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Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil

Christof Holliger, Julien Maillard, Junxiong Wang

Two anaerobic, tetrachloroethene- (PCE-) respiring bacterial isolates, designated strain ACSDCE T and strain ACSTCE, were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-spore-forming and shared a vibrioid- to spirill ...

2023

Active anaerobic methane oxidation and sulfur disproportionation in the deep terrestrial subsurface

Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Manon Frutschi, Emma Bell, Chen Qian

Microbial life is widespread in the terrestrial subsurface and present down to several kilometers depth, but the energy sources that fuel metabolism in deep oligotrophic and anoxic environments remain unclear. In the deep crystalline bedrock of the Fennosc ...

2022

Hypobromous Acid as an Unaccounted Sink for Marine Dimethyl Sulfide?

Urs von Gunten, Boris Droz

Marine emissions of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to the atmosphere play a fundamental role in the global sulfur (5) cycle and have important consequences for the Earth's radiative balance. In the ocean, DMS is mainly produced by marine algae and bacteria via cle ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Uranium(IV) Terminal Hydrosulfido and Sulfido Complexes: The Nature of the Uranium–Sulfur Bond

Marinella Mazzanti, Julie Renée Michelle Andrez

Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of terminal uranium(IV) hydrosulfido and sulfido complexes, supported by the hexadentate, tacn-based ligand framework (Ad,MeArO)3tacn3– (= trianion of 1,4,7-tris(3-adamantyl-5-methyl-2-hydrox ...

2016

Development of Accurate and Efficient Electronic Structure Approaches for the Description of Organic Systems

Riccardo Petraglia

The overarching objective of this thesis is extending and adapting the set of computational tools available for describing molecular precursors of organic semiconductors. The research presented within develops adhering to three principle goals: (1) provide ...

EPFL2016

Organic-sulfur poisoning of solid oxide fuel cell operated on bio-syngas

Jan Van Herle, Christian Ludwig, Stefan Diethelm, Hossein Madi

This study experimentally analyzes the performance and degradation issues of an anode supported (AS) Ni-YSZ solid oxide fuel cell exposed to thiophene (C4H4S). The impact of this organic sulfur compound on the performance of SOFC Ni-YSZ anodes is reported ...

Elsevier2016

The Role of Bromide in Oxidative Water Treatment

Michèle Bernadette Heeb

Bromide (Br-) levels in fresh waters range from a few ¿gL-1 to several mgL-1. In seawater its concentration is about 67 mgL-1. The goal of this thesis is to assess the fate of bromide during oxidative water treatment and to explore its influence on these t ...

EPFL2016

Unraveling the Dual Character of Sulfur Atoms on Sensitizers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Thomas Moehl, Peng Gao, Aswani Yella, Joël Teuscher, Sadig Aghazada

Cyclometalated ruthenium sensitizers have been synthesized that differ with number of thiophene units on the auxiliary ligands. Sensitizers possessing four (SA25, SA246, and SA285) or none (SA282) sulfur atoms in their structures, were tested in solar cell ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Mechanism of uranium reduction and immobilization in Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilms

Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Malgorzata Alicja Stylo

The prevalent formation of noncrystalline U(IV) species in the subsurface and their enhanced susceptibility to reoxidation and remobilization, as compared to crystalline uraninite, raise concerns about the long-term sustainability of the bioremediation of ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Sulfur containing organic compounds in the raw producer gas of wood and grass gasification

Christian Ludwig, Tilman J. Schildhauer

The detailed description of gas streams in biomass gasification plants is necessary for the correct design and operation of these units. Sulfur containing compounds are usually present in biomass gasification gas, since sulfur is typically found in the fee ...

Elsevier2014

Synthesis, characterization and in vitro anticancer activity of highly cytotoxic trithiolato diruthenium complexes of the type [(eta(6)-p-(MeC6H4Pr)-Pr-i)(2)Ru-2(mu(2)-SR1)(2)(mu(2)-SR2)](+) containing different thiolato bridges

Paul Joseph Dyson, Catherine Marie Amélie Clavel

A series of cationic dinuclear p-cymene ruthenium complexes containing three thiolato bridges with different substituents at the sulfur atoms, (eta(6)-p-(MeC6H4Pr)-Pr-i)(2)Ru-2(mu(2)-SR1)(2)(mu(2)-SR2) (R-1 = CH2Ph, R-2 = Ph: 4; R-1 = CH2Ph, R-2 = p-( ...

