Prtolysis constants of pyridazin-6-one derivatives

The protolysis constants of pyridazin-6-one and some of its derivatives have been determined by the spectrophotometric method. The influence of substituents on the value of the protonation constants is discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterots iklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 993–995, July, 1973.     

Synthesis and three-dimensional structures of geometrical isomers of some 4-substitute d 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-acetoxy- and 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-benzoxypiperidines

Stereoisomers of the corresponding 4-substituted 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-acetoxy- and 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-benzoxypiperidines were obtained by acylation of the geometrical isomers of 1,2, 5-trimethyl-4-piperidol and its 4-ethynyl, 4-ethyl, and 4-phenyl-substituted derivatives. The preferred conformations of the investigated esters were elucidated by means of the PMR and IR spectra.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No.1, pp. 50–55, January, 1973.     

Synthesis of four diastereomeric 3,5-dialkoxy-2,4-dimethylalkanals by a simple extension of the non-aldol aldol process to bis(propionates)

[formula: see text] The synthesis of all four diastereomers of bis(propionates), 3,5-dialkoxy-2,4-dimethylalkanals, by non-aldol aldol chemistry is described. The epoxy alcohols (3, 4) were converted into the mesylates (9, 11) which were cleanly rearranged to the desired 3,5-bis(oxygenated)-2,4-dimethylalkanals (10, 12) in high yield. The epoxy mesylates (13, 16) gave the desired products (14, 17) in good yield on treatment with TMSOTf and a hindered base.     

Chiral discrimination of limonene by use of beta-cyclodextrin-coated quartz-crystal-microbalances (QCMs) and data evaluation by artificial neuronal networks

The enantiomeric composition of the chiral flavoring agent limonene was analyzed by means of a quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor. As chiral selectors three different modified beta-cyclodextrins were investigated. The selector molecules were applied as mixtures in different polysiloxane matrices. The chiral separation factors alpha for limonene obtained at 30 degrees C by gas chromatography and by use of the QCM sensor were comparable. Evaluation of sensor data was performed by use of an artificial neuronal network (ANN); this enabled prediction of the enantiomeric composition of the gas mixtures.     

Stability and recovery of triazine and chloroacetamide herbicides from pH adjusted water samples by using empore solid-phase extraction disks and gas chromatography with ion trap mass spectrometry

Empore disks were used to successfully extract herbicide residues from a difficult-to-analyze surface water source and deionized water. Herbicide recoveries were lower in surface water at 7,14, or 21 days after fortification and storage at 4 degrees C, presumably due to chemical sorption onto precipitated organic particulates. The addition of acid to the samples, as recommended in EPA Method 525.2, did not affect recoveries of alachlor and metolachlor, but reduced recoveries of atrazine, simazine, and cyanazine. Treatment of water samples with sodium hypochlorite did not affect alachlor or metolachlor recoveries, but greatly reduced the recovery of all triazine herbicides. This indicates that addition of acid or sodium hypochlorite to water samples may be detrimental to triazine analysis.     

Semiclassical study of collision-induced predissociation: Comparison of the Landau-Zener model with the method of analytic continuation

Semiclassical calculations are carried out by two methods for the problem of collision-induced predissociation of electronically excited I₂. The first method is that of surface-hopping with the Landau-Zener model. The second method is similar to surface-hopping, except that analytic continuation of the adiabatic potential energy surfaces replaces the Landau-Zener model. Results of the calculations by the two methods compare favorably with each other and with experiment. The possible advantages of the second method are discussed.Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.