Alternating copolymerization of polar vinyl monomers in the presence of zinc chloride. II. Properties of acrylonitrile–styrene copolymer

The properties of the acrylonitrile–styrene copolymer prepared in the presence of zinc chloride were investigated in comparison with those of a copolymer having the same overall composition and prepared by the ordinary radical procedure. The characteristics of the polymer prepared with ZnCl₂ were as follows: (1) less coloration by alkali treatment, (2) less coloration by thermal treatment and (3) higher glass transition temperature. These features may be attributed principally to the structure of the copolymer, which has more unlike bonds and less long sequences as described in the first article of this series. The effects of residual salt in the copolymer on the properties were also investigated.     

The isolation and structure of tricyclosolidagolactone,a new diterpene from solidago altissima l.

Tricyclosolidagolactone has been isolated from the leaves of $\text{Solidago altissima}$ L., and its structure also been elucidated on the basis of its spectral data coupled with an X-ray crystallographic analysis of the corresponding trihydroxy compound produced on LiAlH₄ reduction.     

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations of the cobalt porphine complex. I. LCAO SCF MO calculation of low-spin,high-spin,and π-ionized states of Co-porphine

Ab initio LCAO SCF MO calculations are carried out on planar Co-porphine with a basis set of roughly double zeta quality for Co and N and of single zeta quality for C and H. The net charge on Co and N and the overlap population between them are 1.78, ?0.57, and 0.06, respectively, in the ²A_1g, state, which is known to be the ground state by experiment. The bonding in this complex is thus largely ionic. The first and second calculated ionization potentials are 6.51 and 6.77 eV, respectively, and are in reasonable agreement with the observed ionization potentials of 6.44 and 6.62 eV for Ni-tetraphenylporphine. CI calculations within the framework of the ligand field theory are also performed. The calculated order of the five lowest states is ⁴B_2g ≈ ⁴E_g, ⁴A_2g, ²A_1g, ⁴E_g from below and is not in agreement with the semiempirical order of ²A_1g ≈ ⁴B_2G, ⁴A_2g, ²E_g, ⁴E_g determined by Lin.     

Racemization of sulfinic esters with trichloroacetic anhydride

Both alkane- and arene-sulfinates undergo racemization and oxygen exchange reaction with trich-loroacetic anhydride. The rate of racemization of (?)menthyl (?)p-toluenesulfinate was found to be twice that of oxygen exchange, suggesting the reaction involves a Walden inversion. When reaction was carried out in benzene, the rate of racemization was found to be first order with respect to both sulfinic ester and trichloroacetic anhydride. The substituent effect is large (p = ?1.53) suggesting that the initial acylation is the rate-determining step. The rate of racemization was found to be retarded by the addition of perhaloacetic acid while very small catalytic effect of mercuric chloride was observed.