Elsevier2013

Synthesis and reactivity of bis(diphenylphosphino)amine ligands and their application in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions

Rosario Scopelliti

Two new bis(diphenylphosphino) amines, N,N-bis(diphenylphosphino) benzidine 1 and N, N-bis(diphenylphosphino)- 3,3-dimethoxybenzidine 2 were prepared by aminolysis. Their corresponding oxides, sulfides and selenides were readily prepared by reaction with h ...

2012

Synthesis of D- and L-erythro 1,5-dithiopent-1-enopyranoside sulfonium salts and their evaluation as glycosidase inhibitors

Pierre Vogel, Claudia Bello

A series of sulfonium salts derived from 1,5-dithiopent-1-enopyranosides was prepared in a three-step sequence from protected D- and L-erythrofuranoses. The key step is the nucleophilic displacement of a leaving group by a sulfur atom of carbohydrate-deriv ...

2009

Desensitised fuel cell system

Ravindranathan Thampi

The present invention relates to a system using and/or processing fuel, wherein a catalytically active element is desensitised to impurities present in the fuel. The inventors thus surprisingly found that a fuel processing system, which may be a fuel cell ...

2009

Synthesis and characterizations of N,N-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylaniline derivatives and X-ray crystal structure of palladium (II), platinum (II) complexes

Rosario Scopelliti, Zhaofu Fei, Wee Han Ang

N,N-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylaniline compounds, Ph2PN-C6H4-C2H5, with ethyl groups at the ortho- and para-positions have been synthesized. Oxidation of the aminophosphines with hydrogen peroxide, elemental sulfur and selenium gave the corresponding ...

2008

Synthesis of new aminophosphine complexes and their catalytic activities in C-C coupling reactions

Rosario Scopelliti, Zhaofu Fei, Wee Han Ang

Two new aminophosphines, benzyl-N(Ph2P)(2) and 2-picolyl-N(Ph2P)(2), have been synthesized. Oxidation of the aminophosphines with either hydrogen peroxide, elemental sulfur and selenium gave the corresponding oxides, sulfides and selenides benzyl-N(Ph2P=E) ...

2008

Studying sulfur functional groups in Norway spruce year rings using S L-edge total electron yield spectroscopy

Christian Ludwig, Rudolf Paul Wilhelm Jozef Struis

Profiles of the major sulfur functional groups in mature Norway spruce wood tissue have been established for the first time. The big challenge was the development of a method suitable for sulfur speciation in samples with very low sulfur content (

Elsevier2008

Water-soluble arene ruthenium complexes containing pyridinethiolato ligands: Synthesis, molecular structure, redox properties and anticancer activity of the cations [(η6-arene)Ru(p-SC5H4NH)3]2+

Paul Joseph Dyson, Anna Katherine Renfrew

The cationic complexes [(η6-arene)Ru(SC5H4NH)3]2+, arene being C6H6 (1), MeC6H5 (2), p-iPrC6H4Me (3) or C6Me6 (4), have been synthesized from the reaction of 4-pyridinethiol with the corresponding precursor (η6-arene)2Ru2(μ2-Cl)2Cl2 and isolated as the chl ...

2008

Chemistry and climate interactions : development and evaluation of a coupled chemistry-aerosol-climate model

Luca Pozzoli

Atmospheric trace gases and aerosols and climate interact in many ways. A quantitative assessment of the influence of trace gases and aerosols on climate can only be achieved if the interactions and feedbacks among these three major components are accounte ...

EPFL2007

Total asymmetric synthesis of advanced polyketide fragments of apoptolidinone and rectricticin using new organic chemistry of sulfur dioxide

Cotinica Craita

Under appropriate conditions sulfur dioxide reacts with 1,3-dienes in a hetero-Diels-Alder fashion. In the case of 1-alkoxy-1,3-dienes the 6-alkoxy-3,6-dihydro-1,2-oxathiin-2-oxides (sultines) so-obtained can be ionized in the presence of Lewis or protic a ...

EPFL2006