Kinetics of fluorination of metallic molybdenum with elementary fluorine

The kinetics of the heterogeneous reaction of metallic molybdenum with elementary fluorine under conditions close to those used in actual technological practice at a concentration of fluorine in the gas mixture equal to 20–50 vol % was studied. The kinetic parameters were evaluated using the Arrhenius equation. A regression equation was obtained using the statistical method of experimental design for practical calculations of the rate of fluorination of metallic molybdenum with elementary fluorine. This equation makes it possible to calculate the fluorination rate at any point of the factor space, at fluorine concentrations of 30–50 vol % and initial temperatures of 250–350°C.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 12, 2004, pp. 1950–1955.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Rybakov, Seredenko, Orekhov, Mironov.     

Electrochemical synthesis of geminal azidonitro compounds

An electrochemical method for the synthesis of geminal azidonitro compounds was developed. The method involves electrooxidative coupling of azide anions with salts of nitro compounds and affords geminal azidonitroalkanes, azidonitrocycloalkanes, and diazidodinitrocycloalkanes in 45–92% yields.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2452–2457, November, 2004.     

Kinetics of glucose mutarotation in aqueous isopropanol

Kinetics of glucose mutarotation was studied in the range 283–308 K in water-isopropanol mixtures with alcohol fractions of 0–20 mol %. In dilute solutions (0–6 mol % of i-PrOH), the process is catalyzed by water exclusively. The water-isopropanol system sharply differs in kinetic behavior from the water-urea system.Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 74, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1563–1565.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Panov, Sokolova.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Synthesis of vinylsulfonyl(halo)pyridines and their reactions with binucleophilic reagents

Oxidation of vinylthio(halo)pyridines with 30–33% hydrogen peroxide solution in acetic anhydride at 20–25°C furnished vinylsulfonyl(halo)pyridines. Nucleophilic addition reactions of 2-amino-1-ethanethio hydrochloride and thiosemicarbazide to the multiple bonds of vinylsulfonyl(halo)pyridines were performed.Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 40, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1705–1708.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Amosova, Gavrilova.     

Anodic behavior of aluminum-zirconium alloys microalloyed with strontium and cerium

The potentiodynamic method was used to study in solutions of 3% NaCl and 0.01 N NaOH the corrosion-electrochemical behavior of aluminum alloyed with zirconium, strontium, and cerium.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 8, 2004, pp. 1295–1298.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Ganiev, Barotov, Inoyatov.     

Mechanical activation of aluminum: 2. Size,shape, and structure of particles

The structure of active Al/C composite prepared by the mechanochemical method from aluminum and graphite powders (10–30 wt % C) is studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopies, atomic force microscopy, local elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, as well as by adsorption and sedimentation measurements. It is established that the particles of chemically active Al/C composite represent porous plate-like aggregates with a mean size smaller than 2.5–5 m and composed of nanocrystalline aluminum blocks with a size of 15–60 nm distributed in a loose amorphous carbon. Single aluminum particles with a size of up to 10 nm are also observed; however, their weight fraction is small.Translated from Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 66, No. 6, 2004, pp. 819–828.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Streletskii, Pivkina, Kolbanev, Borunova, Leipunskii, Pshechenkov, Lomaeva, Polunina, Frolov, Butyagin.     

Development of the specific surface areas of natural coal in the course of thermolysis in the presence of potassium hydroxide

The development of the surface of natural coal from Donets field in the course of thermolysis with KOH was studied. The dependences of the specific surface area of coal containing 90% carbon on the activation time, temperature (400–800°C), and KOH/coal ratio (0.75–4.5 g g^–1) were determined. The effect exerted on the development of the porous coal structure by low-temperature (20±2°C) oxidative modification causing formation of oxygen functional groups and reorganization of the coal three-dimensional structure was studied.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1452–1455.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Tamarkina, Kucherenko, Shendrik.     

Radiolytic gas formation under γ-irradiation of oxalic acid solutions

Radiolytic gas formation under -irradiation (10⁴–10⁶ Gy) of 10^–2–10^–4 M aqueous solutions of oxalic acid at 25–60°C was studied.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1836–1839.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Popova, Voronin, Byvsheva.     

