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...

11 November 2018 4,015 5 View

Requesting a suggestion for a stable porous Zinc MOF with the organic ligand BTC (1,3,4-benzene tricarboxilic) or BDC (1,4-benzene dicarboxilic) ?

In my research, I intend to compare drug loading with respect to the metal center. For this I need a Zn MOF with either BDC (Terephthalic acid) or BTC (Trimesic acid). Mostly studied Zn BDC MOF...

11 November 2016 1,267 9 View

Is there an easy way to separate unreacted Fe(0) from an old Fe(0) sample in powder form which has been exposed to atmosphere for some time?

Can anybody suggest me a easy way to separate Fe(0) from an old sample of Fe powder that would have been exposed to humidity for some time ? any method that can be easily done in the laboratory...

10 October 2016 8,417 2 View

What is the general time duration that should be used to test Drug loading to MOFs ?

When reading research papers I saw that Drug loading for MOFs (Metal organic frameworks) have been tested for more than 1 day. But drug loading for other compounds as nanoparticles etc. have been...

05 May 2016 10,050 3 View