Simple and efficient synthesis of thysanone methyl ether

The synthesis of thysanone methyl ether is achieved by employing semivioxanthin methyl ether, which in turn is prepared by the tandem Michael addition of an anion of orsellinate to a substituted dihydropyrone.     

Oscillating Neutrino Mass States and Double Beta Decay

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - Neutrino oscillation is an experimentally established phenomenon by which neutrinos undergo flavor transformations periodically as they propagate large enough distances....     

Synthesis of sterically encumbered organoselenium species and their selectivity towards Hg(II) ions

The synthesis and characterization data for an intriguing family of sterically encumbered tetrasubstituted organoselenium species are described. The open exterior geometry and flexibility of the multiple soft selenium-containing donor arms enhances conformational organization thus allowing the molecule to reveal a propensity for trapping Hg(II) ions. Preliminary studies on the ion-sensing properties of these molecules revealed that they can act as selective ionophores for Hg(II) ions.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 91. Conformational stereodynamics of tetraethylmethane and analogous C(CH2X)4 compounds

Variable-temperature NMR studies of tetraethylmethane (1a), tetrapropylmethane (1b), tetrachloromethylmethane (1c), tetrabromomethylmethane (1d), tetracyclopropylmethylmethane (1e), and tetrabenzylmethane (1f) show a range of dynamic behavior. Separate signals for two types of conformation are observed for 1a, 1c, and 1d at low temperatures, with more than 95% of the molecules in a time-averaged D2d conformation, and the S4 conformation as the minor populated alternative. Compound 1e populates only S4-type conformations but equilibrates slowly between degenerate versions of these at low temperatures. Compounds 1b and 1f show a temperature-dependent spectrum but the low-temperature limit spectrum could not be observed. Ab initio calculations agree well with experiment on the conformational equilibria and suggest in particular that compounds 1b and 1f behave similarly to compounds 1a and 1e, respectively. A crystal structure of compound 1f is reported.     

A study of the Higgs effect in the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory

The complete expression of the five-dimensional Einstein-Hilbert action as an expansion in fields in the Appelquist-Chodos parametrization of the Kaluza-Klein metric has been given in this paper. It is explicitly shown that a unitary gauge can be fixed in which in each of the charge sectors the vector and the scalar fields are absorbed as Goldstone modes leaving behind the Pauli-Fierz Lagrangian for massive charged spin-2 field.     

ZnO: Cu,Sn electroluminescent phosphor

The a.c. electroluminescent characteristics of ZnO:Cu, Sn powder phosphor have been investigated in audio frequency range. A simple preparative method for this phosphor has been described. The detailed variation of light output during one cycle of the applied sinusoidal voltage has been studied and discussed. In addition to the two primary peaks, the two secondary peaks have also been observed in each cycle of the applied field. The voltage and frequency dependence of the time-averaged electroluminescent brightness have been found to follow the Alfrey-Taylor relation over a wide range of frequencies. The constants of this relation have been determined. The spectral energy distribution of this phosphor shows that the peak-shift depends upon the a.c. frequency and is independent of the magnitude of applied field.     

Thin-layer chromatographic separation of some closely related olefinic benzo- and naphtofurans

Summary A method is reported for the separation of 16 closely related 2-(1, 2-diphenylvinyl)-3-phenylbenzofuran and 2-(1, 2-diphenylvinyl)-1-phenylnaphtho[2,1-b] furan derivatives on thin-layers of silica gel-G.     

Valiron summability of the derived fourier series and its coniugate series

Summary Valiron [12] obtained very extensive generalisations ofBorel’s method. In this paper the author has consideredValiron summability. The results proved are equivalent toBorel’s for k=1.     

Spectrophotometric determination of phenylhydrazine with ammonium molybdate

Summary The determination of phenyl hydrazine is done by reaction with ammonium molybdate; the pink colour procedud is extracted inton-butanol. 100–1300g of phenyl hydrazine can be determined at 510 nm. The effect of time, temperature, ammonium molybdate concentration and interferences has been studied.

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Zusammenfassung Die Bestimmung von Phenylhydrazin erfolgt auf der Grundlage seiner Reaktion mit Ammoniummolybdat. Die rosa Färbung wird mitn-Butanol extrahiert. 0,1–1,3 mg Phenylhydrazin können bei 510 nm gemessen werden. Der Einfluß der Reaktionszeit, der Temperatur, der Reagenskonzentration sowie auftretende Störungen wurden untersucht.

     

Frictional effects with neutrals and Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a compressible Hall plasma

The effect of neutral gas friction is considered on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a compressible plasma in the presence of Hall currents. The prevailing magnetic field is assumed to be uniform and horizontal. It is shown that the solution is characterized by a variational principle. Based on the variational principle the dispersion relation is derived for a composite plasma, confined between two horizontal planes at a finite distance, in which the density is stratified in the direction of gravity according to the exponential law. It is found that the effect of collisions with neutrals, Hall currents and compressibility of the medium have destabilizing influence as the wave number range which is stable in their absence, is rendered unstable by their presence.