Book reviews

Please forward books for review to the Book Review Editor: Magdolna Hargittai, Structural Chemistry Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös University, H-1431 Budapest, Pf. 117, Hungary.     

On the structure formation of hydrophobed particles in the boundary layer of water and octane phases

Two-dimensional aggregation of the surface modified glass beads was carried out in the boundary layer of water and octane phases. The effect of particles' hydrophobicity was investigated on the structure of forming aggregates and the growth process. The structure of the aggregates and their growth were characterized by a density function which demonstrates the change of mean particle density as a function of aggregate size. The growth yielded fractal or nonfractal structures in the investigated systems. The fractal structure of the aggregates was observed to be dependent on restructuring processes controlled by the surface properties of the beads.The experimental results are compared with earlier findings for aggregation of hydrophobic beads in the boundary layer of water and air phases.On leave from Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary     

Molecular structure of ethynylbenzene from electron diffraction and ab initio molecular orbital calculations

The molecular structure and benzene ring distortions of ethynylbenzene have been investigated by gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio MO calculations at the HF/6-31G^* and 6-3G^** levels. Least-squares refinement of a model withC _2v, symmetry, with constraints from the MO calculations, yielded the following important bond distances and angles:r _g(C _i -C _o )=1.407±0.003 Å,r _g(C _o -C _m )=1.397±0.003 Å,r _g(C _m -C _p )=1.400±0.003 Å,r _g(Cr _i -CCH)=1.436 ±0.004 Å,r _g(C=C)=1.205±0.005 Å, C _o -C _i -C _o =119.8±0.4°. The deformation of the benzene ring of ethynylbenzene given by the MO calculations, including o-C_i-C_o=119.4°, is insensitive to the basis set used and agrees with that obtained by low-temperature X-ray crystallography for the phenylethynyl fragment, C₆H₅-CC-, in two different crystal environments. The partial substitution structure of ethynylbenzene from microwave spectroscopy is shown to be inaccurate in the ipso region of the benzene ring.     

EPR in non-doped irradiated polyacetylene

The influence of -irradiation on the paramagnetic properties of non-doped polyacetylene at low and high radiation doses has been studied and summarized. The dependence of the EPR spectra on the radiation dose in irradiated polyacetylene has been measured. No essential changes of the spin mobility as a consequence of irradiation were observed. Our measurements of spin concentration confirm the high resistivity of non-doped polyacetylene to radiation.     

Zur Totalsynthese von Human-Sekretin

Summary The synthesis of the heptacosapeptide amide with the primary structure of Human-secretin is described. For this purpose 7 fragments were designed, i.e. H-Gly-Leu-Val-NH₂ 25–27b,Z-Arg(Z ₂)-Leu-Leu-Gln-OH 21–24,Z-Arg(Z ₂)-Leu-Gln-OH 18–20,Z-Arg(Z ₂)-Glu(OtBu)-Gly-Ala-OH 14–17,Z-Arg(Z ₂)-Leu-OH 12–13,Z-Thr(tBu)-Ser(tBu)-Glu(OtBu)-Leu-Ser(tBu)-OH 7–11,Adoc-His(Adoc)-Ser(tBu)-Asp(OtBu)-Gly-Thr(tBu)-Phe-OH 1–6 these fragments were consequently assembled to the overall protected total sequence using the Wünsch/Weygand-method with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. After deprotection by exposure to trifluoroacetic acid in presence of 1,2-ethanedithiol and water as scavenger, the isolated crude product was purified by column chromatography on CM-Sepharose, fast flow. This synthetized Human-secretin showed the full biological activity in comparison to Porcine-secretin.

Herrn Prof. Dr. E. Bayer zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Über die Spannungskorrektur von Halbwellenpotentialen

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung des Widerstandswertes einer polarographischen Anordnung gegeben und ihre Brauchbarkeit belegt.     

Ferrocenasymmetrie, 4. Mitt.: Die Absolutkonfiguration von (β- und γ-Phenyl-α-ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen

Zusammenfassung Ringschluß von -bzw. -Phenyl--ferrocenyl-buttersäure liefert die homoannular überbrückten Ketone (- bzw. -Phenyl--ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen (VI, VII, XIV). Die Ermittlung der Absolutkonfiguration dieser Ketone gelang durch Korrelation des Asymmetriezentrums der optisch aktiven -Phenyl--ferrocenyl-buttersäure (deren Absolutkonfiguration primär bestimmt wurde) mit der Konfiguration des planar asymmetrischen Anteils in den optisch aktiven Ketonen.Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse waren auch mit der früher für (+)-1,2-(-Ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen (I) auf unabhängigem Weg ermittelten Konfiguration in Einklang, wie durch Messung des optischen Circulardichroismus erwiesen werden konnte: die rechtsdrehenden Enantiomeren besitzen die (R), die linksdrehenden (S)-Konfiguration.

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Ring closure of - and -phenyl--ferrocenylbutyric acid yielded the corresponding homoannularily bridged ketones, (- and -phenyl--ketotetramethylene)-ferrocene (VI, VII, XIV), respectively. The absolute configuration of these ketones could be established by correlation of the asymmetric center of the optically active -phenyl--ferrocenylbutyric acid (whose absolute configuration was determined previously) with the configuration of the planar asymmetric part in the optically active ketones.The results obtained support the configuration reported earlier for (+)-1,2-(-ketotetramethylene)-ferrocene (I) and established by an independent route. The configurations could also be supported by use of optical circular dichroism, i. e., the dextrorotatory enantiomers have the (R)-configuration, the laevorotatory the (S)-configuration.

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Über die Verwendung des Ausdruckes Ferrocen-Chiralität (bzw. Chiralitäts-Zentrum und Planar-Chiralität) vgl., Fußnote S. 266.

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Vgl. hierzu die Fußnote auf S. 1066

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3. Mitt. über Ferrocenasymmetrie, zugleich 24. Mitt. über Ferrocenderivate:H. Falk undK. Schlögl, Mh. Chem.96, 266 (1965).     

Ferrocenasymmetrie, 5. Mitt.: Die Anwendung eines halbempirischen Rechenverfahrens auf optisch aktive Ferrocenderivate

The procedure ofBrewster was employed in the calculation of the molecular rotation of optically active derivatives of 1,2-tetramethylene-ferrocene, which (in addition to ferrocene asymmetry) contain asymmetric (chiral) centers in the cyclohexene part of the molecule. Satisfactory agreement between the calculated and observed values for the rotations was obtained throughout. In one case, the calculation of the absolute configuration of the planarasymmetric part was successful; it was found to be in agreement with the results of an independent (experimental) method employed earlier. The absolute conformation of some of the ferrocene derivatives is discussed with the aid of optical circular dichroism.     

Local polarizabilities in molecules,based on ab initio Hartree-Fock calculations

A method to separate the total molecular polarizability, calculated in the uncoupled Hartree-Fock approximations, into local contributions is proposed. The method is tested for H₂, H₂O, H₂CO and C₆H₆ and the results are discussed. It is found that the ratio of the polarizability contributions for two atoms in a molecule almost only depends on the type of atoms and is almost independant of molecule.