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Anionenaustauschtrennungen der mit Tributylphosphat extrahierbaren Elemente. VII

Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Abtrennung des Urans wird beschrieben, bei der das Uran aus einer 6-m salzsauren Lösung mit reinem, unverdünntem TBP extrahiert und aus einer Mischung von 30 Vol.% TBP, 60 Vol.% Methylglykol und 10 Vol.% 12-m Salzsäure am stark basischen Anionenaustauscher Dowex 1-X8 (Chloridform) adsorbiert wird. Da der TBP-Extrakt zur Bereitung dieser Mischung verwendet wird, lassen sich Extraktion und Ionenaustausch kombinieren, wodurch nicht nur die Selektivität der Abtrennung des Urans wesentlich erhöht wird, sondern auch eine so weitgehende Anreicherung des Urans auf dem Harz erfolgt, daß auch ppm-Mengen leicht zu bestimmen sind. Das Harz wird zu diesem Zweck zunächst zur Entfernung des TBP mit einer Mischung von 90 Vol.% Methylglykol und 10 Vol.% 12-m Salzsäure, dann zur Entfernung von mitadsorbierten Elementen mit 6-m Salzsäure behandelt; anschließend wird das Uran mit 1-m Salzsäure eluiert und fluorimetrisch bestimmt. Zu Vergleichszwecken wurden 16 geologische Proben nach dieser Methode und auch unter Anwendung einer anderen Anionenaustauschmethode analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß das hier beschriebene Trennverfahren eine quantitative Abtrennung des Urans ermöglicht und zu gut reproduzierbaren Resultaten führt.

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Anionic exchange separations of the elements that are extractable with tributyl phosphate. VII

Summary A method is described for the separation of uranium in which the latter is extracted from a 6M hydrochloric acid solution by means of pure undiluted TBP and adsorbed from a mixture of 30 volume % TBP, 60 volume % methylglycol and 10 volume % of 12M hydrochloric acid on the strongly basic anionexchanger Dowex 1-X8 (chloride form). Since the TBP-extract is used for the preparation of this mixture, the extraction and the ion-exchange may be combined, whereby not only the selectivity of the separation of the uranium is significantly raised but also there follows such a rar-reaching enrichment of the uranium on the resin that even ppm quantities are readily determined. For this latter purpose, the resin is first treated with a mixture of 90 volume % methylglycol and 10 volume % 12M hydrochloric acid to remove the TBP, and then with 6M hydrochloric acid to remove the co-adsorbed elements; and then the uranium is eluted by means of 1M hydrochloric acid and determined fluorimetrically. For comparison purposes, 16 geologic specimens were analyzed in accord with this procedure and also employing another anion exchange method. The results show that the separation method described here makes possible a quantitative separation of the uranium and leads to good reproducible results.

     

Biosynthesis of cis-Jasmone: a pathway for the inactivation and the disposal of the plant stress hormone jasmonic acid to the gas phase?

Flowers of Jasminum rincospernum convert deuterium-labeled jasmonic acid [²H₅]- 4a and methyl 1,2-didehy-drojasmonate [²H₄]- 8 into labeled cis-jasmone [²H₄]- 1. The labeling pattern of the resulting cis-jasmone ( 1 ) is consistent with a Grob fragmentation of the didehydrojasmonic acid 8a by decarboxylation after protonation of the keto group. The pathway is also operative in leaves of several higher plants, including mono- and dicotyledonous specimens. In Lima beans besides cis-jasmone ( 1 ) an equimolar mixture of trans- and cis-isomers of methyl jasmonate ( 4 ) and epi- 4 , is emitted after treatment with Jasmonic acid ( 4a ). The relative ratio of 1 and 4 /epi- 4 is critically dependent on the concentration of the administered jasmonic acid ( 4a ) and the ambient temperature of the plant. Unlike 4a , the 1,2-didehydrojasmonic acid ( 8a ) is not able to induce volatile biosynthesis. Therefore, the transformation of 4a via 8 a into 1 appears to have a special importance for the irreversible inactivation and disposal of the plant stress hormone jasmonic acid to the gas phase and may serve, besides other modes of inactivation, as a shunt in case of high internal of the stress hormone 4a. The conversion of the biologically active jasmonic acid ( 4a ) into the inactive and volatile cis-jasmone (1) is the first example of a disposal of an inactive metabolite of a phytohormone to the gas phase as an infinite sink.     

Ab initio investigation of the potential energy surfaces of C2H2F2 and C2H2F2+

Ab initio MO calculations have been performed for neutral and cationic C₂H₂F₂ structures. Olefinic and carbene structures are investigated for the neutral isomers, while olefinic, carbene, and fluoronium-type cations are found. Stability orders and rotational barriers are discussed in terms of orbital and Coulomb interaction. Contrary to previous studies, the higher stability of the geminal isomers is interpreted to be caused by Coulomb attraction.