Acid-base properties of indolylglyoxal and some acetylindoles

A spectrophotometric study of the acid-base properties of 3-acylindoles showed that they were stronger acids than the alkylindoles. It was found that protonation of these compounds occurs at the carbonyl group. For indolylglyoxal, 3-acetylindole, and 1-methyl-3-acetylindole the pK_b was determined; the pK_afor indolylglyoxal and 3-acetylindole was measured in 50% aqueous methanol.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskhikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1621–1624, December, 1987.     

X-ray studies of supported copper-aluminium catalysts

Structural peculiarities of the formation of copper-aluminium catalysts at copper concentrations <10 wt% and calcination temperatures of 573–1173 K have been studied.

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Molar volumes and ion pairing of lithium halides in alcohols

The concentration dependence of the apparent molar volumes of lithium halides (and electrolytes in general) in alcohols (and solvents permitting association in general) is, in the first instance, due to changes in the degree of association and to the inherent difference between the apparent molar volumes of the ions and of the ion pairs. Previous publications on the molar volumes of electrolytes in organic solvents, disregarding altogether ion pairing, appear to be incorrect. Data from the literature for lithium chloride and lithium bromide in normal primary alcohols and several branched alcohols from C₁ to C₈ and data from our laboratory for lithium halides in 1-hexanol and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol served for the determination of φ _V and φ _E . Electrical and structural contributions to the values of these functions for the ions and for the ion pairs are discussed.     

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The free NH₃ molecule and the [Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺ ion were studied by the kinematic coupling approach. The pure effects of this coupling were found to be small, and some modifications had to be introduced in order to get a reasonable force field. The force constants deduced for the skeletal vibrations are comparable with those of a quasi-exact force field. Calculated frequencies for [⁶⁸Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺ and [⁶⁴Zn(ND₃)₄]²⁺ are reported in addition to those of [⁶⁴Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺. Mean amplitudes of vibration for [⁶⁴Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺ are given.     

Chloride, -Hydride and -Borohydride Derivatives of Difluorenyl Thallium(III)

Chloride¹), borohydrides²) and hydrides³) of dicyclopentadienyl thallium (III) and diindenyl thallium (III) have already been reported. The present communication deals with a study on the preparation and characterization of difluorenyl thallium (III) chloride, -hydride and -borohydride.     

Alkyl–oxygen bond formation in the mass spectra of α-chloromethyl aryl sulphones

When subjected to electron-impact, chloromethyl aryl sulphones (II, X = Cl) fragment predominantly by the loss of CH₂Cl from the molecular ion followed by the loss of SO₂ and in most cases the appropriate metastable peaks are present to confirm the transitions. In addition, alkyl–oxygen bond formation in the molecular ion was revealed by the presence of prominent peaks corresponding to the [R? ?-SO]⁺ ions. In most spectra no evidence for aryl–oxygen bond formation could be found and thus the presence of the chlorine atom was able to effectively reverse the direction of skeletal rearrangement reported for aryl methyl sulphones.     

Pyrimidines

The condensation of -substituted acetophenones with benzylidenebisurea in an acid medium has given 5-R-2-oxo-4,6-diphenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidones. The analogous condensation of propiophenone forms 5-methyl-2-hydroxy-4,6-diphenylpyrimidine. The tetrahydro derivatives obtained are readily dehydrogenated to 5-R-2-hydroxy-4,6-diphenylpyrimidines.For part XX, see [1].     

Interaction of 1, 3-dioxa-2-silacyclanes and their oligomers with alklymagnesium and arylmagnesium halides

Conclusions Cyclic alkoxysilanes — 1,3-dioxa-2-silacyclanes — and their oligomers are decomposed by organomagnesium compounds with the formation of the corresponding silanols (disiloxanes) and tetraalkylsilanols.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1283–1285, July, 1966.     

Electrochemical reductive breakdown of solid-phase chlorinated rubber in aprotic and aqueous media

A study has been made of the electrochemical reductive breakdown (ECRB) of solid-phase chlorinated butyl rubber (CBR). It has been established that CBR does not accept electrons under conditions of fast sweep of electrode potential; however, with prolonged cathodic polarization of the substrate at the polymer/cathode/solution three-phase boundary, it undergoes reduction and subsequent chemical conversion, including intermolecular cross-linking and breakdown of the macromolecules. The rate of ECRB of the CBR depends on the potential and materials of the cathode, and also on the nature of the solvent. In a aprotic medium, the process of CBR breakdown leads to the formation of long polyconjugated structures that color its surface black in the vicinity of the three-phase boundary. In an aqueous medium, no such color is observed, but the products of ECRB are found to contain conjugated double bonds with a shorter conjugation chain than in the case of the aprotic medium. It has been established that he starting reaction in ECRB of CBR is reduction of the C-Cl bond and subsequent elimination of Cl^–.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 710–715, November–December, 1989.