Quantification of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the picogram/liter range in water of the river Elbe

Sampling and determination of dissolved and particlebound PCBs and HCB in the river Elbe are described. A new filtration/adsorption unit for sampling of dissolved lipophilic contaminants was developed. The detection limit for dissolved PCBs and HCB was 5 pg/l. The data show that more than 98% of the PCBs and of HCB in the water of the river Elbe are particle-bound.     

One-Bond 13C, 13C-Spin Coupling in η4-, η3- and η2-Olefin Transition Metal Complexes

One-bond ¹³C, ¹³C-spin-coupling constants have been measured, with natural isotope abundance, in η⁴-diene, η³-allyl and η²-ene transition-metal carbonyl complexes. Typical values of ¹J(C,C) are given for Fe-, Ru- and Os-complexes with the three types of olefinic ligands. The effects of substituents and the structural significance of the C,C-coupling constants are discussed.     

Rationalisation of weak ferromagnetism in manganese(III) chains: the relation between structure and ordering phenomena

The synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of the one-dimensional chain compounds [Mn(cyclam)(SO4)]ClO4.H2O (1) and [Mn(cyclam)(HCOO)](CF3SO3)(ClO4) (2) are reported. Cyclam is the cyclic tetradentate ligand 1,4,7,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane. Both chain compounds exhibit antiferromagnetic interactions within the chains. A magnetic ordering phase transition at 5.5 K in (1) is investigated by magnetisation measurements along the three principal crystallographic axes of a single crystal and the results show unambiguously that the ferromagnetic ordering is only taking place along one crystallographic axis. The spin structure of the magnetic ordered phase and the magnitude of the ferromagnetic moment are correlated with the crystal structure and symmetry of the compound.     

Boundedness of solutions of a system of integro-differential equations

Let b: [?1, 0] →$\text{R}$ be a nondecreasing, strictly convex C²-function with b(? 1) = 0, and let g: $\text{R}$ⁿ → $\text{R}$ⁿ be a locally Lipschitzian mapping, which is the gradient of a function G: $\text{R}$ⁿ → $\text{R}$. Consider the following vector-valued integro-differential equation of the Levin-Nohel type

$\text{x}\text{?}\text{(t)=?∝}{}_{\mathrm{?1}}{}^0\text{b(θ)g(x(t + θ))dθ}$

. (E) This equation is used in applications to model various viscoelastic phenomena. By LaSalle's invariance principle, every bounded solution x(t) goes to a connected set of zeros of g, as time t goes to infinity. It is the purpose of this paper to give several geometric criteria assuring the boundedness of solutions of (E) or some of its components.     

Beiträge zur Massenspektrometrie der Gelsemium-Alkaloide

Zusammenfassung Von den Nebenalkaloiden vonGelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait. konnte eine Verbindung, zunächst als Gelsemium-Alkaloid A bezeichnet, in reiner Form dargestellt und ihre Konstitution als N-1-Methoxygelsemin aufgeklärt werden. Für die Strukturermittlung erwies sich die Massenspektrometrie als besonders wertvoll. Die Massenspektren einiger Gelsemiumalkaloide sind wiedergegeben, die Fragmentierung dieser Verbindungen wird diskutiert.Au\erdem wurde eine größere Anzahl neuer Basen in kleiner Menge nachgewiesen.

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Contributions to mass-spectrometry of gelsemium-alkaloids (The structure of gelsemium-alkaloid A)

From the minor alkaloids ofGelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait., one compound, preliminary designated as Gelsemiumalkaloid A, could be isolated and was identified as N-1-Methoxy-gelsemine. For the structure-elucidation mass-spectrometry has been proven to be of great value. Mass spectra of some Gelsemium-alkaloids are reported and the fragmentation of these compounds is discussed.There were further detected a quantity of new alkaloids in small amounts.

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Anmerkung bei der Korrektur (23.10.1972): Während der Drucklegung dieser Arbeit erschien eine Publikation vonE. Wenkert u. Mitarb. [Exper.28, 377 (1972)], in der die Struktur des Gelsevirins als N-1-Methoxy-gelsemin angegeben wird; somit ist Gelsemium-Alkaloid A offensichtlich mit Gelsevirin identisch. Eine solche Identifizierung was uns nicht möglich, da einerseits kein authentisches Präparat von Dr.Marion verfügbar was (Brief von Dr.Edwards, Ottawa, vom 21.6.1971) und andrerseits die wenigen, bisher veröffentlichten Daten über Gelsevirin hierfür nicht ausreichen.     

AES investigations of plasma sprayed Al2O3 coatings on Ni

Summary The system of plasma sprayed Al₂O₃ on Ni substrates is investigated by means of AES/depth profiling. The influence of two process parameters — preoxidation procedure and spraying temperature — is examined. Rupture between substrate and ceramic layer occurs between a residual — or, in the case of excessive preoxidation, a superfluous — NiO layer on Ni, the thickness of the former depending on preoxidation conditions and the Al₂O₃ layer, the back side of which being partially covered with NiO. The thickness of this NiO layer increases up to about 1 m with the thickness of the initial NiO layer on the substrate, until this layer is about 1.3 m thick, and remains constant thereafter. The same dependence is observed for the width (0.1–1 m range) of the mixed oxide interface between the sprayed Al₂O₃ layer and the NiO layer below. These results represent the chemical contribution to adherence. Contrary to excessive preoxidation, an increase of the spraying temperature from 300°C to 500°C effects broader interfaces.This poster was awarded the First Prize in Poster Section C by the Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Spektroskopie (DASp)     

Influence of pH on formation and stability of phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine coatings in fused-silica capillaries

The effect of pH on the formation and stability of phospholipid coatings in fused-silica capillaries in electrophoresis was investigated. A liposome solution consisting of 3 mM of 80:20 mol% phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine (PC/PS) in N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N'-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (HEPES) buffer was used as coating material. The coating was prepared by a method described earlier and five steroids were used as neutral model analytes. First, the effect of pH of the coating solution on the formation and stability of phospholipid coatings was studied at pH 6.5-8.5. The pH of the background electrolyte (BGE) solution (HEPES) was either kept constant at pH 7.4 or made similar to the pH of the liposome coating solution. Results showed that attachment of the coating on the fused-silica wall mostly depends on the protonation of amines of the phospholipids and HEPES. The ability of the phospholipid coating to withstand changes in pH was then investigated by coating at pH 7.5 and separating steroids with acetic acid, 3-(cyclohexylamino)-1-propanesulfonic acid (CAPS), HEPES, or glycine BGE, adjusted to pH between 4.5 and 10.8. The results showed that with use of BGE solution at pH 10.8, the separation of steroids was not successful and the electroosmotic flow was high because of leakage of the phospholipid coating during preconditioning of the capillary with BGE solution. There was no phospholipid leakage with a BGE solution of pH 4.5, indicating that the protonated form of the functional groups of PS and HEPES participating in the attachment of the phospholipid coating to the capillary play an essential role in the success of the coating.