Synthesis,purification and spectroscopic characterization of potential impurities of hexamethylmelamine

The syntheses and spectroscopic properties (ir, ¹H nmr, ¹³C nmr, uv and ms) of pure samples of 2-chloro-4,6-bis(dimethylamino)-s-triazine 1 , 4,6-dichloro-2-dimethylamino-s-triazine 2 , 4,6-bis(dimethylamino)-s-triazin-2(lH)-one 3 , 4-chloro-6-dimethylamino-s-triazin-2(1H)-one 4 , 6-dimethylamino-s-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione 5 , and 2,4,6-tris(dimethylamino)-s-triazine (altretamine, HMM) are reported. Evidence for enol-keto equilibria are also presented for 3 , in which the enol form exhibits as an H-bonded dimer structure similar to the dimer of organic carboxylic acids.     

DNA-nanotube artificial ion channels

There is considerable interest in developing chemical devices that mimic the function of biological ion channels. We recently described such a device, which consisted of a single conically shaped gold nanotube embedded within a polymeric membrane. This device mimicked one of the key functions of voltage-gated ion channels: the ability to strongly rectify the ionic current flowing through it. The data obtained were interpreted using a simple electrostatic model. While the details are still being debated, it is clear that ion-current-rectification in biological ion channels is more complicated and involves physical movement of an ionically charged portion of the channel in response to a change in the transmembrane potential. We report here artificial ion channels that rectify the ion current flowing through them via this "electromechanical" mechanism. These artificial channels are also based on conical gold nanotubes, but with the critical electromechanical response provided by single-stranded DNA molecules attached to the nanotube walls.     

Structural dependence of electron transfer to non-covalent polar complexes

Electron attachment to polar molecules and their non-covalent complexes can lead to different kinds of anions which differ from their excess electron localization. Spectroscopic methods for studying anion structures are reviewed. In many cases, the neutral and anion structures are identical and can be deduced from the electron attachment properties. Examples are given for complexes containing polar solvents or building blocks of biomolecules (nucleobases, amino acid residues...).     

Intramolecular Carbenoid Reactions of Pyrrole Derivatives Efficient Syntheses of Pyrrolizinone and Dihydroindolizinone

The copper-catalyzed pyrolysis of 1-diazo-3-(pyrrol-1-yl)-2-propanone (1a) and 1-diazo-4-(pyrrol-1-yl)-2-butanone (1b) in benzene solution gave 1 H-pyrrolizin-2-(3H)-one (4a) and 5,6-dihydroindolizin-7 (8H)-one (4b) , respectively, in quantitative yield. Similar pyrolysis of 1-diazo-4-(3-methylindol-1-yl)-2-butanone (9) was less efficient giving 1-methylbenzo[b]-5,6-dihydroindroindolizin-7 (8H)-one (10) and 4-(3-methylindol-1-yl)-but-l-en-3-one (11) in 7% and 24% yield, respectively.     

Capillary electrophoresis in aqueous-organic media. Ionic strength effects and limitations of the Hubbard-Onsager dielectric friction model

The mobilities of three aromatic sulfonates, ranging in charge from -1 to -3, were investigated by capillary electrophoresis using buffers containing 0 to 75% ethanol or 2-propanol. Absolute mobilities were determined by extrapolation of the effective mobilities to zero ionic strength according to the Pitts' equation. For all buffers studied, ions of higher charge experienced larger ionic strength effects. The resulting ionic strength-induced selectivity alterations were more dramatic when organic solvents were present in the media. Furthermore, for different organic modifier types and contents, the magnitude of the ionic strength effect was governed to a large extent by the 1/(eta epsilon 1/2) dependence in the electrophoretic effect of the Pitts' equation. Addition of ethanol or 2-propanol to the electrophoretic media resulted in changes in the absolute mobilities of the ions. These solvent-induced mobility changes are attributed to dielectric friction. As predicted by the Hubbard-Onsager model, dielectric friction increased with increasing organic content and with increasing analyte charge. As a result, dramatic changes in the relative absolute mobilities were observed, such as a reversal in migration order between sulfonates of -1 and -3 charge in 75% 2-propanol. Within the alcohols, the Hubbard-Onsager model was successful at predicting the relative mobility trends upon changing solvent. However, the relative trends observed between acetonitrile-water and alcohol-water media were not consistent with the model. This may be explained by the continuum nature of the model, whereby the different ion-solvent interactions characteristic to each solvent class are not taken into account.     

X-ray mapping in electron-beam instruments.