Simplified Solid-Phase Extraction Procedure and Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Celecoxib in Rat Serum

A simplified solid phase extraction method, eliminating a preliminary protein precipitation has been developed for the determination of celecoxib in rat plasma. The technique included a solid phase extraction of the serum samples on a [poly (divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylpyrrolidone)] sorbent. After conditioning, the cartridge was loaded with 0.5 mL of acidified serum containing internal standard. Elution was made with 1 mL of a mixture of acetonitrile and methanol (1/1, v/v). After evaporation of the eluate to dryness and reconstitution with methanol, the samples were analyzed on an octadecyl bonded phase with several mobile phases containing acetonitrile and a phosphate buffer. Detection was carried out using a Photodiode Array Detector. Full validation of the proposed method was provided (linearity range: 0.01–2 mg. L^–1, average extraction efficiency: 92.4%; average intra-day variability: 4.6% with an accuracy of 94.8%; average interday variability: 5% with an accuracy of 95.3%, limit of detection: 0.005 mg. L^–1, limit of quantification: 0.002 mg. L^–1). The proposed method was successfully utilised to quantify celecoxib in rat plasma for a pharmacokinetic study.Revised: 26 January and 23 April 2004     

IR spectroscopic study of the conformational lability of 4′-ethyl-4-cyanobiphenyl

The conformational lability of 4-ethyl-4-cyanobiphenyl molecules in solid crystal (SC) and isotropic liquid (IL) states was investigated by IR spectroscopic techniques (experiment and theory). IR absorption spectra were measured at 28°C–95°C in the frequency range 400 cm^–1–4000 cm^–1. Spectrum simulation was performed using the fragment method with allowance for the conformational fluctuations of molecules. The experimental and calculated spectra were compared and analyzed, and it was shown that in the IL, the samples are mixtures of conformers. The temperature changes in the spectra in the stated range are caused by the conformational lability of molecules.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by L. M. Babkov, I. I. Gnatyuk, G. A. Puchkovskaya, and S. V. TrukhachevTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 398–405, May–June, 2004.     

Use of thermally expanded graphite in water-purification and water-treatment systems

The adsorption and ion-exchange properties of thermally expanded graphite with respect to hardness cations and SO ₄ ^2– and Cl^– anions were studied.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1833–1835.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Yakovlev, Finaenov, Yakovleva, Finaenova.     

Arrays of Nonselective Nonionic-Surfactant Sensors for the Separate Determination of the Homologues of Polyoxyethylated Nonylphenols

It was demonstrated that multisensor systems of the electronic tongue type based on nonselective solid-contact potentiometric sensors can be used for the separate determination of the homologues of nonionic surfactants— polyoxyethylated nonylphenols with different numbers of oxyethyl groups. The cross-sensitivity parameters were calculated for modified and unmodified sensors for nonionic surfactants. The artificial neural network method was used for processing analytical signals.__________Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 6, 2005, pp. 646–653.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Mikhaleva, Kulapina.Presented at the VI All-Russian Conference (with International Participation) on Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (EMA-2004, Ufa, May 23–27, 2004).     

Structure Development in Simple Cross-Linked Organopolysiloxanes

13C CP and CPPI MAS NMR have been carried out on thermally cured samples of polymethylvinylsiloxane and polydimethylsiloxane. By varying the CP contact time, the and vinyl carbons and the methyl carbon of the CH3–(SiO<)–CH=CH2 species could be identified. A further methyl carbon was detected which was less mobile and which we assign to methyl groups attached to silicon species on which the vinyl group has reacted to form a cross-link. Resonance from – CH2– carbons was observed in the 30–40 ppm range, and these species arise from methyl-vinyl cross-linking to give CH3–(SiO<)– H2– H2–(SiO<)–CH=CH2. Higher temperature curing promotes vinyl-vinyl cross-linking to give CH3–(SiO<)–CH2– H–CH2–(SiO<)–CH3 links between chains. Evidence for this comes from the insensitivity of the carbon resonance under CPPI, indicating that it is in a – CH= rather than a =CH2 environment. There was also evidence of –CH2– carbons in the polydimethylsiloxane material, suggesting that thermally activated, methyl-methyl cross-linking can occur to give CH3–(SiO<)– H2– H2(SiO<)–CH3 links between chains.     

