The determination of small amounts of vanadium in the presence of large amounts of uranium

To eliminate the color interference of large amounts of uranium in the determination of vanadium by the Hamner method, the vanadium was separated prior to titration by the extraction of vanadium cupferrate with chloroform. The chloroform extract was evaporated with sulfuric acid and the excess cupferron removed by oxidation with nitric acid and perchloric acid. The vanadium was reduced with ferrous ammonium, sulfate solution, the excess ferrous ion oxidized with ammonium persulfate, and the vanadium (IV) titrated with 0.02 N potassium permanganate. As little as 1.02 mg of vanadium in the presence of 5 g of uranium oxide was determined accurately by this method.     

Sites of reaction of pilocarpine

Analysis of the sites of reaction of a biologically important compound, pilocarpine, a molecule with imidazole and butyrolactone rings connected by a methylene bridge, has been accomplished in a quadrupole ion trap with the aim of characterizing its structure/reactivity relationships. Ion-molecule reactions of pilocarpine with chemical ionizing agents, dimethyl ether (DME), 2-methoxyethanol, and trimethyl borate (TMB), along with collision-activated dissociation elucidated the reaction sites of pilocarpine and made possible the comparison of structural features that affect sites of reaction. Based on MS/MS experiments, methylation occurs on the imidazole ring upon reactions with CH3OCH2+ or (CH3OCH2CH2OH)H+ ions but methylation occurs on the lactone ring for reactions with (CH3O)2B+ ions. Bracketing experiments with two model compounds, alpha-methyl-gamma-butyrolactone and N-methyl imidazole, show the imidazole ring to have a greater gas-phase basicity and methyl cation affinity than the lactone ring. The contrast of methylation by TMB ions on the lactone ring is explained by initial addition of the dimethoxyborinium ion, (CH3O)2B+, on the imidazole ring with subsequent collisional activation promoting an intramolecular transfer of a methyl group to the lactone ring with concurrent loss of CH3OBO. Semiempirical molecular orbital calculations are undertaken to further address the favored reaction sites.     

Investigation of the halocyclization of S- and N-allyl derivatives of 2-benzothiazolethione

3-Allyl-2-benzothiazolethione reacts with iodine regiospecifically with annelation of the five-membered ring, while with bromine a mixture of the five- and six-membered rings are formed. 2-Allylthioben- zothiazole reacts with halogens with annelation of the five- and six-membered rings, while 2-(2-methyl-2-propenyl)thiobenzothiazole is annelated at the five-membered ring.     

Study of methods of preparation of 1,4-diglycidyltetrazolone. New synthesis of triglycidylisocyanurate

1,4-Digtycidyltetrazolone was synthesized for the first time by the reaction of tetrazolone and epichlorohydrin with subsequent treatment of the products of addition with a base. The basic directions of the reaction of carbamoyl azide with epichlorohydrin, which yields triglycidylisocyanurate and diglycidylcarbamoyl dude, were investigated. The features of the synthesis and properties of the substances obtained were described.     

On the mechanism of the formation of ozonides of the alkali metals

Conclusions A mechanism of the formation of ozonides of alkali metals was proposed on the basis of data obtained in an investigation of the reaction of oxygen-labeled KOH with ozone, the reaction of KOH with atomic oxygen, and the reaction of KOH with ozone; this mechanism is based upon: the catalytic decomposition of ozone on the surface of the solid alkalies into molecular and atomic oxygen, the interaction of the latter with the hydroxide, forming a superperoxide, and an interaction of the superperoxide with ozone, forming the ozonide.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1183–1187, June, 1967.     

Preparation of complexes of sulfoxides of petroleum origin and tributyl phosphate with chlorides of rare-earth elements

Conclusions Conditions were found for obtaining the complexes of petroleum sulfoxides and tributyl phosphate with the chlorides of the rare-earth elements with a coordination number of 9, 7, and 6. It was established that anhydrous trisolvates are obtained by the azeotropic distillation of the water with toluene and subsequent drying of the complexes with zeolites.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2790–2792, December, 1977.     

Chemistry of heteroanalogs of isoflavones

Thiazole analogs of isomeric isoflavones were synthesized from -(2,4-dimethyl-5-thiazolyl)-2-hydroxyacetophenones, and their reaction with hydrazine hydrate and alkylating and acylating agents was studied. The reaction of thiazole derivatives of 7-hydroxychromone with hydrazine hydrate proceeds with opening of the pyrone ring and subsequent cyclization of the intermediate to o-hydroxyphenylpyrazole derivatives. The reaction of hydrazine hydrate with thiazole derivatives of 5-hydroxychromone, which proceeds with retention of the pyrone ring, leads to hydrazones. The structures of the new compounds were confirmed by the PMR spectra.See [1] for communication 6.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 25–28, January, 1979.     

Enthalpy of formation of thiophene derivatives

The enthalpy of formation in the gas phase has been calculated for 21 carbonyl compounds of the thiophene series with the aid of the PM3, MINDO, AM1, and MNDO semiempirical quantum-chemical methods. Comparison of them with experimental data showed that the best linear correlation was achieved with the PM3 method. The latter in conjunction with a developed linear regression equation has been used to predict the enthalpy of formation of 22 carboxylic acids and ketones of the thiophene series.     

