Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from plants of the genus Allium. XXVI. Structure of anzurogenin and anzuroside from the collective fruits of Allium suvorovii and Allium stipitatum

A new steroid glycoside of the spirostan series, anzuroside, has been isolated from the collective fruits of the cocultivatedAllium suvorovii Rgl. andA. stipitatum Rgl. (family Liliaceae, local name anzur). Enzymatic cleavage of the glycoside has given the previously undescribed steroid sapogenin anzurogenic C, which has the structure of (24S, 25S)-2,3,5,24-tetrahydroxy-5-spirostan-6-one. Anzuroside is the 24-O--D-glucopyranoside of anzurogenin C.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 505–510, July–August, 1989.     

Determination of the surface acidity of solid catalysts

A novel method has been developed for determining the surface acidity of white, as well as deeply colored porous solids. The method, which was tested on Al₂O₃, SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ catalysts, is based on the adsorption of pyridine or benzylamine on acidic sites and subsequent displacement of the adsorbed bases by n-butylamine. A linear correlation was found between the concentration of acidic sites on Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ catalysts and their activity in the dehydration oftert-butyl alcohol.

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, . , Al₂O₃, SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃ Fe₂O₃, -. Al₂O₃ Fe₂O₃ - .

     

Barium sulphate reduction with carbon

The reduction of BaSO₄ by carbon was investigated by means of isothermal thermogravimetric measurements. In combination with a high-temperature thermobalance, solid electrolyte cells were used (i) to purify the N₂ flow gas, and (ii) to measure the partial pressure of oxygen (COCO₂ ratio, respectively) in the outlet gases.Mass loss curves and in the outlet gases were recorded at 743–955 °C. The activation energy of the process was calculated from the isothermal TG curves. X-ray diffraction and SEM showed that the solid product in the whole temperature interval comprised only cubic BaS.

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Zusammenfassung Die Reduktion von BaSO₄ mit Kohlenstoff wurde durch isotherme thermogravimetrische Messungen verfolgt. Mit einer Hochtemperatur-Thermowaage wurden Festelektrolyten kombiniert (1)zur Reinigung des Spülgases N₂ von Sauerstoff, (2) zur Messung des O₂-Partialdruckes (bzw. des Verhältnisses COCO₂) im entweichenden Gas. Die Gewichtsverlust- und Sauerstoffpartialdruck-Kurven bei 743–955 °C wurden aufgezeichnet. Aus den TG-Kurven wurde die Aktivierungsenergie des Prozesses berechnet. Im gesamten untersuchten Temperaturbereich entstand als festes Reaktionsprodukt nach Röntgenbeugungs- und SEM-Untersuchungen nur kubisches B₂S.

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Rotamerism and roulettamerism of vertex-sharing biicosahedral supraclusters: Synthesis and structure of [(Ph3P)10Au13Ag12Cl8](SbF6)

The relative rotation of two centered icosahedra of a vertex-sharing biicosahedral supracluster about the pentagonal symmetry axis gives rise to cluster rotamerism while the relative rotation of the satellite ring of six bridging halide ligands around the equator with respect to the metal framework gives rise to cluster roulettamerism; the latter is exemplified by the structures of [(Ph₃P)₁₀Au₁₃Ag₁₂ X ₈]⁺ X=Cl (this work) or Br.     

Chromium (III) trihalide complexes of 4-aminobenzophenone

Summary The following chromium(III) complexes of 4-aminobenzophenone have been prepared and investigated by infrared and electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements: CrCl₃L, CrCl₃L₂ (pink and brown), CrCl₃L₃, CrCl₃L₆, CrBr₃L₂, CrBr₃L₃, CrBr₃L₄, CrBr₃L₆, CrBr₃L₇ and CrBr₃L₈. The CrBr₃ complexes were each isolated in a yellow and a red form. In the red CrBr₃ and in the yellow CrBr₃L₂ the ligand is bonded through the amine nitrogen. The CrCl₃ complexes are probably molecular complexes.     

Competitive uptake of Cs+, Ba2+, and Zn2+ ions from binary aqueous mixtures by zeolite-13X

The preferential exchange uptake of the cations Cs⁺, Ba²⁺ and Zn²⁺ from pure solutions by zeolite-13X follows the order Q [Cs⁺]>Q [Ba²⁺]>Q [Zn²⁺], while in case of binary mixtures the order is Q [Ba²⁺(Zn²⁺)]>Q [Ba²⁺(Cs⁺)]>Q [Cs⁺(Zn²⁺)]>Q [Cs⁺(Ba²⁺)]>Q [Zn²⁺(Cs⁺)]>Q [Zn²⁺(Ba²⁺)]. Ba²⁺ uptake from mixtures shows the least suppression effect.

