bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
ChemInform Abstract: The Synthesis of Fused and Pendant Pyrazole Heterocyclic Compounds from 5‐Amino‐3‐methyl‐1‐phenylpyrazole and Their Evaluation as Fluorescent Brightening Agents.
Authors: TAGDIWALA P. V. , RANGNEKAR D. W. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe aminopyrazole (I) is coupled with the ethoxymethylenemalonic acid derivatives (II) to give the pyrazolylaminomethylene derivatives (III) which are cyclized on heating to form the pyrazolopyridines (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: 21‐Thiatetra‐p‐tolylporphyrin and Its Copper(II) Bicarbonate Complex. Structural Effects of Copper‐Thiophene Binding.
Authors: LATOS‐GRAZYNSKI L. , LISOWSKI J. , OLMSTEAD M. M. , BALCH A. L. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractTitle compound (IV) (STTP‐H) is prepared according to the scheme besides tetra‐p‐tolylporphyrin and traces of the dithia analogue.
ChemInform Abstract: 5,15‐Bis(8‐quinolyl)‐ and 5,15‐Bis(2‐pyridyl)octaethylporphyrin. Preparation, Stabilities of Atropisomers, and Metal‐Ion Binding Properties.
Authors: AOYAMA Y. , KAMOHARA T. , YAMAGISHI A. , TOI H. , OGOSHI H. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe dipyrrolylmethane (I) is coupled with the hetarylaldehydes (II) and (IV), yielding the porphyrins (III) and (V).
ChemInform Abstract: An Essentially Mild and Efficient Catalyst System for the Activation of Carbonyl Compounds and Their Derivatives. The Combined Use of Trimethylsilyl Chloride and Tin(II) Chloride.
Authors: IWASAWA N. , MUKAIYAMA T. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe cyclohexanone silyl enol ether (I) reacts with the unsaturated ketone (II) in the presence of a mild catalyst system consisting of trimethylsilyl chloride and tin(II) chloride to give a high yield of the diketone (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Sulfur Diimides Containing Thioarsinyl and Selenoarsinyl Substituents.
Authors: HERBERHOLD M. , GULDNER K. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractWhile the P analogue S(=N‐P(tBu)2)2 of (IV) readily adds both elemental sulfur and selenium below 0 °C to give the corresponding disulfide and diselenide, the As compound (IV) is almost unreactive under comparable conditions.
ChemInform Abstract: Preparation and Thermal Properties of Copper(I) Sulfate.
Authors: BERTHOLD H. J. , BORN J. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractHigh purity Cu2SO4 (less than 1% Cu2O) has been obtained by reaction of extremely fine grained Cu2O with Me2SO4 (argon atmosphere, 160 °C, 10 min).
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Macrocyclic α,β‐Unsaturated γ‐Oxolactones by Ring‐Enlargement Reactions: A New Path to the Macrocyclic Lactone Antibiotic A 26771 B.
Authors: BIENZ S. , HESSE M. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe macrocycles (VIII) are synthesized starting from the α‐nitro ketones (I) as shown in the scheme.
ChemInform Abstract: Aspects of the Chemistry of Water in Ambient‐Temperature Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids: 17O NMR Studies.
Authors: ZAWODZINSKI T. A. JUN. , OSTERYOUNG R. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractIt is demonstrated that 17O NMR spectroscopy of H2O added to a AlCl3/1‐ethyl‐2‐methylimidazolium chloride melt yields informations on the speciation of oxygen and protons in the melt.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Structures of Iodocuprates(I). Part 7. ((CoCp2)(CuI2))n (n = 3, 4; Cp: η5‐C5H5): Cobaltocenium‐Iodocuprates with Unusual Anion Structures.
Authors: HARTL H. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe title compounds have been precipitated from a solution of CuI and (CoCp2)I in acetone.
ChemInform Abstract: Psychotropic Agents: Synthesis and Antipsychotic Activity of Substituted β‐Carbolines.
Authors: ABOU‐GHARBIA M. , PATEL U. R. , MOYER J. A. , MUTH E. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractAlkylation of the tetrahydropyridoindole (I) with the bromides (II) produces the pyridinylalkyl derivatives (III) which are substituted to give the derivatives (V).
ChemInform Abstract: Diastereomeric Complex Formation between a Novel Optically Active Host and Naproxen in Aqueous Solution.