丹曲林钠杂质B的合成

以5-对硝基苯胺为原料,与糠醛经重氮化反应制得5-对硝基苯基糠醛(1);1与1-氨基乙内酰脲盐酸盐经缩合、精制得丹曲林(2);2与甲醇钠成盐制得丹曲林钠(3);3在氢氧化钠水溶液中加热条件下,经开环水解制得丹曲林钠杂质B钠盐,再经盐酸酸化、精制合成了丹曲林钠杂质B,总收率16.9%,纯度99.9%,其结构经1H NMR,IR和MS(ESI)确证。     

Hybridization of DNA at the surface of phospholipid monolayers. Effect of orientation of oligonucleotide chains

We studied the properties of lipid monolayers formed at the air-water interface composed of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) with incorporated short (19-mer) oligonucleotides. These oligonucleotides were modified by oleylamine at both (3' and 5') terminals or only at one (3') terminal. Interaction of single-stranded (19-mer) oligonucleotides without oleylamine with DOPC monolayers resulted only in slight increase of surface pressure and the area per phospholipid molecule, while more substantial and significant increase of these values were observed following incorporation of oligonucelotides modified by oleylamine. This influence is similar for both types of oligonucleotide modifications. However, considerable differences in changes of monolayer properties took place after hybridization with complementary oligonucleotides. The hybridization of oligonucleotides with the DNA modified by oleic acid at both 3' and 5' terminals at the surface of lipid monolayer resulted in further increase of surface pressure and in the increase of the area per phospholipid molecule, while decrease of both the surface pressure and the area per phospholipid molecules were observed for hybridization with DNA modified by oleic acid at 3' terminal. It is possible that in latter case, the hybridization caused the loss of hybridized molecules from monolayers. Interaction of noncomplementary chains with DOPC monolayers with incorporated oleyl acid-modified DNA also influenced the properties of monolayers, but the effect was weaker in comparison with that observed for complementary chains.     

原子荧光光谱法测定褪黑素治疗组兔肝脏硒含量

为探讨褪黑素对实验性动脉粥样硬化兔肝脏组织中硒含量的影响,用高脂饮食复制兔动脉粥样硬化,然后给予褪黑素建立治疗组模型,获取肝脏,用硝酸、过氧化氢混合液微波消解样品,采用原子荧光光谱法测定肝脏组织中硒的含量。结果表明,正常组、高脂组和褪黑素治疗组硒在肝脏组织中质量分数分别为3.31、2.14和1.34 mg/kg。提示给予褪黑素治疗后,褪黑素治疗组的硒平均含量比高脂组的平均含量降低37.4%,所以褪黑素对肝脏硒的吸收具有明显的抑制作用。     

Enthalpies of dilution of aqueous solutions of amides and alcohols

Enthalpies of dilution of aqueous systems containing formamide, dimethyl-formamide, the mixture of these amides, and each amide separately with mannitol, inositol, and cyclohexanol have been determined at 25°C. The data have been treated in terms of the Savage-Wood additivity principle and in combination with literature data. New values for the methylene-amide, carbinol-amide, and amide-amide group interaction enthalpies are presented. These may be used with data on a wider variety of solute systems to obtain interaction enthalpies for new groups.     

Kinetics of J-aggregation of cyanine dyes in the presence of gelatin

The kinetics of formation of J-aggregates for 3,3'-bis[sulfopropyl]-R-4',5'-dibenzo-9-ethylthiacarbocyanines (R=5-methoxy; R=4,5-dibenzo) and 3,3'-bis[sulfopropyl]-5,5'-diphenyl-9-ethyloxacarbocyanine were studied in aqueous solution in the presence of gelatin at different pH values and at room and elevated temperatures. Addition of gelatin at concentrations of 0.0005-0.05 wt % to solutions of dyes results in the production of J-aggregates in the tens of seconds to tens of minutes range. The rate of J-aggregate formation increases with increasing concentrations of dye and gelatin, correlates with the rate of decay of dimers, and is also dependent on the dye structure, temperature, and pH. The rate of J-aggregation is increased for and decreased for with an increase in temperature. For and, the rate increases with increasing [H+] and reaches the maximum value at pH 3.3-4.3 for 3. The interaction of with gelatin is considered to be a cooperative binding process, and J-aggregation is characterized by the time-dependent rate constant. Sigmoidal- and nonsigmoidal-type kinetic curves of both formation of J-aggregates and decay of the dimers are best fitted with a stretched exponential function.     

环糊精与新型表面活性剂的主客体相互作用

在298.15 K下用微量热法结合核磁共振法研究了α-环糊精, β-环糊精与十二烷基多氧乙烯磺酸钠C12EnS(n=1, 3)在水溶液中的包结作用. 实验结果表明, β-环糊精与客体的包合是焓、熵共驱的过程, α-环糊精与客体的包合则是焓驱动过程. β-环糊精与两种客体包合的化学计量比随客体中氧乙烯链的不同而不同, 而α-环糊精与两种客体包合的化学计量比则无差别. 1H NMR数据表明, C12EnS的存在使两种环糊精上各质子的化学位移向高场移动, 从微观上证明了包结作用的发生.     

