ISU Transportation Shop Redesign

TSM416: Technology CapstoneProblem Statement: The current shop ISU Transportation uses is too small for their vehicle fleet, does not have enough room for spare parts, doesn’t flow properly, and the employees are not all in the same building. ISU Transportation needs a shop to work on all their cars, flow properly, and function as a car maintenance shop should. ISU Transportation employees care about this because they need an easy-to-function shop

ISU Transportation Building Redesign

TSM416: Technology CapstoneProblem Statement: ISU Transportation Services is an organization within Iowa State University that works on and maintains all of the rental vehicles. They need a more efficient way of maintaining their fleet of vehicles. They do not have enough space for the number of vehicles they are taking care of anymore and, therefore, need a larger area to work on, store, and clean their vehicles. As of now, there is no budget for this new design, but we must consider different alternatives that can be used or not used in the final design to keep the overall cost reasonable

Luminescent organogold(III) complexes with long-lived triplet excited states for light-induced oxidative C-H bond functionalization and hydrogen production

All that glitters is gold: Highly phosphorescent gold(III) complexes (see picture) with extended π-conjugated cyclometalating ligands exhibit rich photophysical and photochemical properties. They act as efficient photocatalysts/photosensitizers for oxidative functionalizations of secondary and tertiary benzylic amines and homogeneous hydrogen production from a water/acetonitrile mixture. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Direct Stereoselective β-Arylation of Enol Ethers by a Decarboxylative Heck-Type Reaction

International audiencePdII‐catalyzed decarboxylative Heck coupling of α‐alkoxyacrylates with (hetero)aryl carboxylic acids for the stereocontrolled production of (Z )‐β‐heteroarylated vinyl ethers is reported. This methodology offers a rational and step‐economical route to the family of attractive β‐arylated α‐alkoxy α,β‐unsaturated carboxylates, which is a relevant class of building blocks with different applications.Despite remarkable advances to promote regio‐ and stereoselective decarboxylative arylation of inactivated olefins with benzoic acid derivatives, methodologies involving hetero‐substituted alkenes are still lacking. Herein, PdII‐catalyzed decarboxylative Heck coupling of α‐alkoxyacrylates with (hetero)aryl carboxylic acids for the stereocontrolled production of (Z )‐β‐heteroarylated vinyl ethers is reported. This methodology offers a rational and step‐economical route to the synthesis of attractive β‐arylated α‐alkoxy α,β‐unsaturated carboxylates family which emerged as a relevant class of building blocks with different applications. Mechanistically, whereas electron rich benzoic acids undergo a PdII‐catalyzed decarboxylation, electron‐deficient substrates proceed through silver(I)‐mediated decarboxylation, explaining thus the formation of stereoisomers (E ) and (Z ) of β‐arylated vinyl ethers in presence of these latter