Thermodynamic properties of poly[<Emphasis Type="Italic">bis</Emphasis>(trifluoroethoxy) phosphazene] in the range from <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis>→0 TO 620 K

By adiabatic vacuum and dynamic calorimetry, heat capacity for poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene] has been determined over the 6–620 K range. Physical transformations of the polymer on its heating and cooling have been detected and characterized. Smoothed heat capacity C _p⁰(T) and standard thermodynamic functions (H ⁰(T)-H ⁰(0), S ⁰(T) and G ⁰(T)-H ⁰(0)) of poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene] have been evaluated for the temperature range from T→0 to 560 K. The standard entropy of formation Δ_f S ⁰ at T=298.15 K has been also determined. Fractal dimensions D in the heat capacity function of the multifractal variant of Debye’s theory of heat capacity of solids characterizing the heterodynamics of the tested polymer have been determined.     

Thermodynamic characteristics of hydrated acrylamide and polyacrylamide complexes of cobalt nitrate at <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis> → 0 to 380 K

The temperature dependences of the heat capacities of hydrated acrylamide and poly(acrylamide) complexes of cobalt nitrate are studied via high-precision adiabatic calorimetry at 6 to 300–380 K. The energy of combustion is estimated via isothermic calorimetry. This evidence makes it possible to calculate thermodynamic functions C _p ^ℴ(T), H ^ℴ(T) − H ^ℴ(0), S ^ℴ(T), G ^ℴ(T) − H ^ℴ(0) at 0 to 300–380 K; the standard enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH ^ℴ; and the thermodynamic parameters of formation, Δ _f H ^ℴ, Δ _f S ^ℴ, and Δ _f G ^ℴ, of monomer and polymer complexes composed of simple compounds at 298.15 K. The results are used for the estimation of enthalpy Δ_pol H ^ℴ, entropy Δ_pol S ^ℴ, and Gibbs function Δ_pol G ^ℴ of bulk polymerization for hydrated acrylamide complexes of cobalt nitrate at 0–300 K.     

Effect of Temperature on the Volumetric Properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">ω</Emphasis>-Amino Acids in Dilute Aqueous Solutions

The partial molar volume at infinite dilution of aqueous solutions of 3-aminopropanoic acid, 4-aminobutanoic acid, 5-aminopentanoic acid and 6-aminohexanoic acid were determined at T=(293.15,298.15,303.15 and 308.15 K) from density measurements. The thermodynamic behavior of the aqueous α,ω-amino acid solutions is compared with that reported for α-amino acids in water. The interaction volume is calculated and the influence of charged and uncharged groups of the amino acids is discussed in terms of solute–solvent interactions.     

Influence of the force interaction on accumulation of macroscopic correlations in elementary reaction <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis> + <Emphasis Type="Italic">B</Emphasis> → <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>

The applicability of the Encounter Theory (ET) (the prototype of the Collision Theory) concepts for widely occurring diffusion assisted irreversible bulk reaction A + B →C (for example, radical reaction) in dilute solutions taking account of initial microscopic correlations and force interactions between reactants has been treated theoretically with modern many-particle method for the derivation of non-Markovian binary kinetic equations. The method shows that taking into consideration initial correlations and force interactions leads to the redefinition of the Markovian rate constant only in the expressions derived earlier. Thus, just as in the reaction A + A →C and the reaction A + B →C neglecting force and initial correlations, the Modified Encounter Theory (MET), when reduced to equations of a Regular Form, both extends the time applicability range of ET homogeneous rate equation, and yields the inhomogeneous equation of the Generalized Encounter Theory (GET). It reveals macroscopic correlations induced by the encounters in the reservoir of free walks in full agreement with physical considerations. Time accumulation of macroscopic correlations obeys the same time law as in the previously considered case neglecting force interactions. Just the rate of the process will change, according to traditional redefinition of the steady-state constant of the reaction.     

Computer models of eutectic-type <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis>–<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>–<Emphasis Type="Italic">y</Emphasis> diagrams with allotropy

Using the eutectic-type T–x–y diagram as an example, it can be represented the analysis of its geometrical construction dependence on the temperature of a component two polymorphous modifications which participate in mono- and invariant metatectic and invariant eutectic (eutectoid) transformations above or below (and within) binary eutectics temperature intervals and below a ternary eutectic temperature. Computer models for considered phase diagrams have been designed. Such models help to solve applied tasks like visualization, isopleths and isothermal sections decoding, mass balances calculation and evaluation of phase and conglomerate concentration in microstructure.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-tetrazolylmethoxyl derivatives of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-methyldiazene <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-oxides

A preparation method was developed for previously unknown tetrazole derivatives containing in the 1, 2, and/or 5 positions of the tetrazole ring N-methyldiazene-N-oxide-N′-oxymethyl groups.     

