Heat of immersion of iron(III) oxides in water at 25°C

The heat of immersion in water was measured at 25°C for three iron(III) oxides using a twin-type microcalorimeter. One of the samples was commercial α-Fe₂O₃ (sample C) and the other two (samples M and F) were prepared by calcining magnetite and iron(III) hydroxide in air at various temperatures, T_p, from 300 to 700°C. The samples were evacuated at outgassing temperature, T_o, between room temperature and 500°C at a pressure of 1 × 10^?2?2.7 × 10^?2N m^?2 for 6 h. The heat of immersion, h_i(J m^?2), of samples C and M increased with an increase in T_o and showed the maximum h_i at T_o =400°C, while sample F did not show the maximum up to T_o =500°C. The systematic correlation was not observed between h_i and T_p of sample F. The heat of reproduction of the surface hydroxyl group on sample F was approximately estimated as 6.6 × 10⁴ J mole^?1 H₂O.     

Polymerization of coordinated monomers. XVI. Stereoregulation in the alternating copolymerization of methyl methacrylate with styrene in the presence of metal halides

Triad cotacticities of alternating copolymers of methyl methacrylate with styrene prepared in the presence of zinc chloride, ethylaluminium sesquichloride, and ethylboron dichloride are investigated from the mechanistic point of view by means of ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. The cotacticities from ¹H-NMR spectra are obtained accurately by using α-d-styrene in the place of styrene and by measuring the spectra on the copolymer in o-dichlorobenzene at 170°C. The relative intensities of three peaks of the splitting signal for the methoxy protons in the nonalternating copolymers obtained by the use of benzoyl peroxide in the absence of metal halides agree well with the cotacticity distribution calculated theoretically by the Lewis-Mayo mechanism with the stereoregulation following Bernoullian statistics. The splitting signals in the ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra of the alternating copolymers prepared in the presence of metal halides cannot be explained by the same mechanism. The relative intensities of three peaks of the splitting signals for the methoxy protons and for the carbonyl carbon in the methyl methacrylate unit (the contents of cotactic triads centered by the methyl methacrylate unit) are not equal to those for the aromatic C₁ carbon in the styrene unit (the contents of cotactic triads centered by styrene unit). The value of f²Y - 4fxfz is not equal to zero, where fx, fy, and fz are the cosyndiotactic, coheterotactic, and coisotactic triad contents, respectively, in the alternating copolymer. Copolymers obtained in the presence of zinc chloride are not exactly equimolar alternating but always contain a methyl methacrylate unit in excess, and the relative intensities of the three peaks for the aromatic C₁ carbon change with the copolymer composition. These results are explained by a proposed mechanism: the alternating copolymerization proceeds through the homopolymerization of a ternary molecular complex composed of a metal halide, methyl methacrylate, and styrene, accompanied with the stereoregulation following first-order Markovian statistics; the increase of methyl methacrylate content in the copolymer prepared in the presence of zinc chloride is caused by the participation of the binary molecular complex composed of a metal halide and methyl methacrylate in addition to the ternary molecular complex.     

Mechanism of charge–transfer polymerization. II. Propagation mechanism of the polymerization of N-vinylcarbazole with organic electron acceptors

Copolymerizations of N-vinylcarbazole with both isobutyl vinyl ether and N-vinyl-pyrrolidone initiated by some organic electron acceptors have been investigated for the purpose of elucidating the propagation mechanism in the charge-transfer polymerization. Copolymerizations of the same system catalyzed by authentic cationic catalysts have also been made for comparison. The results indicate that the propagation mechanism of the charge-transfer polymerization studied is catio ie.     

Synthesis of chiral [5]helicenes using aromatic oxy-Cope rearrangement as a key step

Both enantiomers of (P)-(+)-2- and (M)-(−)-2-acetoxy-11,14-dimethyl[5]helicenes 8 were synthesized by asymmetric aromatic oxy-Cope rearrangement of the corresponding chiral bridged bicyclic compounds, which were obtained by enzymatic resolution. The absolute configurations of 8 were assigned by their circular dichroism spectra.     

Reaction of [α-(trimethylsilyl)benzyl]ferrocenes with α-ferrocenylbenzyl cations

Although methanolysis of [α-(trimethylsilyl)benzyl]ferrocene (I) and [p-methyl-α-(trimethylsilyl)benzyl]ferrocene (II) in the presence of anhydrous ferric chloride merely gave α-ferrocenylbenzyl methyl ether (III) and p-methyl-α-ferrocenylbenzyl methyl ether (IV), respectively, acid-catalyzed methanolysis of (I) and (II) in the presence of an equimolar amount of (III) or (IV) afforded 1,2-diferrocenyl-l,2-diarylethanes. It is suggested that one electron oxidation of [α-(trimethylsilyl)benzyl]ferrocene by α-ferrocenylbenzyl cation generated from α-ferrocenylbenzyl methyl ether, and subsequent methanolysis of the resulting substituted ferricenium ion may occur to give the two species of α-ferrocenylbenzyl radical, which in turn undergo an approximately statistical coupling.     

