Spatial dependence of meson correlation functions at high temperature

The spatial dependence of meson correlation functions at high temperature is studied in perturbative QCD, keeping only the lowest order term. We obtain analytic results for the static correlation function in this approximation. Problems connected with the regularization of the divergent expressions are discussed in detail. The meson screening mass is determined from the form of the correlation function at large distances. We obtain , which agrees with the results of Eletskii and Ioffe, for massless quarks (M=0). Finally, the correlation function in the temporal direction is briefly discussed. For massless quarks, we find the corresponding screening massm _scr=2T.Research supported in part by the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research under Grant No. 2.0204.91.01     

Analytical possibilities of square-wave amperometry

The application of improved electronic equipment for square-wave amperometry (SWA) is described. This equipment has better resolution between waiting and sampling times and a simple, low-noise logic part. Titrations with electrogenerated bromine, iodine, iron(II) and silver ions were investigated as examples to compare SWA with d.c. amperometry (DCA). The sensitivity of SWA in titrations of < 10^?5 moll^?1 concentrations with iodine or silver(I) is more than 100 times greater than that of DCA. For measurements of higher concentations, DCA is preferred because of its better linear response. The change in current near the end-point of titrations with silver ions is sharper with SWA than with DCA.     

A Convenient Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfides

tert-Alkyl sulfides, with an α-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl) group 6 and 13 , are readily prepared from N-[(aryl-thio)methyl]-1H-benzotriazoles 3 and N-( 11 ), respectively, by reaction with BuLi and then with the appropriate electrophile. The tert-alkyl sulfides 6 and 13 are smoothly converted by BF₃. OEt₂ into vinyl sulfides 5, 7 or 12 , respectively, in satisfactory yields.     

Interaction of water with the regenerated cellulose membrane studied by DSC

One to three endothermal peaks atributted to melting of bulk and interfacial water were observed by DSC in the regenerated cellulose — water system. The profiles of thermal effects depend on water content, time of conditioning, film pretreatment and the conditions applied during the preceding freezing-thawing cycles. The occurrence might be deduced of melting-crystallisation processes. A large amount of non-freezable strongly bounded water was also detected. Although cellulose absorbs water quickly after immersion, the structural changes consisting on ordering of polymer fraction occur during further conditioning due to increase in strength of water binding. Using the membranes in the separation module at 90°C causes weakening of these bonds. Differences between interaction of particular cellulose films with water can be detected during the first, the second and the third heating. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A vector-sum theorem in two-dimensional space

Given a finite setX of vectors from the unit ball of the max norm in the twodimensional space whose sum is zero, it is always possible to writeX = {x₁, , x_n} in such a way that the first coordinates of each partial sum lie in [–1, 1] and the second coordinates lie in [–C, C] whereC is a universal constant.     

On distributions of antibaryons in\bar p-Nucleus inelastic collisions

In the framework of the dual parton model we calculate the spectra of secondary antibaryons in \(\bar p\) -nucleus non-annihilation inelastic interactions. We find that the number of antibaryons in the backward hemisphere in the \(\bar p\) -nucleon centre-of-mass frame can grow with the atomic number of the nucleus.     

Template synthesiS: Geometrical and electronic structures of the Fe nitrosyl complex formed by bis(S-methylisothiosemicarbazone)-2,4-pentandione

Sodium acetylacetonate reacts with S-metliylisothiosemicarbazidium nitrate and Fe(NO₃)₃ · 9H₂O in ethanol to make [Fe(HL)NO]NO₃, in which H₃L is bis(S-methyl-isothiosemicarbazone)-2,4-puntandione. The [Fe(HL)NO]⁺ cation has a square pyramidal structure with the HL^2- arranged around the central ion in the basal plane and the nitrogen atom of the NO group in the apical position, with the iron atom diverging from the plane of the base of the pyramid by 0.477 Å. The FeN0 moiety has a linear structure (FeNO = l72.7°). XRD, IR, and Mössbauer spectroscopy have been combined with calculations on the electronic structure to demonstrate that the Fe-NO bond is covalent.Chemical Institute, Academy of Sciences of Moldavian SSR. Applied Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Kishinev. Institute of Crystallography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Kurnakov Institute for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 27, No, 3, pp. 376–381, May–June, 1991. Original article submitted February 18, 1991.     

Oxathiaphospholane approach to the synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides containing stereodefined internucleotide phosphoroselenoate function

5'-O-DMT-deoxyribonucleoside-3'-O-(2-selena-4,4-pentamethylene-1,3,2-oxathiaphospholane) monomers, derivatives of dA, dC, dG, and T, can be resolved into pure P-diastereomers by silica gel column chromatography. They have been used for DBU-promoted, either solution- or solid-phase synthesis of P-stereodefined phosphoroselenoate analogues of oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Fast- and slow-eluting monomers are precursors of phosphoroselenoate internucleotide linkage of R(P) and S(P) absolute configuration, respectively. [reaction: see text]