Vibrational circular dichroism of tartaric acid in water Although tartaric acid (TA) and its esters have been among the first molecules to be characterized by means of VCD spectroscopy, the experimental spectra of TA recorded in water have not yet been repr...

Out now in @pccp.rsc.org 🥳: Deborah tackles the challenge of computing the VCD spectra of tartaric acid and the dianionic tartrate in water. She shows that few water molecules and a micro-solvation approach are not sufficient!

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Clemens successfully defended his PhD thesis and presented his exciting work on the characterization of chiral azacryptands by #VCDspectroscopy. Congratulations, great job!

His latest paper:
doi.org/10.1002/chem...

#phdlife #proudprof #proudpi @grk2376.bsky.social

Total Synthesis of the Membrane Spanning Tetraether Lipid brGDGT Ia and Elucidation of Its Stereochemical Configuration Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGT's) are membrane-spanning lipids produced by Acidobacteria, and used extensively in geochemistry as proxies. The first total synthesis of brGDGT ....

Together with the group of A.J. Minnaard of @unigroningen.bsky.social, we characterized the absolute configuration of cryptochiral 13,16-dimethyl octacosane by #VCDspectroscopy. Quite a challenge, especially with only very small sample quantities available, but possible!

doi.org/10.1002/chem...

Glad we could contribute to this groundbreaking work. #VCDspectroscopy helped elucidating the stereochemistry of the main product!

A CoA‐Transferase and Acyl‐CoA Dehydrogenase Convert 2‐(Carboxymethyl)cyclohexane‐1‐Carboxyl‐CoA During Anaerobic Naphthalene Degradation We identified a CoA-transferase and an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in converting 2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA during anaerobic naphthalene degradation. This confirms the thn gene c...

The final paper of 2024, to which we contributed an absolute configuration by #VCDspectroscopy, is this wonderful study by Meckenstock and other from UDE. doi.org/10.1111/1462...