Thermodynamics of Copper(II), Zinc(II), Cobalt(II), Mercury(II), and Nickel(II) Complexation with α,α-Dipyrrolylmethene in DMF

Thermodynamics of complexation reactions between Zn(II), Ni(II), Hg(II), Co(II), and Cu(II) acetates and 3,35,5-tetramethyl-4,4-dibutyldipyrrolylmethene in DMF at 298.15 K is studied by calorimetric and spectrophotometric methods. The replacement of Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, and Hg²⁺ ions by Co²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions was found to increase the equilibrium constants of reactions of complex formation with dipyrrolylmethene by more than two orders of magnitude. The role of solvation interactions in coordination of dipyrrolylmethene by d-metal ions is established.     

Analysis of the environmental parameters for aircraft coatings

Temperature, UV radiation and pollutants play a major role in the degradation of aircraft coatings. The UV radiation at flying altitude is more intense than at ground level. An analysis of the radiation spectrum was used to choose the appropriate lamp type for artificial weathering in the laboratory. For the pollutants we examined the fact that the service life of aircraft coatings was considerably reduced in the years following the eruption of the volcano Pinatubo. It is shown that sulphuric-acid-aerosol droplets dispersed in the stratosphere were the main cause for that damage.     

BODIPY Conjugates as Functional Compounds for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment

Fluorescent dyes absorbing and emitting in the visible and near-IR regions are promising for the development of fluorescent probes for labeling and bio-visualization of body cells. The ability to absorb and emit in the long-wavelength region increases the efficiency of recording the spectral signals of the probes due to the higher permeability of the skin layers. Compared to other fluorescent dyes, BODIPYs are attractive due to their excellent photophysical properties–narrow absorption and emission, intense fluorescence, simple signal modulation for the practical applications. As part of conjugates with biomolecules, BODIPY could act as a biomarker, but as therapeutic agent, which allows solving several problems at once-labeling or bioimaging and treatment based on the suppression of pathogenic microflora and cancer cells, which provides a huge potential for practical application of BODIPY conjugates in medicine. The review is devoted to the discussion of the recent, promising directions of BODIPY application in the field of conjugation with biomolecules. The first direction is associated with the development of BODIPY conjugates with drugs, including compounds of platinum, paclitaxel, chlorambucil, isoxazole, capsaicin, etc. The second direction is devoted to the labeling of vitamins, hormones, lipids, and other biomolecules to control the processes of their transport, localization in target cells, and metabolism. Within the framework of the third direction, the problem of obtaining functional optically active materials by conjugating BODIPY with other colored and fluorescent particles, in particular, phthalocyanines, is being solved.     

Investigation of parity violation and interference effects in the angular distributions of fragments originating from 233U fission induced by resonance neutrons

Three interference asymmetry effects in the angular distributions of fragments originating from ²³³U fission induced by resonance neutrons were measured. The energy dependences of the asymmetry factors being studied show sizable irregularities that are associated, according to modern theory, with the interference of s and p resonances at the stage of a compound nucleus. The basic features of weak p-wave resonances in the low-energy region were obtained from a global theoretical analysis of the asymmetry factors as functions of energy. The first estimates of nuclear matrix elements of weak interaction were derived for a few p-wave resonances.     

Complex Formation of Potassium Hexachloroplatinate with 18-Crown-6 and Dibenzo-18-Crown-6 in Acetonitrile

The products of the reactions between potassium hexachloroplatinate {K₂PtCl₆} and 18-crown-6 or dibenzo-18-crown-6 in acetonitrile were studied. Pure crystalline compounds [2K·2(18-crown-6)· 2CH₃CN]²⁺·[PtCl₆]^2-·2H₂O, [2K·dibenzo-18-crown-6·CH₃CN]^{2 +}·[PtCl₆]^{2 -}, and [2K·dibenzo-18-crown-6·CH₃CN]^{2 +}·[Pt₂Cl₁₀]^{2 -} were obtained. Physicochemical properties of these compounds were studied, and their near- and far-IR IR spectra and thermogravimetric curves were considered. The composition of the complexes is determined by metal:ligand molar ratio and crown ether nature. It was found that acetonitrile is coordinated via the nitrogen atom.     

Synthesis and Electrochemical Investigation of Phosphine Substituted Diiron Phosphadithiolate Complexes

This work reports on ligand exchange reactions between a [FeFe] hydrogenase model containing the higher homologue ( PhosDT ) and phosphines selected to cover a variety of electronic properties and possible coordination modes. Additionally, the amount of the phosphines and the reaction temperature were varied to study the formation of complexes with multiple phosphines or altered binding modes. Due to steric effects caused by the position of the bridgehead, the phosphines bind preferentially at the more accessible iron centre on the phosphinate averted side. While all ligand exchanges resulted in a ligand-specific main product at room temperature, reflux conditions induced decomposition in case of PhosDT-(κ²-dppe) and PhosDT-(κ²-dppv) and a change in the binding mode for the dppm containing complex. Moreover, we highlight two novel iron complexes obtained as side products of the reactions with dppe and dppv, while in case of dppm an additional model with two bridging phosphine ligands was generated. Finally, the six novel phosphine substituted PhosDT models were electrochemically investigated, revealing a cathodic shift compared to the starting material due to the increased electron density at the iron atoms. Moreover, the models with monodentate ligands exhibit a different CV pattern for the Fe^IFe^I/Fe^IFe⁰ process than complexes with bidentate phosphines.     

Hybrid Grid-Characteristic Schemes for Arctic Seismic Problems

Doklady Mathematics - The process of conducting seismic exploration of gas fields with a source and receivers installed on the surface of an ice island is considered. A model that includes an ice...     

Numerical Simulation of the Performance of Single Qubit Gates for Trapped Ions

JETP Letters - Finite gate errors limit performance of modern quantum computers. In this work, we study single qubit gate fidelities for trapped ions. For this we have numerically solved...     

Almost Geodesic Mappings and Projections of the Sphere

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