The dual role of thiourea in the thiotrifluoromethylation of alkenes by Ricci, P, Khotavivattana, T, Pfeifer, L, Médebielle, M, Morphy, JR, Gouverneur, V

“…Alkenes substituted with a thiourea undergo C-CF3 followed by intramolecular C-S bond formation with the Togni reagent and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at room temperature; thiols and thioamides are not suitable S-sources for this reaction. …”

Microwave activation of processes in mesopores: The thiourea electrooxidation at mesoporous platinum by Ghanem, M, Coles, B, Compton, R, Marken, F

“…The one electron oxidation of thiourea to formamidine disulfide is monitored as a function of the different activation parameters. …”

Selective electrochemical recognition of bidentate anionic guests in competitive solvents using novel ferrocenyl thiourea and guanidinium receptors by Beer, P, Drew, M, Smith, D

Data-mining the diaryl(thio)urea conformational landscape: Understanding the contrasting behavior of ureas and thioureas with quantum chemistry by Luchini, G, Ascough, D, Alegre-Requena, J, Gouverneur, V, Paton, R

“…The conformations adopted by urea and thiourea functional groups influence catalysis and binding. …”

Magnetic ground state of the one-dimensional ferromagnetic chain compounds M(NCS)(2)(thiourea)(2) (M = Ni, Co) by Curley, SPM, Scatena, R, Williams, RC, Goddard, PA, Macchi, P, Hicken, TJ, Lancaster, T, Xiao, F, Blundell, SJ, Zapf, V, Eckert, JC, Krenkel, EH, Villa, JA, Rhodehouse, ML, Manson, JL

“…The magnetic properties of the two isostructural molecule-based magnets - Ni(NCS)2(thiourea)2, S=1 [thiourea=SC(NH2)2] and Co(NCS)2(thiourea)2, S=3/2 - are characterized using several techniques in order to rationalize their relationship with structural parameters and to ascertain magnetic changes caused by substitution of the spin. …”

Towards the total synthesis of keramaphidin B by Jakubec, P, Farley, A, Dixon, D

“…The enantio- and diastereoselective Michael addition of a δ-valerolactone-derived pronucleophile to a substituted furanyl nitroolefin catalysed by a bifunctional cinchonine-derived thiourea has been used as the key stereocontrolling step in a new synthetic strategy to the heavily functionalised piperidine core of keramaphidin B.…”

Enantioselective organocatalytic Michael addition of malonate esters to nitro olefins using bifunctional cinchonine derivatives. by Ye, J, Dixon, D, Hynes, P

“…A family of 9-amino(9-deoxy) epicinchonine derivatives, possessing a range of mono- and bidentate hydrogen bond donor groups at the 9-position, were synthesised and evaluated for asymmetric organocatalytic activity in the dimethyl malonate Michael addition to beta-nitrostyrene; thiourea derivative was identified as the most effective bifunctional organic catalyst and found to induce high enantioselectivity in the malonate ester Michael addition reaction to a range of nitro olefins.…”

Plagiarizing proteins: enhancing efficiency in asymmetric hydrogen-bonding catalysis through positive cooperativity. by Jones, C, Pantoş, G, Morrison, A, Smith, M

“…A new twist for a fold: Conformationally well-defined thiourea catalysts, like that shown, stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds demonstrate cooperative ligand-receptor binding. …”

Surface functional polymers by post-polymerization modification using diarylcarbenes: introduction, release and regeneration of hydrogen peroxide and bactericidal activity. by Griffiths, J, Maliha, B, Moloney, M, Thompson, A, Hussain, I

“…Functionalized diarylcarbenes are excellent reactive intermediates suitable for the direct surface modification of organic polymers, and these may be used to introduce urea and thiourea functions onto polystyrene at loading levels of up to 2.3 x 10(13) molecules/cm(2). …”

Enantioselective bifunctional iminophosphorane catalyzed sulfa-Michael addition of alkyl thiols to unactivated β-substituted-α,β-unsaturated esters by Yang, J, Farley, A, Dixon, D

“…The low acidity of the alkyl thiol pro-nucleophiles is overcome by the high Brønsted basicity of the catalyst and the chiral scaffold/thiourea hydrogen-bond donor moiety provides the required enantiofacial discrimination in the addition step. …”

Low-temperature solvothermal synthesis of visible-light-responsive S-doped TiO 2 nanocrystal by Yang, G, Yan, Z, Xiao, T

“…In this work, a low-temperature solvothermal method has been developed to synthesize visible-light-responsive S-doped TiO 2 nanocrystal photocatalyst, using thiourea as the sulfur source to enhance sulfur incorporation into TiO 2 lattice. …”

Development and characterization of polyspecific anti-mitochondrion antibodies for proteomics studies on in toto tissue homogenates. by Loro, E, Gianazza, E, Cazzola, S, Malena, A, Wait, R, Begum, S, Brizio, C, Dabbeni-Sala, F, Vergani, L

“…Using as sample cryosections of human muscle biopsies lysed in urea/thiourea/CHAPS, the mitochondrial subproteome can be detected against the background of contractile proteins. …”

High loading of transition metal single atoms on chalcogenide catalysts by Zheng, J, Lebedev, K, Wu, S, Huang, C, Ayvalı, T, Wu, T-S, Li, Y, Ho, P-L, Soo, Y-L, Kirkland, A, Tsang, SCE

“…Herein, we report a detailed study of a deposition method using thiourea coordinated transition metal complexes. This method allows the preparation of a library of a wide range of single atoms including both noble and non-noble transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Ru) with a metal loading as high as 10 wt % on various ultrathin 2D chalcogenides (MoS2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2). …”

The potentially deleterious functional variant flavin-containing monooxygenase 2*1 is at high frequency throughout sub-Saharan Africa by Veeramah, K, Thomas, M, Weale, M, Zeitlyn, D, Tarekegn, A, Bekele, E, Mendell, N, Shephard, E, Bradman, N, Phillips, I

“…Possessing this variant increases the risk of pulmonary toxicity when exposed to thioureas, a widely used class of industrial compounds. …”

The potentially deleterious functional variant flavin-containing monooxygenase 2*1 is at high frequency throughout sub-Saharan Africa. by Veeramah, K, Thomas, MG, Weale, M, Zeitlyn, D, Tarekegn, A, Bekele, E, Mendell, N, Shephard, E, Bradman, N, Phillips, I

“…Possessing this variant increases the risk of pulmonary toxicity when exposed to thioureas, a widely used class of industrial compounds. …”

Strategy for designing selective α-L-rhamnosidase inhibitors: Synthesis and biological evaluation of DMDP cyclic isothioureas by Miyawaki, S, Hirokami, Y, Kinami, K, Hoshino, M, Minehira, D, Miyamoto, D, Nash, R, Fleet, G, Adachi, I, Toyooka, N, Kato, A

“…This study shows that the cyclization of L-DMDP thioureas to bicyclic L-DMDP isothioureas improved a-Lrhamnosidase inhibition which was further enhanced by increasing the length of the alkyl chain. …”