Analyse heterogener Legierungen durch Isolierung und durch Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahl-Mikrosonde

Zusammenfassung Die beiden wichtigsten Verfahren zur quantitativen Analyse der Gefügebestandteile heterogener Legierungen sind die potentiostatische Isolierung und die Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde. Manganstähle mit Carbiden definierter Zusammensetzung und Größe boten die Möglichkeit, erstmalig die quantitativen Aussagen dieser beiden Methoden miteinander zu vergleichen.Dabei erbrachte die Isolierung durch die gleichzeitige analytische Erfassung größerer Mengen der Matrix und der Carbidphasen sehr genaue Angaben ihrer durchschnittlichen Zusammensetzung. Örtliche Konzentrationsänderungen in derselben Phase werden jedoch nicht erfaßt. Dagegen zeigte sich, daß die lokale Röntgenspektralanalyse zwar vergleichbare Ergebnisse lieferte, aber auch bei Anregung mit einem feinfokussierten Elektronenstrahl (Durchmesser <1) die Genauigkeit der Werte bei Teilchengrößen <5 durch Anregung von Nachbarbereichen merkbar beeinflußt wird.Zerlegung und Phasenanalyse einerseits sowie Lokalanalyse mit der Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde anderseits haben ihren eigenständigen Anwendungsbereich. Unter Berücksichtigung der gegebenen Grenzen können sich beide Methoden zur Analyse metallischer Werkstoffe sinnvoll ergänzen.

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Summary The two most important procedures for the quantitative analysis of the structural constituents of heterogeneous alloys are the potentiostatic isolation and the local analysis by means of the electron beam microsonde. Manganese steels with carbides of definite composition and magnitude offered the possibility for securing quantitative statements for the first time with respect to the comparative merits of these two methods.The isolation gave very precise information concerning the average composition through the concurrent analytical involvement of larger amounts of the matrix and the carbide phases. However, local alterations in the concentration within the same phase were not revealed. On the other hand, it was found that though the local X-ray spectral analysis yielded comparable results, the accuracy of the values at particle sizes <5 is markedly influenced through excitation of neighboring regions when the excitation was due to a fine-focused electron beam (Ø <1).Decomposition and phase analysis on one hand and local analysis with the electron beam-microsonde on the other have their individual fields of application. If the given limitations are taken into account, both methods may contribute judiciously to the analysis of metallic industrial materials.

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Résumé L'isolement potentiostatique et l'analyse locale par la microsonde électronique représentent les deux procédés les plus importants pour l'analyse quantitative des constituants entrant dans la texture des alliages hétérogènes. Les aciers au manganèse avec carbures en composition et quantité définies offrent la possibilité, pour la première fois, de comparer entre elles les indications quantitatives de ces deux méthodes.L'isolement par détermination analytique simultanée de plus grandes quantités de matrice et de la phase carbure a rendu des données très précises de leur composition moyenne. Les modifications de concentration locale dans la même phase n'ont pourtant pas été atteintes. Par contre, il s'est avéré que l'analyse spectrale locale par rayons X conduisait à des résultats comparables, mais en excitant par un faisceau d'électrons finement focalisé (Ø<1), l'exactitude de la valeur pour les particules de dimensions inférieures à 5 se trouve influencée de façon notable par excitation des régions voisines.La séparation et l'analyse des phases d'une part, l'analyse locale par la microsonde à faisceau d'électrons d'autre part, ont leur domaine d'application propre. En tenant compte des limites données, les deux méthodes peuvent se compléter d'une manière judicieuse pour l'analyse des produits métalliques oeuvrés.

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Vortrag anläßlich des Kolloquiums für metallkundliche Analyse mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Elektronenstrahl-Mikroanalyse, Wien, 22. Oktober 1964.     

Total synthesis of dictyodendrin B

A concise total synthesis of dictyodendrin B (1) is reported, a scarce marine alkaloid endowed with promising telomerase inhibitory activity. Key steps of the chosen route are a reductive cyclization of ketoamide 11 to indole 12 mediated by low-valent titanium (from TiCl3 and KC8) followed by a photochemical 6pi-electrocyclization, which was performed in the presence of Pd/C and nitrobenzene to effect concomitant dehydrogenation/aromatization of the product initially formed. Regioselective bromination of the resulting pyrrolocarbazole 13 followed by lithium/bromine exchange and quenching of the resulting organolithium species with p-methoxybenzaldehyde installed the side chain at C2. Oxidation of the benzylic alcohol 15 thus obtained to ketone 17 was best achieved with catalytic amounts of tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP) and N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMO) in dilute CH2Cl2 solution to avoid the formation of undue amounts of the unsymmetrical dimer 16. Ketone 17 was elaborated into the natural product by selective cleavage of the isopropyl ether with BCl3, introduction of the sulfate moiety with the aid of trichloroethyl chlorosulfuric acid ester, deprotection of all lateral methyl ether groups, and final reductive cleavage of the trichloroethyl ester moiety. The spectroscopic data of synthetic dictyodendrin B thus formed matched those of an authentic sample in all regards. Moreover, it was shown that global deprotection of the peripheral -OH groups in pyrrolo[2,3-c]carbazole 13 is accompanied by spontaneous air-oxidation to form the quinone core of dictyodendrin C.     

Intercalation of a pendant-arm tetraazamacrocycle into molybdenum disulfide

A novel macrocycle-MoS2 nanocomposite has been synthesized and characterized using the exfoliation/restacking properties of LiMoS2, providing the first of a new family of intercalation compounds.     

