Photoinduced alignment of polymer liquid crystals containing azobenzene moieties in the side group VII. On He-Ne laser beam irradiation

Photoinduced alignment in a polymer liquid crystal prepared from 6-{1-[4-(2-cyano-4-nitrophenylazo)phenyl]piperazino}hexyl acrylate and 4'-[6-(methacryloyloxy)hexyloxy]-4-cyanobiphenyl was investigated for the first time on irradiation with a polarized He-Ne laser beam at 633 nm. The azobenzene moieties as well as the inert cyanobiphenyl mesogenic units were aligned with the molecular long axis perpendicular to the polarization direction of the irradiation light. Alignment induced on short irradiation was reversible, while that induced under prolonged irradiation was irreversible due to the occurrence of crosslinking which might be caused by photoinduced decomposition of the azobenzene moieties during the photoirradiation process.     

Geometric analysis of anharmonic downward distortion following paths

A mathematical aspect of the anharmonic downward distortion following (ADDF) path is discussed. The ADDF method is utilized as an automated reaction path search method, which can explore transition state geometries on a potential energy surface from a potential minimum. We show that the maximum number of the ADD stationary paths intersecting the potential minimum is 2^{f + 1} ? 2 , where f denotes the degree of freedom of the system. We also show that the bifurcation of the ADD stationary path is essential to detect all the transition states connected from a given minimum. The ADDF computation is demonstrated for a H₂O molecule in which pitchfork bifurcation is observed.     

Photochemische Reaktionen. 116. Mitteilung [1]. Notiz zur 1γ, δ*-induzierten Photospaltung von γ, δ-Epoxy-eucarvon

π, π*-Induced Photocleavage of γ, δ-Epoxy-eucarvone . On ¹π, π*-excitation 1 undergoes cleavage of the C, C-oxirane bond ( 1 → c ) and isomerizes to the bicyclic dihydrofurane compound 5 . In addition, 1 shows photocleavage of the C (γ), O-oxirane bond ( 1 → d ) and gives the isomers 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8. Furthermore, the cyclohexenone 9 and the cyclohexene-1, 4-dione 10 are formed presumably via an intermediate 13 , which could also arise from d. Besides these products the compounds 11 and 12 are obtained, which are photoproducts of 2 .     

On global solutions to the initial–boundary value problem for the nonlinear Schrödinger equations in exterior domains

We consider the initial–boundary value problem for the nonlinear Schr‐dinger equations in an exterior domain. Global existence theorem of smooth solutions is established by using a–priori decay estimates of solutions which are obtained by the pseudoconformal indentity     

NMR spectroscopic characterization of inclusion complexes comprising cyclodextrins and gallated catechins in aqueous solution: cavity size dependency

The structure of inclusion complexes of γ‐cyclodextrin (γ‐CD), (–)‐gallocatechin gallate (GCg), and (–)‐epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) in D₂O was investigated using several NMR techniques. GCg formed a 1:1 inclusion complex with γ‐CD in which the A and C rings of GCg were inserted deep at the head of the A ring into the γ‐CD cavity from the wide secondary hydroxyl group side. In the 1:1 inclusion complex with GCg and γ‐CD, the GCg moiety maintained a conformation in which the B and B′ rings of GCg took both pseudoequatorial positions with respect to the C ring. The structure of the inclusion complex of GCg and γ‐CD obtained from NMR experiments supported well that determined from PM6 semiempirical SCF MO calculations. However, ¹H NMR experiments suggested that EGCg did not form any inclusion complex with γ‐CD in D₂O. The marked difference between GCg and EGCg in inclusion behavior toward γ‐CD may be explained in terms of the stabilization energy calculated with the PM6 method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.