Effect of LET on the radiolysis of cyclopentane

The - and -radiolysis of cyclopentane were compared in the presence and absence of iodine scavenger. The G-values of the main hydrocarbon products, cyclopentene and bicyclopentyl are 2.22 and 0.56 molecule/100 eV in -radiolysis and 3.25 and 1.23, respectively, in -radiolysis. During high LET -irradiation the yields of products formed by a radical mechanism are much smaller (G=1.18) than in -radiolysis (G=2.68), whereas unimolecular cyclopentene formation is hardly influenced by LET (G=1.8 and 1.6, respectively).     

Photochromism of spirobenzopyran in the membrane of surfactant vesicle and in the cavity of cyclodextrins

Photochromic reaction of water insoluble 1,3,3-trimethyl-6-nitrospiro[2H-1-benzopyran-2,2-indoline] (SP) was studied in water with the aid of vesicles and -cyclodextrin (-CD). In both systems, the photochromic reaction of SP was observable in spite of the low solubility of SP in water. In order to examine the microenvironment around the SP and the reaction product, photomerocyanin (MC), in those systems, the spectrum of MC was measured in various organic solvent of various polarity. Decreasing the polarity of the solvent decreased the peak absorbance and shifted the peak wavelength to the long wavelengths. When the vesicles were used, the reactant, SP, and the product, MC, were solubilized in different regions of different polarity. The reaction substrate was then supposed to have moved from the hydrophobic region of the membrane to the hydrophilic one after the photoisomerzation. The photochromic reaction of SP in the presence of -CD was slower than in the vesicles and faster than that in methanol. The polarity in the vesicular membrane and the limited rotation of the reactant in the cavity of -CD may have influenced the reaction rate. The prolonged light irradiation period resulted in a simultaneous photoreaction and polymerization, producing some unknown side reaction.     

Peculiarities of the effect of the electronic nature of substituents on the basic properties of aliphatic amines

Changes in the hybrid state of atomic orbitals of nitrogen and p-character of LEP, which occur under the effect of saturated hydrocarbon radicals and polar substituents in aliphatic amines, differ substantially. Therefore, the effect of the both substituents on the basicity constants of amines cannot be described by the single formal type of interaction. The anomalous changes in the basicity in the series of primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylamines, which are discussed in the literature, and the correlations pK _BH+ = f(*) and G _B = f(*) are, in fact, imaginary, because the alkyl radicals at the N atom do not manifest the electron-donor properties.     

IR-Spectroscopic Study of the Binding Isomerism of Adsorbed Molecules

This paper discusses the use of IR spectroscopy in the studies of isomerism in the binding of adsorbed molecules with a surface when a molecule may form several different surface species at the same site. Species whose geometry does not provide minimal adsorption energy can be considered as adsorption complexes in an excited state. The spectral manifestations of such a steric excitation are compared with the electronic and vibrational excitations of surface species. The sterically excited isomeric states existing in thermodynamic equilibrium with ordinary adsorption species are found and studied in detail. Examples are CO molecules bound through C and O atoms with metal cations in zeolites or with surface hydroxyl groups, the thiophene molecule via hydrogen bonding with silanol groups, and HD molecules dissociatively adsorbed on ZnO. A possible role of sterically activated isomeric states in catalysis is discussed.     

Preparation of acetates of glucosides of steroid and triterpene alcohols via the isomeric orthoesters

The conversion of steroid and triterpene 1,2-orthoacetates of -D-glucose into the isomeric glucosides and substances of nonglucosidic nature has been studied. Isomerization was carried out in nitromethane in the presence of 0.36 mmole of HgBr₂ per mmole of orthoester. The yield of cholesterol -glucoside tetraacetate under these conditions was 65.3%, of -sitosterol -glucoside tetraacetate 53.1%, of betulin 28-C--glucoside pentaacetate 59.8%, and of betulin -diglucoside octaacetate 46.3%. It has been established that the initial stage of the conversion of cholesteryl orthoacetate of -D-glucose in nitromethane in the presence of mercuric bromide is the partial hydrolysis of the orthoester with the formation of the alcohol, which participates in the subsequent transformation of the orthoester.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 334–340, May–June, 1979.     