10<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>-Hydroxy-<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-isomorphine,a by-product of the synthesis of 10<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>-hydroxymorphine

Abstract  A new compound was isolated from the reaction mixture after O-demethylation of 6-O-acetyl-10α-acetoxycodeine with boron tribromide. The structure of this compound, 10α-hydroxy-β-isomorphine, was elucidated by spectral data, and its spatial arrangement was deduced from an NOE experiment. Capillary zone electrophoresis was used for separation of morphine and its 10-hydroxy analogues. Graphical abstract        

The thermodynamic properties of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate over the temperature range from <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis> → 0 to 350 K

The temperature dependence of the heat capacity C _p ^o= f(T) 2 of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate was studied in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter over the temperature range 6–350 K. Measurement errors were mainly of 0.2%. Glass formation and vitreous state parameters were determined. An isothermic shell calorimeter with a static bomb was used to measure the energy of combustion of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. The experimental data were used to calculate the standard thermodynamic functions C _p ^o(T), H ^o(T)-H ^o(0), S ^o(T)-S ^o(0), and G ^o(T)-H ^o(0) of the compound in the vitreous and liquid states over the temperature range from T → 0 to 350 K, the standard enthalpies of combustion Δ_c H ^o, and the thermodynamic characteristics of formation Δ_f H ^o, Δ_f S ^o, and Δ_f G ^o at 298.15 K and p = 0.1 MPa.     

Study of<Emphasis Type="Italic"> β</Emphasis>–<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis> recrystallization of the polypropylene

The crystalline modifications and of polypropylene (PP) were studied by using polarized light microscopy (PLM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Typically crystals surrounded by spherulites were observed at low temperature. With increasing temperature the crystals melted and a new crystal appeared. More interestingly, the melting temperature of the new crystal was about 5 ° higher than that of spherulites originally present in the sample formed isothermally. It was assumed that this new crystal was the recrystalline crystal. This assumption was supported by the DSC results. Furthermore, the crystallization kinetics of the PP used was studied on the basis of the traditional Avrami analysis. As a result, the Avrami exponents of crystallization temperature from 120 to 130 °C ranged between 4.21 and 3.60, indicating that the crystallization mechanism of PP order melt was spherulitic growth and random nucleation.     

Volumetric Properties of Sodium Nitrobenzoate in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Dimethylformamide–Water Mixtures at 298.15 K

Densities of sodium nitrobenzoate (o-, m-, p-) have been measured in dimethylformamide (DMF)–water mixtures at 298.15 K with an oscillating-tube densimeter. From these densities, apparent molar volumes of sodium nitrobenzoate in DMF–H₂O-mixtures have been calculated and partial molar volumes at infinite dilution have been evaluated. Substituent and solvent effects on the transfer volumes of each isomer from water to DMF–H₂O-mixed solvents have also been obtained. The results are explained in terms of solvent–solvent and solute–solvent interactions.     

Synthesis of 20<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>-protopanaxadiol <Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-D-galactopyranosides

20S-Protopanaxadiol (3β,12β,20S-trihydroxydammar-24-ene) 3-, 12-, and 20-O-β-D-galactopyranosides were synthesized for the first time. Condensation of 12β-acetoxy-3β,20S-dihydroxydammar-24-ene (1) and 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosylbromide (α-acetobromogalactose) (2) under Koenigs–Knorr conditions with subsequent removal of the protecting groups resulted in regio- and stereoselective formation of 20S-protopanaxadiol 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, an analog of the natural ginsenoside Rh₂. Glycosylation of 12β,20S-dihydroxydammar-24-en-3-one (5) by 2 with subsequent treatment of the reaction products with NaBH₄ in isopropanol and deacetylation with NaOMe gave 20S-protopanaxadiol 12- and 20-O-β-Dgalactopyranosides.     

The thermodynamic functions of fullerene derivative (<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>-Bu)<Subscript>12</Subscript>C<Subscript>60</Subscript> over the temperature range from <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis> → 0 to 420 K

The temperature dependence of heat capacity C _p ^o = f(T) of fullerene derivative (t-Bu)₁₂C₆₀ has been measured by a adiabatic vacuum calorimeter over the temperature range T = 6–350 K and by a differential scanning calorimeter over the temperature range T = 330–420 K for the first time. The low-temperature (T ≤ 50 K) dependence of the heat capacity was analyzed based on Debye’s the heat capacity theory of solids and its fractal variant. As a consequence, the conclusion about structure heterodynamicity is given. The experimental results have been used to calculate the standard thermodynamic functions C _p ^o (T), H ^o(T)−H ^o(0), S ^o(T) and G ^o(T) − H ^o(0) over the range from T → 0 to 420 K. The standard entropy of formation at 298.15 K of fullerene derivative under study was calculated. The temperature of decomposition onset of derivative was determined by differential scanning calorimetery and thermogravimetric analysis. The standard thermodynamic characteristics of (t-Bu)₁₂C₆₀ and C₆₀ fullerite were compared.     

