Über den funktionalen,insbesondere den analytischen Charakter der Lösungen elliptischer Differentialgleichungen zweiter Ordnung

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Intramolecular Alkylation of Aromatic Compounds XXXVI [1]. Stereoselective Synthesis of C/D-cis-Configured Ergolines

Summary.  The stereoselective synthesis of cis-ergoline is presented. Starting from rac-N-benzoyl tryptophan methyl ester, the key compound indolinylmethylpyridin-3-one was prepared via a seven-step reaction in good yield. Since its cyclization to the desired ergolinone failed, the key compound was reduced to yield the two diastereomeric pyridin-3-ols; only one of them cyclized in trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, affording cis-ergoline. Catalytic hydrogenation of the latter gave N,N′-dimethyldihydroergoline, the X-ray crystallography of which revealed both the correct structure and identical relative configurations at C-5a and C-6a (SS or RR). Hydroboration and subsequent perruthenate oxidation of the Δ⁹-ergoline provided access to the regioisomeric ergolinols and ergolinones. Received December 27, 2001. Accepted January 15, 2002     

Ueber ein Absorptions- und Condensationshygrometer

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The Conformations of Amino Acids on a Gold(111) Surface

The interactions of amino acids with inorganic surfaces are of interest for biologists and biotechnologists alike. However, the structural determinants of peptide–surface interactions have remained elusive, but are important for a structural understanding of the interactions of biomolecules with gold surfaces. Molecular dynamics simulations are a tool to analyze structures of amino acids on surfaces. However, such an approach is challenging due to lacking parameterization for many surfaces and the polarizability of metal surfaces. Herein, we report DFT calculations of amino acid fragments in vacuo and molecular dynamics simulations of the interaction of all amino acids with a gold(111) surface in explicit solvent, using the recently introduced polarizable gold force field GolP. We describe preferred orientations of the amino acids on the metal surface. We find that all amino acids preferably interact with the gold surface at least partially with their backbone, underlining an unfolding propensity of gold surfaces.     

Synthesis,structures, and magnetic properties of crystals of dinuclear copper(II) and cobalt(II) complexes with 3-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-6-R-1,2,4,5-tetrazines

Dinuclear complexes of Cu^II with 3-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-6-(2-hydroxyethylami-no)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (1) and CoII with 3-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-1,2,4,5- tetrazine (2) were synthesized and structurally characterized, and the magnetic (SQUID) and resonance (EPR) properties of van der Waals crystals based on these complexes were studied. Unusual behavior of the effective magnetic moment μ_eff(T) is observed at T < 60 K. A nonmonotonic increase in μeff(?) for 1 (s~6 %) and a 20% reduction of μeff(?) for 2 have a common origin and are due to the influence of spin-orbital coupling on the character of the splitting between the t2g and eg levels of the central ion. Distortions of the coordination site “switch on” a positive (1) or negative (2) contribution of the orbital magnetic moment near 6 K. Irreversible temperature behavior of μeff(T) in the heating and cooling regimes in the vicinity of 60 K suggests that the character of structural distortions and the magnetic properties are related to ligand geometry. This factor plays a significant role in crystal engineering of magnetoactive structures with polynitrogen ligands.     

Variation of the ultrafast fluorescence quenching in 2,6-sulfanyl-core-substituted naphthalenediimides by electron transfer

The ultrafast fluorescence quenching of 2,6-sulfanyl-core-substituted naphthalenediimides was investigated by transient spectroscopy. We find a strong dependence of the relaxation on the chemical structure of the substituent. Direct linking of an aryl rest to the sulfur atom leads to a strong red shift of the fluorescence in 1 ps and the disappearance of the emission in 5-7 ps depending on the polarity and viscosity of the solvent. This complex behavior is interpreted with the help of quantum chemical calculations. The calculations suggest that the initial relaxation corresponds to a planarization of the substituents and an associated partial electron transfer. This is followed by a twisting of the phenylsulfanyl substituents out of the molecular plane that allows a complete localization of the electron-donating orbital on the aryl group. Finally the back transfer happens in another 5-7 ps. For an additional methylene spacer group between the sulfur and the aryl, this sequence of relaxation steps is not possible and a simple exponential decay, slower by about 1 order of magnitude, is found.