Facts and artifacts about aromatic stability estimation

The stability of a set of 105 five-membered π-electron systems (involving aromatic, non-aromatic and anti-aromatic species) was evaluated using six isodesmic reactions of which two belong to the subclass of homodesmotic reactions, which are based on cyclic and acyclic reference systems. We demonstrate that the ‘Resonance Energies’ derived from isodesmotic schemes have obvious flaws and do not correct or cancel other contributions to the energy, such as the changes of hybridization, homoconjugation of heterosubstituted cyclopentadienes, conjugative interactions of CC or CX (X=N or P) with a π or pseudo π orbital at Y (Y=O, S, NH, PH), strain, etc. as effectively as possible. Likewise, ‘aromatic stabilization energies (ASE)’ derived from homodesmotic schemes based on the acyclic reference compounds do not give satisfactory results. We strongly recommend that only cyclic reference compounds should be used for ASE and other aromaticity evaluations. The analysis is based on ab initio optimized geometries at B3LYP/6-311+G^∗∗.     

Abtrennung durch Diasolyse mit Hilfe gequollener Silicongummimembranen

Zusammenfassung Ein Gerät zur Diasolyse (Flüssig-flüssig Extraktion mit phasentrennender Membran) wird beschrieben, bei dem ein Silicongummischlauch als Membranmaterial dient. Der Einfluß einer Reihe von Parametern wurde untersucht (Pumpgeschwindigkeit, Schlauchlänge, Temperatur, pH, Volumen der wäßrigen Phase, Konzentration der zu bestimmenden Substanz, Quell- und Lösungsmittel, Fremdsubstanzen, kontinuierliche und diskontinuierliche Ausführung). Als Testsubstanzen wurden Barbiturate verwendet. Die Methode eignet sich zur Trennung von lipophilen und lipophoben Stoffen sowie zur Spurenanreicherung.

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Separation by diasolysis by means of swollen silicone rubber membranes

An apparatus for diasolysis (liquid-liquid extraction with phase separation by membranes) is described, which employs silicone rubber tubes as membrane material. The effect of various parameters has been investigated (pumping rate, tube length, temperature, pH, volume of aqueous phase, concentration of substance to be determined, swelling agent, solvent, foreign substances, continuous and discontinuous mode of operation). Barbiturates served as testing substances. The method is suitable for the separation of lipophilic from lipophobic substances and also for the enrichment of traces.

     

Synthetische Juvenilhormone 3. Mitteilung. p-Substituierte 4-Phenyl-buten(1)-carbonsäurederivate

The syntheses of p-substituted 2-methyl-4-phenylbuten(1)-carboxylic acid derivatives are described, using Blanc's chloromethylation reaction, the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of unsaturated ketones or the Meerwein arylation; the formed intermediates react in subsequent steps to the title compounds.     

Adsorption of organic substances on broken clay surfaces: a quantum chemical study

Hydrogen-bonded interactions between local defect structures on broken clay surfaces modeled as molecular clusters and the organic molecules acetic acid, acetate, and N-methylacetamide (NMA) have been investigated. Density functional theory and polarized basis sets have been used for the computation of optimized interaction complexes and formation energies. The activity of the defect structures has been characterized as physical or chemical in terms of the strength of the hydrogen bonds formed. Chemical defects lead to significantly enhanced interactions with stronger hydrogen bonds and larger elongation of OH bonds in comparison to the physical defects. The type of interaction with the defect structure significantly influences the planarity of the model peptide bond in NMA. Both cases, enhancement of the planarity by increase of the CN double bond character and strong deviations from planarity, are observed.     

Molybdenum(VI)-complexes with chiral N,O-ligands derived from carbohydrates: synthesis, structure and catalytic properties in asymmetric olefin epoxidation

Novel chiral 2′-pyridinyl alcohols derived from isopropylidene-protected carbohydrates are reported. They show different characteristics at the hydroxy group, but are all suitable ligands for chiral molybdenum(VI) complexes of the type MoO₂L₂ (L = chiral 2′-pyridinyl alcoholate). MoO₂(acac)₂ served as starting material in the complex syntheses. The structure of one ligand and one dioxo complex were exemplary established by X-ray crystallography. For catalytic runs in the enantioselective epoxidation catalysis trans-methylstyrene was used as model substrate, tert-butylhydroperoxide and cumolhydroperoxide, resp., as the oxidant.     

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Applications of capillary electrophoresis in element speciation analysis of plant and food extracts

The performance of a new separation technique for metal-speciation — capillary electrophoresis (CE) — is presented. Polyhydroxy compounds such as polyphenols and organic tanning agents can be determined in the g/L range. Certain complexes of these compounds with iron (III) ions may also be directly or indirectly verified. The work has shown that it is possible to determine certain complexes existing in beverages (tea and coffee) by decomplexation with chelating agents (CDTA). The ligands released can be separated by CE and identified by their migration time and UV/VIS absorption spectra.     

Eine Bemerkung zum Satz von Ivory

In 1809 J. IVORY found a distance relation between any two confocal ellipsoids in Euclidean space E³. After that, the theorem of IVORY has been formulated for any two nondegenerate confocal quadrics of the same type. In this paper we succeed in completing these results and in formulating and proving them uniformly for any two quadrics of the same type belonging to a general system of confocal quadrics.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. Oswald Giering zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet     

The finite section method for Moore-Penrose inversion of Toeplitz operators

It is shown that for certain classes of infinite block Toeplitz matricesT(a)=[a _j-k ] ₀ the Moore-Penrose inverses of the finite sectionT _n (a)=[a _j-k ] ₀ ^n–1 converge to the Moore-Penrose inverse ofT(a). Furthermore the convergence for modified finite section methods and the finite section method for Wiener-Hopf integral and related operators are studied.