氨基酸从水到尿素水溶液中的迁移焓研究

用微量量热法测定甘氨酸、L-丙氨酸、L-丝氨酸在水和尿素水溶液中的溶解焓, 计算得到氨基酸从水到尿素水溶液的迁移焓, 并根据水合结构相互作用模型予以讨论. 结果表明, 氨基酸两性离子与尿素分子的静电作用以及两性离子头部与尿素分子的结构相互作用对氨基酸迁移焓有负贡献, 氨基酸侧链与尿素分子的结构相互作用依其亲水性或疏水性分别对迁移焓有负贡献或正贡献. 在实验浓度范围(0～13 mol/kg)内, 三种氨基酸的迁移焓总体上随尿素浓度的增加而下降, 其大小依次为L-丝氨酸＜甘氨酸＜L-丙氨酸, 氨基酸迁移焓的差异反映了溶质-溶剂结构相互作用的变化.     

Ionometric Study of the Kinetics of Acid Decomposition of Fluorapatite

A procedure is proposed for studying acid decomposition of solid materials with the use of ion-selective electrodes, with the experimental data recorded and processed with a personal computer. Variation of the H₃O⁺, F^-, and Ca^{2 +} concentrations in reaction of fluorapatite concentrate with nitric, sulfuric, and orthophosphoric acids and also the effect of particle size on the rate of solid phase decomposition were studied.     

A collaborative study of four methods of assay of benzylpenicillin

The assay of benzylpenicillin by iodimetric titration, spectrophotometry with a mercury(II) chloride—imidazole reagent, titration with mercury(II) nitrate in acetate buffer solution, and titration with mercury(II) perchlorate in aqueous pyridine solution, was examined in four laboratories. The first two methods were applied to two samples (the third one being the reference sample), the mercury(II) nitrate titration to three, and the mercury(II) perchlorate method to two samples. The four methods gave very similar results, but the purity obtained with the mercury(II) perchlorate method was slightly lower, and this procedure is less desirable because pyridine is used as solvent. There were no great differences in the relative standard deviations of the four methods. The titration with mercury(II) nitrate is preferred because it is an absolute method.     

Investigation of Kinetics of Solid-Phase Synthesis of Lithium Orthosilicate

The kinetics of the interaction between lithium carbonate and silica with various degrees of dispersion was investigated by TG and DTA methods. It was found that the utilization of pyrogenic silica with a specific surface area of about 300 m²g^-1 instead of aerosil with one of 175 m²g^-1 leads to an increase of the reaction rate between lithium carbonate and silica, which depends on the formation and growth of lithium orthosilicate crystals in the first stage, and is conditioned by the diffusion of lithium and oxygen ions through the lithium orthosilicate layer formed at temperatures above 800 K. This supposition is supported by the kinetic analysis results obtained with the use of the different models. The optimal regime of heating is recommended. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Calculation of the number of atoms displaced during the irradiation of monolayer graphene

The irradiation of monolayer graphene, combined with chemical functionalization, could be an effective method for modifying its electronic structure and for achieving specific physical properties adjusted to different applications. A difficulty arising during planning and studying the irradiation in this system is that many of the models of interaction of the radiation with the substance cannot be applied to the two-dimensional structure of graphene. In particular, the mathematical expressions available to calculate the number of atoms displaced during the bombardment with particles can be applied only to 3D isotropic solids. In the present work, an alternative analytic expression is presented for the irradiation of graphene with heavy ions or with protons and other light charged particles. The expression was obtained on the basis of the classic theory of dispersion, using a Coulomb potential for the light charged particles and one of Inverse Square for heavy ions. For medium values of the energy of the incident particle a decreasing dependence of the number of displaced atoms with energy is obtained. This behavior, related with the two-dimensional structure of the target, had been observed in other authors’ works using computational simulation.     

A calorimetric evaluation of the interaction of amphiphilic prodrugs of idebenone with a biomembrane model

Lipoamino acids (LAA) are useful promoieties to modify physicochemical properties of drugs, namely lipophilicity and amphiphilicity. The resulting membrane-like character of drug-LAA conjugates can increase the absorption profile of drugs through cell membranes and biological barriers. To show the role of amphiphilicity with respect to lipophilicity in the interaction of drugs with biomembranes, in the present study we evaluated the mode of such an interaction of lipophilic conjugates of LAA with the antioxidant drug idebenone (IDE). DSC analysis and transfer kinetic studies were carried out using dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) multilamellar liposomes (MLVs) as a model. For comparison, two esters of IDE with alkanoic acids were synthesized and included in the analysis. The experimental results indicate that based on their different structure, IDE-LAA conjugates interacted at different levels with respect to pure IDE with DMPC bilayers. In particular, a progressive penetration inside the vesicles was observed upon incubation of IDE-LAA compounds with empty liposomes. The enhanced amphiphilicity of the drug due to the LAA moieties caused more complex interactions with DMPC bilayers, compared to those registered with the native drug or IDE alkanoate esters.