Use of the method of metastable defocusing for the analysis of the processes involved in the fragmentation of lycoctonine bases

The metastable transitions in the mass spectra of 21 lycoctonine bases have been studied by the method of metastable defocusing (MD). It has been established that as a criterion of the monotypicity of single-stage fragmentation reactions it is possible to use a linear dependence of the relative intensities of the metastable peaks (MPs) on the stability of the daughter ion. In the MD spectra of the ions formed in several stages, to characterize the generality of the breakdown reactions, in addition to the intensities of the MPs, the accurate positions of their maxima and the general shape of the curve are important.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 481–495, July–August, 1984.     

Mass spectrometry of metastable ions from lagochiline-type diterpenoids

Low-and high-resolution mass spectra and spectra of metastable ions were studied using direct analysis of daughter ions (DADI) and metastable defocusing (MD) of lagochiline-type diterpenoids. Patterns in their fragmentation were found. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 56–60, January–February, 2007.     

Analysis of metastable defocusing spectra of lycoctonine bases having 7,8-methylenedioxy groups

The parameters of the MD spectra of the fragmentary ions of 21 lycoctonine alkaloids with 7,8-MDOGs have been investigated. On this basis, the monotypicity of the main fragmentation processes characteristic for the individual groups of compounds have been confirmed. A decrease in the number of common group characteristics of the MD spectra of the ions arising as the result of multistage breakdown processes is caused by alternative methods for their formation. This is not shown only by the doublet nature of the fragmentary ions. The results of a comparison of the MD spectra with the structures of the molecules have confirmed the hypothesis expressed previously concerning the 7,8-MDOG as the center of localization of the charge, competing with the nitrogen atom and facilitating the elimination of various substituents from the diterpene skeleton. A comparison has been made of two methods of evaluating the common nature of the fragmentation reaction: from the energies of the metastable transitions and from the relative intensities of the metastable peaks. The two methods give mutually supplementary information concerning the nature of the fragmentation processes.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 397–407, May–June, 1987.     

Spectra of the metastable ions on steroid sapogenins and their dihydro derivatives

Characteristic distinguishing features of the mass spectra of steroid sapogenins of the spirostan series and their dihydroderivatives are considered. The MD and B/E = const spectra of all the key ions have been studied. It has been established that the relative intensities of the metastable peaks obtained by the two methods have close values. The orders of these magnitudes are the same for monotypical fragmentation processes. The correlation between the parameters of the spectra is disturbed if a daughter of one has a number of alternative formation pathways. On the whole, the linked-scanning spectra are characteristic to the extent that they contain metastable peaks of analogous transitions possessing close parameters.Institute of Chemistry of the Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Special Design Bureau of Analytical Instrument Construction, Scientific and Technical Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Translated from Khimiya Priorodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 489–497, July–August, 1990.     

Mass spectra of 1,19-epoxycardenolides

The mass spectra of six 18,19-epoxycardenolides (ECs) with various substituents in the 3β position — OH, OAc, rhamnosyloxy have been studied. In all the spectra the contribution of the fragments characteristic for cardenolides formed by the cleavage of the bonds of rings C and D were lowered. The strongest peaks were those of ions with m/z 259, 272, and 285 arising on the splitting out of the elements of rings A and B. It was established by the metastable defocusing (MD) method that in the case of the 3β-ols these fragments are formed from M⁺ and in the case of acetyl derivatives, in addition, they may arise from the (M — AcOH)⁺ ions. The spectra of the epoxycardenolides were compared with the structure of 3β,5β,14β,19-tetrahydroxycardenolide (strophanthidol) and its 3β-monoacetate and 3β,19-diacetate. The MD spectra and elementary compositions of the ions showed that other mass-spectrometric conditions strophanthidol monoacetate decomposes partially in the form of the 8,19-epoxycardenolide.     