An approximate description of the double capture process in He2+ + He collisions with static correlation

It is shown that the process of resonant double electron capture in high energy He²⁺+He collisions can be approximately described by a sum over products of one-electron CDW amplitudes. The summation coefficients are determined by stationary ground-state calculations with CI wavefunctions. Total and differential cross sections are calculated and compared with experimental values.     

Determination of adsorptive properties of clay/water system: methylene blue sorption

In this study, adsorption of methylene blue onto clay was investigated. The effect of adsorption time and temperature on the adsorption process was studied. To reveal the adsorptive characteristics of the clay studied, porosity and BET surface area measurements were made. It was observed that the adsorption capacity decreases with increasing temperature, and adsorption equilibrium was attained within 1 h. It was found that the data fit well to Langmuir, Halsey, Henderson, and Harkins-Jura models but experimental data deviate significantly from BET and Freundlich models at especially high concentrations. Furthermore, isosteric adsorption enthalpy and entropy are calculated as -7.99 kJ mol(-1) and 25.41 JK(-1)mol(-1), respectively.     

DNA Hydrolysis by Homo- and Heteronuclear Cu(II)–Ni(II) Complexes of Two Diester-type Ligands

Nucleolytic activities of novel mononuclear Cu(II), homo- and heterodinuclear Cu(II)–Ni(II) complexes with two diester-type ligands were investigated on pCYTEXP by neutral agarose gel electrophoresis. The analyses of the cleavage products obtained electrophoretically indicate that the examined complexes induce very similar conformational changes on supercoiled DNA by converting supercoiled form to nicked form. At concentrations greater than 100M, the complexes possessed effective nucleolytic activities for 10min of incubation time. However, their nucleolytic activities did not increase significantly with longer periods of incubation. The pH-nucleolytic activity profiles of the complexes differed significantly. Metal complex induced DNA cleavage was also tested for inhibition by various radical scavengers. It could be proposed from the data that diffusible intermediate oxidants are not involved in these reactions or they are not necessary for DNA cleavage since none of antioxidants inhibited DNA cleaving activities of the complexes.     

Syntheses of Anthracenones. 1. Sodium Dithionite Reduction of peri-Substituted Anthracenediones

The reaction of peri-substituted anthracenediones with sodium dithionite in dimethylformamide and water has been investigated. The system selectively reduces the carbonyl group flanked by the peri substituents of the anthracenediones to give the corresponding 4,5-disubstituted 9(10H)-anthracenones and thus provides a route to anthracenones which are otherwise difficult to obtain. Many functional groups can be tolerated, the reaction is compatible with the presence of peri alkoxy groups and unsaturated side chains of the starting anthracenediones, and the reduction does not go beyond the anthracenone stage. However, the formation of anthracenones depends on the nature of the peri substituents. No products were obtained from the 1,8-dimethyl-substituted anthracenedione and the parent compound with no substituents.     

Electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry fingerprinting of Acanthophis (death adder) venoms: taxonomic and toxinological implications

Death adders (genus Acanthophis) are unique among elapid snakes in both morphology and venom composition. Despite this genus being among the most divergent of all elapids, the venom has been historically regarded as relatively quite simple. In this study, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) analysis has revealed a much greater diversity in venom composition, including the presence of molecules of novel molecular weights that may represent a new class of venom component. Furthermore, significant variation exists between species and populations, which allow for the LC/MS fingerprinting of each species. Mass profiling of Acanthophis venoms clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of this technique which underpins fundamental studies ranging from chemotaxonomy to drug design.     

Studies in polyphenol chemistry and bioactivity. 4.(1) Synthesis of trimeric,tetrameric, pentameric,and higher oligomeric epicatechin-derived procyanidins having all-4beta,8-interflavan connectivity and their inhibition of cancer cell growth through cell cycle arrest

We report an improved synthesis of bis(5,7,3',4'-tetra-O-benzyl)epicatechin 4beta,8-dimer (3) from 5,7,3',4'-tetra-O-benzylepicatechin (1) and 5,7,3',4'-tetra-O-benzyl-4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)epicatechin (2) by replacing the previously employed Lewis acid, titanium tetrachloride, with the clay mineral Bentonite K-10. Under the same conditions, the benzyl-protected all-4beta,8-trimer, -tetramer, and -pentamer were obtained regioselectively from their lower homologues, albeit in rapidly decreasing yields. Reaction of 2 with an organoaluminum thiolate generated from 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and trimethylaluminum followed by acetylation produced 3-O-acetyl-4-[(2-benzothiazolyl)thio]-5,7,3',4'-tetra-O-benzylepicatechin (12). Medium-sized protected oligomers with 4beta,8-interflavan linkages are obtained in improved yields by using this compound as the electrophile and silver tetrafluoroborate as activator and are isolated by reversed-phase HPLC. Their deprotection by ester saponification followed by hydrogenolysis yielded the free procyanidins, which were characterized as their peracetates. The synthetic procyanidins are identical by normal-phase HPLC with fractions isolated from cocoa. The principle of chain extension by two members was demonstrated using a dimeric electrophile obtained by self-condensation of compound 12. Both the synthetic and natural pentamer 32 inhibit the growth of several breast cancer cell lines. Using the MDA MB 231 line, it was established that this outcome is based on the induction of cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase. Subsequent cell death is more likely necrotic rather than apoptotic. Control experiments demonstrate that the polyphenol itself, rather than hydrogen peroxide potentially formed by its autoxidation, is the causative agent.