Preparation and photochromic properties of dye-doped aluminosilicate and ORMOCER gels and coatings

Aluminosilicate and ORMOCER gels and coatings containing photochromic dyes, 1, 3-dihydro-1, 3, 3-trimethylspiro-[2H-indole-2, 3-[3H]-naphth-[2, 1-b][1, 4]-oxazine] (SO) and 1, 8a-dihydro-2, 3-dimethoxycarbonyl-spiro [fluorene-9, 1-indolizine] (DHI), were prepared by the sol-gel method and the photochromic activity was monitored in the course of the sol-wetgel-xerogel transformation. The photochromic activity of the aluminosilicate gels decreases rapidly and even vanishes in the wetgel-xerogel stage while that of ORMOCER gels and coatings levels off in the early wetgel-xerogel stage at a reasonably high photochromic intensity with the colour-fading speed similar to that in ethanol and the photostability being considerably improved. The experimental results are discussed in terms of the matrix effect on photochromism of organic dyes.     

Simultaneous determination of aluminium and iron in glasses,phosphate rocks and cement using first- and second-derivative spectrophotometry

First- and second-derivative spectrophoto-metric methods for the simultaneous determination of aluminium and iron in their mixtures are described. The methods are based on the colored complexes formed by aluminium and iron with hematoxylin in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a surfactant. The zero-crossing method has been utilized to measure the first- and second-derivative value of the derivative spectrum. Aluminium (0.05–1 gml^-1) could be determined in the presence of iron (0.09–1.6 gml^-1) and vice versa. The detection limits of aluminium and iron are 0.01 and 0.09 gml^-1, respectively in the first-derivative mode and 0.014 and 0.1 gml^-1 in the second-derivative mode. The proposed method has been applied to the simultaneous determination of aluminium and iron in glasses, phosphate rocks, cement and magnesite alloy.     

Crystal and molecular structure of aroyl- and acetylhydrazones of acet- and benzaldehydes

Aroyl- and acetylhydrazones of acet- (I) and benzaldehydes (IV) and benzoylhydrazones of acet- (II) and benzaldehydes (III) were studied by x-ray structural and quantum-chemical methods in order to establish their structures. Compund (I) was the EEZ structure in the crystal. Calculations and spectral data showed that the EEE form occurs in nonpolar solvents and in the gas phase. According to crystallographic data molecules (I)–(IV) are the E-isomers (relative to the N-N bond) and the hydrazone fragments are planar. Intermolecular N-H...O H-bonds from in the crystals. The data obtained suggest that the majority of acylhydrazones are conformationally rigid on dissolution although exceptions do occur. Apparently the reasons for the difference of acetyl- and benzoylhydrazones in electrocarboxylation reactions are electronic and not steric factors.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 75–81, January, 1991.     

Physical aging and vitrification in polymers and other glasses: Complex behavior and size effects

The paradigmatic view on the transformation of a supercooled liquid into a glass, so-called vitrification or glass transition, and the subsequent time evolution of the non-equilibrium glass, addressed as physical aging, relies on the exclusive role of the main relaxation with super-Arrhenius temperature dependence. The aim of the present review is to carefully scrutinize the wealth of recent experimental results, above all in polymeric glasses, showing the relevance of other relaxational mechanisms in both vitrification and physical aging. While the $$ relaxation bears dominant role in both phenomena in proximity of the glass transition temperature, $$, a broad view on a much wider temperature range indicates that vitrification and physical aging are mediated by non- $$ mechanisms of equilibration. This review also shows that a reduction of the typical time scale of equilibration can be achieved in glasses with large free interface, namely with reduced sample size. In this way, fast non- $$ mechanisms of equilibration can be exploited to convey glasses to low energy states in experimentally feasible time scales, thereby attaining information on the existence of the so-called “ideal glass” in small sized samples.     

GC-MS characterization and quantification of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products

Summary A GC-MS method has been studied for characterization and quantification of phytosterols, cholesterol and cholesterol oxidation products. Baseline separations have been achieved between cholesterol, cholesterol 5-6-epoxide, 5-cholestene-3-ol-7one (7-keto-cholesterol), cholestene-3-5-6-triol, 5-cholestene-3-25-diol (25-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-20-diol (20-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-7-diol (7-hydroxycholesterol) and 5-cholestene-3-19-diol (19-hydroxycholesterol) as well as between -cholestane, cholesterol, stigmasterol, campesterol and -sitosterol. Excellent linearity of response has been obtained permitting reliable quantification. The characterization of each derivatized sterol has been performed by mass-spectrometry. The results confirm the utility of combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the analysis and characterization of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products.     

