First measurement of the transverse spin asymmetries of the deuteron in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering

First measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarized 6LiD target are presented. The data were taken in 2002 with the COMPASS spectrometer using the muon beam of the CERN SPS at 160 GeV/c. The Collins asymmetry turns out to be compatible with zero, as does the measured Sivers asymmetry within the present statistical errors.     

An analysis of the influence of vibrations on electric field gradient tensors in solid hydrates

A method is described for calculating the influence of vibrational motion on the electric field gradient tensors at deuterons in solid hydrates using librational tensors. The method is applied to model calculations to illustrate the effect of normal modes which involve a mixture of standard wagging, twisting and rocking modes.     

Synthesis of Cyclic Polyamines by Enzymatic Generation of an Amino Aldehyde In Situ

Multifunctional polycationic polyamines, for example, used in drug and gene delivery, have product range limitations in their synthesis methods. Here, we synthesize a polyamine by forming a self‐assembling amino aldehyde from the corresponding amino alcohol with horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (HLADH), followed by reduction. Circular polyamines were synthesized from 3‐amino‐propan‐1‐ol as starting material, analogous to cyclic polyamines formed from azetidin. The product had an isolated yield of 89.7% or 15.3 g L⁻¹. The predicted range of possible polyamine products by this method is broad since many amino alcohols are putative substrates for HLADH. The enzyme also had activity for 2‐amino‐propan‐1‐ol and 2‐amino‐2‐phenyl‐ethanol, for which the enantioselectivity was 330 (S) and 32 (R), respectively.