The reactive states of ions: Octatrienes and dimethyl substituted cyclohexadienes

The principal decomposition routes of molecular ions of cis, cis, cis-2,4,6-octatriene, cis, cis, trans-2,4,6-octatriene, trans, cis, trans-2,4,6-octatriene, trans-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene and cis-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene were studied using ion kinetic spectroscopy. The loss of radicals from [M]⁺· appears to proceed via a ground state, while loss of a neutral molecule appears to involve either complete equilibration of structure within the system or both ground state and excited state pathways.     

Eine neue Verbindung der Zusammensetzung 9 BaNiO2·2 BaCO3

Zusammenfassung Bei der Reaktion von BaCO₃ mit NiO bildet sich unter bestimmten Bedingungen ein kristallines Pulver der Zusammensetzung 9 BaNiO₂ · 2 BaCO₃. Die Verbindung zeigt scharfe Röntgeninterferenzen, die sich kubisch indizieren lassen. Es wurden elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahmen gemacht sowie Elektronenstrahlfeinbereichsbeugungen durchgeführt. Das IR-Spektrum wurde aufgenommen und die magnetische Suszeptibilität bestimmt.

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A new compound 9 BaNiO₂·2 BaCO₃

During the reaction of BaCO₃ with NiO under special conditions a crystalline powder with the composition 9 BaNiO₂ · 2 BaCO₃ is formed. This compound shows clear X-ray patterns which can be indexed using a cubic cell. Electron microscopic investigations have been carried out and selected area diffraction patterns have been taken. The IR-spectrum and the magnetic susceptibility have been proved.

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Zdanovskii’s Rule and Isopiestic Measurements Applied to Synthetic Bayer Liquors

Isopiestic measurements of mixed electrolyte solutions involving sodium hydroxide and other components of Bayer liquors were performed at 50?°C and 100?°C. Most of the systems studied obey Zdanovskii’s rule exactly or very closely. However, those with sodium chloride as one of their components show deviations from Zdanovskii’s rule, which are well predicted by our thermodynamic modelling software based on Pitzer’s equations.     

Spectroscopic investigations in molecularly organized solvent media. Part 3. Examination of the nitromethane selective quenching rule in aqueous anionic + cationic and anionic + nonionic mixed surfactant solutions

Applicability of the nitromethane selective quenching rule for discriminating between alternant versus nonalternant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is examined for 20 representative PAH solutes dissolved in micellar sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) + cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), SDS + dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB), SDS + Brij-35, and SDS + sodium octanoate (SO) mixed surfactant solvent media. Experimental results show that nitromethane quenched fluorescence of all 8 alternant PAHs studied in the four different solvent systems. Unexpected quenching behavior was observed, however, in the case of nonalternant PAHs. Nitromethane quenched fluorescence emission of nonalternant PAHs dissolved in the SDS + SO solvent media, which is contrary to the selective quenching rule. In the case of the mixed anionic + cationic surfactant solvent media, nitromethane quenching selectivity was restored at concentration ratios of approximately 4 : 1 (anionic:cationic) or less. Received: 22 May 1997 / Revised: 29 September 1997 / Accepted: 3 October 1997     

Isolation of essential oils from tobacco by gas co-distillation/solvent extraction

Summary The essential oils have been isolated from tobacco leaves using a simple gas co-distillation apparatus. The method involves co-distillation with water under the continuous stream of an inert gas with subsequent single solvent extraction of the distillate. The extract is analysed on GC and GC/MS in splitless injection mode without further concentration. The method was evaluated for reproducibility using n-octadecane as an internal standard. The distillation-extraction procedure was reporducible with an average deviation of ±3% for the major constituents. The present method was applied to the analyses of the essential oils of other agricultural products.Dedicated to Dr. L. S. Ettre on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

Comparison of gas chromatographic and high-performance liquid chromatographic assays for the determination of debrisoquine and its 4-hydroxy metabolite in human fluids

