Synthesis of novel 9-(1-iodovinyl)acridin-(2H)-one through iodine mediated cascade 6-endo-dig cyclization followed by condensation and 3,3-sigmatropic migration of 2-aminophenyl propynyl oxyenone

An efficient and rapid synthetic strategy for the construction of a pharmaceutically important acridinone scaffold via cascade iodocyclization of functionally substituted 2-aminophenyl propynyl oxyenone is developed.     

Structure of the Nematic Phase of Pbaba

X-ray diffraction investigations of the nematic phase (191°C - 276°C) of p-n-propyloxybenzylidene-p-amino benzoic acid have shown that this phase is a skewed cybotactic nematic phase. The diffraction patterns, obtained with aligned samples, reveal an additional surprising structural feature, - the presence of one dimensional molecular correlation in a direction parallel to the nematic director. At 192°C, it is found that the molecular unit, thus correlated, is about 37 Å in length (dimer length) and the correlation range extends up to about seven such units. This l-d correlation persists up to the N-I transition.     

Creatinine complexes of zinc,cadmium and mercury

Zinc, cadmium and mercury(II) complexes of creatinine of the composition M(Creat)₂X₂ (X = Cl, Br or I) are prepared. The complexes are characterized by analytical and spectral methods. The increase in cyclic NH stretching frequency in the case of complexes (3350 cm^?1) from that of the free ligand (3300 cm^?1) suggested that secondary nitrogen is involved in coordination. The shift in the resonances of cyclic NH proton in the ¹H NMR and carbonyl and imine carbons in ¹³C NMR when compared to the ligand indicated that cyclic nitrogen coordinates. Conductivity measurements in N, N-dimethylformamide suggested that the complexes are non-electrolytes. Thermal decomposition behaviour of the complexes is also discussed.     

XPS studies of the valence electron levels of metalloporphyrins

We have studied the valence electron spectra of several tetraphenylmetalloporphyrins by XPS. The most striking features of the spectra are those derived from the metal d levels. These reveal that the metal and porphine levels are nearly uncoupled in the copper and zinc porphyrins but that the two kinds of levels interact more extensively in the cobalt compound.     

Base catalyzed acylative decarboxylation. Part III. Acylation of homophthalic acid

Homophthalic acid (I) reacts with acetic anhydride in the presence of base to form the expected product, o-carboxyphenylacetone (III). Besides III, three other new products were formed, namely, 3-methyl-4-carboxyisocoumarin (II), 4-acetyl-3-methylisocoumarin (IV) and 8-acetyl-7-methylnaphtho[1,2-c]isocoumarin. A mechanism for the formation of these compounds is presented. The presence of 3-methyl-4-carboxyisocoumarin (II) supports an earlier suggestion (1) that acylation can occur prior to and without decarboxylation, which has been a point of concern in this reaction.     

An insight into the self-discharge of Fe3O4 electrodes in alkali solutions

Iron oxide development is necessary as the Iron electrodes exhibit high self discharge and poor charging efficiency in alkaline batteries. Pressed electrodes containing electrolytic iron powder with varying amounts of Fe₃O₄ have been used. The variation of open circuit potential and self discharge currents with alkali concentration is followed. For better understanding of these variations, cyclic polarisation (−1.3 V to + 0.4 Vvs Hg/HgO) and hydrogen evolution studies are carried out. Beyond −0.5 Vvs Hg/HgO, the surface is covered by hydrolysed layer and the protons diffuse away from this layer. The hydrogen evolution takes place with the discharge of K⁺ ions as the rate determining step.     

Electrochemical behaviour of Cu-NTA complexes

The deposition of copper was found to involve adsorbed monovalent copper which follows nonactivated Temkin isotherm. The presence of nitrilotriacetic acid stabilises it and the second electron transfer is slow.     

Sol-Gel Derived TiO2-SiO2 Fibres

TiO₂−SiO₂ fibres with 0, 5, 10 and 20 volume % SiO₂ have been prepared by drawing from a gel followed by sintering at different temperatures. Nearly one meter long fibres can be drawn easily in conditions of about 50% relative humidity. Addition of SiO₂ inhibits the crystallisation of TiO₂ and also the anatase → rutile transformation and improves the strength of the fibres. While the pure TiO₂ fibres are brittle, those with 5, 10 and 20 volume % SiO₂ are flexible and strong. Tensile strength values as high as 3 GPa have been achieved in the 10 volume % SiO₂−TiO₂ fibres. Fibres heated above 900°C are brittle. The shape of the cross section of the fibres is found to depend on their diameters.     

Minimal classical communication and measurement complexity for quantum information splitting of a two-qubit state

We investigate the usefulness of the highly entangled five-partite cluster and Brown states for the quantum information splitting (QIS) of a special kind of two-qubit state using remote state preparation. In our schemes, the information that is to be shared is known to the sender. We show that, QIS can be accomplished with just two classical bits, as opposed to four classical bits, when the information that is to be shared is unknown to the sender. The present algorithm, demonstrated through the cluster and Brown states is deterministic as compared to the previous works in which it was probabilistic.     

Gel mechanics: a comparison of the theories of Biot and Tanaka, Hocker, and Benedek

This article compares the Biot [J. Appl. Phys. 12, 155 (1941)] and Tanaka, Hocker, and Benedek (THB) [J. Chem. Phys. 59, 5151 (1973)] theories of gel deformation. Biot's theory treats the gel as a continuum with the pore pressure as a state variable whereas the THB theory treats the gel as a mixture of solid and liquid phases. We revisit the problem of gel deswelling and use this example to show that there can be substantial differences between the two theories. The THB theory is not a complete mixture theory since the displacements of the liquid are assumed to be negligibly small in comparison with the displacements of the network. We propose a simple extension of the THB model, which takes into account the momentum transfer of the liquid phase. We show that with this simple addition and some very reasonable assumptions, the extended THB theory is identical to the Biot theory.