1,3,2‐(2H)‐dioxaborine polymethine dyes on the base of dehydroacetic acid — effective fluorescent amine probes

A number of new polymethine dyes based on the boron difluoride complexes of dehydroacetic acid and 3‐acetyl‐4‐hydroxypyridone has been synthesized. Their spectral‐luminescent properties have been investigated. The reaction of obtained merocyanines with primary and secondary amines has been studied. These low fluorescent dyes gave highly fluorescent open chain products, which on further heating cyclized to weakly fluorescent pyridone dyes.     

Self-assembled monolayer of alkanephosphoric acid on nanotextured Ti

Surface modification of titanium and its alloys is of great importance for their practical application as biomedical implants. We have studied and compared assembly of dodecylphosphoric acid on commercial polished and on nanostructured titanium disks. The latter were produced by chemical etching that created nanoscale pits of typical size of about 20 nm. Enhanced hydrophobicity and high molecular density were obtained after functionalization of the nanotextured substrate. Aging tests showed a lifetime of the organic films of about one month in phosphate buffer. The samples were characterized by means of infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, ellipsometry, and atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopies.     

Nitrogen modified carbide-derived carbons as adsorbents of hydrogen sulfide

Carbide-derived carbons produced from titanium carbide at temperatures from 600 degrees C to 1000 degrees C and exhibiting different porosities were treated with urea in order to introduce nitrogen containing species to their surface. Adsorption of hydrogen sulfide in the dynamic conditions in the presence of moisture was studied on initial and modified samples. The samples, before and after exposure to hydrogen sulfide, were characterized using adsorption of nitrogen, potentiometric titration, elemental analysis, and thermal analysis. The results showed that the introduction of nitrogen significantly enhances the performance of carbons in the process of hydrogen sulfide removal. The amount adsorbed and the degree of oxidation depended on the porosity. On the samples with very small pores, the adsorption was limited, probably owing to the sterical hindrances. With an increase in the size and volume of micropores, in which water and hydrogen sulfide can be accommodated, the efficiency of H(2)S removal by CDC increased.     

Nonequatorial circular orbits of spinning particles in the Schwarzschild–de Sitter background

In this paper analytical solutions of the Mathisson–Papapetrou equations that describe nonequatorial circular orbits of a spinning particle in the Schwarzschild–de Sitter background are studied, and the role of the cosmological constant is emphasized. It is shown that generally speaking a highly relativistic velocity of the particle is a necessary condition of motion along this type of orbits, with an exception of orbits locating close to the position of the static equilibrium, where low velocities are possible as well. Depending on the correlation between the spin orientation of the particle and its orbital velocity some of the possible nonequatorial circular orbits exist due to the repulsive action on the particle caused by the spin–gravity coupling and the others are caused by the attractive action. Here values of the energy of the particle on the corresponding orbits are also analyzed.     

Visible-light-enhanced interactions of hydrogen sulfide with composites of zinc (oxy)hydroxide with graphite oxide and graphene

Composites of zinc(oxy)hydroxide-graphite oxide and of zinc(oxy)hydroxide-graphene were used as adsorbents of hydrogen sulfide under ambient conditions. The initial and exhausted samples were characterized by XRD, FTIR, potentiometric titration, EDX, thermal analysis, and nitrogen adsorption. An increase in the amount of H(2)S adsorbed/oxidized on their surfaces in comparison with that of pure Zn(OH)(2) is linked to the structure of the composite, the relative number of terminal hydroxyls, and the kind of graphene-based phase used. Although terminal groups are activated by a photochemical process, the graphite oxide component owing to the chemical bonds with the zinc(oxy)hydroxide phase and conductive properties helps in electron transfer, leading to more efficient oxygen activation via the formation of superoxide ions. Elemental sulfur, zinc sulfide, sulfite, and sulfate are formed on the surface. The formation of sulfur compounds on the surface of zinc(oxy)hydroxide during the course of the breakthrough experiments and thus Zn(OH)(2)-ZnS heterojunctions can also contribute to the increased surface activity of our materials. The results show the superiority of graphite oxide in the formation of composites owing to its active surface chemistry and the possibility of interface bond formation, leading to an increase in the number of electron-transfer reactions.     

Sulfur‐containing derivatives of 1,4‐naphthoquinone,part 2: Sulfenyl derivative synthesis

Sulfenylchlorides, sulfenates, and sulfenamides of 1,4‐naphthoquinone were synthesized, and different methods of their syntheses were investigated. Synthesized sulfenates and sulfenamides are stable due to the large electron‐withdrawing potential of the conjugated quinonic system. Obtained mono‐ and bi‐functional sulfenderivatives are very important in organic synthesis of different new heterocyclic compounds. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 16:587–598, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20157     

Adsorption of ammonia on graphite oxide/aluminium polycation and graphite oxide/zirconium-aluminium polyoxycation composites

Graphite oxide (GO) synthesized from commercial graphite was modified with aluminium or zirconium-aluminium polyoxycations and then calcined at 350 degrees C. On the samples obtained adsorption of ammonia from moist air was investigated. The surface of materials before and after exposure to ammonia was characterized using adsorption of nitrogen, XRD, SEM, FTIR, TA, CHN analysis, and potentiometric titration. The results showed that in spite of the fact that graphite composites/pillared graphites (PG) have Keggin-like ions located between the layers, that space blocked for nitrogen molecules used to determine the specific surface area. During calcinations, the deflagration of layers occurred as a result of decomposition of epoxy groups. This results in formation of disordered graphitic carbons with some mesoporosity. Even though these materials were not porous, the significant amount of ammonia was retained on the surface. Since ammonia molecule is able to specifically interact with oxygen groups of graphite oxide and Br?nsted centers of inorganic pillars, it is likely intercalated between the composite layers. While the best performance was found for GO modified with aluminium-zirconium species, after calcinations the samples containing Keggin Al(13) like cations revealed the high capacity which is linked to the high acidity of incorporated inorganic compounds.     

Boundary-value problems for sums of random variables,defined on a countably-valued markov chain. II

Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 590–597, May, 1989.     

Self-assembly and multistage redox chemistry of strong electron acceptors on metal surfaces: polynitrofluorenes on gold and platinum

Nitrofluoren-9-one and nitrofluoren-9-dicyanomethylene electron acceptors 7, 8, and 11 functionalized with a terminal thioctic acid unit have been synthesized from 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone. The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of these compounds on gold, formed via gold-sulfur interaction, have been fully characterized by electrochemical, FTIR, ellipsometry, and contact angle measurements. Cyclic voltammetry of SAMs reveals two reversible single-electron reduction waves for fluorenone derivatives 7a,b and 11, and three single-electron reductions for the dicyanomethylene-fluorene 8b, providing the first observation of a radical trianion species in SAMs. The tendency of the thioctic anchor to form multilayers via disulfide links is noted.     

A new strategy for asymmetric synthesis of aminophosphonic acid derivatives: the first enantioselective catalytic reduction of C-phosphorylated imines

The first highly enantioselective catalytic reduction of 1-imino-2,2,2-trifluoroethylphosphonates and the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched biorelevant phosphonotrifluoroalanine is reported.