Reaction of alkenyldichlorophosphines with ethylene oxide and ethylene sulfide

Conclusions In contrast to ethylane oxide, ethylene sulfide reacts with the styryl- and isobutenyldichlorophosphines only in the presence of catalysts. The course of the discussed reactions is facilitated by solvents with a high electron-donor capacity. The obtained results are discussed from the standpoint of primary donor-acceptor interactions of the reactants.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 457–461, February, 1976.     

Vibrational relaxation of ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide-rare-gas mixtures

The collision-induced vibrational energy relaxation of ethylene oxide (C₂H₄O) was studied by means of laser-induced fluorescence. The time-dependent population of the vibrational modes v₃ and v₅/v₁₂ was measured after excitation of CH-stretching vibrations near 3000 cm^?1. Rate constants for the vibrational energy transfer by collisions with C₂H₄O and the rare gases are deduced, and a simplified model for the vibrational relaxation of C₂H₄O is discussed.     

Crystal structures of ethylene glycol and ethylene glycol monohydrate

We have carried out a neutron powder diffraction study of deuterated ethylene glycol (1,2-ethanediol), and deuterated ethylene glycol monohydrate with the D2B high-resolution diffractometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Using these data, we have refined the complete structure, including all hydrogen atoms, of the anhydrous phase at 220 K. In addition, we have determined the structure of ethylene glycol monohydrate at 210 K using direct space methods. Anhydrous ethylene glycol crystallizes in space-group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with four formula units in a unit-cell of dimensions a = 5.0553(1) ?, b = 6.9627(1) ?, c = 9.2709(2) ?, and V = 326.319(8) ?(3) [ρ(calc)(deuterated) = 1386.26(3) kg m(-3)] at 220 K. Ethylene glycol monohydrate crystallizes in space-group P2(1)/c with four formula units in a unit-cell of dimensions a = 7.6858(3) ?, b = 7.2201(3) ?, c = 7.7356(4) ?, β = 92.868(3)°, and V = 428.73(2) ?(3) [ρ(calc)(deuterated) = 1365.40(7) kg m(-3)] at 210 K. Both the structures are characterized by the gauche conformation of the ethylene glycol molecule; however, the anhydrous phase contains the tGg' rotamer (or its mirror, g'Gt), whereas the monohydrate contains the gGg' rotamer. In the monohydrate, each water molecule is tetrahedrally coordinated, donating two hydrogen bonds to, and accepting two hydrogen bonds from the hydroxyl groups of neighboring ethylene glycol molecules. There are substantial differences in the degree of weak C-D···O hydrogen bonding between the two crystals, which calls into question the role of these interactions in determining the conformation of the ethylene glycol molecule.     

降解型乙烯聚合物

本文对主链引入型生物降解和光降解乙烯聚合物的研究现状，发展趋势进行了简要的评述。     

Hydrosilylation of ethylene

Hydrosilylation of ethylene with trialkoxysilanes in the presence of Pt(0) complexes as catalysts affords ethyltrialkoxysilanes in almost quantitative yields. No impurities of vinyltrialkoxysilanes were detected. Experiments and ab initio calculations showed that the Pt(0) catalysts are considerably more active in ethylene hydrosilylation than Pt(II) catalysts.     

Near-infrared spectroscopy of ethylene and ethylene dimer in superfluid helium droplets

The nu(5)+nu(9) spectra of ethylene, C(2)H(4), and its dimer, solvated in helium nanodroplets, have been recorded in the wavelength region near 1.6 microm. The monomer transitions show homogeneous broadening of approximately 0.5 cm(-1), which is interpreted as due to an upper state vibrational relaxation lifetime of approximately 10 ps. Nearly resonant vibrational energy transfer (nu(5)+nu(9)-->2nu(5)) is proposed as the relaxation pathway. The dimer gives a single unresolved absorption feature located 4 cm(-1) to the red of the monomer band origin. The scaling of moments of inertia upon solvation in helium is 1.18 for the monomer and >2.5 for the dimer. In terms of the adiabatic following approximation, this classifies the monomer as a fast rotor and the dimer as a slow rotor.     

