Ring-Opening Polymerization of <i>rac</i>-β-Butyrolactone Promoted by New Tetradentate Thioether-Amide Ligand-Type Zinc Complexes by Salvatore Impemba, Gabriele Manca, Irene Tozio, Stefano Milione

“…All complexes were prepared in high yields through alkane elimination reactions with diethyl zinc and characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. …”
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New Cysteine Protease Inhibitors: Electrophilic (Het)arenes and Unexpected Prodrug Identification for the <i>Trypanosoma</i> Protease Rhodesain by Philipp Klein, Patrick Johe, Annika Wagner, Sascha Jung, Jonas Kühlborn, Fabian Barthels, Stefan Tenzer, Ute Distler, Waldemar Waigel, Bernd Engels, Ute A. Hellmich, Till Opatz, Tanja Schirmeister

“…Electrophilic (het)arenes can undergo reactions with nucleophiles yielding &#960;- or Meisenheimer (&#963;-) complexes or the products of the S_NAr addition/elimination reactions. Such building blocks have only rarely been employed for the design of enzyme inhibitors. …”
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Initial Mechanisms for the Unimolecular Thermal Decomposition of 2,6-Diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide by Nianshou Cheng, Qiang Gan, Qian Yu, Xuemei Zhang, Rong Li, Shichuan Qian, Changgen Feng

“…However, subsequent OH or HONO elimination reactions occur with difficulty because of their slow rates and extra energy barriers. …”
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Polymerization of Ethylene Using α-Diimine Nickel Catalyst by Hassan Arabi1, Matin Ghafari, Gholamhossein Zohuri, Saman Damavandi, Saeid Ahmadjo

“…When these groups, located in the ortho positions of aryl ligands, become larger, it would have lesser chance in leading to β hydrogen elimination reactions. The ligand 1,4-bis (2,6-diisopropyl phenyl) acenaphthene was synthesized by reaction of 2,6- diisopropyl aniline and acenaphthene quinone. …”
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Modified Rhamnogalacturonan-Rich Apple Pectin-Derived Structures: The Relation between Their Structural Characteristics and Emulsifying and Emulsion-Stabilizing Properties by Jessika N. Humerez-Flores, Sarah H. E. Verkempinck, Clare Kyomugasho, Paula Moldenaers, Ann M. Van Loey, Marc E. Hendrickx

“…An apple pectin (AP74) was structurally modified by a β-eliminative reaction to obtain a RG-I-rich pectin sample (AP-RG). …”
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Aqueous Chlorination of D-Limonene by Albert T. Lebedev, Elena A. Detenchuk, Tomas B. Latkin, Mojca Bavcon Kralj, Polonca Trebše

“…Thus, a cascade of addition-elimination reactions brings the most various isomeric polychlorinated species. …”
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Comprehensive Investigation of Ginsenosides in the Steamed <i>Panax quinquefolius</i> with Different Processing Conditions Using LC-MS by Jiali Fan, Feng Liu, Wenhua Ji, Xiao Wang, Lili Li

“…The protoginsenosides were found to transform into the rare ginsenosides by elimination reactions. The malonyl ginsenosides were degraded into acetyl ginsenosides, and then degraded into neutral ginsenosides. …”
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Utilizing tertiary butyl iodide as an effective film quality enhancing agent for atomic layer deposition of HfO2 dielectric thin films by Kok Chew Tan, Jaesun Jung, Sojung Kim, Jongmoon Kim, Seok Jong Lee, Young-Soo Park

“…The formation of 2-methylpropene and hydrogen iodide from tert-butyl iodide via elimination reactions is the key idea of our effective approach for improving film conformality, film quality, and leakage current simultaneously. …”
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Atmospheric reaction of hydrazine plus hydroxyl radical by Hamed Douroudgari, Morteza Vahedpour, Fahime Khouini

“…To achieve the main goals, a series of high levels of quantum chemical calculations have been widely implemented in reliable channels of the H-abstraction, SN2, and addition/elimination reactions. The energy profile of all pathways accompanied by the molecular properties of the involved stationary points has been characterized at the MP2, M06-2X, and CCSD(T)/CBS levels. …”
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High molecular weight SOA formation during limonene ozonolysis: insights from ultrahigh-resolution FT-ICR mass spectrometry characterization by S. Kundu, R. Fisseha, A. L. Putman, T. A. Rahn, L. R. Mazzoleni

“…They include isomerization and elimination reactions of Criegee radicals, reactions between alkyl peroxy radicals, and scission of alkoxy radicals resulting from the Criegee radicals. …”
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Thermally activated persulfate (TAP)-enhanced tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate removal in real-world waters based on a response-surface approach as well as toxicological evaluation on... by Huihui Lei, Junxia Wang, Yueying Sun, Zhijuan Wu, Xiaofei Wang, Yawei Wang, Xuedong Wang

“…GC-MS/MS analysis disclosed that two degradation products appeared, sourcing from the replacement, oxidation, hydroxylation and water-molecule elimination reactions. The other two products were inferred from the comprehensive literature. …”
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Regioselective C(sp²)-C(sp³) Coupling Mediated by Classical and Rollover Cyclometalation by Lorenzo Manca, Giacomo Senzacqua, Sergio Stoccoro, Antonio Zucca

“…By taking advantage of a sequence of oxidative addition/reductive elimination reactions, Pt(II) cyclometalated derivatives are able to promote a rare C(sp²)-C(sp³) bond coupling, resulting in the production of novel methyl-substituted pyridines and bipyridines. …”
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Synthesis, mechanism studies of rhodium complexes and electrochemical oxidation, spectroscopic properties of phenol derivatives by Chen, Shan Shan

“…The total mechanism of C–H activation and subsequent C–C reductive elimination from the rhodium center has been proposed and the electronic effects of reactive ligands CH=CHAr and ancillary ligands PAr3 on the rate of the C–C reductive elimination reactions from the five-coordinate intermediates were studied. …”
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Reactions of Cyclopentadienyl-Amidinate Titanium Hydrazides with CO2, CS2, and Isocyanates: Ti=N-alpha Cycloaddition, Cycloaddition-Insertion, and Cycloaddition-NNR2 Group Transfer... by Tiong, P, Nova, A, Groom, L, Schwarz, A, Selby, J, Schofield, A, Clot, E, Mountford, P

“…In contrast, the reactions of 15 are dominated by cycloaddition-elimination reactions. Reaction with tBuNCO or Ar′NCO (2 equivs) gave tBuNCNNMe2 or the heterocycle 1,2,4-N(Me) 2NC(NAr′)N(Ar′)C(O), respectively, along with [Cp*Ti{MeC(NiPr)2}(μ-O)]2. …”

First-principles transition-metal catalysis : efficient and accurate approaches for studying enzymatic systems by Kulik, Heather J

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Niobium-mediated generation of P-P multiply bonded intermediates by Piro, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony)

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New reactivity and selectivity in transition metal-catalyzed C-C and C-N bond forming processes by Yang, Yang, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Synthesis and reactivity of calix[4]arene-supported group 4 imido complexes. by Dubberley, SR, Friedrich, A, Willman, D, Mountford, P, Radius, U

“…The metal-containing products of the elimination reactions are dinuclear complexes [[Ti(O-4-C(6)H(4)R)(Mecalix)](2)] [R=Me (23) or tBu (24)] where Mecalix=monomethyl ether of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene. …”

Some molecular orbital calculations of the potential energy surfaces of organic molecules by Clyne, L

“…</p> <p>These conclusions provide the basis for the study of a variety of stereospecific reactions. Elimination reactions and the backbone rearrangement are examined using symmetrical 'intermediate' models. …”