Given a list of chemicals with (IUPAC/systematic) names, how can I automate retrieving their molecular weights?

Hello! I have CSV files with several hundred chemicals that I need to populate with their molecular weights. Is there an online database or R-package that can batch-search in that direction (name...

10 November 2014 8,213 6 View

Effective way to break open and sterilise Bacteroidetes cells?

11 December 2013 1,429 1 View

Useful parameters to distinguish colony types on agar plates.

I'm trying to automate the characterisation of diatom colonies sprayed onto agar plates. As you can see in the attached images, there are basically two types: stationary/round and swarming/ragged....

03 April 2013 7,981 14 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Mixture neutralization after Boc deprotection ?

I am performing a Boc-deprotection with HCl in organic solvent (dioxane or Ethylacetate) but would like to isolate the free amine. Several problems: - Neutralizing with inorganic base as NEt3...

18 February 2021 3,366 3 View

How to predict the reaction pathway for electro organic synthesis?

Can anyone recommend some any software/models available that can predict substance reactivities and the reaction yield under a specific set of reaction conditions process and proposing pathways to...

17 February 2021 2,383 3 View

Ligands with 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group?

Hi In the design of a bidentate ligand with imine group, is it okay to have a 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group in the structure? In other words, does the 3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl group compete with...

08 February 2021 4,977 7 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

Why is Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) always diluted with water? Could it be diluted with other solvents such as rice water?

I am currently making a research paper with my classmates in Philippine Science High School and we are trying to find references that mixed Fermented Plant Juice with other solvents instead of...

17 January 2021 5,099 4 View

Seperate of organic and inorganic phosphorus in waste water?

Is it possible to separate organic and inorganic phosphorus in wastewater with a filter?

14 January 2021 952 3 View