Studies on the ozone depletion hypothesis by chlorofluorocarbons : two-dimensional stratospheric modelling and implications for stratospheric chemistry.

A two-dimensional (2-D) model of the atmosphere including photochemistry as complete as that in advanced 1-D models, parameterized transport, diurnal effects and rayleigh scattering has been used to calculate present day altitude profiles of trace species mixing ratios.The structure and content of the model will be described and a comparison of model results with atmospheric measurements will be presented.In particular, while there had been some expectation that inclusion of latitudinal and seasonal effects would resolve certain major discrepancies for atmospheric chlorine species, the current profiles for 30 degrees latitude are qualitatively similar to 1-D model results and seasonal variations are relatively small. The principle discrepancies between 1-D model results and measurements including overstimation by the model of ClO concentrations below 30 km and understimation of HCl above 30 km are still present in the 2-D model results.The absence of change in HCl also imploies that over-estimation of HF/HCl ratio above 20 km remains a problem.The implications for model validation and ozone depletion calculations, in the view of the effect of chlorofluorocarbons, will be discussed.     

Restricted rotation about the boron---nitrogen bond in aminoboranes

The application of variable temperature ¹³C NMR to the study of a series of chlorodialkylaminophenylboranes has enabled G values for the rotational barrier, about the boron---nitrogen bond, to be determined.     

Calculation of Siegert eigenvalues for molecular systems: results for He(21,3S)+ H

The variational calculation of Siegert eigenvalues has previously been shown to provide reliable positions and widths for atomic resonances. This approach is herein extended to molecular problems, and the first such calculations for a molecular autoionizing system, He(2^1,3S)+H→ He+H⁺+e^?, are reported.     

Laser induced fluorencence matrix study of 1,3-difluorobenzene radical cation

Laser induced fluorescence excitation and resolved emission spectra of 1,3-C₆H₄F⁺₂ are obtained in a Ne matrix with high signal/noise despite the ion's low emission quantum yield. The ground state vibrational structure is mostly regular but that of the upper is very irregular suggesting nearly degenerate, mutually perturbing, excited states.     

Improved synthesis of 3-aralkylidine-5-arylthiophen-2-(3H)ones

3-Aralkylidene-5-arylthiophen-2-(3H)ones can be prepared in two steps from 4-aryl-4-oxobutanoic acids through the intermediacy of butenolides and thiophenones generated by the sequential action of acetic anhydride, sodium hydrosulfide and aromatic aldehydes.     

Selectivities in 1,2,3-triazolide displacements of halides and additions to alkynes

4,5-Dicarbomethoxy-1,2,3-triazolide or 4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazolide displace chloride from ethyl chloroacetate or β-chloropropionate to give both 1-N and 2-N alkylated products. Our highest 2-N to 1-N selectivity was ca 5/1 and was found with the base triethylamine in DMF. The same triazolides and others add to alkynes, e.g. ethyl propiolate, methyl acetylenedicarboxylate, phenylpropiolaldehyde, ethyl phenylpropiolate, etc, to give Michael adducts at the 2-N position exclusively. Here the usual preference holds, i.e., the anti adduct is favored, but anti to syn isomerization usually sets in. On the basis of the available data for nucleophilic substitutions and additions, a limited directioselectivity pattern emerges for H-1,2,3-triazoles (T) and their anions (T^?): neutral T almost invariably leads with 1-N; T^t-- usually adds to unsaturates at 2-N; unsubstituted, 4-substituted and 4,5-disubstituted T^? attack organic halides at both 1-N and 2-N. Compared to phenyl, 2-triazolyl exerts a greater deshielding effect on proton chemical shifts; these and other patterns in the PMR spectra of the Michael adducts are discussed. CNDO calculations indicate that the 1-H is more stable than the 2-H-1,2,3-triazole and that in both neutral triazole and in triazolide, the 1-nitrogen position should lead nucleophilic attacks-this directioselectivity prediction is only partly (and probably fortuitously) correct.     

Luminescence characteristics of several classes of drugs affecting the central nervous system

The excitation, fluorescence and phosphorescence characteristics of 29 compounds of psychopharmacological interest have been studied in ethanol at 77 k. Phosphorescence lifetimes are reported and the low-temperature luminescence spectra discussed. Luminescence characteristics of several important 1,4-benzodiazepines in acidic, basic and neutral solution are reported.     

Rotating electrode d.c. solution conductivity device

In an electrochemical cell with one electrode rotating asymmetrically with respect to a second fixed electrode, a constant current produces an a.c. component of the voltage between the pair at the rotational frequency. This a.c. signal arises from the varying iR drop between the extremes of rotational position and thus is a measure of the conductivity of the cell electrolyte. When such a rotating electrode is added to an operating two-electrode cell (e.g. a plating bath), the a.c. signal derived from the rotating element may be used additionally to map the spatial current distribution in the cell. The filtered and amplified signal in either system has also been used to trigger a counter for digital measurement of electrode rotational speed.