Preparation and properties of novel polyhydrazides

A new class of polyhydrazides having aromatic as well as aliphatic units has been synthesized by low-temperature solution polycondensation from equimolar amounts of diacid chloride and dihydrazides in HMPT as solvent. These polyhydrazides have poor solubilities and their intrisnsic viscosities ranged from 0.2 to 0.6 dl/g. X-ray diffractograms of these polyhydrazides show that the polymers having terephthalic acid dihydrazide unit were more crystalline and all the polymers have densities in the range of 1.2-1.8 g/cm³. Thermogravimetric analysis of these polyhydrazides showed initial weight losses commencing at 220–300°C in both air and nitrogen.     

NMR spectra and structure of phospeorylated isothiocyanates

Conclusions The chlorides of dialkyl- and alkylenephosphorous acids react with trimethylsilyl isothiocyanate to give the isothiocyanates of the corresponding phosphorous acids. The reaction goes stereospecifically with a retention of the configuration at the phosphorus atom.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 1380–1383, June, 1976.     

Stereoselective decomposition of alanine under homogeneous conditions employing optically active catalysts based on isatin

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Gas-Sensitive Properties of SnO2-Based Thin Films Obtained from Film-Forming Solutions

Gas-sensitive properties of SnO₂ thin-film materials doped with antimony(III) with respect to the reducing gases CO, CH₄, and H₂ were studied. The materials were obtained from film-forming solutions of Sn(II) and Sb(III) complexes with acetylacetone.