Synthesis and1H NMR and13C spectroscopy of L-arabinopyranosyl biosides

Conclusions The 3-0- and 4-0-trityl ethers of the acetates of methyl -L- arid methyl -L-arabinopyranosides were synthesized. The glycosylation of the ethers with the aid of 3,4-di-0-acetyl-1,2-0-(1-exo-cyano)ethylidene--L-arabinopyranose and the subsequent deacetylation of the synthesized products yielded the disaccharides: methyl 4-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)-,methyl 4-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)-, and methyl 3-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)--L-arabinopyranoside; and methyl 4-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)-, methyl 4-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)-, methyl 3-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)-, and methyl 3-0-(-L-arabinopyranosyl)--L-arabinopyranoside.The assignment of the signals in the PMR and¹³C NMR spectra of the synthesized arabinopyranosyl biosides was carried out, allowing the determination of the type and configuration of the glycosidic bond by means of which the arabinopyranose residues are linked in the oligo- and polysaccharide chains.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 200–209, January, 1986.     

Frequencies and integral intenstities of the lactone and ester carbonyls of natural guaianolides

The frequencies and integral intensities of the IR bands of the stretching vibrations of lactone and acyclic ester carbonyls at C-8 of ten natural guaianolides and their derivatives, and of three model compounds have been studied. The most probable interpretation of the change in the value of A_C=O and _C=O of the lactone carbonyl have been suggested. In elegin and some of its derivatives, acroptilin, chlorohyssopifolin B, and eleganin, a lowering of the values of A_C=0 and _C=0 in comparison with dihydroelegin, hexahydroelegin, and the hydroxylactone of cynaropicrin is caused by nonvalent interactions of the lactone carbonyl with the -exocyclic double bond. The increase in A_C=O and _C=O in dihydroelegin, hexahydroelegen, and the hydroxylactone of cynaropicrin is due to the angular strain of the -lactone ring. It has been shown that in an acyclic side chain at C-8 an increase in the integral intensity and in the frequency of the ,-unsaturated ester carbonyl relative to guaianolides in which the terminal vinyl group at C-17 is absent is due to a conjugation effect.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 805–811, November–December, 1987.     

Electronic structure and properties of pyridyl- and quinolylamines

The -electron structures and spectra corresponding to singlet -singlet - transitions of neutral and protonated pyridyl- and quinolylamine molecules were calculated by the MO LCAO method within the semiempirical Pariser-Parr-Pople approximation with allowance for configuration interaction. It is shown that the -electron density distribution explains the different directions of nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution reactions in the neutral and protonated heterocycle molecules. It is concluded that the character of protonation of amino-substituted quinolines is distinct.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 520–524, April, 1972.     

New instruments and methods for enthalpimetric analysis and calibration

A review is given of recently developed instruments used in thermometric analysis and new methods of direct injection enthalpimetry.In the past two years, several types of Tronac (Orem, Utah) and Setaram (Lyon, France) calorimeters have been developed. A new mixing cell construction led to development of a flow instrument for automated thermometric analyses (Technicon, Tarrytown N. Y.). A new type of Hungarian instrument, Ditermanal (Orion, Budapest) permits arbitrary analyses.At the Technical University in Brno, small table twin isoperibol instruments allowing the direct analyses of solid samples have been developed. The use of PTC thermistors and a calibration device improved the accuracy of measurements.Many new methods of silicate and lime analysis, water determination, etc. have been elaborated.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Übersicht über die zur thermometrischen Analyse eingesetzten, entwickelten Instrumente und neuen Methoden der Direkt-Injektion Enthalpimetrie wird gegeben.In den zwei vergangenen Jahren wurden verschiedene Kalorimetertypen TRONAC (Orem, Utah) und SETARAM (Lyon, France) entwickelt. Eine neue Mischzellenkonstruktion ermöglichte es ein Durchflussinstrument für automatische thermometrische Analysen (TECHNICON, Tarrytown, N. Y.) zu entwickeln. Ein neuer ungarischer Instrumententyp, DITERMANAL (ORION, Budapest), ermöglicht die Durchführung von Schiedsanalysen.An der Technischen Universität Brno wurden kleinen Zwillings-Isoperibol-Tisch Instrumente entwickelt, welche auch die direkten Analysen fester Proben ermöglichen. Der Einsatz von PTC-Thermistoren und einer Eichvorrichtung erhöhte die Messgenauigkeit.Viele neue Methoden der Silikat- und Kalkanalyse, Wasserbestimmungen usw. wurden erarbeitet.

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Résumé On passe en revue les instruments récemment mis au point et utilisés en analyse thermométrique ainsi que les nouvelles méthodes d'enthalpimétrie par injection directe.Dans les deux dernières années, divers types de calorimètres ont été mis au point: TRONAC (Orem, Utah) et SETARAM (Lyon, France). La réalisation d'une nouvelle cellule de mélange a permis de mettre au point un appareil à flux pour les analyses thermométriques automatiques (TECHNICON, Tarrytown, N. Y.). Un nouveau type d'instrument hongrois, DITERMANAL (ORION, Budapest) permet d'effectuer des analyses arbitrales.A l'université technique de Brno de petites tables instruments jumeaux isopériboliques permettant aussi d'effectuer des analyses directes des corps solides ont été réalisés. L'application de thermistors PTC et un dispositif pour l'étalonnage augmentent l'exactitude des mesures.Des méthodes nouvelles nombreuses pour l'analyse des silicates, des pierres calcaires, de l'eau, etc., ont fait l'objet d'études.

