Boraheterocycles via cyclic hydroboration

The cyclic hydroboration of dienes and polyenes provides a valuable route to organoborane heterocycles. Many of these provide interesting new organic structures for study. Some of these derivatives have proven to be highly useful new reagents for organic synthesis. Finally, the ready conversion of such organoboranes to other organic derivatives provides a valuable new means for achieving stereochemical control in synthesis and in providing a versatile new route to carbon ring derivatives.     

Edge-Defined Film-Fed (EFG) Growth of Rare-Earth Orthovanadates REVO4 (RE=Y,Gd): Approaches to Attain High-Quality Shaped Growth

In spite of their superior laser and polarizer properties rare-earth orthovanadates (REVO₄) single crystals have not been adopted yet into extensive industrial applications because of crystal growth difficulties. The main problems of CZ technique are compositional change and diameter instability. This work presents the first attempt to apply the edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) technique by which well-shaped REVO₄crystals have been grown directly. The capillary properties of YVO₄ and GdVO₄ melt have been measured. The applicability of shaped growth for rare-earth orthovanadate family was approved by successful EFG growth of transparent rod-like macro-defect-free single crystals of YVO₄ and GdVO₄. We address two main approaches to enhance the quality of EFG crystals: (i) meniscus and crystal shape stability dependence on die top shape and (ii) the strategy of effective operating control. Concave die top was found to be the best choice for high-quality EFG growth of REVO₄ along [001] direction. The spectral analysis of weight signal from growing crystal was shown to be a useful feedforward clue to prevent crystallinity degradation at a very early stage. A reasonable stability of the EFG process was achieved using [211], [101], [001] and [100] pulling directions.     

Thermal treatment for immobilization of chiral polysiloxanes in capillary gas chromatography

The chiral selector L -t-leucine-t-butylamide has been anchored to a polysiloxane by nucleophilic displacement of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ester-functionalized block polysiloxanes with L -t-leucine-t-butylamide. Attempts were made to immobilize the chiral polysiloxanes inside the capillaries by thermal treatment at 300°C for 30–90 min. The polysiloxanes were found to be more resistant than Chirasil-Val to the racemization caused by such high temperature treatment. Capillary columns coated with this type of immobilized polysiloxane have shown very high enantioselectivity and thermal stability.     

Heat-pulse induced delayed phosphorescence (HIDP) of xanthone

A heat-pulse modulation technique has been applied to the phosphorescence study of xanthone in n-pentane at 1.5 and 4.2 K. The heat-pulse induced delayed phosphorescence (HIDP) was observed via the internal and back-internal conversion processes among the phosphorescent levels. Decay properties were examined as a function of pulse-delay time.     

Oxidation of 3beta-hydroxyandrostenes by the 3beta-hydroxy-steroid oxidase (cholesterol oxidase) from Brevibacterium sterolicum prior to their analysis by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

The 3beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase from Brevibacterium sterolicum has been applied to the oxidation of a number of 3beta-hydroxyandrostenes, including polar steroids containing up to three other hydroxylic groups. The substrates, products, and derivatives thereof have been examined by gas-liquid chromatography. Retention index increments for these conversions, and for parallel transformations of other steroids, show considerable regularities, and together with mass spectrometric data afford characteristic structural information.