Thermocapillary Alignment of Gas Bubbles Induced by Convective Transport

The effect of a weak convective heat transfer on the thermocapillary interaction of two bubbles with an arbitrary orientation relative to an externally imposed temperature gradient is examined. Asymptotic analysis of the case of large separation distances, Z, suggests that the corrections to the bubbles' velocities are of (Pe/Z²), rather than (Pe²) previously found for an isolated bubble. Equal-sized bubbles are known to move with the same velocities, as if they were isolated, when heat conduction is the only transport mechanism. However, the convective transport results in a relative motion of the bubbles. The tendency of equal bubbles to line up in a plane perpendicular to the applied thermal gradient is shown analytically in the weakly nonlinear limit of small Pe numbers, and an interesting interaction behavior in the case of unequal bubbles is discussed.     

Packing considerations of bis‐dimedone derivatives

We have determined the crystal structures of 2,2′‐(4‐fluoro­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hydroxy‐5,5‐di­methyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₃H₂₇FO₄, (I), 2,2′‐(4‐chloro­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hy­droxy‐5,5‐dimethyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₃H₂₇ClO₄, (II), 2,2′‐(4‐hydroxy­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hydroxy‐5,5‐di­methyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₃H₂₈O₅, (III), 2,2′‐(4‐methyl­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hydroxy‐5,5‐di­methyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₄H₃₀O₄, (IV), 2,2′‐(4‐methoxy­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hy­droxy‐5,5‐di­methyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₄H₃₀O₅, (V), and 2,2′‐(4‐N,N′‐di­methyl­amino­phenyl)­methyl­enebis(3‐hydroxy‐5,5‐di­methyl‐2‐cyclo­hexen‐1‐one), C₂₅H₃₃NO₄, (VI). Structures (III) to (VI) of these bis‐dimedone derivatives show nearly the same packing pattern irrespective of the different substituent in the para position of the aromatic ring. However, (II) does not fit into this scheme, although the Cl atom is a substituent not too different from the others. The different packing of the fluoro compound, (I), can be explained by the fact that it crystallizes with two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, which show a different conformation of the dimedone ring. On the other hand, (I) shows a similar packing pattern to bis(2‐hydroxy‐4,4‐di­methyl‐6‐oxo‐1‐cyclo­hexenyl)­phenyl­methane, a compound containing an aromatic ring without any substituent and with Z′ = 2.     

Substituent effect on the cationic ring‐opening polymerization of acyloxymethyl five‐member cyclic dithiocarbonates

Five‐member cyclic dithiocarbonates were synthesized by the reactions of carbon disulfide with benzoic, p‐anisic, p‐chlorobenzoic, 1‐naphthalenecarboxylic, p‐nitrobenzoic, and p‐(tert‐butyl)benzoic glycidyl esters, and their cationic ring‐opening polymerizations were carried out with methyl trifluoromethane sulfonate and trifluoromethane sulfonic acid as initiators at room temperature to 80 °C. Polymers with number‐average molecular weights of 3400–24,900 were obtained in high yields, and their structures were estimated by NMR and IR spectroscopy. The monomers showed a clear difference in the polymerization rate according to the substituents. The rate of polymerization decreased in the order of p‐chlorobenzoic ≥ benzoic > 1‐naphthalenecarboxylic > p‐nitro‐benzoic > p‐tert‐butylbenzoic > p‐anisic. The data of the reaction kinetics, NMR studies, and molecular orbital calculations proved a plausible mechanism involving the participation of p‐substituted benzoyloxymethyl groups to stabilize the cationic propagating end. The polymers showed decomposition temperatures with 5% weight loss ranging from 200 to 260 °C. No glass‐transition temperatures for the polymers were observed below 200 °C by differential scanning calorimetry. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3967–3980, 2001     

4-Nitro-2-(1H-tetrazol-1-yl)­phenol

There are two symmetry-independent mol­ecules in the unit cell of the title compound, C₇H₅N₅O₃. The tetrazole and phenyl rings are essentially planar and are not coplanar in either mol­ecule [dihedral angles 30.2 (1) and 7.0 (1)°]. In the structure, four mol­ecules are connected by O—H⃛N bridges, forming four-membered molecular aggregates which are linked together by a complex three-dimensional hydrogen-bond network.     

CsF–Si(OEt)4 catalyzed addition of (hetero)aromatic amides to ethyl acrylate

The conjugate addition of some (hetero)aromatic amides to an α,β‐unsaturated ester (ethyl acrylate) proceeds efficiently in the presence of an equimolar amount of the CsF–Si(OEt)₄ system to afford the corresponding ethyl esters of N‐substituted β‐amino acids. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Phase Behavior of Solutions of Polymers with Multiply Aggregating Groups

We have theoretically investigated phase diagrams of solutions of aggregating polymers. In our model all polymer chains in the solution carry a certain number of aggregating groups (“stickers”), capable of the formation of thermoreversible aggregates, each assumed to consist of exactly m stickers. The treatment of aggregation corresponds to the Flory‐like theory of gelation. We have studied the dependence of the phase diagram on the parameters of aggregation, such as its strength (fraction of monomeric units carrying stickers and aggregation constant) and cooperativity (aggregation number). In the considered system of homopolymer chains the stickers have been found to always promote phase separation. The value of aggregation number m is crucial for the topology of the phase diagram: for m ≥ 5 the triple point may appear in the phase diagram. Conditions on the properties of the system ensuring the appearance of this feature have been obtained. The interrelation between gelation and phase separation for different values of parameters is elucidated.     

Poly[3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane]–2,4-dinitro-2,4-diazapentane

Constructing phase diagrams for the mixtures of semicrystalline polymers and low molecular mass substances by DSC can meet with difficulties in the case of slow polymer crystallization. A problem of this kind is encountered for high-energy compositions poly[3,3-bis(azidomethyl)oxetane] (PBAMO)–2,4-dinitro-2,4-diazapentane (DNAP). In this study, the experimental phase diagram PBAMO–DNAP is constructed by an optical method, which makes it possible to visualize structural transformations. The kinetic studies by DSC and XRD reveal that 30–50 days of storing a homogenized PBAMO–DNAP mixture at room temperature are needed to attain stationary values of the crystallinity degree and heat of fusion. Even after that, the DSC method cannot deliver a solubility curve of DNAP in PBAMO, which is naturally generated by the optical method. This curve separates a domain of physical gels, effectively crosslinked by polymer crystallites and swollen with the plasticizer molecules, from a two-phase domain, in which the above gel reaches osmotic equilibrium with the pure plasticizer. It is also shown that the melting temperature of DNAP drops with growing the PBAMO content in the mixture, which is consistent with a decrease in the mean size of plasticizer crystals formed in polymer pores during the previous cooling.     

Photoredox mediated annelation of iododifluoromethylated alcohols with 1,1-diarylethylenes

A method for the synthesis of 3,3-difluorotetrahydrofurans from iododifluoromethylated alcohols and 1,1-diarylethylenes is described. The reaction is performed under irradiation with 400?nm light emitting diodes in the presence of a cationic iridium(III) photocatalyst, [Ir(ppy)₂(dtbbpy)]PF₆, substoichiometric amounts of triphenylphosphine and sodium trifluoroacetate as a base.