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An environmentally adaptive quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery based on magnesium vanadate hydrate with commercial-level mass loading and anti-freezing gel electrolyte

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8397-8409
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01033B, Paper
Weijun Zhou, Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Anran Wang, Aixiang Huang, Xinwu Xu, Junling Xu, Ching-Ping Wong
A quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery exhibits remarkable areal and volumetric energy/power densities and excellent cyclability from −30 to 60 °C.
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Rocking-chair capacitive deionization with flow-through electrodes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8476-8484
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA14112J, Paper
Yong Liu, Xin Gao, Kai Wang, Xinyue Dou, Haiguang Zhu, Xun Yuan, Likun Pan
Flow-through Rocking-chair Capacitive Deionization system with ultrahigh desalination rate is built for the first-time, in which sodium-pre-intercalated MnO2 coated carbon nanofiber aerogels are employed as the flow-through electrode.
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PCE11-based polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13% achieved by room-temperature processing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8661-8668
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02271C, Paper
Jianyun Zhang, Wenrui Liu, Ming Zhang, Shengjie Xu, Feng Liu, Xiaozhang Zhu
Non-fullerene acceptors featuring excellent miscibility with temperature-dependent aggregation polymer PCE11 enable room-temperature processed polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13%.
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Insight into the correlation of Pt–support interactions with electrocatalytic activity and durability in fuel cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01530J, Review Article
Subramaniam Jayabal, Govindarajan Saranya, Dongsheng Geng, Lu-Yin Lin, Xiangbo Meng
This review aims at providing an overview of the interactions between Pt and supports from experimental and theoretical results, in the hope of correlating the metal–support interactions with the activity and durability of the catalysts in fuel cells.
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Synthesis of metal-free lightweight materials with sequence-encoded properties

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8752-8760
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03162C, Paper
Adi Azoulay, Jesús Barrio, Jonathan Tzadikov, Michael Volokh, Josep Albero, Christel Gervais, Pilar Amo-Ochoa, Hermenegildo García, Félix Zamora, Menny Shalom
A general synthesis of phosphorus–nitrogen–carbon materials with highly tunable elemental composition and spatial organization as well as structural, electronic, and thermal stability properties is reported.
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Understanding the mechanism of byproduct formation with in operando synchrotron techniques and its effects on the electrochemical performance of VO2(B) nanoflakes in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00858C, Paper
Qiang Pang, Hainan Zhao, Ruqian Lian, Qiang Fu, Yingjin Wei, Angelina Sarapulova, Junqi Sun, Chunzhong Wang, Gang Chen, Helmut Ehrenberg
The byproduct protects the vanadium-based positive electrode of ARZBs and facilitates Zn2+ insertion into the electrode.
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A one-step rapid synthesis of TS-1 zeolites with highly catalytically active mononuclear TiO6 species

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA13851J, Paper
Wenjing Xu, Tianjun Zhang, Risheng Bai, Peng Zhang, Jihong Yu
The modulation and determination of the coordination environments of Ti active sites in titanosilicate zeolites are key challenges in the rational design of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts.
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A highly efficient artificial light-harvesting system with two-step sequential energy transfer based on supramolecular self-assembly

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03169K, Paper
Guangping Sun, Weirui Qian, Jianmin Jiao, Tingting Han, Yukun Shi, Xiao-Yu Hu, Leyong Wang
An efficient artificial light-harvesting system with two-step sequential energy transfer has been successfully constructed based on supramolecular self-assembly.
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Co-gel strategy for preparing hierarchically porous silica/polyimide nanocomposite aerogel with thermal insulation and flame retardancy

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA13011J, Paper
Xinhai Zhang, Xingxing Ni, Chenxi Li, Bo You, Gang Sun
Co-gel strategy for preparing hierarchically porous silica/polyimide aerogel with low density, high specific modulus, hydrophobicity, flame retardancy, and thermal insulation.
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Three-dimensional interconnected V6O13 nest with V5+-rich state for ultrahigh Zn ion storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03165H, Paper
Pingge He, Jiaohao Liu, Xudong Zhao, Zhenping Ding, Peng Gao, Li-Zhen Fan
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted intensive attention due to their low cost, environmental friendliness and high safety. However, exploring suitable cathode materials and deep understanding of their energy...
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The rational and effective design of nonfullerene acceptors guided by a semi-empirical model for an organic solar cell with an efficiency over 15%

