Analysis of oligomeric peroxides in synthetic triacetone triperoxide samples by tandem mass spectrometry

Oligomeric peroxides formed in the synthesis of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) have been analyzed by mass spectrometry utilizing both electrospray ionization (ESI) and chemical ionization (CI) to form sodiated adducts (by ESI) and ammonium adducts (by CI and ESI). Tandem mass spectrometry and deuterium isotopic labeling experiments have been used to elucidate the collision‐induced dissociation (CID) mechanisms for the adducts. The CID mechanisms differ for the sodium and ammonium adducts and vary with the size of the oligoperoxide. The sodium adducts of the oligoperoxides, H[OOC(CH₃)₂]_nOOH, do not cyclize under CID, whereas the ammonium adducts of the smaller oligoperoides (n < 6) do form the cyclic peroxides under CID. Larger oligoperoxide adducts with both sodium and ammonium undergo dissociation through cleavage of the backbone under CID to form acyl‐ and hydroperoxy‐terminated oligomers of the general form CH₃C(O)[OOC(CH₃)₂]_xOOH, where x is an integer less than the original oligoperoxide degree of oligomerization. The oligoperoxide distribution is shown to vary batch‐to‐batch in the synthesis of TATP and the post‐blast distribution differs slightly from the distribution in the uninitiated material. The oligoperoxides are shown to be decomposed under gentle heating. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The kernel for the grand coalition of the four-person game

This paper presents a detailed procedure for computing the kernel for the grand coalition of any four-person game.     

The Effect of the Electron Density Distribution of Guest on the Entropy Change During Complex Formation of Calix[6]arene Hexasulfonate Host with ortho- and para-cresols as Guests

The π–π interaction-based inclusion complexation of calix[6 Danil de Namor, A. F., Cleverly, R. M. and Zapata-Ormachea, M. L. 1998. Chem. Rev., 98: 2495[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]arene hexasulfonate as host with neutral aromatic guest molecules was studied in aqueous media. To vary the distribution of electron density on the guest's aromatic rings, the phenol parent compound was substituted in the para- or ortho- positions with CH₃ group. To study the interaction between calixarene and the guests, PL, DSC and quantum-chemical methods were used. The results indicate 1:1 stoichiometry of the formed host-guest complexes. Although the enthalpy change during complex formation of calixarene with p- or o-cresol are the same, the Gibbs free energy change is significantly higher in the case of calixarene—o-cresol complexes. This property is due to the unexpected entropy change during the complex formation. Using molecular dynamic calculations, a guest-induced redistribution of the electron density on the calixarene rings, followed by the restructuring of the solvent molecules was identified as a background of this unexpected entropy change at molecular level.