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Reaction Mechanism
Published in Henry Rzepa's Blog

An investigation of the kinetics of the reaction between titanocene pentasulfide and sulfenyl chloride leading to the formation of the S7 allotrope of sulfur was accompanied by supporting DFT calculations which led to the conclusion that of five possible mechanisms for the reaction, the most probable corresponded to a variant of the concerted σ-bond metathesis (Scheme 1, […]

OPENNESSFORSCHUNG & PROJEKTESERVICESTIB AV-PortalWissenschaftliche FilmeGerman
Published in TIB-Blog
Author Sven Strobel

read this article in English Wie in den vergangenen Jahren möchten wir auch diesmal einen Überblick über die wichtigsten technischen und funktionalen Erweiterungen des TIB AV-Portals geben. Das Scrum-Team hat 2025 erneut zahlreiche Verbesserungen umgesetzt, die sowohl die infrastrukturelle Basis als auch die Nutzungsmöglichkeiten des Portals ausgebaut haben.

Published in Martin Paul Eve

As is my custom, I am writing, for my own historical logging, to show what I read and wrote this year. This year I have been working at Knowledge Commons, which has been a great environment with lovely people and a worthwhile project. It has meant that much of my time has been consumed with technical matters as is proper, but I did still manage to get up early in the morning and write.

Appalachian HistoryLetcher County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History On winter mornings in the early 1920s, coal dust hung over Jenkins, Kentucky, while miners and store clerks climbed the steps of the big recreational building to buy their paper. Upstairs, on the second floor of that four story complex, a tiny shop ran the town’s one newspaper, the Jenkins Recorder.

Appalachian HistoryLetcher County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History On a February evening in 1948, nearly fifteen hundred people streamed into a freshly remodeled storefront on Main Street in Jenkins. The Champion Dairy Bar offered bright red-and-cream décor, ice cream, and a free carnation to every woman who walked through the door.

Appalachian ChurchesLetcher County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian Churches Tucked against the hillside at the foot of No. 4 Hill in Jenkins, Kentucky, St. George Catholic Church looks like a simple white frame church.