Das Kombinierte Näherungsverfahren

Zusammenfassung Anionen der ersten und neutrale Atome der zweiten Familie des Periodensystems wurden nach dem Kombinierten Näherungsverfahren (KN) mit einem Hellmann-Potential behandelt. Die Fehler in der Hartree-Fock-Energie kompensieren sich auf unter 0.1 eV, ebenso genau wird die Intrahüllenkorrelationsenergie erhalten. Auf Grund der gewonnenen Rechenergebnisse sind als wahrscheinlichste Werte der Elektronenaffinitäten der einwertigen Metalle (in eV) anzusehen: Li 0.63, Na 0.54, K 0.52, Rb 0.50, Cu 1.0.

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Hellmann's pseudopotential method

Neutral atoms of the second and negative ions of the first family of the periodic system are treated by Hellmann's pseudopotential method (Kombiniertes Näherungsverfahren, KN). The various errors inherent in this method compensate to a large degree so that the errors in the Hartree-Fock and correlation energies will be below 0.1 eV. The electron affinities of the first family atoms are calculated as 0.63 eV for Li, 0.54 for Na, 0.52 for K, 0.50 for Rb, and 1.0 for Cu.

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Résumé Des anions du premier groupe et des atoms neutres du deuxième groupe du système périodique sont traités à l'aide de la méthode Kombiniertes Näherungsverfahren (KN) avec une potential de Hellmann. Les erreurs dans l'énergie SCF se compensent au dessous 0,1 eV, de la même exactitude on obtient l'énergie de correlation de la couche de valence. D'aprés les resultats du calcul on peut accepter les valeurs suivantes comme les plus probables pour les affinités électroniques dans les metaux monovalents (en eV): Li 0,63, Na 0,54, K 0,52, Rb 0,50, Cu 1,0.

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Design, synthesis, and binding affinities of pyrrolinone-based somatostatin mimetics

[structure: see text] Tetrapyrrolinone somatostatin (SRIF) mimetics (cf. 1), based on a heterochiral (D,L-mixed) pyrrolinone scaffold, were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for biological activity. The iterative synthetic sequence, incorporating the requisite functionalized coded and noncoded amino acid side chains, comprised a longest linear synthetic sequence of 23 steps. Binding affinities at two somatostatin receptor subtypes (hsst 4 and 5) reveal micromolar activity, demonstrating that the d,l-mixed pyrrolinone scaffold can be employed to generate functional mimetics of peptide beta-turns.     

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     

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Very Low Energy Electrons Transform the Cyclobutane‐Pyrimidine Dimer into a Highly Reactive Intermediate

Electrons with virtually no kinetic energy (close to 0 eV) trigger the decomposition of cytotoxic cyclobutane‐pyrimidine dimer (CPD) into a surprisingly large variety of fragment ions plus their neutral counterparts. The response of CPD to low energy electrons is thus comparable to that of explosives like trinitrotoluene (TNT). The dominant unimolecular reaction is the splitting into two thymine like units, which can be considered as the essential molecular step in the photolyase of CPD. We find that CPD is significantly more sensitive towards low energy electrons than its thymine building blocks. It is proposed that electron attachment at very low energy proceeds via dipole bound states, supported by the large dipole moment of the molecule (6.2 D). These states act as effective doorways to dissociative electron attachment (DEA).