Ab initio studies of the conformations of ethynyl formate, cyano formate and related ethynyl and cyano compounds

The optimized geometries, relative free energies and related thermodynamic properties, harmonic frequencies, and dipole moments have been calculated at the HF and MP2 levels for ethynyl formate (1a), ethynyl acetate (1b), cyano formate, HCO₂CN (1c), cyano acetate (1d), S-ethynyl thioformate (2a), S-ethynyl thioacetate (2b), S-cyano thioformate (2c), S-cyano thioacetate (2d), N-ethynylformamide (3a), N-ethynylacetamide (3b), N-cyanoformamide (3c), and N-cyanoacetamide (3d) with the gaussian 98 program. For ethynyl formate, the calculation for 25 °C at the MP2/6-311++G(df,pd) level predicts that the Z isomer is more stable by 1.23 kcal/mol. For S-ethynyl thioformate, calculations at the MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p) level predict that the E isomer is favored by 0.71 kcal/mol at 25 °C. The E isomers of N-ethynylformamide and N-ethynylacetamide were found at all levels to be more stable than the Z isomers at 25 °C. For cyano formate and cyano acetate, calculations at the MP2/6-311++G(df,pd) level predict that the Z isomers are more stable at 25 °C by 1.50 and 2.72 kcal/mol, respectively. At this level and temperature, the Z isomers of 2c, 2d, 3c, and 3d are predicted to have free energies of 0.46, −0.07, 1.22, and 2.28 kcal/mol, respectively, relative to the E conformations. Z to E free-energy barriers at 25 °C of 8.63, 10.64, 17.63, 7.39, and 14.03 kcal/mol were calculated for 1a, 2a, 3a, 1c, and 3c at the HF/6-311G(d,p) level, and at the HF/6-311+G(d,p) level, the free-energy barrier for 2c was 7.08 kcal/mol.     

Pyrazolones as Building Blocks in Heterocyclic Synthesis: Synthesis of New Pyrazolopyran,Pyrazolopyridazine and Pyrazole Derivatives of Expected Antifungicidal Activity

A series of new pyrazolone and pyrazole derivatives with expected antifungicidal activity have been prepared through the reactions 3‐phenyl‐1‐H‐pyrazol‐5(4H)‐one ( 3 ) and 4‐(dimethylaminomethylene)‐3‐phenyl‐1H‐pyrazol‐5(4H)‐one ( 5 ) with a variety of electrophilic reagents and nucleophilic reagents. The newly synthesized compounds were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and mass spectral studies.     

Characteristics of Lipids from Individual Organs of Veronica beccabunga

Lipids from various organs of the aquatic plant Veronica beccabunga were studied. It has been demonstrated that neutral and polar lipids are qualitatively typical of higher photosynthetic plants. Lipids in various organs of aquatic veronica were unevenly distributed. The most significant differences were observed in neutral lipids for the accumulation of glycerin esters, free fatty acids, alcohols, and hydrocarbons. The ratio of phospholipids varied considerably in the polar lipids.     

Potentiometric and thermodynamic studies of 2-mercapto-5-(2-hydroxynaphthylideamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazole and its metal complexes

Summary Proton-ligand dissociation constant of 2-mercapto-5-(2-hydroxynaphthylideamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazole (MHT) and the stepwise stability constants of its metal complexes were determined potentiometrically in 40 mass/mass% ethanol-water mixture containing 0.1 M KCl. The stabilities of the complexes follow the order: Cu²⁺>Ni²⁺>Co²⁺>Mn²⁺. The dissociation constant (pK^H) of MHT and the stability constants (logK) of its metal complexes were determined at different temperatures and the corresponding thermodynamic parameters were calculated and discussed. The proton dissociation process is non-spontaneous, endothermic and entropically unfavoured. The formation of the metal complexes was found to be spontaneous, endothermic and entropically favoured.     

