A New and Convenient Synthesis of Substituted Acylthioacylureas. Reaction of aryl and alkyl thioamides with acyl isocyanates

The addition of acyl isocyanates to a solution of aryl and alkyl thioamides affords substituted acylthioacylureas. The IR. spectra of substituted acylthioacylureas is described.     

Markov Chains with finite convergence time

We study the properties of finite ergodic Markov Chains whose transition probability matrix P is singular. The results establish bounds on the convergence time of P^m to a matrix where all the rows are equal to the stationary distribution of P. The results suggest a simple rule for identifying the singular matrices which do not have a finite convergence time. We next study finite convergence to the stationary distribution independent of the initial distribution. The results establish the connection between the convergence time and the order of the minimal polynomial of the transition probability matrix. A queuing problem and a maintenance Markovian decision problem which possess the property of rapid convergence are presented.     

Quark confinement in the two-dimensional lattice Higgs-Villain model

We prove quark confinement in the two-dimensional lattice Higgs-Villain model in the weak coupling region by using a Kirkwood-Salsburg equations for unbounded spins.Research partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-77-18762On leave from Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Research partially supported by National Research Council under Grant A4015On leave from Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Napoli, Italy     

Diastereoisomerically selective enantiomerically pure titanium complexes of Salan ligands: synthesis, structure, and preliminary activity studies

The degree of diastereoselectivity in the wrapping of four new chiral Salan ligands to form chiral-at-metal titanium complexes ranged from mild to perfect as a function of the ligands' N substituents; the enantiomerically pure complexes catalyzed the addition of diethyl zinc to benzaldehyde in 73-76% enantiomeric excess.     

57Fe-labeled octamethylferrocenium tetrafluoroborate. X-ray crystal structures of conformational isomers, hyperfine interactions, and spin-lattice relaxation by Moessbauer spectroscopy

X-ray structure determinations of two different single crystals of octamethylferrocenium tetrafluoroborate (OMFc(+)BF(4)(-)) revealed conformational polymorphism with ligand twist angles of 180 degrees and 108 degrees , respectively. Their concomitant occurrence could be explained by the small lattice energy difference of 3.2 kJ mol(-1). Temperature-dependent Moessbauer spectroscopy of (57)Fe-labeled OMFc(+)BF(4)(-) over the range 90 < T < 370 K did not show the anomalous sudden increase in the motion of the metal atom as observed in neutral OMFc. Broadened absorption curves characteristic of relaxation spectra were obtained with an isomer shift of 0.466(6) mm s(-1) at 90 K. The temperature dependence of the isomer shift corresponded to an effective vibrating mass of 79 +/- 10 Da and, in conjunction with the temperature dependence of the recoil-free fraction, to a Moessbauer lattice temperature of 89 K. The spin relaxation rate could be better described by an Orbach rather than a Raman process. At 400 K, a reversible solid-solid transition to a plastic crystalline mesophase was noted.     

Oxidation of CH3CN over silver: formation of surface compounds

The oxidation of CH₃CN over silver particles was examined between 200 and 300°C. The kinetic data exhibit an unusually abrupt change in activity between 270 and 300°C which is attributed to the oxidation/decomposition of surface AgCN and possibly AgOCN.