5-Acyl-4-amino-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazin-6-ones

Intramolecular cyclization of acyl(ethoxycarbonyl)keteneN-benzoylaminals in boiling Ph₂O gives 5-acyl-4-amino-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazin-6-ones.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1322–1323, July, 1995.This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 94-03-08964).     

Reaction ofo-aminobenzohydroxamic acid with aldehydes

The reaction of o-aminobenzohydroxamic acid with aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic aldehydes leads to the formation of derivatives of 3-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroquinazolin-4-one. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 115–117, January, 1997.     

Preparative fractionation of cerebral gangliosides with the aid of ion-exchange chromatography on Spheron CH 300

A new preparative method is proposed for the separation of natural mixtures of gangliosides into fractions of mono-, di-, and trisialogangliosides which is based on ion-exchange chromatography on a weak anion-exchange resin — Spheron CH 300. The latter ensures a considerably faster separation than the ion-exchange resins usually employed.Scientific-Research Laboratory of Biologically Active Substances of Hydrobionts, USSR Ministry of Health, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 28–30, January–February, 1990.     

Simulation of the radiation-chemical transformations of acetic acid in aqueous solutions

A general model for the radiolysis of acetic acid and its aqueous solutions is proposed. The model adequately describes experimental data on the degradation of the acid and the formation of gases (H₂, CO₂, and CH₄) in aqueous solutions at various pH values.     

Synthesis of derivatives of 4-alkylthiouracil,cytosine, pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine,and pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine from the N,S- and N,N-acetals of diacetylketene and isocyanates

The action of alkyl and aryl isocyanates on the N,S-acetals of diacetylketene leads to the formation of 4-alkylthio-5-acetyl-1-alkyl(aryl)-6-methyl-1H-pyrimidin-2-ones (derivatives of 4-alkylthiouracils). The reaction of the synthesized thiouracils with amines or the reaction of the N,N-acetals of diacetylketene (N,N-ADK) with an equi-molar amount of aryl isocyanates leads to the formation of substituted 4-amino-5-acetyl-1H-pyrimidin-2-ones (derivatives of cytosine). From the latter and isocyanates or directly from N,N-ADK and an excess of the isocyanate, derivatives of 4-methylene-1H,3H, 4H-pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,7-dione were obtained. The exception was the condensation of 3-[N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl)diaminomethylene]pentane-2,4-dione with aryl isocyanates, which led to 3H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,5-diones.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2593–2599, November, 1991.     

Ambident Reactivity of Imidazolium Cations as Evidence of the Dynamic Nature of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Organocatalysis

This work reveals ambident nucleophilic reactivity of imidazolium cations towards carbonyl compounds at the C2 or C4 carbene centers depending on the steric properties of the substrates and reaction conditions. Such an adaptive behavior indicates the dynamic nature of organocatalysis proceeding via a covalent interaction of imidazolium carbenes with carbonyl substrates and can be explained by generation of the H-bonded ditopic carbanionic carbenes.     

Electrical and magnetic properties of nanodiamond and pyrocarbon composites

The electrical and magnetic properties of the nanodiamond composites comprising nanodiamond, pyrolytic carbon, and nanosized pores were studied. The composites are p-type semiconductors and their resistance decreases by 12 orders of magnitude as the pyrocarbon-to-diamond ratio γ increases from 0 to 80 wt %. Evidence for paramagnetic properties of the nanodiamond composites was obtained. The observed properties are explained by increased concentration of surface Tamm states. The paramagnetic properties are explained in terms of the electron spins localized on the nanodiamond surface in the composite.     

Study of magnetic properties of Pd<Subscript>1−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Fe<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>)<Subscript>0.95</Subscript>Mn<Subscript>0.05</Subscript> alloy using polarized muons and neutrons

The Pd_1?x Fe _x )_0.95Mn_0.05 alloy with random competing interaction was studied by measuring the muon spin relaxation in an external transverse magnetic field and in a zero magnetic field. Using the measured temperature dependence of the dynamic relaxation rate λ and the characteristics of the distribution of local static fields, the phase states of the sample under study are refined. In particular, it is shown that the ferromagnetic and spin-glass states coexist simultaneously in the sample below 25 K. Combined studies of the sample using the μSR and neutron depolarization methods made it possible to determine the size of magnetic inhomogeneities to be 2–6 μm in the temperature range 5–40 K.     

Proof compressions with circuit-structured substitutions

It is well known that the size of propositional classical proofs can be huge. Proof-theoretical studies discovered exponential gaps between cut-free (or normal) proofs and the corresponding (non-normal) proofs with cuts (or modus ponens). The task of automatic theorem proving is, on the other hand, usually based on the construction of cut-free or only atomic-cuts proofs, since this procedure produces less alternative choices. There are familiar tautologies whose cut-free proofs are huge while the non-cut-free ones are small. The aim of this paper is to discuss basic methods of weight and/or size reduction of deductions by switching from traditional tree-structured deductions to circuit-structured deductions. A desired efficiency is achieved by adding the standard weakening rule of inference upgraded by adding suitable (propositional) unifications modulo variable substitutions. We show examples where such a unification provides strong (in fact, exponential) compression of cut-free deductions. Bibliography: 10 titles. Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 358, 2008, pp. 77–99.     

Structural study of nanoporous carbon produced from polycrystalline carbide materials: Small-angle x-ray scattering

An x-ray small-angle scattering study is reported of the structure of nanoporous carbon prepared by chlorinating carbide compounds having different crystal structures (SiC, TiC, Mo₂C). The measurements were carried out both in reflection and transmission. The angular dependences of the scattering intensity obtained are treated as a result of scattering from nanoparticles of different size. By unfolding the experimental curves into components corresponding to particles with different gyration radii R _g, scatterer distribution functions in gyration radius m(R _g) were found. It is shown that, irrespective of the type of the starting carbide, particles with R _g～5 Å make up the largest fraction in porous carbon. Samples prepared from different carbides differ in the degree of nanoparticle uniformity in size. The most uniform in size are nanoparticles in the samples prepared from SiC, in which the average value R _g ^av <6 Å. Nanoparticles in the porous carbon produced from Mo₂C are about twice larger.