Hydrogen bonding and charge transfer in some interactions involving methyl glyoxal and formamide

Summary The possibility of hydrogen bonding between the nucleic-acid bases and methyl glyoxal or formamide is studied through an IEH calculation; the charge transfer and hydrogen bond indices support this hypothesis. The CH...Y indices are similar to those of usual hydrogen bonds. In six of the nine configurations previously proposed by other authors in order to analyse the H₂S-formamide interactions, formamide is predicted to be an electron acceptor.

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Riassunto In un calcolo IEH, si studia la possibilità del legame a idrogeno fra le basi costituenti gli acidi nucleici ed il metilgliossale o la formamide, il trasferimento di carica e gl'indici del legame a idrogeno sembrano confermare l'ipotesi. Gl'indici CH...Y sono simili a quelli dei legami a idrogeno usuali. In sei delle nove configurazioni, proposte da altri autori per analizzare l'interazione fra il solfuro d'idrogeno e la formamide, questa risulta essere un accettore di elettroni.

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Резюме Используя вычисления IEH, исследуется возможность водородной связи между основаниями нуклеиновых кислот и глиоксалом метила или формамидом. Перенос заряда и индексы водородной связи подтверждают зту гипотезу. Индексы CH...Y являются аналогичными для обычных водородных связей. В шести из девяти конфигураций, ранее предложенных другими авторами для анализа взаимодействий ?H₂S-формамид?, предсказывается, что формамид является акцептором злектронов.

     

Spin physics with internal targets and the blast detector

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Spin-dependent electron-proton scattering in the Delta-excitation region

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Dynamic response of underpasses for high-speed train lines

Underpasses are common in modern railway lines. Wildlife corridors and drainage conduits often fall into this category of partially buried structures. Their dynamic behavior has received far less attention than that of other structures such as bridges, but their large number makes their study an interesting challenge from the viewpoint of safety and cost savings. Here, we present a complete study of a culvert, including on-site measurements and numerical modeling.The studied structure belongs to the high-speed railway line linking Segovia and Valladolid in Spain. The line was opened to traffic in 2004. On-site measurements were performed for the structure by recording the dynamic response at selected points of the structure during the passage of high-speed trains at speeds ranging between 200 and 300 km/h.The measurements provide not only reference values suitable for model fitting, but also a good insight into the main features of the dynamic behavior of this structure. Finite element techniques were used to model the dynamic behavior of the structure and its key features. Special attention is paid to vertical accelerations, the values of which should be limited to avoid track instability according to Eurocode. This study furthers our understanding of the dynamic response of railway underpasses to train loads.     

Indolopyridines with a hetero atom at a position of fusion. 6. Electrophilic substitution in indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline

Nitration, halogenation, azo coupling, aminomethylation, hydroxymethylation, and acylation reactions of indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline in a neutral or weakly acid medium gave derivatives at the C₍₁₁₎ position (the pyrrole ring). Using nitrosation as an example, it was shown that electrophilic substitution at the benzene ring of the indole fragment can occur in a strongly acid medium.For Communication 5 see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 83–89, January, 1994.     

Treatment of singularities in 2-D domains using BIEM

The singularities which arise when there is a sudden change of boundary conditions are modelled using spectral shape interpolation functions. The procedure can be used for elasticity as well as potential theory and to any degree of accuracy with respect to the smooth part of the curve.