A new detection method for purines in thin-layer chromatography

Summary The separation of some purines by thin-layer chromatography, utilizing precoated plates with Silicagel R as stationary phase and the following mobile phases: i-butanol: methylethylketone: ammonium hydroxide 25%: water (40252015) and n-propanol: ammonium hydroxide 25%: water (80155) is reported.Visualisation of the spots has been achieved by spraying with aqueous 1% uranyl acetate and irradiating with UV both at 254 and 366 nm. The visual detection of a spot was 0.01 g.     

Charge-transfer complexes betweenp-toluidine and iodine in solution: A kinetic study

The kinetics of charge-transfer interaction betweenp-toluidine and iodine in methylene chloride was investigated in depth. Thethermal process of formation of theinner complex was found to proceed to an equilibrium. Thephotochemical process follows a different reaction coordinate, going through the formation of an exciplex between the excitedouter complex and the amine ground state. In both cases the same ionic complex (Am ₂I⁺I ₃ ^– , whereAm stands forp-toluidine) was detected as the final product.

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Kinetische Untersuchung der Charge-Transfer-Komplexe zwischenp-Toluidin und Jod

Zusammenfassung Die Kinetik der Charge-Transfer-Wechselwirkung zwischenp-Toluidin und Jod in Methylenchlorid wurde ausführlich untersucht. Derthermische Prozeß, der zur Bildung desinner-Komplexes führt, geht bis zu einem Gleichgewicht. Derphotochemische Prozeß folgt einer unterschiedlichen Reaktionskoordinate und verläuft über die Bildung eines Exziplexes zwischen dem angeregtenouter-Komplex und dem Amin im Grundzustand. In beiden Fällen wurde derselbe ionische Komplex (Am ₂I⁺I ₃ ^– , wobeiAm fürp-Toluidin steht) als Endprodukt festgestellt.

     

A test of the Hirshfeld definition of atomic charges and moments

Summary The Hirshfeld population analysis scheme which carves the molecular density into atomic density contributions is tested. This method does not require a reference to basis sets or their respective locations, but is based on a different physical and mathematical footing. The advantage of this method is that, when the molecular deformation density converges to the true solution, the computed net charges will necessarily converge. This method also allows a straightforward definition for local moments. About 36 molecules have been used to compute the conventional Mulliken and Löwdin population analyses with STO3G, 6311G** and Dunning-Hay split valence basis sets. These results have been compared to the estimates provided by the Hirshfeld model. The charges found in the Hirshfeld method are smaller than those from the other methods.     

“Crowns”, and aromatic sextets in primitive coronoid hydrocarbons

Summary A type of graphs derived from a cycle and associated with primitive coronoids are referred to as crowns. The characteristic polynomials and matching polynomials of crowns are studied. These notions are used to calculate the sextet polynomial for primitive coronoids. Patterns of aromatic sextets are treated in some detail.

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Crowns und aromatische Sextette in einfachen coronoiden Kohlenwasserstoffen

Zusammenfassung Eine Graphentype, die von einem Cyclus abgeleitet ist und mit einfachen Coronoiden verknüpft ist, wird als Crown bezeichnet. Die charakteristischen Polynome und die matching Polynome der Crowns werden untersucht. In diesem Rahmen werden die Sextett-Polynome für einfache Coronoide berechnet. Die Muster der aromatischen Sextette werden im Detail behandelt.

     

Chemie der Pleuromutiline, 11. Mitt.: Konfigurationsumkehr der Vinylgruppe am Kohlenstoff 12 durch reversible Retro-En-Spaltung

The reaction of pleuromutilin-22-0-tosylat(2) withEtZnI afforded a mixture of the 12-epimeric compounds2 and3. A reversible retro-en-reaction of the homoallylic system is discussed as a possible mechanistic pathway. The structure assignment is based on¹H- and¹³C-NMR spectroscopic data.

Für Verbindungen dieser Substanzklasse, die auf ihre antibakterielle Aktivität geprüft werden, ist erfahrungsgemäß eine basisch substituierte Acylgruppierung in Position 14 erforderlich⁴. Heterocyclische Acylgruppierungen erwiesen sich dabei als besonders wirkungsvoll.     