Thermal study of synthesis of cryptohalite

The present work represents a thermal study of synthesis of cryptohalite (Ammonium silicon hexafluoride) by sintering of quartz with ammonium fluoride using a derivatograph. The reaction products were identified microscopically and by using a Siemens Crystalloflex diffractometer. The DTA curves indicate that the intensive formation of cryptohalite takes place at 125–155C by an endothermic reaction. Cryptohalite is unstable and dissociates at 320–335C as represented by the sharp and large endothermic peaks at these temperatures.The resulted cryptohalite is colorless in thin sections and crystallizes in cubic system, in the form of octahedral crystals with perfect (111) cleavage. The dimorph bararite is not detected in all runs.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels eines Derivatographen wurde die Synthese von Kryptohalit (Ammoniumsiliziumhexafluorid) durch Sintern von Quarz mit Ammoniumfluorid thermisch untersucht. Die Reaktionsprodukte wurden mikroskopisch und mit Hilfe eines Siemens-Crystalloflex Diffraktometers identifiziert. Die DTA-Kurven zeigen, da\ die intensive Bildung von Kryptohalit in einer endothermen Reaktion bei 125–155C abläuft. Wie durch die scharfen und intensiven endothermen Peaks bei 320–335C gezeigt wird, ist Kryptohalit bei dieser Temperatur instabil und dissoziiert.Das erhaltene Kryptohalit ist in dünnen Schnitten farblos und kristallisiert im kubischen System in der Form von oktaedrischen Kristallen mit perfekter (111) Spaltbarkeit. Das dimorphe Bararit konnte in keinem der Versuche beobachtet werden.

     

Microcalorimetric determination of enthalpies of solution of methyl alkanes in glacial acetic acid

An empirical equation H _{s, m}=0.84n gives the enthalpy of solution of 30 branched, linear and cyclic alkanes in glacial acetic acid. The parametern is an effective carbon number which expresses the number of carbon atoms in the longest chain plus one half of the pendant methyl groups.     

Dimethylaminomethylation of some compounds of the furan series

Conclusions Using N,N,N,N-tetramethyldiaminomethane and paraform in glacial acetic acid, it is possible to introduce the dimethylaminomethyl group in the-position, and in individual cases, in the-position of certain types of compounds of the furan series, and also of the thiophene series.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2509–2512, November, 1967.     

Effects of Cyclodextrins on Deodoration of ``Aging Odor'

Hexenal, octenal and nonenal are known causes of unpleasant body odor and are present at markedly increased levels in the middle-aged and elderly. The odor of such unsaturated aldehydes is therefore called ``aging odor'. The present study investigated the effects of cyclodextrins (CDs) on deodoration of crotonaldehyde, pentenal, hexenal, heptenal, octenal, nonenal, decenal, undecenal and dodecenal. -, - and -CD formed inclusion complexes with the majority of unsaturated aldehydes in aqueous solution. The -CD inclusion complex contained the highest amount of guest molecule. One molecule of -CD was estimated to include 1 molecule of short chain aldehyde and 2 molecules of long chain aldehyde. Deodorant testing was conducted by headspace gas analysis using sealed vials. All CDs decreased the concentrations of unsaturated aldehyde. With nonenal, the deodorant power of parent CDs was -CD > -CD > -CD, and that of chemically modified CD was Me-CD > HP-CD > G2-CD > MCT-CD. CDs were demonstrated to reduce ``aging odor'. Me-CD was the most effective type of CD for the deodoration of ``aging odor'.     

Structure of some components of the roots of Prangos ferulacea

Summary From a methanolic extract of the roots ofPrangos ferulacea (L) Lindl., growing in the Nakhichevan ASSR, in addition to the compounds found previously, another six substances (I–VI) have been isolated, of which (I) and (VI) have been identified as, respectively, meransin hydrate monoacetate, found for the first time in nature, and umbelliferone: and in the study of a crystalline mixture obtained from the resin of the roots of the plant under investigation collected in Armenia, two coumarins — (VII) and (VIII) — have been isolated.On the basis of a study of IR, NMR, and mass spectra and chemical properties, the structures of the six new cumarin derivatives (II–V, VII, and VIII) have been established. Compound (II) has the structure of 8-(3-methylbutenyloxy)furo-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called feruliden; (III) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-hydroxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin and has been called ferudiol; (IV) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-methoxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin; (V) is 5-[1-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyroyloxy)-1-methylethyl]-4,5-dihydrofuro-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called lindiol; (VII) is 8-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyloxy)-7-methoxycoumarin and has been called ferudenol; (VIII) is 7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-2-oxobut-3-enyl)coumarin and has been called prangone.Leningrad Sanitary-Hygenic Medical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 568–574, September–October, 1974.     

The influence of substituted alcohols on the temperature of maximum density of water

The influence of various substituted (including halogenated) alcohols on the temperature of maximum density (TMD) of water has been investigated. Evaluation of the structural contribution to the shift in the TMD demonstrates that trifluoroethanol, hexafluoroisopropanol, and neopentyl alcohol are structure makers, whereas trichloroethanol and tribromoethanol are structure breakers. The results are discussed in terms of an excluded volume model.     

