Carbon isotope fluctuations through the neoproterozoic-lower Cambrian Birmania basin, Rajasthan, India
摘要:
The results of a carbon isotope study from a hitherto unexplored marine sediments from the Birmania basin, Northwestern India are reported, which documents significant isotope variation across the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary (Pc/C). An attempt has been made to identify carbon isotope chronostratigraphic marker for the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in the sedimentay succession. The transition is marked by a negative excursion during phosphoritic activity at the base of the Birmania succession which is followed by a positive excursion close to the boundary and a swing back to less positive values in the Early Cambrian. The characteristics of the paleoenvironment during the transition interval is also discussed.
A phosphine-catalyzed ring-opening additionreaction of cyclopropenones with a variety of nucleophiles (NuH), including oxygen-, nitrogen-, sulfur-, and carbon-based ones, has been investigated, which produces potentially useful α,β-unsaturated carbonyl derivatives in high yields (up to 99%), high regioselectivity, and exclusive E-selectivity. The reaction proceeds in high efficiency under very mild