Imidazoline ring cleavage in 1,3,6,10-tetraazatetracyclo-[7.3.1.02,7.06,13]trideca-4, 11-dienes,leading to the formation of diquinoxalino[1,2-a∶2′,3′-d]pyrrole derivatives

Dibenzo[d,k]-1,3,6,10-tetraazatetracyclo[7.3.1.0^2,7.0^6,13]trideca-4,11-dienes undergo addition reactions at the C₍₂₎ carbon atom with alcohols and thiols, accompanied by cleavage of the C-N bond of the imidazoline ring, to generate diquinoxalino[1,2-a2,3-d]pyrrole derivatives.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 513–522, April, 1987.     

A polymer thin-film technique to study the micromorphology of core/shell latexes

A series of poly(styrene)/poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) core-shell latexes were synthesized by seeded emulsion polymerization. The dried latex was dissolved in toluene and then cast on the surface of water to form a very thin film (60–90 nm). Phase separation in the thin film was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Electron micrographs of these thin films yielded fine structure and interesting morphology that was unattainable by ultramicrotoming of the corresponding compression-molded specimens. Glass transition temperatures and percent grafted polystyrene were correlated with the TEM results. As grafting increases, mixing of the two phases improves, with the resulting T_g value being between the two T_g's of poly(styrene) and poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile).     

Reaction gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. 2—the use of catalytic on-line dehydrogenation for the investigation of alcohols by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

A method for structure determination of aliphatic alcohols within mixtures is described. It involves the use of a vapour phase dehydrogenation micro-reactor (Cu, 300°C) located between the chromatographic column and the mass spectrometer or between the injection port and the column. Since primary and secondary alcohols are converted into corresponding carbonyl compounds, they can be readily differentiated from tertiary alcohols and dialkyl ethers. An examination of the mass spectra of alcohols and carbonyl compounds permits the determination of molecular mass, the location of hydroxyl group and the determination of branching at the β-carbon atom.     

Fluoroaliphatic esters of fluorosulfonic acid. 4. Reactions of α-fluorosulfatoperfluoro ketones with nucleophilic reagents

-Fluorosulfatoperfluoroethyl isopropyl ketone I and fluorosulfatopentafluoroacetone II react with alkali metal chlorides and bromides to form the corresponding -haloperfluoro ketones as a result of direct nucleophilic substitution.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2066–2069, September, 1990.     

NMR spectra of pyrimidines

The chemical shifts of the protons in the even positions of the pyrimidine ring in 2- and 4-substituted pyrimidines in dimethyl sulfoxide solutions were determined. The correlation equations that link the relative chemical shifts (with allowance for corrections for the magnetic anisotropy of the substituents and the ring) with the F and R substituent constants were calculated. The ratios obtained were analyzed by comparison with the corresponding correlation equations for monosubstituted benzenes. The reasons for the significant increase in the transmission of the conjugation effects of the substituents to the even positions of the pyrimidine ring as compared with the meta positions of the benzene ring and the appreciable weakening of the conductivity of their inductive effects when the heteroring nitrogen atom is situated between a resonating proton and the substituent are discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 673–677, May, 1978.