Cobalt-catalyzed regiospecific conversion of aryl-substituted olefins into alcohols using molecular oxygen and tetrahydroborate. The reaction of oxygen with activated substrates

Aryl-substituted olefins were converted to benzyl alcohols regioselectively by the use of oxygen and tetrahydroborate in the presence of a catalytic amount of bis (dimethylglyoximato)chloro(pyridine)cobalt(III).     

A study of built-in potential ina-Si solar cells by means of back-surface reflected electroabsorption

The electroreflectance (ER) signal has been studied for the purpose of identifying the built-in field in practical amorphous silicon (a-Si∶H) solar cells. Through both theoretical and experimental considerations, it has been confirmed that the ER signal essentially comes from the light which is reflected at the back surface and hence experiences the internal electric field within thea-Si∶H layer. By analyzing the ER signal, which is really the back-surface reflected electroabsorption signal, the built-in potentialV _bcan be evaluated. This method has been applied to various types ofp-i-n junctiona-Si solar cells.V _bof a usual homojunction solar cell was about 0.85 V. Increases ofV _bby 50≈130mV have been found in heterojunction solar cells constructed withp-type amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC∶H) and/orn-type microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si) as compared with homojunctionp-i-n solar cells. Moreover, a clear dependence ofV _bon the substrate materials has been observed. These experimental results are described in connection with cell performances.     

Freezing points and enthalpies of dilute aqueous solutions of tetrahydropyran, 1,3-dioxane, 1,4-dioxane,and 1,3,5-trioxane. Free energies and enthalpies of solute-solute interactions

The enthalpies of dilute aqueous solutions of tetrahydropyran, 1,3-dioxane, 1,4-dioxane, 1,2,5-trioxane, and an equimolal mixture of tetrahydropyran and 1,3,5-trioxane were measured at 25°C and at molalities from about 0.1 to 1.0 mol kg¹. The freezing points of the same aqueous solutions (except for 1,3-dioxane) were measured over a similar molality range. The results were used to calculate the enthalpies and Gibbs free energies of the pair-wise interactions of the above solutes in dilute aqueous solutions at 25°C. From these results, the additivity principle proposed by Savage and Wood was used to get the Gibbs free energy and enthalpies of interaction for the ether-ether and ether-methylene groups. Because of the limited number of measurements, the interaction parameters were not determined with great precision. Nevertheless, the standard errors for the predicted enthalpies and Gibbs free energies are quite reasonable. The signs and magnitudes are similiar to those determined for other polar groups.     

Scope of the palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction of organometallics with allylic electrophiles. Effect of the leaving group

Various allyl alcohol derivatives containing OAlR₂, OPO(OR)₂, and OSiR₃ groups, in addition to allylic halides and acetates, participate in the Pd-catalyzed coupling reaction with alkenyl- and arylmetals, such as those containing Al, Zn and Zr.to give the corresponding cross-coupled products, the order of their reactivity being: halogen, OAc > OAlR₂ > OPO(OR)₂ > OSiR₃.     

Dynamic viscosity of dilute aqueous solutions of poly(acrylic acid) at frequencies of 2–500 kHz

The dynamic viscosity of aqueous solutions of poly(acrylic acid) at a polymer concentration of ca. 0.15 g/100 ml has been measured at frequencies from 2 to 500 kHz as a function of degree of polymerization P, degree of neutralization α, and salt (NaCl) concentration C_s. Relaxation spectra have been obtained from the dynamic viscosity. The spectra in the short relaxation time region can be approximated by the Zimm theory for the conformational relaxation of nonionic polymers. The maximum relaxation time τ₁ of the Zimm spectra is proportional to P² and depends rather moderately on α and C_s. Increased deviation is found, however, in the long relaxation time region, in particular for high values of P and α and low values of C_s. The major part of the deviation is interpreted in terms of rotational relaxation of a molecule as a whole. The rotational relaxation time τ_R is proportional to P³ and increases with increasing α and decreasing C_s. The remaining part of the excess spectra located between τ₁ and τ_R is ascribed to the deviation of the conformational relaxation from the Zimm theory arising from ionization of the polymer.     

Synthesis and chiral recognition ability of optically active poly{N‐[(R)‐α‐methoxycarbonylbenzyl]methacrylamide} with various tacticities by radical polymerization using Lewis acids

The radical polymerization of an optically active methacrylamide, N‐[(R)‐α‐methoxycarbonylbenzyl]methacrylamide, was carried out in the absence and presence of Lewis acids such as yittribium trifluoromethanesulfonate [Yb(OTf)₃] and scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate [Sc(OTf)₃]. Catalytic amounts of the Lewis acids significantly affected the stereoregularity of the obtained polymers. The polymerization with Yb(OTf)₃ in tetrahydrofuran afforded isotactic polymers (up to mm = 87%), whereas the conventional radical method without the Lewis acid produced polymers rich in syndiotacticity (up to rr = 88%). The radical polymerization in the presence of MgBr₂ proceeded in a heterotactic‐selective manner (mr = 63%). Thus, the isotactic, syndiotactic, and heterotactic poly(methacrylamide)s were synthesized by the radical processes. The chiral recognition abilities of the obtained optically active poly(methacrylamide)s were affected by the stereoregularity. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 3354–3360, 2003