New aspects in the reaction of azomethines with cyclic CH-acidic compounds

Summary Treatment of substituted benzylidene anilines1 a – df with cyclic CH-acidic compounds2a–m in ethanol at room temperature yields in additon/elimination reactions the corresponding arylidene derivatives4 and the 2:1 adducts5. The addition products3, which are formed as intermediates, could not be isolated in any case. The donor/acceptor effect of the substituents on the benzylidene moiety influences to a significant extent the reactivity towards the azomethine carbon.

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Neue Aspekte der Reaktion von Azomethinen mit cyclischen CH-aciden Verbindungen

Zusammenfassung Bei der Umsetzung der substituierten Benzylidenaniline1 a – f mit den cyclischen CH-aciden Verbindungen2 a – m in Ethanol bei Raumtemperatur erhält man in Additions/Eliminierungsreaktionen die Arylidenderivate4 und die 2:1-Addukte5. Die als Intermediat gebildeten Additionsprodukte3 konnten in keinem Fall isoliert werden. Die Donor-bzw. Acceptorwirkung der Substituenten am Benzylidenrest beeinflußt maßgebend die Reaktivität am Azomethinkohlenstoff.

     

Catalytic olefination reaction of carbonyl compounds. A study on stereoselectivity of alkene formation

The mechanism of formation of alkene stereoisomers in the catalytic olefination reaction of carbonyl compounds was studied. 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde hydrazone 1 stereoselectively reacts with a number of F-, Cl-, Br-, and I-containing polyhaloalkanes in the presence of catalytic amounts of CuCl to give -substituted styrenes 2 with the more thermodynamically stable alkene isomer being the major product. A model for the formation of the stereoisomers of alkenes 2 in the olefination reaction is proposed. Stereoselectivity of the reaction is determined by elimination of copper(ii) halides from the lowest-lying conformers of organocopper intermediates II. According to quantum-chemical calculations, the elimination should involve the staggered conformations with antiperiplanar arrangement of C—Hal and C—Cu bonds and proceed by the E2 anti-elimination mechanism. The results of quantum-chemical calculations are in good agreement with the experimental E/Z alkene isomer ratios.     

Origin of the Landau-Lifshitz hydrodynamic fluctuations in nonequilibrium systems and a new method for reducing the Boltzmann equation

The Landau-Lifshitz fluctuating fluxes in fluctuating hydrodynamics are derived from the deterministic Boltzmann equation with the aid of a reduction method developed by Fujisaka and Mori. Thus it is shown that the hydrodynamic fluctuations innonequilibrium systems are generated by the reduction of variables from the-space distribution function to its five momentum moments, i.e., the hydrodynamic variables. This differs from the Bixon-Zwanzig and Fox-Uhlenbeck theories, in which the Landau-Lifshitz fluctuating fluxes are derived from the molecular fluctuating force in thestochastic Boltzmann-Langevin equation, which is, however, negligible in nonequilibrium systems. Thus the present method improves the Chapman-Enskog reduction method so as to include the hydrodynamic fluctuations generated by the reduction of variables.Supported in part by the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education.     

Reductive elimination reaction of rhenium complexes trans-(η-C5Me5)Re(CO)2(chloroaryl)Cl

Thermal reaction of the chloroaryl-chloride complexes trans-(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Re(CO)₂(Ar^Cl)Cl (Ar^Cl = 3-ClC₆H₄, 3-ClC₆H₃(4-Me) and 3,5-Cl₂C₆H₃) in acetonitrile did not interconvert to the cis isomer, instead the complex ReCl(CO)₂(NCMe)₃ and the corresponding 5-Ar^Cl-1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadiene were formed. Similar reductive elimination products were obtained when the starting rhenium complexes were reacted with trimethylphosphite in toluene.     

Carbon dioxide fixation by microalgae photosynthesis using actual flue gas discharged from a boiler

To mitigate CO₂ discharged from thermal power plants, studies on CO₂ fixation by the photosynthesis of microalgae using actual exhaust gas have been carried out. The results are as follows.

Selecting variables for k-means cluster analysis by using a genetic algorithm that optimises the silhouettes

The goal of present work is to analyse the effect of having non-informative variables (NIV) in a data set when applying cluster analysis and to propose a method computationally capable of detecting and removing these variables. The method proposed is based on the use of a genetic algorithm to select those variables important to make the presence of groups in data clear. The procedure has been implemented to be used with k-means and using the cluster silhouettes as fitness function for the genetic algorithm.The main problem that can appear when applying the method to real data is the fact that, in general, we do not know a priori what the real cluster structure is (number and composition of the groups).The work explores the evolution of the silhouette values computed from the clusters built by using k-means when non-informative variables are added to the original data set in both a literature data set as well as some simulated data in higher dimension. The procedure has also been applied to real data sets.     

Position-space renormalization for systems with weak long-range interactions and the breakdown of hyperscaling

Exact renormalization group equations are derived for a position-space renormalization of spin systems with weak long-range forces. It is shown how an apparent dependence of the critical exponents on the choice of the renormalization group can be resolved via the mechanism of dangerous irrelevant variables and that this same mechanism is responsible for the breakdown of hyperscaling. The dimensiond=4 can be seen to be a borderline dimension above which classical critical exponents are expected.     

CeO2和Pd在Ni/γ-Al2O3催化剂中的助剂作用

采用脉冲微反技术研究了添加n型半导体氧化物CeO2及贵金属Pd对Ni/γ Al2O3催化剂上CH4积炭/CO2消炭反应性能的影响,并运用BET、TPR、CO2 TPSR及氢吸附等技术对催化剂进行了表征.结果表明, n型半导体氧化物CeO2的添加可以降低Ni/γ Al2O3催化剂上CH4裂解积炭活性,提高CO2消炭活性,添加少量贵金属Pd可以进一步改变载体Al2O3、助剂CeO2和活性组分Ni之间的相互作用,从而改善Ni/γ Al2O3催化剂的抗积炭性能.通过Ni Ce Pd/γ Al2O3催化剂上CH4积炭/CO2消炭模型对上述作用机制作出了新的解释.