Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with potassium peroxomonosulfate supported on acidic silica gel

[reaction: see text] Potassium peroxomonosulfate deposited onto silica SiO2 x KHSO5 efficiently reacts with ketones in dichloromethane at room temperature to give the corresponding esters or lactones in quantitative yields. This method avoids hydrolysis of the reaction products. The Baeyer-Villiger reaction is catalyzed by potassium hydrogensulfate present in the supported reagent.     

A spectroscopic study of cobalt(III) furyldioximates

Summary The electronic properties of a series of cobalt(III)trans-furyldioximato-complexes of the type [CoB(FH)₂X] (B=NH₃, X=Cl, Br, I or NO₂; B=pyridine (py) or thiocarbamide (thio), X=Cl or Br; B=imidazole (imid), X=Br), [Co(FH₂)(FH)Cl₂] and [Co(thio)₂(FH)₂]NO₃ were studied by i.r., u.v. and¹H and¹³C n.m.r. spectra The results were compared with those from the corresponding dimethylglyoximato-complexes. It was concluded that -conjugation over the equatorial plane in the furyldioximates is greater than in the dimethylglyoximates. There is some evidence of thetrans-influence of the anionic ligands in the ammines which are in the order NO ₂ ^– >Br^–>Cl^–.     

Determination of heptacaine hydrochloride in solution using nuclear analytical methods

The applicability of two nuclear analytical methods for the determination of hepatacaine hydrochloride in solution was studied, i. e. radionuclide X-ray fluorescence analysis and radiometric titrations based on precipitate formations. Methods used were evaluated on the basis of obtained sensitivity values.     

Description of the shape of thermoanalytical curves

Empirical parameters were chosen for the characterization of peaks (or steps) of thermoanalytical curves. The parameters were applied in studies on the repeatability, the relationship between kinetic constants and peak shape, the effect of sample thermal resistance. Kinetic constants can be estimated on the basis of peak shape parameters. Besides, approximate criteria were formulated for experiments allowing kinetic evaluation with the neglect of the heat transport within the sample. The empirical parameters were also used in checking the suitability of DSC data for purity analysis and in detecting changes of the thermal decomposition of papers caused by ageing.Zur Beschreibung von Peaks bzw. Stufen thermoanalytischer Kurven wurden emperische Parameter ermittelt, die bei der Untersuchung der Reproduziertbarkeit, der Beziehung zwischen kinetischen Konstanten und Peakform so wie des Einflusses des thermischen Wiederstandes der Probe angewendet wurden. Kinetische Konstanten können auf der Basis von Peakformparametern geschÄtzt werden. Weiterhin wurden Kriterien für Experimente ermittelt, die eine kinetische NÄherungslösung unter VernachlÄssigung des WÄrmetransportes innerhalb der Probe ermöglichen. Die empirischen Parameter wurden au\erdem bei der Untersuchung der Eignung von DSC-daten zur Reinheitsanalyse angewendet, weiterhin zum Nachweis von alterungsbedingten Änderungen der thermischen Zerzetzung von Papier.

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The authors express their thanks to Mrs E. Tóth for her valuable technical help. The permission to reproduce Figs 2–6 and 8–10 from Analytica Chimica Acta and Thermochimica Acta (Elsevier, Amsterdam) is also acknowledged.     

Atomic walk counts of negative order

Atomic walk counts (awc's) of order k (k > or = 1) are the number of all possible walks of length k which start at a specified vertex (atom) i and end at any vertex j separated by m (0 < or = m < or = k) edges from vertex i. The sum of atomic walk counts of order k is the molecular walk count (mwc) of order k. The concept of atomic and molecular walk counts was extended to zero and negative orders by using a backward algorithm based on the usual procedure used to obtain the values of mwc's. The procedure can also be used in cases in which the adjacency matrix A related to the actual structure is singular and therefore A(-1) does not exist. awc's and mwc's of negative order may assume noninteger and even negative values. If matrix A is singular, atomic walk counts of zero order may not be equal to one.     

