Cycloplatinated aryl ketoximes as efficient biomimicking catalysts for hydrolysis of esters of phosphorothioic acid

Cyclometallated aryl ketoximes are introduced as catalysts for hydrolysis of organophosphorus neurotoxins. Platinum-containing catalysts exhibit the highest activity and selectivity with respect to O-alkyl phosphorothioates (parathion, methyl parathion, coumaphos) and efficiently promote the hydrolysis of S-alkyl phosphorothioates and -dithioates (demeton-S, malathion) at the P—S bonds.     

Photochemistry of 3,7-Bis(arylmethylene)bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane Derivatives

UV irradiation of trans-trans-3,7-bis(arylmethylene)bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-2,6-diones leads to their complete or partial transformation into the corresponding cis-cis isomers. Irradiation of trans-trans-3,7-bis(arylmethylene)bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-2,6-diol in ether in the presence of CuCl results in intramolecular cyclization involving the exocyclic double bonds and one benzene ring to give exo-7endo-10-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-3,4-benzotetracyclo[4.3.3.18,11.01,6]tridecane.     

Microtube Membranes for the Selective Synthesis of Oxygen and Hydrogen

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - Abstract—The results on the gas permeability of oxygen- and hydrogen-permeable microtube membranes are shown. For oxygen-permeable microtube membranes of...     

Water-Soluble Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes Based on 2-Methacryloyloxyethyleniminodiacetic Acid Copolymers

Doklady Chemistry - 2-Methacryloyloxyethyleniminodiacetic acid and its new water-soluble copolymers with N-vinylpyrrolidone have been synthesized. The interaction of the copolymers in dilute...     

Formation and growth of an α-PbF2 phase during the plastic deformation of β-PbF2 crystals

The microstructure of strained β-PbF₂ crystals is investigated by optical and scanning electron microscopy. It is established that the α-PbF₂ previously observed by x-ray diffraction methods during the straining of cubic PbF₂ nucleates predominantly on structural defects like slip lines and bands. The kinetics of the growth of α-PbF₂ particles during the straining of β-PbF₂ crystals and during a postdeformation anneal is investigated. The results of the experiments point to the involvement of diffusion in the growth of α-PbF₂. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 640–646 (April 1997)     

Correlation of the chemical shifts of the NMR of n14 in nitro compounds with the frequencies of antisymmetric valence vibrations of the nitro group in the ir spectra

Conclusions The correlational relation between the chemical shift of the NMR of the N¹⁴ nitrogen and frequencies of antisymmetric valence vibrations of the nitro group in the IR spectra of nitro compounds was found.Translated from Izvestiya Academii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 675–676, March, 1968.     

On Saddle Submanifolds of Riemannian Manifolds

Saddle submanifolds are considered. A characterization of such submanifolds of Euclidean space is given in terms of sectional curvature. Extending results of T. Frankel, K. Kenmotsu and C. Xia, we determine under what conditions two complete saddle submanifolds of a complete connected Riemannian manifold M, with nonnegative k-Ricci curvature, must intersect. Moreover, if M has positive k -Ricci curvature and the dimension of a compact saddle submanifold satisfies a certain inequality then we show that the homomorphism of the fundamental groups _1(M) and ₁(M) is surjective.     

The molecular structure of tetra-tert-butyldiphosphine: an extremely distorted, sterically crowded molecule

The molecular structure of tetra-tert-butyldiphosphine has been determined in the gas phase by electron diffraction using the new DYNAMITE method and in the crystalline phase by X-ray diffraction. Ab initio methods were employed to gain a greater understanding of the structural preferences of this molecule in the gas phase, and to determine the intrinsic P-P bond energy, using recently described methods. Although the P-P bond is relatively long [GED 226.4(8) pm; X-ray 223.4(1) pm] and the dissociation energy is computed to be correspondingly small (150.6 kJ mol(-1)), the intrinsic energy of this bond (258.2 kJ mol(-1)) is normal for a diphosphine. The gaseous data were refined using the new Edinburgh structure refinement program ed@ed, which is described in detail. The molecular structure of gaseous P(2)Bu(t)(4) is compared to that of the isoelectronic 1,1,2,2-tetra-tert-butyldisilane. The molecules adopt a conformation with C(2) symmetry. The P-P-C angles returned from the gas electron diffraction refinement are 118.8(6) and 98.9(6) degrees, a difference of 20 degrees, whilst the C-P-C angle is 110.3(8) degrees. The corresponding parameters in the crystal are 120.9(1), 99.5(1) and 109.5(1) degrees. There are also large deformations within the tert-butyl groups, making the DYNAMITE analysis for this molecule extremely important.     

Behaviour of implanted arsenic in silicon single crystals subjected to transient heating with incoherent light

The behaviour of ion-implanted arsenic in 100-oriented silicon single crystals exposed to continuous incoherent light from a xenon arc lamp has been analyzed with sheet resistivity measurements, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, and ion channeling including angular scans. Redistribution, substitutionality, and electrical activity of arsenic were followed as functions of exposure time (6–20s) and induced temperature (1000°–1100°C). Redistribution was observed for implanted concentrations exceeding 4×10²⁰ at.%/cm³. High substitutional fractions, between 95% and 99%, and low sheet resistivities were found for all annealed samples. Formation mechanism of arsenic substitutional solid solutions during transient heating of implanted layers is discussed.