An investigation of the critical liquid-vapor properties of dilute KCl solutions

The three parameters that define the critical point, temperature, pressure, and volume have been experimentally determined by means of filling studies in a platinum-lined system for five KCl solutions ranging from 0.006 to 0.568m. The platinum-lined vessels were used to overcome the problems with corrosion experienced by earlier workers. The critical temperature (t _c), pressure (P _c), and volume (V _c) were found to fit the equations $\begin{gathered} {\text{t}}_c = 374.14{\text{ }} + {\text{ }}16.602\sqrt {\text{m}} {\text{ }} + {\text{ }}41.740{\text{m }} \pm 0.5^ \circ C \hfill \\ {\text{P}}_c = 220.9 {\text{ }} + {\text{ }}135.164{\text{m }} + {\text{ }}41.173{\text{m}}^{\text{2}} {\text{ }} \pm {\text{ }}0.5 bars \hfill \\ {\text{V}}_c = 3.155{\text{ }} - {\text{ }}1.373\sqrt m {\text{ }} + {\text{ }}0.507{\text{m }} \pm {\text{ }}0.008cm^3 - g^{ - 1} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $ from infinite dilution to 1.0m.     

Chiral Cyclopentane-Based Mimics of D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate from D-Glucose

Two routes from D-glucose to chiral, ring-contracted analogs of the second messenger D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate are described. Methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside was converted by an improved procedure into methyl 4,6-O-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (6) and thence into methyl 2-O-benzyl-3,4-bis-O-(p-methoxybenzyl)-alpha-D-gluco-hexodialdopyranoside (1,5) (14) in four steps. In the first ring-contraction method 14 was converted into methyl 2-O-benzyl-6,7-dideoxy-3,4-bis-O-(p-methoxybenzyl)-alpha-D-gluco-hept-6-enopyranoside (1,5) (15), which on sequential treatment with Cp(2)Zr(n-Bu)(2) followed by BF(3).Et(2)O afforded a mixture of (1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-3-(benzyloxy)-4-hydroxy-1,2-bis[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]-5-vinylcyclopentane (16) and its 4S,5R diastereoisomer 17. Removal of the p-methoxybenzyl groups of 16 and subsequent phosphorylation and deprotection afforded the first target compound, (1R,2R,3S,4R,5S)-3-hydroxy-1,2,4-tris(phosphonooxy)-5-vinylcyclopentane (3). In the second route, intermediate 14 was subjected to SmI(2)-mediated ring contraction to give (1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-3-(benzyloxy)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-bis[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]cyclopentane (20). Benzylation of 20 provided (1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-3-(benzyloxy)-6-[(benzyloxy)methyl]-4-hydroxy-1,2-bis[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]cyclopentane (22) and (1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-3,4-bis(benzyloxy)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-bis[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]cyclopentane (21), which were elaborated to the target trisphosphates (1R,2R,3S,4R,5S)-3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,4-tris(phosphonooxy)cyclopentane (4) and (1R,2S,3R,4R,5S)-1,2-dihydroxy-3,4-bis(phosphonooxy)-5-[(phosphonooxy)methyl]cyclopentane (5), respectively. Both 3 and 4 mobilized intracellular Ca(2+), but 4 was only a few fold less potent than D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, demonstrating that effective mimics can be designed that do not bear a six-membered ring.     

Parabolic quantitative structure-activity relationships and photodynamic therapy: application of a three-compartment model with clearance to the in vivo quantitative structure-activity relationships of a congeneric series of pyropheophorbide derivatives used as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

An open three-compartment pharmacokinetic model was applied to the in vivo quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) data of a homologous series of pyropheophorbide photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The physical model was a lipid compartment sandwiched between two identical aqueous compartments. The first compartment was assumed to clear irreversibly at a rate K0. The measured octanol-water partition coefficients, P(i) (where i is the number of carbons in the alkyl chain) and the clearance rate K0 determined the clearance kinetics of the drugs. Solving the coupled differential equations of the three-compartment model produced clearance kinetics for each of the sensitizers in each of the compartments. The third compartment was found to contain the target of PDT. This series of compounds is quite lipophilic. Therefore these drugs are found mainly in the second compartment. The drug level in the third compartment represents a small fraction of the tissue level and is thus not accessible to direct measurement by extraction. The second compartment of the model accurately predicted the clearance from the serum of mice of the hexyl ether of pyropheophorbide a, one member of this series of compounds. The diffusion and clearance rate constants were those found by fitting the pharmacokinetics of the third compartment to the QSAR data. This result validated the magnitude and mechanistic significance of the rate constants used to model the QSAR data. The PDT response to dose theory was applied to the kinetic behavior of the target compartment drug concentration. This produced a pharmacokinetic-based function connecting PDT response to dose as a function of time postinjection. This mechanistic dose-response function was fitted to published, single time point QSAR data for the pheophorbides. As a result, the PDT target threshold dose together with the predicted QSAR as a function of time postinjection was found.     