Accurate determination of sulfur in gasoline and related fuel samples using isotope dilution ICP–MS with direct sample injection and microwave-assisted digestion

Inductively coupled plasma isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (ICP–IDMS) with direct injection of isotope-diluted samples into the plasma, using a direct injection high-efficiency nebulizer (DIHEN), was applied for accurate sulfur determinations in sulfur-free premium gasoline, gas oil, diesel fuel, and heating oil. For direct injection a micro-emulsion consisting of the corresponding organic sample and an aqueous ³⁴S-enriched spike solution with additions of tetrahydronaphthalene and Triton X-100, was prepared. The ICP–MS parameters were optimized with respect to high sulfur ion intensities, low mass-bias values, and high precision of ³²S/³⁴S ratio measurements. For validation of the DIHEN–ICP–IDMS method two certified gas oil reference materials (BCR 107 and BCR 672) were analyzed. For comparison a wet-chemical ICP–IDMS method was applied with microwave-assisted digestion using decomposition of samples in a closed quartz vessel inserted into a normal microwave system. The results from both ICP–IDMS methods agree well with the certified values of the reference materials and also with each other for analyses of other samples. However, the standard deviation of DIHEN–ICP–IDMS was about a factor of two higher (5–6% RSD at concentration levels above 100 g g^–1) compared with those of wet-chemical ICP–IDMS, mainly due to inhomogeneities of the micro-emulsion, which causes additional plasma instabilities. Detection limits of 4 and 18 g g^–1 were obtained for ICP–IDMS in connection with microwave-assisted digestion and DIHEN–ICP–IDMS, respectively, with a sulfur background of the used Milli-Q water as the main limiting factor for both methods.This paper was presented as a poster at the 2004 winter conference on plasma spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, January 5–10, 2004     

O-H ... O(S) hydrogen bonds in 2-hydroxy(thio)benzamides. Survey of spectroscopic and structural data

Summary From a survey of spectroscopic and structural data of six corresponding 2-hydroxybenzamides and 2-hydroxythiobenzamides (amide, N-methylamide, N,N-dimethylamide, piperidide, morpholide, 2,6-dimethylpiperidide) remarkable similarities between O(N)-H ... O and O(N)-H ... S hydrogen-bonds are obtained, concerning both, hydrogen-bond patterns and hydrogen-bond strengths. In dilute solution the OH groups of all compounds are intramolecularly associated to the (thio)carbonyl O (S) atoms with distinctly larger hydrogen-bond strengths for primary and secondary amides [ (O-H)=2950–3020 cm^–1, (OH)=12.16–11.99 ppm] and thioamides [ (O-H)=2960–3000 cm^–1, (OH)=11.65–11.13 ppm], than for tertiary amides [ (O-H)=3200–3250 cm^–1, (OH)=9.95–8.95 ppm] and thioamides [ (O-H)=3245–3330 cm^–1, (OH)=8.09–7.06 ppm]. In the solid state, the OH groups of the primary and secondary (thio)amides are also engaged in rather strong intramolecular O-H ... O=C [O ... O=2.51 Å, (O-H)=2700–2750 cm^–1] and O-H ... S=C [O ... S=2.90–2.94 Å, (O-H)=2700–2840 cm^–1] hydrogen-bonds; thetrans-NH groups of the primary (thio)amides and the NH groups of the secondary (thio)amides connect the molecules to N-H ... O-H [N ... O=2.93–3.10 Å, (N-H)=3319–3407 cm^–1] hydrogen-bonded chains; the remainingcis-NH groups of the primary (thio)amides give rise to eight-membered cyclic dimers via N-H ... O=C [N ... O=2.93 Å, (N-H)=3226 cm^–1] and N-H ... S=C [N ... S=3.46–3.47 Å, (N-H)=3233–3277 cm^–1] hydrogen-bonds. Contrary, the OH groups of the tertiary (thio)amides are intermolecular associated in the solid state and link the molecules to O-H ... O=C [O ... O=2.63–2.75 Å, (O-H)=3075–3135 cm^–1] and O-H ... S=C [O ... S=3.18–3.26 Å, (O-H)=3130–3190 cm^–1] hydrogen-bonded chains.

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O-H ... O(S)-Wasserstoffbrückenbindungen in 2-Hydroxy(thio)benzamiden. Ein Überblick über spektroskopische und strukturelle Daten

