Copolymerization Parameters of Allyl Glycidyl Ether

Interest in the copolymerizability of allyl glycidyl ether has been stimulated by recent industrial and academic interest in the monomer, because of its epoxy as well as allylic functionality, There is a paucity of information in the literature, however, concerning its copolymerization parameters with other monomers, and none, apparently, concerning its Q and e values.     

Molecular Composites Comprising Rodlike Polyamides and Vinyl Polymers

Abstract

At present we have strong evidence that several members of a series of wholly-aromatic, para-linked, rodlike polyamides, polyesters, and polyesteramides form molecular composites with certain flexible-chain, thermoplastic polymers over a wide range of compositions. This paper reports on the initial results of an investigation of intermolecular interactions using spectroscopy and various scattering techniques as well as characterization of some of the mechanical and optical properties of these materials. The composites are made by two techniques: 1) photo-polymerization of a homogeneous solution of a rodlike polymer in a monomer containing a photoinitiation; 2) solvent evaporation from homogeneous solutions of very limited combinations of solvent, rodlike polymers and flexible polymers. While both of these techniques produce optically clear, nonscattering films of various thicknesses over the entire compositional range, e.g., 1–99 wt% of rodlike polymer, the latter is generally more convenient and has been used extensively in this study. Optical and electron microscopy, wide angle light scattering, and spectroscopic and thermal analysis support the view that these polymer combinations are truly molecularly dispersed.     

Magnetic,Spectral, Thermal,and Electrical Properties of Coordination Polymers Derived from Terpolymers

Coordination polymers of Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), zinc(II), chromium(IU), iron(IU), oxovanadium(N), and dioxouranium-(VI) with p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB)-thiourea (T)-trioxane (T) (PHBTT) polymer were prepared. The analytical data agree with 1:1 metal-ligand stoichiometry. Magnetic susceptibility, visible and IR spectra, and thermal and electrical conductivities of the chelates have been studied and probable structures assigned to the chelates.     

3-Tetrahydrofurfuryloxy-2-Hydroxypropyl Methacrylate: Synthesis,Characterization, Homopolymerization,and Copolymerization

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3-Tetrahydrofurfuryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate monomer was prepared from methacrylic acid, tetrahydrofurfuryl alchol, and epichlorhydrin. Homopolymerization and copolymerization with (2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl)methyl methacrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone monomers were carried out in 1,4-dioxane solution at 60°C using benzoyl peroxide as initiator. Infrared, proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance techniques were used in characterizations of the monomer, the homopolymer and the copolymers were determined by DSC technique. The copolymer compositions were estimated from 1H-NMR spectra. The reactivity ratios in copolymerization of 3-tetrahydrofurfuryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate and (2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-yl) methyl methacrylate were calculated by both Kelen-Tüdos and Fineman-Ross methods.     

Elucidation of chiral recognition processes of macrocyclic antibiotic vancomycin

A theoretical investigation was carried out on the retention and separation of enantiomeric molecules including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-neoplastic compounds and N-derivatized amino acids by capillary electrophoresis using macrocyclic antibiotics, a new class of chiral selectors, as stationary phase. Firstly docking methods were used to study the enantiorecognition in chiral electrophoresis. The molecular dynamics simulations of the two diastereoisomer complexes were then performed in order to understand how these antibiotics recognize the enantiomers. Another approach was applied in this study to establish a quantitative structure-enantioselectivity relationship (QSER) model, able to describe the resolution of a series of chiral compounds in capillary electrophoresis using vancomycin as the resolving agent.     

U.S. EPA Regulatory Perspectives on the Use of QSAR for New and Existing Chemical Evaluations

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As testing is not required, ecotoxicity or fate data are available for ≈ 5% of the approximately 2,300 new chemicals/year (26,000 + total) submitted to the US-EPA. The EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) regulatory program was forced to develop and rely upon QSARs to estimate the ecotoxicity and fate of most of the new chemicals evaluated for hazard and risk assessment. QSAR methods routinely result in ecotoxicity estimations of acute and chronic toxicity to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and algae, and in fate estimations of physical/chemical properties, degradation, and bioconcentration. The EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory of existing chemicals currently lists over 72,000 chemicals. Most existing chemicals also appear to have little or no ecotoxicity or fate data available and the OPPT new chemical QSAR methods now provide predictions and cross-checks of test data for the regulation of existing chemicals. Examples include the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), the Design for the Environment (DfE), and the OECD/SIDS/HPV Programs. QSAR screening of the TSCA Inventory has prioritized thousands of existing chemicals for possible regulatory testing of: 1) persistent bioaccumulative chemicals, and 2) the high ecotoxicity of specific discrete organic chemicals.     

Tunneling Relaxation Mechanisms of the Jahn–Teller Complexes in a CaF2:Cr2+ Crystal

JETP Letters - The temperature dependences of attenuation and the velocity of ultrasonic waves at frequencies of 26–158 MHz in a CaF2 fluorite crystal at the substitution of...     

Induction of Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in N-Doped Yttrium Oxide: Ab Initio Calculation

JETP Letters - To explore the diluted magnetic semiconductors for spintronic applications, we have studied N doped Y2O3 employing density functional theory (DFT). It has been observed that the...     

Nonstandard Features of the Interaction of Single Luminescent Centers Formed by Partial Dislocation Cores in CdTe and ZnSe with Longitudinal Optical Phonons

JETP Letters - Low-temperature (5 K) microphotoluminescence has been measured in order to study individual luminescent centers formed by the cores of partial dislocations in a CdTe/Si film and a...     

Low-Threshold Parametric Excitation of Electron Plasma Waves Localized in the Edge Transport Barrier of a Tokamak during Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating of a Plasma

JETP Letters - The possibility of the localization of longitudinal waves in the intermediate frequency range in the edge transport barrier of a toroidal nuclear fusion facility is discovered. It is...