Benzimidazole condensed ring systems,VI: Organic azides in heterocyclic synthesis,X: Synthesis of some substituted pyrimido[1,6-a]-benzimidazoles as potential antimicrobial agents

Summary The syntheses of 3-chloro derivatives of 2-alkyl-pyrimido[1,6-a]benzimidazol-1(2H)-ones2a, b as well as of 4,4-dichloro and 4,4-dibromo derivatives of 2-alkylpyrimido[1,6-a]benzimidazole-1,3(2H,4H)-diones3 a, b and4 are reported. Methods for converting some of the chloro compounds to azido (5, 6), amino (8), morpholino (9 a,10,11), piperidino (9 b), cyano (12), and methoxy (13) derivatives of the adopted tricyclic system are also described.

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Kondensierte Ringsysteme des Benzimidazols, 6. Mitt.: Organische Azide in der Heterocyclen-Synthese, 10. Mitt.: Synthese von substituierten Pyrimido[1,6-a]benzimidazolen als mögliche antimikrobielle Wirkstoffe

Zusammenfassung Die Synthese von 3-Chlor-2-alkyl-pyrimido[1,6-a]benzimidazol-1(2H)-onen (2 a, b) und von 4,4-Dichlor- und 4,4-dibrom-pyrimido[1,6-a]benzimidazol-1,3(2H,4H)-dionen (3 a, b, 4) wird beschrieben. Diese Verbindungen lassen sich zu den entsprechenden Azido- (5, 6), Amino- (8), Morpholino- (9 a, 10, 11), Piperidino- (9 b), Cyano- (12) und Methoxy- (13) Derivaten umwandeln.

     

‘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     

Novel techniques for plasma diagnostics: Electron paramagnetic resonance and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Diagnostic techniques for low-pressure, cold plasmas have mostly been limited to emission and mass spectrometry. Herein, the techniques of gas-phase electron paramagnetic resonance and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy are briefly reviewed. Particular attention is paid to their attributes which make them good candidates for plasma diagnostic tools. It is found that gas-phase electron paramagnetic resonance can be used to determine and monitor the absolute concentration of a number of important plasma species, e.g., free radicals and atoms. Laser-induced fluorescence can also monitor, with even more sensitivity, but perhaps not so well absolutely, the concentrations of many plasma species, e.g., free radicals, metastable excited states, and molecular ions.     

Oxidation of organic compounds by ozone on a surface

Adamantanol was obtained by the ozonization of adamantane, at -78 ° C, adsorbed on silica gel. Ozone does not decompose on silica gel in the absence of a substrate.Ozonization of adamantane on silica gel is accompanied by chemiluntinescence in the IR region. The chemiluminescence quenching is of first-order with the effective rate constantk'. In the range from 0.4 to 5 mmol, k' depends linearly on the amount of adamantane adsorbed on the silica gel. The activation energy E_a = 9.97±1.89 kcal mol^–1 and the pre-exponential factorA = (2.76±0.52) - 10⁶ were calculated from the temperature dependence ofk'.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 375–378, February, 1996.     

Application of interactive image analysis to light scattering patterns of some polymer systems

In this paper we describe a system for interactive picture analysis useful for extraction of various types of physical information from both real- and Fourier-space images. The possibility of hardware and software operations are illustrated, with examples of applications such as analysis of light scattering patterns from phase separated systems, semicrystalline polymer films with significant supermolecular morphology and from less regular polymer systems with a pronounced speckle effect. The analysis concentrates on both spatial and time dependent scattering processes and measurements of intensity correlation of scattered light. Although the present examples of application are limited to light scattering patterns of polymer systems, the technique of interactive picture analysis is useful for quantitative extraction of information from real-and Fourierspace images of arbitrary structure.     

Bestimmung der Aktivitätskoeffizienten im chromatographischen Modell „binärer Lösungen“

An explanation is given for the two possible ways of determination of the activity coefficients of solutes, when applying a new thermodynamic model of adsorption and partition chromatography, i. e. the binary solutions model.

     

The calcination of limestone — Studies on the past, the presence and the future of a crucial industrial process

The calcination of limestone is one of the oldest technical processes and it is still of actual interest. Very early calcitic mortars from Turkey have been investigated and compared with materials of other early civilisations i.e. with Egyptian mortars containing gypsum as well as medieval dolomite-based mortars from alpine regions. Contemporary calcination procedures, in particular the cement production, range among the most important global industrial processes causing non neglectable environmental problems. Sustainable, solar energy assisted calcination technologies and the conversion of product CO₂ into useful commodities are discussed.The authors like to thank Prof. K. von Salis Perch-Nielson, Institute of Geology, ETH Zürich, for assistance in sedimentological investigations.     

