Lifetime of metastable fluorine atoms

For laser collimation of neutral F atoms, a resonance transition cycle between the metastable and the upper excited states (3s⁴ P _5/2?3p⁴ D ⁰ _7/2) can be used as a two-level closed system. We have determined the lifetime of the metastable state (3s⁴ P _5/2) in F atoms by measuring the decay curve of the fluorescence intensity as a function of distance from the plasma source. Combining the measured velocity of F radicals from the Doppler shift of the fluorescence peak, we have obtained the lifetime of the F metastable state as 3.7±0.5 μs. With this short metastable lifetime of F radicals, the simple Doppler cooling method using spontaneous light force is not practical for laser collimation of F radicals. Use of stimulated light force may be necessary to collimate F radical beams in a short distance. Received: 4 July 2000 / Published online: 13 September 2000     

Polymer-Supported Bases. XI. Esterification and Alkylation in the Presence of Polymer-Supported Bicyclic Amidine or Guanidine Moieties

Polymer-supported 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]deca-5-ene (TBD) was prepared by the reaction of chloromethylated polystyrene resins, cross-linked with 2 mol% of divinylbenzene, with TBD. The reaction of benzoic acid with bromobutane was carried out in toluene or acetonitrile in the presence of polymer-supported TBD or polymer-supported 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU). The rate of esterification was dependent on the ring substitution of the supported bases and the solvent. The reduced ring substitution resulted in the increased swellability of the polymeric beads containing benzoate or bromide ions for toluene and thereby in the increased reaction rate. The rate with the high ring-substituted bases increased in acetonitrile, because of the high swellability of the immobilized salts and the high nucleophilicity of benzoate anion in the solvent. The supported bases were also effective for alkylation of an active methylene compound with bromoalkane.     

Propagation of short-range order in the lattice gas

The lattice gas model is examined to make a comparison between the superposition approximation and one which is free from the approximation as long as the three-body distribution is concerned. The formulation is applied to the type I superionic conductor, AgI, in which Ag-ions can move like the atoms in liquid and give rise to a strongly correlated Ag-ion distribution over available lattice sites. The oscillatory behavior of the radial distribution function is found up to the seventh neighbor distances including three maxima and three minima. The degree of disordered arrangement is then examined by calculating the latent heat of transition from the ordered β-phase to disordered α-phase of the superionic conductor.     

Manganese(III,IV) and manganese(III) oxide clusters trapped by copper(II) complexes

Reactions of quinquedentate Schiff base ligands with Mn and Cu ions afforded icosa- and hexadecanuclear mixed-metal clusters in which dinuclear CuII complexes trapped oxo-bridged [MnIII8MnIV4O12] and [MnIII6O6] cores, respectively. Maximum entropy method analysis for synchrotron X-ray diffraction data was used to determine the oxidation states of the Mn ions.     

A Simplified Numerical Simulation Method Considering Active Devices for Opto-Electronic Mixed Modules

A simplified simulation method based on the FDTD technique that can handle active devices is proposed. This method well suits the electrical crosstalk analysis of multi-channel integrated, opto-electronic mixed modules. We apply this method to an 8-channel integrated super-compact high-sensitivity optical module. The results show good agreement between simulations and measurements.     

Ionic liquid salt bridge in dilute aqueous solutions.

A new type of salt bridge composed of a hydrophobic room-temperature ionic liquid, recently proposed (T. Kakiuchi and T. Yoshimatsu, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2006, 79, 1017), has been shown to be satisfactorily usable in dilute aqueous solutions of submillimolar range. A stable phase-boundary potential has been demonstrated between an ionic liquid, 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([C(8)mim+][C(1)C(1)N-), and an aqueous KCl solution of submillimolar level, which is lower than the solubility of [C(8)mim+][C(1)C(1)N-] in water, 1.6 mmol dm(-3) at 25 degrees C. The phase-boundary potential between [C(8)mim+][C(1)C(1)N-] and water is maintained constant over more than four orders of magnitude change in the concentration of an aqueous electrolyte solution. The ionic-liquid salt bridge is a superior alternative to salt bridges based on equitransferent electrolytes in practical applications, particularly, the potentiometry of samples of low ionic strengths, such as potentiometric pH measurements of rainwater.     

Relation between tritium concentration and chemical composition in rain at Fukuoka

Tritium concentrations in rain collected at Fukuoka, Japan from 1982 have been measured. From May 1996 tritium concentrations and chemical species have been analyzed for each rain to examine their relationship. Recent rain was concluded not to be affected by tritium from atmospheric nuclear tests. Tritium concentrations showed a seasonal pattern, high during winter and spring and low during summer and fall and had positive correlations with non-sea-salt SO₄ ⁻², indicating a long distance transport of acidic materials as tritium from continental China.     

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In Situ Generation of Ruthenium Carbonyl Phosphine Complexes as a Versatile Method for the Development of Enantioselective C−O Bond Arylation

We report here a method for in situ generation of various ruthenium carbonyl phosphine catalysts for arylation via cleavage of inert aromatic carbon–oxygen bonds. The use of catalyst systems consisting of [RuCl₂(CO)(p-cymene)], CsF, styrene, and phosphines enabled facile screening of phosphine ligands. Asymmetric C–O arylation was also achieved for atropo-enantioselective biaryl synthesis using a chiral monodentate phosphine ligand.