基态和亚稳态的Ca、Ba原子与ClO2化学发光反应的动态学研究

在束-气装置上的单次碰撞条件下, 利用低压直流放电选择性地激发碱土金属到亚稳态, 观察了Ca(~1S)、Ca(~1S’~3P)、Ba(~1S)、Ba(~1S, ~3D)+ClO_2。反应的化学发光. 通过测量化学发光总包光强的空间分布, 得到这些反应的总碰撞截面为: Ca(~1S)+ClO_2, 0.97 nm; Ca(~3P)+ClO_2, 1.38 nm; Ba(~1S)+ClO_2, 13.6 nm; Ba(~3D)+ClO_2, 2.39 nm, 计算机模拟化学发光光谱, 发现新生产物MO(M=Ca, Ba)的电子激发态A~1П态的相对振动布居分布是非玻尔兹曼分布的, 求出反应Ba(~3D)+ClO_2和Ca(~3P)+ClO_2产生的MClC~П→X~2 ∑~+跃迁的化学发光截面分别为0.51 nm和0.31 nm, 计算光谱中不同成份的光强, 得到了反应产生MO、MCl的产物分支比. 最后, 讨论了这类反应的机理。     

B/E linked scanning spectra of the molecular and fragmentary ions of lycoctonine bases

The B/E linked scanning spectra of the M⁺, (M-15)⁺, and (M-OR₁)⁺ ions and those of some other series have been investigated. The characteristic nature of the individual intensities of the metastable peaks (the magnitudes A) with the same R₁ radicals for different groups of alkaloids has been shown for the spectra of the M⁺ and (M-15)⁺ ions. The reason for the quantitative differences of the B/E spectra of the (M-OH)⁺ ions from the spectra of the (M-OCH₃)⁺ and (M-OAc)⁺ ions, consisting in the influence of alternative methods of eliminating an OH radical, has been found. It has been confirmed that the values of A of analogous transitions calculated from the B/E and MD spectra are close to one another. On the other hand, the values of the energy of the metastable transitions obtained by these two methods differ from one another by two orders of magnitude.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Special Design Bureau of Analytical Instrument Construction, Scientific and Technical Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 72–84, January–February, 1991.     

钙钛矿型CaSiO_3解压缩和重压缩过程的分子动力学模拟

用分子动力学模拟方法（MD）研究了300 K时钙钛矿型CaSiO_3，从高压到负压 的解压缩过程。MD模拟获得的P-V关系与实验数据相近，与已报道的MD模拟数据基 本一致，所得体积模量也在实验数据分布范围内。减压缩和重压缩的MD模拟数据与 实验结果相似。钙钛矿型CaSiO_3解压缩成非晶态时，存在两个结构破坏阶段：破 坏硅氧八面体和破坏钙氧二十面体。当钙氧二十面体被破坏后，重压缩不能得到钙 钛矿型结构。只要钙氧二十面体未被破坏，重压缩可恢复钙钛矿型结构。本研究得 到的结果尚未见相关报道。由MD模拟数据计算了CaSiO_3系统的红外光谱，分析这 些数据可知钙钛矿型CaSiO_3解压缩非晶化是一个二阶软模相变。研究表明钙钛矿 型CaSiO_3结构存在一个等容的亚稳极限，其解压缩非晶化是一个受动力学控制的 亚稳状态。     

Angle-resolved metastable fragment yields spectra of N2 and CO in K-edge excitation energy region

Angle-resolved metastable fragments yields spectra have been measured in the N 1s ionization region of the N(2) and C 1s ionization region of CO. These spectra are compared with zero kinetic energy electron and photoelectron spectra. It has been shown that an isotropic metastable fragments yields spectra are almost identical with the ZEKE spectrum, whereas metastable fragments yields spectra with the Σ-Σ transition show similarity with photoelectron spectra. This means that these spectra clearly contain information about two shake-up mechanisms: conjugate and direct shake-up processes. All the peaks in the metastable photofragment spectra can be assigned as either satellite states or double/triple excitation states. Thus, it was shown that angle-resolved metastable photofragment spectroscopy could be used to help characterize multi-electron excitation states in general.     

