Coupling of inverse gas chromatography at infinite dilution (IGC-ID) with a controlled modification of a solid surface

This paper presents a new method for studying the surface of a heterogeneous solid by inverse gas chromatography at infinite dilution (IGC-ID). After saturating the high-energy sites by impregnation with a suitable polymer, the chromatographic probes visit the low energy sites, which are not visible by conventional IGC-ID. This method has been used to study the two types of surface of talc: lateral and basal surfaces. In the second part of the paper the influence of the structure of the polymer on the impregnation is examined. In particular it is shown that a polymer with a linear structure is more able to fit a rough surface than is a branched or a cyclic polymer.     

Étude des restes pour les suites de Van Der Corput généralisées

We get the asymptotic behaviour of the remainder function with respect to the Van Der Corput generalized sequences construted in a previous paper (in Bulletin de la S.M.F, n^o 109, 1981). As a consequence, we obtain the intervals [0, a] for which the remainder is bounded. Moreover, we give an explicit formula for the remainder with respect to the Van Der Corput sequence in the r-adic system.     

Clinical investigations of catecholaminergic systems using liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection

Catecholamine levels in body fluids are reliable biochemical markers of several types of tumors, cardiovascular diseases and hereditary and metabolic disorders. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (RPLC-EC) is now the method of choice for catecholamine analysis.     

Optimization of a binary transcoding single filter used for character recognition

We propose a new type of optical filter for character recognition. We intend to show that a unique optimized filter is suitable for binary transcoding of an alphabetical set. The unique filtering consists of a multiplexing from a superposition of holographic filters. Synthesis can be implemented either by analog holography or by numerical holography. A verification obtained from a limited alphabet is presented.     

Toward the synthesis of spirastrellolide a: construction of a tetracyclic C26-C40 subunit containing the DEF-bis-spiroacetal

[reaction: see text] A stereo-controlled synthesis of the fully elaborated C26-C40 tricyclic [5,6,6]-bis-spiroacetal of spirastrellolide A containing the C28 chlorine substituent is reported, exploiting asymmetric Sharpless dihydroxylation and boron-mediated allylation methodology.     

A stable distannirane

The first three-membered ring compound containing two tin and one carbon atoms, 1,1,2,2-tetra(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)-3-fluorenylidene-1,2-distannirane, has been synthesized in a two-step procedure from the 9-[bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)fluorostannyl]chloromethylenefluorene.