A novel MCR of isocyanates, aldehydes, and dienophiles

[reaction: see text] A novel one-pot procedure for the three-component coupling reaction of isocyanates, aldehydes, and dienophiles (IAD reaction) has been developed. Condensation of isocyanates and aldehydes and subsequent Diels-Alder reactions with electron-deficient dienophiles furnishes endo-selective amino-substituted cyclohexenes in good yield.     

Torsionsabhängige Beiträge zur Spin-Bahn-Kopplung in organischen Molekülen

Zusammenfassung Die Spin-Bahn-Kopplung der niedrigen elektronischen Anregungszustände von organischen Molekülen wird untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, daß die Zerstörung der aromatischen Ebene durch Torsionen oder Schwingungen zu nicht-verschwindenden Zweizentrenbeiträgen führt. Am Beispiel des Triphenylmethyl-Kations wird mit Hilfe der LCAO MO SCF-Methode die Größenordnung der auftretenden Wechselwirkungen ermittelt. Diese haben wahrscheinlich großen Einfluß auf die strahlungslosen Prozesse in Molekülen mit leicht beweglichen Gruppen.

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Spin-orbit coupling of the lower excited electronic states of organic molecules has been investigated. It is shown that any destruction of the aromatic plane through torsions or vibrations leads to non-vanishing contributions from two-centre integrals. The order of magnitude of this type of interactions is determined for the triphenylmethyl-cation with the aid of the LCAO MO SCF method. These interactions probably have much influence on radiationless transitions in molecules containing mobile groups.

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Résumé Etude du couplage spin-orbite dans les états électroniques exités les plus bas des molécules organiques. Toute non planéité aromatique créée par torsions ou vibrations entraîne une contribution non nulle de la part des intégrales bicentriques. L'ordre de grandeur de ce type d'interaction est detérminé, à l'aide de la méthode L.C.A.O. M.O. SCF, pour le cation triphenylméthyle. Ces interactions ont probablement beaucoup d'influence sur les transitions non radiatives dans les molécules contenant des groupements mobiles.

     

Auf eine Eichkurve bezogene emissionsspektrographische 15N-Bestimmung mit dem Spektrographen Q24-Zeiss

Zusammenfassung Zur spektrographischen ¹⁵N-Bestimmung wird für ¹⁵N-Konzentrationen von 0,38–20,0 At-% ¹⁵N ein Verfahren beschrieben, das mit UV-Spektrographen mit normaler Ausstattung ausgeführt werden kann. Die relative IsotopenhÄufigkeit wird mittels einer Eichkurve in leitprobengebundener oder leitprobenfreier Spektralanalyse bestimmt. Das Verfahren weist eine relative Standardabweichung der Analysenergebnisse zwischen 2,0 und 3,0% auf.

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Summary A method for a spectrographic ¹⁵N determination in the atomconcentration range from 0.38 to 20.0% ¹⁵N is described. The method can be used with normal spectrographic equipment. The relative isotopic abundance is determined by means of a calibration curve. The relative standard deviation of the isotope determinations is between 2.0 and 3.0% for the method described.

     

Equational partiality

A special kind of partiality of heterogeneous algebraic structures is introduced. Every operator of a heterogeneous operator domain is associated with a set of term equations as necessary and sufficient domain condition.It is shown that some kind of hierarchy condition for the system of domain equations is equivalent to the condition that every injective weak homomorphism is a strong homomorphism which is equivalent to the statement that every bijective weak homomorphism is an isomorphism.On the base of this result the notions of a quasi-variety and of a variety of equationally partial heterogeneous algebras are suggested. The class of all small categories becomes a standard example of a variety of equational partial heterogeneous algebras.Presented by V. Trnková.     

Analysis of dinitro- and amino-nitro-toluenesulfonic acids in groundwater by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

A reversed-phase LC–MS method with quadrupole-time of flight (QTOF) detection has been developed for the determination of four dinitro-toluenesulfonic acids and two amino-nitro-toluenesulfonic acids in groundwater. The analytes were separated by HPLC with 0.1% (v/v) formic acid as mobile phase modifier compatible with mass spectrometric detection. QTOF-MS analysis with negative ion electrospray ionization afforded good selectivity and sensitivity for analysis of the dinitro- and amino-nitro-toluenesulfonic acids. Structure elucidation and confirmation were accomplished by tandem mass spectrometry. Characteristic ions resulting from the loss of NO, NO₂, and SO₂ from the [M–H]^– ions were detected. An intense fragment ion at m/z 80 representing the [SO₃]^– ion was detected for all dinitro- and amino-nitro-toluenesulfonic acids. Solid-phase extraction using a co-polymer cartridge was developed for preconcentration of the analytes from water. Good recovery (>85%) was achieved when 0.1% formic acid was added into the water samples before extraction. Method detection limits ranged from 10 to 76 ng L^–1 for the targeted compounds when 10 mL water was analyzed. Groundwater samples collected from wells close to a former ammunition plant in Stadtallendorf, Germany, were analyzed for the dinitro- and amino-nitro-toluenesulfonic acids.     

Cyclocopolymerization of dicyclic dienes and maleic anhydride to fused ring systems

The cyclocopolymerization of maleic anhydride and four 1,5- and 1,6-dienes (bicyclopentene, bicyclohexene, dicyclopentenyl ether, and dicyclohexenyl ether) and one tetraene (quartercyclopentene) is described. Soluble, low molecular weight copolymers were obtained from all five compounds. Their compositions approach 2:1 copolymer ratios. Fused ring structures are proposed as the main repeating units. Among the compounds listed, bicyclopentene copolymerized most easily and gave good conversions for monomer ratios of 2:1. Quartercyclopentene and dicyclopentyl ether, the other five-membered ring compounds, also polymerized to good-to-fair yields. However, a monomer ratio of about 4:1 was required to obtain conversions comparable to a 2:1 maleic anhydride—bicyclopentene polymerization. The six-membered systems, bicyclopentene and dicyclopentenyl ether, gave consistently low conversions, even with a 4:1 monomer ratio. The influence of the initiator system, initiator concentration, and reaction medium was studied on copolymerizations of bicyclopentene. Best results were obtained in acetic anhydride with azobisisobutyronitrile as the initiator.     

All massless,scalar fields with trivialS-matrix are wick-polynomials

We extend a result about non-interacting fields given by Buchholz and Fredenhagen. Consider a massless, scalar field ø in 3 + 1 dimensional space-time which does not interact. The corresponding Hilbert space is assumed to be the FockspaceH of the free massless fieldA. This implies — as we show in the first part — that alln-point-functions are rational functions of their arguments. In the second part we use this fact to construct a symmetric, traceless tensorfield ^1...n, relatively local to the original field ø, and connecting the vacuum with the one particle states. In the last part we prove ^1...n to be relatively local to the free fieldA.