Radical Cation States of 2,3,5,6,7,8-Hexamethylidenebicyclo [2.2.2]octane

The photoelectron spectrum of the title compound is reported and assigned by correlation with the photoelectron spectra of related molecules.     

Preferential solubilization of dodecanol from dodecanol-limonene binary oil mixture in sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate microemulsions: effect on optimum salinity and oil solubilization capacity

Solubilization of dodecanol-limonene binary oil mixtures has been studied in saturated Winsor type I and III sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate microemulsions. The systems showed different oil solubilization behavior below and above dodecanol volume fraction 0.2. Below 0.2 dodecanol volume fraction regular Winsor type microemulsions formed. The oil solubilization was characterized in this concentration range by the optimum salinity and the maximum characteristic length. Dodecanol showed Langmuirian-type surface excess adsorption at the vicinity of the surfactant layer. Variation of the optimum salinity and middle phase characteristic length with increasing dodecanol concentration could be linked to changes in the dodecanol surface excess. These relationships were used to develop new mathematical models for the optimum salinity and characteristic length as a function of oil phase composition. Both models yield excellent agreement with the data. Above dodecanol volume fraction 0.2 regular Winsor type III microemulsions are not formed. Therefore our new models are not applicable in this concentration range.     

Interpretation der Absorptionsspektren der Komplexionen [Mo(CN)8]4−, [Mo(CN)8]3−, [W(CN)8]4− und [W(CN)8]3−

Zusammenfassung Die Absorptions- und Reflexionsspektren der Oktocyanokomplexe desMo(IV) undW(IV) sowie die Absorptionsspektren der Oktocyanotomplexe desMo(V) undW(V) werden mitgeteilt. Die Spektren werden unter Zugrundelegung der durch Raman- und IR-spektroskopische Untersuchungen gefordertenD _4d-Symmetrie dieser Verbindungen interpretiert. Die beobachteten Banden niedriger Intensität (log<3) werden Übergängen in einem Termsystem zugeordnet, das für die Konfigurationend ² undd ₁ und die SymmetrieD _4d berechnet worden ist. Banden hoher Intensität (log>3) werden auf Übergänge in antibindende Zustände zurückgeführt, an denen höherep-Zustände des Zentralions sowie Ligandenzustände beteiligt sind. Die erhaltenen Werte des Feldparameters stimmen mit ligandenfeldtheoretischen Erwartungen überein.

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Absorption and reflection spectra of the octacyanides ofMo(IV) andW(IV) and the absorption spectra of the octacyanides ofMo(V) andW(V) are presented. The spectra are interpreted in terms of theD _4d symmetry of the compounds supported by investigations of Raman and infrared spectra. Bands of low intensity (log<3) correspond to transitions between levels obtained in the case of the configurationsd ² andd ¹ respectively, in a field ofD _4d symmetry. Bands of high intensity (log>3) are attributed to transitions into antibonding levels in which p-orbitals of the central ion and ligand orbitals participate. The values of the field parameter obtained are in accord with ligand field theory.

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Résumé Les spectres d'absorption et de réflexion des complexes octocyanurés duMo(IV) et duW(IV) ainsi que les spectres d'absorption des mêmes complexes deMo(V) et de W(V) sont présentés. Les spectres sont interprétés en supposant la symétrieD _4d des molécules indiquée par des analyses des spectres Raman et infrarouges. Les bandes de faible intensité (log<3) sont attribuées à des transitions dans un système de niveaux, calculé pour les configurationsd ² etd ¹, respectivement, en symétrieD _4d. Des bandes de forte intensité (log>3) sont attribuées à des transitions vers des niveaux antiliants auxquels participent des fonctions élevéesp de l'ion central et des fonctions des groupes liés. Les valeurs obtenues pour le paramètre de champ sont en accord avec les prévisions de la théorie.

     

Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of new 16-methyl pregnane derivatives

The pharmacological activity of several new pregnane derivatives 15-19 were determined on gonadectomized male hamster flank organs, seminal vesicles and in vitro conversion of testosterone (T) to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) as 5alpha-reductase inhibitors. Steroids 15-19 decreased the diameter of the pigmented spot in the flank organs as compared to the T treated animals; in this model, steroids 16 and 19 showed a higher activity than the commercially available finasteride 3. Injection of T increased the weight of the seminal vesicles. Compounds 15-19 when injected together with T decreased the weight of the seminal vesicles thus showing an antiandrogenic effect. The trienone 19 exhibited a considerably higher activity than finasteride. Steroids 15-19 inhibited the in vitro metabolism of [3H]T to [3H]DHT in seminal vesicles homogenates of gonadectomized male hamsters. Compounds 18 and 19 showed a much higher antiandrogenic effect than finasteride. This enhancement of the biological activity could probably be attributed to the coplanarity of the steroidal skeleton as previously observed by our group. The high antiandrogenic activity of the epoxy compound 16 is probably the result of the ring opening of the oxiran ring with the nucleophilic part of the enzyme 5alpha-reductase thus leading to a stable adduct with concomitant deactivation of this enzyme.     

