Polarization plane's weak rotation amplifiers and polarization azimuth stabilizers

A simple and effective method to measure an electromagnetic wave polarization plane's weak rotations in various media is proposed. The specific features of the polarization plane's rotation amplification for the light reflection and transmission through the absorbing and amplifying isotropic layers are calculated. The amplification effects on an anisotropic and cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layers are also considered. In conclusion the question of probable choice of the amplifier's noise/signal ratio is discussed.     

Stevens Rearrangement of Anilinium Salts By the Action Sodium Carbonate Hexahydrate

Anilinium salts containing an allyl-like group together with various functionally substituted receiving groups undergo Stevens rearrangement by the action of sodium carbonate hexahydrate in the absence of a solvent. As a result, both N-methylaniline derivatives and nucleophilic substitution products are formed.     

Multiwavelength NRZ-to-RZ conversion with significant timing-jitter suppression and SNR improvement

We demonstrate a novel, polarization-insensitive scheme for multiwavelength nonreturn-to-zero to return-to-zero format conversion at 10 Gb/s rate with significant timing-jitter suppression and signal-to-noise ratio improvement. The scheme utilizes a self-starting electroabsorption-modulator based optoelectronic oscillator that simultaneously generates a 10 GHz-rate microwave signal and a train of 15 ps-wide optical pulses with 40 fs timing jitter (100–10 MHz range). Under direct optical injection locking of the oscillator with an incoming data stream, we demonstrate the extraction of a high-quality clock that enables in-line format conversion of multiple, synchronized nonreturn-to-zero channels.     

Synthesis of Benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">h</Emphasis>]quinazolines from Ethyl 1-Amino-3-cyclohexyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalene-2-carboxylate

The reaction of ethyl (2Z)-2-cyano-3-cyclohexylprop-2-enoate with benzylmagnesium chloride, followed by cyclization in the presence of sulfuric acid, provided an efficient method of synthesis of ethyl 1-amino-3-cyclohexyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalene-2-carboxylate which was converted to a number of new heterocyclic systems containing a benzo[h]quinazoline fragment.     

Asymmetric synthesis of β-N-substituted α,β-diamino acidsvia a chiral complex of NiII with a dehydroalanine derivative

Asymmetric synthesis of β-N-substituted (S)-α,β-diamino acids was accomplished by Michael addition of amines to the Ni^II complex of the Schiff base derived from (S)-2-[N-(N′-benzylprolyl)amino]benzophenone (BPB) and dehydroalamine. Diastereoselectivity of the reaction is kinetically and thermodynamically controlled. The chiral auxiliary reagent, BPB, can be recovered and reused. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Serya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 504–507, March, 1997.     

Synthesis of new derivatives of carbo(hetero)cyclospirobutanoic lactones

The diethyl esters of 2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4,4]nonan-3,4-dicarboxylic, 2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4,5]decan-3,4-dicarboxylic and 7,7-di-methyl-1,8-dioxaspiro-[4,5]decan-3,4-dicarboxylic acids (la-c) are transformed by hydrochloric acid into 2-oxo-1-oxa-spiro[4,4]nonan-, 2-oxo-1-oxaspiro-[4,5]decan-, and 7,7-dimethyl-1,8-dioxaspiro[4,5]decan-4-carboxylic acids (Ila-c), which are converted into the acyl chlorides IIIa-c, and the latter into the chloromethyl ketones IVa-c. Reaction of the acyl chlorides of IIa and IIb with thiosemicarbazide gives the acid thiosemicarbazides Va and Vb, which form the triazoles VIa and VIb in potassium hydroxide solution, and the thiadiazoles VIIa an VIIb in sulfuric acid. Reaction of the chloromethyl ketones IVa-c with formamide gives the imidazoles VIIIa-c. The diesters Ia-creatwithbenzylamine to form the N-benzylimides IXa-c.     

Hydrocarbomethoxylation of C5-C9 olefins with formic acid and methanol under conditions of catalysis with phosphoric acid

Conclusions The methyl esters of branched carboxylic acids containing quaternary and tertiary C atoms in the-position, together with a small amount of the corresponding carboxylic acids, are formed during the hydrocarbomethoxylation of the straight-chain C₅-C₉ olefins at atmospheric pressure in the presence of concentrated H₃PO₄.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 454–456, February, 1973.     

Rearrangement-Cleavage of Ammonium Salts Containing a 3-Methyl-2-naphthylmethyl Group

The example of the rearrangement-cleavage under the action of 25% aqueous potassium hydroxide at 90-92°C of ammonium salts containing both 3-methyl-2-naphthylmethyl and 2-bromoethyl, allyl, methallyl, 2-bromoallyl, 3-phenylallyl, 2-propynyl, or 3-phenylphenyl-2-propynyl groups was used to show that the reaction always involves the aromatic ring of the 3-methyl-2-naphthylmethyl group. Along with rearrangement-cleavage, nucleophilic substitution of the 2-naphthylmethyl group takes place.