Chelating Complexes of Diethylzinc and ZnCl2 with 2,2‐Bipyridine and 1,6,7,12,13,18‐Hexaazatrinaphthylene (HATN) as Ligands

The 1,6,7,12,13,18‐hexaazatrinaphthylene (HATN) complex [(Et₂Zn)₃(μ₃‐HATN)] was synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, elemental analysis and ESI‐MS spectrometry. Attempts to prepare ZnCl₂ complexes of HATN leads only to the mononuclear [(Cl₂Zn)(HATN)] derivative, characterized by X‐ray diffraction, IR‐ and UV/Vis‐spectroscopy as well as ESI‐MS spectrometry. The bright red 2,2′‐bipyridine (bipy) complex [(Et₂Zn)(bipy)] ( 1 ) was synthesized and characterized by X‐ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy. The UV/Vis‐spectra of the HATN‐complexes show absorptions in regions of far longer wavelengths than the corresponding 2,2′‐bipyridine or 1,10‐phenantroline complexes. Consequently the π*‐LUMO of HATN ( 5 ) is lower in energy than the π*‐LUMO of 2,2′‐bipyridine ( 2 ) or 1,10‐phenanthroline (phen).     

Determination of starane (fluroxypyr) herbicide using flow injection spectrophotometry.

The starane herbicide was spectrophotometrically determined by the diazotization method in a flow injection assembly. Since starane is a substituted pyridyl compound the NH2 group at the p-position was exploited for diazotization. Starane was diazotized with nitrite and the diazotized product is coupled with beta-naphthol. The absorbance of the resulting azo dye was measured at 395 nm with a molar absorptivity of 1.5 x 10(4) L mol(-1) cm(-1). The calibration graph was linear over the range of 0.6 to 10 microg/mL, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 1.67% and a sampling through put of 60 samples h(-1). The % recovery for the determination of starane was found to be 96%. The method was successfully applied to the determination of the active ingredient of starane herbicide in its formulation as well as in food samples.     

Entangled Porphyrins in Cyclodextrin Vesicles

The entanglement process between porphyrins and some amphiphiliccyclodextrins and the occurrence of different species have been proved by the combination of UV-Visabsorption, fluorescence anisotropy, resonance light scattering and ¹H NMR spectroscopy.     

The characterization and quantitation of sulfur-containing compounds in (heavy) middle distillates by LC-GC-FID-SCD

A modified sulfur chemiluniinescence detector (SCO) has been interfaced to a HPLC-HRGC hyphenated system. This combination enables the full characterization and quantitation of the sulfur containing compounds in (heavy) middle distillate oil fractions (boiling range 150–450°C). The system is suited to identify and determine the various groups of orgaiio-sulfur structures such as: thiols + sulfides + thiophencs, benzothiophenes, dibenzothiophenes and benzo-naphthothiophenes. Within these groups a separation according to boiling point is accomplished. Therefore it allows the separation, identification and quantitation of a number of individual species, especially those which are refractory to hydrodesulfu-rization (HDS), such as 3-methyl-benzothiophene, 4-methyl-dibenzothiophene and -J,6-dimethyl-dibenzothiophene. The analysis of these groups and specific compounds is the key in understanding the kinetics of the chemistry involved in HDS. The complete instrumental set-up is fully automated by computer control. To suppress possible interferences and quenching of the sulfur response of the SCL from (large amounts of) hydrocarbons, it is aligned above the adapted flame ionization detector (FID) of the GC. This renders a sensitivity of the SCO for sulfur of 2 pg. s^?1, which corresponds to a minimum detectable level for individual sulfur species in oil fractions for the complete system of 1 ppm (mg. kg^?1) sulfur. Its linear dynamic range exceeds 10⁵, which means that also untreated, high sulfur containing feedstocks can be analyzed directly. The selectivity of sulfur to carbon of the modified SCO exceeds 10⁶. A number of HDS feedstocks and desulfurized products of different desulfurization levels have been analyzed with the system. From the analysis results the behavior of the refractory compounds in HDS can now be followed closely.     

Absolutely continuous functions of several variables and diffeomorphisms

In [4], a class of absolutely continuous functions of d-variables, motivated by applications to change of variables in an integral, has been introduced. The main result of this paper states that absolutely continuous functions in the sense of [4] are not stable under diffeomorphisms. We also show an example of a function which is absolutely continuous with respect cubes but not with respect to balls.     

Determination of different oxygen transport mechanisms and measurement of the oxygen ion conductivity of Y1Ba2Cu3O7−x

By undertaking AC electrochemical impedance experiments on yttria stabilised zirconia electrolytes with polished Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7−x electrodes, the activation energy for oxygen ion transport within the bulk of Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7−x, in air, over the temperature range 823 K–1043 K, was determined to be 1.50 ± 0.05 eV. At 1000 K the oxygen ionic conductivity was calculated to be around one order of magnitude lower than that in yttria stabilised zirconia. Typical calculated values were σ=5×10⁻⁵ (ω cm)⁻¹ and 6×10⁻³ (ω cm)⁻¹ at the respective temperatures 823 K and 1043 K. By employing a similar cell but with Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7−x paste electrodes, oxygen transfer between the Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7−x and the electrolyte was found to occur via a surface diffusional processes. Over the temperature range 873 K–1098 K, in air, the activation energy for in-diffusion at the surface was found to be 1.4±0.1 eV and that for out-diffusion at the surface to be 1.76±0.05 eV.     

Asymptotics of heavy atoms in high magnetic fields: I. Lowest landau band regions

The ground state energy of an atom of nuclear charge Ze in a magnetic field B is evaluated exactly to leading order as Z → ∞. In this and a companion work (see [28]) we show that there are five regions as Z → ∞: B < Z^4/3, B ～ Z^4/3, Z^4/3 < B < Z³, B ～ Z³, B > Z³. Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4 (and conceivably 5) are relevant for neutron stars. Different regions have different physics and different asymptotic theories. Regions 1, 2, and 3 are described by a simple density functional theory of the semiclassical Thomas-Fermi form. Here we concentrate mainly on regions 4 and 5 which cannot be so described, although 3, 4, and 5 have the common feature (as shown here) that essentially all electrons are in the lowest Landau band. Region 5 does have, however, a simple non-classical density functional theory (which can be solved exactly). Region 4 does not, but, surprisingly, it can be described by a novel density matrix functional theory. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.