Authors: DHARANIPRAGADA R. , DIEDERICH F. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe ketone (III), prepared from 3‐methoxybromobenzene (I) and the aldehyde (II), is converted to the α‐chloronitrile (V).
ChemInform Abstract: 1,5‐Benzoxathiepin Derivatives. Part 1. Synthesis and Reaction of 1,5‐Benzoxathiepin Derivatives.
Authors: SUGIHARA H. , MABUCHI H. , KAWAMATSU Y. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe o‐mercaptophenols (I) react with the bromoacetate (II) to produce the O,S‐disubstituted derivatives (III) which are cyclized, forming the benzoxathiepinones (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis, Structures, and Spectra of Cobalt(III) Complexes of the Novel Branched Cyclic Ligands 6‐Methyl‐6‐(4‐amino‐2‐azabutyl)‐1‐thia‐4‐azacycloheptane and N‐(2‐Aminoethyl)‐3‐methyl‐3‐(4‐amino‐2‐thiabutyl)azetidine.
Authors: GAHAN L. R. , HAMBLEY T. W. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe preparation of the two Co(III) complexes (VI) and (VII) occurs according to the scheme.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Structure of Pt2Au Cluster Complexes, Including (Pt2(CC‐tBu)2(μ‐AuI)(μ‐Ph2PCH2PPh2)2).
Authors: MANOJLOVIC‐MUIR L. , MUIR K. W. , TREURNICHT I. , PUDDEPHATT R. J. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractReaction of the diphosphine‐bridged Pt(0) complex (I) with four equiv. of the alkynyl‐Au compound (II) gives the air‐stable alkynylgold‐bridged derivative (Va).
ChemInform Abstract: Diastereoselective Hydroxyalkylations in Position 1 of Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Synthesis of Aporphine, Protoberberine, and Phthalide Alkaloids.
Authors: SEEBACH D. , HUBER I. M. P. , SYFRIG M. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractMetalloorganic reaction of the tetrahydroisoquinoline (I) with the aldehyde (II) gives the adduct (III) with u‐configuration, which can be converted either to the (u)‐aminoalcohol (VI) or to the (l)‐aminoalcohol (VIII).
ChemInform Abstract: A Lithium Oxygen Secondary Battery.
Authors: SEMKOW K. W. , SAMMELLS A. F. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractA secondary lithium‐oxygen cell possessing the general configuration shown in the scheme has been tested between 600 and 850 °C. The fully charged cell has an open‐circuit potential of 2.4 V and current densities of 200 mA cm‐1 at 1.2 V (vs.
ChemInform Abstract: Electrochemistry of a Metalloporphyrin‐Bridging Biferrocene Complex. Reactions of Fc‐(OEP)Ge‐Fc.
Authors: KADISH K. M. , XU Q. Y. , BARBE J.‐M. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe title complex (I) is synthesized according to published methods and characterized by IR, UV/VIS, and 1H NMR spectroscopy.
ChemInform Abstract: Reactions of the Dirhenium(II) Complexes Re2X4(dppm)2 (X: Cl or Br; dppm: Ph2PCH2PPh2) with Isocyanides. Part 4. Isomerism in Mixed Carbonyl‐Isocyanide Complexes of Stoichiometry (Re2Cl3(dppm)2(CO)2(CNR))n+ (n = 0 or 1) and (Re2Cl3(dppm)2(CO)(CNR)2)+ (R: t‐Bu or Xylyl), Which Possess Edge‐Shared Bioctahedral Structures.
Authors: ANDERSON L. B. , COTTON F. A. , DUNBAR K. R. , FALVELLO L. R. , PRICE A. C. , REID A. H. , WALTON R. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe multiply bonded dirhenium isocyanide complexes (I) react with CO (II) in the presence of TlPF6 to yield the cationic isocyanide‐carbonyl species (III).
ChemInform Abstract: Reactivity of Disilylarsenido Iron Complexes Towards Carbonyl Chlorides: The First Arsaalkenyl‐ and Diacylarsenido Complexes. X‐Ray Structure Analysis of Z‐((η5‐C5H5)(CO)2Fe‐As=C(OSiMe3)(t‐Bu)).
Authors: WEBER L. , MEINE G. , BOESE R. , BUNGARDT D. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe equimolar reaction of the disilylarsenido‐Fe complex (III), prepared as shown, with the carbonyl chlorides (V) results in the formation of the arsaalkenyl complexes (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Reduction of Silicon‐Hydrogen Bond Strengths.
