Novel synthesis of carbohydrates using electroreduction as key reactions

Glyceraldehyde was transformed to threose, erythrose, and erythrose using electro-reduction as key reactions.     

Determination of sulphide ion at trace levels by ethylation and gas chromatography

Summary A method is described for the determination of sulphide ion in aqueous samples by gas chromatography. Sulphide is ethylated with diethyl sulphate and the resulting diethyl sulphide is extracted with chloroform and determined with a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization or a flame photometric detector. In the case of a flame photometric detector, the detection limit for sulphide ion is 0.05 g/ml. Other anions commonly found with sulphide ion do not interfere. Sulphide ion in spring waters was analysed by this new method and for comparison also by colorimetry (methylene blue). The results revealed the reliability of the new method.

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Bestimmung von Sulfidspuren durch Ethylierung und Gas-Chromatographie

Zusammenfassung Sulfid wird mit Diethylsulfat ethyliert, das gebildete Diethylsulfid mit Chloroform extrahiert und gaschromatographisch mit Hilfe eines Flammenionisationsoder eines flammenphotometrischen Detektors bestimmt. Die Nachweisgrenze beträgt 0,05 g S/ml für den FPD. Anionen, die üblicherweise mit Sulfid zusammen vorkommen, stören nicht. Das Verfahren wurde, im Vergleich mit der colorimetrischen Methylenblaumethode, auf Quellwasser angewendet. Es wurde gute Übereinstimmung der Ergebnisse erzielt.

     

Titanocene(II)-promoted carbonyl allenation utilizing 1,1-dichloroalk-1-enes

Treatment of 1,1-dichloroalk-1-enes with Cp2Ti[P(OEt)3]2 produced organotitanium species, which afford allenes on treatment with aldehydes and ketones.     

Electromagnetically induced diffraction in sodium vapor

By using a sodium atomic vapor we have observed a honeycomb-type multiple-diffraction pattern that was due to a grating induced optically by three noncollinear bichromatic excitation beams. In particular, when the two incident frequencies satisfy the two-photon resonance condition and the atomic density is high, the diffraction is enhanced by electromagnetically induced transparency, and strong Stokes and anti-Stokes components are generated in well-defined directions.     

Observation of electrostatically released DNA from gold electrodes with controlled threshold voltages

DNA oligo-nucleotides, localized at Au metal electrodes in aqueous solution, are found to be released when applying a negative bias voltage to the electrode. The release was confirmed by monitoring the intensity of the fluorescence of cyanine dyes (Cy3) linked to the 5' end of the DNA. The threshold voltage of the release changes depending on the kind of linker added to the DNA 3'-terminal. The amount of released DNA depends on the duration of the voltage pulse. Using this technique, we can retain DNA at Au electrodes or Au needles, and release the desired amount of DNA at a precise location in a target. The results suggest that DNA injection into living cells is possible with this method.     

Construction of a square-planar hydroperoxo-copper(II) complex inducing a higher catalytic reactivity

A novel hydroperoxo-copper(II) complex with a square-planar geometry has been prepared, which has exhibited a higher selectivity and catalytic reactivity for dimethyl sulfide, in contrast to that with a trigonal-bipyramidal one.