Zusammenfassung Aus einer Zusammenstellung von spektroskopischen und strukturellen Daten von sechs entsprechenden 2-Hydroxybenzamiden und 2-Hydroxythiobenzamiden (Amid, N-Methylamid, N,N-Dimethylamid, Piperidid, Morpholid, 2,6-Dimethylpiperidid) ergeben sich bemerkenswerte Analogien zwischen O(N)-H ... O und O(N)-H ... S H-Brücken, die sowohl die H-Brücken-Muster als auch die H-Brücken-Stärken betreffen. In verdünnter Lösung sind die OH-Gruppen aller Verbindungen intramolekular mit den O(S)-Atomen der (Thio)Carbonylgruppen assoziiert, wobei die H-Brücken bei den primären und sekundären Amiden [ (O-H)=2950–3020 cm^–1, (OH)=12.16–11.99 ppm] und Thioamiden [ (O-H)=2960–3060 cm^–1, (OH)=11.65–11.13 ppm] deutlich stärker sind, als bei den tertiären Amiden [ (O-H)=3200–3250 cm^–1, (OH)=9.95–8.95 ppm] und Thioamiden [ (O-H)=3245–3330 cm^–1, (OH)=8.09–7.06 ppm]. Im Festkörper weisen die primären und sekundären (Thio)Amide ebenfalls sehr starke intramolekulare O-H ... O=C [O ... O=2.51 Å, (O-H)=2700–2750 cm^–1] und O-H ... S=C [O ... S=2.90–2.94 Å, (O-H)=2700–2840 cm^–1] H-Brücken auf; dietrans-NH-Gruppen der primären (Thio)Amide und die NH-Gruppen der sekundären (Thio)Amide verknüpfen die Moleküle über N-H ... O-H H-Brücken [N ... O=2.93–3.10 Å, (N-H)=3318–3407 cm^–1] zu Ketten; die verbleibendencis-NH-Gruppen der primären (Thio)Amide bilden zyklische, über N-H ... O=C [N ... O=2.93 Å, (N-H)=3226 cm^–1] und N-H ... S=C [N ... S=3.46–3.47 Å, (N-H)=3233–3277 cm^–1] H-Brücken gebundene, 8-Ring-Dimere. Im Gegensatz dazu sind die OH-Gruppen der tertiären (Thio)Amide im Festkörper intermolekular assoziiert und verknüpfen die Moleküle über O-H ... O=C [O ... O=2.63–2.75 Å, (O-H)=3075–3135 cm^–1] und O-H ... S=C [O ... S=3.18–3.26 Å, (O-H)=3130–3190 cm^–1] H-Brücken zu Ketten.

     

Polychronous kinetics of oxidative delignification of coniferous kraft cellulose with hydrogen peroxide

The kinetics of oxidative delignification of coniferous kraft cellulose with hydrogen peroxide in the temperature range 60–100°C was studied.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1739–1742.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Shcherbakova, Demin, Mikhailov.     

A Rapid Densitometric Method for the Quantification of Luteolin in Medicinal Plants Using HPTLC

Luteolin, a flavonoid, is reported to occur widely in many medicinal plants. It has been shown to have important biological activities. We report sensitive HPTLC method for the quantification of luteolin from plant material. The method was validated for precision, repeatability and accuracy. The method was found to be precise with RSDs for intraday in the range of 0.77–1.29% and inter–day in the range of 1.02–2.08%. Instrumental precision and repeatability of the method were found to be 0.39 and 0.57 (%CV). Accuracy of the method was checked by recovery study conducted at two different levels and the average percentage recovery was found to be 100.92%. The method was used for quantification of luteolin in three important herbal drugs viz. fruit of Cuminum cyminum, whole plant of Bacopa monnieri, flower of Achillea millefolium. The proposed HPTLC method for the quantification of luteolin was found to be simple, precise, specific, sensitive and accurate and can be used for quality control of raw materials.Revised: 1 October 2003 and 18 February 2004     

Reaction of 3-formyl-2-methoxy-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonanes with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole: synthesis of 2-(1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimid-6-yl)methylenetetrahydrofurans

The reaction of 3-formyl-2-methoxy-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonanes with 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole gives 2-(1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimid-6-yl)methylenetetrahydrofurans in 51–65% yields.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2004–2005, November, 1993.     

Some structural peculiarities of formamide-water binary mixtures according to proton spin-spin relaxation data

The formamide-water system has been studied by the proton spin-spin relaxation method. The compositions of the resulting heterosolvates have been determined along with the stability constants on the mole fraction scale, and the relaxation efficiency coefficients.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by I. V. Sukhno, V. Yu. Buzko, V. T. Panyushkin, and I. A. KovalevaTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 748–750, July–August, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Synthesis of 1,6-disubstituted 2,4-pyridinediones from 5-acetoacetyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione

5-Acetoacetyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione reacts with aliphatic amines and p-methoxy-aniline to afford the corresponding 5-[3-alkyl(or aryl)amino-2-butenoyl] derivatives. Heating of the latter in boiling toluene gives 86–90% of N-substituted 6-methylpyridine-3-carboxylic acids which undergo decarboxylation in diethylene glycol dimethyl ether at 160°C, leading to N-substituted 6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-pyridine-2,4-diones in high yields.Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 40, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1376–1378.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Rubinov, Zheldakova, Rubinova.