溶质迁移研究进展

溶质迁移研究已成为水文地质等领域的一个重要研究课题。综述了溶质迁移研究进展,重点介绍了溶质迁移在地下水污染与防治、土壤盐碱化防治、海水入侵和咸水入侵防治等方面的研究现状,并指出应进一步研究的问题。     

Synthesis and spectral properties of malononitrile-based merocyanine dyes

Di-, tetra-, and hexamethine merocyanines derived from malononitrile and heterocycles with moderate (dyes 1–6), strong (7–9), and weak (10 and 11) electron-releasing ability were synthesized. The electronic structures of merocyanines 10 and 11 are similar to the neutral polyene state, whereas those of 7–9 are similar to the ideal polymethine state. These tendencies become more pronounced with increasing length of the polymethine chain. The merocyanines derived from heterocyclic residues with weak or moderate electron-releasing ability exhibit a positive solvatochromism, whereas those with strong electron-releasing ability show a negative solvatochromism. An increase in the polarity of the solvent makes the former compounds more similar to polymethines, whereas the latter become more similar to polyenes bearing opposite charges on the end groups. The nature of the factors (nonspecific solvation, specific nucleophilic and electrophilic solvation, and vibronic interactions) responsible for the observed characteristic features was analyzed. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2726–2735, December, 2005.     

Studies of some monocyclic and bicyclic arylacetonitriles

The high-resolution (1)H, (13)C, (1)H-(1)H COSY and (1)H-(13)C COSY NMR spectra have been recorded in CDCl(3) for arylacetonitriles 1-12 and analyzed. The arylacetonitriles 3-7 exist in two isomeric forms E (methyl group is anti to cyano group) and Z (the methyl group is syn to cyano group) in solution. Normal chair conformation with equatorial orientations of phenyl rings at C-2 and C-6 for monocyclic nitriles 1 and 2, epimeric chair structure EC (axial configuration of methyl group at C-3) for both the E and Z isomers of arylacetonitrile derivatives (3-7) and a distorted boat form, B(3), for the N-acylacetonitrile derivatives (8-10) have been proposed based on NMR data. The bicyclic nitriles 11 and 12 exist in twin chair conformations in solution. DFT calculations and chemical shifts also support these conformations. Geometry optimizations for 1-12 were carried out according to density functional theory using B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) basis set and for 1 and 8 the theoretical geometrical parameters have been compared with those of single crystal measurements.     

Elucidation of activity of copper and copper oxide nanomaterials for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

Copper- and copper oxide–based materials are, in principle, promising components (supports, reactive sites, and visible light–absorbing semiconductors) of electrocatalysts and photocathodes for reduction of carbon dioxide. Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches are generally suitable for the low-temperature CO₂-conversion to carbon-based simple organic fuels or utility chemicals.Different concepts of utilization, including nanostructuring, doping, admixing, preconditioning, modification, or functionalization of various copper- and copper oxide–based systems for catalytic electroreduction and photoelectrochemical reduction of CO₂ are elucidated, as well as important strategies to enhance the systems' overall activity and stability are discussed.     

Fabrication of SiO2-TiO2/PVDF Copolymer Nanofiber Composite by Electrospinning Process

Multifunctional nanocomposite material is a key material component for the future. It is indicated by many studies have been conducted by researchers in university, research institute and industries. Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and polyvinilidene fluoride copolymer are very important material due to their excellent properties. In this research paper, we have successfully synthesized SiO₂-TiO₂/PVDF copolymer nanofiber composite by electrospinning process. SiO₂-TiO₂/PVDF copolymer nanofiber composite has smooth surface morphology without bead on nanofiber string after confirming by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Nanofiber composite has average diameter of 350 nm. FTIR and XRD structure analysis of nanofiber composite show us that PVDF copolymer in nanocomposite has a mixed α and β phase crystal structure. Crystal phase of TiO₂ in nanofiber composite was in rutile form.     