Authors: KANABUS‐KAMINSKA J. M. , HAWARI J. A. , GRILLER D. , CHATGILIALOGLU C. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractBond dissociation energies (BDE) measured by a photoacoustic technique (nitrogen laser pulses, 337 nm, pulse width 10 ns, h·ü = 84.8 kcal/mol) on deoxygenated solutions containing tBu‐O‐O‐tBu (4‐16% v/v) and an appropriate silane in isooctane yields ΔHobsd/BDE(R3Si‐H) (in kcal/mol): Et3Si‐H = 76.3/90.1; Me3Si‐SiMe2‐H = 84.9/85.3; (Me3Si)3Si‐H = 95.9/79.0; in general BDE(R3Si‐H) = ΔHR/2 + 86.1 kcal/mol.
ChemInform Abstract: Light‐Induced Self‐Nitrosation of Polycyclic Phenols with Nitrosamine. Excited State Proton Transfer.
Authors: CHOW Y. L. , WU Z.‐Z. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractPhotoexcitation of the polycyclic phenols (I), (III), (VI), (VIII), and (XI) (in situ by tautomerization of anthrone (X)) in the presence of N‐nitrosodimethylamine (V) causes self‐nitrosation of the phenols to give the quinone monooximes (II), (IV), (VII), (IX), or (XII), respectively.
ChemInform Abstract: Structure and Magnetic Properties of an Adduct from Gadolinium Hexafluoroacetylacetonate and the Radical 4,4,5,5‐Tetramethyl‐2‐phenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1H‐imidazole‐3‐oxide‐1‐oxyl.
Authors: BENELLI C. , CANESCHI A. , GATTESCHI D. , LAUGIER J. , REY P. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe title complex (I) is prepared by reaction of tris(hexafluoroacetylacetanato)gadolinium with the nitroxide radical in hot hexane (no yield given).
ChemInform Abstract: Multiple Deprotonation of a Ferraborane. Evidence for the Formation of a Discrete Transition‐Metal Boride.
Authors: RATH N. P. , FEHLNER T. P. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractMultiple deprotonation of (I), an isoelectronic analogue of HFe4(CO)12CH, yields the dilithium salt (II) of the dianion of the ferraborane.
ChemInform Abstract: Photochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide in Water Using a Nickel(II) Tetra‐azamacrocycle Complex as Catalyst.
Authors: GRANT J. L. , GOSWAMI K. , SPREER L. O. , OTVOS J. W. , CALVIN M. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe photoreduction of CO2 (in a saturated aqueous solution) is investigated in a three‐component system containing tris‐(2,2'‐bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chloride as photosensitizer, ascorbic acid as electron donor, and 1,4,8,11‐tetraazacyclotetradecanenickel(II) chloride as catalyst.
ChemInform Abstract: Influence of the Donor Part of the Chromophor of Dimethinmerocyanine Dyes Upon the Aggregation Tendency in Aqueous Solution.
Authors: KUSSLER M. , BALLI H. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractA range of dyes such as (I), (II), (III), and (IV) are examined with respect to their aggregation tendency in H2O and/or in various organic solvents/H2O mixtures without addition of salt.
ChemInform Abstract: Studies on Pyridylpyrazolone System. Part 5. Cyclocondensation of 1‐Phenyl‐3‐(3′‐pyridyl)‐2‐pyrazolin‐5‐one with Ethyl Acetoacetate and Related Compounds.
Authors: ABDEL‐MEGEED M. F. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractCyclocondensation of the pyridylpyrazolinone (I) with the carbonyl compounds (II), (IV), or (VII) yields the pyrazolopyran derivatives (III), (V), or (VIII).
ChemInform Abstract: Studies on 2,4‐Dichloro‐2,4‐difluoro‐1,3‐dithietane S‐Oxides and Chlorofluorosulfine, CIFC=SO.
Authors: HENN R. , SUNDERMEYER W. , PRITZKOW H. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractUse of various oxidation reagents for the dithietane (I) gives rise to formation of the products (II)‐(VI).
ChemInform Abstract: A New Method for the Synthesis of Pyridine and Pyrido(3,4‐d)pyridazine Derivatives.
