Quantum chemical calculations for the determination of the molecular structure of conjugated compounds: Part XIII. On the conformational structure of rans-benzylideneaniline in the gas phase and in solution

Contrary to the results of other semi-empirical all-valence electron methods, the main features concerning the conformation of trans-benzylideneaniline are correctly accounted for using the NDDO method. Based on a modified continuum model the influence of solvents on the molecular structure was estimated.     

Abtrennung durch Diasolyse mit Hilfe gequollener Silicongummimembranen

Zusammenfassung Ein Gerät zur Diasolyse (Flüssig-flüssig Extraktion mit phasentrennender Membran) wird beschrieben, bei dem ein Silicongummischlauch als Membranmaterial dient. Der Einfluß einer Reihe von Parametern wurde untersucht (Pumpgeschwindigkeit, Schlauchlänge, Temperatur, pH, Volumen der wäßrigen Phase, Konzentration der zu bestimmenden Substanz, Quell- und Lösungsmittel, Fremdsubstanzen, kontinuierliche und diskontinuierliche Ausführung). Als Testsubstanzen wurden Barbiturate verwendet. Die Methode eignet sich zur Trennung von lipophilen und lipophoben Stoffen sowie zur Spurenanreicherung.

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Separation by diasolysis by means of swollen silicone rubber membranes

An apparatus for diasolysis (liquid-liquid extraction with phase separation by membranes) is described, which employs silicone rubber tubes as membrane material. The effect of various parameters has been investigated (pumping rate, tube length, temperature, pH, volume of aqueous phase, concentration of substance to be determined, swelling agent, solvent, foreign substances, continuous and discontinuous mode of operation). Barbiturates served as testing substances. The method is suitable for the separation of lipophilic from lipophobic substances and also for the enrichment of traces.

     

Eine Bemerkung zum Satz von Ivory

In 1809 J. IVORY found a distance relation between any two confocal ellipsoids in Euclidean space E³. After that, the theorem of IVORY has been formulated for any two nondegenerate confocal quadrics of the same type. In this paper we succeed in completing these results and in formulating and proving them uniformly for any two quadrics of the same type belonging to a general system of confocal quadrics.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. Oswald Giering zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet     

‘Lone pair’ Electronic Structure,Conformation and Oxidation Behaviour of Diaziridines

Photoelectron spectroscopic investigations indicate that (i) monocyclic diaziridines prefer a trans-conformation of the nitrogen-lone pairs, and (ii) the interaction between these is comparable to that exhibited by open-chain analogues, i.e. alkyl-substituted hydrazines. The chemical experience concerning the particular case of ? NH? NH? →? N?N? oxidation of diaziridines can therefore not be accounted for by a prevailing unfavorable ‘lone pair’ interaction. Thermochemical as well as entropy arguments may serve as an explanation. A rather unsatisfactory agreement between predictions from various theoretical procedures and experimental results for the ionization potentials of ‘lone pair’ MO electrons is noted.