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Cs⁺, Ba⁺² Zn⁺² -13 Q[Cs⁺]>Q[Ba⁺²]>Q[Zn⁺²] Q[Ba⁺²(mix Zn⁺²)]>Q[Ba⁺²(mix Cs⁺)]>Q[Cs⁺(mix Zn⁺²)]>Q[Cs⁺(mix Ba⁺²)]>Q[Zn⁺²(mix Cs⁺)]>Q[Zn⁺²(mix Ba⁺²)]. Ba⁺² .

     

Natural flavours of wine: correlation between instrumental analysis and sensory perception

Summary The aroma of wine consists of 600 to 800 aroma compounds from which especially those, typical for the variety, are already present in the grapes. The aroma extracts — received by extraction with trichlorofluoromethane — are separated by gas chromatography. There are significant varietal differences between the aromagrams (fingerprint pattern). Thus the amount of some flavour compounds (key substances) shows typical dependence on the variety. Especially monoterpene compounds play an important role in the differentiation of wine varieties.The German white wines can be differentiated into three groups only by quantitative determination of 12 monoterpenes (terpene profile). These groups are: Riesling type, Muscat type and Silvaner-Weißburgunder type. Such terpene profiles are also useful for the separation of real Riesling wines from others called Riesling (e.g. Welschriesling, Kap Riesling, Emerald Riesling) but not produced from grapes of the variety Riesling. Including further components and by means of statistical methods as for example linear discriminant analysis even the different varieties within the mentioned groups (for instance the Riesling-group: Riesling, Kerner, Ehrenfelser, Bacchus, Müller-Thurgau) can be separated from each other.To identify compounds causing off-flavours the sniffing technique is the method of choice. The off-flavour is pinpointed during gas chromatography separation of the complex aroma mixture by effluent sniffing. Once allocated, the chemical nature of the off-flavours is elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Substances contributing to the green pepper taint, the strawberry note, mousiness, corkiness etc. in wine could be found in this way.     

Meeting the need for reference measurements

Summary Reference materials do fulfil a very useful function in that they provide means to check, verify and calibrate measurement procedures and instrumentation. However, the material is often idealized compared to real life samples: it is either (very) pure or does not correspond in concentration level or matrix to the real life case. It is shown how this situation could be remedied if real life samples with carefully assessed reference values could be made available regularly as unknowns to measurement laboratories. Comparison of the latter's measurements with the reference values then would provide a picture of the real performance of the particular measurement community in general and of each participating laboratory in particular. The opinion is expressed that isotope-specific methods have now matured to the stage that, if they are correctly applied under rigorous control and based on highly skilled expertise, they can provide such reference values against which laboratories can then evaluate their routine performance in regular Interlaboratory Measurement Evaluation Programmes (IMEPs).

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Wie der Notwendigkeit von Referenzmessungen entsprochen werden kann

     

The use of a modified Westcott-formalism in thek o-standardization of NAA: The state of affairs

Recently, the introduction was proposed of the Westcott-formalism in the k_o-standardization method, in order to enable the handling of analytically important non-1/v (n, ) reactions. In the present paper some elucidations are given to the Westcott-basedk _o-method: the black box of Westcott's g+rs formalism is opened; procedures and formulas are given for the experimental determination of the flux parameters and a survey is presented of the status of the nuclear data.     

Einfluß der Anionensolvatation auf die Komplexbildung in Donorlösungsmitteln

Zusammenfassung Der Einfluß der Anionensolvatation auf die Komplexbildung in Donorlösungsmitteln wird folgendermaßen beschrieben: Der thermodynamische Solvatationseffekt hängt vom Verhältnis der freien Solvatationsenthalpien zur freien Enthalpie des Gesamtvorganges der Komplexbildung ab; d. h., je geringer die Akzeptorstärke des Akzeptors, um so mehr wird durch die Solvatation die Donorstärke eines Anions im Vergleich zu derjenigen des Neutraldonors erniedrigt. Der spezifische Solvatationseffekt bringt das spezifische Solvatisierungsvermögen eines Lösungsmittels gegenüber einem Anion (bei gegebenem Akzeptor) zum Ausdruck. Protonenhaltige Lösungsmittel, z. B. Wasser, Methanol, Essigsäure, Ameisensäure, Formamid, haben eine hohe Tendenz zur Wasserstoffbrückenwechselwirkung; sie solvatisieren Halogenid- und Pseudohalogenidionen wesentlich stärker als aprotische Donorlösungsmittel. Die Donorstärke eines anionischen Liganden wird in einem solchen Lösungsmittel entsprechend erniedrigt. Zum Vergleich der Stabilität eines Komplexes in verschiedenen Lösungsmitteln können ihre Donizitäten allein nicht herangezogen werden. Die solvatisierenden Eigenschaften von Donorlösungsmitteln nehmen ab: H₂O>ROHDMSOES>ANTMSNMDMF>DMA>HMPT.