Authors: BARLUENGA J. , IGLESIAS M. J. , GOTOR V. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractReaction of the iminohydrazones (I) with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (II) yields the 2‐pyridones (III) which cyclize on treatment with acids or bases to form the pyridopyridazine derivatives (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Hypoglycemic Activity of Substituted 3‐(Substituted‐Arylcarbiminoacetyl)aminomethyl‐4(3H)‐quinazolones.
Authors: AGARWAL V. R. , NAUTIYAL S. R. , MUKERJI D. D. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractSeveral new 3‐aminomethylquinazolones (V) were synthesized by known methods and screened for their hypoglycemic activity.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of New 1,2,3‐Triazin‐4‐ones as Potential Anti‐Depressants.
Authors: FERRAND G. , DUMAS H. , DEPIN J.‐C. , CHAVERNAC G. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractA series of ca. 30 new triazinones such as (III) and (VI)‐(VIII) is prepared by methods similar to those shown for (III).
ChemInform Abstract: 1,1‐Bis(dipropylborylmethyl)ethylene ‐ a New Reagent for Allylboration.
Authors: BUBNOV YU. N. , GRUSKII M. E. , PERSHIN D. G. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe isobutylene dianion, generated in situ from isobutylene (I), reacts with dipropylboryl chloride (II) to give the title compound (III) which reacts with the ketones (IV), producing the bishomoallyl alcohols (V) after oxidation and hydrolysis.
ChemInform Abstract: Arbuzov Rearrangement of Alkoxy‐ and Chloro‐Substituted Methylphosphonites.
Authors: LIVANTSOV M. V. , PRISHCHENKO A. A. , LUTSENKO I. F. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractArbuzov rearrangement of the phosphonites (I) on treatment with the iodides (II) leads to the formation of the phosphinates (III) as main product, together with the phosphinates (IV) and (V) as by‐products.
ChemInform Abstract: New Octahedral Thiolato Complexes of Divalent Nickel: Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of (Et4N)(Ni(SC5H4N)3) and (Ph4P)(Ni(SC4H3N2)3)·CH3CN.
Authors: ROSENFIELD S. G. , BERENDS H. P. , GELMINI L. , STEPHAN D. W. , MASCHARAK P. K. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractReactions of the tetrachloronickelates (I) with the generated in situ thiolate of pyrimidine‐2‐thiol (II) or with the preformed thiolate (IV) afford the distorted octahedral thiolato complexes (III) and (V).
ChemInform Abstract: Cyclometalated Complexes of Platinum(II): Homoleptic Compounds with Aromatic C,N Ligands.
Authors: CHASSOT L. , VON ZELEWSKY A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes (III), (V)‐(VII) are prepared by reaction of the lithiated ligands with the trans‐Pt complex (II) as demonstrated by two examples.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Naphthoquinone Derivatives. Part 4. Synthesis of 5,8‐Dihydroxy‐2‐methoxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinone Derivatives. A Major Naphthoquinone Moiety of Some of Naphthoquinone Antibiotics.
Authors: TANOUE Y. , TERADA A. , TSUBOI T. , HAYASHIDA T. , TSUGE O. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe compounds (V) and (VIa) are synthesized starting from the naphthalene derivative (I) via the common intermediate (IV).
ChemInform Abstract: Crystal and Molecular Structure of a Copper(II)‐Glycinehydroxamic Acid Complex.
Authors: DE MIRANDA‐PINTO C. O. B. , PANIAGO E. B. , CARVALHO S. , TABAK M. , MASCARENHAS Y. P. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe 1:2 molar reaction of Cu(II) perchlorate and glycinehydroxamic acid in aqueous solution at pH ∼8 leads to the dihydrate of the octahedral complex (I).
ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of 2‐Ethoxypropanamide with Alkyl, Phenyl and Alkyl α‐Formylvinyl Ethers.
Authors: KEIKO N. A. , KUZNETSOVA T. A. , KALIKHMAN I. D. , CHUVASHOV YU. A. , VORONKOV M. G. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe title amide (II) adds to the vinyl ethers (I) to yield the corresponding adducts (III) by reaction of the vinyl group of (I).
ChemInform Abstract: A New Carbon‐Carbon Bond Forming Reaction in Indole Chemistry. C3‐Arylation and Alkylation with Phenyl(β‐indolyl)iodonium Trifluoroacetate.
