The monoanions of nitroalkanes are ambident nucleophiles that react with carbonate electrophiles through the oxygen atom. Products arising from reactivity at the carbon atom will yield alpha-nitro esters, which are precursors ...

Bis-camphorsulfonyl urea, a newly developed hydrogen bonding catalyst, was evaluated in an enantioselective Friedel Crafts reaction. We observed that complexation of the sulfonyl urea with a sodium cation enhanced the ...

Ferroelectric films of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE) provide a controlled environment to study the aggregation tendency of functional molecules such as perylene diimides (PDIs). The local ...