Search Results - "Schweizer, W. Bernd"
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A two-dimensional polymer prepared by organic synthesis
Published in Nature chemistry (05-02-2012)“…Synthetic polymers are widely used materials, as attested by a production of more than 200 millions of tons per year, and are typically composed of linear…”
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Direct Photolysis of Human Metabolites of the Antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole: Evidence for Abiotic Back-Transformation
Published in Environmental science & technology (02-07-2013)“…The presence of potentially persistent and bioactive human metabolites in surface waters gives rise to concern; yet little is known to date about the…”
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Fluorine-Iminium Ion Gauche Effect: Proof of Principle and Application to Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (01-01-2009)“…The gauche effect that is induced upon reversible formation of an iminium ion (see structure: green F, blue N) provides a powerful method for the…”
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Structures and Properties of Molecular Torsion Balances to Decipher the Nature of Substituent Effects on the Aromatic Edge-to-Face Interaction
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (14-04-2014)“…Various recent computational studies initiated this systematic re‐investigation of substituent effects on aromatic edge‐to‐face interactions. Five series of…”
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Thermally-induced transformation of hexabromocyclo dodecanes and isobutoxypenta bromocyclododecanes in flame-proofed polystyrene materials
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-08-2010)“…Polystyrenes (PS) are produced in quantities exceeding 10 Mt y −1. They are used for insulation and packaging materials, often in flame-proofed forms with…”
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C60 Pyrrolidine Bis-carboxylic Acid Derivative as a Versatile Precursor for Biocompatible Fullerenes
Published in Organic letters (21-03-2014)“…A C60 Prato derivative with bis- t Bu ester was prepared as a stable and convenient scaffold for the development of fullerene derivatives such as water-soluble…”
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Structural, Optical, and Electrochemical Properties of Three-Dimensional Push–Pull Corannulenes
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (21-12-2012)“…Electrochemically active corannulene derivatives with various numbers of electron-donating 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenylethynyl (1–4) or electron-withdrawing…”
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Origin of Intense Intramolecular Charge‐Transfer Interactions in Nonplanar Push–Pull Chromophores
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (07-09-2009)“…Nonplanar push–pull chromophores with tetrathiafulvalene and ferrocene donors (see picture) were prepared by formal [2+2] cycloadditions between electron‐rich…”
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Property Tuning in Charge-Transfer Chromophores by Systematic Modulation of the Spacer between Donor and Acceptor
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (01-01-2007)“…A series of donor–acceptor chromophores was prepared in which the spacer separating 4‐dimethylanilino (DMA) donor and C(CN)2 acceptor moieties is…”
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Fluorinated Organocatalysts for the Enantioselective Epoxidation of Enals: Molecular Preorganisation by the Fluorine-Iminium Ion Gauche Effect
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (03-09-2012)“…The fluorine‐iminium ion gauche effect is triggered upon union of a secondary β‐fluoroamine and an α,β‐unsaturated aldehyde, providing a useful strategy for…”
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Designing Fluorinated Cinchona Alkaloids for Enantioselective Catalysis: Controlling Internal Rotation by a Fluorine-Ammonium Ion gauche Effect (φNCCF)
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (13-02-2012)“…The C9 position of cinchona alkaloids functions as a molecular hinge, with internal rotations around the C8C9 (τ1) and C9C4′ (τ2) bonds giving rise to four…”
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Spirocyclic Oxetanes: Synthesis and Properties
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (02-06-2008)“…Wormholes through chemical space: Spirocyclic oxetanes are described as analogues of morpholine and also as topological siblings of their carbonyl…”
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Perfluorophenyl–Phenyl Interactions in the Crystallization and Topochemical Polymerization of Triacetylene Monomers
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (14-09-2009)“…A series of symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted octa‐2,4,6‐triyne‐1,8‐diol derivatives with benzoyl, 4‐dodecyloxybenzoyl, as well as perfluorobenzoyl…”
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The Crystal Structure of D-Ribose-At Last
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (14-06-2010)“…Better late than never! The β‐furanose form of D‐ribose, present in countless biomolecules, does not occur in the crystalline compound. X‐ray diffraction and…”
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Tolerance of Base Pair Size and Shape in Postlesion DNA Synthesis
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (01-05-2013)“…The influence of base pair size and shape on the fidelity of DNA polymerase-mediated extension past lesion-containing mispairs was examined. Primer extension…”
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Evaluation of Hydrogen-Bond Acceptors for Redox-Switchable Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (12-03-2014)“…Various H-bond acceptor groups were evaluated for their propensity to induce conformational switching between the kite and vase forms of…”
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Self-Assembly and Two-Dimensional Spontaneous Resolution of Cyano-Functionalized [7]Helicenes on Cu(111)
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (10-10-2011)“…Birds of a feather flock together: STM and DFT studies provide the first example of spontaneous chiral resolution of a helicene on a surface. Racemic…”
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Stereochemistry of LinB-catalyzed biotransformation of δ-HBCD to 1R,2R,5S,6R,9R,10S-pentabromocyclododecanol
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-02-2013)“…► The bacterial dehalogenase LinB converts HBCDs like HCHs. ► Mono- and dihydroxylated products are formed during HBCD biotransformations. ► XRD-analysis…”
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Mechanistic Investigation of the Dipolar [2+2] Cycloaddition-Cycloreversion Reaction between 4-(N,N-Dimethylamino)phenylacetylene and Arylated 1,1-Dicyanovinyl Derivatives To Form Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Chromophores
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (04-01-2010)“…The kinetics and mechanism of the formal [2+2] cycloaddition–cycloreversion reaction between 4‐(N,N‐dimethylamino)phenylacetylene (1) and para‐substituted…”
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Regio- and stereoselective isomerization of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs): Kinetics and mechanism of γ- to α-HBCD isomerization
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-11-2008)“…Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) are high production volume chemicals (>20 000 t y −1) used as flame retardants for plastics and textiles. Lately, we reported…”
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