Understanding ion deceleration lenses: What are the simplicity/performance trade-offs?

The traditional approach for obtaining highly collimated low energy (<200 eV) beams from high-energy (1–10 keV) sector mass spectrometers involves the use of a complex exponential deceleration lens assembly. Through ion optical modeling of the exponential lens and other less-complex lens designs, the fundamental features that contribute to deceleration lens performance are investigated. From this evaluation, a simple high-performance lens was designed, constructed, and characterized. The novel lens described here decelerates a 3-keV ion beam down to the 3-200-eV range while providing low angular divergence, excellent focusing, and good transmission.     

Magnetic investigation of Er(C2O4) (C2O4)·3H2O

Single crystal susceptibilities of Er(C₂O₄) (C₂O₄H)·3H₂O are reported over the 1.5–20 K interval, and EPR spectra at 4.2 K of Y (C₂O₄) (C₂O₄H·3H₂O doped with Er³⁺ are also reported. The susceptibilities follow the CurieWeiss law, with g_| = 12.97 ± 0.05, g_⊥ = 2.98 ± 0.05, θ_| = ?0.25 ± 0.05 K, and θ_⊥ = ?0.12 ± 0.05 K.     

The reaction H + D2 → HD + D: Distorted wave calculations at Etrans (υ = 0,j 0) = 0.55 and 1.3 eV

Static—static distorted wave and vibrationally adiabatic distorted wave calculations have been performed for the product rotational distributions of the H + D₂ → HD + D reaction using an accurate ab initio potential energy surface. Comparison is made with coupled states and quasiclassical trajectory calculations as well as with experimental measurements.     

Ganglioside analysis by thin-layer chromatography matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Metastable decomposition of ions generated in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometers complicates analysis of biological samples that have labile bonds. Recently, several academic laboratories and manufacturers of commercial instruments have designed instruments that introduce a cooling gas into the ion source during the MALDI event and have shown that the resulting vibrational cooling stabilizes these labile bonds. In this study, we compared stabilization and detection of desorbed gangliosides on a commercial orthogonal time-of-flight (oTOF) instrument with results we reported previously that had been obtained on a home-built Fourier transform mass spectrometer. Decoupling of the desorption/ionization from the detection steps resulted in an opportunity for desorbing thin-layer chromatography (TLC)-separated gangliosides directly from a TLC plate without compromising mass spectral accuracy and resolution of the ganglioside analysis, thus coupling TLC and oTOF mass spectrometry. The application of a declustering potential allowed control of the matrix cluster and matrix adduct formation, and, thus, enhanced the detection of the gangliosides.     

Synthesis via pummerer intermediates. IV. Synthesis of 1-(4-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl)pyridinium hydroxide inner salt derivatives and 3-(2H)benzofuranones by the action of phosgene in pyridine on 2-hydroxy-1-[(methylsulfinyl)acetyl]benzene derivatives

The treatment of ketosulfoxide 1 with phosgene in pyridine gave a mixture of 1-(4-hydroxy-8-methoxy-2-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl)pyridinium hydroxide inner salt ( 4 ) and 7-methoxy-2-(methylthio)-3-(2H)benzofuranone ( 7 ). Ketosulfoxides 8 and 11 behaved similarly. The inner salt structure assigned to compounds 4, 10 , and 13 was confirmed by the unambiguous synthesis of 10 and 13 from hydroxycoumarins 15 and 18 .     

Phosphines: Nucleophilic organic catalysts for the controlled ring‐opening polymerization of lactides

A new metal‐free synthetic approach to the controlled ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of lactide with nucleophilic phosphines as transesterification catalysts is described. P(Bu)₃, PhPMe₂, Ph₂PMe, PPh₃, and related phosphines are commercially available, inexpensive catalysts that generate narrowly dispersed polylactides with predictable molecular weights. These organic catalysts must be used in combination with an initiator, such as an alcohol, to generate an alcoholate ester α‐end group upon ROP. A likely polymerization pathway is through a monomer‐activated mechanism, with minimal active species, facilitating narrow molecular weight distributions. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 844–851, 2002; DOI 10.1002/pola.10168     

Fluorescence decay of tertiary aliphatic amines

The fluorescence decay of the tertiary aliphatic animes trimethylamine (TMA), triethylamine (TEA) and tri-n-propylamine (TPA) in the vapour phase excited between 260 and 215 nm has been shown to consist of a single, wavelength-dependent, component when the first excited state is uniquely excited, but two components when the first and second excited states are simultaneously excited. This dual exponentiality persists at pressures as low as 10 mTorr, and it is argued that the two-component decay does not arise from collisional vibrational relaxation.     

13C- and 1H-NMR and FTIR spectroscopic evidence for aggregate formation of organosilanes in toluene

 Changes in the ¹³C and ¹H NMR chemical shifts of the silane coupling agent (3-aminopropyltri-ethoxysilane, APTS) in toluene, which were detected as the concentration of APTS increased, have been interpreted in terms of the formation of micelles and the presence of a critical micelle concentration (CMC) equal to ca. 0.47 mol 1^-1. For the protons of the n-propyl segment, ¹H NMR splitting patterns have been analyzed and conformations of the propyl segment have been discussed. Plots of relative absorbance of the two NH₂ stretch IR bands at 3324 and 3384 cm^-1 against concentration provided an inflection point (corresponding to the CMC) at a value equal to 0.46 mol 1^-1. Thus, consideration of the interaction of APTS with a surface must take into account the presence of both APTS aggregates as well as APTS monomers. Received: 16 August 1996 Accepted: 26 September 1996