A comparison of an established gas chromatographic assay for 4-hydroxydebrisoquine and debrisoquine and a modified high-performance liquid chromatographic assay was made. Both assays used guanoxan as the internal standard and required derivatization of all three compounds with acetylacetone at 96 degrees C for 2.5 h and subsequent ethereal extraction and cleaning steps before chromatographic analysis. For detailed pharmacokinetic studies the gas chromatographic assay was more sensitive in the measurement of low concentrations in plasma, but the liquid chromatographic assay was adequate for phenotyping the 4-hydroxylation of debrisoquine in a population. In the latter assay a mobile phase consisting of 70% methanol in water at pH 3.5 (adjusted with orthophosphoric acid containing 10 mM 1-pentanesulphonic acid was employed (flow-rate 1.5 ml/min) with a pre-column (C8) linked to a reversed-phase muBondapak C18 cartridge in a Z-module. The eluate was detected at 248 nm. With this assay it was observed that the buccal absorption of debrisoquine and 4-hydroxy-debrisoquine was affected by the pH of the buccal medium. This indicates that urinary pH may influence the excretion of both substances at high pH. The debrisoquine-to-4-hydroxydebrisoquine ratio may be dose-dependent.     

Examination of the different procedural steps in the determination of organotin compounds in water samples

Previous animal experiments suggested that the Magos cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopic (CVAAS) method might overestimate the concentrations of inorganic mercury (I-Hg) in the presence of methylmercury (MeHg). In the present study it is shown that this error is due to a fast degradation of MeHg during the formation of the analytical signal. For brain samples, about 5% of the total amount of MeHg in the reaction vessel is degraded to I-Hg. Speciation of Hg in aqueous solution of MeHg chloride, after purification with ionexchange chromatography using the Magos method, showed that about 9% was I-Hg. Analysis by NMR of MeHg chloride and MeHg hydroxide showed that less than 1% was in the form of I-Hg. The absolute magnitude of the error in the CVAAS method is dependent on the amounts of SnCl₂ and MeHg in the reaction vessel; however, the ratio of I-Hg to total (T-Hg) is shown to be independent of the amount of MeHg (25.5–255 ng as Hg) in the reaction vessel. A procedure for corrections is proposed, based on the results from these studies and empirical data from speciation analyses of brain tissue from MeHg-exposed rats and rabbits.     

Analysis of terbutaline in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection using a micro-electrochemical flow cell.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of terbutaline in human plasma in the range 1-35 ng/ml. Detection was achieved using a carbon fibre micro-electrochemical detector and a column-switching system. The microelectrode cell has advantages over conventional glassy carbon electrode-based detection systems in that it is easy to prepare, flexible in its operation and suffers less trouble from problems such as air bubbles and leaks. Furthermore, it has a better detection limit for terbutaline (0.8 ng/ml) to that obtained using a conventional glassy carbon electrode flow detector (2 ng/ml). Sample clean-up was by on-line solid-phase extraction with column switching, providing a method which was sensitive and reproducible, where the mean overall coefficient of variation was 5.60% and drug recovery in excess of 86% at the concentration levels studied.     

Untersuchungen zur thermischen Zersetzung von Boraten

In spite of numerous investigations the literature data on the thermal decomposition of borax are contradictory. On the basis of thermal, X-ray, gas analytical and optical investigations this fact can be attributed to the complex decomposition mechanism. After the release of about 8 mole water the reaction product is an X-ray amorphous phase, having the thermal behaviour of glass. From this glass sodium diborate (Na₂O.2B₂O₃) crystallizes between 500–600? with further mass loss. Sodium diborate decomposes from about 700? incongruently yielding NaBO₂ vapor and B₂O₃ glass phase. After evaporation of NaBO₂ is completed the rate of evaporation of B₂O₃ increases considerably.     

