BIOLOGICAL UV-DOSES AND THE EFFECT OF AN OZONE LAYER DEPLETION

Effective UV-doses were calculated based on the integrated product of the biological action spectrum (the one proposed by IEC, which extends to 400 nm, was adopted) and the spectral irradiance. The calculations include absorption and scattering of UV-radiation in the atmosphere, both for normal ozone conditions as well as for a depleted ozone layer. For Scandinavian latitudes the effective annual UV-dose increases by approximately 4% per degrees of latitude towards the Equator. An ozone depletion of one percent increases the annual UV-dose by approximately 1% at 60 degrees N (increases slightly at lower latitudes). A large depletion of 50% over Scandinavia (60 degrees N) would give these countries an effective UV-dose similar to that obtained, with normal ozone conditions, at a latitude of 40 degrees N (California or the Mediterranean countries). The Antarctic ozone hole increases the annual UV-dose by 20 to 25% which is a similar increase as that attained by moving 5 to 6 degrees of latitude nearer the Equator. The annual UV-dose at higher latitudes is mainly determined by the summer values of ozone. Both the ozone values and the effective UV-doses vary from one year to another (within +/- 4%). No positive or negative trend is observed for Scandinavia from 1978 to 1988.     

Development and validation of an analytical methodology for the determination of p,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDE and p,p′-DDD in fish oil pills

An analytical methodology was proposed and validated to be applied to the determination of p,p′-DDT and its metabolites p,p′-DDE and p,p′-DDD in fish oil. The analytical procedure presented in this paper involves a single-step clean up process prior to the analysis. A solution of 1,2,3,4-tetrachloronaphtalene was used as internal standard.The analytical technique used was gas chromatography coupled to an electron capture detector. Details on the validation process are provided.The limits of detection ranged from 2.6 to 4.7 pg μL^− 1. The BCR 598 standard reference material (cod liver oil) was used to evaluate the performance of the methodology with satisfactory recoveries for all the compounds.The analytes were determined in three different fish oil pills sold in Spain as a supplementary vitamin support. The sum of p,p′-DDT and metabolites was from 13.2 to 51.3 ng g^− 1, the dominant compound being p,p′-DDE.     

MCM-41-HY复合分子筛的合成及其在深度加氢脱硫中的应用

在水热条件下合成了包覆型MCM-41-HY复合分子筛.采用XRD、N2气吸附和SEM等方法对其进行了表征.结果表明,MCM-41-HY复合分子筛和MCM-41与H型Y沸石(HY)的机械混合物明显不同,在复合分子筛MCM-41-HY中,中孔相MCM-41附晶生长在HY沸石上,将HY包覆起来.以二苯并噻吩为模型化合物,考察了该材料担载NiMo催化剂的加氢脱硫活性.结果表明,MCM-41-HY复合分子筛与MCM-41和HY的机械混合物担载NiMo催化剂的加氢脱硫(HDS)活性相当,但MCM-41-HY复合分子筛担载NiMo催化剂的裂化活性较低.其裂化活性不同的原因在于其载体孔道结构和酸性位的分布不同.     

Stabilization of cobalt(II) chloro-complexes with the butanediammonium cation

Summary Cobalt(II) chlorocomplexes with empirical formulae (bnH₂)₂CoCl₆·2H₂O (1) and (bnH₂)₂CoCl₆ (2), where bnH ₂ ²⁺ represents the diprotonated species of putrescine (1,4-butanediamine), were prepared.The visible spectra in the solid state and measurement of the magnetic moments permit the assignation of an octahedral geometry for cobalt in (1) and a tetrahedral geometry for (2).     

无溶剂研磨条件下四氢苯并吡喃衍生物的一锅法合成

四氢苯并吡喃衍生物在药物和农药研究中有着广泛的用途. 基于合成这类化合物的传统方法所用溶剂多为对环境不利的极性溶剂, 且合成需分步进行, 在提倡绿色化学和发展节约型经济的今天, 如何改良这类反应已成为一个热点. 本工作通过选择不同的碱尝试反应最佳条件, 发现用价廉易得的碳酸钾为碱, 对不同官能团取代的底物芳醛采用研磨的手段, 在无溶剂条件下, 一锅法可成功合成四氢苯并吡喃衍生物. 该法条件温和, 收率高, 易于操作, 对环境影响小.     

Effect of growth conditions on the rheological properties and chemical composition ofVolcaniella eurihalina exopolysaccharide

The exopolysaccharide produced byVolcaniella eurihalina, an halophilic eubacterium, under different environmental and nutritional conditions, is studied.V. eurihalina synthesizes an acidic heteropolysaccharide, composed by rhamnose, glucose, and mannose, as well as amino sugars, uronic acids, and acetyl and sulphate residues. This composition varies depending on the nutrients of culture medium. Viscosity and pseudoplasticity of the polymer solutions are also influenced by the nutritional conditions in which the microorganism was grown.     

溶剂热/水热条件下空旷结构草酸锌的合成

应用水热法及溶剂热方法，选择两种模板剂1，2-丙二胺和4，5-二氮芴-9-酮连氮(L)设计合成了草酸锌空旷结构材料[Zn₂(C₂O₄)3][C₃H₁₂N₂]·H₂O (Ⅰ)和[Zn₂(C₂O₄)₃]·L·6[H₃O] (Ⅱ)，使用CHN元素分析、     

甲基丙烯酸三苯墓甲酯和甲基丙烯酸酯类的共聚物在溶液中的螺旋诱导和解旋作用

甲基丙烯酸三苯墓甲酯和甲基丙烯酸酯类的共聚物在溶液中的螺旋诱导和解旋作用陈传福，刘卫宏，陈永明，任长玉，习复（中国科学院化学研究所北京１０００８０）关键词甲基丙烯酸三苯基甲酯，甲基丙烯酸甲酯，光学活性，螺旋诱导，解旋在手性阴离子复合引发剂存在下，甲基...     

Exploiting clock transitions for the chemical design of resilient molecular spin qubits

Molecular spin qubits are chemical nanoobjects with promising applications that are so far hampered by the rapid loss of quantum information, a process known as decoherence. A strategy to improve this situation involves employing so-called Clock Transitions (CTs), which arise at anticrossings between spin energy levels. At CTs, the spin states are protected from magnetic noise and present an enhanced quantum coherence. Unfortunately, these optimal points are intrinsically hard to control since their transition energy cannot be tuned by an external magnetic field; moreover, their resilience towards geometric distortions has not yet been analyzed. Here we employ a python-based computational tool for the systematic theoretical analysis and chemical optimization of CTs. We compare three relevant case studies with increasingly complex ground states. First, we start with vanadium(iv)-based spin qubits, where the avoided crossings are controlled by hyperfine interaction and find that these S = 1/2 systems are very promising, in particular in the case of vanadyl complexes in an L-band pulsed EPR setup. Second, we proceed with a study of the effect of symmetry distortions in a holmium polyoxotungstate of formula [Ho(W₅O₁₈)₂]⁹⁻ where CTs had already been experimentally demonstrated. Here we determine the relative importance of the different structural distortions that causes the anticrossings. Third, we study the most complicated case, a polyoxopalladate cube [HoPd₁₂(AsPh)₈O₃₂]⁵⁻ which presents an unusually rich ground spin multiplet. This system allows us to find uniquely favorable CTs that could nevertheless be accessible with standard pulsed EPR equipment (X-band or Q-band) after a suitable chemical distortion to break the perfect cubic symmetry. Since anticrossings and CTs constitute a rich source of physical phenomena in very different kinds of quantum systems, the generalization of this study is expected to have impact not only in molecular spin science but also in other related fields such as molecular photophysics and photochemistry.

We employ a python computational tool to compare 3 relevant case studies with increasingly complex ground states: vanadyl complexes, Ho(iii) square antiprisms and Ho(iii) cubic structures.