Synthesis and molecular structure of a substituted 8-oxa-10-azatricyclo [7.3.1.0]tridecatetraene

10,11-Dimethyl-9-(coumarin-3 -yl)-12-ethoxycarbonyl-8-oxa-10-azatricyclo[7,3,1.0^2.7]trideca-2,4,6-11-tetraene was isolated from the mixture of products from the condensation of salicyl aldehyde with acetoacetic ester and methylamine. Its molecular structure has been established by x-ray crystallography.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 259–264, February, 1996.     

Degradation of ferric EDTA by Burkhol cepacia

EDTA, the target compound of this study from the effluent of secondary biotreatment units, can be biodegraded by special microorganisms. So far, there are three species of microorganisms—Agrobacterium, Gram-negative BNCI, and DSM9103—that can degrade EDTA and are published in the literature. We have successfully isolated a bacterial strain that can degrade EDTA. It was identified as Burkhol cepacia, an aerobic species, elliptically shaped with a length of 5–15 μm. The growth medium contains 1000 mg/L of ferric-EDTA as carbon source, 750 mg/L of (NH₄)₂SO₄+(NH₂)₂CO as nitrogen source, and 1000 mg/L of KH₂PO₄ as phosphorus source, and mineral factors such as Fe and Mg. Incubated at pH, 7.0, 30°C, and 150 rpm on a shaker for 15 d, the average specific growth rate of this microbe is 0.135 d⁻¹, which shows that the respective degradation efficiency of Fe-EDTA and Cu-EDTA is 90 and 75% individually.     

Phase equilibria and thermodynamics of coexisting phases in rare-earth element-iron-oxygen systems. II. The praseodymium-iron-oxygen system

The phase equilibria and the thermodynamics of coexisting phases in the PrFeO system have been studied using static and dynamic methods for attaining equilibrium with subsequent annealing and identification of the condensed phases by X-ray analysis. Equilibrium phase diagrams have been constructed to define the changes that take place in the PrFeO system on variation of the partial oxygen pressure, the temperature, and the composition of the initial mixture of oxides. An isothermal cross section at 1300°K and equilibrium diagrams of the type P_O2 = f(composition) with with one composition parameter fixed and T = f(composition) with P_O2 = constant have been constructed. It has been shown in the PrFeO system that only one ternary compound with perovskite structure, PrFeO₃, is formed, and furthermore, it is stable no matter how high the partial oxygen pressure.     

Mass Spectrometry of π-complexes of transition metals : IV. π-Cyclopentadienylirondicarbonyldichlorogermaniums

The mass spectra of C₅H₅(CO)₂FeGECl₂X (X = Cl, Me, Et, n-Pr or CH₂Ph) show very intensive rearrangement ions which are formed due to cyclopentadienyl ring migration from iron to the germanium atom or chlorine (subsituent) migration from germanium to atom.     

A study of the alkaloids of Thermopsis alterniflora

Summary 1. The epigeal part ofThermopsis alterniflora at the beginning of flowering contains 3.35% of combined alkaloids. The separation of the combined bases yielded cytisine, N-methylcytisine, pachycarpine, thermopsine, and the new alkaloid alteramine.2. The structure of 11-allyl-N-methylcytisine has been established for alteramine.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 169–174, March, 1971.     

Reversible energy transfer

Analysis of the transient and steady-state kinetics of reversible energy transfer shows that while the interpretation of lifetime measurements is difficult unless the donor and acceptor lifetimes are appreciably different, quantum yield measurements are relatively easy to interpret.

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Zusammenfassung Die Analyse der Kinetik der Übergangszustände und der stationären Zustände der reversiblen Energieübertragung zeigt, daß im Gegensatz zu einer schwierigen Interpretation der Messungen der Lebensdauer — es sei denn die Lebensdauer von Donor und Acceptor sind wesentlich voneinander verschieden — die Messungen der Quantumausbeute verhältnismäßig einfach zu interpretieren sind.

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Résumé L'analyse de la cinétique de l'état transitoire et de l'état stationnaire du transfert réversible d'énergie montre que, si l'interprétation des mesures de durée de vie est difficile, à moins queles durées de vie du donneur et de l'accepteur soient très différentes, il est par contre relativement facile d'interpréter les mesures de rendement quantique.

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Dedicated to the memory of Professor K. H. Hansen.     

Severine N-oxide and korsemine fromKorolkowia sewerzowii

Korsevine and the new alkaloids severine N-oxide and korsemine have been isolated from the combined alkaloids ofKorolkowia sewerzowii Regel. On the basis of the results of a study of the IR and NMR spectra of the alkaloids and also of a correlation with korseveriline and korsevine it has been established that base (I) is severine N-oxide and korsemine has the structure of korsevine 3β-D-glucopyranoside.     

(2,4-Di-(tert-butyl)-6-methylphenyl)dithiophosphorane

Use of the 2,4-di-(tert-butyl)-6-methylphenyl radical permits stabilization of the corresponding dithiophosphorane (I). The analogous diselenophosphorane could not be detected as the monomer. This compound undergoes intramolecular addition of the C-H bond of the ortho-tert-butyl group at the P=Se bond with formation of the corresponding diselenophosphonic acid (III). Intermediate selenophosphine oxide (IV) was trapped as its salt with triethylamine (V).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1654–1656, July, 1991.     

Mono- and Dioses of Glycyrrhiza glabra Root

Simple sugars were isolated from the ethanol extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. root. The component composition of the carbohydrate fraction was established using GC-MS (gas-chromatographic separation and mass-spectrometric analysis).     

Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Substituted α-Phenylvinylphosphonic Acids: General Characteristics of the Reaction Layer and Prediction of Preparative Electrolysis Conditions

The conditions for electrochemical hydrogenation and anodic oxidation of -phenylvinylphosphonic acid and its 4-chloro- and 4-methyl-substituted derivatives on palladized platinum electrodes in aqueous sulfuric-acid solutions are found. It is shown that, in the system under study, the products of strong chemisorption are not the intermediates of the electrocatalytic hydrogenation. The reactant molecules are modeled by quantum-chemical methods in terms of the restricted Hartree–Fock approximation. The calculated charge distributions in reactant molecules are used for estimating the electrostatic components of works of approach and the orientation distributions in the reaction layer.