An efficient chiral synthesis of (+)-sesbanine

(+)-Sesbanine was effectively synthesized from 4-methylnicotinonitrile and 1-malic acid.     

Asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted cycloalkanecarboxaldehydes. procedures for the highly stereoselective preparation of cis- and trans-isomer

Procedures for the asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted cycloalkanecarboxaldehydes ($\text{7}$) having assymetric tertiary and quaternary carbon atoms in vicinal positions from the corresponding cycloalkenecarboxaldehydes ($\text{2}$) in high diastereomeric and enantiomeric purities are described.     

First asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-steganacin determination of absolute stereochemistry

(+)-Steganacin was synthesized in a new and highly specific asymmetric pathway based on the novel application of chiral γ-lactone as a chiral synthon. By this synthesis the absolute stereochemistry of natural (?)-steganacin could be determined in unequivocal way.     

Vertices of Degree 5 in a Contraction Critically 5-connected Graph

An edge of a k-connected graph is said to be k-contractible if the contraction of the edge results in a k-connected graph. A k-connected graph with no k-contractible edge is said to be contraction critically k-connected. We prove that a contraction critically 5-connected graph on n vertices has at least n/5 vertices of degree 5. We also show that, for a graph G and an integer k greater than 4, there exists a contraction critically k-connected graph which has G as its induced subgraph.     

Theoretical analysis of using airflow to purge residual water in an inclined pipe

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Thermodynamic performance of a hybrid air cycle refrigeration system using a desiccant rotor

Due to the concern on global warming, the demand for a system using natural refrigerant is increasing and many researches have been devoted to develop systems with natural refrigerants. Among natural refrigerant systems, an air cycle system has emerged as one of alternatives of Freon gas system due to environmentally friendly feature in spite of the inherent low efficiency. To overcome the technical barrier, this study proposed combination of multiple systems as a hybrid cycle to achieve higher efficiency of an air cycle system. The hybrid air cycle adopts a humidity control units such as an adsorber and a desorber to obtain the cooling effect from latent heat as well as sensible heat. To investigate the efficacy of the hybrid air cycle, the cooling performance of a hybrid air cycle is investigated analytically and experimentally. From the simulation result, it is found that COP of the hybrid air cycle is two times higher than that of the conventional air cycle. The experiments are conducted on the performance of the desiccant system according to the rotation speed in the system and displayed the feasibility of the key element in the hybrid air cycle system. From the results, it is shown that the system efficiency can be enhanced by utilization of the exhausted heat through the ambient heat exchanger with advantage of controlling the humidity by the desiccant rotor.