Electron-impact-induced rearrangements of organic ions VIUnimolecular reactions of isomeric[C8H9]+ions

Metastable ion spectra and deuterium labelling have been used to investigate a series of gaseous [C₈H₉]+ ions of isomeric structures. The similarity of the intensities of their metastable loss of hydrogen, acetylene and ethylene molecules and metastable reactions of specifically labelled ions, suggests that the [C₈H₉]+ reacting ions, formed initially with different structures, isomerise to a common structure or mixture of structures via deep-seated rearrangement reactions which render all hydrogen atoms equivalent. The isomerisation process involved is controlled by a conversion of a vinyl bond into an allyl-type bond, thus destroying the aromatic moiety.     

Template effect in the competition between Haeckelite and graphene growth on Ni(111): quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulations

Quantum chemical molecular dynamics (QM/MD) simulations of ensembles of C(2) molecules on the Ni(111) terrace show that, in the absence of a hexagonal template or step edge, Haeckelite is preferentially nucleated over graphene as a metastable intermediate. The nucleation process is dominated by the swift transition of long carbon chains toward a fully connected sp(2) carbon network. Starting from a pentagon as nucleus, pentagons and heptagons condense during ring collapse reactions, which results in zero overall curvature. To the contrary, in the presence of a coronene-like C(24) template, hexagonal ring formation is clearly promoted, in agreement with recent suggestions from experiments. In the absence of step edges or molecular templates, graphene nucleation follows Ostwald's "rule of stages" cascade of metastable states, from linear carbon chains, via Haeckelite islands that finally anneal to graphene.     

Metastable transitions in the mass spectra of methyl and phenylthiohydantoin derivatives of amino acids

The mass spectra of a number of methyl- and phenylthiohydantoin amino acid derivatives have been obtained. The major metastable transitions occurring in the mass spectra of these derivatives have been identified and measured. The major fragmentation pathways associated with the metastable transitions have been outlined and are discussed for each group of compounds. Inspection of the metastable data has shown that there is at least one unique metastable transition occurring for each thiohydantoin derivative which may be used to uniquely identify that derivative in the presence of a mixture of thiohydantoin derivatives obtained from the Edman degradation of a peptide or protein. The use of metastable ions to uniquely identify thiohydantoin derivatives in mixtures has proven useful in the identification of the MTH and PTH derivatives of glycine whose molecular ions are not unique and for resolving such ambiguities as occur for example in the mixture of leucine and isoleucine.     

Zur Kenntnis der metastabilen Übergänge in Massenspektren organischer Verbindungen

Observations in the mass spectra of several organic compounds indicate that metastable ions do not constitute conclusive evidence for one-step decomposition processes or elimination of structural entities. Contrary to accepted views it appears that metastable ions may arise from two-step or possibly even from multi-step fragmentation reactions.     

Graphene Oxide (GO) as Stabilizer for Preparing Chirally Helical Polyacetylene/GO Hybrid Microspheres via Suspension Polymerization

Hybrid materials consisting of polymers and graphene are gathering ever‐growing interest. This article reports a novel methodology for preparing chirally helical polyacetylene/graphene hybrid microspheres (MPs) via suspension polymerization in which graphene oxide (GO) or alkynylated GO (M GO) serves as a sole stabilizer. Such polymerizations show remarkable advantages in circumventing the difficulties in usual suspension polymerizations and especially in directly providing clean hybrid MPs. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectra, and electron dispersive spectroscopy indicate that graphene sheets cover the MPs through physical interaction (GO) or covalent bonds (M GO). The hybrid MPs are also characterized by Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Circular dichroism spectra demonstrate that the polymer chains constituting the MPs adopt predominantly one‐handed helices, endowing the MPs with intriguing optical activity. The established strategy opens a new approach for preparing hybrid MPs constructed by acetylenic polymers and GO.     

Effects of stereoisomerism on the electron impact fragmentation of some compounds with an eburnane skeleton1

The mass spectra of five sets of stereoisomers possessing an eburnane basic skeleton (vincamine, vincaminic acid ethyl ester, deoxyvincamine, deoxyvincaminic acid ethyl ester, apovincaminic acid ethyl ester and all their possible epimers) have been compared. All of the epimers, among them the 3H-β isomers, not studied formerly, have characteristically different electron impact spectra. For vincamine and its epimers similar differences were also found in the argon charge exchange ionization, mass-analysed ion kinetic energy and collisionally activated mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra. The main effects of stereoisomers on the abundance ratios clearly indicated the occurrence of some highly stereospecific or stereoselective decomposition processes. Conclusions concerning the mechanism of these reactions, based on the normal and metastable ion spectra as well as on some energetic data for the epimers, have also been drawn. For several fragment ions the observed unexpected abundance differences seem to be rationalized in terms of the competing effects of other decomposition processes of higher stereoselectivity.     