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The influence of anion-solvation on complex formation in donor solvents

The said influence is described as follows: the thermodynamic solvation effect depends on the ratio of the free enthalpy of solvation to the free enthalpy of the complex forming reaction. It is increased by decreasing acceptor strength of the acceptor. The specific solvation effect is due to the specific solvating power of a solvent towards an anion (with given acceptor). Protonic solvents are known to have higher tendencies for hydrogen bridge interactions. They are stronger solvating agents for halide and pseudohalide ions than aprotic donor solvents. The donor properties of a donor anion is decreased in such solvents and the donicity alone is no longer a useful guide to estimate the relative stabilities of a complex in such media. The solvating properties of donor solvents decrease in the following order: H₂O>ROHDMSOES>ANTMSNMDMF>DMA>HMPT.

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Herrn Professor Dr.Richard Kieffer zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Chemical algebra. II: Discriminating pairing products

The algebra of stereogenic pairing equlibria is presented in a very general context. Starting from the notions of fuzzy subgroup and conjugacy link, chemical pairing constants between molecular speciesu andv having a skeletal symmetry groupG are formulated as pairing products on aG-Hilbert space. Discriminating pairing productsK are defined by the conditions: K 1 and K = 1 the representative vectors of the paired species areG-equivalent. WhenG has only two elements, the pairing product is always discriminating. For several skeletal symmetries, if the vectors are enantiomorphic (v = u, ² =e, G), thenK is greater than 1 and reaches 1 only ifu is achiral: chirality indexes and general permutational indexes are then defined fromK(u u). The general model is illustrated by some examples.     

On a large difference in enthalpic virial coefficient among some isomers of alkoxyalcohol

Molar excess enthalpies for aqueous solutions of 3-methoxy-1-butanol (3-MB) and 1-methoxy-2-butanol (M-2B) have been measured at 298.15 K over the whole concentration range with a flow microcalorimeter. From the experimental data, we evaluated the enthalpic interaction parameter h_xx and obtained the following order:h _xx (3 MB) h_xx(M-2B)This large difference in h_xx. provided us some new factors which might have the influence on hydrophobic interaction: fundamental frame, hydroxyl group, and ether oxygen atom.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels eines Fluß-Mikrokalorimeters wurden bei 298.15 K im gesamten Konzentrationsintervall die molaren Überschußenthalpien für wäßrige Lösungen aus 3-Methoxy-1-Butanol (3-MB) und 1-Methoxy-2-Butanol (M-2B) gemessen. Anhand der experimentellen Daten erstellten wir den Enthalpiepaar-Wechselwirkungsparameter h_xx und erhielten folgende Reihenfolge: h_xx(3-MB) h_xx(M-2B)Diese große Abweichung bei h_xx legte uns einige neue Faktoren nahe, die einen Einfluß auf die hydrophobe Wechselwirkung haben können: Grundgerüst, Hydroxylgruppen als auch Sauerstoffatome.

     

Plutonium in soils, bottom sediments and lichen near peaceful nuclear explosion sites in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

During the 1974–1987 period 12 paceful nuclear explosions were conducted in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). For the first time^239,240Pu and²³⁸Pu concentrations were determined in samples of soils, bottom sediments and lichen taken at the Craton-3 and Crystal nuclear explosion sites. At the Craton-3^239,240Pu concentrations in the range 6.2 mBq/g to 5.9 Bq/g samples of soil and^239,240Pu concentrations up to 7.4 Bq/g in samples of lichen were observed.^239,240Pu concentration measurements in bottom sediments of a stream washing out the banking around the borehole of Craton-3 show that plutonium migrates in the direction of the Markha river. At the Crystal site local plutonium concentrations up to 35 Bq/g in soil and 1.8 Bq/g in lichen were observed.     

Some theoretical aspects of capillary on-column injections

Summary The classical solvent effect is normally assumed to function as a band-narrowing mechanism in capillary oncolumn injections, but there are reasons to doubt the validity of this assumption. Peak conformation can be seriously affected by the nature of the solvent used. When employed to permit cold non-vaporizing on-column injections into a heated oven, secondary cooling introduces a number of problems, one of the more serious of which is a thermal de-focus; this may account for some of the lowered resolution observed when current on-column injectors are used in this manner.Dedicated to my good friend, Dr. Leslie S. Ettre, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, W. G. J.     

Interplay of Thermochemistry and Structural Chemistry,the Journal (Volume 13, 2002) and the Discipline

As practiced disciplines, structural chemistry and thermochemistry need not be related. In the current study they are: the contents of the journal Structural Chemistry (Vol. 13) for the year 2002 have been reviewed and then most articles that appeared therein were given a thermochemical commentary, spin or slant.     

