Interaction of antiprotons with deuterons at low energies

Approximate methods of solving the few-body problem are applied to describe the interaction of anti-protons with the deuteron. In cases available the results are compared with calculations based on solving the Faddeev equations.Submitted to the symposium Mesons and Light Nuclei, Liblice, Czechoslovakia, June 1981.     

Synthesis and reactions of 4-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-2,6-dimethylpyrylium perchlorate

A new method has been developed for the synthesis of 4-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-2,6-dimethylpyrylium perchlorate from 2,6-dimethyl--pyrone and 2-lithiobenzothiazole. The reaction of this salt with ammonia and with primary and secondary amines, hydrazine, phenylhydrazine. and hydroxylamine leads to the formation of difficultly accessible hetaryl-substituted benzothiazoles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1016–1019, August, 1973.     

Lac repressor

Repressors are proteins that interact with inducers and operators to regulate the synthesis of enzymes in the cell. Lac repressor ensures that sufficient β-galactosidase is available to the bacterium Escherichia coli, depending upon the amount of lactose present in the culture medium. It has proved possible to isolate lac repressor from E.coli. The present progress report describes how these discoveries were made, as well as the formation and mode of action of the repressor.     

Infrared spectra of cyclic ethers and their derivatives

The IR spectra of six monosubstituted and of four 2,6-disubstituted 1,4-dioxanes have been studied in the 650–1800cm^–1 region. The assignment of the bands due to the vibrations of the 1,4-dioxane ring and to the deformation vibrations of the methylene groups of the ring is given. The appearance of a whole series of new absorption bands on passing from unsubstituted 1,4-dioxane to its derivatives is explained by the change in the symmetry of the molecule and the removal of the prohibition from the vibrations previously inactive in the IR spectra connected with this reduction in symmetry. It is proposed to use, in order to confirm the presence of a 1,4-dioxane ring in a molecule from the results of IR spectroscopy, not only the 1126-cm^–1 band but the whole group of bands lying in the frequency ranges 800–950, 1000–1150, and 1200–1300 cm^–1.For part I, see [3].     

Addition of some α-halo ethers to unsaturated compounds

Summary The addition was carried out of 2-acetoxyethyl chloromethyl ether and of 2-chloroethyl chloromethyl ether to isobutene, to allyl chloride, to styrene, and to allyl acetate and also of 2-acetoxyethyl chloromethyl ether to butadiene and to ethyl cinnamate.     

Polymerization dynamics of double-stranded biopolymers: chemical kinetic approach

The polymerization dynamics of double-stranded polymers, such as actin filaments, is investigated theoretically using simple chemical kinetic models that explicitly take into account some microscopic details of the polymer structure and the lateral interactions between the protofilaments. By considering all possible molecular configurations, the exact analytical expressions for the growth velocity and dispersion for two-stranded polymers are obtained in the case of the growing at only one end, and for the growth from both polymer ends. Exact theoretical calculations are compared with the predictions of approximate multilayer models that consider only a finite number of the most relevant polymer configurations. Our theoretical approach is applied to analyze the experimental data on the growth and fluctuations dynamics of individual single actin filaments.     

Quantitation of camphechlor/toxaphene in cod-liver oil by integration of the HRGC/ECD-pattern

Summary Quantitation of camphechlor/toxaphene in biological matrices like cod-liver oil or fish is difficult because it is a very complex mixture of alicyclic polychlorinated compounds. Furthermore, many toxaphene components are biotransformed and photodegraded and the complex mass spectral fragmentation pattern of HRGC/MSD (electron impact (EI)) cannot be used for quantitation at the g/g-level or below. The use of several indicator-peaks after ECD-detection using the technical standard mixture for calibration does not characterize the entire pattern in a biological sample. Two averaging integration methods that are based on the entire HRGC/ECD-pattern of toxaphene compounds after separation from the PCB congeneres by adsorption chromatography on silicagel, allow a fast and accurate quantitation of the mixture in biological samples, e.g. cod-liver oil. Biological degradation does not disturb the determination because the whole pattern of the complex mixture is considered instead of only a few compounds of the parent mixture which could be degraded or not.     

Phototoxic and photochemical properties of sanguinarine.

Sanguinarine, a commercial drug exhibiting antimicrobial and antitumor properties, was studied with respect to its basic photochemical characteristics and also with regard to its phototoxicity to mosquito larvae (Aedes atropalpus). Sanguinarine proved to be clearly phototoxic to larvae, with an LD50 of 0.096 mg/mL with near UV exposure as compared with 23.3 mg/mL without. Flash photolysis experiments enabled the study of the triplet state of sanguinarine to be undertaken. Quenching by oxygen occurs with a rate constant of 6 x 10(9) M-1s-1 and time-resolved emission studies indicate that sanguinarine produces a significant amount of singlet oxygen (phi delta = 0.16) as does the isoquinoline alkaloid, berberine (phi delta = 0.25). These values represent the first direct quantitative measurements of photosensitization parameters of these compounds. Additionally, sanguinarine exhibits efficient electron donation properties, undergoing reaction with methyl viologen with a rate constant greater than 10(10) M-1s-1, but is a poor electron acceptor. Phototoxicity of sanguinarine can thus be explained in terms of its photosensitization properties.     

Cubane derivatives

The reduction of 1-bromo-9,9-ethylenedioxypentacyclo[4.3.0.0^2,5.0^3,8.0^4,7]nonane-4-carboxylic acid (2) with lithium aluminum hydride and aluminum hydride in THF was studied. A new effective method for preparing 1-bromo-9,9-ethylenedioxypentacyclo[4.3.0.0^2,5.0^3,8.0^4,7]-non-4-ylcarbinol (1) based on reduction of2 with AlH₃ under mild conditions was developed.