Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic studies of europium complex with S(+)-mandelic acid

Isolated zirconium centres captured from aqueous solution: the structure of zirconium mandelate revealed from NMR crystallography

Zirconium tetramandelate forms from aqueous solution and unusually contains isolated cations; its structure is determined ab initio from a polycrystalline sample using a combined synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and solid-state NMR approach.

A Green Approach for Allylations of Aldehydes and Ketones: Combining Allylborate, Mechanochemistry and Lanthanide Catalyst

Secondary and tertiary alcohols synthesized via allylation of aldehydes and ketones are important compounds in bioactive natural products and industry, including pharmaceuticals. Development of a mechanochemical method using potassium allyltrifluoroborate salt and water, to successfully perform the allylation of aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds is reported for the first time. By controlling the grinding parameters, the methodology can be selective, namely, very efficient for aldehydes and ineffective for ketones, but by employing lanthanide catalysts, the reactions with ketones can become practically quantitative. The catalyzed reactions can also be performed under mild aqueous stirring conditions. Considering the allylation agent and its by-products, aqueous media, energy efficiency and use of catalyst, the methodology meets most of the green chemistry principles.