Philosophical aspects of chemometrical strategy in Analytical Chemistry

Summary This paper discusses the philosophical aspects of the three main chemometrical strategies in analytical chemistry: statistical data treatment, optimization and modelling, pattern recognition. It is possible by a more general consideration of these approaches to find a proper place of different philosophical categories such as form and content, induction and deduction, concrete and general in analytical chemistry. The philosophical aspect of the considerations allows a deeper penetration into the theoretical basis of chemical analysis.

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Philosophische Betrachtungen zu chemometrischen Strategien in der Analytischen Chemie

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Presented at the First International Symposium on History and Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry, Vienna, November 22–23, 1985     

On the dioximine complexes of transition metals

Twelve new complexes NH₄[Co(DH)₂(SO₃)(amine)]·t H₂O (DH ₂=dimethylglyoxime) have been synthesized and characterized. Their i.r. spectra show the SO₃ to be co-ordinated to the Co atom through the S atom. The thermal decompositions of a series of derivatives of this type have been investigated with a derivatograph. The first process is an endothermic dehydration reaction, occurring in a single stage or in two successive ones. The loss of the crystallization water is followed by another endothermic reaction, without a clear stoichiometry, which is referred to as deamination. At higher temperatures, exothermic pyrolysis processes occur. From the TG curves, kinetic parameters have been derived for the dehydration and deamination reactions.

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Zusammenfassung Zwölf neue Komplexe der allgemeinen Formel NH₄[Co(DH)₂(SO₃)(amin)]·t H₂O (DH=Dimethylglyoxim) wurden synthetisiert und charakterisiert. Die IR-Spektren zeigen, daß SO₃ über das S-Atom koordinativ an das Co-Atom gebunden ist. Die thermische Zersetzung einer Reihe von Derivaten dieses Typs wurde mittels eines Derivatographen untersucht. Der erste Prozeß ist die in einem einzigen oder in zwei aufeinander folgenden Schritten verlaufende endotherme Dehydratisierung. Auf die Abgabe des Kristallwassers folgt eine andere endotherme Reaktion unklarer Stöchiometrie, die als Deaminierung bezeichnet wird. Bei höheren Temperaturen verlaufen exotherme Pyrolyseprozesse. Aus den TG-Kurven wurden kinetische Parameter für die Dehydratisierung und die Deaminierung bestimmt.

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Determination of total,and bound Se in sera by INAA

In this study we report on the comparison between the total selenium in serum (total Se) with that which is apparently bound to high molecular weight (>12,000 D) species, presumably proteins (bound Se). Nine hundred seventy seven (977) serum samples arising out of a population-based epidemiological study were prepared in duplicate for the determination of total Se by pipeting directly into irradiation vials; and separate duplicate aliquots were dialyzed against DI water for the determination of bound Se. All samples were analyzed by neutron activation analysis via^77mSe (17.4 s). A small dialyzable Se component (6%) (free Se), defined as the difference between the total Se minus the bound Se, was identified.     

Formation of methane in methanol synthesis on zinc-chromium catalysts

The rate of methane formation on zinc-chromium catalysts is described by zero-order rate law, If the catalyst is activated by copper, the rate of methane formation increases due to a decrease in the activation energy of the reaction. Presumably the formation of methane and methanol takes place on different active centers.

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Effect of bond energies of a catalyst with reacting atoms on the selectivity of CO hydrogenation over metals

In hydrogenation over metals (M)_j carbon monoxide is adsorbed as a molecule. C–O bond rupture in partially hydrogenated complex, MCHOH, leads to MO and MCH₂ and then to hydrocarbons, while transformation of MCHOH into MCH₂OH gives alcohols and other oxygen-containing compounds. Selectivity towards hydrocarbons increases with increasing energy of M–O bonds.

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(M) . C–O MCHOH MO MCH₂ — ; MCHOH MCH₂OH . M–O.

     

Supercooling phenomena in the binary systems: Acetamide-electrolytes

This paper presents a final discussion on studies of solutions of electrolytes in molten acetamide. These studies deal with cryoscopic and ultrasonic (by shear waves) techniques and reveal the complexity of the behaviour of these systems due to strong ion-solvent interactions.

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Zusammenfassung Die über Lösungen von Elektrolyten in geschmolzenem Acetamid ausgeführten Untersuchungen werden diskutiert. Diese Untersuchungen erstrecken sich auf kryoskopische und Ultraschall-Methoden und vermitteln ein Bild von der durch starke Ionen-Lösungsmittel-Wechselwirkungen bedingten Komplexität des Verhaltens dieser Systeme.

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Thanks are due to CNR and MPI (Rome) for financial support, and to R. Borgarucci for technical assistance.     

