Organische Verbindungen des Phosphors, 2. Mitt.: Über die stufenweise Alkylierung primärer Phosphine

Zusammenfassung Es wird über den Austausch der Wasserstoffatome am Phosphor in primären Phosphinen durch Natrium berichtet. Die unterschiedliche Reaktionsgeschwindigkeit, mit der dieser Austausch für die beiden Wasserstoffatome verläuft, eröffnet die Möglichkeit einer stufenweisen Reaktionsführung, bei der in einer ersten Austauschreaktion vorwiegend nur ein Wasserstoff durch Metall ersetzt wird. Bei der präparativen Durchführung bietet die Verwendung von Na-Dispersionen die größten Vorteile, da damit die gewünschte Austauschstufe, an der Farbe des Reaktionsgemisches kenntlich, in sehr gut kontrollierbarer Weise erreichbar ist. Durch die Umsetzung derart hergestellter P–Na-Bindungen mit Alkyl- und Arylhalogeniden ist die Synthese sekundärer und tertiärer Phosphine mit ungleichen Liganden möglich geworden, die bisher überhaupt nicht oder nur unter größten Schwierigkeiten dargestellt werden konnten.1. Mitt.: Mh. Chem.90, 148 (1959).     

Covalent amination of 1-alkyl- and 1-aryl-3-carbamoylpyridinium chlorides as “model” for enzymic activity of rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase

The site of animation for 1-alkyl-3-carbamoylpyridinium chlorides in liquid ammonia is dependent on the identity of the 1-alkyl substituent. For the methyl, ethyl and n-propyl derivatives exclusively 6-adducts are found. Adduct formation takes place at C-6 and C-4, when the 1-substituent is an i-propyl or t-butyl group. The adduct ratio for the latter compounds is determined by the size of the substituent. 1-Aryl derivatives exhibit amination at C-2 and C-6 and the adduct ratios are dependent on the temperature. When the aryl substituent is a 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl group the 4-adduct is detected as well. A comparison is made between the sites of oxidation of these compounds by rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase and the covalent amination pattern in liquid ammonia. It is shown that covalent animation as a “model” for the enzymic activity of aldehyde oxide1 is particularly valuable in cases where the enzyme reaction is controlled by steric factors.     

Physiological asymmetry in etiolated pea epicotyls: relation to patterns of auxin distribution and phototropic behavior

Etiolated pea seedlings require transformation of Pr phytochrome to Pfr before they display optimal phototropic response to unilateral blue light. This study investigates the possible role of auxin transport in explaining these phenomena. Labeled [2-14C]IAA applied to the intact terminal buds of dark-grown and red light-treated pea seedlings was measured 210 min later on the shaded and illuminated sides of the epicotyl as a function of direction and duration of irradiation with blue light. Totally darkened epicotyls show an asymmetry in distribution of radioactivity in the upper growth zone of the epicotyl, in favor of the side under the concave part of the apical hook. Red light, which greatly potentiates curvature toward subsequent unilateral blue light, lowers this asymmetry. Blue light directed to the epicotyl of red-pretreated plants in a plane parallel to the hook and from the side bearing the convex portion of the hook induces positive phototropic curvature as well as a surplus of radioactivity on the illuminated side of the upper epicotyl and on the shaded side of the lower growth zone of the epicotyl. Light directed to the side bearing the concave part of the hook also causes an accumulation of counts in the upper part of the lighted side but produces neither curvature of the epicotyl nor accumulation of counts in the lower shaded side. Because of this built-in physiological asymmetry in the growth zone just below the apical hook, it is difficult to explain the effects of red and blue light on curvature in terms of patterns of auxin distribution alone.     

Thermochemical Properties and Vapor Growth of Hg1-xCdx Te on CdTe

Based on a thermodynamic analysis, the vapor phase of the Hg_1-xCd_xTe—HgI₂—CdTe epitaxy system consists predominantly of Hg(g) and HgI₂(g) through which nutrient species migrate from the source to the CdTe substrate. Growth experiments in the 590° → 535°C temperature gradient showed that Hg_1-xCd_xTe layers can be grown on CdTe substrates using a preannealed, ternary source material in the presence of HgI₂.     

OXYGEN QUENCHING OF TRYPAFLAVINE LUMINESCENCE

Abstract— The quenching by oxygen of the α- and β-phosphorescence of trypaflavine adsorbed on silica gel has been found to obey the simple Stern-Volmer relationship for oxygen partial pressures up to the point at which, for low temperatures, the β-phosphorescence becomes negligible. At room temperatures above this partial pressure the Stern-Volmer plot is no longer linear. An explanation is proposed, based on the formation of a triplet-oxygen complex, analogous to that proposed by Porter and Wright for paramagnetic quenching.     

Determination of isotopic thorium in biological samples by combined alpha-spectrometry and neutron activation analysis

The determination of isotopic thorium by alpha-spectrometric methods is a routine practice for bioassay and environmental measurement programs. Alpha-spectrometry has excellent detection limits (by mass) for all isotopes of thorium except²³²Th due to its extremely long half-life. This paper reports a pre-concentration neutron activation analysis (PCNAA) method for²³²Th that may be performed following alpha-spectrometry if a suitable source preparation material is utilized. Human tissues and other samples were spiked with²²⁹Th and the thorium was isolated from the sample using ion exchange chromatography. The thorium was then electrodeposited from a sulfate-based medium onto a vanadium planchet, counted by alpha-spectrometry, and then analyzed for²³²Th by neutron activation analysis. The radiochemical yield was determined from the alpha-spectrometric method. Detection limits for²³²Th by this PCNAA method are approximately 50 times lower than achieved by alphaspectrometry.     

Massenspektrometrische Bestimmung von ppm-Mengen Thorium in Uranerzen durch Isotopenverdünnungsanalyse

Thorium is chemically separated from uranium ores in a non-quantitative way. In one sample the isotopic ratio ²³⁰Th/²³²Th is determined in a mass spectrometer. In another sample ionium is added as indicator for the isotopic dilution; the thorium of this particular sample is also analysed in a mass spectrometer. The content of ²³⁰Th and ²³²Th is calculated from the measurements of the isotopic ratios and the amount of the ionium indicator. The results are compared with the results obtained by other methods.     

The variation method and the algebraic eigenvalue problem

The generalized algebraic eigenvalue problem ( A ? λ B )x = 0 arises in the use of the variation method in quantum mechanics. If, within the limitations of the computer word-length, the basis set used to expand the trial wave function is linearly dependent, the matrix B becomes singular. Three different algorithms designed to deal with this difficulty have been investigated, paying special attention to the problem of identifying which members of the basis set are effectively linearly dependent. The advantages and limitations of each method are discussed.     

New -lactam systems from penicillins

3-Isopropyl-4-thia-2,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-7-on ( 8 ), a potential intermediate for the synthesis of new β-lactam antibiotics [5], was prepared from the urethanes 7a and 9 by reduction with zinc/acetic acid. The cyclic Schiff base 10 , which constitutes an intermediate in this reaction, was prepared by reduction of 9 with CrCl² and was further reduced to 8 with zinc/acetic acid.