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03087B, Paper
Xin Ke, Lingxian Meng, Xiangjian Wan, Mingpeng Li, Yanna Sun, Ziqi Guo, Simin Wu, Hongtao Zhang, Chenxi Li, Yongsheng Chen
Guided by a semi-empirical model, two small-molecule acceptors were rationally designed and an impressive PCE of 15.05% was achieved.
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Highly efficient and durable aqueous electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to HCOOH with a novel bismuth–MOF: experimental and DFT studies

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00384K, Paper
Xurui Zhang, Yanxing Zhang, Qingqing Li, Xiaodong Zhou, Qingyu Li, Jin Yi, Yuyu Liu, Jiujun Zhang
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (ERCO2) to low-carbon fuel and useful chemicals, which can simultaneously store renewable energy and recover CO2 in a green manner, has proven to be a viable energy storage and conversion strategy.
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A Cu2B2 monolayer with planar hypercoordinate motifs: an efficient catalyst for CO electroreduction to ethanol

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02471F, Paper
Jingjing Jia, Haijun Zhang, Zhongxu Wang, Jingxiang Zhao, Zhen Zhou
By means of first-principles computations, we identified that metallic Cu2B2 monolayer with planar heptacoordinate motifs could effectively reduce CO to ethanol through the “carbene” mechanism with a low limiting potential and a small barrier for C–C coupling.
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Graphene oxide laminates intercalated with 2D covalent-organic frameworks as a robust nanofiltration membrane

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01727B, Paper
Xiao Sui, Ziwen Yuan, Chang Liu, Li Wei, Meiying Xu, Fei Liu, Alejandro Montoya, Kunli Goh, Yuan Chen
Porous yet rigid 2D covalent–organic framework nanosheets can not only increase the interlayer spacing between graphene oxide nanosheets and provide direct transfer channels but also enhance the self-supporting capacity of graphene oxide laminates.
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Rational design of high nitrogen-doped and core–shell/mesoporous carbon nanospheres with high rate capability and cycling longevity for pseudocapacitive sodium storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03229H, Paper
Jiayi Mao, Dechao Niu, Nan Jiang, Guangyu Jiang, Meiwan Chen, Yongsheng Li, Jianlin Shi
A facile soft-template strategy is developed to construct high-nitrogen-doped and core–shell/mesoporous carbon nanospheres for high-rate and long-term stable sodium-ion batteries.
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Smart Porous Wood Supported Flower-like NiS/Ni Conjuction with Vitrimer Co-effect as Multifunctional Material with Reshaping, Shape-memory and Self-healing for High-Performance Supercapacitors, Catalysts and Sensors

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03664A, Paper
Chuanyin Xiong, Bingbing Li, Heguang Liu, Wei Zhao, Chao Duan, Haiwei Wu, Yong Ni
Wood-based materials are attracting more and more attention for applications in energy storage, due to their environment friendly and numerous channels structure. However, the poor conductivity and flexibility of wood...
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Power and carbon monoxide co-production by a proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell with La0.6Sr0.2Cr0.85Ni0.15O3−δ for on-cell dry reforming of CH4 by CO2

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03458D, Paper
Tong Wei, Peng Qiu, Lichao Jia, Yuan Tan, Xin Yang, Shichen Sun, Fanglin Chen, Jian Li
Highly efficient on-cell dry reforming of CH4 for power and CO co-production by H-SOFCs is achieved with an engineered LSCN@Ni layer.
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Al-Sc Dual Doped LiGe2(PO4)3 - a NASICON-Type Solid Electrolyte with Improved Ionic Conductivity