Growth of single-layer carbon tubes assisted with iron-group metal catalysts in carbon arc

Single-layer (SL) carbon tubes were produced by arc evaporation of graphite rods containing iron-group metals (Fe, Co, Ni, Fe/Co, Co/Ni, Fe/Ni) under He and Ar gas. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that these elemental and binary metals, excluding Fe which need a special atmosphere (a mixture of Ar and CH₄), showed catalytic activity producing SL tubes under pure inactive gases. Fe/Ni alloy was the most effectual catalysts for producing SL tubes. The highest abundance of SL tubes in raw soot was estimated to be ～ 10% from TEM observation. Smoke particles directly caught on TEM grids near an evaporation source during arcburning were also investigated, and it was suggested that small metal particles were first formed in the gas phase and then SL tubes grew from them.     

Novel and efficient method for esterification, amidation between carboxylic acids and equimolar amounts of alcohols, and amines utilizing Me2NSO2Cl and N,N-dimethylamines; its application to the synthesis of coumaperine, a natural chemopreventive dieneamide

Various carboxylic esters or amides were prepared in good to excellent yield between carboxylic acids and equimolar amounts of alcohols or amines under very mild conditions (0-45°C; within 3 h) using dimethylsulfamoyl chloride (Me₂NSO₂Cl; 1) combined with N,N-dimethylamines (Me₂NR: 2a; R=Me, 2b; R=Bu). The choice of the sulfamoyl chloride and the amine is crucial for the reaction; that is, sterically uncrowded amines accelerated the present esterification and amidation. This agent had some advantages over methanesulfonyl chloride (3)/amines as for the atom-economy, avoidance of side reactions, and had very high chemoselectivity toward the carboxyl group vs the hydroxyl group; the experiment was performed by the addition of 1 to the mixture of carboxylic acids and alcohols. Application of this method to the synthesis of coumaperine, a chemopreventive natural product, was performed using the present amidation as a key step.     

Lifetime regulation of the charge-separated state in DNA by modulating the oxidation potential of guanine in DNA through hydrogen bonding

A series of naphthalimide (NI)- and 5-bromocytosine ((br)C)-modified oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) were prepared, and their lifetimes of the charge-separated states during the photosensitized one-electron oxidation of DNA were measured. Various lifetimes of the charge-separated states were observed depending on the sequence and the incorporation sites of (br)C, and the oxidation potential of G in the (br)C:G base-pair relative to that of G in the C:G base-pair and in the GGG sequence was determined by comparing the lifetimes of the charge-separated states. The change in the cytosine C5 hydrogen to bromine resulted in a 24 mV increase in the oxidation potential of G in the (br)C:G base-pair as compared to that of G in the C:G base-pair, the value of which is comparable to a 58 mV decrease in the oxidation potential of G in the GGG sequence. These results clearly demonstrate that hole transfer in DNA can be controlled through hydrogen bonding by introducing a substituent on the cytosine.     

Development of a new file search system for nuclear magnetic resonance spectra: Production of an Enlarged Data Base and Search Test

A practical search system for proton n.m.r. spectra is reported. The coding rules and search algorithms are described in detail. Data for 8000 spectra have been converted into a computer-readable file from printed charts. Several search tests are used to evaluate the usefulness of the search system, and various effects of experimental conditions such as different instruments, frequencies and solvents on recall efficiency are described. The results presented indicate that the system should be applicable to routine analytical work.     

Studies On Rare-Earth Complexes with Crown Ethers. Part XXV. Synthesis,characterization, and structure of the complexes of lanthanide nitrates with 13-crown-4

The lanthanide nitrate complexes with 13-crown-4(13-C-4) have been prepared in AcOEt. These new complexes with the general formula Ln(NO₃)₃.(13-c-4) (Ln = La–Nd, Sm–Lu) have been characterized by means of elemental analysis, IR and ¹H-NMR spectra, conductivity measurements, and TG-DTA techniques. The crystal and molecular structure of Nd(No₃)₃. (13-c-4) has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/a with Z = 8. Lattice parameters are a = 15.393(1), b = 12.578(1), c = 19.279(2) Å, β = 113.05(1)°, V = 3435 ų, D_c = 2.01 g cm^?3, μ = 31.0 cm^?1 (Mok₂), F(000) = 2056. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier techniques and refined by least-squares to a final conventional R value of 0.032 for 5218 independent reflections with I ? 3σ(I). There are two independent Nd(No₃)₃ · (13-C-4) monomers in one asymmetrical unit. The coordination numbers are ten in these two independent monomers.