Synthesis of unsaturated esters of pyridine- and quinolinedicarboxylic acids

The divinyl, diallyl, and dipropargyl esters of pyridine-2,4-, pyridine-2,6-, and quinoline-2,4-dicarboxylic acids and the divinyl and dipropargyl esters of pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid have been synthesized.     

Structure-property modelling of complex formation of strontium with organic ligands in water

The method of substructural molecular fragments based on representation of the molecular graph by ensembles of fragments and involving calculations of those contributions to the given property is applied to the modelling of stability constants of the complexes of strontium(II) with organic ligands in water. Reliability of predictions of developed structure-property models was examined using three different test sets of structurally diverse ligands. The obtained models have been used for generation and screening of combinatorial library of virtual ligands. Some hypothetical efficient Sr(II) binders were suggested.     

Interaction of Aluminum/Cobalt Alloys with Liquid Gallium/Indium Eutectic

Al/Co alloys with different element ratios were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The surface propagation of components of the Ga/In eutectic was studied in situ by energy-dispersive spectroscopy in the microscope chamber, and their propagation rate was estimated. It decreases with increasing Co content. Interaction of the Al/Co alloy with the liquid Ga/In eutectic was compared to that of the previously studied Al/Ni and Al/Fe alloys.