Determination of low level nitrite and nitrate in biological, food and environmental samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (LC-FL) methods have been proposed for the determination of low level nitrite and nitrate in biological, food and environmental samples. The methods include derivatization of aqueous nitrite with 2,3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN), enzymatic reduction of nitrate to nitrite, extraction with toluene and chromatographic analyses of highly fluorescent 2,3-naphthotriazole (NAT) derivative of nitrite by using GC-MS in selected-ion-monitoring (SIM) mode and LC-FL. Nitrite and nitrate ions in solid samples were extracted with 0.5 M aqueous NaOH by sonication. The recoveries of nitrite and nitrate ions based on GC-MS and LC-FL results were 98.40% and 98.10% and the precision of these methods, as indicated by the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 1.00% for nitrite and 1.20% for nitrate, respectively. The limits of detection of the GC-MS in SIM mode and LC-FL methods based on S/N = 3 were 0.02 and 0.29 pg/ml for nitrite and 0.03 and 0.30 pg/ml for nitrate, respectively.     

Alpha and gamma spectrometry for determination of natural and artificial radionuclides in tea, herbal tea and camomile marketed in Italy

Several kinds of tea, camomile and herbal tea were analysed to determine natural and artificial radioactivity. The radionuclides were determined by alpha (²¹⁰Po) and gamma (²²⁸Ac, ²¹⁴Pb, ²¹⁴Bi, ²¹⁰Pb, ⁴⁰K and ¹³⁷Cs) spectrometry. ²²⁸Ac ranged between 0.6 and 9.0 Bq kg⁻¹_dry; ²¹⁰Po between 1.90 and 36.1 Bq kg⁻¹_dry; ²¹⁴Pb and ²¹⁴Bi between 0.7 and 4.9 Bq kg⁻¹_dry; ²¹⁰Pb between < 10.0 and 58.9 Bq kg⁻¹_dry; ⁴⁰K between 463 and 936 Bq kg⁻¹_dry; ¹³⁷Cs between < 0.3 and 2.6 Bq kg⁻¹_dry. The percentage of ²¹⁰Po extraction in infusion was also determined; the arithmetical mean value of percentage of ²¹⁰Po extraction resulted 20.7 ± 7.50.     

Coupled calculation of vibrational frequencies and intensities

The combination of normal coordinate analysis with intensity calculations gives quantitative information about molecular force fields and the assignments of vibrational frequencies. Calculations of vibrational intensities by means of a standard CNDO/2 version give rise to satisfactory results for the IR intensities. However, the calculated Raman intensities often differ strongly from the experimental data. Inclusion of 2p-polarization functions on hydrogen in the usually used valence basis set is quite successful to obtain improved molecular polarizabilities as well as Raman intensities.     

High-speed versatile device for investigating thermal decomposition processes

A new method and technique of TA-experiment are suggested for investigating thermal decomposition processes, as well as for determining kinetic and thermophysical characteristics of solid and liquid substances under conditions of intensive heating or cooling.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird eine neue Methode und ein neues Verfahren von thermoanalytischen Versuchen zur Untersuchung thermischer Zersetzungsprozesse sowie auch zur Bestimmung kinetischer und thermophysikalischer Eigenschaften von Feststoffen und Flüssigkeiten bei intensivem Erhitzen oder Abkühlen beschrieben.

     

Dynamic stereochemistry of hypervalent silicon, germanium and tin compounds containing amidomethyl C, O-chelating ligands

The results of NMR-spectroscopy studies of the structure, dynamic stereochemistry, and intermolecular interactions in solutions of organic derivatives of penta-and hexacoordinated silicon, germanium, and tin containing amidomethyl, lactamomethyl, and related bidentate ligands are surveyed. For the series of works “Dynamic stereochemistry of hypervalent compounds of silicon, germanium, and tin,” the author was awarded the Academia Europea Prize for young scientists from CIS in 1996. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1912–1934. November, 1997.     

高分子材料专业有机化学课程思政建设*

深入贯彻落实习近平总书记在全国高校思想政治工作会议上的重要精神,在分析学校大环境的特殊性及学生自身特点的基础上,结合有机化学课程的特点,挖掘课程教学中的思政元素,对该课程中的思政元素进行系统梳理,开展有机化学课程思政建设。融入思政元素的教学设计,既丰富了有机化学课堂内容,也有助于解答学生的思想困惑,发挥课堂教书育人功能,使学生在接受有机化学知识的同时接受思政教育,提升学生思想道德与专业素养,培养学生的辩证思维、爱国情操、文化自信和社会责任感,以达到教书育人的目的,培养有道德有思想的新时代创新人才。     

