Structurally isomeric two pyridino macrocycles: complexation and structures

Pyridine-based, structurally isomeric two macrocyclic compounds displayed a remarkably different complexation nature. The cage-type compound has an ideal structure for spherical cations, especially for the NH₄⁺ ion, but the reaction with some transition metals and Ln³⁺ produced its protonated species. On the other hand, its isomer formed complexes with alkali metals and lanthanides (1:1) and also with transition metals. Some structures of the complexes were clarified by crystallographic analyses.     

Results from GRACE/SUSY at one-loop

We report the recent development on the SUSY calculations with the help of GRACE system. GRACE/SUSY/1LOOP is the computer code which can generate Feynman diagrams in the MSSM automatically and compute one-loop amplitudes in the numerical way. We present new results of various two-body decay widths and chargino pair production at ILC (international linear collider) at one-loop level.      

Synthesis of co-containing aluminosilicates with a microporous layered columnar structure from montmorillonite clays

The conditions of synthesis of cobalt-containing aluminosilicates with a microporous layered columnar structure from montmorillonite clays were correlated with their texture characteristics. The main factors governing the texture properties of the material were shown to be the montmorillonite content in natural clay, the calcination temperature, and the type of hydrolyzing agent and OH^?: Me ⁿ⁺ ratio during the preparation of the modifying solution.     

Crystalline structure of a C60/C70 membrane

The crystalline structure of a C₆₀/C₇₀ membrane prepared by an original technique has been studied by x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The effects of purification of the starting C₆₀/C₇₀ mixture to C₇₀ composition and of spatial separation of the C₆₀ and C₇₀ phases in the membrane have been revealed. The samples studied were established to have a composition gradient from C₆₀ to C₇₀. The main structure of the membrane is shown to be an fcc lattice with a=14.308 Å.     

Conductivity‐Dependent Completion of Oxygen Reduction on Oxide Catalysts

The electric conductivity‐dependence of the number of electrons transferred during the oxygen reduction reaction is presented. Intensive properties, such as the number of electrons transferred, are difficult to be considered conductivity‐dependent. Four different perovskite oxide catalysts of different conductivities were investigated with varying carbon contents. More conductive environments surrounding active sites, achieved by more conductive catalysts (providing internal electric pathways) or higher carbon content (providing external electric pathways), resulted in higher number of electrons transferred toward more complete 4e reduction of oxygen, and also changed the rate‐determining steps from two‐step 2e process to a single‐step 1e process. Experimental evidence of the conductivity dependency was described by a microscopic ohmic polarization model based on effective potential localized nearby the active sites.     

Non-synchronous oscillations in four-dimensional nonlinear semelparous Leslie matrix models

In a certain class of semelparous Leslie matrix models, either a positive equilibrium is stable and an invariant set on the boundary of the nonnegative cone is unstable or vice versa generically if the model dimension is two or three. This dynamic dichotomy is expected to be failed in the four-dimensional case. Our study focuses on a semelparous Leslie matrix model with specific nonlinearities and rigorously proves that the dynamic dichotomy does not hold in the four-dimensional case. This result is derived by showing that the four-dimensional semelparous Leslie matrix model can be uniformly persistent with respect to the boundary of the nonnegative cone even if there exists an unstable positive equilibrium. In such a situation, there are no missing age-classes but population oscillation occurs.     

Palladium-catalyzed oxidation of vinyl ether to acetate with hydrogen peroxide

The selective hydrogen peroxide oxidation of vinyl ethers to give acetates was developed using triphenylphosphine palladium and triethyl amine catalysts under mild reaction conditions.     

Studies of acylation kinetics of aspen wood with aromatic carboxylic acids

With the help of Erofeev-Kolmogorov and Eiring equations kinetic characteristics of acylation of the aspen wood with the aromatic carboxylic acids in presence of thionyl chloride in the trifluoroacetic acid medium were calculated and thermodynamic parameters of this process were established.     

Anthraquinone profile, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of bark extracts of Rhamnus catharticus and R. orbiculatus

The anthraquinone profile, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities as well as the total phenol and total flavonoid contents were determined in methanol extracts of the barks of Rhamnus catharticus L. and R. orbiculatus Bornm. The most abundant anthraquinone derivatives in R. catharticus were physcion (67.8%) and emodin (26.2%), while R. orbiculatus contained mostly physcion (81.3%) and chrysophanol (14.6%). R. catharticus displayed better activity in the beta-carotene-linoleic acid assay, as well as chelating activity, whereas its activity in the reducing power assay was significantly lower than that of R. orbiculatus. Both methanol extracts showed antimicrobial activity against all microbial species tested (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Microsporum gypseum) with MIC values either equal to or lower than 2.50 mg/mL. R. catharticus and R. orbiculatus contained several anthranoid aglycones and their bark extracts demonstrated notable antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. The results obtained indicate the medicinal potential of these two species.     

Influence of phenylenediamine additions on the morphology and on the catalytic effect of polyaniline

The influence of para‐, ortho‐, and meta‐phenylenediamine (p‐, o‐, and m‐PDA) additions on the electrochemical synthesis of polyaniline has been investigated by the use of cyclic voltametry. It has been found that small additions (1 and 5 mmol L^?1) of PDA monomers influence significantly the polymerization rate. Whereas p‐PDA increases the polymerization rate, the addition of o‐ or m‐PDA slows it down. Therefore, a different number of potential cycling is necessary to obtain similar thickness of layers. The layers exhibit very different morphology, which changes from “spaghetti‐like” for polyaniline to “sponge‐like” for p‐PDA, to “pebble‐like” for o‐PDA and to “cauliflower‐like” for m‐PDA additions, respectively. The catalytic effect of the synthesized polymer layers has been tested. It has been found that all the layers exhibit catalytic effect in lowering the redox potential of hydroquinone/quinone tested reaction, but the rate of the electrocatalytic reaction varies depending on the PDA monomer added. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 1599–1608, 2004