Characterization of some physical and chromatographic properties of monolithic poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) columns

Monolithic capillary columns were prepared by copolymerization of styrene and divinylbenzene inside a 200 microm i.d. fused silica capillary using a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and decanol as porogen. Important chromatographic features of the synthesized columns were characterized and critically compared to the properties of columns packed with micropellicular, octadecylated poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) (PS-DVB-C18) particles. The permeability of a 60 mm long monolithic column was slightly higher than that of an equally dimensioned column packed with PS-DVB-C18 beads and was invariant up to at least 250 bar column inlet pressure, indicating the high-pressure stability of the monolithic columns. Interestingly, monolithic columns showed a 3.6 times better separation efficiency for oligonucleotides than granular columns. To study differences of the molecular diffusion processes between granular and monolithic columns, Van Deemter plots were measured. Due to the favorable pore structure of monolithic columns all kind of diffusional band broadening was reduced two to five times. Using inverse size-exclusion chromatography a total porosity of 70% was determined, which consisted of internodule porosity (20%) and internal porosity (50%). The observed fast mass transfer and the resulting high separation efficiency suggested that the surface of the monolithic stationary phase is rather rough and does not feature real pores accessible to macromolecular analytes such as polypeptides or oligonucleotides. The maximum analytical loading capacity of monolithic columns for oligonucleotides was found to be in the region of 500 fmol, which compared well to the loading capacity of the granular columns. Batch-to-batch reproducibility proved to be better with granular stationary phases compared to monolithic stationary phase, in which each column bed is the result of a unique column preparation process.     

Plasma-chemical decomposition of methane during diamond synthesis

Using a mass spectrometric sampling method, we have observed the decomposition of CH₄ in an rf plasma usedfor diamond deposition. The gas samples were extracted through an orifice located downstream of the plasma zone and analyzed online. For the experiments a dilute mixture of H₂ and CH₄ containing 0.1–3% CH₄ has been used. CH₄ is converted to C₂H₂ and C₂H₄ quantitatively. Small amounts of heavier hydrocarbons are formed. A comparison of the experimental results with a recent kinetic model treating a purely thermal environment is made and the differences between our experiment and the model are explained. The role of acetylene as a species formed in an atmosphere rich in atomic hydrogen is proposed. The electron impact dissociation process is suggested as the rare-determining step in the plasma-chemical decomposition of methane.     

Metallorganische verbindungen der lanthanoide CVIII. Synthese und strukturaufklärung monomerer organolanthanoidacetate

LnCl₃ reacts with Na(C₅Me₄¹Bu) in THF to form the organolanthanoid chlorides [(C₅Me₄¹Bu)₂LnCl(THF)] (Ln = La (1a), Lu (1b)). Compounds 1a and 1b yield in reaction with NaO₂CCH₃ the monomeric organolanthanoid acetates [(C₅Me₄¹Bu)₂LnO₂CCH₃] (Ln = La (2a), Lu (2b)). The single crystal X-ray structure analysis of 2b as well as the cryoscopic molecular weight investigation of 2a verify the monomeric structure of these complexes.     

Synthesis of the alkaloids julandine and ipalbidine-use of silicon (IV) chloride

Titanium (IV) chloride and silicon (IV) chloride with high oxygen affinity are the best Lewis acid catalysts, of a number tested, for cyclisation of an enamine-ketone (1) leading to the alkaloid, julandine (2); cyclisation of (6) in methanol solution without catalyst yields $\text{O}$-methylipalbidine (7) .     

Syntheses and photophysical properties of some 5(2)-aryl-2(5)-(4-pyridyl)oxazoles and related oxadiazoles and furans

A number of 5-aryl-2-(4-pyridyl)oxazoles, a 2-aryl-5-(4-pyridyl)oxazole, the related oxadiazole and furan, several 2-(4-pyridyl)cycloalkano[d]oxazoles, and many of their quaternary salts were prepared. No single standard synthesis was effective for preparation of more than a few of the 25 free bases described; methods often unique to a base were employed. Minor variations in structure sometimes produced large differences in absorption and emission wavelengths, as well as in the magnitude of the extinction coefficient. The salts are of interest as laser dyes, scintillation fluors, biological stains, and shifters for luminescent solar concentrators.     

Facile Synthesis of 2′-Deoxyribofuranosides of Allopurinol and 4-Amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine via Phase-Transfer Glycosylation

Phase-transfer glycosylation of 4-methoxy-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine with the 2-deoxyribofuranosyl chloride 9 formed the N(1)-β-nucleoside 10a as main product (39%). As by-products the α-D -anomer 11a (7%) and the N(2)-isomer 12a (18%) were isolated. Assignment of these isomers was made on the basis of their ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra. Removal of the sugar-protecting groups yielded the 4-methoxy-nucleosides 10b, 11b , and 12b , respectively. Nucleophilic displacement of the 4-MeO-group gave the 2-deoxyribofuranosides 1–4 of allopurinol and 4-amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine.     

Solid-phase synthesis of lipidated peptides

Characteristic partial structures of lipidated proteins embodying different lipid groups as well as additional fluorescent tags or a maleimide for coupling to proteins can be synthesized readily by means of a new solid-phase technique employing the oxidative cleavage of the hydrazide linker as well as on-resin farnesylation and palmitoylation after appropriate deprotection of cysteine thiol groups as the key steps.     

Template-assisted self assembly of two lipophilic polyion aggregates derived from sodium tetraphenyl imidodiphosphinate-complexes containing sodium ions in four different coordination environments

The molecular structures of two lipophilic polyion aggregates derived from tetraphenyl imidodiphosphinate are described: [Na(crown ether)][MNa(2)[Ph(2)P(O)NP(O)Ph(2)](4)] with crown ether = 15-crown-5 for 1and benzo-15-crown-5 for (M = Na(+) for 1 and Na(H(2)O)(+) for 2).