Volumetric determination of Pt(IV) in the presence of Ir,Pd, and Rh with ferrous ammonium sulfate in alkaline mannitol medium

A potentiometric reductimetric method for the determination of platinum (Pt(IV)Pt(II)) with a standard Fe(II) solution in an alkaline medium of mannitol is described. The method, the error of which does not exceed 2%, can be used in the presence of palladium, iridium, and rhodium.     

Preparation of arylphosphonates by the reaction of aryl halides with tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite under homogeneous catalysis conditions

The reaction of tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite with aryl bromides under homogeneous catalysis conditions gives bis(trimethylsilyl)arylphosphonates. The desilylation of these phosphonate products with methanol leads to arylphosphonic acids.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1461–1462, June, 1991.     

Extraction of macro- and microamounts of lanthanides by D2EHPA

The effect of macroconcentration (Ma) lanthanide extraction on the microcomponent (Mi) extraction by D2EHPA was investigated. The investigation corroborated that the macrocomponent suppresses the microcomponent extraction. The extractability of Mi decreases with increasing Ma concentration and with increasing proton lanthanide number in macroconcentrations. Semi-empirical relations were derived describing lanthanide extraction in lanthanide macro- and microconcentrations as a function of the extraction of lanthanide macroconcentrations. Under the conditions discussed, these relations can be used to estimate for any lanthanide the distribution ratios for the lanthanide applied as a macrocomponent and for Eu applied as a microcomponent.     

Stereoselective synthesis of substituted gamma-butyrolactones by the [3+2] annulation of allylic silanes with chlorosulfonyl isocyanate: enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-blastmycine

[structure: see text]. A stereoselective synthesis of gamma-butyrolactones by the [3 + 2] annulation of allylic silanes with N-chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI) was developed. An enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-blastmycinone was accomplished using this annulation as the key step.     

Tricarbocyanines with dihydropyran,dihydrothiapyran, and N-methyltetrahydropyridine rings in the chromophore

Glutaconic dialdehyde dianil salts, the ,-carbon atoms of which are included in dihydropyran, dihydrothiapyran, or N-methyltetrahydropyridine rings, were synthesized. Tricarbocyanine dyes with epoxydimethylene, epithiodimethylene, or N-methylepiminodimethylene groupings were synthesized by condensation of the dianil salts with a 2-methylbenzothiazole quaternary salt. The color of the dyes is discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 175–178, February, 1976.     

Quantum chemical study of the tautomerism, geometry, and electronic structure of 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-triazoles

A systematic study was carried out on the tautomerism and geometry of 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-triazoles using the semiempirical AM1, PM3, MNDO, and MINDO/3 methods and nonempirical quantum chemical methods taking account of electronic correlation (MP2). The semiempirical methods were found to give incorrect results for the tautomerism of these triazoles, while the nonempirical methods correctly give the energy relationships and show enhanced stability for 2H-1,2,3- and 1H-1,2,4-triazoles attributed to the interaction of the unpaired electron pairs of the adjacent nitrogen atoms. Optimization of the geometry of 2H-1,2,3-triazole by the nonempirical methods showed that bases such as 6-21G and more expanded bases must be used and that electronic correlation should be taken into account. The use of updated calculation methods in the case of 1H-1,2,4-triazole did not give improved results.Prof. Asen Zlatarov University, 8010 Burgas, Bulgaria. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 645–651, May, 1998.     

Diagnosis of lung cancer based on metal contents in serum and hair using multivariate statistical methods

The classification of normal and cancer groups with four multivariate methods according to metal contents in serum and hair samples has been discussed in the present paper. Results show that the four multivariate methods, stepwise discrimination analysis, principal components analysis, hierarchical cluster analysis, and stepwise cluster analysis can distinguish the two groups correctly. The independent samples of both normal and cancer groups were tested and can be distinguished correctly by the four methods. Therefore, these methods can be used as an aid for diagnosis of lung cancer according to the metal contents in serum and hair samples.     

Application of a modified simplex method to the multivariable optimization of a new FIA system for the determination of osmium

A methodology based on the coupling of experimental design and a modified simplex method is proposed for the optimization of a new flow injection-kinetic system for the spectrophotometric determination of Os (IV) with m-acetylchlorophosphonazo, which has for the first time been used as chromogenic reagent in the quantitative analysis of this element. An orthogonal array design is utilized to design the experimental protocol, in which six variables are varied simultaneously, and obtain the initial simplex using 25 experiments. A modified simplex method is applied to continuously optimize the data of the orthogonal array design; the search for optimum conditions of 6 variables using the modified simplex method required only 25 experiments. The efficiency and simplicity of the coupling of the experimental design and the modified simplex method are attractive for the development of new analytical methods. The method has been applied to the determination of Os (IV) in a refined ore as well as in a secondary alloy and provided satisfactory results.     

Voltammetric determination of buspirone

The electroanalytical chemical properties of buspirone are reported in this paper. A sensitive single sweep voltammetric procedure for trace buspirone determination was developed. The detection limit is 5.0 x 10(-9)M. The method has been applied to the determination of buspirone in blood serum by simple dilution in a buffer.