Polymerization of propylene by the three-component system comprising titanium(III) chloride,ethylaluminum sesquichloride,and sodium sulfate

Sodium sulfate increases the polymerization activity of the titanium(III) chloride (AA)–ethylaluminum sesquichloride system for the polymerization of propylene. The reaction of ethylaluminum sesquichloride with sodium sulfate at mild conditions isolates diethylaluminum chloride, which is responsible for the polymerization activity. The reaction of these components at severe conditions forms an organometallic compound containing sulfate, (C₂H₅)₄Al₂SO₄, and this compound is a powerful activator for titanium(III) chloride.     

Haloamidation of alkynes and related reactions using zirconacycles and isocyanates

Zirconacyclopentenes reacted with isocyanates to give aza- or oxazirconacycles which were conveniently coverted into the corresponding haloamidation products of alkynes after halogenation. 1,4-Bistrimethylsilyl substituted zirconacyclopentadiene afforded a low yield of iodoamidation product, whereas zirconium-alkyne complexes stabilized with phosphine gave the iodoamidation products in moderate yields. On the other hand, zirconacyclopentanes reacted with isocyanates to give trimerization products of isocyanate, isocyanurates.     

Global stability of the rarefaction wave of a one-dimensional model system for compressible viscous gas

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic behavior toward the rarefaction wave of the solution of a one-dimensional barotropic model system for compressible viscous gas. We assume that the initial data tend to constant states atx=±, respectively, and the Riemann problem for the corresponding hyperbolic system admits a weak continuous rarefaction wave. If the adiabatic constant satisfies 12, then the solution is proved to tend to the rarefaction wave ast under no smallness conditions of both the difference of asymptotic values atx=± and the initial data. The proof is given by an elementaryL ²-energy method.     

Raman scattering and bond structure in chalcogenide glasses (SeGe system)

The Raman Scattering from amorphous SeGe is studied in the whole range of germanium content up to 80%. The result suggests an appearance of three-fold coordinated bond between Se and Ge above the germanium con- content of 40%.     

Intensely blue-fluorescent 2,5-bis(benzoimidazol-2-yl)pyrazine dyes with improved solubility: their synthesis, fluorescent properties, and application as microenvironment polarity probes

In order to improve the solubility of intensively fluorescent 2,5-bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)pyrazine (BBIP), we synthesized new BBIP derivatives (2, 3a,b, and 5a,b) possessing two alkyl chains at the N-1 and N-1′ positions of the two benzimidazole moieties. Characterization of these compounds demonstrated that they exhibit high fluorescence intensity even in protic solvents, as well as solvatochromic fluorescence, in which their fluorescence maxima in aqueous methanol exhibited bathochromic shift with increasing ?_r value of the medium. We utilized 5a as a microenvironment polarity probe to indicate the variation in polarity around the backbone of the temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) by measuring the spectral change caused by the thermal phase transition of the polymer.     

Asymptotic Stability of Combination of Viscous Contact Wave with Rarefaction Waves for One-Dimensional Compressible Navier–Stokes System

We are concerned with the large-time behavior of solutions of the Cauchy problem to the one-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes system for ideal polytropic fluids, where the far field states are prescribed. When the corresponding Riemann problem for the compressible Euler system admits the solution consisting of contact discontinuity and rarefaction waves, it is proved that for the one-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes system, the combination wave of a “viscous contact wave”, which corresponds to the contact discontinuity, with rarefaction waves is asymptotically stable, provided the strength of the combination wave is suitably small. This result is proved by using elementary energy methods.     

A novel promoter, heteropoly acid, mediated chemo- and stereoselective sulfoxide glycosidation reactions

The chemo- and stereoselective glycosidations of sulfinylglycosides and alcohols using a heteropoly acid, H₃PW₁₂O₄₀, as a new promoter have been developed.     

Phase-shifting color digital holography

Digital holography with a three-wavelength laser and a color CCD has been demonstrated. With the phase shifting of the reference beam, in-line holograms for three wavelengths are recorded simultaneously for derivation of the complex amplitude at each wavelength, and then the three monochromatic images are reconstructed and combined into full-color images in the computer. Laser power variation for wavelengths can be compensated for in the reconstruction process. We have compared the images reconstructed by two algorithms using a single Fourier transformation and a convolution with each other by both experiments and numerical simulations. Phase-shifting errors arising at two of the three wavelengths have proved not to cause serious deterioration of the reconstructed images.     

Multicolor digital holography with an achromatic phase shifter

Multiwavelength recording and reconstruction of a three-dimensional object are realized by use of phase-shifting digital holography. Red, green, and blue lines emitted from a white-light He-Cd laser are used for one-step recording of the complex amplitude of the object with a color CCD camera, in which a phase shift is introduced with an achromatic phase shifter based on the geometric phase. Three color images are reconstructed and successfully combined in a computer by use of Fresnel transformation based on a convolution.