Vihanga Munasinghe

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How to remove TBTA after click reaction (apart from using column separation)?

CuAAC (Cu catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadition) product and TBTA has similar Rf values. Hence, it id hard to isolate product using column/prep TLC. Any suggestions to remove TBTA will be greatly...

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What can we predict from the peak intensity ratios of a powder XRD?

When comparing a PXRD of MIL-100 MOF with known literature it was observed that there are peaks on the same 2θ values but in different intensity ratios. Can I still say that I have synthesized the...

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Is MOF-2 stable when exposed to air ?

I have synthesized an already published procedure to get MOF-2. TGA performed for the synthesized MOF was matched with the reported data. But the PXRD results differed. PXRD was done about a month...

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What are the Reasons for Cu to leach from HKUST-1 Metal organic framework ?

A highly conjugated organic molecule was tried to load to HKUST-1 pores by dissolving the organic substance in ethanol and stirring with HKUST-1 for a day. After a day the sample was centrifuged...

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