Authors: MORIARTY R. M. , KU Y. Y. , SULTANA M. , TUNCAY A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractIndole (I) reacts with iodosylbenzene diacetate (II) to give the iodonium trifluoroacetate (IV) via the intermediate (III).
ChemInform Abstract: Lanthanoid Tellurates Ln2TeO6.
Authors: TROEMEL M. + , HUETZLER F. W. + , BURCKHARDT H.‐G. , PLATTE CHR. , MUENCH E. + 
Published: May 2016

AbstractPowders of Ln2TeO6 (Ln: La‐Yb, except Ce and Pm) have been obtained by annealing equimolar mixtures of Ln2O3 and TeO2 (preannealing at 600‐800 °C, 900 °C, 16‐24 °C, for Pr: Pr6O11:TeO2 = 1:3).
ChemInform Abstract: Structural Mapping of an Unsymmetrical Chemically Modified Cyclodextrin by High‐Field NMR Spectroscopy.
Authors: SPENCER C. M. , STODDART J. F. , ZARZYCKI R. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractSamples of 2,6‐per‐O‐methyl‐β‐cyclodextrin, prepared according to literature procedures, are shown to be less than 70% pure.
ChemInform Abstract: Studies Related to Penicillins. Part 23. Preparation of the N‐Phenylacetyl and N‐Triphenylmethyl Derivatives of (3R,4R)‐3‐Amino‐4‐t‐butylthioazetidin‐2‐one.
Authors: CORBETT D. F. , KAURA A. C. , MAYCOCK C. D. , STOODLEY R. J. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractAddition of HOBr (generated in situ) to the diazabicycloheptenone (I) gives the bromohydrin (III) which is partially converted into a mixture of the compounds (IV) and (V), but all attempts to isolate (V) are without avail.
ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of Hemiacetal Vinylogues and Their Synthetic Equivalents with Heterocyclic Enol Ethers.
Authors: POIRIER J.‐M. , DUJARDIN G. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe heterocyclic enol ethers (I) are coupled with the hydroxy enol ethers (II) in the presence of boron trifluoride to give the acetals (III).
ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of Elemental Sulfur with Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)vanadium Derivatives: Disulfido and μ‐Sulfido Complexes. Crystal Structures of (V(η‐C5Me5)2(S2)) and (V2(η‐C5Me5)2Cl2(μ‐S)2).
Authors: FLORIANI C. , GAMBAROTTA S. , CHIESI‐VILLA A. , GUASTINI C. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractBis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)V (I) reacts with S8 (II) forming the paramagnetic disulfido derivative (III).
ChemInform Abstract: Reactions of Organouranium Compounds with Tetracyanoethylene and 7,7,8,8‐Tetracyanoquinodimethane.
Authors: ROSSETTO G. , BRIANESE N. , OSSOLA F. , PORCHIA M. , ZANELLA P. , SOSTERO S. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe U(IV) complexes (I) react in toluene solution with the cyano compounds (II) and (IV) by addition of the olefins into the U‐X bond to give the new uranium keteniminates (III) and (V), respectively.
ChemInform Abstract: Polynuclear Metal Complexes with Bridging Carbene or Carbyne Ligands. Part 64. Addition of Methylene Groups to Iron‐Molybdenum Complexes; Crystal Structures of (FeMo(μ‐CH2)(.mu±sigma.:η‐C(C6H4Me‐4)=CH2)(CO)5(η‐C5H5)) and (FeMo(μ‐C(C6H4Me‐4)C(OMe)C(H))(CO)5(η‐C5H5)).
Authors: GARCIA M. E. , HOA TRAN‐HUY N. , JEFFERY J. C. , SHERWOOD P. , STONE F. G. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe reaction of the MoFe complex (Ia) with an excess of CH2N2 (II) at ambient temp. affords the title complex (IIIa), however at ca. ‐40 °C the second title complex (IVa) is formed.
ChemInform Abstract: An Unusual C‐7 Ortho Ester from 6‐epi‐Gibberellin A13. X‐Ray Molecular Structure of Gibberellene C‐7 Ortho Ester.
Authors: FRAGA B. M. , GONZALEZ‐COLLADO I. , HERNANDEZ M. G. , TELLADO F. G. , PERALES A. A. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractMethanolysis of the compound (II) according to A) furnishes the C‐7 ortho ester (III) (X‐ray analysis: space group P212121; Z=4) as major product instead of the expected C‐19 ortho ester (I).