Solute-solvent effects in the acidic dissociation of the ampholyte N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylglycine (“tricine”) in 50 mass % methanol-water solvent

The pK values for the two acidic dissociation steps of the ampholyte N-tris-(hydroxymethyl)methylglycine (tricine) in 50 mass % methanol-water solvent have been determined by emf measurements of cells of the type Pt|H₂(g, 1 atm), tricine buffer, Br^–, AgBr|Ag over the range 5 to 50°C (pK ₁)and 5 to 60°C (pK ₂).The standard thermodynamic quantities H^o, S^o, and C _p ^o for the two dissociation processes have been derived and are compared with the corresponding values for tricine and the parent glycine in water and with those for other acids in 50 mass % methanol-water solvent. Both tricine and protonated tricine become weaker acids when methanol is added to the aqueous solvent. It appears that a strong stabilization of the zwitterion in water is responsible for this behavior. This conclusion is supported by comparing the changes in entropy and heat capacity for the dissociation of tricine with the values of these quantities for the dissociation of model acids of simple structure, such as ammonium ion and acetic acid.On leave 1971–1973 from Drury College, Springfield, Missouri     

Calculation of some electronic excited states of formaldehyde

The optimized MO's of several excited states of formaldehyde have been calculated by means of a large basis set of modified Gaussian functions; particular attention has been paid to the * transition. The total energy of the various states has been obtained as the sum of the SCF and correlation energies; the last one has been calculated as a functional of the electronic density. The calculated values for the transition energies are in good agreement with the experiment. A strong interaction of the * state with the continuum is evidentiated; this fact can justify the absence of the * band in the absorption spectrum.     

peri-Naphthylenediamines 18. 1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)-4-vinylnaphthalene

The 1-[1,8-bis(dimethylamino)-4-naphthyl[ethyl carbocation generated from the corresponding alcohol in benzene in the presence of Al₂O₃ undergoes elimination according to theE1 mechanism to give previously unknown 1,8-bis(dimethylami no)-4-vinyl naphthalene in a good yield. This compound was also synthesized from 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)-4-formylnaphthalene by the Wittig reaction. Polymerization of the vinylic derivative obtained was studied.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2297–2300, September, 1996.     

Photochemical addition of diethyl ether to β,β,β',β'-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)divinyl ether

The 1:1 adducts of diethyl and ,,','-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)divinyl ether (1),i.e., 3,5-(ee)-bis[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane (2) (3 isomers) and 4-ethoxy-1,1,1-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethyl-3-[3,3,3-trifluoro-2(trifluoromethyl)propenyloxy]pentane (3), have been obtained by UV-irradiation of a solution of divinyl ether1 in diethyl ether. The X-ray structural investigation of the all-(e)-isomer of dioxane (2) has been carried out.Deceased.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 85–88, January, 1994.     

Effect of the melt annealing time on the crystallization of nylon-6 with various molecular weights

The effect of melt annealing duration at 260 °C-high above melting temperature on the crystallization of nylon-6 with various molecular weights (between 5 800 and 255 500) using dilatometric and calorimetric (DSC) techniques has been studied. The samples were laboratory synthesized, purified and characterized by GPC. It was found that the crystallization behavior of nylon-6 depends strongly on the melt annealing duration as well as on the molecular weight. This effect is explained by the gradual destruction of the crystallization centers during annealing of the melt. The experimental data support the well known memory effect and the recently observed accumulative memory effect on the same polymer     

Acetylenchemie 7. Mitt.: Mechanistische Studien zur Synthese von Pyrano-[3,2-c]chinolin-Alkaloiden aus 4-Hydroxychinolin-2-onen und 3-Chlor-3-methylbut-1-in

The pyrano-cyclisation of 4-hydroxy-(1-methyl)-1H-quinoline-2-one with 3-chlor-3-methylbut-1-yne, supposed to proceed via an ether or vinyl intermediate, is studied by alkylating different 4-hydroxyquinolines. The nine derivatives characterized favour the ether-pathway (Späth type chromene synthesis).

     

The determination of enthalpies of formation of organic free radicals from bond dissociation energies. 5. Organosulfur radicals

The formation enthalpies (H _f°) of 12 organosulfur radicals (R^·) were determined for the first time from the published values of dissociation energies of R—X bonds.