Stabilization of Graphite Nitrate by Intercalation of Organic Compounds

New thermally stable intercalation compounds of graphite were obtained by the further intercalation of a series of organic compounds into graphite nitrate. The stabilization is explained by the formation of hydrogen bonds between the protonated form of the modifying substance and neutral surrounding molecules.     

Role of tetraethoxysilane hydrolysis and polycondensation catalysts in synthesis of wide-pore silica gels

A study has been made of the effect of combining tetraethoxysilane hydrolysis and polycondensation catalysts operating by different mechanisms on the texture parameters of synthesized silica gels. The effect of hydrothermal treatment of a fluorine-containing silica hydrogel on the thermal stability of the xerogel texture was demonstrated.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 95–98, March–April, 1994.     

Synthesis of 6-arylspiro[tetrahydropyran-3,1′-cyclobutane]-2,4-diones

Methyl 1-(2-bromo-2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-, 1-(1-bromocyclopentylcarbonyl)-, and 1-(1-bromocyclohexylcarbonyl) cyclobutanecarboxylates reacted with zinc and aromatic aldehydes to give, respectively, 7-aryl-2,2-dimethyl-6-oxaspiro[3.5]nonane-5,9-diones, 11-aryl-12-oxadispiro[3.1.4.3]tridecane-5,13-diones, and 12-aryl-13-oxadispiro[3.1.5.3]tetradecane-5,14-diones.     

X-ray crystallographic investigation of the adduct of 1-demethylamino-2-(4-bromophenyl-2H-isoindole with N-phenylmalemide

An unusual path for the reaction of 2-aryl-1-dimethylamino-2H-isoindoles with N-R-maleimides, leading to the imides of l,2-dihydronaphthalene-2,3-dicarboxylic adds, was established by x-ray crystallographic analysis.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 614–618, May, 1992     

Mechanism of the Reaction of Xenon Tetraoxide with Hydrogen: A Photochemical Reaction

The dependence of the rate of a photochemical reaction of XeO₄with H₂on the concentrations of H₂and the diluent gases He and CO₂is studied at room temperature. The results are compared with the data for the dark reaction. A mechanism with the elementary energetic branched-chain reaction OH (v) + XeO₄OH + O + XeO₃is proposed to explain the results of the study.     

Accurate fast neutron activation analysis for oxygen in geological materials

Sources of error in the fast neutron activation analysis determination of oxygen have been investigated and minimised. The oxygen contents of eighteen international rock standards and a sulphide ore standard have been determined, and compared with the values calculated by difference using the reported full analyses. Accuracies of 0.3% average deviation and reproducibilities of ±0.2% standard deviation have been obtained, where oxygen contents exceeded 1.0 g.     

Synthesis of 1,2-Divinyloxypropenes from Glycerol and Acetylene in the Superbasic System CsF-NaOH-DMSO

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Reactions of diterpenoids on solid supports II. Behavior of di- and tricyclic diterpenoids on alumina containing oxidants

The behavior of epimanool (1), epimanool oil, larixol (2), cis-abienol (3) and methyl dehydroabietate (4) on alumina impregnated with oxidants (H₂CrO₄ and KMnO₄) has been studied. This has led to the methyl ketone (5) and norambrenolide (8) - precursors of the perfume substances 14,15,17-trinorlabdane-8,13-dione (6), 8-hydroxy-14,15-bisnorlabd-II-en-13-one (7), and methyl 7-oxodehydroabietate (14). -Levantenolide (11) has been synthesized in one stage from cis-abienol (3)for the first time.Novosibirsk Insitute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 229–234, March-April, 1995. Original article submitted July 25, 1994.     

Calculation of the gas hydrate HS-1 framework structure and its energy estimation

Using the Zimmennan-Pimentel potential, we have calculated the basic atomic coordinates of the unit cell of the gas hydrate HS-lframework. A minimum change in the strain energy of hydrogen bonh U_H fakes place in formation of this framework from ice Ih. The dependence of U_H on the lattice parameters is derived.Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 175–178, September–October, 1993.Translated by T. Yudanova