Critical Generation Evaluation Using Hybrid Energy Function Method
Authors: TANAKA KAZUYUKI , KAWABE KENICHI 
Published: May 2016

SUMMARYIt is well known that the transient energy function (TEF) method is useful for an efficient transient stability assessment as represented by the estimation of the critical clearing time (CCT). However, there still remains an issue for practical use: most of the TEF methods adopt the classical model of a synchronous machine in which the internally generated voltage is assumed to be constant. Moreover, critical generated output can be a more practical stability index instead of the CCT used in the conventional TEF methods. In this paper, a conventional hybrid TEF method is developed in order to estimate the transient stable critical generated power by using an improved hybrid simulation. The proposed method can handle the detailed model for a synchronous machine and can estimate the critical generated power with higher accuracy. Experimental results for a large network model are given in order to verify the practicability of the proposed method.
Dehydrogenation of icosahedral carborane anions via gas‐phase collisional activation
Authors: Hamdy Omar M. , Pham Huong T. , McArthur Scott G. , Lavallo Vincent , Julian Ryan R. 
Published: May 2016

RationaleThe icosahedral carborane anion HCB11H11–1 is well known for its exceptional stability in solution and the solid state, but the gas‐phase properties of this molecule have not previously been explored.MethodsElectrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry, collisional activation, and isotopic labelling were used to examine the formation and reaction pathways of covalent and noncovalent carborane clusters.ResultsCovalent attachment of an amino group to the C‐vertex of HCB11H11–1 dramatically alters its stability in the gas phase. Interestingly, covalently bound carborane dimers are produced during electrospray ionization. Subsequent collisional activation of these dimers leads to facile hydrogen losses (7 H2 molecules). The loss of H2 does not follow a stochastic pattern, but occurs preferentially by loss of 3 H2, followed by loss of 2 H2 and then another 2 H2 molecules.ConclusionsThis study provides insight into new possible modes of B–H activation and functionalization in carborane cages. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Theory, Methodology and Pynchon: What Matter Who’s Speaking?
Authors: Eve Martin Paul 
Published: May 2016

Abstract
The writings of Thomas Pynchon have spawned more critical commentary than almost any other American author of the last fifty years. Pynchon’s texts are perhaps most famed for their ‘difficulty and apparent unfriendliness’, as works that require, as Inger H. Dalsgaard, Luc Herman and Brian McHale put it, ‘a collective enterprise of reading wherein none of us could succeed without the help of the others’.1 Among the interpretative toolkits that come in for a hard time in Pynchon’s writing, though, perhaps none are so disparaged and under-attempted as those of philosophy and theory.
Humanities and Public Policy
Authors: Holm Poul , Jarrick Arne , Scott Dominic 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThis chapter deals with the interaction of the humanities with the political system. How do humanities representatives argue the case for the humanities, and what do political systems expect of the humanities? We shall examine various policy documents, such as national reports and international research programmes designed by non-academic bodies. The aim is to identify how humanities’ interests are being voiced and promoted and what the regional characteristics of the public role of the humanities are. We concentrate on US and EU cases specifically but will make some observations on other regions for contrast. The information for US, EU, China and India is drawn from our own desk research, while information for other regions is based on country reports for the EU METRIS project.
Observing and managing seascapes: linking synoptic oceanography, ecological processes, and geospatial modelling
Authors: Hidalgo Manuel , Secor David H. , Browman Howard I. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractThe capacity to observe, retrieve, and model the physiographical and hydrographical features of the sea (i.e. seascapes) has surpassed our ability to integrate this information into the assessment and stewardship of marine ecosystems. However, current marine policy that mandates integrated ecosystem assessments demands temporally intensive and spatially extensive predictions of key populations and ecosystem processes and services, particularly those related to habitat use and distribution. In this sense, seascape ecology represents an operational linkage between basic oceanography and applied ecology and management that embraces spatially explicit models of the dynamic distributions of populations, communities and foodwebs through a joint consideration of observational data and ecological processes. For these reasons, the ICES Journal of Marine Science solicited contributions to the article theme set, “Frontiers in seascape ecology”. In this introduction, we present current concepts and developments in seascape ecology, briefly summarize the 10 articles that appear herein, and discuss the most relevant challenges to this nascent discipline. The contributions included in this theme set illustrate the growing relevance of seascape ecology in the multidisciplinary management of marine ecosystems.