Studies on the syntheses of heterocylic compounds—762: Synthesis of 3-benzyl-6-methyl-2-oxo-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane as a synthetic intermediate of mitomycins

(±)-1-Benzyl-3α-hydroxy-4β-methylamino-2-oxopyrrolidine (15) and its cis-isomer (16) were synthesised from 1-benzyl-4-ethoxycarbonyl-2,3-dioxopyrrolidine (2) in several steps. The former (15) was converted to 3-benzyl-6-methyl-2-oxo-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane (17) with a mixture of triphenylphosphine, carbon tetrachloride and triethylamine.     

Role of Prehistories in the Initial Value Problems of Fractional Viscoelastic Equations

The fractional viscoelastic equation (FVE), which is a second-order differential equation with fractional derivatives describing the dynamical behavior of a single-degree-of-freedom viscoelastic oscillator, is considered. Some viscoelastic damped mechanical systems may be described by FVEs. However, FVEs with conventional nonzero initial values cannot generally be solved. In this paper, the prehistories of the unknown functions before the initial times, referred to as the initial functions, are taken into account to solve FVEs. Mathematically, appropriate initial functions are essential for unique solutions of FVEs. Physically, the initial functions reflect the processes of giving the initial values. FVEs are solved for some initial functions both by analytical and numerical methods. The initial functions affect the solutions of FVEs. It is discussed how the solutions depend on the initial functions. Implication of the solutions to viscoelastic materials will be discussed.     

A boundary element formulation for natural convection problems

This paper presents a boundary element formulation employing a penalty function technique for two-dimensional steady thermal convection problems. By regarding the convective and buoyancy force terms in Navier-Stokes equations as body forces, the standard elastostatics analysis can be extended to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. In a similar manner, the standard potential analysis is extended to solve the energy transport equation. Finally, some numerical results are included, for typical natural convection problems, in order to demonstrate the efficiency of the present method.     

Immobilization of 1-nitroso-2-naphthol on surfactant-coated alumina for the collection of traces of cobalt(II) ions

Positively charged alumina surfaces were coated with sodium dodecyl sulfate, into which 1-nitroso-2-naphthol was immobilized. The alumina particles were effectively used for the collection of nanogram amounts of cobalt(II) from aqueous solutions of pH 1–2.5. The method has been applied to the electrothermal AAS determination of cobalt in high-purity zinc metal.     

Asymmetric anionic polymerization of 2,6-dimethyl-7-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone methide

Asymmetric anionic polymerizations of 2,6-dimethyl-7-phenyl-1,4-benzoquinone methide ( 1 ) were performed with various chiral anionic initiators, and the specific rotations of the obtained polymers were investigated. Optically active poly( 1 )s with configurational chirality were obtained with all the initiators, and a complex of fluorenyllithium (FlLi) with (−)-sparteine [(−)-Sp] produced poly( 1 ) with the largest negative specific rotation ([α]₄₃₅ = −26.8°). The specific rotations of poly( 1 )s obtained with FlLi/(−)-Sp depended on the initiator concentration and the solvent polarity. The maximum specific rotations were obtained at an almost constant initiator concentration (ca. 0.03 mol/L), regardless of the monomer concentration, in toluene, whereas a higher initiator concentration was required in more polar solvents. These results suggested that the aggregation state of the propagating chain end significantly affected the specific rotation of poly( 1 ). © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4548–4555, 2004     

Spontaneous polymerization mechanism of electron‐accepting substituted quinodimethane with vinyl ether and cyclic ketene acetal

The spontaneous reactions of 1‐(2,2‐dimethyl‐1,3‐dioxane‐4,6‐dione‐5‐ylidene)‐4‐(dicyanomethylene)‐2,5‐cyclohexadiene (QM‐1) with a vinyl ether, butyl vinyl ether (BVE), and a cyclic ketene acetal, 2‐methylene‐1,3‐dioxepane (MDOP), were investigated. The reaction of QM‐1 with BVE produced a terpolymer composed of QM‐1, 7‐butoxy‐8,8‐dicyanoquinodimethane, and BVE units as a hexane‐insoluble product and a one‐to‐one adduct of methylene Meldrum's acid and BVE as a hexane‐soluble product. The spontaneous reaction of QM‐1 with BVE produced, in the presence of 2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidine‐1‐oxy (TEMPO), a terpolymer carrying TEMPO units in the chain ends, and in the presence of methanol, a one‐to‐one‐to‐one adduct of QM‐1, BVE, and methanol was isolated. The spontaneous reaction with bulkier, electron‐donating MDOP produced a low‐molecular‐weight alternating cooligomer of QM‐1 with MDOP. The spontaneous polymerization was proposed to proceed via a zwitterionic intermediate taking two forms, gauche and trans, depending on the bulkiness of the comonomer. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 3800–3811, 2004     

One-pot assembly of tricyclo[6.2.1.0(1,6)]undecan-4-one and related polycyclic compounds by tandem electroreductive cyclization

[reaction: see text] Electroreductive tandem cyclization of 4-allyl-4-(2-bromoprop-2-en-1-yl)cyclohex-2-en-1-one to tricyclo[6.2.1.0(1,6)]undecan-4-one has been demonstrated. This protocol represents an attractive alternative to conventional tandem radical cyclization.     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定黄沙土壤中铅同位素比

用电感耦合等离子体质谱法（ＩＣＰ—ＭＳ）测定了５个黄沙原土样品中铅同位素比２０７Ｐｂ／２０６Ｐｂ、２０８Ｐｂ／２０６Ｐｂ，样品来自被认为是黄沙气溶胶源地区，为了使铅同位素测量中质量偏差和漂移减至最少，在样品中加入了铊标准溶液，测量２０５Ｔｌ／２０３Ｔｌ比，校正质量数差别选择的影响．同时，采用ＩＣＰ—ＭＳ和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法（ＩＣＰ一ＡｌＳ）测定了随粒径变化样品中１２种元素浓度的变化．     

Transport coefficients and orientational distributions of rodlike particles with magnetic moment normal to the particle axis under circumstances of a simple shear flow

We have investigated the influences of the magnetic field strength, shear rate, and random forces on transport coefficients such as viscosity and diffusion coefficient, and also on the orientational distributions of rodlike particles of a dilute colloidal dispersion. This dispersion is composed of ferromagnetic spheroidal particles with a magnetic moment normal to the particle axis. In the present analysis, these spheroidal particles are assumed to conduct the rotational Brownian motion in a simple shear flow as well as an external magnetic field. The basic equation of the orientational distribution function has been derived from the balance of the torques and solved numerically. The results obtained here are summarized as follows. For a very strong magnetic field, the rodlike particle is significantly restricted in the field direction, so that the particle points to a direction normal to the flow direction (and also to the magnetic field direction). However, the present particle does not exhibit a strong directional characteristic, which is one of the typical properties for the previous particle with a magnetic moment parallel to the particle axis. That is, the particle can rotate around the axis of the magnetic moment, although the magnetic moment nearly points to the field direction. The viscosity significantly increases with the field strength, as in the previous particle model. The particle of a larger aspect ratio leads to the larger increase in the viscosity, since such elongated particles induce larger resistance in a flow field. The diffusion coefficient under circumstances of an applied magnetic field is in reasonable agreement between theoretical and experimental results.