An optically active vinyl sulfoxide copolymer and the configuration of sulfoxide adjacent to radical or anionic sites

Optically active vinyl p-tolyl sulfoxide was synthesized and copolymerized with styrene to produce an optically active copolymer. The question of the configuration of sulfur in a sulfoxide when adjacent to a radical site is discussed. The configuration of sulfur in a sulfoxide is proven to be nonplanar when adjacent to an anionic site.     

Synthese de s-triazolo[4,3-d] et [1,5-d] triazines-1,2,4

2-substituted s-triazolo[1,5-d] and 3-substituted s-triazolo [4,3-d]-1,2-4-triazine 8-ones were obtained starting from 5-(3)-alkyl-3(5)-carboxyhydrazino-1,2,4 triazoles and ethyl orthoformate. However, the same reaction was not found to be an efficient one in the case of 5(3)-β-D-ribofuranosyl-3(5)-carboxyhydrazino-1,2,4 triazole.     

TOPICAL UROCANIC ACID ENHANCES UV-INDUCED TUMOUR YIELD AND MALIGNANCY IN THE HAIRLESS MOUSE

Epidermal urocanic acid has been postulated to be the mediator of the specific state of immunosuppression induced by UV irradiation, by which UV-initiated tumour cells are able to evade normal recognition and can survive to grow progressively into malignant tumours. These experiments demonstrate that topical application of UV-irradiated urocanic acid systemically suppresses the contact type hypersensitivity response to oxazolone in hairless mice. In addition, topically applied urocanic acid markedly increases the overt tumour yield and the degree of malignancy in hairless mice exposed chronically to daily minimally erythemal doses of simulated solar UV light. Topical urocanic acid also increases the number of latent UV-initiated tumours, detectable by croton oil promotion. Therefore UV photoproducts of urocanic acid can both systemically suppress contact hypersensitivity in the epidermis, and also enhance early survival of UV-initiated tumour cells resulting in augmentation of UV photocarcinogenesis.     

Dissociation constants of phenols in methanol--water mixtures

A preferential solvation model that relates solute properties with solvent composition in binary mixtures has been applied to the dissociation pKa values of a set of 28 substituted phenols in methanol-water mixtures. The parameters of the model allow estimation of the pKa value of each phenol for any methanol-water composition. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the pKa values of the whole set of phenols at any methanol-water composition are linearly related to the pKa values of the phenols in water. Equations that relate the correlations' slope and intercept values with the solvent composition have been derived and tested with the set of phenols. The general parameters obtained for these equations allow an accurate calculation of the pKa value of any phenol, even of those not included in the original set, at any methanol-water composition solely from the pKa value of the phenol in water. These calculated pKa values can be used for quantitative structure-HPLC retention relationships. The method is tested by comparison of the calculated pKa values with the HPLC determined pKa values of 26 phenols in a polymeric column with a 50% methanol as mobile phase.     

1,2,4-Triazine and triazole derivatives from α-keto acids and thiosemicarbazides

Thiosemicarbazides of 2-hydroxyphenylglyoxylic acid, which, depending on the conditions, undergo cyclization to interconvertible 5-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-6-oxo-1,2,4-triazine-3-thiones or (2-hydroxy-benzoyl)-²-1,2,4-triazoline-5-thiones, are formed by the action of thiosemicarbazide and its homologs on coumarindione. The thiosemicarbazones of 2-hydroxyphenylglyoxlyic and other 2-substituted phenylglyoxylic acids undergo cyclization to 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-oxo-1,2,4-triazine-3-thiones.Deceased.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp, 116–121, January, 1977.     

Polyélectrolytes amphipathiques en milieu organique I. Propriétés thermodynamiques et structurales des échangeurs d'ions liquides

Resume Un polyélectrolyte dérivé de la poly (4 vinylpyridine) a été utilisé comme échangeur d'ions liquide pour des anions mono-et-divalents entre une phase aqueuse et l'octanol normal. Le polysavon sous forme sel de pyridinium est soluble dans l'octanol et la solution organique en contact avec une phase aqueuse contenant un mélange d'électrolytes possède des propriétés échangeuses d'ions. La sélectivité de l'échangeur vis à vis d'anions de nature différente est interprétée en fonction de la polarisabilité des anions. On a déterminé l'indice viscosimétrique des solutions organiques en fonction de la composition ionique du polymère et on a établi un parallèle entre les dimensions du polymère et l'affinité des ions pour les sites pyridinium compte-tenu de la faible constante diélectrique du milieu. Les variations de la viscosité en fonction de la composition sont interprétées à partir de la théorie de Flory transposée aux copolymères statistiques.