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00517G, Paper
Yosef Nikodimos, Meng-Che Tsai, Ljalem Hadush Abrha, Haile Hisho Weldeyohannis, Shuo-Feng Chiu, Hailemariam Kassa Bezabh, Kassie Nigus Shitaw, Fekadu Wubatu Fenta, She-Huang Wu, Wei-Nien Su, Yang Chun-Chen, Bing Joe Hwang
LiGe2(PO4)3 (LGP), a NASICON type solid electrolyte has many advantages like superior electrochemical and thermal stability to use in all solid state lithium batteries. However, its low ionic conductivity is...
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In Situ Confinement of Pt within Three-Dimensional MoO2@Porous Carbon for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02507K, Paper
Yimin Jiang, Miao Yang, Meijiao Qu, Yi Wang, Zhouchunyu Yang, Qingliang Feng, Xia Deng, Wei Shen, Ming Li, Rongxing He
Promoting the industrialization and widespread application of Pt-based catalysts is essential to electrochemical water-splitting systems. However, the development of cost-effective Pt-based catalysts still remains a high challenge. Here we report...
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Rational Design of Well-Dispersed Ultrafine CoS2 Nanocrystals in Micro-Mesoporous Carbon Spheres with Synergistic Effect for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02692A, Paper
Zhanshuang Jin, Ming Zhao, Tianning Lin, Bingqiu Liu, Qi Zhang, Lingyu Zhang, Lihua Chen, Lu Li, Zhong-Min Su, Chungang Wang
The physical confinement and chemical catalysis of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) are effective ways to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. How to effectively combine physical confinement and chemical catalysis...
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VS4 with chain crystal structure used as an intercalation cathode for an aqueous Zn-ion battery

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02645J, Communication
Qiancheng Zhu, Qin Xiao, Bowen Zhang, Zhengcong Yan, Xi Liu, Shuo Chen, Zhifeng Ren, Ying Yu
Non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries are currently widely used throughout society, but aqueous batteries could be more feasible for grid-scale applications or even electric cars when factors like cost and safety are...
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Hydrophilic ultrafiltration membranes with surface-bound eosin Y for an integrated synthesis-separation system of aqueous RAFT photopolymerization

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA03112G, Paper
Yujie Zhao, Senlin Shao, Jiangbin Xia, Ya Huang, Yu Chi Zhang, Xue Li, Tao Cai
The photocatalyst-based ultrafiltration membrane fitted integrated synthesis–separation system holds the promises to bridge the gap between the precision of PET-RAFT polymerization and the efficiency of membrane separation process.
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Exceeding the Volcano Relationship in Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions using Single-atom-based Catalysts with Dual-active-sites

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01399D, Communication
Xiyu Li, Sai Duan, Edward Sharman, Yuan Zhao, Li Yang, Zhiwen Zhuo, Peng Cui, Jun Jiang, Yi Luo
Finding cost-effective catalysts to drive oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) is a highly attractive goal. Most catalysts follow a volcano relationship of performance, making it difficult to search thoroughly enough among...
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Dihydrazone-based Dynamic Covalent Epoxy Networks with High Creep Resistance, Controlled Degradability, and Intrinsic Antibacteria from Bioresources

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01419B, Paper
Xiwei Xu, Songqi Ma, Sheng Wang, Jiahui Wu, Qiong Li, na lu, yanlin liu, Jintao Yang, Jie Feng, Jin Zhu
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) provide a promising approach to the recycle issue of thermosets due to their dynamic cross-linked networks. However, CANs are susceptible to creep at relatively low temperatures,...
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TONIGHT: "Fearless" with Alice McDermott

I“Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women,” features novelist Alice McDermott in conversation with Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

McDermott’s critically acclaimed eighth novel, “The Ninth Hour,” set in Irish Brooklyn, was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and others named the novel among the top works of fiction in 2017. McDermott is known for her portrayals of Irish American family life.

Scanlon is an education and human rights advocate representing Pennsylvania’s 5th District. She was first sworn in as a member of Congress on Nov. 13, 2018. Brennan is moderator of CBS News’ “Face the Nation” and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington. All three women will discuss their Irish backgrounds and family stories.

Watch TONIGHT Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7pm ET on the Library's YouTube channel.

 




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REMINDER: In Conversation with Librarian of Congress: Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood

 

 

Country Music Icon Trisha Yearwood and Gershwin Prize Recipient Garth Brooks “In Conversation with Librarian of Congress,” March 2

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will host a conversation with Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks and country music artist, actress, author, celebrity chef and wife of Brooks, Trisha Yearwood on Monday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.

