Uridylyl-(5′→N)- serines

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EPR spectra of halogenonitromethane anion radicals

Conclusions It was deduced that fluorine is in a -combined state in the anion radicals we studied; this was based on an analysis of the EPR spectra of a series of fluoronitroalkane anion radicals.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 458–460, February, 1969.In conclusion, the authors express their appreciation to A. A. Fainzil'berg for his interest in our work.     

Mechanism of Dehydrobromination of 1,2-Dibromo-1-phenylethane under Conditions of Phase-Transfer Catalysis

Selective dehydrobromination of 1,2-dibromo-1-phenylethane to -bromostyrene was effected under conditions of phase-transfer catalysis in systems containing KOH, toluene, and tetraalkylammonium bromides. The high selectivity of the catalytic systems originates from stabilization by lipophilic cation of the phase-transfer catalyst of a E1cb-like transition state in the E2 mechanism. In the presence of a catalytic amount of lipophilic alcohols, phenylacetylene was obtained. Substrate activation by alcohol molecules is explained by enhancement of the acceptor power of halogen atoms due to solvation and by increased mobility of hydrogen atoms.     

New Procedure for Determining the Solubility of Lypophilic Nonionic Surfactants in Water

The procedure that allows to study the kinetics of a dissolution of oleophilic nonionic surfactants in water and to determine the equilibrium values of solubility (S ^eq _w) was proposed, based on the spectrophotometry of extremely dilute, finely dispersed o/w emulsions of these substances prepared by sonication. The equilibrium values of solubility of tetraethoxylated p-nonylphenol (Neonol AF_9-4) and sorbitan monolaurate (Span-20) at 293 K in water are 3.67 × 10^–5 and 1.03 × 10^–5 M, respectively. For the tetraethoxylated p-nonylphenol, the equilibrium value of solubility in water determined by the proposed procedure agrees well with that determined by precision tensiometric measurements.     

Hydrodynamic and conformational properties of cellulose myristate molecules in solution

Cellulose myristate samples with a degree of substitution of 230–250 have been studied by the methods of molecular hydrodynamics (viscometry, analytical ultracentrifugation (flotation), and isothermal translational diffusion) in chloroform in the range M = (56–652) × 10³. The experimental evidence has been interpreted within the framework of the generalized wormlike Yamakawa-Fuji model with the following parameters: the persistence length a = 115 × 10^?8 cm, the chain diameter d = 45 × 10^?8 cm, and the molecular mass per unit chain length M _L = 270 × 10⁸ cm^?1. It has been inferred that the polymer dissolves in chloroform in the form of dimers.     

Fragmental analysis of energies of electronic transition in monosubstituted benzene derivatives. I. A single configuration approximation

Conclusions The analysis of EET in the SC-approximation that has been carried out on the example of MSB showed that the use of the FO basis instead of the AO basis gives additional information on the relationship between the energies of transitions of the chromophoric (benzene) molecule and its substituted derivatives.In the FO basis the decomposition of the EET into the fragmental and interfragmental components becomes natural. The value of the fragmental components is determined by the LN of the transition MO in the separate fragments, while that of the one-electronic energies and the coulombic and exchange integrals of the fragment (the chromophore) are approximately transferable parameters.Since the LN are dependent on the degree of mixing of the FO of the fragments the study of the relationship between the transition energies of the SC-transitions in the chromophoric molecule and the fragmental components in the substituted molecule is reduced to the study of formation the LCFO MO. Moreover, the LCFO MO makes it possible to find a relationship between the SC-transitions even when the LCAO MO of the two molecules are not commensurable. This makes it possible to carry out a classification of the SC-transitions in MSB according to the SC-transitions of benzene.We wish to express our gratitude to A. L. Gineitite for useful comments made during the preparation of the article.Institute of Biochemistry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 45–56, November–December, 1992.