Intermediates of photolysis of 1,3,2,4-benzodithiadiazines studied by matrix isolation spectroscopy and quantum chemistry

Photolysis of 12-electron, formally antiaromatic, 1,3,2,4-benzodithiadiazine (1a) and its tetrafluoro-substituted derivative (1b) was studied in glassy matrices at 77 K and in an argon matrix at 14 K by UV, IR, and ESR spectroscopy. In these matrices, a diamagnetic species (3a,b) is formed as a persistent species. It is product of the intramolecular transformations of heterocycles 1a,b and the precursor of 1,2,3-benzodithiazolyl radicals (2a,b). The nitrenoid structure, intermediate between the structures of singlet 1,2,3-benzodithiazol-2-ylnitrene RS—N: and the corresponding thiazyl RSN, was ascribed to intermediate 3a,b in agreement with the data of IR spectroscopy.     

13C-isotope labelling for the facilitated NMR analysis of a complex dynamic chemical system

(13)C-isotope labelling is presented as a novel tool for the study of complex chemical systems. (13)C-isotope labelling permits the quantification of all 26 members of a dynamic library from a single (13)C NMR spectrum without the need for advanced instrumentation or sophisticated experimental protocols.     

Self‐made microextraction by packed sorbent device for the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls from bovine serum

Microextraction by packed sorbent, a miniaturized form of the solid‐phase extraction, is a new sample pretreatment technology mainly used for bioanalysis. In this work, self‐made device was fabricated by packing C₁₈ sorbent into a microinjection needle (50 μL) and then applied for the analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls in bovine serum followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry determination. Compared with conventional solid‐phase extraction, the developed method bears many intriguing properties such as low consumption of the sample and organic solvent, time‐saving and easy operation, which are of great interest and desire for bioanalysis applications. A series of parameters that affect the analytical performance, such as the type of elution, the aspirating/dispensing cycles of sample loading and elution, washing solution, and matrix effects, was investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the proposed method presented a good linearity (R ≥ 0.986) and satisfactory sensitivity and limits of detection (0.06–0.53 ng/mL) and quantification (0.20–1.77 ng/mL), respectively. In addition, satisfactory recoveries (60.0–91.4%) and accuracy (RSD ≤ 5.72%) were achieved after optimizing the conditions when applying the developed method to real sample analysis. The screening of polychlorinated biphenyls residues in bovine serum samples by the developed method demonstrated that the assay is ideally suited as a monitoring method for polychlorinated biphenyls residues in bioanalysis.     

宇宙飞船中燃料的控制

本文介绍在宇宙飞船中，利用极化力控制燃料是一个行之有效的方法。     

Searching for the Exchange Shift: a Set of Test Systems

We suggest that intramolecular exchange coupling J in solutions can possibly be measured with just a ruler using an analogue of the nuclear magnetic resonance paramagnetic shift. If one of the two coupled electron spins is rapidly relaxing, the resulting electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum of the system is the resolved spectrum for the second spin with a shifted g-factor. The amount and the sense of the shift are both linear in J, which thus can be obtained from the measured shift by simple algebra. We prepared a set of complexes of rare-earth ions with nitroxides to probe this idea, but the sought effect was not yet found indicating J < 0.1 cm⁻¹ for these systems. Either the radical centers should be brought closer to the central lanthanide ion, or the ion itself should be substituted for a rapidly relaxing transition-metal ion, e.g., Cr²⁺ or Co²⁺. Furthermore we report evolving EPR spectra that reflect the inner life of the complexes in solution. Authors' address: Dmitri Stass, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia