The formation of nickel(II) chloride ammine complexes in the pores of modified fibers of cellulose cloth

A sorbent was synthesized as a cellulose cloth, the fibers of which have nanopores with walls made of cellulose chains and ethanol cyclams. The formation of (NH₄)₂[NiL(NH₃)₂Cl₂] complexes where L^2– is the CH–(O^–)–CH–(O^–) glucopyranose group was established by chemical analysis and IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Using small-angle X-ray scattering and measurement of the partial free space and adsorption capacity, the complex formation in the [Ni(NH₃)₆]Cl₂ concentration range of up to 0.43 mol/L was found to occur in nanopores with the sorption constant K _sorb = 15.8. The limiting content of the complexes is 2.63 mmol/g and their effective radius is 0.45 nm. In the concentration range of 0.43–0.91 mol/L, the complexation occurs on the fiber surface, K _sorb = 1.85. The effective radius of the complexes is 0.5 nm.     

Synthesis of polycationic lipids based on cholesterol and spermine

The synthesis of cholesterol-based cationic lipids in which the hydrophobic steroidal fragment is linked to a spermine residue as the hydrophilic domain by ester or carbamate linkage is described.     

Thermal Properties of Cobalt(II) β-Iminoketonates

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, and flow methods were used to investigate thermal properties of a series of cobalt(II)...     

1H and 13C hyperfine coupling constants of the tryptophanyl cation radical in aqueous solution from microsecond time-resolved CIDNP

Relative values of the 1H and 13C isotropic hyperfine couplings in the cationic oxidized tryptophan radical TrpH*+ in aqueous solution are determined. The data are obtained from the photo-CIDNP (chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization) enhancements observed in the microsecond time-resolved NMR spectra of the diamagnetic products of photochemical reactions in which TrpH*+ is a transient intermediate. The method is validated using the tyrosyl neutral radical Tyr*, whose 1H and 13C hyperfine couplings have previously been determined by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Good agreement is found with hyperfine coupling constants for TrpH*+ calculated using density functional theory methods but only if water molecules are explicitly included in the calculation.     

Phase-transfer catalysis in reactions of 5-alkyl-3H-furan-2-ones with dichlorocarbene

Treatment of 5-alkyl-3H-furan-2-ones and 5-alkyl-3H-thiophen-2-ones with dichlorocarbene under conditions of phase-transfer catalysis at 20–90 °C results in insertion of the carbene at the C=C bond followed by skeletal rearrangement.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1995–1997, October, 1995.     

Ultrathin functional films of titanium(IV) oxide

Chemistry and physics of thin semiconducting layers of various types are subjects of intense research. Especially when nanotechnology methods such as self-assembly are involved, amazing structural and/or functional properties may appear. Also modern physical methods using variously organized plasma arrangements are able to produce uniform structures with distinctive functionality. In this review, based virtually on our own work, discussions on the preparation, structure, morphology, and function of titanium(IV) oxide nanoscopic thin films are presented. It was shown that structurally and functionally similar titanium(IV) oxide films can be prepared via completely different preparation techniques. Function tests were arranged as “primary”, covering the assessment of the light induced charge separation efficiency, and “secondary”, based on photocatalytic surface oxidations.     

Sesquiterpene Lactones and Flavonoids from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Artemisia albida</Emphasis>

The five known lactones matricarin, austricin, canin, and achillin guaianolides and argolide germacranolide and the two flavonoids eupatilin and its 7-O-methyl ester were isolated for the first time from the aerial part of Artemisia albida Willd. The structure of eupatilin was confirmed by an x-ray structure analysis. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 568–570, November–December, 2005.