Electrochemical quantification of high-affinity halide binding by a steroid-based receptor

The strength of binding between a cholapod receptor and halide anions is quantified using voltammetry at the liquid/liquid interface, revealing very high affinities and size-selectivity peaking at chloride.     

Cycloruthenated primary and secondary amines as efficient catalyst precursors for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation

[reaction: see text] Ruthenacycles obtained by cyclometalation of enantiopure aromatic primary or secondary amines with [(eta6-benzene)RuCl2]2 or with [(eta6-p-cymene)RuCl2]2 are efficient catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (TOF up to 190 h(-1) at room temperature). Enantioselectivities in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone ranged from 38% to 89%. It is possible to prepare the catalysts in situ, which allows the use of high throughput experimentation.     

Comportement thermique complexe du propionate de magnesium dihydrate

Résumé Un sel nouveau, le propionate de magnésium dihydraté, est préparé. Il cristallise dans le système monoclinique. Son étude par TG et ATD montre un comportement thermique assez complexe en trois étapes: déshydratation conduisant au sel anhydre amorphe aux rayons X, cristallisation du sel anhydre dont 25 % environ se transforment simultanément en sel basique [4Mg(C₂H₅CO₂)₂,MgO], enfin fusion et décomposition du mélange sel neutresel basique avec formation d'oxyde MgO bien cristallisé. Au cours de la décomposition, il y a dégagement de diéthylcétone, mis en évidence par chromatographie.

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A new salt, magnesium propionate dihydrate, has been prepared. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system. TG and DTA study shows rather complex thermal behaviour in three stages: dehydration leading to an anhydrous salt amorphous to X-rays; crystallization of the anhydrous salt, about 25% of which simultaneously transforms into the basic salt [4Mg(C₂H₅CO₂)₂,MgO]; fusion and decomposition of the neutral salt + basic salt mixture to a well-crystalline MgO residue. During the decomposition, gas-chromatography reveals evolution of diethyl ketone.

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Zusammenfassung Ein neues Salz, das Magnesiumpropionat-Dihydrat, wurde hergestellt. Es kristallisiert im monoklinen System. Seine Untersuchung durch TG und DTA ergibt ein ziemlich komplexes thermisches Verhalten in drei Stufen: eine Dehydratierung, welche — wie durch Röntgenbeugung nachweisbar — zum amorphen Anhydro-Salz führt, die Kristallisation des Anhydro-Salzes, wovon etwa 25% gleichzeitig in das basische Salz übergehen [4Mg(C₂H-,CO₂)₂,MgO] und schließlich das Schmelzen und die Zersetzung des Gemisches aus neutralem Salz und basischem Salz unter Bildung von gut kristallisiertem MgO. Das im Verlauf der Zersetzung freigesetzte Diäthylketon wurde chromatographisch nachgewiesen.

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Evolution of the surface polar character of pyrogenic silicas, with their grafting ratios by dimethylchlorosilane, studied by microcalorimetry

The interactions of water, hexamethyldisiloxane, and dodecane with pyrogenic silica samples, modified by a controlled partial silylation with dimethyldichlorosilane, were studied by microcalorimetry and wettability measurements. The samples, having a coverage ratio lower than dimethylsilyl (DMS) monolayer capacity ( approximately 2.6 DMS/nm(2)), show a regular and linear decrease of their heat of immersion into water with the coverage ratio and correlate with the increase of residual silanol groups. Two critical coverage ratios were evidenced at about 25 and 50% of the DMS monolayer capacity, the grafted silica remaining hydrophilic, below 25% being strongly hydrophobic beyond. The heat of immersion into hexamethyldisiloxane decreases until 50% of the DMS monolayer whereas that of dodecane remains independent of the grafting ratio. This study demonstrates that the water/residual free silica surface plays the main role in the stabilization of the W/O Pickering's emulsions.     

Influence of specific surface area of pyrogenic silicas on their heat of immersion in water and on their surface properties assessed using inverse gas chromatography

The heat of immersion and the surface properties of pyrogenic silicas were examined using microcalorimetry and inverse gas chromatography at finite concentration (FC-IGC). The microcalorimetric measurements showed a regular decrease of the heat of immersion, in water, per area unit with an increase in the surface areas. The desorption isotherms were established using FC-IGC. It is observed that BET constant value goes through a minimum, whereas the shapes of distribution function of the adsorption energies of isopropanol are changing. All results could be interpreted using a model of formation of the pyrogenic silica in the flame, which explains the change of surface functionality and geometry occurring around 200 m2/g.     

Collective behavior during the exit of a wetting liquid through a network of channels

The exit of a wetting fluid from a thin microchannel into a sudden expansion is studied experimentally. In the case of the exit from a single channel, the advancing interface converges to a parabolic shape after an initial transient, in accordance with the lubrication limit analysis of a spreading drop. The experiments are then repeated for the exit from two parallel channels. At early times, the two exiting drops behave independently and display the same evolution as a single exiting droplet, while at late times we recover a single parabolic profile. The transition between the early and late states is due to the merging of the two drops, which is associated with a sudden increase in the flow rate. This is the signature of a collective effect which acts to redistribute the fluid spatially. Finally, the experiment is generalized to the case of seven parallel channels where a cascade of two-by-two mergings is observed, indicating that local interactions dominate the dynamics which lead to the global state of the system.     

Formation of neutral methylcarbamic acid (CH3NHCOOH) and methylammonium methylcarbamate [CH3NH3+][CH3NHCO2-] at low temperature

We study low temperature reactivity of methylamine (CH3NH2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) mixed within different ratios, using FTIR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. We report experimental evidence that the methylammonium methylcarbamate [CH3NH3(+)][C3NHCO2(-)] and methylcarbamic acid (CH3NHCOOH) are formed when the initial mixture CH3NH2:CO2 is warmed up to temperatures above 40 K. An excess of CH3NH2 favors the carbamate formation while an excess of CO2 leads to a mixture of both methylammonium methylcarbamate and methylcarbamic acid. Quantum calculations show that methylcarbamic acid molecules are associated into centrosymmetric dimers. Above 230 K, the carbamate breaks down into CH3NH2 and CH3NHCOOH, then this latter dissociates into CH3NH2 and CO2. After 260 K, it remains on the substrate a solid residue made of a well-organized structure coming from the association between the remaining methylcarbamic acid dimers. This study shows that amines can react at low temperature in interstellar ices rich in carbon dioxide which are a privileged place of complex molecules formation, before being later released into "hot core" regions.     

Imagerie laser

We derive an original direct imaging method of an object. It is based on topological derivatives, and aims at inverting the amplitude of waves that are retropropagated after laser illuminations.