Electrical, electrochemical, and thermomechanical properties of perovskite-type (La1?x Sr x )1?y Mn0.5Ti0.5O3?δ (x?=?0.15–0.75, y?=?0–0.05)

Strontium additions in (La_1?x Sr _x )_1?y Mn_0.5Ti_0.5O_3?δ (x?=?0.15–0.75, y?=?0–0.05) having a rhombohedrally distorted perovskite structure under oxidizing conditions lead to the unit cell volume contraction, whilst the total conductivity, thermal and chemical expansion, and steady-state oxygen permeation limited by surface exchange increase with increasing x. The oxygen partial pressure dependencies of the conductivity and Seebeck coefficient studied at 973–1223?K in the p(O₂) range from 10^?19 to 0.5?atm suggest a dominant role of electron hole hopping and relatively stable Mn³⁺ and Ti⁴⁺ states. Due to low oxygen nonstoichiometry essentially constant in oxidizing and moderately reducing environments and to strong coulombic interaction between Ti⁴⁺ cations and oxygen anions, the tracer diffusion coefficients measured by the ¹⁸O/¹⁶O isotopic exchange depth profile method with time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometric analysis are lower compared to lanthanum–strontium manganites. The average thermal expansion coefficients determined by controlled-atmosphere dilatometry vary in the range 9.8–15.0?×?10^?6?K^?1 at 300–1370?K and oxygen pressures from 10^?21 to 0.21?atm. The anodic overpotentials of porous La_0.5Sr_0.5Mn_0.5Ti_0.5O_3?δ electrodes with Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_2-δ interlayers, applied onto LaGaO₃-based solid electrolyte, are lower compared to (La_0.75Sr_0.25)_0.95Cr_0.5Mn_0.5O_3?δ when no metallic current-collecting layers are introduced. However, the polarization resistance is still high, ~2 Ω?×?cm² in humidified 10?% H₂–90?% N₂ atmosphere at 1073?K, in correlation with relatively low electronic conduction and isotopic exchange rates. The presence of H₂S traces in H₂-containing gas mixtures did not result in detectable decomposition of the perovskite phases.     

Electronic mechanism for refractive-index changes in intensively pumped Yb:YAG laser crystals

Refractive-index changes accompanying changes in population of electronic levels of Yb3+ ions in a Yb:YAG laser disk under intense diode and laser pumping have been studied by use of both a highly sensitive polarization interferometer and transient grating testing at 633 nm. The electronic change of the index that is due to excitation of the Yb3+ ions (which have different polarizability of ground state 2F7/2 and excited level 2F5/2) is strongly predominant over the thermal component. The polarizability differences are deltap (1.9 +/- 0.8) x 10(-26) and (1.95 +/- 0.25) x 10(-26) cm3 as measured at 633 nm in interferometric and transient grating experiments, respectively.     

Partition into terms with prime numbers

The survey covers works on the additive number theory during the period 1954–1977. Results pertaining to the classical problems of Goldbach, Hardy-Littlewood, and analogous problems are considered.Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Algebra, Topologiya, Geometriya, Vol. 16, pp. 5–33, 1978.     

Structure of dimethoxyamine in the crystalline and gaseous phases and in solution

Conclusions It has been established by the methods of x-ray diffraction analysis and electron diffraction analysis and measurements of the dipole moments and the birefringence that in the crystalline and gaseous phases, as well as in solution, N,N-dimethoxyamine has a gauche-gauche conformation, which is stipulated by a stabilizing nO-N-O* orbital interaction. The geometric parameters of the molecule have been determined.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2235–2242, October, 1986.     

Stereochemistry of 1,3-Diheterocyclanes: III. Crystal and Molecular Structure and Conformations of cis- and trans-5-Phenoxy-1,3,2-dioxathiane 2-Oxides

The stereoisomers of 5-phenoxy-1,3,2-dioxathiane 2-oxide both exist as chair conformers with an axial S = O bond. The features of conformational behavior, distinguishing this diastereomeric pair from earlier studied are explained in terms of the conformational energies of substituents in the 1,3-dioxane series.     

Jacobsen-type enantioselective hydrolysis of aryl glycidyl ethers. 31P NMR analysis of the enantiomeric composition of oxiranes

The enantioselective partial hydrolysis of a number of racemic aryl glycidyl ethers in the presence of chiral Co(salen)-catalyst was studied. The enantiomeric composition of the isolated (R)-aryl glycidyl ethers was analyzed by ³¹P NMR using optically active substituted 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes. A synthesis of -adrenoblocking agents (S)-toliprolol and (S)-moprolol based on the simultaneously obtained (S)-3-aryloxypropane-1,2-diols was proposed.     

Acidity of di- and triprotected hydrazine derivatives in dimethyl sulfoxide and aspects of their alkylation

The pK(a) values in DMSO for 22 di- and triprotected hydrazine NH acids and two monosubstituted hydrazines have been determined using potentiometric titration. The results of density functional theory calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G level of gas-phase acidities of a representative selection of mono-, di-, and trisubstituted hydrazines are compared with both the relevant published and novel experimental titration data. In the course of this work, a rough estimation of the pK(a) value of hydrazine in DMSO (ca. 38.0) has been deduced. For typical triprotected compounds of this kind containing moderately electron-withdrawing carbamate and imidodicarbonate or arenesulfonylcarbamate functions the pK(a) values fall in the range 15.1-17.3, whereas for N,N'-diprotected hydrazines with a carbamate and an aromatic sulfonyl group the corresponding values are 12.7-14.5. Several of these triprotected derivatives have recently been applied preparatively in stepwise synthesis of substituted hydrazines using alkyl halides as electrophiles in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, and a few of them, with varying success, have been examined in model experiments with benzyl alcohol, triphenylphosphine, and diethyl azodicarboxylate in the Mitsunobu reaction. The dependence of the reactivity on the intrinsic acidity of the hydrazines in this reaction is highlighted. Furthermore, the regioselective alkylation of an N,N'-diprotected hydrazine can be rationalized on the basis of the presented data.     

Steric structure of aryl chloromethyl ethers based on electrooptical data

Conclusions p-Substituted phenyl chloromethyl ethers have a conformation with a gauche orientation of the C-Cl and C-O bonds; the aromatic ring is removed from the COC plane by 40°.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2720–2724, December, 1985.