Reaction of 3-Benzoyl-2,3-dibromopropionic Acid with Substituted ortho-Phenylenediamines

3-Benzoyl-2,3-dibromopropionic acid reacts with 4-substituted o-phenylenediamines to give 3-aryl-2-carboxymethylene-1,2-dihydroquinoxalines.     

The use of the consecutive adsorption of pyridine bases and carbon monoxide in the IR spectroscopic study of the accessibility of acid sites in microporous/mesoporous materials

A new approach to the evaluation of the accessibility of acid sites in microporous/mesoporous materials is developed and tested using a series of dealuminated mordenites. This approach is based on an IR-spectroscopic study of the consecutive adsorption of substituted alkylpyridines (pyridine, 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine, and 2,4,6-triethylpyridine) and carbon monoxide. This method allowed us to determine the strength and number of acid sites with various degrees of accessibility. The adsorption of 2,4,6-triethylpyridine on various types of materials is studied. The extinction coefficients of alkylpyridines are determined using a McBain balance placed in a cell for IR-spectroscopic measurements. Original Russian Text N.S. Nesterenko, F. Thibault-Starzyk, V. Montouilliout, V.V. Yushchenko, C. Fernandez, J.-P. Gilson, F. Fajula, I.I. Ivanova, 2006, published in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2006, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 45–53.     

Determination of the Lipophilicity of Xanthines by Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC -     

Alkylation ofβ-diketones of the hexahydroindan series and their enamines

Conclusions The reactions of hexahydro-1,3-indandlone with ammonia and some amines were studied, and the structures of the products formed were proved. In the alkylation of-diketones of the hexahydroindan series and their enamines under the usual conditions C-alkylation products are not formed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1214–1218, July, 1966.     

Method and apparatus for vacuum-thermic extraction (VTE) of toxic and essential elements from soils in oxidation-reduction medium in connection with analytical applications — I

A method is presented for simultaneous separation of traces of toxic and essential elements from soils. The method is based on programmed vacuum-thermic extraction of the elements in an oxidation-reduction medium. Under optimal conditions of temperature and pressure Pb, Zn, Cd, Bi, Tl, As, Sb, Te, Mo, Hg and Re are distilled or sublimated in elementary state or as oxides. A simple quartz apparatus is proposed. The elements extracted from matrix are dissolved in nitric acid and determined by AAS or OES with ICP excitation.     

Models of pesticides inside cavities of molecular dimensions. A role of the guest inclusion in the dechlorination process

The reduction mechanism of the pesticide vinclozoline (3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-methyl-5-vinyl-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione) was studied in nonaqueous solvents in the confined environment of a cyclodextrin (CD) cavity. The effect of the cavity dimensions on the mechanism of the redox process was evaluated using glucose as a reference and using three cyclodextrin molecules of different cavity sizes, namely, alphaCD, betaCD, and gammaCD. In the absence of CD the main reduction product of vinclozoline in the first reduction step is dichloroaniline. An addition of glucose leads to a quantitative change of mechanism with 10 products in total. Addition of CD, however, leads exclusively to dechlorination of the phenyl ring. The degree of dechlorination depends strongly on the choice of cyclodextrin molecule. The importance of the complex formation equilibria in the change of the mechanism is supported by a series of semiempirical AM1 quantum-mechanical calculations. Very good correlation (correlation coefficient 0.995) was obtained between the complex stabilization energy of the inclusion complex and the degree of pesticide dechlorination. Additionally, we were able to show that the complexes are stabilized by the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the host and guest species. CD molecules do not simply act as proton donors in a nonaqueous environment, but also protect parts of the molecule included within the cavity and steer the degradation process toward fewer products.     

Acid–Basic Properties of Al(III), Ga(III), and In(III) Complexes with Octaphenyltetraazaporphine

Al(III), Ga(III), and In(III) complexes with octaphenyltetraazaporphine and halide axial ligands of the composition [(X)MTAP] (X = F, Cl, Br) and In(III) complexes with bidentate ligands of the composition [(Y)InTAP] (Y = nitrite (NO₂) and 2,3-naphthodiolate (NpO₂)) were synthesized. The acid–basic properties of the complexes were studied in the proton-donor media and the concentration stability constants of the acidic forms obtained at the first protonation stage were determined. The effect of the nature of a metal and extra ligand on the basic properties of meso-nitrogen atom in macrocyclic ligand was discussed.