Hydrolysis study of organic acid anhydrides by differential thermal analysis-I Pyromellitic dianhydride

A technique for following the hydrolysis of pyromellitic acid dianhydride (PMDA) by differential thermal analysis (DTA) is described. On exposure of PMDA to moisture, an endothennic peak is initiated between 190 and 200 degrees . As the degree of hydrolysis increases, this peak becomes more intense and shifts to higher temperatures. The formation of pyromellitic acid (PMA) during the hydrolysis of PMDA can be determined qualitatively by DTA.     

Effect of bases on 1,3,4-thiadazolo[3,2-a] pyrimidinium salts

1,3,4-Thiadiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidinium salts are converted by the action of bases to 2-thiocyanopyrimidines, which were also obtained from 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole and -diketones, thus bypassing the step involving the isolation of the pyrimidinum salts.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1660–1661, December, 1974.     

The effect of a magnetic field on the singlet/triplet ratio in geminate ion recombination

Excited state formation by ion recombination in solutions of fluorene in squalene has been studied by pulse radiolysis at the center of a large electromagnet. The products of the slower part of the ion recombination are affected by an applied magnetic field. The fluorescence yield increases by a factor of about 1.5 whereas the triplet yield decreases.     

Reactivity of phenyl esters of phosphorus acids in alkaline hydrolysis

Conclusions A study was made of the kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of some phenyl esters of phosphorus acids. An estimate was made of the contribution made by the induction effect and the p–d conjugation of the phenoxyl group to the free activation energy of the alkaline hydrolysis of the investigated esters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2794–2796, December, 1972.     

Influence of the degree of branching of the O-alkyl radical on the anticholinesterase properties of O-alkyl S-n-butyl methylphosphonothioates

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