The Reaction of (N‐Isocyanimino)triphenylphosphorane with Biacetyl in the Presence of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids: Efficient One‐Pot Three‐Component Reaction for the Synthesis of 3‐(5‐Aryl‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl)‐3‐hydroxybutan‐2‐one Derivatives

Reactions of biacetyl (=butane‐2,3‐dione) with (N‐isocyanimino)triphenylphosphorane in the presence of aromatic carboxylic acids proceed smoothly at room temperature and under neutral conditions to afford 3‐(5‐aryl‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl)‐3‐hydroxybutan‐2‐one derivatives in high yields.     

An Efficient One‐Pot,Four‐Component Synthesis of {[(1H‐1,2,3‐Triazol‐4‐yl)methoxy]phenyl}‐1H‐pyrazolo[1,2‐b]phthalazine‐5,10‐dione Derivatives

The 1‐{[(1H‐1,2,3‐Triazol‐4‐yl)methoxy]phenyl}‐1H‐pyrazolo[1,2‐b]phthalazine‐5,10‐dione derivatives 5 were synthesized by a simple and efficient method, i.e., by the four‐component, one‐pot condensation reaction of phthalohydrazide 4 , a (propargyloxy)benzaldehyde 1 , an active methylene compound 3 (malononitrile or ethyl cyanoacetate), and an azide 2 in the presence of Cu(OAc)₂/sodium L ‐ascorbate as catalyst and 1‐methyl‐1H‐imidazolium trifluoroacetate ([Hmim](CF₃COO)) as an ionic‐liquid medium in good to excellent yields (Scheme 1).     

Raman active jagged-shaped gold-coated magnetic particles as a novel multimodal nanoprobe

The creation of novel engineered multimodal nanoparticles (NPs) is a key focus in bionanotechnology and can lead to deep understanding of biological processes at the molecular level. Here, we present a multi-component system made of gold-coupled core-shell SPIONs, as a new nanoprobe with signal enhancement in surface Raman spectroscopy, due to its jagged-shaped gold shell coating.     

Determination of unknown functions in a mathematical model of ductal carcinoma in situ

This study deals with the numerical investigation of a mathematical model of breast cancer at the initial growth stage known as ductal carcinoma in situ. This model considered as an inverse problem and the uniqueness of solution of this inverse problem is proved. To solve this problem, a computational approach is developed based on an iterative procedure and space marching and mollification methods. The stability and convergence results are given to support the method theoretically. Two test problems are considered to demonstrate the efficiency and ability of the proposed numerical approach.     

Nonlinear vibration mitigation of a flexible rotor shaft carrying a longitudinally dispositioned unbalanced rigid disc

Nonlinear Dynamics - This study is dedicated to investigate the nonlinear dynamics of a system composed of a flexible rotor shaft carrying a longitudinally dispositioned unbalanced rigid disc. The...     

ℋ-theories, fragments of HA and PA-normality

For a classical theory T, ℋ(T) denotes the intuitionistic theory of T-normal (i.e. locally T) Kripke structures. S. Buss has asked for a characterization of the theories in the range of ℋ and raised the particular question of whether HA is an ℋ-theory. We show that T ⁱ ∈ range(ℋ) iff T ⁱ = ℋ(T). As a corollary, no fragment of HA extending iΠ ₁ belongs to the range of ℋ. A. Visser has already proved that HA is not in the range of H by different methods. We provide more examples of theories not in the range of ℋ. We show PA-normality of once-branching Kripke models of HA + MP, where it is not known whether the same holds if MP is dropped. Received: 15 August 1999 / Published online: 3 October 2001     

Ferric Nitrate/Molibdatophosphoric Acid as a New and Efficient System in the Oxidative Deprotection of Trimethylsilyl Ethers to Corresponding Carbonyl Compounds under Solvent‐Free Conditions

Oxidative deprotection of a variety of trimethylsilyl ethers were performed by Fe(NO₃)₃.9H₂O in the presence of H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀.xH₂O as catalyst at room temperature in good to high yields under solvent‐free conditions.     

Synthesis and activity measurement of some water-gas shift reaction catalysts

The effect of calcination temperature on the activity and some properties of low temperature water gas shift reaction catalysts has been investigated. The activities of catalysts have been determined using a fixed bed catalytic reactor. The following results may be deduced from the present study. 1. The catalysts' total surface area decreased with increasing calcination temperature, presumably due to the partial sintering of the catalysts particles. 2. The presence of an amorphous CuO phase within the structure of some catalysts may be related to the desirable conditions prevailing during synthesis of the latter. 3. Observation of a similar trend between the increase in copper crystallite particle size and enhancement of catalyst activities with increasing calcination temperature demonstrates the important contribution made by the copper crystallite phase to the overall activities of water gas shift reaction catalysts. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Intra-elemental photoelectron line intensities and their significance to quantitative analysis

Intraelemental relative photoelectron line intensities for 20 pure elements obtained under ultrahigh vacuum (5·10^?9 torr) and high resolution with cleaned surfaces are presented. Theoretical and experimental aspects of relative photoelectron line intensities as well as other characteristics of significance to quantitative analysis are discussed. Experimental data are related to theoretical results and compared with other recent work.