Rotational barrier for 1-acetyl-2-(p-methoxy benzyl)-3-pyrroline

Calculation of the rotational barriers for the trans- and cis-forms of 2-(p-methoxy)-1-acetyl-pyrroline are presented in this paper. It is found that thetrans-isomer is slightly more favourable energetically, while the rotations of the cis-form are highly impeded. Hence the relevant rotations are in thetrans-form which stabilizes its energy by forming a weak inner proton bond between the carbonyl oxygen and the pyrroline ring. The acetyl rotational barrier is of the order of 8 kcal, which is well in accord with experimental data reported in the literature for other acetyl-amide derivatives.[/p]Work supported in part by Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo.     

Effect of ether versus ester tethering on Heck cyclizations

Ether tethers allow Heck cyclizations to proceed in high yields. Ester tethers lead to low yields. Styrene trapping experiments indicate that ester reactions form viable organopalladium intermediates that cannot cyclize efficiently.     

Gas chromatographic conditions for the linearity of the relationship between σT,t and tR in open tubes

The linearity of the relationship between σ_T,t² and (1 + k)² is studied with the view of using it for the evaluation of GC equipment. Based on appropriate analytical expressions it is concluded that in general this relationship is not linear and that practical procedures for column evaluation should be developed that take this non-linearity into account.     

On the applicability of the “abt” concept

Kaiser's “abt” concept rests on the experimental establishment of a linear relation between band width at half height, b_0.5, and capacity ratio, k, according to His column specification quantity, h_real, is dependent on the square of the slope a, obtained from a linear regression analysis based on this relation. It is shown in the present paper that an improvement of the experimental conditions leading to a lower extra-column contribution to band broadening, b, introduces a tendency towards a negative curvature in the plot at low k values. The mean slope increases, and an uncritical linear regression would yield an h_real-value which is higher than before and which would be in the opposite direction to the requirements of a reliable column specification. Generally the linear regression analysis has to be moved to higher k regions in cases of curvature, especially as it is also shown that h_real is an estimation of the traditional HETP value, H∞, that would be obtained when k approaches infinity. This theoretically expected relation is a strong motivation for the use of h_real as a column specification, since the b_0.5-value associated with H∞ is expected to be practically independent of b.     

Product analysis and mechanism of toluene degradation by low temperature plasma with single dielectric barrier discharge

A single dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) low-temperature plasma reactor was set up, and toluene was selected as the representative substance for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), to study the reaction products and degradation mechanism of VOCs degradation by low-temperature plasma. Different parameters effect on the concentration of O₃ and NO_x during the degradation of toluene were studied. The exhaust in the process of toluene degradation was continuously detected and analyzed, and the degradation mechanism of toluene was explored. The results showed that the concentration of O₃ increased with the increase of the power density and discharge voltage of the plasma device. However, as the initial concentration of toluene increased, the concentration of O₃ basically keep steady. The concentration of NO_x in the by-products increased with the discharge voltage, power density, and initial concentration of toluene in the plasma device, and the concentration of NO₂ was much higher than the concentration of NO. The degradation process of toluene was detected and analyzed. The results showed that the degradation mechanism of toluene by plasma includes high energy electron bombardment reaction, active radical reaction and ion molecule reaction. Among them, the effect of high-energy electrons on toluene degradation is the largest, followed by the effect of free radicals, in which oxygen radicals participated in the reaction mainly through the formation of C–O bond, CO bond, (CO)–O– bond and –OH radical, while nitrogen radicals participate in the reaction mainly through the formation of C–NH₂, (CNH)- bond, CN bond and C–NO₂ bond. The results can provide some data supports for the study of low-temperature plasma degradation of VOCs.     

