A Convenient Synthesis of N-Methoxy-N-Methylamides from Carboxylic Acids

Carboxylic acids can be converted to their corresponding N-methoxy-N-methylamides in high yields using 2-chloro-1-methylpyridinium iodide as the coupling agent. The reaction proceeds without racemization when chiral carboxylic acids are used as the starting material.     

A short and efficient synthesis of furo[2,3-b]indoles

Application of Wittig olefination-Claisen rearrangement protocol for the short synthesis of furo[2,3-b]indoles is described.     

Magnetic field dependence ofT c and temperature dependence ofH c2 in layered superconductors with open normal state Fermi surface

A theoretical framework for treating the effects of magnetic fieldH on the pairing theory of superconductivity is considered, where the field is taken in an arbitrary direction with respect to crystal axes. This is applicable to closed, as well as open normal state Fermi surface (FS), including simple layered metals. The orbital effects of the magnetic field are treated semiclassically while retaining the full anisotropic paramagnetic contribution. Explicit calculations are presented in the limits |H| → |H _c2(T)|,T ∼ 0 andT →T _c(|H|), |H| ∼ 0. Effects of weak nonmagnetic impurity scattering, without vertex corrections, have also been taken into account in a phenomenological way. The final results for the case of open FS and layered materials are found to differ considerably from those of the closed FS. For example, an important parameter,h(T=0)=|H_c2(0)|/[-Tδ|H _c2 T|δT]_T{s0} for the case of a FS open ink _z-direction with thek _z-bandwidth, 4t ₃, very small compared to the Fermi energy,E _F, is close to 0.5906, compared to 0.7273 for the closed FS, in the clean limit. Analytical results are given for the magnetic field dependence ofT _c and the temperature dependence of H _c2 for a model of layered superconductors with widely open FS. For a set of band structure parameters for YBa₂Cu₃O₇ used elsewhere, we find reasonable values for the upper critical fieldH _c2(0), the slope (dH _c2/dT)_{T c0}, anisotropic coherence lengths ζ_i(T=0),i=x, y, z, and (dT _c/d|H|)_{|H| → 0}.     

Phonon dispersion in aluminium arsenide and antimonide

The phonon dispersion curves for aluminium arsenide and antimonide have been investigated by using a deformation bond approximation model. The results obtained from this model are compared with the experimental values wherever it is available. Since there is no complete experimental phonon dispersion curves for AlAs, we could not compare our calculated results, but the results of AlSb have been compared with the inelastic neutron scattering measurements at 15 K. However, we compare the phonon frequencies of AlAs and AlSb at critical points of the Brillouin zone obtained by our calculations and Raman spectroscopy measurements. This model predicts the phonon modes satisfactorily in all the symmetry directions of the Brillouin zone (BZ). The spectrum has similar features as observed in other III–V compound semiconductors.     

A novel, short and efficient synthesis of divinyl ethers

An efficient one-step synthesis of divinyl ethers from aldehydes and ketones using Wittig olefination is described.     

Transient natural convection through vertical porous stratum

An analytical study is made to examine the flow behaviour of a fully developed transient free-convective flow of an incompressible viscous fluid between two heated vertical walls in a porous system. A Laplace transform technique has been employed to obtain the expression for velocity, temperature and skin-friction. The influence of the various parameters, entering into the problem, on the velocity field and skin-friction is discussed in detail. Received on 11 March 1997     

Lattice vibrational properties of uranium pnictides

Lattice vibrational properties of uranium pnictides have been studied using breathing shell model (BSM) which includes breathing motion of electrons of the U-atoms due tof−d hybridization. The phonon dispersion curves of U-pnicitides calculated from the present model agree reasonably well with the measured data. A comparison has been made between BSM and our results reported earlier obtained from three-body force rigid ion model to reveal the importance of the short-range electron-phonon interactions in these compounds. We also report, for the first time, the two phonon density of states and specific heat for these compounds.     

Baseline assessment of doses and risk due to natural radionuclides in edible biota of Domiasiat,Meghalaya, India

Radiation dose-risk assessment was carried out for cereal species Brassica compestris var. dichotoma, Oryza sativa var. Shalum1, Zea mays, Lactuca indica, Cumunis sativum, and Clocasia esculanta due to naturally available radionuclides ⁴⁰K, ²³⁸U and ²³²Th in Domiasiat area. The activity in biota and corresponding soil was measured by precipitation method using NaI(TI) detector. Transfer factor (TF) was for Oryza spp. (1.00E−01-⁴⁰K, 8.76E−05-²³²Th, and 9.11E−05-²³⁸U), for Brassica spp. (5.39E−01-⁴⁰K, 8.17E−04-²³²Th and 2.96E−04-²³⁸U) and for Zea spp. (3.41E−01-⁴⁰K, 5.84E−05-²³²Th, 8.87E−05-²³⁸U) etc., respectively. A detailed physio-morphological study of the biota and extensive investigation of ecosystem was carried out for assessment. The data was modeled using FASSET for dose estimation and obtained total dose was 1.58E−04  \upmu Gy h^-1 \upmu \hbox{Gy}\,h^{-1} in Oryza spp., 2.87E−04  \upmu Gy h^-1 \upmu \hbox{Gy}\,h^{-1} Brassica spp. and 6.90E−03  \upmu Gy h^-1 \upmu \hbox{Gy}\,h^{-1} in Zea spp. etc. The dose was compared with the UNSCEAR dataset for screening level dose for biota. Zea spp. was more susceptible for the chronic radiation exposure.