Isoflavones of the roots of Lupinus luteus

Summary On the basis of mass and IR spectra it has been established that the substance with mp 169°C known in the literature as the acetyl derivative of gossypetin 3,3,4,5,8-pentamethyl ether is in actual fact gossypetin hexamethyl ether.Thus, yet another case of the migration of a methoxy group from partially etherified compounds in an alkylationprocess has been described.Scientific-Research Institute of the Chemistry and Technology of Cotton Cellulose, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 170–172, March–April, 1972.     

Reduction of phytotoxicity of nonionic tensides by cyclodextrins

The effect of nonionic tenside nonylphenylnonylglycolate and its -, -, -cyclodextrin, 2,6-di-O-methyl--cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl--cyclodextrin (TRIMEB) complexes was tested on the potassium influx of wheat seedling roots. Tenside alone inhibited strongly the potassium influx. This noxious effect was alleviated by cyclodextrins. The alleviating effect increased with increasing cyclodextrin: tenside molar ratio, in the order: DIMEB>CD>CD>CDTRIMEB.Presented at the Fourth Internatinal Symposium on Inclusion Phenomena and the Third International Symposium on Cyclodextrins, Lancaster, U.K., 20–25 July 1986.     

Geometries of excited states of small polyenes

The behaviour under rotations around one or two double bonds of the first () singlet and triplet states of small conjugated molecules have been investigated using localized Molecular Orbitals. The results obtained with a ( + ) excitonic matrix are in agreement with previous results obtained with delocalized Molecular Orbitals: 1. the rotation around one double bond is more favorable than two symmetrical rotations around two double bonds, 2. the rotation occurs around one inner double bond rather than around a terminal bond. This work shows the role played by the ( — ) mixing in the stabilization of the twisted conformations. A further optimization of the bond lengths in the excited singlet and triplet states of butadiene shows that the preferred geometry is a non symmetrical twisted geometry with different lengths for the two C=C double bonds. This symmetry instability suggests to introduce a vibronic wave-function in which the various locally excited electronic wave functions are multiplied by different vibrational wave functions corresponding to local deformations of the nuclear skeleton.     

Thermal investigation of the phase composition of poly(ethylene terephthalate). Analysis of different methods of determination of the degree of crystallinity of partially crystalline substances

The literature data on the degree of crystallinity of non-deformed poly(ethylene terephthalate) measured at various temperatures have been subjected to comparative analysis. There is no correlation between the results obtained by the different methods. The reason for this is shown to be the imperfections in the methods of determining the degree of crystallinity, which do not provide the true composition of the crystalline phase. Consideration has been paid to the validity of the main principles involved in the thermal method of determining the degree of crystallinity, so as to eliminate the imperfections in the existing methods and to provide the correct value of the mass of the crystalline phase. The phase composition of PET has been analyzed by the thermal method at different temperatures and conditions of crystallization. A marked difference from the literature data is observed in the range of low temperatures.

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Zusammenfassung Eine vergleichende Analyse der Literaturangaben bezüglich des bei verschiedenen Temperaturen gemessenen Kristallisationsgrades von nicht-deformiertem Poly(äthylen-terephthalat) wurde durchgeführt. Zwischen den mit verschiedenen Methoden erhaltenen Ergebnissen besteht keine Korrelation. Es wurde gezeigt, daß der Grund hierfür in der Unvollkommenheit der Methoden zur Bestimmung des Kristallisationsgrades liegt, da diese nicht die wahre Zusammensetzung der Kristallinen Phase angeben. Die Gültigkeit der wichtigsten Prinzipien, welche die thermische Bestimmung des Kristallisationsgrades unter Ausschaltung der Unvollkommenheit der bestehenden Methoden gewährleisten und den richtigen Wert der Masse der kristallinen Phase angeben, wurden in Erwägung gezogen. Die Analyse der Phasenzusammensetzung von PET wurde durch die thermische Methode bei verschiedenen Temperaturen und Kristallisationsbedingungen durchgeführt. Ein deutlicher Unterschied zu den Literaturangaben kann im Bereich der niedrigen Temperaturen beobachtet werden.