‘Hairdressing’ Shish-kebabs by melting

Summary A previous paper established the principle of hairdressing showing that polyethylene shish-kebab fibres can be reversibly transformed by appropriate preparation conditions between three morphologies, smooth fibres; fibres with closely spaced lamellar overgrowths; fibres with widely spaced lamellar overgrowths, where the spacing is sensitively affected by storage temperature (3). In the present paper this hairdressing work is extended to include the molten state. Three classes of morphology analogous to the three obtained from solution (although with certain minor differences) can be obtained by melting shish-kebabs at constant length, followed by quenching or isothermal crystallization. These melt-hairdressed fibres can be transformed back into shish-kebabs of typical solvent hairdressed appearance by the previously established procedures for solvent hairdressing. Thus all these works, following on from the trend established by Pennings (4), serve to highlight the fact thatall shish-kebabs acquire their external morphology at temperatures which are beneath those of the core formation during final cooling or storage and thatall external forms associated with a given core are interconvertible. On the molecular level these features highlight the intrinsically hairy nature of the core fibre as formed.With 5 figures     

Effect of basic additives on properties of V?Sb?Bi oxide catalysts for ammoxidation of xylenes

The introduction of K₂O and Bao additives into supported V–Sb–Bi oxide catalysts enhances their activity in ammoxidation of xylenes. Bond energy and inhomogeneity character of surface oxygen, oxidation states and relative contents of metal cations remain practically unchanged, whereas the concentration of basic sites significantly increases.

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Quantum-chemical study of allylstannanes

It has been shown by the MNDO method that in allyl compounds of tin, the atomic orbitals of the heteroatom interact with the -orbital through the bridge group, but interact with the ^*-orbital mainly through space. The position and intensity of the long-wave electronic transitions for methylvinylstannane should not depend on the conformation, with the ,- and , pseudo--conjugation effects being approximately identical, whereas for allylstannane, the ,-conjugation is considerably stronger. In molecules containing several allyl fragments bonded to heavy atoms, ,-conjugation is far weaker than ,-conjugation in polyenes.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2071–2076, September, 1991.     

Reactivity of coordinated O2? towards. One-electron oxidants

Ion-radical complexes Ti(IV) (O ₂ ^– ) are unreactive towards most oxidants except Ce(IV) and Cr₂O ₇ ^2– . The one-electron redox potential for the O_{2 coord.}/O _{2 coord.} ^– couple lies between 1 and 1.6 V.

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- O ₂ ^– Ti(IV) , Ce(IV) Cr₂ O ₇ ^2– . - O_{2 .}/O ₂ ^– . 1 1,6 .

     

Liquid phase CO+H2 reactions in presence of ruthenium catalysts

Several effects on the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide in propanol in presence of ruthenium catalysts are examined. The homologation reaction is not observed, only propyl formate and propyl acetate are produced with any ruthenium catalyst. The pH-value is an important parameter: in acid media, the yield of propyl formate is noticeably increased indicating different catalytic active species. The addition of cesium salts is also benefitial for formate formation. This is not the case when water is associated with propanol as solvent. Finally, no ethylene glycol is detected. The process is found to be homogeneous and methanol seems to be the precursor of methyl formate.

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PMR study of the lifetime of complexes with a strong hydrogen bond at low temperatures

The kinetics of formation and cleavage of hydrogen bonds in complexes of carboxylic acids with proton acceptors have been studied by PMR spectroscopy over the range –100 to 150°C. The activation parameters of the processes have been measured.

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„Spannungsrißkorrosion” in Polymeren

Zusammenfassung Für den praktischen Einsatz eines Chemiewerkstoffes ist sein Verhalten gegenüber gasförmigen oder flüssigen Medien innerhalb seiner Eigenschaftspalette häufig allein ausschlaggebend. Beispielsweise kann selbst ein hochschlagzäher Thermoplast in Gegenwart einer organischen Flüssigkeit bereits bei geringen mechanischen Beanspruchungen, die weit unterhalb seiner normalen Festigkeitsgrenze liegen, spröde versagen.Mit der vorliegenden Zusammenstellung soll ein Überblick über experimentelle Möglichkeiten zur Charakterisierung des Begriffes Spannungsrißkorrosion in Medien (der besser ersetzt werden sollte durch den Begriff Spannungsrißbildung (environmental stress cracking and crazing = ESC)), sowie über grundlegende Vorstellungen und Voraussagemöglichkeiten gegeben werden. Damit wird ein Beitrag zum Rahmenthema Schädigungsmechanismen in Polymersystemen geliefert, u. a. mit dem Ziel, auf die Notwendigkeit intensiverer Grundlagenuntersuchungen hinzuweisen.

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Summary Among the different failure mechanisms of a thermoplastic polymer material in practical use the behavior under the influence of gaseous and liquid environments will often be the most decisive factor within its property range. For instance even a high impact material may fail in a brittle manner in the presence of organic liquids at stresses far below the usual breaking level. This paper gives a survey about the experimental possibilities for characterizing the stress corrosion phenomena of plastics in different media. In addition to that the basic theories are shortly commented. The expression corrosion often used in this connection in literature should better be replaced by environmental stress cracking and crazing (ESC) as proposed by Kambour a. o. One main aim of this presentation is to emphasize the need of more intensive true basic research in this field.

