| Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins |
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| Water |
Double distilled |
Produced using distillation |
| Cerium(III) nitrate hexahydrate (99%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
10294-41-4 |
| Ethylene glycol (ReagentPlus, ≥99%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
107-21-1 |
| Propionic anhydride (≥99%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
123-62-6 |
| Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6 (ACS reagent, ≥98.5%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
16774-21-3 |
| NaOH (reagent grade, ≥98%, pellets (anhydrous)) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
1310-73-2 |
| Pt(acac)2 (97%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
15170-57-7 |
| VO(acac)2 (98%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
3153-26-2 |
| Acetone (ACS reagent, ≥99.5%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
67-64-1 |
| Molecular sieves, 4 Å (powder, 325 mesh particle size) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
70955-01-0 |
| 1,2-Dimethoxyethane (anhydrous, 99.5%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
110-71-4 |
| 4-acetylmorpholine (99%) |
Sigma-Aldrich |
1696-20-4 |
| H2 gas (Instrumental grade 5.0.0) |
Afrox |
1333-74-0 |
| Autoclave reactor for material preparation |
Paar instrument |
(Series 4560 Mini Reactors, 100–600 mL) |
| Autoclave reactor for catalytic testing |
Parker Autoclave engineers |
Mini reactor-50 mL |