Kinetic spectrophotometric determination of amodiaquine and chloroquine

Abstract  Two simple, sensitive, and selective spectrophotometric methods were developed for determining amodiaquine (AQ) and chloroquine (CQ) based on their oxidation with potassium iodate and potassium bromate, respectively. The initial rates of oxidation of AQ and CQ were monitored at 342 and 343 nm, the wavelengths of maximum absorptions of the two drugs. The various experimental parameters affecting oxidation reactions were thoroughly studied and optimized. Beer’s law was obeyed for 0.2–4.0 and 0.5–5.0 μg cm⁻³, with correlation coefficients of 0.9999 and 0.9998 (n = 6) and a detection limit (based on the 3S _b -criterion) of 0.04 and 0.06 μg cm⁻³ for AQ and CQ. The proposed methods were conveniently applied to determining AQ and CQ in pure and dosage forms. Graphical abstract        

Polymerization with TMA-protected polar vinyl comonomers. I. Catalyzed by group 4 metal complexes with η5-type ligands

This paper describes the use of several kinds of group IV Cp based catalyst systems, in the synthesis of co- and terpolymers of ethylene, propylene and α-olefins endowed with OH and COOH functional groups. The hydroxy monomers used were 5-hexen-1-ol (4) and 10-undecen-1-ol (5) and the carboxy monomer was 10-undecen-1-oic acid (6). The three catalyst systems used were the C₂ symmetric ansa-zirconocene (1) the “in-site” titanium complex (2) and the non-rigid zirconocene (3), all activated by methylaluminoxane. Trimethylaluminium was used to protect the functional group of polar monomers. The first two catalyst systems suffer similar activity loss in the presence of polar monomer whereas the third one exhibited better tolerance toward the hydroxyolefins. NMR and FTIR spectroscopies were used to characterize the polymerization products. All three catalyst systems afforded functionalized co- and terpolymers by direct polymerization of ethylene/propylene/hydroxy-α-olefins but only the catalyst system (1)/MAO displays appreciable activities for direct polymerization of ethylene, propylene and carboxy-α-olefins. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 2457–2469, 1999     

Screening for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in plant materials by electron ionization RP-HPLC-MS with thermabeam interface

Plant samples from leaves of Cerinthe minor, Cynoglossum clandestinum, Echium tuberculatum (as well roots), Eritrichium rupestre, Lithospermum purpureo-coerulem, Nonnea lutea, Nonnea setosa, Onosma stellulatum and Cynoglossum amabile were screened for toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) with a newly elaborated procedure comprising gradient HPLC with diode array (DAD) and thermabeam electron impact mass spectrometry (EI-MS). Dried plant material was extracted with boiling 1% tartaric acid in methanol for 2 h on an electric basket and crude extracts purified with cation-exchange solid phase extraction (CE-SPE). Purified extracts containing alkaloids were separated on Zorbax SB RP18 stationary phase in gradient of 0.1% formic acid in methanol. The flow rate was 0.25 mL/min and was suitable both for DAD and EI MS detections. Applied gradient procedure permitted quite sufficient separation of PAs in various plant extracts. On the basis of EI MS spectra, toxic PAs with unsaturated 1,2-double bond in the necine moiety were found in all plant materials and in nine of them (excluding only Cynoglossum amabile) for the fi rst time. They included the following types of structures: 9- and 7-viridifloryl-retronecine monoesters, 9-angeloyl-7-viridifloryl-retronecine, 9-angeloyl-retronecine diester, 9-viridifloryl-retronecine saturated ester, 7-angeloyl-9-viridifloryl-retronecine, 7-angeloyl-9-echimidinyl-retronecine, trachelanthamine and others. Selected ion monitoring (SIM) chromatograms at m/z 119, 120 and 136 together with analysis of UV spectra from DAD detector can be applied in rapid screening for toxic PAs in new plant extracts but to obtain detailed structural information (molecular weight and stereochemistry) more expensive hyphenation is required. Consumption of all analysed plants should be avoided as carcinogenic and hepatotoxic properties of the alkaloids detected are expected.