NO2气相硝化金刚烷的计算研究

运用密度泛函理论(DFT)和半经验MO-PM3方法研究了NO₂气相硝化金刚烷反应机理. 计算结果表明, NO₂不能直接取代金刚烷H; 在B3LYP/6-311＋＋G(3df,2pd)//B3LYP/6-31G* 较高水平下, 对三个可能机理的反应势垒(E_a)的精确计算表明, 该反应的决速步骤为NO₂中O和N进攻1-H的竞争过程, 且1-硝基金刚烷为主要产物. NO₂中O进攻1-H决速反应过程中, 分子几何、原子自然电荷及IR光谱变化表明, C—H键的断裂和N—H键的形成是一个协同过程; 参与新键形成和旧键断裂原子C(1), H(11), O(28), O(29)和N(27)的原子自然电荷及与其相关的键长、键角有明显的变化. 反应过程中体系偶极矩的变化表明, 极性溶剂能降低反应势垒, 有利于反应的进行.     

Small-angle X-ray study of air-dried elastoidin using three- and one- dimensional correlation functions obtained from slit-smeared intensity

In the present paper an isotropic sample of air-dried elastoidin has been studied considering it to be a non-ideal two-phase densely packed system after the theories by Vonk [1]. The relevant important physical parameters obtained for the sample areE, the width of the transition layer,D, the average periodicity transverse to the layers, S/V, the specific inner surface ₁ and ₂, the volume fraction of two phases, i. e. matter and void,l ₁ andl ₂ the transversal lengths,l _r, the range of inhomogeneity,l _c, the length of coherence and 2E/D, the volume fraction of the transition layer. The values ofE obtained by two approches as given by Vonk [1] and Ruland [2] show but a small difference indicating the correctness of the analysis.     

Tautomerism and stereochemistry of dihydroxyperylenequinones: Force field investigations

Summary Stereochemistry and tautomerism of cercosporin and several of its partial structure models were investigated using an MM2 derived force field method. Besides the propeller type conformer, which was found before by X-ray crystallography, the complicated energy hypersurface was shown to contain a novel double-butterfly conformer of similar stability. The interconversion barrier between these conformers and their enantiomers was found to be unusually high due to buttressing effects of neighbor substituents. Judged from the calculations, the 4,9-tautomer of cercosporin could also be present in favoring instances besides the 3,10-tautomer, whereas the 3,9-tautomer is strongly destabilized.

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Tautomerie und Stereochemie von Dihydroxyperylenchinonen: Untersuchungen mit Hilfe der Kraftfeld-Methodik

Zusammenfassung Die Stereochemie von Cercosporin und einigen seiner Partialstrukturmodelle wurde Hilfe einer von MM2 abgeleiteten Kraftfeldmethodik untersucht. In der komplizierten Energiehyperfläche wurde neben dem aus der Röntgenstrukturanalyse bekannten Propeller-Konformeren auch ein neues Doppelschmetterling-Konformer ähnlicher Stabilität aufgefunden. Die Interkonversionsbarrieren zwischen diesen Konformeren und ihren Enantiomeren sind außergewöhnlich hoch, was auf einen Buttressing-Effekt der benachbarten Substituenten zurückgeführt wurde. Aus den Rechnungen folgte auch, daß neben dem 3,10-Tautomeren in günstigen Fällen auch das 4,9-Tautomere des Cercosporins vorliegen kann, wogegen das 3,9-Tautomere stark destabilisiert ist.

     

Variable low-mass filtering using an electrodynamic ion funnel

An adjustable low-mass filter has been developed for an electrospray ionization (ESI) source to block ions associated with unwanted background species from entering the mass spectrometer. The low-mass filter is made by using an adjustable potential energy barrier from the conductance-limiting plate of an electrodynamic ion funnel, which prohibits species with higher ion mobilities from exiting the ESI source. We show that this arrangement provides a linear voltage adjustment for low-mass filtering from m/z 0 to 500. Mass filtering above m/z 500 is also performed; however, higher-mass species are attenuated. The mass filter was tested with a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) analysis of a bovine serum albumin (BSA) tryptic digest and resulted in the ability to block low-mass, background species, which accounted for 40-70% of the total ion current immediately behind the ESI source during peak elution and detection.