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Summary A polymer obtained by quaternizing poly (4-vinylpyridine) with N-octadecyl bromide was used in developing liquid ion-exchange of mono- and divalent anions between water and 1-octanol phases. The polymer has a high solubility in 1-octanol and the organic polymeric solution in contact with aqueous phase containing a mixture of simple electrolytes behave similary to an anion exchange resin with selective properties. The mechanism by which selective association of anions on the polymeric pyridinium sites occurs is discussed from the data concerning the polarisability of anions. The conformational properties of the polymeric chain was determined from viscosity measurements. It is shown that the trend in chain dimensions parallels the affinity of the anions to bind on polymeric pyridinium sites in the low dielectric medium. The chain dimensions as a function of the ionic composition are discussed on the basis of a simple theoretical model in analogy with the behaviour of statistical copolymers.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Lösung von Poly(-4-vinylpyridinium)salz in Octanol wurde als flüssiger Anionenaustauscher zwischen einer wässerigen Lösung und Octanol gebraucht. Diese organische Lösung in Berührung mit einer wässerigen Electrolytmischung behält die Eigenschaften der Ionenaustauscher. Die Selektivität des Austauschers für verschiedene Anionen wird durch die Polarisabilität der Ionen erklärt. Die Konformation der Polymeren wurde durch Viskositätsmessungen bestimmt und mit der verschiedenen Ionenaffinität in Vergleich gestellt. Die Dimensionsveränderungen der Polymeren während des Ionenaustausches wurden durch ein einfaches Modell erklärt, analog dem der statistischen Copolymeren.

     

Determination of metal traces in tantalum by proton activation analysis

Procedures for determining traces of calcium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, copper, niobium, molybdenum and tungsten in tantalum are described utilizing 11 MeV proton activation. The instrumental method of analysis with the use of a Ge(Li) detector and the radiochemical separation of the corresponding fractions are described. The formula for the calculation of the concentration of traces with the use of thick target yields is given. Experimental data on the thick target yields of radioisotopes⁴⁴Sc,⁵²Mn,⁵⁶Co,⁶⁵Zn,^93mMo,⁹⁶Tc are presented. Based on the experimental data, the detection limits are estimated at 1–10 ppb for the above mentioned metal traces in tantalum. The successful solution of the task of the simultaneous determination of nine elements in tantalum confirms the wide applicability of proton activation analysis.     

Lifetimes of Hg(3P0) complexes with methanol,ammonia, and water

Lifetimes of Hg(³P₀) complexes were determined by simultaneous observation of Hg(³P₀) optical absorption and complex emission, using a modulation technique and phase sensitive detection. The lifetimes of the mercury complexes with methanol, (1.4 ± 0.7) × 10^-8 s, and water, ? 8 × 10^-8 s, were found to be much shorter than reported in earlier work. For the ammonia complex, however a lifetime was measured which is in good agreement with previous determinations. Reasons for the large errors in earlier work where the methanol and water complex lifetimes were determined from complex emission data alone are discussed, and these data are reinterpreted. In the reaction rate of Hg(³P₀) with methanol no detectable contribution from the termolecular process Hg(³P₀) + 2CH₃OH → (Hg·CH₃OH)^* + CH₃OH could be observed.     

New sesquiterpenoids from the sponge axinella cannabina

The structures of three sesquiterpenoids, axisothiocyanate-2(4), axamide-1(5) and axamide-2(6), present in the marine sponge Axinella cannabina, have been determined on the basis of chemical and spectral evidences.     

A climatology of solar erythema dose

Abstract —Semi-empirical formulas for the ultraviolet erythema dose derived in an earlier paper are used to deduce an ultraviolet photoclimatology. We calculate the climatology of daily erythema radiation doses for the northern hemisphere at 5d? latitude intervals. Similar dose calculations are also performed specifically for ten metropolitan areas. Effects of seasonal and geographic variations of ozone, turbidity, and cloudiness on the local erythema doses are also investigated. We present a simple approximate analytic formula for the annual erythema dose as a function of latitude, cloud cover, and ground albedo for use in connection with studies of the epidemiology of skin cancer. The implications of possible ozone depletion due to a future fleet of supersonic aircraft in the stratosphere are discussed. These calculations are made for a normal ozone thickness of 0.32 cm and for a 5, 10, 20, and 50 per cent ozone reduction.