Activation energy of single-stranded DNA moving through cross-linked polyacrylamide gels at 300 V/cm effect of temperature on sequencing rate in high-electric-field capillary gel electrophoresis

In DNA sequencing, single-stranded DNA fragments are separated by gel electrophoresis. This separation is based on a sieving mechanism where DNA fragments are retarded as they pass through pores in the gel. In this paper, we present the mobility of DNA sequencing fragments as a function of temperature; mobility is determined in 4% T LongRanger gels at an electric field of 300 V/cm. The temperature dependence is compared with the predictions of the biased reptation model. The model predicts that the fragment length for the onset of biased reptation with stretching increases with the square of temperature; the data show that the onset of biased reptation with stretching decreases with temperature. Biased reptation fails to model accurately the temperature dependence of mobility. We analyzed the data and extracted the activation energy for passage of sequencing fragments through the gel. For fragments containing less than ca. 200 bases, the activation energy increases linearly with the number of bases at a rate of 25 J/mol per base; for longer fragments, the activation energy increases at a rate of 6.5 J/mol per base. This transition in the activation energy presumably reflects a change in conformation of the DNA fragments; small fragments exist in a random coil configuration and larger fragments migrate in an elongated configuration.     

The Interaction of Walsh-Orbitols in Diademane and Related Hydrocarbons

To obtain further information concerning the interaction between Walsh-orbitols of ‘conjugated’ cyclopropane rings, the photoelectron spectra of the following compounds have been recorded: bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane 1 , cis- and trans-tricyclo[5.1.0^{3, 5}]octane 2, 3 , diademane 4 , trans-pentacyclo[3.3.2.0^{2, 9}.0^{4, 10}, 0^{6, 8}]decan 5 and bicyclo[4.1.0]heptene-2 6 . The first bands in the PE.-spectra of these compounds have been assigned on the basis of a ZDO HMO-approximation. For 2 and 4 the value for resonance integral between linked 2p atomic orbitals of two adjacent eclipsed cyclopropane rings is found to be ?1.73 eV.     

Bemerkung zur Gleichheit der Aufspaltungen ΔI (zwischen den ersten beiden π-Ionisationspotentialen) und ΔE (zwischen den entsprechenden π* ← π Übergangsenergien) des Spiro[4,4]nonatetraens. Vorläufige Mitteilung

For a given molecule M, the difference ΔI between the first two vertical ionization potentials I_v,2 and I_v,2 (from MOs ψ₁ and ψ₂) and ΔE between the corresponding singlet-singlet excitation energies E₁ and E₂ (transitions ψ?₁ ←₁, ψ?₁ ψ₂) are related by ΔE = ΔI- (J_2,?1?J_1,?1) ?2(K_1,?1 ? K_2,?1), using Koopmans approximation. A simple MO model suggests that under certain conditions of symmetry and quasi-alternancy (e. g. in spiro[4,4]nonatetraene 1 ) the bracketed differences between the Coulomb- and exchange-integrals should vanish to first order, thus leading to the simple (almost) equality ΔE = ΔI. It is shown that the results from a photoelectron- and electron-spectroscopic investigation of 1 support this conclusion i.e. ΔI = 1.23 eV, ΔE = 1.19 to 1.23 eV.     

Foxby duality and Gorenstein injective and projective modules

In 1966, Auslander introduced the notion of the -dimension of a finitely generated module over a Cohen-Macaulay noetherian ring and found the basic properties of these dimensions. His results were valid over a local Cohen-Macaulay ring admitting a dualizing module (also see Auslander and Bridger (Mem. Amer. Math. Soc., vol. 94, 1969)). Enochs and Jenda attempted to dualize the notion of -dimensions. It seemed appropriate to call the modules with -dimension 0 Gorenstein projective, so the basic problem was to define Gorenstein injective modules. These were defined in Math. Z. 220 (1995), 611--633 and were shown to have properties predicted by Auslander's results. The way we define Gorenstein injective modules can be dualized, and so we can define Gorenstein projective modules (i.e. modules of -dimension 0) whether the modules are finitely generated or not. The investigation of these modules and also Gorenstein flat modules was continued by Enochs, Jenda, Xu and Torrecillas. However, to get good results it was necessary to take the base ring Gorenstein. H.-B. Foxby introduced a duality between two full subcategories in the category of modules over a local Cohen-Macaulay ring admitting a dualizing module. He proved that the finitely generated modules in one category are precisely those of finite -dimension. We extend this result to modules which are not necessarily finitely generated and also prove the dual result, i.e. we characterize the modules in the other class defined by Foxby. The basic result of this paper is that the two classes involved in Foxby's duality coincide with the classes of those modules having finite Gorenstein projective and those having finite Gorenstein injective dimensions. We note that this duality then allows us to extend many of our results to the original Auslander setting.