Cobalt oxide/tetraruthenated cobalt-porphyrin composite for hydrogen peroxide amperometric sensors

A new composite material constituted by mu-{5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrinato cobalt(iii)}-tetrakis-{chloro-bis-(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(ii)} complex (or CoTRP) and cobalt oxide, exhibiting high stability and sensitivity for the quantification of hydrogen peroxide, was obtained by the electrochemical polymerization of the tetraruthenated cobalt porphyrin in alkaline medium. The optimized experimental conditions for the preparation of the modified glassy carbon electrodes and for analysis of H2O2 were carefully determined. Fast sequential analysis (120 determinations h(-1)) in a wide linear dynamic range (5.0 x 10(-7) mol L(-1) to 2.0 x 10(-3) mol L(-1)), with high sensitivity and low detection limit (2.0 x 10(-7) mol L(-1)), was achieved by using these electrodes and the batch injection analysis (BIA) technique. Such characteristics allied to a good stability were explored for the specific determination of hydrogen peroxide in six commercial cosmetics and pharmaceutical product samples, giving results in excellent agreement with those obtained by the spectrophotometric method.     

Gas phase detection of cyclic B3: 2(2)E' <-- X2A1' electronic origin band

The rotationally resolved origin band in the 2(2)E'<--X2A1' electronic spectrum of cyclic B3 has been observed by cavity ring down spectroscopy in the gas phase. The B3 molecule was generated in a supersonic planar plasma containing decaborane (B10H14) and neon as a carrier gas. The rotational structure pattern is that of a cyclic molecule. It is analyzed assuming an equilateral triangle in both electronic states. The band origin is determined to be 21 853.52 cm(-1), and the bond lengths 1.603 77(106) A in the ground and 1.619 07(96) A in the excited electronic state are inferred from analysis of the rotational structure.     

Synthesis and metal binding properties of novel sulfur-containing functional oligomer

The synthesis and metal ion binding properties of a new class of functional oligomers are described. Oligo[1-(N-phenylthiocarbamoyl)aziridine] (DP ca. 8) and its analogs are prepared by ring-opening oligomerization of the corresponding aziridine monomers in good yields. These oligomers contain sulfur groups capable of binding “soft” metal ions, and the selective binding properties of the novel oligomer for Cu(II) and Hg(II) ions are investigated by liquid-solid adsorption and liquid-liquid extraction experiments.     

On pseudo-unitary representations

The structure of representations of a group on a finite dimensional complex vector space with a non-degenerate invariant (indefinite) inner product is analysed in terms of layers of Gupta-Bleuler triplets.Invited talk presented at the International Conference Selected Topics in Quantum Field Theory and Mathematical Physics, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia, June 23–27, 1986.     

Synthesis of novel macrocyclic peroxides by bis(sym-collidine)iodine (I) hexafluorophosphate-mediated cyclization of unsaturated hydroperoxides and unsaturated alcohols

Bis(sym-collidine)iodine (I) hexafluorophosphate-mediated cyclization of unsaturated hydroperoxides, prepared by a variety of different methods, afforded the corresponding 10- to 20-membered macrocyclic peroxides having two or three peroxide units located within one ring in moderate yields. By analogy, cyclization of unsaturated alcohols having one or two peroxide bond in the chain afforded the corresponding cyclic ethers. The efficiency of the latter reactions were found to be a function of the structure of the alcohols.     

Synthesis of the axially substituted titanium Pc-C60 dyad with a convenient method

[structure: see text] We successfully synthesized the axially substituted titanium Pc-C(60) dyad with a convenient method that improves on the traditional asymmetrical phthalocyanine routine to covalently linked phthalocyanines with other functional molecules. The intramolecular photoinduced process between phthalocyanine donor and fullerene acceptor was preliminarily studied.