the presence of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid at 120 °C is developed.
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Weiwei Fu, Runwei Wang, Lele Wu, Hongbin Wang, Xu Wang, Aijing Wang, Z ...
2013 Volume 42 Issue 7 Pages
772-774
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Copper hydroxyphosphate (Cu
2(OH)PO
4) crystals with various morphologies have been successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method, using different organic amines as the morphology-controlling agents. These Cu
2(OH)PO
4 crystals were used as catalysts for phenol hydroxylation by H
2O
2, and they showed distinct activities. The sheet morphology of Cu
2(OH)PO
4 crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets ({011} facets) exhibited enhanced catalytic activity in hydroxylation of phenol.
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