Flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration of platinum in a knotted reactor coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration method for the electrothermal AAS determination of platinum has been developed. The pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate complexes of either Pt⁴⁺ or Pt²⁺, formed in 0.7 mol L^–1 HNO₃, are on-line adsorbed on the inner walls of a PTFE knotted reactor and subsequently eluted with methanol. An enhancement factor of 112 and a detection limit (3 σ) of 10 ng L^–1 along with a sampling frequency of 21 h^–1 are achieved with a 90 s preconcentration time at a sample flow rate of 8.8 mL min^–1. The relative standard deviation is 2.5% for 0.4 μg L^–1 Pt. The method has been applied to the determination of platinum in blood samples.     

Flame AAS determination of thallium in soils

The anion-exchange enrichment of TlCl(-)(4) coupled to flame AAS is applied to the determination of the total, pseudo-total (not bound in the silicate matrix) and mobile (plant available) content of thallium in soils. Ascorbic acid is used as a new efficient eluent of thallium. The limit of detection of the method is 0.04,mug/g, the relative standard deviation at the 1 mug/g level is about 3%. The method is rapid and simple.     

Interaction of Hydroxylamine with Esters of 2-Oxobutenoic Acids. Synthesis of 1-Hydroxy-3-hydroximino-2-pyrrolidinones

New 3-hydroximino-1-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinones have been synthesized by the interaction of NH₂OH and NH₂OBn with the methyl esters of 2-oxo-3-butenoic acid derivatives. Some intermediate compounds have been isolated and identified and the reaction mechanism is discussed.     

Extractive substances of the bark of Picea ajanensis

A study of the chemical composition of a petroleum ether extract of the bark of Yeddo spruce growing in Khabarovsk Territory has shown that the neutral fraction of the extract contained waxes, glycerides, diterpenoids — epimanool, cis- and trans-abienols, and phyllocladenol, and triterpenoids — the epimeric 3α-and 3β-methoxy-21-hydroxy-Δ¹⁴-serratenes and a ketone which has been ascribed the structure of 21-keto-3β-methoxy-Δ¹⁴-serratene.     

Structure of Tetranuclear Iron(III) d- and dl-Tartrates in Aqueous Solutions

The geometric parameters of dl- and d-tetranuclear iron(III) tartrates [Fe₄(d-L)₂(l-L)₂(H₂O)₈]^4–and [Fe₄(d-L)₄(H₂O)₈]^4–(H₄L is tartaric acid) were optimized using the molecular mechanics method (MIND program, Dashevskii–Plyamovatyi model).     

Synthesis and immobilization of quaternary ammonium cations in acidic zeolites

A general method for the synthesis of quaternary ammonium cations in acidic zeolites by a direct reaction of tertiary amines and alcohols is described.     

Physico-chemical properties of iron-tin mixed oxide catalysts in cyclohexane oxidation

The state of mixed iron-tin oxide catalysts with a variable ratio of their metallic components has been studied by Mössbauer and ESCA spectroscopy. The results are compared with the activity of these catalysts in cyclohexane oxidation.

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Programming package “ESCAPAK” for calculations of electronic structure,adapted for the ES series computers

Branch of the Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 132–134, May–June, 1989.     

Synthesis of methyl α-nitrocrotonate

Summary Methyl -nitrocrotonate has been synthesized by the condensation of methyl nitroacetate with acetaldehyde, acetylation of the methyl -nitro--hydroxybutyrate, and subsequent deacetylation of the resulting product.