Une nouvelle synthese de l'ellipticine et ses analogues structuraux

Two new syntheses of the 6H-pyrido [4,3-b] carbazole system are described. The first method involves the cyclization of a (2-alkyl-skatyl)-piperidone whereas the second leads to ellipticine by the participation of the indole nucleus in the rearrangement of tertiary acetylenic alcohols in acidic medium.     

Utilisation de l'ultracentrifugeuse pour la mesure des masses et pour l'etude de la polydispersite des polymeres de synthese

After a review of the two techniques based on sedimentation rate and equilibrium in binary medium, more recent methods involving the presence of a second non-macromolecular solute are described. Application of these methods to synthetic polymers is still rare but of increasing interest. The use of computers simplifies the exploitation of the measurements.     

Preconcentration of Cd(II), Pb(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) by solid-phase extraction method using 1,10-phenanthroline

Solid-phase extraction (SPE) method for preconcentration and determination of Cd(II), Pb(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) aqueous samples by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry is described. The preconcentration of analytes is accomplished by retention of their chelates with 1.10-phenanthroline in aqueous solution on a solid phase containing carboxylic acid (COOH) bonded to silica gel in a column. The limits of detection values (defined as “3s” where “s” is standard deviation of the blank determination) are 3.6 μg/L for Cd(II), 17.5 μg/L for Pb(II), 3.1 μg/L for Co(II), 2.1 μg/L for Ni(II), and 4.4 μg/L for Cu(II) and corresponding limit of quantification (6s) values are 7.2, 35, 6.2, 4.2 and 8.8 μg/L, respectively. As a result, a simple method was elaborated for the group concentration and determination of the above mentioned metals in reference material and in samples of plant material. The article is published in the original.     

Dosage de l'hydrogene,de l'azote et de l'oxygene dans le monocarbure d'uranium

A method is described for the determination of hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen in uranium monocarbide. Hydrogen and oxygen are determined by the classical or modified “Platinum flux” method at 2000° with a coefficient of variation of 10%. Nitrogen is determined at 2000° by the modification of the “Platinum flux” technique. The results obtained are in agreement with those found by Kjeldahl analysis. The coefficient of variation is about 10%. A procedure for the simultaneous determination of the 3 gases is given.     

Thermal Decomposition of Bi(III), Cd(II), Pb(II) and Cu(II) Thiocyanates

Thermal decomposition of Bi(SCN)₃, Cd(SCN)₂, Pb(SCN)₂ and Cu(SCN)₂ has been studied. The thermal analysis curves and the diffraction patterns of the solid intermediate and final products of the pyrolysis are presented. The gaseous products of the decomposition (SO₂ and CO₂) were detected and quantitatively determined. Thermal, X-ray and chemical analyses have been used to establish the nature of the reactions occurring at each stage in the decomposition.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Voltammétrie de l'argent par redissolution anodique sur electrode de carbone vitreux et application au dosage de l'argent dans l'uranium et le pluton

Anodic stripping voltammetry of silver on a glassy carbon electrode, and application to the determination of silver in uranium and plutonium.The use of a glassy carbon electrode for the anodic stripping voltammetry of silver, without deposition of a preliminary mercury film is described. The deposition time, scan rate, rotation speed and molarity of the sulfuric solution have been studied; the method is applied to the determination of silver in uranium and plutonium.     

Réactions acide-base dans l'acétamide fondu à 98° c: étude de l'acidité apparente des ions hg(II), bi(III) et cu(II) à l'aide d'une électrode de verre

Acid—base properties of molten acetamide at 98° C have been studied with different types of glass electrodes. The best results were obtained with lithium glass (for alkaline media). The acidity of metallic ions such as Hg(II), Bi(III) and Cu(II) has been established from titrations with acetamido ions. Hg(II) behaves like a diacid (the first acidity is strong, the second weak); Bi(III) is a triacid (two strong and one weak acidities); Cu(II) is a weak diacid and forms the acetamido complex Cu(AcNH)₂ whose stability constant has been determined (log β₂ = 19.3).     

Synthese et etude de l'agregation moleculaire d'amines derivees de l'adamantane

Adamantanealkanamines were prepared by a new method: the wittig reaction of aminophosphonium ylides with 2-adamantanone. Conductance measurements have been employed to examine and compare the aggregation behaviour of these compounds.     

