This study is an investigation of the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of aluminum and copper on fluoropolymer surfaces and the subsequent interfacial interactions.

This document includes supplemental material to an article titled "Enthalpy of solvation correlations for gaseous solutes dissolved in alcohol solvents based on the Abraham model," published in QSAR & Combinatorial Science.

The reaction of chlorodimethylvinylsilane with tertbutyllithium was investigated in the presence of several conjugated dienes. In all cases except with 2,5-dimethylfuran, [2+4] cycloadducts of a silene intermediate are obtained in hydrocarbon solvents. The presence of THF in the reaction mixture suppresses the formation of cycloadducts in favor of 1,3-disilacyclobutanes. In the reaction of dimethylethoxyvinylsilane or dimethylmethoxyvinylsilane with tert-butyllithium the main product is the 1,1-dimethyl2-neopentyl-4-(dimethylalkoxysilyl)silacyclobutane. It is concluded that lithium chloride elimination to give silene intermediates occurs in hydrocarbon solvents. In the presence of strong Lewis bases or when the leaving group on silicon is an alkoxy group, the addition reaction giving a-lithiosilanes occurs and products arising from their coupling reactions are obtained.

Cyclopropanation of the unsaturated fatty acid moieties of membrane phospholipids is a commonly observed phenomenon in a number of bacterial systems. The cyclopropane fatty acids are usually synthesized during and after the transition from exponential growth to stationary phase, or under such environmental conditions as acidic culture pH, low oxygen tension or high salt concentrations. S-Adenosylmethionine, the ubiquitous methyl group donor, provides the methylene bridge carbon in the reaction catalyzed by cyclopropane fatty acid synthase. Also formed in the reaction is S-adenosylhomocysteine, a potent inhibitor of cyclopropane fatty acid synthase, which is degraded by S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase. This work provides evidence for at least two modes of regulation of lactobacillic acid synthesis, the cyclopropane fatty acid formed from cis-vaccenic acid (cis-11,12-octadecenoic acid), in Lactobacillus piantarum.

This work presents the development of a new highly sensitive and selective chemical assay for poly(ADP-ribose) which is routinely useful for the determination of polymer levels in vivo. This method was used to carefully measure poly(ADP-ribose) levels in normal and in DNA-damaged cells. The results of these studies strongly suggest that synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) is involved in some aspect of DNA repair. A review of the literature is presented in the introduction of this work. Poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis has been implicated in aspects of transcription, in DNA syn thesis, and in DNA repair largely based on evidence from in vitro studies. It is apparent that current methodology has not allowed the routine quantification of poly(ADP-ribose) in vivo, hence the lack of i^n vivo data concerning the function(s) of the polymer. The body of this work presents the development of two chemical methods for the quantification of poly(ADP-ribose) and the application of one of these methods to the measurement of polymer levels in normal and DNA-damaged cells. Preliminary studies are presented on the utilization of combined gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy for the selective quantification of nucleoside derivatives. A second method makes use of the unique chemistry of the polymer for quantification. The polymer …

The enzyme 3-Hydroxy-3- Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase catalyzes the rate limiting step of hepatic cholesterol biosynthesis and is unique among the enzymes in the early part of the pathway in that it is membrane bound. This gives rise to potential regulation of the enzyme through interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. A purification procedure has been developed which consistently produces enzyme of high specific activity. In order to fully characterize the interactions between HMG-CoA reductase and the lipids in its immediate environment, HMG-CoA reductase was purified to homogeneity and shown to be a protein-lipid complex.

This document includes supporting material for an article titled, "Enthalpy of solvation correlations for gaseous solutes dissolved in water and in 1-octanol based on the Abraham model," published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

In this study, we describe reaction chemistry of the first nickel(II) complexes having a terminally bound imido ligand, (dtbpe)Ni=NR (R = 2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃, 2,3,6-Me₃C₆H₂ (Mes), and Ad) with various small unsaturated molecules.

This article reviews the book "Chemistry of Advanced Materials: An Overview," edited by Leonard V. Interrante and Mark J. Hampden-Smith.

Article discussing variable pathways for oxygen atom insertion into metal-carbon bonds and the case of Cp*W(O)2(CH2SiMe3).

Article discussing a computational study on the impact of metal identity and carbon-oxygen bond formation via organometallic Baeyer-Villiger transformations.

This article discusses low-coordinate iron dinitrogen complexes. Understanding the interaction of N₂ with iron is relevant to the iron catalyst used in the Haber process and to possible roles of the FeMoco active site of nitrogenase.

Article discussing an ab initio study of methane activation by group IVB imido complexes.

This article discusses a two-coordinate nickel imido complex that effects C-H amination.

This article provides comments on "Fluorescent Probe Studies on the Microstructure of Polystyrene-Poly (vinylpyridine) Diblock Copolymer Film," published in 'Macromolecules,' 1992.

Article investigating the effect of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) concentration on the galvanostatic electrodeposition of Ni-B matrix nano hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) reinforced composite coatings.

Article on the prediction of drug solubility in ethanol-ethyl acetate mixtures at various temperatures using the Jouyban-Acree model.

This article provides comments on the article "Measurement and correlation of the solubility of p-coumaric acid in nine pure and water + ethanol mixed solvents at temperatures from 293.15 to 333.15 K" published in the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data in 2016.

Article on computational studies of the potential energy surface for O(¹D) + H₂S and the characterization of pathways involving H₂SO, HOSH, and H₂OS.

Article on a computational investigation of the molecular geometry and rotational barriers in ethyl methyl ether.

Article on the solubility of lamotrigine, diazepam, and clonazepam in ethanol + water mixtures at 298.15 K.

This article discusses the design and synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers, guided by DFT calculations.

Article discussing the redox activation of alkene ligands in platinum complexes with non-innocent ligands.

This article is taken from the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2017). Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) can be used in applications in selective chemosensing.