This review traces the development of X-ray mapping from its beginning 50 years ago through current analysis procedures that can reveal otherwise obscure elemental distributions and associations. X-ray mapping or compositional imaging of elemental distributions is one of the major capabilities of electron beam microanalysis because it frees the operator from the necessity of making decisions about which image features contain elements of interest. Elements in unexpected locations, or in unexpected association with other elements, may be found easily without operator bias as to where to locate the electron probe for data collection. X-ray mapping in the SEM or EPMA may be applied to bulk specimens at a spatial resolution of about 1 microm. X-ray mapping of thin specimens in the TEM or STEM may be accomplished at a spatial resolution ranging from 2 to 100 nm, depending on specimen thickness and the microscope. Although mapping has traditionally been considered a qualitative technique, recent developments demonstrate the quantitative capabilities of X-ray mapping techniques. Moreover, the long-desired ability to collect and store an entire spectrum at every pixel is now a reality, and methods for mining these data are rapidly being developed.     

Apparent molar volumes of aqueous calcium chloride to 250°C, 400 bars,and from molalities of 0.242 to 6.150

Relative densities of CaCl ₂ (aq) with 0.22ml(mol-kg^–1)6.150 were measured with vibrating- tube densimeters between 25 and 250°C and near 70 and 400 bars. Apparent molar volumes V calculated from the measured density differences were represented with the Pitzer ioninteraction treatment, with appropriate expressions chosen for the temperature and pressure dependence of the virial coefficients of the model. It was found that the partial molar volume at infinite dilution V ^o , and the second and third virial coefficients B ^V and C ^V , were necessary to represent V near the estimated experimental uncertainty. The ionic-strength dependent ^(1)v term in the B ^V coefficient was included in the fit. The representation for V has been integrated with respect to pressure to establish the pressure dependence of excess free energies over the temperature range studied. The volumetric data indicate that the logarithm of the mean ionic activity coefficient, ln ±(CaCl ₂ ), increases by a maximum of 0.3 at 400 bars, 250°C, and 6 mol-kg^–1 as compared with its value at saturation pressure.     

Determination of the fragmentation mechanisms of organophosphorus ions by H2O and D2O atmospheric-pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Dimethylmethyl phosphonate (DMMP), dimethyl phosphite (DMPI), trimethyl phosphite (TMPI) and trimethyl phosphate (TMP) were investigated using H₂O and D₂O atmospheric-pressure ionization (API) tandem mass Spectrometry. All daughter ions could be explained by losses of one or a successive number of stable molecules as opposed to losses of radicals such as the hydride, methyl and methoxy species. Losses of neutral methanol and dimethyl ether and of protonated methanol and formaldehyde ions from all four organophosphorus pseudo-molecular ions were observed. The DMMP and DMPI MH⁺ pseudomolecular ions produced the losses of neutral C₂H₆ and water, respectively. Formaldehyde loss was not observed for the MH⁺ ions, but it was well represented in the decomposition pathways of daughter ions. The D₂O reagent gas highlighted the role of the ionizing proton/ deuteron in the various daughter ions, including m/z 95, 79, 65, 49, 33, 31 and 47. The last ion was found to be isobaric in that m/z 47 and 48 both appeared with similar abundances in the D₂O-API daughter ion mass spectra of TMPI and TMP.     

The synthesis and chemistry of some bis-aziridinylketones and their spectral study

The synthesis and spectral characteristics of certain bis(1-alkyl-3-phenyl-2-aziridinyl)ketones are reported. The reactions of 1,2,4,5-tetrabromo-1,5-diphenyl-3-pentanone ( 2 ) with primary amines are assumed to have a mechanism similar to that of a simple dibromo-ketone. The so-called cis, cis- or trans, trans-configurations of the bis-aziridinylketones were determined by ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectra.     

Separation of Trp-Arg and Arg-Trp using G-quartet-forming DNA oligonucleotides in open-tubular capillary electrochromatography

DNA oligonucleotides that form intramolecular G-quartet structures were investigated as stationary phase reagents for separation of mixtures of the isomeric dipeptides Trp-Arg and Arg-Trp in open-tubular capillary electrochromatography (OTCEC). The oligonucleotides included a thrombin-binding aptamer that forms a biplanar G-quartet structure and an oligonucleotide that forms a 4-plane G-quartet structure. Fluorescence, circular dichroism and UV-visible absorbance spectroscopies were used in batch solution studies to indicate interactions between the dipeptides and the biplanar G-quartet structure. Results for OTCEC separations were compared with results obtained for capillary zone electrophoresis separations on a bare capillary. Temperature studies suggest that resolution is improved when the G-quartet structure is partially destabilized, but control experiments in which potassium chloride was not included in the mobile phase indicate that the G-quartet structure nevertheless plays a role in the separations.