Chemically modified silica gel with aminothioamidoanthraquinone for solid phase extraction and preconcentration of Pb(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II)

Silica gel chemically bonded with aminothioamidoanthraquinone was synthesized and characterized. The metal sorption properties of modified silica were studied towards Pb(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II). The determination of metal ions was carried out on FAAS. For batch method, the optimum pH ranges for Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) extraction were ≥3 but for Ni(II) and Co(II) extraction were ≥4. The contact times to reach the equilibrium were less than 10 min. The adsorption isotherm fitted the Langmuir's model showed the maximum sorption capacities of 0.56, 0.30, 0.15, 0.12 and 0.067 mmol/g for Pb(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II), respectively. In the flow system, a column packed modified silica at 20 mg for Pb(II) and Cu(II), 50 mg for Cd(II), 60 mg for Co(II), Ni(II) was studied at a flow rate of 4 and 2.5 mL/min for Ni(II). The sorbed metals were quantitatively eluted by 1% HNO₃. No interference from Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Cl⁻ and SO₄²⁻ at 10, 100 and 1000 mg/L was observed. The application of this modified silica gel to preconcentration of pond water, tap water and drinking water gave high accuracy and precision (%R.S.D. ≤ 9). The method detection limits were 22.5, 1.0, 2.9, 0.95, 1.1 μg/L for Pb(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II), respectively.     

Sinthese de copolymeres sequences de l'acetate de vinyle et de l'acrylate d'ethyle par telomerisation

A new two-step procedure for the synthesis of ethyl acrylate - vinyl acetate block copolymers is described : the first stage is the telomerisation of ethyl acrylate with carbon tetrachloride by redox catalysis, the second being another telomerisation of vinyl acetate, using the trichloromethyl end group of the first block as the telogen agent, with peroxydic initiation.     

Etude d'un schema de synthese peptidique intramoleculaire a l'aide de derives du phosphore tetraedrique

A new scheme of repetitive and controlled peptide synthesis offers two advantages compared to the usual methods of synthesis : two steps only are used for the prolongation of a peptide chain with an aminoacid residue and the risk of racemisation is minimized. The two postulated steps are verified particularly by the rearrangement, in an alkaline alcoholic medium, of phosphordiamides 1 incorporating one amino-acid residue, leading to the formation of the peptide derivatives 6 and 8. The severe limitations of this method are discussed.     

Synthese et configuration de l'alnincanone

Alnincanone 1, and its three diastereoisomers at C-20 and C-24, have been synthesized from dipterocarpol. The configuration of the four isomers has been defined by several independent methods; the naturally occurring alnincanone is 20S,24R.     

Spectroscopic and thermal investigations of Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Pb(II) and Al(III) caproates

Five complexes: Cu(cap)₂·4H₂O, Zn(cap)₂, Cd(cap)₂·4H₂O, Pb(cap)₂ and Al(cap)₃·4H₂O (where cap is the caproate anion?=?CH₃(CH₂)₄COO^?) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR-spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), UV-Vis spectra, ¹H NMR and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). Using the non-isothermal, Horowitz-Metzger (HM) and Coats-Redfern methods, the kinetic parameters for the non-isothermal degradation of the complexes were calculated using TG data. The infrared and ¹H NMR data are in agreement with coordination through carboxylate, with cap acting as a bridging bidentate ligand. Thermogravimetric analysis of the hydrated complexes shows that the first degradation step is release of water molecules followed by decomposition of the anhydrous complexes, with release of caproate molecules.     

Modelling the adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) onto Fithian illite

Illite samples from Fithian, IL were purified and saturated with Na(+) ions. The acid-base surface chemistry of the Na-saturated illite was studied by potentiometric titration experiments with 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001 M NaNO(3) solutions as the background electrolyte. Results showed that the titration curves obtained at different ionic strengths did not intersect in the studied pH range. The adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) onto illite was investigated as a function of pH and ionic strength by batch adsorption experiments. Two distinct mechanisms of metal adsorption were found from the experimental results: nonspecific ion-exchange reactions at lower pH values on the basal surfaces and 'frayed edges' and specific adsorption at higher pH values on the mineral edges. Ionic strength had a greater effect on the ion-exchange reactions. The binding constants for the five heavy metals onto illite were determined using the least-square fitting computer program FITEQL. Linear free energy relationships were found between the surface binding constants and the first hydrolysis constants of the metals.