Quantitative gas-liquid chromatography of iproniazid and iproclozide.

Analytically packed columns prepared with Versamid-930, Versamid-900, XE-60, and OV-225 as stationary phases were examined for quantitative gas-liquid chromatography of the potent monamine oxydase inhibitor (MAOI) drugs iproniazid and iproclozide. With the aid of chemically related substances as internal standards, response ratios were determined and linearities calculated by regression analysis. Using the 2-butyl analogs of compounds all four column systems permit quantitation of iproniazid and iproclozide with a percent standard deviation sigmaK of about 1% or less.     

Electronic structure and spectra of fused n/m ring systems with one or two bridgehead nitrogen atoms

The semiempirical ASMO-SCF-CI method has been applied to study the electronic structures and ultraviolet absorption spectra of the 4-azapentalenyl anion, 4,8-diazapentalene and related azaderivatives. The agreement between observed and calculated transition energies is, in general, satisfactory. Chemical reactivity and assignment of the observed bands are discussed.

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Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe einer semi-empirischen ASMO-SCF-CI Methode wurden Elektronenstruktur und UV Absorptionsspektren des 4-Azapentalenylanions, des 4,8-Diazapentalens und der entsprechenden Azaderivate studiert. Im allgemeinen ist die Übereinstimmung zwischen experimentellen und theoretischen Übergangsenergien zufriedenstellend. Die Zuordnung der beobachteten Banden und Reaktivitäten werden diskutiert.

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Résumé La méthode semi-empirique ASMO-SCF-CI a été appliquée à l'étude de la structure électronique et des spectres d'absorption U.V. de l'anion 4-azapentalenil, du 4,8-diazapentalene et de composés aza-derivés apparentés. L'accord entre les énergies de transition observées et calculées est, dans l'ensemble, satisfaisant. La reactivité chimique et l'attribution des bandes observées ont été discutées.

     

An alternative convention describing the (n, γ)-reaction rate suited for use in the k0-method of NAA

An alternative convention for use in the k₀-method describing the (n, )-reaction rate upon reactor neutron irradiation has been derived by dividing the cross-section in a (v)=₀v₀/v part and a pure resonance integral, instead of splitting up the neutron spectrum. It describes the (n, )-reactions with the Westcott factor g(T)1 but without resonances below 0.35 eV, and should yield better results for those with resonances below this limit. The resulting formulas are simpler than the ones currently used. An important practical aspect of this new convention is that no irradiations under Cd-cover are needed to determine the parameters to be used in the k₀-method. The parameters determined previously for (n, )-reactions with g(T)=1 can still be used.     

The deformation of103Nb

Tie half-lives of 8 low lying levels of¹⁰³Nb have been determined at the fission-product separator JOSEF. A B-- triple-coincidence method was used which consists in a measurement of the time delay between the feeding of the levels through the B^– decay of¹⁰³Zr and their decay, in coincidence with a tagging ray, with plastic, BaF₂ and Ge detectors, respectively. Most of the investigated levels are members of the three known rotational bands based on the ground state and the 164 and 248 keV levels. The deformation B_q=0.31(3) of¹⁰³Nb could be deduced from the half-life data. The half-lives are well reproduced through calculations in the frame of the Nilsson model.The authors thank Dr. T. Seo for valuable advise in connection with the Nilsson-model calculations.     

High gain amplification of femtosecond pulses with low amplified spontaneous emission in a multipass dye cell

We present a multipass femtosecond amplifier pumped by a Nd-YAG laser where the gain medium is given by a variable length dye cell. This system allows amplification factors up to 5 · 10⁶ and output pulse energies of 150 J, while restricting the contribution of amplified spontaneous emission to 0.5% of the total output energy, without using any saturable absorber stage. A detailed study of the output pulsewidth as a function of the duration of the input chirped pulse is also presented.     

Experiments in Solving Mixed Integer Programming Problems on a Small Array of Transputers

The time-consuming process of solving large-scale Mixed Integer Programming problems using the branch-and-bound technique can be speeded up by introducing a degree of parallelism into the basic algorithm. This paper describes the development and implementation of a parallel branch-and-bound algorithm created by adapting a commercial MIP solver. Inherent in the design of this software are certain ad hoc methods, the use of which are necessary in the effective solution of real problems. The extent to which these ad hoc methods can successfully be transferred to a parallel environment, in this case an array of at most nine transputers, is discussed. Computational results on a variety of real integer programming problems are reported.     

Synthesis, Structure and Conductivity of the New Charge-transfer Salt (ET)_2(CH_2=CH-CH_2-SO_3)·H_2O

ET is one of the most famous electron-donor molecules, which forms charge-transfer complexes (abbr. CT-complexes) with various types of counterions. These complexes have received intense attention because a wide range of physical properties such as conductivity and superconductivity1, ferromagnetism2-4 and nonlinear optical properties5 was found in these materials. Although the majority of the ET-based CT-complexes were prepared by combining with inorganic counterions, CT-complexes with o…     

The oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt: Part II. Transient measurements

Open-circuit overpotential decays on an aged cobalt electrode in the oxygen evolution range in 6 M KOH show different slopes for two overpotential regions. These slopes are lower than the Tafel slope in the same region: Tafel slopes of ～100 and ～40 mV/dec, at high and low overpotentials, respectively. compared to decay slopes of ～?60 and ～?20 to ?30 mV/dec. For a fresh cobalt electrode a decay slope of ～?40 mV/dec is found at high overpotentials. From impedance measurements during a decay it is concluded that the electrode capacitance cannot account for the decay curves obsered. By means of steady-state potentiostatic impedance measurements (with stabilization times > 24 h) it is found that the differential Tafel slope remains constant at ～40–50 mV/dec and differs considerably from the Tafel slope at high overpotentials, ～100 mV/dec. Galvanostatic pulse experiments give evidence of the presence of CoO₂ in the oxide layer.Two models which may explain the observed experimental results are analysed. Both include a potential-dependent (extra) process which is fixed by the amount of CoO₂ at the surface. In one model, CoO₂ is responsible for partial surface blockage (parallel process); in the other model, CoO₂ controls the conductivity of the top layer of the oxide layer on the electrode.     

Effect of film thickness on the electro-reduction of molecular oxygen on electropolymerized cobalt tetra-aminophthalocyanine films

We studied the electrocatalytic activity of cobalt tetra-aminophthalocyanine (CoTAPc) for the reduction of molecular oxygen (O₂) on adsorbed monomeric and on electropolymerized films of different thicknesses on glassy carbon (GC) electrode. The polymeric films, denoted poly-CoTAPc, were first characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and it appears that the types of phenomena revealed to be occurring depend less on the film thickness in basic than in acid media. For O₂ reduction, the results showed that poly-CoTAPc is more active than the monomeric CoTAPc adsorbed on GC. Indeed, rotating ring-disk electrode data showed that polymeric CoTAPc promotes the four-electron reduction of O₂ to water in parallel to a two-electron reduction to give peroxide. On monomeric and thin films of poly-CoTAPc, a two-electron reduction mechanism predominates. In basic media the activity increases very slightly with thickness, whereas in acid media this increase is more pronounced. This parallels the observed behavior revealed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.