Dental caries diagnosis using terahertz spectroscopy and birefringence.

Dental caries is a widespread chronic infectious disease which may induce a series of oral and general problems if untreated. As a result, early diagnosis and follow-up following radiation-free dental caries therapy are critical. Terahertz (THz) waves with highly penetrating and non-ionizing properties are ideally suited for dental caries diagnosis, however related research in this area is still in its infancy.

Reaction of ketone hydrazones with TeCl: isolation and reactions of novel divinyl telluride.

The reaction of acetophenone hydrazones with TeCl4 in the presence of DBU gave a mixture of divinyl ditellurides and divinyl tellurides, which easily reacted with Cu powder in refluxing toluene to afford divinyl tellurides in good yields. The reaction of divinyl tellurides with bromine (1.2 eq.