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Trends and demands in and on trace element analysis in the biomedical and environmental field

Problems in trace element analysis in the biomedical and environmental field are discussed, especially for the most interesting elements, as well as adequate analytical techniques for their analysis. The state of the art for the relevant elements, the recommended methods as well as the new speciation analysis are briefly described. Besides these points, quality control, becoming more and more important to improve the reliability of analytical data, is discussed.     

The inclusion of pyronine B and pyronine Y by beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins A kinetic and equilibrium study

Equilibrium and temperature-jump spectrophotometric studies show that the mono-cation of pyronine B (PB) is included by beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins (CD and CD) to form the labile complexes PB. CD, PB. CD and (PB)₂. CD in water. The equilibrium, kinetic and structural aspects of these complexes and those formed by pyronine Y are discussed in conjunction with data characterizing the inclusion of other dyes by cyclodextrins.     

Synthesis and NMR studies of 2- and 3-fluorosubstitued five-membered heterocycles

A set of 2-fluoro- and 3-fluoro-substituted thiophenes, pyrroles and furans has been synthesized by a treatment of the corresponding lithio derivatives with N-fluorodibenzenesulfonamide. For all these compounds, and coupling constants and NMR chemical shifts have been measured. In all cases, a dramatic increase of the couplings has been observed in 2-fluoro- and 3-fluoro-substituted compounds in comparison with those measured for the parent compounds. The same is valid for measured in 3-fluoro derivatives.The DFT calculations performed for 2- and 3-fluoro-substituted compounds reproduce very well the experimental coupling values and show that the Fermi contact contribution is the main factor determining their magnitude. Also the trends observed in the NMR shieldings are well reflected in the calculated DFT data.     

Electrostatic and structural similarity of classical and non-classical lactam compounds

Various electrostatic and structural parameters for a series of classical and non-classical -lactams were determined and compared in order to ascertain whether some specific -lactams possess antibacterial or -lactamase inhibitory properties. The electrostatic parameters obtained, based on the Distributed Multipole Analysis (DMA) of high-quality wavefunctions for the studied structures, suggest that some non-classical -lactams effectively inhibit the action of -lactamases. As shown in this work, such electrostatic parameters provide much more reliable information about the antibacterial and inhibitory properties of -lactams than do structural parameters.     

Compounds of Acetamide and Its Analogs with Inorganic Acids: Synthesis and Properties

Quantum-chemical calculations with the MOPAC and HYPERCHEM programs and MNDO, AM1, and PM3 methods were used to identify the reaction center in the molecules of protonated acetamide and its analogs (alkylamides) and to determine the effect of their nature on reactivity. The results of calculations are supported by IR and UV data. The change in the reactivity of alkylamides during their reaction with inorganic acids is explained by the effect of the nature of a basic or acid partner.     

Molar cotton-mouton constants and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of benzyl chlorides and benzyl bromides

Conclusions Due to thearom^–gsC-Hal* interaction, the magnetic susceptibility ellipsoids of -haloalkylbenzenes, with the exception of ,'-p-xylylidene bromide, undergo rearrangement of the semimajor axes with a decrease in the diamagnetic component in direction 1, 4 and along the axis of symmetry of the electrons in the ring.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No No. 7, pp. 1552–1557, July, 1986.     

1,4-Benzodiazepines and their cyclic homologs and analogs

A new method, consisting in the reaction of o-aminobenzophenones with -chloropropionyl chloride and subsequent treatment of the resulting 2-(-chloropropionylamino)benzophenones with ammonia, is proposed for the synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,5-benzodiazocin-2-ones.Communications I–VII were published under the title 1,4-Benzodiazepines and Their Derivatives. See [1] for communication VII.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1705–1706, December, 1972.     

Thermal conductivities of polytetrafluoroethylene and polychlorotrifluoroethylene between 4.2 and 20 K

The thermal conductivities of bulk technical samples of polytetrafluoroethylene and polychlorotrifluoroethylene were measured in the temperature range 4.2–20 K by application of the steady-state method. An interpretation of the thermal conductivity data in terms of the available theoretical and empirical models is presented.

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Zusammenfassung Die thermischen Leitfähigkeiten technischer Einzelproben von Polytetrafluoräthylen und Polychlortrifluoräthylen wurden im Temperaturbereich von 4.2 bis 20 K durch Einsatz der Festkörper-Methode gemessen. Eine Deutung der thermischen Leitfähigkeitsangaben wird anhand der zur Verfügung stehenden theoretischen und empirischen Modelle gegeben.

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This work was done in the International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, Wrocaw, Poland.