Nomenclature, symbols and definitions in electrochemical engineering (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)

This document treats performance parameters in electrochemical engineering. Nomenclature and definitions for electrochemical engineering together with the respective symbols are given. Parameters to account for electrochemical reactions in electrolysis as well as for electrochemical power sources (electrochemical energy generators) are included in this document.     

Tetrazole compounds. 10. Novel tetrazolylindoles by fischer indolization of substituted tetrazolylacetaldehyde phenylhydrazones

The acid-catalyzed reaction of substituted phenylhydrazines 1 with 1-aryl-5-(2-dimethylaminovinyl)-1H-tetrazoles 2 afforded (1-aryl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)acetaldehyde phenylhydrazones 3 which on heating in acetic acid/perchloric acid underwent a Fischer indolization to give substituted 3-(1-aryl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-indoles 4a-k. Indoles of this type are also formed on subjecting 1 and 2 directly to indolization conditions; thus, starting from phenylhydrazine the tetrazolylindoles 41-s were obtained by a one-pot procedure. Indolization of corresponding N_α-methylphenylhydrazones 5 resulted in 1-methyl-3-(1-aryl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)indoles 6 .     

Development of an optical membrane for humidity

4-(N,N-dioctylamino)-4-trifluoroacetyl-azobenzene (ETH^T 4001), together with the catalyst tridodecylmethylammonium chloride, is dissolved in the hydrophilic polymer polyurethane Tecoflex. The resulting membrane layers show high sensitivity toward water vapour and allow the application of the membranes for humidity measurements. Upon exposure to humid air, the membrane exhibits a decrease in absorbance at a wavelength around 490 nm and an increase at around 430 nm. This signal change is caused by the conversion of the trifluoroacetyl group of the reactand into a diol, thus changing the electron delocalisation of the reactand. The sensor layer exhibits a dynamic range from 1% to 100% RH with highest sensitivity in the 5%–40% RH range. The limit of detection is 0.5% RH. The amount of added catalyst enables the sensitive range to be tailored. The selectivity over ethanol and carbonate is sufficient for the membrane to be used for long-term measurements of air. The change in colour of the humidity-sensitive membrane from red to yellow also means it can be used as an optical test strip.     

The incorporation of side reactions into pseudostationary polymerization, 3. The closed solution of a kinetic scheme for pulsed-laser polymerization comprising concomitant continuous initiation

A procedure is developed that allows the calculation of chain-length distributions of polymers prepared by periodic modulation of the initiation process considering concomitant continuous initiation. For the case of a (pseudostationary) laser-pulse initiated polymerization process a closed solution could be derived for the pseudostationary radical concentration and for the chain-length distribution of dead polymer terminated by disproportionation or stabilized by chain-transfer to monomer or solvent. The analysability of the characteristic peaks appearing in the chain-length distributions of laser-pulse initiated polymers (which is the key for determining the rate constant k_p) is only moderately influenced by continuous thermal radical formation if the extent of this side reaction is not pathologically large, i.e. as long as the amount of primary radicals created by the laser-pulse appreciably exceeds that produced in the dark reaction.     

Lattice Monte Carlo investigations on copolymer systems, 1. Diblock copolymers

Symmetric diblock copolymers in dilute solution were examined by means of Monte Carlo simulations on a cubic lattice with respect to chain- and block dimensions, shape, local structure and number of contacts. The solvent was either a common good one, a common θ-solvent or a selective one for the two blocks. In all cases, repulsive interactions are operative between the blocks. In addition, the underlying homopolymers (athermal and θ) were divided into two parts (and treated as a block copolymer) for comparison. Chain-length was varied from 40 to 1280 segments leading to the expected values for the critical exponent 2v ≈ 1.2 for good solvent quality and 2v ≈ 1.0 for θ-solvent. Copolymers in a selective solvent scale with an intermediate exponent, 2v ≈ 1.13. The deviation of the mean squared dimensions of the copolymers from the sum of those of two homopolymers of the same length and for the same solvent quality as the blocks is largest for block copolymers in a common θ-solvent (where it exceeds 20%), while the blocks themselves have mostly the same dimensions as their underlying homopolymers of equal length. The shape of the copolymers, expressed by the parameter δ (asphericity) becomes more rod-like with increasing chain-length if there are (compact) θ-blocks in the molecule which are subject to mutual repulsive interaction. In these cases, θ exceeds the value of the homopolymers in the limit of infinite chain-length. The number of contacts per segment approaches a limiting value with increasing chain-length which is ≈0.20 for athermal chains and athermal blocks. For θ-chains and θ-blocks, a limiting value is not yet reached within the range of chainlengths investigated. The number of contacts per segment between two different blocks quickly tends to zero with increasing chain-length.     

N-triflyl-propiolamides: Preparation and transamidation reactions

N-Trifluoromethylsulfonyl-propiolamides have been prepared by two methods: a) N-triflation of secondary acetylenic carboxanilides, prepared in two steps from terminal alkynes, with triflic anhydride (Tf₂O) and b) from terminal alkynes and an aryl or alkyl isocyanate followed by Tf₂O in a consecutive one-pot reaction. The title compounds are bench-stable and insensitive to water and alcohols but amenable to transamidation reactions with a wide range of amine nucleophiles. Conversely, they are excellent reagents for the propynoylation of ammonia, primary and secondary amines, anilines, and hydrazines.     

Quantitative detection of C-deuterated drugs by CARS microscopy and Raman microspectroscopy

The introduction of carbon-deuterium (C-D) bonds into drug compounds by organic synthesis is a non-invasive labelling approach, which does not alter the chemical and physiological properties of the drug itself. C-deuterated drugs exhibit characteristic vibrational signatures in the C-D stretching region around 2100-2300 cm(-1), which avoids spectral interference with contributions from a complex biological environment. In this paper, the quantitative detection of C-deuterated drugs by Raman microspectroscopy and single-band CARS microscopy is examined. Concentration-dependent studies on drugs with aliphatic and aromatic C-D moieties were performed in a two-channel microfluidic chip, using the corresponding non-deuterated (C-H) isotopologues as an internal reference.