Amphiphilic and mesogenic carbohydrates. Part III: Synthesis and thermal behavior of di-O-(n-alkyl)-and tri-O-(n-alkyl)-D-glucose derivatives

The homologous series of the 2,3-di-O-(n-alkyl)-3a-e and 4,6-di-O-(n-alkyl)-D-glucopyranoses9a-e, as well as the 5,6-di-O-(n-hexadecyl)-D-glucofuranose15e, the 3,4,6-tri-O- and 1,4,6-tri-O-(n-octyl)-D-glucopyranoses10a and11a were prepared and their mesogenic properties studied. The derivatives3a-e and15e show enantiotropic but9a-e monotropic behavior. In contrast to this the bis single-tailed -D-glucosyl fluorides4e and7a and the tris single-tailed D-glucopyranoses10a and11a do not form any mesophase.     

Reaktionskinetische Kuriosa

Zusammenfassung Die in der chemischen Kinetik seltenen und seltsamen, aber grundsätzlich möglichen und zu einem Gleichgewicht führenden Erscheinungen werden als Kuriosa bezeichnet. Hierher gehören die Zirkularreaktionen, der periodische Reaktionsablauf und dasWegscheidersche Paradoxon. Sie werden charakterisiert und es werden die Bedingungen aufgezeigt, unter welchen sie rechnungsmäßig in Erscheinung treten.     

Ein Ger?t zur h?chstempfindlichen Differentialspektrophotometrie mit dem Rapidspektroskop

Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Differentialspektrophotometrie durch Modulation eines Monochromators wird beschrieben. Der Monochromator oscilliert mit variabler Bandbreite zwischen ₁ und ( ₁+). Wenn ( ₁+) die Wellenlänge des Absorptionsmaximums ist, erscheint am Photo multiplierausgang einer Sinuswelle, deren Amplitude der Extinktions differenz zwischen ¹ und ( ₁+) proportional ist. Die Schaltung zur ultralinearen Messung dieser Amplitude ist angegeben und ihre Anwendung mit dem Zweistrahlphotometer Rapidspektroskop gezeigt. Die Empfindlichkeit wird durch die Kombination um den Faktor 10 bis 100 gesteigert. Der Rauschpegel ist bei der Monochromator-Modulationstechnik etwa 10^–4 E.Das Differentialspektrum stellt die erste Ableitung eines Spektrums dar und gestattet die genauere Lokalisation von Schultern in steilen Flanken eines Spektrums. Die Kombination der beschriebenen Methode mit der Technik des Rapidspektroskops erlaubt es, dasselbe mit gleichem Erfolg wie ein Dual-Wavelength-Gerät einzusetzen.

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Summary A method for differential spectrophotometry by modulation of a single monochromator is described. A single monochromator oscillates with variable bandwidth between ₁ and ( ₁+ ). If ( ₁ + ) is the wavelength at maximal optical density, the photomultiplier output gives a sinus-wave, the amplitude of which is proportional to the optical density difference between ₁ and ( ₁+). The circuit for ultralinear measurement of this amplitude is described and details of its application with the split-beam spectrophotometer Rapidspektroskop are given. The sensitivity of the entire assembly is increased by a factor of between ten and one hundred. The noise level of the monochromator-modulated technique is about 10^–4 optical density units. The differential spectrum represents the first derivative of a spectrum and allows one to determine more exactly the location of shoulders in the slope of a spectrum.The combination of the described method with the techniques of the Rapid spektroskop thus provides facilities which equal those of a dual-wavelength apparatus.

     

Crystal and Molecular Structure of (BzlMe3N) 2 + [Fe2OCl6]2-

The crystal and molecular structure of (BzlMe₃N) ₂ ⁺ [Fe₂OCl₆]^2- has been determined. The asymmetric unit contains two benzyltrimethylammonium cations and two half -oxo-bis(trichloro-iron(III)) anions. The bridging -oxygen atoms of these anions are located over crystallographic symmetry elements. Therefore, the two anions resulting from the symmetry operations correspond to two different conformers presenting angular and linear dispositions of the Fe-O-Fe bond angle. Mössbauer spectrum consists of two asymmetric lines that are adequately simulated by two equally populated quadrupole doublets associated with the two iron sites.     

Vibrational excitation effects on silane reactivity in its reaction with bromine atoms

A rate increase of SiH₃Br formation in SiH₄ photobromination under irradiation by a cw CO₂ laser is reported. At low SiH₄ pressures (1–2 Pa) the radiation effect is shown to be isotope-selective.

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SiH₃Br CO₂ SiH₄. , SiH₄ (1–2 ) .