     

Metallurgical factors determining the coercivity of ND-FE-B magnets

In Nd-Fe-B based permanent magnets a high magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the hardmagnetic phase is necessary for a high intrinsic coercivity. In fact, metallurgical parameters (distribution of phases, chemical composition and crystal structures of phases) and processing parameters (alloy preparation, size and shape of particles, sintering and annealing treatments) determine the value of the coercive force of each sintered Nd-Fe-B magnet. Our analytical electron microscope study shows that melt-spun and sintered Nd-Fe-B based magnets contain more or less a distribution of nucleation centres for reversed domains, such as iron-rich phases and-iron precipitates within the hardrnagnetic 2141-grains. A continuous non-magnetic layer phase between the hardrnagnetic 2141-grains increases the expansion field of reversed domains and increase the coercivity. In melt-spun magnets the contribution of the pinning of magnetic domain walls becomes effective during the magnetization reversal process.     

Isomerization of unsaturated compounds on Pd/Al2O3 in the presence of additives

Studies of the effect of zinc chloride and aluminium additives on the activity of a Pd/Al₂O₃ catalyst (5 wt.%Pd) in the isomerization of heptene-1, allylbenzene,p-allylphenol and 4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol (eugenol) indicate that the rate and selectivity of isomerization depend on the sequence of addition of salts and reagent to the catalytic system. The simultaneous addition of ZnCl₂ or AlCl₃ with olefin, produces a 2–3 fold increase in the isomer yield compared to ethanol.

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Pd/Al₂O₃- (5 .% Pd) -1, , -, 4--2- (). , . ZnCl₂ AlCl₃ 2–3 .

     

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.     

Orientation mechanisms during biaxial drawing of polymer films

Summary Second drawing of monoaxially drawn PP and PET films perpendicular to the first drawing direction has been investigated. At low draw ratios structural systems having an angle of 45° with regard to the second draw direction are formed. By increasing the draw ratio the structures rotate into the new preferred direction. The results lead to the impression that the structural transformations do not turn out molecule by molecule, but domain by domain.

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Zusammenfassung Die Zweitverstreckung monoaxial verstreckter PP- und PET-Folien senkrecht zur Erstverstreckrichtung wird untersucht. Bei kleinen Verstreckgraden bilden sich Struktursysteme unter 45° zur Zweitverstreckrichtung; bei weiterer Verdehnung drehen sich die Strukturen in die Vorzugsrichtung. Die Ergebnisse vermitteln den Eindruck, daß die Strukturänderung nicht Molekül für Molekül, sondern Bereich für Bereich abläuft.

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The time evolution of the pair distribution function of polymeric systems

Summary The stress tensor of a polymeric system, solution or melt, is the sum of single molecule terms which may be expressed as integrals involving the distribution function in the phase space of a single molecule and intermolecular terms which involve the distribution function in the configuration space of pairs of molecules. The evaluation of the single molecule terms is usually based on the solution of the diffusion equation in the configuration space of a single molecule. In the present development, an analogous diffusion equation in the configuration space of a pair of molecules is developed. The development is based on a generalization of the time-smoothing ideas introduced by Kirkwood. Expressions are obtained for the various friction coefficients as time correlation functions.     

Synthesis and Dehydrohalogenation of 3 β-Chloro-5 α,7 α-dibromo-6-ketosteroids of the Stigmastane and Cholestane Series

3-Chloro-5,7-dibromo-6-ketosteroids 5a and 5b are synthesized from -sitosterol (1a) and cholesterol (1b). Dehydrohalogenation of these forms 7-bromo-2,4-dien-6-ones (6a-b), 2,4-dien-6-ones (7a-b), and 14-hydroperoxy-2,4,7-trien-6-ones (8a-b). Woodward hydroxylation of dienone 6a produces 2-iodo-7-bromo-3-acetoxy-⁴-6-ketone 9 and 7-bromo-2,3-diacetoxy-⁴-6-ketone 10. 2-Iodo-3-acetoxy-^4,7,14-trien-6-one 11 is prepared analogously from trienone 8a.     

Mass spectrometric determination of selected microbial constituents using fused silica and chiral glass capillary gas chromatography

Summary Applications of quantitative gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (selected ion monitoring) to clinical and ecological microbiology are described. The technique permits determination of selected microbial metabolites and can be used for the rapid diagnosis of, for example, tuberculosis by ion-focusing of specific branch-chain fatty acids. The technique is also used to determine diaminopimelic and muramic acids, and D- and L-amino acids separated by chiral gas chromatography, in the low picogram range. The latter method has the potential to detect and quantitate microbial populations.Presented at the 14th International Symposium on Chromatography London, September, 1982