One-pot three-component synthesis of the spiroacenaphthylene derivatives

A facile and efficient one-pot three-component synthesis of the spiroacenaphthylene derivatives was achieved, via the reaction of acenaphthequinone, malononitrile/ethylcyanoacetate and various reagents including α-methylencarbonyl compounds/enols.     

Electrical and electroluminescence properties of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/TPD:Alq3:C60/Al organic light emitting diodes

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/TPD:Alq₃:C₆₀/Al with different C₆₀ concentrations (0-6.0 wt.%) have been fabricated. The physical parameters including electrical and optical properties of the samples have been measured by Luminance-current-voltage (L-I-V) characteristics and optical absorbance. The current-voltage characteristics indicate that field-emission tunneling injection dominates in the diodes at high applied voltages. It is found that with increasing the concentration of C₆₀, the injection barrier for holes slightly reduces and the hole’s mobility increases over two orders of magnitude. Also, electroluminescence enhances with the presence of C₆₀ in the blend; optimum current efficiency occurs at 3 wt% C₆₀. The method provides a simple way of increasing the efficiency of OLEDs.     

On fundamental groups related to the Hirzebruch surface F_1

Given a projective surface and a generic projection to the plane,the braid monodromy factorization(and thus,the braid monodromy type)of the complement of its branch curve is one of the most important topological invariants,stable on deformations.From this factorization,one can compute the fundamental group of the complement of the branch curve,either in C~2 or in CP~2.In this article,we show that these groups,for the Hirzebruch surface F_1,(a,b),are almost-solvable.That is, they are an extension of a solvable group,which strengthen the conjecture on degeneratable surfaces.     

β-Cyclodextrin as an efficient catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 1-aminophosphonic esters in water

A simple, efficient, and general method has been developed for the one-pot synthesis of α-aminophosphonic esters in water using β-cyclodextrin as an efficient catalyst. α-Aminophosphonic esters were obtained in good yields (45-82%) and purity under mild conditions by the reaction of diethyl phosphite with a mixture of aldehyde and amine in water at reflux.     

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Given a projective surface and a generic projection to the plane, the braid monodromy factorization (and thus, the braid monodromy type) of the complement of its branch curve is one of the most important topological invariants, stable on deformations. From this factorization, one can compute the fundamental group of the complement of the branch curve, either in ℂ² or in ℂℙ². In this article, we show that these groups, for the Hirzebruch surface F _1,(a,b), are almost-solvable. That is, they are an extension of a solvable group, which strengthen the conjecture on degeneratable surfaces. This work was supported by the Emmy Noether Institute Fellowship (by the Minerva Foundation of Germany) and Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 8008/02-3)     

Analysis of a fractional order Van der Pol-like oscillator via describing function method

In this paper, the behavior of a fractional order Van der Pol-like oscillator is investigated using a describing function method. A parametric function for the boundary between oscillatory and nonoscillatory regions of this system is extracted. The analytical results are evaluated by numerical simulations which demonstrate sufficient reliability of the proposed analyzing method.     

Transacylation of alpha-aryl-beta-keto esters

The acyl group of an alpha-aryl-beta-keto ester was readily transferred to N-, O-, and S-nucleophiles. The transacylation from arylated diethyl 3-oxoglutarate to amines led to unsymmetrical malonic acid amide esters in high yields. The present reaction proceeded under mild conditions without formation of detectable byproducts. Only simple experimental manipulations were required. This reaction was also found to be sensitive to steric factors, which enabled the chemoselective monoacylation of diamines and amino alcohols without any modifications such as protection.     

One-photon mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy of CH2BrI: extensive bending progression, reduced steric effect, and spin-orbit effect in the cation

One-photon mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectrum of CH2BrI was obtained using coherent vacuum-ultraviolet radiation generated by four-wave difference-frequency mixing in Kr. Unlike CH2ClI investigated previously, a very extensive bending (Br-C-I) progression was observed. Vibrational frequencies of CH2BrI+ were measured from the spectra and the vibrational assignments were made by utilizing frequencies calculated by the density-functional-theory (DFT) method using relativistic effective core potentials with and without the spin-orbit terms. A noticeable spin-orbit effect on the vibrational frequencies was observed from the DFT calculations, even though its influence was not so dramatic as in CH2ClI+. A simple explanation based on the bonding characteristics of the molecular orbitals involved in the ionization is presented to account for the above differences between the MATI spectra of CH2BrI and CH2ClI. The 0-0 band of the CH2BrI spectrum could be identified through the use of combined data from calculations and experiments. The adiabatic ionization energy determined from the position of this band was 9.5944+/-0.0006 eV, which was significantly smaller than the vertical ionization energy reported previously.