A system for defining reference materials applicable to all food matrices

Recently the subcommittee on Food Definition of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Task Force on Methods for Nutrition Labeling proposed a Food Matrix Organizational System [4] to systematically judge the applicability of collaboratively studied methods over a range of food matrices. This system describes a food matrix by its location in one of nine sectors in a triangle, with each point of the triangle defined as representing 100% and the opposite side representing 0% of the normalized contents of each of three major components of FAT, PROTEIN and CARBOHYDRATE. Foods falling within the same sector would be chemically similar and thus should behave in a similar analytical manner. This same scheme can be used to select one or two food matrices representing each sector, for development of a series of reference materials representing all foods. The list of 5250 foods contained in the USDA Nutrient Data Base for Standard Reference has been sorted and matched to this schematic to determine the scope of the selection process. In addition the list of foods in the USDA Data Base for Food Consumption Surveys has been examined. Results and progress of this selection process are reported.     

Li(thf)3cyclo-(P4tBu4CH)]--synthesis, molecular structure and dynamic behaviour

[Li(thf)3cyclo-(P4tBu4CH)] (2-Li), containing the first tetraphosphacyclopentanide anion cyclo-(P4tBu4CH)- (2), was prepared, and its dynamic behaviour in solution analysed by variable-temperature 31P NMR spectroscopy.     

A modification of the heteropoly blue method for the microgram determination of arsenic in biological materials

Summary A sensitive method has been developed for analysis of trace amounts of arsenic in biological materials using the heteropoly blue method. The method employs a closed apparatus and a nitrogen atmosphere, and allows the detection of arsenic in ppm concentration using samples of 100 mg.

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Zusammenfassung Eine empfindliche Methode zur Bestimmung von Arsenspuren in biologischem Material im Wege der Molybdänblaumethode wurde ausgearbeitet. Man arbeitet dabei in einer geschlossenen Apparatur in Stickstoffatmosphäre und kann so in 100-mg-Proben Arsenkonzentrationen in der Größenordnung von ppm bestimmen.

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Presented at the 6th Annual Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Burlington, Vermont, August 19, 1974.     

Der Transport von VO2 mit Cl2 und HCl + Cl2 und der Einfluß des O2-Bodenkörpergleichgewichtsdruckes auf den Transport

The Chemical Transport of VO₂ with Cl₂ and HCl + Cl₂ and the Influence of the O₂-Coexistence Equilibrium Pressure on the Transport Behaviour The transport behaviour of VO₂ with Cl₂, HCl, and Cl₂ was calculated and compared with the experimental results. VO₂ with the upper phase boundary transports with HCl and HCl + Cl₂ from the colder to the hotter zone, VO₂ of the lower phase boundary does not transport with HCl. The composition of the deposited VO₂ is near the upper boundary oxygen richer than in the start space. VO₂ does not transport with Cl₂.     

Theoretical study of the electronic spectrum of diimide by AB initio methods

A series of ab initio calculations is reported for the ground and low-lying valence and Rydberg states of diimide N₂H₂. Symmetric bending potential curves for both the cis and trans forms of this system have been obtained at the SCF level of treatment. In addition Cl calculations have been carried out for the trans-diimide ground state equilibrium nuclear conformation, using a configuration selection procedure described elsewhere; an associated energy extrapolation scheme is also employed which enables the effective solution of secular equations with orders of up to 40000. The ensuing Cl wavefunctions are interpreted in the discussion and the corresponding calculated energy differences between the various electronic states are compared with experimental transition energy results for both diimide and for related systems such as trans-azomethane. A more detailed analysis of the observed absorption bands in the ¹B_g-X¹A_g transition in N₂H₂ is also given, making use of calculated potential curve data as well as the pertinent Cl vertical energy difference. The dipole-forbiddenness of the excitation process is thereupon concluded to result in a distinct non-verticality for this electronic band system, causing its absorption maximum to occur at a position some 0.6 eV to the blue of the so-called vertical transition, i.e., that for which maximum vibrational overlap is obtained.     

Model complexes for metallated polythiophenes: gold(I) and palladium(II) complexes of bis(diphenylphosphino)oligothiophenes

The preparations of two new phosphinothiophene ligands, 3,3'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-2,2'-bithiophene (dppbt; 1) and 3,3' "-dihexyl-3',3' '-bis(diphenylphosphino)-2,5':2',2' ':5' ',2' "-quaterthiophene (hdppqt; 2) are reported. Oxidation of 1 gives 3,3'-bis(diphenylphosphine oxide)-2,2'-bithiophene (3), and the crystal structure of this compound was determined. Pd(II) and Au(I) complexes of these ligands have been synthesized and characterized. Crystal structures of [(dppbt)PdCl(2)] (1-Pd), [(hdppqt)PdCl(2)] (2-Pd), [(dppbt)(AuCl)(2)] (1-Au), and [(hdppqt)(AuCl)(2)] (2-Au) were obtained. [(dppbt)(AuCl)(2)] crystallized in two solid-state forms; crystals grown from CH(2)Cl(2)/Et(2)O show a gold-gold interaction of 3.3221(4) A, but from CH(2)Cl(2)/toluene, the molecule crystallizes as a toluene adduct (1-Au-tol) and does not show any gold-gold interaction. All the complexes were characterized via UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, and the effect of the metal on the energy of the pi-pi transition and oxidation potential was determined. These data are correlated to the interannular torsion angles in the oligothienyl groups from the crystal structure studies.     

Röntgenkleinwinkeluntersuchungen an Lösungen eines Polystyrolpräparates mit enger Molekulargewichtsverteilung

Zusammenfassung Es wurde das Streuverhalten von Polystyrol im thermodynamisch schlechten Lösungsmittel Cyclohexan zwischen Entmischungstemperatur und-Temperatur untersucht. Beim -Punkt und nahe dabei liegt das Verhalten eines statistisch verknäuelten Fadenmoleküls vor. Unterhalb der-Temperatur beginnt eine Aggregation. Knapp oberhalb der Entmischungstemperatur entspricht das Molekulargewicht etwa einer Verhängung zweier Fadenmoleküle. Ein Auftreten von kompakten Polymerknäueln ist bei dieser Temperatur nicht festzustellen. Der Einfluß des Fadenquerschnitts auf die Streukurve ist beträchtlich, da der Querschnitt nicht viel kleiner als die Persistenzlänge ist. Trotzdem läßt sich die Persistenzlänge (a=12,2 Å) aus dem Übergangspunkt zwischen den etwa 1/(2)² und 1/(2) proportionalen Bereichen bestimmen, da der Knick im Übergangsbereich infolge der großen Anzahl von Persistenzlängen pro Molekül sehr ausgeprägt ist.

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X-Ray small-angle investigations on solutions of a polystyrene sample with a narrow molecular weight distribution

Investigations were made of the scattering behaviour of polystyrene in the thermodynamically bad solvent cyclohexane between precipitation-temperature and-temperature. At the-point and close to it the behaviour of a statistically coiled chain molecule is found. Below-temperature an aggregation is beginning. Just above precipitation-temperature the molecular weight corresponds to an entanglement of two chain molecules. Appearance of compact polymer coils could not be noted at this temperature. The influence of the chain crosssection upon the scattering curve is considerable as the crosssection is not much smaller than the persistence length. Nevertheless, the persistence length (a=12.2 Å) may be determined from the transition point between the ranges roughly proportional to 1/(2)² and 1/(2) as the break within the transition range is very distinct on account of the great number of persistence lengths per molecule.

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Herrn Prof. Dr.E. Broda zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.