Fast assignment of accurate partial atomic charges: an electronegativity equalization method that accounts for alternate resonance forms

A fast, accurate method of assigning partial atomic charges is described. The method is based upon the concept of electronegativity equalization and is parametrized to fit electrostatic potentials obtained from ab initio quantum calculations. A novel algorithm for identifying alternate resonance forms is used to ensure that chemically equivalent atoms are assigned equal charges. The resulting charges are independent of conformation, yield good agreement with ab initio electrostatic potentials, and are similar to standard force field charges for common biochemical components. The method is broadly parametrized and generates charges for a drug-like compound in about 0.45 s on a 2.26 GHz Pentium 4 PC. It should thus be useful in a range of applications, such as molecular design and QSAR. The resonance algorithm is expected to have additional applications, such as in atom-typing and detection of molecular symmetry.     

KINETICS OF TRIPLET OXIDATION OF METALLO-PORPHYRIN COMPOUNDS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING RADICAL CATIONS

Abstract— The kinetics of photooxidation of triplets of metalloporphyrin compounds to their corresponding radical cations was investigated. Zn-tetraphenyl porphyrin (ZnTPP) and Mg-tetraphenylpor-phyrin (MgTPP) triplets were oxidized by europium salt with rate constants of 4.8 × 10⁵M^-1s^-1 and 2.1 × 10⁶M^-1s^-1, respectively. The high rate constant of oxidation of MgTPP triplet might be related to the ground state oxidation potential, being 0.54 V (SCE) for the Mg complex and 0.71 (SCE) for the Zn complex.
The rate constant of oxidation of ZnTPP excited singlet is in the order of diffusion control, i.e. ˜ 10¹⁰M ^-1 s^-1. Excitation of ferric, cupric, cobaltic, and vanadyl tetraphenylporphyrin did not result in a long-lived triplet state that would allow oxidation studies using flash photolysis.     

Crystal structure of a synthetic anabolic agent: stanazolol ethanol solvate, 17β-hydroxy-17α methylandrostano[3,2-c]pyrazole ethanoate

The crystal and molecular structure of 17-hydroxy-17 methylandrostano[3,2-c]pyrazole ethanoate (stanazolol ethanol solvate), C₂H₃₀N₂OC₂H₅OH, has been determined by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least squares to a final R of 0.0577 for 4021 observed reflections and 245 parameters using Cu K radiation, = 1.54178 Å. The compound crystallizes in space group P2₁2₁2₁ with Z = 4 molecules per unit cell. In the steroid skeleton the ring A adopts a half-chair conformation, being considerably strained, as a consequence of the fused planar pyrazole ring E. Rings B and C however are chairs and ring D has a 13,14 half-chair conformation. All rings of the steroid skeleton are trans-connected. The OH group of the solvated ethanol molecule is hydrogen bonded to the -oriented carbonyl substituent O(20) of ring D. The molecules are further held together in the crystal structure by head–tail hydrogen bonding between N(1)H in the pyrazole ring and O(20), which consequently is an acceptor for the two H-bonds. Overall the molecule lacks any significant curvature with no interplanar dihedral angle greater than 7°. Possible binding modes of stanazolol with the human androgen receptor are discussed.     

Transport properties of alkali metal-graphite intercalation compounds

Basal resistivity ?_a has been measured $\text{in situ}$ on MC₈ compounds (M=K, Rb, Cs) from 5–300K. We find ?_a(T) = A+BT+CT², in agreement with Suematsu et. al., except our value of A is ～200 times smaller implying fewer defects. In MC₈ compounds R_H at 5K is positive and increases linearly with magnetic field, suggesting a complex Fermi surface. On the other hand, R_H for RbC₂₄ is negative and field-independent but the magnitude is inconsistent with a simple one-carrier model (assuming one free electron per Rb).     

γ-Radiation-induced ionic polymerization of pure liquid styrene

Pure liquid styrene, carefully purified and exhaustively dried, exhibits kinetic behavior under γ-irradiation that can best be described in terms of an ionic mechanism. This is based on the observed linear dependence of the rate of polymerization on the dose rate, the independence of molecular weight on the same parameter, and comparison with the thermal and ultraviolet initiated polymerization of monomer prepared under the same stringent conditions. The highest rate of conversion to polymer is 400%/hr. at a dose rate of 10⁶ rads/hr., corresponding to a G_(-monomer) ≈ 40,000.     

The conductivity of a medium interrupted by voids

Résumé On calcule la conductivité d'un milieu en forme de parallelépipède (ou rectangle) percé par une répartition de trous et cadré par des surfaces de conductivité infini ou nul. On emploie un modèle stochastique où on associe une variable aléatoire au processus physique. Les résultats obtenus sont comparés avec les théories de Maxwell, Rayleigh, Wiener et Hashin-Shtrikman.     

Optimization problems in magnetohydrodynamic flows

Résumé On traite le problème des conditions de maximum de conversion d'énergie dans les générateurs magnétohydrodynamique pour les écoulements incompressibles et compressibles, et pour les cas ou les électrodes sont répartis soit en sections finies soit en sections continues. Les conditions d'optimalité sont trouvées pour les cas finis par le principe de Bellman, et pour le cas de repartition infinie des électrodes par l'équation fondamentale de la programmation dynamique.