Accurate fast neutron activation analysis for oxygen in geological materials

Sources of error in the fast neutron activation analysis determination of oxygen have been investigated and minimised. The oxygen contents of eighteen international rock standards and a sulphide ore standard have been determined, and compared with the values calculated by difference using the reported full analyses. Accuracies of 0.3% average deviation and reproducibilities of ±0.2% standard deviation have been obtained, where oxygen contents exceeded 1.0 g.     

THE SYNERGISTIC ACTION OF ULTRAVIOLET AND X RADIATION ON MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12

Abstract— Prior UV irradiation increased the X-ray sensitivity of wild-type E. coli K-12. This synergistic effect of combined UV and X irradiation was also observed, but to a reduced extent, in uvrA, uvrB, uvrC , and polA mutants, but was absent in exrA, recA, recB , or recC mutants of E. coli K-12. Alkaline sucrose gradient studies demonstrated that the wand err gene-controlled, growth-medium-dependent (Type III) repair of X-ray-induced DNA single-strand breaks was inhibited by prior UV irradiation. This inhibition probably explains the synergistic effect of these two radiations on survival.     

Investigation of the reduction of methylenequinones by methods of polarography and EPR spectroscopy

Conclusions The polarographic reduction of certain methylenequinones was studied, and the mechanism of the reduction was investigated by the method of EPR spectroscopy.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1656–1658, July, 1970.     

Determination of enthalpies of formation of organic free radicals from bond dissociation energies 2. Halosubstituted radicals

The enthalpies of formation (ΔH _f ^o) for 23 halosubstituted radicals were determined from the published data on bond dissociation energies. The ΔH _f ^o values of the corresponding molecules necessary for the calculation of ΔH _f ^o of the radicals were taken from handbooks or calculated by the additive-group method. The conjugation energies of the radicals are calculated, and the effect of substituents at the π-system on these values was shown. Errors of determination of the ΔH _f ^o values of the radicals were estimated. For Part 1, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 643–646, April, 1998.     

Simultaneous comparison of δ31P and 1JPN for the assignment of E/Z-stereochemistry of the phosphorus-nitrogen double bond in iminophosphines R-P=N-R′

 The analysis of ³¹P and ¹⁵N NMR data of a series of 40 iminophosphines R-P=N-R′ reveals that the E/Z-stereochemistry of the PN double bond can be predicted on the basis of a simultaneous comparison of the values of δ³¹P and ¹J_PN. Received: 31 May 1996/Revised: 2 July 1996/Accepted: 5 July 1996     

Meldrum's acid and its analogs

2-Substituted or 2,2-disubstituted 4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxanes, which are analogs of Meldrum's acid and were obtained by reaction of malonic acid with acetic anhydride and the appropriate carbonyl compound in the presence of sulfuric acid, exist in solution preferably in a single form according to the PMR and ¹³C NMR spectral data. Fluctuation of the CH₂ group is not observed. The mass spectra are characteristic and are distinguished by splitting out of the carbonyl compound from the molecular ion or successive splitting out of CO₂ and ketene molecules. The Meldrum acid analogs do not affect plant growth but have a depressive effect on the central nervous system of animals and low toxicity.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1482–1486, November, 1975.