Directed Aminomethylation of Pyrrole,Indole, and Carbazole with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N′</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N′</Emphasis>-Tetramethylmethanediamine

Catalytic aminomethylation of pyrrole and indole with N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylmethanediamine in the presence of 5 mol % of ZrOCl₂·8H₂O proceeds selectively at the positions 2, 5 of pyrrole and 1, 3 of indole. Carbazole under the same conditions affords 3-formyl-9-aminomethyl derivative. The reaction in the presence of 5 mol % of K₂CO₃ occurs as monoaminomethylation: for pyrrole at the position 2, for indole at the position 3, and for carbazole at the nitrogen atom of the substrate. Water-soluble 1,1′-(1H-pyrrole-2,5-diyl)bis(N,N-dimethylmethanamine) exhibits a fungistatic activity with respect to phytopathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani.     

Synthesis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>-chloropyridine derivatives of <Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis>-aminobutyric acid

The sodium salt of N-(6-chloronicotinoyl)-γ-aminobutyric acid, a structural analog of the known nootropic and vasidilating drug picamilon, was synthesized via Schotten–Baumann acylation of γ-aminobutyric acid with 6-chloronicotinoyl chloride and subsequent neutralization of the N-(6-chloronicotinoyl)-γ-aminobutyric acid that was obtained in >60% yield.     

Expression of a Glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Humicola grisea</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">thermoidea</Emphasis> in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</Emphasis>

A β-glucosidase gene (bgl4) from Humicola grisea var thermoidea was successfully expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The recombinant protein (BGL4 ^Sc ) was initially detected associated with yeast cells and later in the culture medium. BGL4 ^Sc showed optimal pH and temperature of 6.0 and 40 °C, respectively, and an apparent molecular mass of 57 kDa. The enzyme showed activity against cellobiose and synthetic substrates, and was inhibited more than 80% by Fe²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Al³⁺. Using p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (pNPG) as substrate, BGL4 ^Sc presented a V _max of 6.72 μmol min⁻¹ mg total protein⁻¹ and a K _m of 0.16 mM under optimal conditions. Most important, BGL4 ^Sc is resistant to inhibition by glucose and the calculated K _i value for this sugar is 70 mM. This feature prompts BLG4 ^Sc as an ideal enzyme to be used in the saccharification process of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-Chloro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-unsaturated carbonyls as convenient precursors of highly substituted benzenes

The Diels–Alder reactions of three β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 1–3 with different dienes were carried out to afford highly functionalized cyclohexenes 4–9, bearing quaternary centers, in good yields. These cycloadducts (CAs) undergo dehydrochlorination with subsequent aromatization in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene DBU to produce new substituted benzenes 11–14. Compound 10 is the product of lactonization and removal of an HCl molecule from compound 7. All products were characterized by NMR, IR, elementary analysis and some of them by MS. Structure assignments of isomers were carried out on the basis of NMR chemical shifts and coupling constants using 1D, 2D and heteronOe NMR techniques.     

An efficient synthesis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-methoxycarbonyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis>-butyrolactones

β-Methoxycarbonyl-γ-butyrolactones bearing a γ-aromatic substituent were prepared via copper-catalyzed reductive aldol addition/lactonization domino reactions of ketones with α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylate esters and a silane under ambient temperature. The reaction has advantage of using readily available reagents, mild conditions and high efficiency.     

Theoretical and experimental NMR studies of the Swern oxidation of methyl 6<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>,7<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-dihydroxyvouacapan-17<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-oate

This work describes the synthesis of new derivatives of 6α,7β-dihydroxyvouacapan-17β-oic acid (1) employing the Swern method for the oxidation of C-6 and C-7 of methyl 6α,7β-di-hydroxyvouacapan-17β-oate (2) and the formation of methyl 6,7-dioxovouacapan-17β-oate (3). NMR structural studies associated with theoretical calculations of reaction intermediates and products are also reported. The mixture of methyl 7β-hydroxy-6-oxovouacapan-17β-oate (4; 21%) and methyl 6α-hydroxy-7-oxovouacapan-17β-oate (5; 79%) was the product from the first step of the oxidation of 2. The lower energy of 5, calculated by HF/6-31G* and DFT/BLYP/6-31G* methods, reinforces the thermodynamic control proposed for the reaction. After further Swern oxidation of the mixture of 4 and 5, the isomeric form methyl 6-hydroxy-7-oxovouacap-5-en-17β-oate (6) was obtained. Theoretical calculations indicate a lower energy for the mono-enol 6 than the 1,2-diketo 3 and the other mono-enol methyl 7-hydroxy-6-oxovouacap-7-en-17β-oate (7).     

Thermophysical properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimеthylacetamide mixtures with <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-butanol

The refraction, dielectric, viscosity, density, data of the binary mixtures of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) with n-butanol at 308.15 and 313.15 K. The measured parameters used to obtain derived properties like Bruggeman factor, molar refraction and excess static dielectric constant, excess inverse relaxation time, excess molar volume and excess viscosity, excess molar refraction. The variation in magnitude with composition and temperature of these quantities has been used to discuss the type, strength and nature of binary interactions. Results confirm that there are strong hydrogen-bond interactions between unlike molecules of DMA+ n-butanol mixtures and that 1: 1 complexes are formed and strength of intermolecular interaction increases with temperature.