The thermal stability of two substituted thioamides

A derivatographic investigation was performed on the thermal behaviour of three thioamides and the nonisothermal kinetic parameters for the liquid-phase decomposition of N-acetylthiobenzamide were determined.     

s-strongly perfect cartesian product of graphs

The study of perfectness, via the strong perfect graph conjecture, has given rise to numerous investigations concerning the structure of many particular classes of perfect graphs. In “Perfect Product Graphs” (Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 20, 1977, pp. 177--186), G. Ravindra and K. R. Parthasarathy tried, but unfortunately without success, to characterize the perfectness of the cartesian product of graphs (see also MR No. 58--10567, 1979). In this paper we completely characterize the graphs that are both nontrivial cartesian products and s-strongly perfect.     

Reentrant onset of chaos in tubular image states

We investigate the reentrant onset of chaos in "tubular image states," which are loosely bound states of electrons formed in the vicinity (20-40 nm) of conducting nanotubes. Chaos is shown to arise when an electron is placed in the vicinity of two metallic nanotubess with a magnetic field applied along the tubes. At stronger magnetic fields B approximately 10 T, we observe the formation of Landau-like states encircling the two-tube system, which wipe out the chaos. We can reinstall the chaos by charging oppositely the nanotubes, thus breaking the symmetry of the system and correspondingly the shape of the Landau-like states. Detailed analysis of the onset of chaos is done by studying the statistical properties of the eigenvalues spectrum and by investigating the spatial autocorrelation functions of individual eigenstates.     

Influence of the Counterions on the Structures of Ternary Zn/Sn/Se Anions: Synthesis and Properties of [Rb10(H2O)14.5][Zn4(μ4‐Se)2(SnSe4)4] and [Ba5(H2O)32][Zn5Sn(μ3‐Se)4(SnSe4)4]

Reactions of rubidium or barium salts of the ortho‐selenostannate anion, [Rb₄(H₂O)₄][SnSe₄] ( 1 ) or [Ba₂(H₂O)₅][SnSe₄] ( 2 ) with Zn(OAc)₂ or ZnCl₂ in aqueous solution yielded two novel compounds with different ternary Zn/Sn/Se anions, [Rb₁₀(H₂O)_14.5][Zn₄(μ₄‐Se)₂(SnSe₄)₄] ( 3 ) and [Ba₅(H₂O)₃₂][Zn₅Sn(μ₃‐Se)₄(SnSe₄)₄] ( 4 ). 1 – 4 have been determined by means of single crystal X‐ray diffraction: 1 : triclinic space group lattice dimensions at 203 K: a = 8.2582(17) Å, b = 10.634(2) Å, c = 10.922(2) Å, α = 110.16(3)°, β = 91.74(3)°, γ = 97.86(3)°, V = 888.8(3) ų; R₁ [I > 2σ(I)] = 0.0669; wR₂ = 0.1619; 2 : orthorhombic space group Pnma; lattice dimensions at 203 K: a = 17.828(4) Å, b = 11.101(2) Å, c = 6.7784(14) Å, V = 1341.5(5) ų; R₁ [I > 2σ(I)] = 0.0561; wR₂ = 0.1523; 3 : triclinic space group ; lattice dimension at 203 K: a = 17.431(4) Å, b = 17.459(4) Å, c = 22.730(5) Å, α = 105.82(3)°, β = 99.17(3)°, γ = 90.06(3)°, V = 6563.1(2) ų; R₁ [I > 2σ(I)] = 0.0822; wR₂ = 0.1782; 4 : monoclinic space group P2₁/c; lattice dimensions at 203 K: a = 25.231(5) Å, b = 24.776(5) Å, c = 25.396(5) Å, β = 106.59(3)°, V = 15215.0(5) ų; R₁ [I > 2σ(I)] = 0.0767; wR₂ = 0.1734. The results serve to underline the crucial role of the counterion for the type of ternary anion to be observed in the crystal. Whereas Rb⁺(aq) stabilizes a P1‐type Zn/Sn/Se supertetrahedron in 3 like K⁺, the Ba²⁺(aq) ions better fit to an anionic T3‐type Zn/Sn/Se cluster arrangement as do Na⁺ ions. It is possible to estimate a radius:charge ratio for the stabilization of the two structural motifs.     

Thermal decomposition kinetics of some aromatic azomonoethers

The non-isothermal kinetic parameters corresponding to the decomposition of 4-[(4-chlorobenzyl)oxy]-4’-nitro-azobenzene were evaluated. The kinetic analysis was performed by means of different multi-heating rates methods: isoconversional (‘model-free’) methods (Flynn–Wall–Ozawa) and invariant kinetic parameters method (IKP) associated with the criterion of the independence of activation parameters on the heating rate. The values of the obtained non-isothermal kinetic parameters are in satisfactory agreement.     

Simple and effective method for the synthesis of 3′,5′-substituted 1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil

3,5-Substituted arabinofuranosyluracil is a starting compound in 2-modifications. A convenient and effective method is proposed for the synthesis of 1-(3,5-di-o-trityl--D-arabinofuranosyl)uracil by successive reactions of 2,2-cyclization of uridine, 3,5-tritylation of the 2,2-anhydrouridine, and hydrolytic cleavage of the 2,2-anhydro bond.Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga LV-1006. Odense Universitet, Kemisk Institut, Odense, Denmark. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 975–977, July, 1996. Original article submitted April 25, 1996.     

A Simplified version of the Pariser-Parr-Pople treatment of π-electron systems

The semi-empirical configuration interaction treatment due to Pariser and Parr and to Pople has been modified by reducing the set of electronic interaction integrals to ₁₁ and ₁₂ and by limiting the number of configurations to 10. Hückel MOs are used as basis functions. The dependence of the resonance integral _v on the interatomic distance R _v is simulated by making _v a quadratic function of the Hückel bond orders P _v .

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Zusammenfassung Eine Modifikation des semiempirischen CI-Verfahrens von Pariser, Parr und Pople wurde zur Behandlung von -Systemen herangezogen. Als Vereinfachung wurde der Grad der CI-Matrix auf zehn beschränkt und von den Elektronenwechselwirkungsintegralen nur ₁₁ und ₁₂ berücksichtigt. Hückel-MOs wurden als Basisfunktionen verwendet. Die Abhängigkeit des Resonanzintegrals _v vom interatomaren Abstand R _v wurde durch den Ansatz von _v als quadratische Funktion der Hückel-Bindungsordnung P _v angenähert.

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Résumé Le procédé semi-empirique de l'interaction de configuration selon Pariser, Parr et Pople a été modifié en réduisant l'ensemble des intégrales d'interaction électronique à ₁₁ et limitant le nombre des configurations à 10. Les fonctions de base sont des orbitales moléculaires selon Hueckel. La dépendance entre l'intégrale de résonance _v et la distance interatomique R _v est simulée en posant que _v est une fonction quadratique des ordres de liaisons P _v selon Hückel.