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Interaction of tri-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin with drugs

Summary The effect of tri-O-methyl--cyclodextrin(methyl--CD) on the partition coefficients of drugs, such as p-nitrophenol, salicylic acid, benzoic acid, and aspirin, was studied at 25°C. The partition coefficients of these drugs were increased linearly with methyl--CD concentration. The increase of partition coefficients was interpreted by the 11 complex formation between methyl--CD and the drug in CHCl₃ phase.The interaction between p-nitrophenol and methyl--CD in solution was studied by UV and PMR spectroscopies. It was concluded that p-nitrophenol is included in the cavity of methyl--CD in both aqueous solution and CHCl₃ solution.Inclusion compounds of these drugs with methyl--CD in the solid state were studied by X-ray diffractometry, IR spectroscopy, and DSC measurements. 11 crystalline inclusion compounds were obtained from hot water. It is also suggested that amorphous inclusion compound was obtained by the grinding of drug with methyl--CD.The dissolution rate and the bioavailability of ketoprofen were significantly increased in the presence of methyl--CD. The bioavailability of ketoprofen after oral administration with methyl--CD to rats was 3.7 times that of ketoprofen alone.     

Determination of Attogram Quantities of Silver via Quenching of the Solid Substrate Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Rhodamine B Based on the Catalysis of its Oxidation by Potassium Persulfate

A new method of SS-RTP for the determination of trace silver has been established. This method is based on the fact that Ag⁺, when activated by ,-bipyridyl (bipy) in a media of HAc–NaAc (pH=4.9), can catalyze the reaction of Rhodamine B (RhoB) oxidized by K₂S₂O₈, thus causing the Solid Substrate Room-Temperature Phosphorescence (SS-RTP) of RhoB to be quenched. The activating efficiency of bipy is 6.7 times higher than that of o-phenanthroline (phen). The reduction of the phosphorescence intensity (I_p) of RhoB is directly proportional to the concentration of Ag⁺ ions in the range of 1.6016.0agspot^–1 (0.40µLspot^–1). The regression equation of the working curve can be expressed as I_p=18.78+5.100m_Ag+ (agspot^–1) (r=0.9994, n=6), the detection limit is 0.28agspot^–1. This rapid, accurate and sensitive method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace silver in tea and human hair samples, and the results agree well with the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) method. The mechanism of the catalyzing reaction is also discussed.     

Kinetics of photoreduction of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone in the presence of amines and polymethylbenzenes

A study of the kinetics of photoreduction of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone in the presence of hydrogen donors (para-substituted N,N-dimethylanilines and polymethylbenzenes) showed that plots of the quantum yield of photoreduction (_H) and apparent reaction rate constant (k _H) vs. oxidation potential of hydrogen donors are extreme. In the presence of amines, k _H and _H increase, as a whole, whereas they decrease in the presence of polymethylbenzenes. In coordinates _H-G _e (G _e is the change in the free energy of electron transfer) for pairs quinone-H donor, _H increases with G _e approaching to zero. For the amine series, this effect is mainly in the exothermic region of G _e (G _e < 0). For the series of polymethylbenzenes, this increase is observed in the endothermic region (G _e > 0).__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2381–2385, November, 2004.     

Frequencies and integral intenstities of the lactone and ester carbonyls of natural guaianolides

The frequencies and integral intensities of the IR bands of the stretching vibrations of lactone and acyclic ester carbonyls at C-8 of ten natural guaianolides and their derivatives, and of three model compounds have been studied. The most probable interpretation of the change in the value of A_C=O and _C=O of the lactone carbonyl have been suggested. In elegin and some of its derivatives, acroptilin, chlorohyssopifolin B, and eleganin, a lowering of the values of A_C=0 and _C=0 in comparison with dihydroelegin, hexahydroelegin, and the hydroxylactone of cynaropicrin is caused by nonvalent interactions of the lactone carbonyl with the -exocyclic double bond. The increase in A_C=O and _C=O in dihydroelegin, hexahydroelegen, and the hydroxylactone of cynaropicrin is due to the angular strain of the -lactone ring. It has been shown that in an acyclic side chain at C-8 an increase in the integral intensity and in the frequency of the ,-unsaturated ester carbonyl relative to guaianolides in which the terminal vinyl group at C-17 is absent is due to a conjugation effect.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 805–811, November–December, 1987.     

Crazes in amorphous polymers I. Variety of the structure of crazes and classification of different types of crazes

In investigating 0.5- to 5 m-thick deformed samples in a 1000 kV high-voltage electron microscope, the formation and structure of crazes were studied in different amorphous polymers (PS, SAN, PVC, and the highly radiation-sensitive polymers PMMA and PC). Different craze types were found and classified. There are some types of true crazes with a fibrillar structure or rather a homogeneous structure, which have to be distinguished from only craze-like deformation zones. A peculiarity was found in PMMA which produces a craze type different in structure from the well-known fibrillated crazes typical of PS.