Mass spectral analysis of schiff bases derived from 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione and 1,2-diaminoethane, 1,3-diaminopropane, 1,4-diaminobutane and 1,2-diaminobenzene and their copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes

The mass spectra of the title compounds have been determined and special attention has been given to metastable transitions and ion composition assignments. The interpretation of the mass spectra of N,N'-ethylenebis(5,5,5-trifluoro-4-oxopentan-2-imine) and its metal complexes is relatively straightforward. Bond breaking α and β (with H transfers) to nitrogen in the ethylenediamine portion of the molecule overwhemingly dominates the spectra. Changing the diamine bridge adds new features to the spectra in both expected and unexpected ways. Ligand fragmentation changes little when complexed to nickel as compared to hydrogen. Chelation of Cu(II) on the other hand leads to new fragmentation channels which increase in importance as electron availability in the diamine bridge increases. These new reactions are attributed to a reduction of the copper centre in the molecule.     

Consecutive reactions in the vitamin D series. A New insight into the mechanism of vitamin D and provitamin D isomerizations in the mass spectrometer

The individual steps of the consecutive reactions arising from metastable molecular ions, derived from vitamin D₃, vitamin D₂ and their respective provitamins (7-dehydrocholesterol, ergosterol), were examined in different field-free regions of a triple-sector mass spectrometer of B/E/E geometry. The comparison of the translational energy release (T) and the metastable peak shapes corresponding to these reactions, as well as unimolecular and collision-induced dissociation mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra, showed that there are probably two structures of the [M – H₂O]⁺˙ and [M – CH₃˙]⁺ ions depending upon whether the respective ions are formed in the ion source through high-energy reactions, or from the fragmentation of metastable molecular ions through slow, low-energy processes which occur in the first field-free region.     

Sustainability of microporous polymers and their applications

Microporous polymers (MPs) are studied for their intriguing chemistry and physics as well as their potential application in catalytic transformations, gas-separation processes, water purification and so on. Here, we critically review MPs with respect to the sustainability aspects of their synthesis as well as their applications that have sustainable character. Some MPs have been synthesized from monomers derived from biomass resources, but there is certainly a large potential for further developments. There are also opportunities to improve the sustainability of MP synthesis in terms of the use of solvents, catalysts, and related aspects. The applications of MPs in processes related to sustainability depend upon multiple properties. A rich and flexible chemistry is important to applications as catalysts for, among other useful reactions, the photoreduction of CO₂ and selective oxidation. The (ultra)micropore volume of MPs are crucial in gas-separation applications such as CO₂ capture, and the chemisorption of CO₂ on MP-tethered alkylamines could offer a means to remove that gas from dilute mixtures. When it comes to the storage of H₂ and CH₄ in MPs for onboard use in fuel cell or biogas cars, volumetric capacity is paramount, meaning that the density of the MPs must be considered. Finally, for use in separation and purifications from liquid mixtures (aqueous or hydrocarbon-based), crosslinked MPs are more limited than the solution-processable MPs that can be more easily processed into films and membranes.     

Electron impact studies—LXV: Negative-ion mass spectrometry of functional groups 2-aryl-1,3-dithianes

The negative-ion mass spectra of 2-aryl-1,3-dithianes contain pronounced molecular anions together with fragment ions which are produced by both simple and complex cleavage reactions. These spectra contain further examples of specific hydrogen scrambling processes in negative ions. Nitroaryldithianes give intense negative-ion spectra, and that of the o-nitro derivative exhibits an unusual proximity effect. The fragmentation patterns have been examined using both ²H and ¹³C labelling and the metastable defocusing technique.