Flexible square supramolecular rings with hydrogen-bonded bushing in solid-state oxalurate complexes: versatility of the oxalurate ligand in covalent and noncovalent binding

Isotypic pseudooctahedral complexes of Co, Ni, and Cu with two chelating oxalurate ligands and two water molecules, trans-[M(oxalurate)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], have been synthesized and isolated by a novel progressive crystallization technique. Diffraction analyses reveal that the three complexes form isotypic solid-state structures in which the molecular connectivity and complex network of noncovalent interactions are qualitatively identical throughout the series. The oxalurate groups form unbounded chains through two different self-recognition patterns-a typical DA-AD motif and an unusual DDA'-A'DD form (D = hydrogen bond donor, A' = double acceptor). The unsymmetrical oxalurate group possesses the topological properties necessary to form aggregates of higher symmetry, and the "M(oxalurate)(2)" fragments form a rhombic 2-D motif with hydrogen-bonded corners and with hydrogen-bond acceptors directed to the inside of the cyclic aggregate. The 2-D net is stacked to form a channeled 3-D structure, in which the coordinated aqua ligands form the principal interlayer interactions. The slanted channels are occupied by the axial waters and by waters of crystallization, which are hydrogen bonded to the channel walls to form an ordered bushing. The extensive 3-D hydrogen-bonded superstructure is flexible enough to accommodate the distortion produced by the Jahn-Teller effect in the copper compound without requiring a qualitative structural change. The bonds affected by Jahn-Teller distortion in the Cu complex [Cu-O = 2.3788(15) A] are significantly longer than their analogues in the Co and Ni complexes [Co-O = 2.175(2), Ni-O = 2.094(9) A].     

New Factorial Designs to Evaluate Chemisorption of Divalent Metals on Aminated Silicas

Adsorption processes of Cu(II), Co(II), and Hg(II) on two aminated silica gel surfaces with immobilized ethylenediamine and diethylenediamine groups were studied by a new 2(3) full factorial design. Two metal quantity levels, temperatures of 25 and 50 degrees C, and silica amounts of 100 and 200 mg were employed. Our study indicates that higher factorial design levels increase adsorption for all metals evaluated, with the exception of the mass parameter. Adsorption is also significantly affected by important antagonistic and synergistic effects involving all factors. Both functionalized silica gel surfaces present higher interactions and good perspectives in preconcentration studies for mercury. The factorial design results are also discussed in terms of some solvation properties for each of the metals studied. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

A New ent‐Kaurane Diterpene from Stems of Alibertia macrophylla K. Schum. (Rubiaceae)

Phytochemical investigations of the stems of a specimen of Alibertia macrophylla led to the isolation and characterization of the new diterpene ent‐kaurane‐2β,3α,16α‐triol ( 1 ), along with triterpenes 2 – 8 , iridoids 9 – 12 , and phenolic acids 13 – 15 . The structure of 1 was established based on spectroscopic studies (¹H‐ and ¹³C‐NMR, IR, and HR‐ESI‐MS). This is the first report of the isolation of a diterpene from the Alibertia genus in Rubiaceae.     

Structure and Dynamics of Methyl-substituted Beryllocene: [Be(C5Me5)2]

In this paper we study theoretically the molecular structure of [Be(C₅Me₅)₂], with special interest in similarities and differences found in the computed geometric parameters, depending on the treatment of the electron correlation used. Given the low energy differences found between the different configurations studied (less than 4 kcal mol⁻¹), and the high fluxionality found in experimental studies for this compound, we analyzed the dynamics of the system by means of first principles molecular dynamics calculations. A complex dynamics is found and analyzed in terms of two molecular rearrangement processes: 1,2-sigmatropic intraring rearrangement and a ring inversion mechanism that interchanges the roles (with regard to their coordination to the central Be atom) of the two rings.Dedicated to Dr. Jeal Paul Malrieu on occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Impedance study of Ni–Co electro-deposition on Fe powder particles in fluidised bed systems

The electrochemical impedance method was applied during the electrochemical deposition of a binary Ni–Co coating on iron powder in a fluidised bed electrode system. The influence of the suspension density on the charge transfer in the course of the electro-deposition process was studied. At a potential of −900 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl/3 M KCl), when the binary Ni–Co layer was formed, the impedance data were characterised by two semicircles with the semicircle at high frequencies being larger in magnitude. A contribution of the diffusion process to the overall current was observed. The optimal suspension density for the charge transfer in the bed was 10×10⁻³–15×10⁻³ (i.e., 4–6 g of iron powder in 50 ml of electrolyte). The most probable mechanism of the charge transfer for the studied concentrations of powder particles is the convective mechanism. The iron particles dispersed in the electrolyte were considered to act as either a depolariser or an additional working electrode depending on the applied electrode potential and on the suspension density.