Brooks will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song later that week on Wednesday, March 4. The country music titan and multiple hall of famer is the youngest recipient of the prestigious prize. You can follow and join in on the #GershwinPrize conversation via Twitter.

During the conversation, Brooks and Yearwood will discuss their success as a country music power couple, their careers as music industry changemakers and the humanitarian projects they devote their efforts to each year. The conversation is being presented as part of the Library’s initiative to Explore America’s Changemakers.

Click here for more information.

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.




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PHP cURL Examples: 10 Awesome Things to Do With cURL

cURL, and its PHP extension libcURL, are tools which can be used to simulate a web browser. In fact, it can for example, submit forms. In this article, I'm going to show you 10 incredible things that you can do using PHP and cURL.




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There is no other / Rhiannon Giddens ; with Francesco Turrisi

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Phenomenal woman: the Maya Angelou songs ; and, Songs without words / Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen

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Paris to Calcutta: men and music on the desert road / Deben Bhattacharya ; with an introduction by Jharna Bose Bhattacharya ; produced and edited by Robert Millis

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Travel with love / Justin Hinds and the Dominoes

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[ASAP] Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Highly Sterically Congested Enol Carbamates with Grignard Reagents via C–O Bond Activation

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01127




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[ASAP] Synthesis of Stable, High-SOMO Zwitterionic Radicals: Enabling Intermolecular Electron Transfer between Naphthalenediimides

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01263




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[ASAP] Acylation of Aryl Halides and a-Bromo Acetates with Aldehydes Enabled by Nickel/TBADT Cocatalysis

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01121




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[ASAP] Carbocation versus Carbene Controlled Chemoselectivity: DFT Study on Gold- and Silver-Catalyzed Alkylation/Cyclopropanation of Indoles with Vinyl Diazoesters

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01476




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[ASAP] Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Decarboxylative Amination/6-<italic toggle="yes">endo-dig</italic> Benzannulation of <italic toggle="yes">o</italic>-Alkynylarylketones with <italic toggle="yes"&g

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01183




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[ASAP] DNA Compatible Intermolecular Wittig Olefination for the Construction of a, ß-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01215




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[ASAP] Selective Synthesis of Secondary Alkylboronates: Markovnikov-Selective Hydroboration of Vinylarenes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron Catalyzed by a Nickel Pincer Complex

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01416




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[ASAP] Stereoselective Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrrolidines with Vicinal Stereocenters Using a Memory of Chirality-Assisted Intramolecular S<sub>N</sub>2' Reaction

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01307




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[ASAP] Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Indoline-2-ones with Aminobenzamides via Dual C–H Functionalization

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01066




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[ASAP] Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes with Alcohol for the Synthesis of Esters Promoted by Polystyrene-Supported N-Heterocyclic Carbene: Unraveling the Solvent Effect on the Catalyst Behavior Using NMR Relaxation

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01188




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[ASAP] Copper-Mediated DNA-Compatible One-Pot Click Reactions of Alkynes with Aryl Borates and TMS-N<sub>3</sub>

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01219




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[ASAP] Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Cross-Coupling of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Ketimine Esters to Generate (<italic toggle="yes">Z</italic>)-Tri- and Tetra-substituted Allylic Amino Acid Derivatives

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01211




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[ASAP] Addition to “Selective Methylation of Amides, <italic toggle="yes">N</italic>-Heterocycles, Thiols, and Alcohols with Tetramethylammonium Fluoride”

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[ASAP] Nickel-Catalyzed Formal Aminocarbonylation of Secondary Benzyl Chlorides with Isocyanides

Organic Letters
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[ASAP] Stereospecific Isomerization of Allylic Halides via Ion Pairs with Induced Noncovalent Chirality

Organic Letters
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[ASAP] Rh(I)-Catalyzed C6-Selective Decarbonylative Alkylation of 2-Pyridones with Alkyl Carboxylic Acids and Anhydrides

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01277




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Lava resumes operations at Noida factory with 600 employees

Domestic mobile brand Lava on Saturday said it has resumed production at its manufacturing facility in Noida with over 20 per cent production capacity.




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Europe: a natural history / Tim Flannery (with Luigi Boitani)

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Call me American: a memoir / Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander

Browsery CT275.I43 A3 2018