Die Farbreaktion von Arylhydrazinen nach Postowsky

Zusammenfassung Es wurde bewiesen, daß bei der Farbreaktion von Arylhydrazinen mit Selendioxid und 1-Naphthylamin die entsprechenden Diazoniurasalze gebildet werden. Diese wurden nach der Oxydation mit SeO₂ papierchromatographisch nachgewiesen und parallel wurden die gleichen Diazoniumsalze, die durch Diazotierung der betreffenden Amine dargestellt wurden, chromatographiert. Auch die nach der Reaktion mit 1-Naphthylamin gebildeten Azofarbstoffe wurden dünnschichtchromatographisch verglichen. Bei 18 Arylhydrazinen war die Farbreaktion positiv, eine negative Reaktion gaben N-Acetyl- und N-Formyl-N-phenylhydrazin, N,N-Diphenyl-hydrazin, p-Nitrophenylhydrazin und das 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazin.

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The colour reaction of arylbydrazines according to Postowsky

Summary Paper chromatography was used to proof that diazonium salts are formed during the oxidation of arylhydrazines with SeO₂. They were identified by comparison with those obtained by diazotization of the corresponding amines. The azo dyes formed after the reaction with 1-naph-thylamine were compared by thin-layer chromatography. Eighteen tested arylhydrazines gave a positive colour reaction. A negative result was obtained with N-acetyl- and N-formyl-N-phenylhydrazines, N,N-diphenyl-hydrazine, p-nitrophenylhydrazine and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine.

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Unichem, Generaldirektorium, Pardubice.     

Pseudopotential calculations on Rb+2, Cs+2, RbH+, CsH+ and the mixed alkali dimer ions

Semi-empirical pseudopotentials are used in calculating the ground-state potentials curves for single valence-electron molecular ions. Very accurate results are obtained and a number of predictions given. The ionization energies of the neutral dimers are evaluated. A spectroscopic rule enables us to estimate the A ¹Σ⁺ state of KRb and RbCs.     

A second-quantization representation of the Epstein-Nesbet partitioning of the full hamiltonian

A second-quantization representation of the Epstein-Nesbet partitioning of the total electronic hamiltonian is suggested. In this approach, the unperturbed hamiltonian contains not only the one-particle orbital energies but also the Coulomb and corresponding exchange two-particle terms. Such a hamiltonian can advantageously be used in all branches of the many-body diagrammatic perturbation theory for simple and correct inclusion of the diagonal ladder and ring diagrams in all orders of perturbation theory.     

Tüpfelnachweis von Magnesium

Zusammenfassung Diazotiertes p-Nitroanilin gibt mit Ammoniumhydroxid einen gelben Niederschlag, der sich in alkalischem Medium rot färbt. Dieses Reagens kann in alkalischem Milieu zum Tüpfelnachweis von Magnesium angewendet werden. Auch Nickel gibt die Reaktion, aber nur in geringerem Maß. Die mit Alkali fällbaren Metalle müssen vorher entfernt werden. Alkaliund Erdalkalimetalle stören den Nachweis nicht. Der Nachweis der Struktur des Reagens wird eingehend beschrieben.

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Spot test detection of magnesium

Summary Diazotizedp-nitroaniline yields a yellow precipitate with ammonium hydroxide and this product turns red in alkaline medium. This reagent in an alkaline milieu may be employed for the spot test detection of magnesium. Nickel likewise gives this reaction, but only to a slight extent. The metals that can be thrown down with alkali must be removed beforehand. Alkali and alkaline earth metals do not interfere with the test. The question as to the structure of the reagent was been studied in detail.

     

Substoichiometric determination of manganese by neutron-activation analysis

A simple and rapid method for the substoichiometric determination of traces of manganese in various materials by neutron-activation analysis has been developed. After dissolution of the irradiated test sample, manganese(II) carrier is added and subsequently oxidised by peroxodisulphate to the heptavalent state. The permanganate thus formed is finally extracted into chloroform as tetraphenylarsonium permanganate using a substoichiometric amount of tetraphenylarsonium chloride. This single separation step isolates radiochemically pure manganese-56 in the analysis of a relatively simple material in which interfering elements (gold, rhenium, etc.) are absent. When this is not true, a preliminary separation of manganese from the irradiated sample, based on the extraction of manganese diethyldithio-carbamate into chloroform and followed by stripping of the manganese with dilute sulphuric acid, must be used. A simultaneously irradiated standard containing manganese must be treated in exactly the same way as a test sample. In the materials analysed by the new method 10(-5) to 10(-3)% of manganese has been determined.     

An indirect flame emission spectrometry method for the determination of traces of sulphur. I

Summary An accurate and simple indirect method of flame emission spectrometric determination of small quantities of elemental sulphur is described. The method is based on the reduction of elemental sulphur by means of sodium borohydride and oxidation of the resulting boron-sulphur compounds to sulphate by means of hydrogen peroxide. The determinations can be carried out in the presence of methanol, acetone, dimethylformamide, toluene and benzene. The detection limit of the reported method is 1 ppm of sulphur.

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Indirekte etnissionsspektroskopische Bestimmungsmethode für Spuren elementaren Schwefels. I.

Zusammenfassung Eine genaue und einfache, indirekte, emissionsspektroskopische Methode zur Bestimmung geringer Mengen elementaren Schwefels wurde ausgearbeitet. Sie besteht in der Reduktion des elementaren Schwefels mit Hilfe von Natriumborhydrid und in der Oxydation der entstehenden Bor-Schwefel-Verbindung zu Sulfat mit Hilfe von Wasserstoffperoxid. Die Analyse wurde in Methanol, Aceton, Dimethylformamid, Toluol und Benzol durchgeführt. Die Erfassungsgrenze beträgt 1 ppm Schwefel.

