Synthesis of β‐Methoxyacrylate Natural Products Based on Box‐PdII‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Methoxycarbonylation of Alkynoles

Bis(oxazoline)‐palladium(II) catalyzed carbonylation of homopropargyl alcohols afforded acyclic methoxyacrylate 2 and 6‐membered lactone 3a , 3b , 3d , 3e , 3f , 3g , 3h , 3i , 3j , 3k in good combined yield. In the case of propargyl alcohols, 5‐membered lactones 3p , 3q , 16 were obtained in moderate yields. The one‐pot synthesis of kawa lactones 3a , 3r , 3s and formal synthesis of dihydroxycystothiazole A and dihydroxycystothiazole C are presented. To elucidate the stereochemistry of (+)‐annularin G and (?)‐annularin H, the first asymmetric syntheses of these natural products were achieved.     

Analysis of Th, U, Pu, and Am in radioactive metal waste using extraction chromatography

In order to analyze actinide elements in radioactive metal waste, the dissolution and chemical separation conditions were optimized. The surfaces of a type 304 stainless steel plate and of pipe waste sampled from the prototype advanced thermal reactor (Fugen) were dissolved in mixed acid solution (HNO₃:HCl:H₂O = 1:1:4). The resulting solution was evaporated to dryness and dissolved with 2 mol/dm³ of HNO₃ to prepare sample solutions. In order to analyze trivalent actinide elements in the sample solution containing a large amount of Fe(III) (>0.1 g) using TRU resin, the effect of Fe(III) concentration on the recovery of Am(III) and reduction effect of Fe(III) to Fe(II) with ascorbic acid were studied. On the basis of results of this study, chemical separation scheme was constructed and Pu and Am in the sample solutions were separated. Thorium and U in the sample solutions were separated with UTEVA resin. High recoveries for all experimented elements were obtained from the analysis of spiked sample solutions, the effectiveness of the method was confirmed.     

Separation of zeros for source signature identification under reverberant path conditions

This paper presents an approach to distinguishing the zeros representing a sound source from those representing the transfer function on the basis of Lyon's residue-sign model. In machinery noise diagnostics, the source signature must be separated from observation records under reverberant path conditions. In numerical examples and an experimental piano-string vibration analysis, the modal responses could be synthesized by using clustered line-spectrum modeling. The modeling error represented the source signature subject to the source characteristics being given by a finite impulse response. The modeling error can be interpreted as a remainder function necessary for the zeros representing the source signature.     

A birational construction of projective compactifications of ℂ3 with second Betti number equal to onewith second Betti number equal to one

We give an explicit construction of all projective compactifications of ℂ³ with second Betti number equal to one. Dedicated to K.-N. Hatsue Entrata in Redazione il 30 novembre 1998.     

Stokesian dynamics simulation of the role of hydrodynamic interactions on the behavior of a single particle suspending in a Newtonian fluid. Part 1. 1D flexible and rigid fibers

As seen in textbooks of polymer physics, a linear polymer chain can be modeled as a filament of connected beads. This concept can also be adapted to fibers and, for example, flexible fibers can be modeled by considering a stretch force, bending and torsion torques with a non-slip condition between adjacent beads, following the particle simulation method. In predicting fiber motions and their relating rheological properties, the importance of hydrodynamic interactions should be analyzed, so in this work we study the effect of hydrodynamic interactions on the behavior of a single flexible fiber under shear using Stokesian dynamics simulation with a 11N × 11N mobility matrix, where N is the aspect ratio of the fiber. Our results indicate that hydrodynamic interaction becomes significant when the fiber is highly flexible.     

Crystal structure of methyl endo-8-cyano-exo-8-methyl-3-oxo-2-oxabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-6-carboxylate.

A photochemical cycloaddition reaction of methyl 2-pyrone-5-carboxylate with methacrylonitrile mainly gave a [4 + 2] cycloadduct, assigned as methyl endo-8-cyano-exo-8-methyl-3-oxo-2-oxabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-6-carboxylate, whose structure was determined by an X-ray diffraction study. The formation of the cycloadduct was reasonably explained by considering a biradical intermediate having a less steric hindrance between the methoxycarbonyl group and the cyano group.     

Low temperature dependence of elastic moduli and internal friction for the glassy alloy Zr55Cu30Al10Ni5

Longitudinal and transverse wave velocities, eight kinds of elastic parameters, and dilational and shear internal frictions of Zr₅₅Cu₃₀Al₁₀Ni₅ glassy alloy were simultaneously measured as a function of temperature in the range from 77 to 373 K, using an ultrasonic pulse method. The inflections at around 150 K for wave velocities, anisotropy factor and Poisson's ratio, and the 150 K peak of shear friction seem to correspond to one topological change (pseudo‐transition) associated with an interatomic readjustment or vacancy rearrangements. The behaviors from 77 to 125 K and 125 to 373 K are due to thermal relaxation of squeezed free volumes and entropy elasticity associated with vibrational motions of clusters, respectively, accompanied by an increase in atomic distance. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Heterogeneous continuous flow synthetic system using cyclohexane-based multiphase electrolyte solutions

The discovery that supporting electrolytes can be effectively confined in typical organic solvents in a c-Hex-based multiphase electrolyte solution has led to the development of a novel heterogeneous continuous flow synthetic system. PTFE fiber functions as a separation filter that can efficiently isolate the c-Hex phase from multiphase electrolyte solutions. This system has demonstrated both electrochemical solvating and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Hydrophobic substrates can be introduced into the reactor as c-Hex solutions, which are then electrochemically transformed into the target hydrophobic products that pass through the PTFE fiber as c-Hex solutions.