Mesophase structures in poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate) and poly(ethylene naphthalate bibenzoate)

Films of poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) and poly(ethylene naphthalate bibenzoate) (PENBB) have been drawn under a variety of conditions of temperature and strain rate to determine the conditions under which a nematic-like mesophase structure can be produced. In PEN the combination of low temperature and high-strain rate encourages mesophase formation, while in PENBB the mesophase was formed under all conditions where it proved possible to draw the material at all. A molecular modelling study of the mesophase in PEN and in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) offers possible structures for the mesophase and showed that the mesophase structure could be stable once formed © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Depolymerisation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibre wastes using ethylene glycol

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) [PET] fibre wastes from an industrial manufacturer was depolymerised using excess ethylene glycol [EG] in the presence of metal acetate as a transesterification catalyst. The glycolysis reactions were carried out at the boiling point of ethylene glycol under nitrogen atmosphere up to 10 h. Influences of the reaction time, volume of EG, catalysts and their concentrations on the yield of the glycolysis products were investigated. The glycolysis products were analysed for hydroxyl and acid values and identified by different techniques, such as HPLC, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR, mass spectra, and DSC. It was found that the glycolysis products consist mainly of bis(hydroxyethyl)terephthalate [BHET] monomer (>75%) which was effectively separated from dimer in quite pure crystalline form.     

Synthesis of ethylene copolymers

Summary Copolymers of ethylene with styrene, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, and vinyl acetate were prepared by reaction in toluene in presence of tributylborine as polymerization catalyst.     

Reactivity of ethylene in the radically initiated copolymerization of ethylene with vinylacetate

The study of the literature shows that in the copolymerization of ethylene and vinylacetate there is an evident dependence on the relative reactivity of ethylene. For this change of the r-value of ethylene there are two explanations: real change of reactivity of the ethylene, or effects of heterogeneity. The experiments were carried out under pressures from 100 to 300 ats and at temperatures from 60 to 200°C, as well as under 1200–2400 ats and at 160–240°C. We find that the change of the r-value of the ethylene is caused by heterogeneity effects and the r-values obtained must be considered as apparent r-values.     

The double-bond in ethylene

A full configuration interaction treatment has been carried out for the four electrons of the double bond of ethylene using a minimal STO basis set. The excent to which - separability provides a good approximation for the eigenfunctions of the low-lying states and for transitions between them has been examined. Alternative formulations using various more localised orbitals as the basis are derived for a number of the states. These have been examined and discussed.

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Zusammenfassung Eine vollständige Konfigurationswechselwirkung wurde für die vier Elektronen der Doppelbindung von Äthylen durchgeführt, wobei eine minimale STO-Basis benutzt wurde. Das Maß, in dem die --Separierbarkeit eine gute Näherung für Eigenfunktionen der niedrigliegenden Zustände und für Übergänge zwischen ihnen darstellt, wurde untersucht. Alternativformulierungen, die verschiedene, lokalisierte Orbitale als Basis benutzen, werden für eine Anzahl von Zuständen angegeben und diskutiert.

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Résumé Interaction de configuration complète pour les quatre électrons de la double liaison de l'éthylène dans une base STO minimale. La séparabilité - est examinée pour les plus bas états et les transitions entre ces états. D'autres formulations utilisant des orbitales plus localisées sont obtenues pour certains états. Ces formulations sont discutées.

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We wish to thank the Instituto de Alta Cultura of Portugal for a scholarship for A. A. and the National Science Foundation (USA) for a post-doctoral fellowship for C.T.W.     

Electrochemical fluoroalkylation of ethylene

Conclusions The anodic trifluoromemylation of ethylene, vinylidene fluoride, and dimeoiyl maleate was effected, and the role played by the head to head doubling of the olefins in forming the dimeric products was shown.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2825–2827, December, 1977.     

Study of ethylene oligomerization

A study was made of the oligomerization of ethylene, initiated by the thermal decomposition of azoethane and azo-isopropane at low temperatures, where the polymerization equilibria are shifted somewhat in the direction of the formation of products with longer carbon chains. The findings supported the picture acquired from a study of the propionaldehyde–ethylene system. Also under these conditions the oligomerization proceeds via addition between the ethylene and radicals, followed by isomerization and decomposition of the longer radicals, with a tendency to yield propylene and longer olefins. At the lower temperatures the decomposition of radicals with shorter carbon chain becomes less important in comparison with their addition reactions and, in spite of the otherwise identical mechanism, this leads to a different product distribution.