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Synthesis and Characterization of Ni-P-W coating on copper substrate
(2019-04-29)Nickel phosphorus coating is widely used in various industrial applications, due to its excellent corrosion and wear resistance properties. The coating can be further improved by the addition of various elements to form ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of SiOx by Mechanical Milling for Lithium-ion Battery Negative Electrodes
(2020-12-18)The need for higher energy density Li-ion batteries has led to the investigation of higher energy density anode materials. Specifically, research is focused on transitioning away from intercalation materials in favor of ... -
The Synthesis and Enzymatic Evaluation of Biologically Relevant Sugar 1-Phosphonates
(2014-09-10)Phosphonates are commonly used as hydrolytically stable phosphate mimics to explore a multitude of biological processes. This general approach has lead to the development of enzyme inhibitors, antifungals, antibiotics, and ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of antibody-albumin-methotrexate ternary conjugates for cancer treatment.
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Synthesis and magnetic characterization of epitaxial MnGe thin films on Si(111)
(2023-12-15)Magnets with broken inversion symmetry possess a chiral interaction that leads to twisting of the magnetic structures. MnGe is a much less understood member of the B20 family of chiral magnets, in part due to the challenges ... -
Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 10 Silyl Pincer Complexes
(2013-08-14)In an effort to explore new metal mediated reactivity and further the versatility of metal pincer chemistry, research in the Turculet group has targeted the synthesis of novel bis(phosphino)silyl PSiP pincer complexes. In ... -
Synthesis and reactivity of late metal complexes featuring new heterobidentate ancillary ligands.
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Synthesis and Study of New Late Metal Complexes Featuring N-Phosphinoamidinate Ligands
(2017-12-12)N-Phosphinoamidine/amidinate (P,N) ligands have recently been shown to be highly effective for the selective chromium-catalyzed tri-/tetramerization of ethylene. Since this initial report, a joint collaboration between the ... -
The synthesis and study of some (CH)14# hydrocarbons and their derivatives.
(Dalhousie University, 1977)The (CH) n hydrocarbons .have presented a challenge to the synthetic chemist to construct molecules of a wide variety of structural types, often with a high degree of symmetry and strain. The study of the thermal and ... -
Synthesis and Thermodynamic Investigation of Boron Allotropes
(2011-09-06)The focus of the present research is to find the relative thermodynamic stability of ?-boron and ?-boron via heat capacity measurements. Efforts to synthesize ?-boron through the application of vapour-liquid-solid theory ... -
Synthesis of (Phosphino)silyl-Ligated Nickel Complexes for the Catalytic Hydroboration of Alkenes
(2022-08-30)Bis(phosphino)silyl (PSiP) pincer ligands have been studied extensively. While there are several examples of late transition metal complexes, in recent years there has been a shift to study these ligands on first-row ... -
Synthesis of 2-aryl Pyrroles, Prodigiosene F-BODIPYs and B-ring Modified Prodigiosenes
(2019-12-16)Pyrrole constitutes the structural backbone of many natural products including heme and prodigiosin. This tripyrrolic natural product, and its synthetic analogues termed prodigiosenes, are reported to have an impressive ... -
Synthesis of a Glycosidase Inhibitor and a Potential Phosphoglucomutase Inhibitor, Expression of the Corresponding Proteins, and their Evaluation Using Kinetics or 19F-NMR Spectroscopy
(2019-11-28)The inhibition and reactivation of several naturally prevalent enzymes has many pharmaceutical applications. A glycosidase inhibitor, 2,4-dinitrophenyl 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-glucopyranose (6), was synthesized and its kinetics ... -
Synthesis of a novel glycodendrimer based on pentaerythritol and some chemistry of dipentaerythritol and tripentaerythritol.
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Synthesis of Co and Ni Complexes for Stereoselective Hydrogenation Catalysis
(2023-06-08)The chemistry of PSiP pincer complexes of second- and third-row transition metals has been well established within the context of bond activation chemistry and catalysis. Recent developments have begun to establish the ... -
Synthesis of Diazaphospholenes for Improved Catalysis
(2023-08-28)Diazaphospholene (DAP) synthesis and reactivity has been emerging over the last two decades. Recently, DAPs have been employed as catalysts for asymmetric reduction transformations. Specifically in the Speed group we use ... -
Synthesis of Heterocycles via Chemoselective Geminal Acylation of 2-Methoxyoxazolidines, E/Z Isomerization in the Metathesis of Allyl Alcohol Derivatives with a First-Generation Ruthenium Catalyst, and Interception of Nazarov Reaction Intermediates of Allenyl Vinyl Ketones with Arenes
(2013-10-11)Heterocycles were prepared through the geminal acylation of 2-methoxyoxazolidines with 1,2-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)cyclobutene. It was found that when water was excluded from the standard reaction conditions, regioselectivity ... -
Synthesis of Novel Types of Polyester Glycodendrimers and the Development and Applications of an Efficient Alternative to Multistep Regioselective Esterification in Diols and Polyols
(2016-01-19)Polyester dendrimers are attractive for biological applications because they are biodegradable and non-toxic. The preparation of a variety of core molecules that are compatible with deprotection using hydrogenolysis is ...