EDXRF as an analytical tool in art: Case studies from pigment identification and treatment assessment

Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) was employed for the identification of pigments decorating Hellenistic figurines, and the assessment of the efficiency of a treatment with barium hydroxide applied to stone. Elements present in the colored areas of the figurines, as well as the treated stone was identified by EDXRF. These data together with complementary information obtained by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) led to the identification of several precious pigments. As far as the treatment efficiency is concerned, EDXRF analysis revealed that barium is unevenly distributed on the treated surface and reaches a maximum depth of 2.5 mm.     

Voltammetric studies of the Kolbe synthesis with perfluorocarboxylic acids prepared from hexafluoropropene oxide oligomers

Carboxylic acids prepared from hexafluoropropene oxide CF₃CF₂CF₂O[CF(CF₃)CF₂O]_nCF (CF₃)COOH [n = 0, 2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3,6-dioxaperfluorononanoic acid; n = 1, 2,5,8- tris(trifluoromethyl)-3,6,9-trioxaperfluorododecanoic acid], according to voltammetric data, enter the Kolbe reaction both at the Pt anode and at anodes from carbon materials in H₂O-CH₃CN and CH₃OH-CH₃CN solutions. The critical potential appreciably depends both on the anode material and on the solvent composition. Favorable effect of pyridine additions in H₂O-CH₃CN solutions is due to replacement of water molecules from the electrical double layer. The sodium ions exert a negative effect on the Kolbe synthesis.Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 74, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1842–1846.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Chechina, Sokolov, Tomilov.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Properties and structures of porphyrexides

The molecular and crystal structures of porphyrexides, viz., 4-amino-2-imino-(1) and (Z)-2-amino-4-bromoimino-5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole 1-oxyls (7), and their diamagnetic precursors were determined. Compound 1 is kinetically unstable because it is oxidized with atmospheric oxygen to form (E)-1,2-bis[1-amino-1-(cyanoimino)-2-methyl-propan-2-yl]diazene 1,2-dioxide. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 441–447, March, 2006.     

Heterometallic nickel(II) samarium(III) diethylenetriaminepentaacetate, a starting material for the preparation of samarium nickelate films

A reaction of samarium oxide, nickel oxocarbonate, and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (H₅DTPA) taken in stoichiometric proportions in water gave SmNiDTPA · 10H₂O as a glassy solid. The formation of this heterometallic complex was confirmed by data from elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. An aqueous solution of the complex was used to deposit SmNiO₃ films onto a single-crystal SrTiO₃(001) substrate. The SmNiO₃ phase in films obtained upon 3-h annealing at 500°C was identified by powder X-ray diffraction. Films deposited from a solution of an equimolar mixture of monometallic samarium and nickel diethylenetriaminepentaacetates contained no samarium nickelate.     

Detection and separation of two forms of cotton-plant pyrophosphatase

Two pyrophosphatase isoenzymes with identical molecular weights but differing in the pH optima of their action and also in their senstivity to some bivalent metal ions have been isolated from extracts of the cotyledons of three-day cotton-plant shoots by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography.V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 375–378, May–June, 1985.     

Flavonoids of the peel of the fruit ofCitrus unshiu

Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Georgian Republic, Tbilisi, and Samara Medical Institute, Russia. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 821–822, November–December, 1994.     

Pheromones of insects and their analogs. XXVII. Synthesis of 10-hydroxy-4,8-dimethyldeca-4E,8E-dienoic acid and of racemic 4,8-dimethyldecanal from geranyl acetate

10-Hvdroxy-4,8-dimethyldeca-4E,8E-dienoic acid and racemic 4,8-dimethyldecanal (components of beetle pheromones) have been synthesized from geranyl acetate.Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Scientific Center, Urals Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 272–276, March–April, 1991.     

Homolytic dissociation of the carbon-element σ bonds by Grignard reagents

The reaction of 2-ethyl-3-tetrahydrofuryl thiocyanate (I) and triphenylacetonitrile (VIII) with methylmagnesium iodide in ether was studied using GC/MS, PMR and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The reaction of (I) with CH₃MgI gives the product of the homolysis of the C-S bond, namely, bis(2-ethyl-3-tetrahydrofuryl) disulfide (II), in 81% yield. This reaction is assumed to be general in nature since triphenylacetonitrile (VIII) is also homolytically cleaved by the action of CH₃MgI to give triphenylmethane.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2886–2888, December, 1991.