Abstract: Methods and compositions for the generation of vehicles for delivering small molecules are disclosed. In one aspect, lipid vesicles having a proteinaceous channel and small molecules are generated. The proteinaceous channel and/or the lipid vesicle are formulated such that the small molecule is released in the vicinity of or near a target cell. The target cell may be located in vitro or in vivo.

Abstract: A method of writing and reading or writing, reading and erasing information in an optical recording medium is provided in which in an optical recording medium an optically active compound which is an inherently chiral dissymmetric olefinic chromophore is subjected to the action of circularly polarized light or is caused to undergo cis-trans isomerization during writing, is subjected to linearly polarized light during reading, and is subjected to linearly or circularly polarized light or light of a wavelength suitable to effect cis-trans isomerization for erasing.

Abstract: An optical recording medium and a method of writing, reading and erasing information in an optical recording medium are provided in which the optical recording medium comprises a carrier and a recording layer which contains at least one optically active organic compound, wherein said optically active organic compound is an inherently chiral dissymmetric olefinic chromophore.

Abstract: A process for the oxidation of alpha-olefins having from 3 to about 30 carbon atoms, in which the alpha-olefin and molecular oxygen are contacted in the presence of a solution of a Group VIII metal complex containing at least one NO.sub.2 or NO ligand, a divalent copper salt and a tertiary alcohol as solvent.