Schizophyllan interacts with various 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne derivatives to induce their chirally-twisted packing. A series of referential experiments using other polysaccharides (amylose, pullulan, dextran, etc.) and a carbohydrate-appended detergent (dodecyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside) indicates that
The rate constants and products of the aquasonolysis of thiophene, tetrahydrothiophene, 2-methylthiophene, 2,5-dimethylthiophene, and 2-ethylthiophene have been investigated. The sonolysis of the selected compounds in aqueous solution follows pseudo-first-order kinetics. The aquasonolytical rate