Chemical autocatalysis in the NO + CO reaction on Pt(100)

It is shown that the reaction between NO and CO on Pt(100) is autocatalytic and probably involves a surface species which accelerates the reaction. Temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of co-adsorbed NO and CO yields complete reaction, with N₂ and CO₂ desorbing simultaneously in sharp peaks at ≈410 K. Isothermal desorption also yields rates characteristic of chemical autocatalysis.     

Chromatographie von Carbamat- und Phenylharnstoff-Pesticiden auf Dünnschichten von basischem Zinkcarbonat

Thin layers of basic zinc carbonate can be used with good results for separation and multiple identification of carbamate and phenylurea pesticides. Five important substances could be separated by one-dimension TLC. The best results were obtained by the following developing solvents: a) benzene, b) a mixture of benzene/petroleum ether/chloroform (6∶1∶1). The substances are either recognisable in short-wave UV-light, when a fluorescence indicator (F 254 nm) is added, or in day-light, after spraying a solution of 0.1 N AgNO₃ in 3 N HNO₃, followed by an UV-exposure for about 4 min.     

Ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis double-bond isomerization sequence

A novel ruthenium-catalyzed tandem ring-closing metathesis (RCM) double-bond isomerization reaction is described in this paper. The utility of this method for the efficient syntheses of five-, six-, and seven-membered cyclic enol ethers is demonstrated. It relies on the conversion of a metathesis-active ruthenium carbene species to an isomerization-active ruthenium-hydride species in situ. This conversion is achieved by using various additives. Scope and limitations of the different protocols are discussed, and some mechanistic considerations based on (31)P and (1)H NMR spectroscopic studies are presented.     

On the zeros of polynomials over arbitrary finite dimensional algebras

In [3] it was shown that a polynomial of degree n with coefficients in an associative division algebra, which is d-dimensional over its center, has either infinitely many or at most n^d zeros. In this paper we raise the same question for arbitrary m-ary F-algebras A which are d-dimensional over the algebraically closed field F. Our main result states that in the affine space of m-ary algebras of dimension d there is a non-empty Zariski-open set whose elements A have the following property: in the space of polynomial of precise degree n with coefficients in A there is a non-empty Zariski-open set whose elements have precisely n^d zeros. It is shown that all simple algebras, all semi-simple associative algebras, all semisimple Jordan algebras (char F2), all semi-simple Lie algebras (char F=0), and the generic algebra possess this property.     

Symmetrische Permutationsmengen

A permutation set (M, I) consisting of a setM and a set of permutations ofM, is calledsymmetric, if for any two permutations, the existence of anx M with (x) (x) and ^–1 (x) = ^–1 (x) implies ^–1 = ^–1 , andsharply 3-transitive, if for any two triples (x ₁,x ₂,x ₃), (y ₁,y ₂,y ₃) M ³ with|{x ₁,x ₂,x ₃ }| = |{y ₁,y ₂,y ₃ }| = 3 there is exactly one permutation with(x ₁) =y ₁,(x ₂) =y ₂,(x ₃) =y ₃. The following theorem will be proved.THEOREM.Let (M, ) be a sharply 3-transitive symmetric permutation set with |M|3, such that contains the identity. Then is a group and there is a commutative field K such that and the projective linear group PGL(2, K) are isomorphic.     

121Sb-Mössbauer-Spektren von Antimon(V)-Verbindungen. III

¹²¹Sb Mössbauer Spectra of Antimony (V) Compounds. III The Mössbauer resonance effect of ¹²¹Sb has been studied in the antimony(V) compounds I–VI. Isomer shift and quadrupole splitting variations are considered in the light of results of vibrational spectroscopy and in part of X-ray data. The antimony iodine azides II and IV , respectively, were obtained by reactions of R₃Sb (R = CH₃, C₆H₅) with iodine azide.     

Stereoselective synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine α- and β-D-ribonucleosides from anomerically pure D-ribofuranosyl chlorides: Solid-Liquid Phase-Transfer Glycosylation and 15N-NMR Spectra

Solid-liquid phase-transfer glycosylation (KOH, tris[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethye]amine ( = TDA-1), MeCN) of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines such as 3a and 3b with an equimolar amount of 5-O-[(1,1 -dimethylethyl)dimethylsilyl]-2,3-O-(1-methylethylidene)-α-D -ribofuranosyl chloride (1) [6] gave the protected β-D -nucleosides 4a and 4b , respectively, stereoselectively (Scheme). The β-D -anomer 2 [6] yielded the corresponding α-D -nucleosides 5a and 5b with traces of the β-D -compounds. The 6-substituted 7-deazapurine nucleosides 6a , 7a , and 8 were converted into tubercidin (10) or its α-D -anomer (11) . Spin-lattice relaxation measurements of anomeric ribonucleosides revealed that T₁ values of H? C(8) in the α-D -series are significantly increased compared to H? C(8) in the β-D -series while the opposite is true for T₁ of H? C(1′). ¹⁵N-NMR data of 6-substituted 7-deazapurine D -ribofuranosides were assigned and compared with those of 2′-deoxy compounds. Furthermore, it was shown that 7-deaza-2′deoxyadenosine ( = 2′-deoxytubercidin; 12 ) is protonated at N(1), whereas the protonation site of 7-deaza-2′-deoxyguanosine ( 20 ) is N(3).     

Ein neues photometrisches Auswertungsverfahren bei komplexometrischen Titrationen kleiner Metallmengen

Zusammenfassung Zur photometrischen Auswertung komplexometrischer Titrationen von Metallspuren in sehr verdünnten Lösungen mit Hilfe von Metallindicatoren wird aus mathematischen Überlegungen ein Verfahren abgeleitet, das auf der Messung von Extinktionsänderungen während der Titration beruht. Im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen photometrischen Methoden wird die Empfindlichkeit etwa um den Faktor 30 verbessert.Auszug aus der von der Fakultät für Allgemeine Wissenschaften der Technischen Hochschule München genehmigten Dissertation.Herrn Prof. Dr. F. Hegemann möchte der Verfasser für die Anregung und Förderung der vorliegenden Arbeit sehr danken. Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bad. Godesberg, und der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., München, sei für die gewährte Unterstützung auch an dieser Stelle verbindlichst gedankt.     

Untersuchungen an Hydriden im Bereich der Phase Ti2CO1—x Fe x (x=0–0,5)

The hydrogen absorption of the phase Ti₆₄Co_32–x Fe _x (x=0...16) and its influence on the magnetic properties have been investigated. Measurements of the vapour-pressure, wide-line NMR and magnetic susceptibility have been performed. Substitution of Co by Fe does not change the amount of absorbed hydrogen. However the reaction rate of hydriding process, the activation energy of diffusion and the magnetic quantities change upon this substitution.

     

Computational results on an algorithm for finding all vertices of a polytope

This paper provides answers to several questions raised by V. Klee regarding the efficacy of Mattheiss' algorithm for finding all vertices of convex polytopes. Several results relating to the expected properties of polytopes are given which indicate thatn-polytopes defined by large numbers of constraints are difficult to obtain by random processes, the expected value of the number of vertices of polytope is considerably less than Klee's least upper bound the expected performance of Mattheiss' algorithm is far better than Klee's upper bound would suggest.