Etude dilatométrique de la cristallisation et de la transformation polymorphe du polybutène — 1 isotactique

Résumé On étudie par dilatométrie la cinétique de cristallisation et de la transformation III de trois échantillons de polybutène-1 isotactique. On montre que la cristallisation de l'échantillon fondu est initiée par des germes hétérogènes, dont le nombre varie d'un échantillon à l'autre. La vitesse de cristallisation varie linéairement avec l'inverse du degré de surfusion (T ^–1), sa variation thermique étant indépendante de l'échantillon. On met en évidence l'importance de la cristallisation secondaire, qui suit le processus autocatalytique. D'autre part, la transformation III, après refroidissement, est initiée par des germes apparaissant sporadiquement dans les fibrilles lamellaires de la texture sphérulitique, et elle se propage le long de celles-ci. D'une manière générale la vitesse de transformation isotherme dépend de l'histoire thermique: on examine ici l'influence de la température de cristallisation primitive et celle d'une trempe préalable aux basses températures. Cette dernière engendre un grand nombre de germes, dont la fraction qui résiste à une élévation de température, accélère la transformation. On discute, enfin, les trois volumes de référence déterminant la cristallinité des échantillons dans les deux formes. On propose une nouvelle échelle de cristallinité, dont la cohérence est confirmée par l'invariance des valuers des coefficients de dilatation des deux formes de cristaux, déduites de la dilatation des échantillons obtenus après trempe ou cristallisation isotherme à haute température.

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Summary Kinetics of crystallization and transformation III are investigated dilatometrically with three isotactic Polybutene-1 samples. Primary autocatalytic crystallization from the supercooled melt is initiated by a heterogeneous nucleation process, the number of nucle being determined by the previous temperature of the melt. The rate of crystallization depends linearly on the reciprocal of the degree of supercooling (T ^–1) and its thermal variation is identical for the three samples investigated. The importance of the secondary cristallization, which follows the primary process, is emphasized. On the other hand, the transformation III, which occurs after cooling the semicristalline sample in the room temperature range, is initiated by nuclei appearing sporadically in the lamellar ribbons of the spherulitic texture and they grow linearly along these ribbons. In general the isothermal rate of transformation depends on the previous thermal history of the sample: the influence of the cristallization temperature and that of quenching to low temperatures are systematically investigated. Such a quenching prior to transformation generates a great number of nuclei, a fraction of which persiste even at higher temperatures and increases the rate of transformation. Reference volumes, which determine the cristallinity of PB-1 in its two forms, are discussed. A new cristallinity scale is proposed, the coherence of which is confirmed by the constant values of the expansion coefficients of the two cristalline forms, calculated from the actuel thermal expansion of the semicristalline material, the cristallinity of which varied in a large range.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird an drei isotaktischen Polybuten-1-Proben die Kinetik der Kristallisation und der Transformation von II nach I untersucht. Eine primäre autokatalytische Kristallisation aus der unterkühlten Schmelze wird durch einen heterogenen Keimbildungs-Prozeß initiiert. Die Zahl der Keime ist durch die vorausgehende Temperatur der Schmelze bedingt. Die Geschwindigkeit der Kristallisation hängt linear vom reziproken Wert der Unterkühlung ab (T ^–1) und die thermische Variation ist identisch für alle drei untersuchten Proben. Die Wichtigkeit der Sekundär-Kristallisation, die dem primären Prozeß folgt, wird betont. Andererseits wird die Transformation von II nach I, die nach Abkühlen der halb-kristallinen Probe auf Raumtemperatur eintritt, durch Keime initiiert, die verstreut in den laminaren Rippen der sphärulithischen Textur erscheinen. Sie wachsen linear längs der Rippen. Im allgemeinen hängt die isotherme Geschwindigkeit der Transformation von der thermischen Vorgeschichte der Probe ab. Der Einfluß der Kristallisations-Temperatur und der des Abschreckens zu tiefen Temperaturen werden systematisch untersucht. Ein Abschrecken vor der Transformation erzeugt eine große Zahl von Keimen, von denen ein Bruchteil auch bei höheren Temperaturen fortbesteht und die Transformations-Geschwindigkeit so erhöht. Referenz-Volumina, die die Kristallinität von PB-1 bestimmen, werden diskutiert in ihren zwei Formen. Eine neue Kristallinitäts-Skala wird vorgeschlagen, deren Zutreffen durch die konstanten Werte der Ausdehnungs-Koeffizienten der zwei Kristall-Formen, berechnet aus dem tatsächlichen Ausdehnungsverhaltens des semikristallinen Materials, dessen Kristallanteil in einem großen Bereich variierte, gesichert wird.

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Avec 12 figures en 14 détails et 8 tableaux

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Beursier del'OTAN pendant l'année 1966.