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Presented at the 8th International Microchemical Symposium, Graz, August 25–30, 1980.     

The effect of the mechanical properties of the molecular network on the wool-water isotherm

Summary The present position of theoretical investigation of the water-content versus relative humidity isotherm is briefly indicated. Previous workers have anticipated an effect on equilibrium water-content arising from the mechanical properties of the keratin network. Such an effect is reported for supercontracted wool fibres and for reduced and S-methylated fibres, for which an increased saturation water-content is observed. In the case of S-methyl wool, saturation water-content shows little or no dependence on the number of disulphide cross-links, however it does depend on the number of S-methyl groups present. The results are considered in terms ofFlory-Huggins solution theory, and it is indicated that this theory can be usefully applied for relative humidities in excess of 85%. In normal wool solution absorption is permitted only in the noncrystalline component, but in supercontracted wool or S-methyl wool takes place in both components. Even when saturation water-content is greatly increased the isotherm is not appreciably changed below 85% R. H., indicating that no additional sites for strong binding of water become available; apparently all such sites are accessible in normal wool at approximately 85% relative humidity.

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Zusammenfassung Der gegenwärtige Stand theoretischer Untersuchungen für den isothermen Wassergehalt gegen relative Feuchtigkeit ist kurz kritisch dargelegt. Die bisherigen Bearbeiter haben einen Einfluß auf das Gleichgewicht des Wassergehaltes seitens der mechanischen Eigenschaften des Keratinnetzwerkes angenommen. Ein solcher Effekt wird für superkontrahierte Wollfasern und für solche, reduziert und mit Schwefelmethyl behandelt, mitgeteilt, für die eine erhöhte Wassersättigung zu beobachten ist. Im Fall der schwefelmethylierten Wolle zeigt die Sättigung geringe oder keine Abhängigkeit von der Zahl der Disulfidvernetzungen, sie hängt jedoch von der Zahl der Schwefel-Methylgruppen ab. Diese Resultate werden mit derFlory-Huggins-Lösungstheorie betrachtet, und es zeigt sich, daß diese Theorie gut für relative Feuchtigkeiten größer als 85% angewendet werden kann. In normaler Wolle ist Lösungsabsorption nur in den nichtkristallinen Anteilen möglich, aber in superkontrahierter oder schwefelmethylierter Wolle findet sie auch in den Kristalliten statt. Auch wenn der Sättigungswert der Isotherme gegen Ende stark beeinflußt wird, ändert sich der Verlauf der Isotherme unterhalb 85% r. F. nicht. Das zeigt, daß kerne zusätzlichen Plätze für starke Wasserbindungen entstehen. Offensichtlich sind alle diese Plätze in normaler Wolle bei etwa 85% r. F. zugänglich.

     

Mercury removal from aqueous and organo-aqueous solutions by natural Mexican erionite

The sorption of Hg(II) from aqueous and organo aqueous solutions was investigated by Mexican natural erionite. The mercury chemical species (anionic, cationic or neutral) were determined by high voltage electrophoresis, and the mercury chemical species present in the aqueous media were simulated by a program MEDUSA. The mercury sorption process was monitored during 48 hours. The mercury content was determined by neutron activation analysis. Mixtures of benzene/water[Hg(II)], toluene/water[Hg(II)] and ethanol/water[Hg(II)] were chosen as organo-aqueous media. It was found that both the mercury chemical species and the dielectric constant of solvents play an important role in the mercury sorption by erionite.     

High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Amino Acids in Edible Seaweeds after Derivatization with Phenyl Isothiocyanate

Summary A reversed-phase high-performance liquid-chromatographic method has been used for analysis of the amino acids in edible seaweed. Sample proteins were hydrolysed with hydrochloric acid and the amino acids produced were derivatized with phenyl isothiocyanate. The resulting phenylthiocarbamyl amino acids were chromatographed on an ODS2 column with UV detection at 254 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.14 M ammonium acetate buffer, pH 6.4, containing 0.05% triethylamine (A) and 60:40 (v/v) acetonitrile–water (B), at a flow rate of 1.1 mL min^–1; the elution gradient (min:A%) was: 0:90, 8:90, 10:70, 12:70, 18:52, 20:0, 25:0, 28:90, 35:90. Method precision for the different amino acids was between 1.33 and 3.88% (relative standard deviation); detection limits were between 6.9 and 14.3 ng mL^–1. The amino acid content of the algae analysed ranged from 22.4 ± 1.9 to 138.0 ± 5.6 mg g^–1 d.w. The amino acids present at highest concentrations were glutamic acid, alanine, and phenylalanine.     

Direct versus resonances mediated F+OH collisions on a new 3A" potential energy surface

A theoretical study of the F(2P) + OH(2Pi) --> HF(1Sigma+) + O(3P) reactive collisions is carried out on a new global potential energy surface (PES) of the ground 3A" adiabatic electronic state. The ab initio calculations are based on multireference configuration interaction calculations, using the aug-cc-pVTZ extended basis sets of Dunning et al. A functional representation of the PES shows no nominal barrier to reaction, contrary to previous results by others. Wave packet and quasiclassical trajectory calculations have been performed for this PES to study the F + OH(v = 0,j) reactive collision. The comparison was performed at fixed and constant values of the total angular momentum from 0 to 110 and relative translational energy up to 0.8 eV. The reaction presents a dynamical barrier, essentially due to the zero-point energy for the bending vibration near the saddle point. This determines two different reaction mechanisms. At energies higher than approximately 0.125 eV the reaction is direct, while below that value it is indirect and mediated by heavy-light-heavy resonances. Such resonances, also found in the simulations of the photodetachment spectrum of the triatomic anion, manifest themselves in the quasiclassical simulations, too, where they are associated to periodic orbits.