Triterpene glycosides ofHedera helix II. Determination of the structure of glycoside L-6d from common ivy leaves

A new hederagenin pentaoside — glycoside L-6d — has been isolated from the leaves of common ivyHedera helix L., fam. Araliaceae, and its structure has been determined by using various NMR-spectroscopic methods. Glycoside L-6d is hederagenin 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside.Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 746–752, November–December, 1994.     

Photocatalysis of reactions involving reduction of nitrogen-containing compounds by ethanol in an organized 18-tungsten diphosphate-cadmium sulfide system

Cadmium sulfide and heteropolytungstate were found to form an organized photocatalytic system providing separation of photogenerated charges. Reduction of nitrobenzene, nitrosobenzene, and phenylhydroxylamine to aniline has been investigated in this system; kinetic patterns have been established and quantum yields of the reactions have been determined.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 206–210, July–August, 1994.The authors are grateful to the Fund for Fundamental Research of the Ukrainian State Committee on Science and Technology for supporting this work.     

Synthesis of new monoterpene sulfonylimidazoles

Sulfonylimidazoles of monoterpenes of menthane, pinane, and carane nature were synthesized in 83-98% yields.     

The influence of a fluoroorganic modifier—stillage residues of alcohol-telomeres—on properties of filled poldienurethanes

The results of an investigation of the influence of stillage residues of polyfluorinated alcoholtelomeres on the properties of polydienurethane compositions and elastomers based on them are presented. It is shown that such modification allows one to raise the sedimentation stability of the compositions and increase the characteristics of physicochemical and dynamic properties of elastomers.     

以RF/SiO2复合气凝胶为前驱体制备介孔α-SiC

以间苯二酚(R)和甲醛(F)为碳源,3-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷为硅源,无水乙醇为溶剂,利用简捷的一步溶胶-凝胶法和超临界干燥工艺制备RF/SiO2复合气凝胶。RF/SiO2复合气凝胶经碳热还原、煅烧、酸洗等一系列工艺制备出介孔碳化硅(SiC),采用XRD、FTIR、NMR、SEM、TEM和氮气吸附-脱附等分析手段对制备的介孔SiC进行了表征。结果表明,介孔SiC材料为纯的α-SiC,平均晶粒大小为15 nm,BET比表面积为106 m2·g-1,孔径主要分布在21.7 nm和61 nm附近,SiC纳米颗粒大小和分布均匀。     

Stereoselective tribromomethylation of N-(tert-butanesulfinyl)imines with bromoform: practical synthesis of α-tribromomethyl amines

The unprecedented nucleophilic tribromomethylation of N-(tert-butanesulfinyl)imines with bromoform has been shown to be a highly stereoselective and practical method for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure α-tribromomethyl amines. THF has proven to be the best solvent in this addition reaction. By changing the reaction solvent from THF to DMF, 2,2-dibromoaziridines can also be synthesized directly from bromoform and N-(tert-butanesulfinyl)imines under similar reaction conditions.     

Properties of nanocomposites based on crosslinked elastomeric polyurethane and ultrasmall additives of single-wall carbon nanotubes

It is shown for the first time that the addition of ultrasmall amounts of single-wall carbon nanotubes leads to a significant increase in the main mechanical characteristics of the crosslinked poly(urethane urea) elastomer. The elastic modulus and the tensile strength pass through maxima as the nanotube concentration is increased from 0 to 0.018 wt %; at a nanotube concentration of 0.002 wt %, the maximum values of the modulus and strength are higher by factors of 2.5 and 1.5, respectively, than the corresponding values for the unfilled polymer. The thermomechanical, spectral, and structural characteristics of nanomodified elastomers are investigated, and possible causes of change in their mechanical parameters are discussed.     

4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine-embedded nanoporous conjugated polymer as a highly active heterogeneous organocatalyst

We report herein for the first time the incorporation of a versatile organocatalyst, 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP), into the network of a nanoporous conjugated polymer (NCP) by the "bottom-up" approach. The resulting DMAP-NCP material possesses highly concentrated and homogeneously distributed DMAP catalytic sites (2.02?mmol g(-1)). DMAP-NCP also exhibits enhanced stability and permanent porosity due to the strong covalent linkage and the rigidity of the "bottom-up" monomers. As a result, DMAP-NCP shows excellent catalytic activity in the acylation of alcohols with yields of 92-99?%. The DMAP-NCP catalyst could be easily recovered from the reaction mixture and reused in at least 14 consecutive cycles without measurable loss of activity. Moreover, the catalytic acylation reaction could be performed under neat and continuous-flow conditions for at least 536?h of continuous work with the same catalyst activity.     

Specifics of scattering of nonrelativistic electrons in nanosized films

The specifics of energy exchange by nonrelativistic electrons (electron energy of ∼10²–10³ eV) during their travelling through a dielectric layer have been studied depending on the thickness of the layer applied on substrates with different parameters. Electron travelling across a dielectric (pyrene) layer with a thickness of up to 10 nm deposited on a metal (bismuth) mirror is accompanied by the following effects dependent on the dielectric-layer thickness and the electric parameters of the boundary: a nonmonotonic change in the pyrene luminescence intensity and variation in secondary electron emission.