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Tetrahedral P₄–diruthenium complex hydrolyzes to one containing P(OH)₂PHPHPHOH molecule, and gives a clue to the hydrolytic activation of white phosphorus.

For the global chemical industry, the very bad day started early in the fourth quarter of 2008, and it may last another six months.

This microwave-assisted combinatorial synthesis produces new 3-pyrimidin-5-ylpropanamides when run in HOAc solvent.

Gold film growth on conducting polymer films is investigated in situ by using the advanced technique of grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS).

The osmotic coefficients and refractive indices of aqueous solutions of the ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and iodide are measured and correlated.