Iridium-Catalyzed Reductive (3+2) Annulation of Lactams Enabling the Rapid Total Synthesis of (±)-Eburnamonine

A reductive (3+2) annulation of lactams through iridium-catalyzed hydrosilylation and photoredox coupling with α-bromoacetic acid was developed. The iridium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of the lactam carbonyl group and subsequent elimination provide a transient cyclic enamine, which undergoes iridium-catalyzed photoredox coupling with α-bromoacetic acid in a one-pot process. The developed conditions show high functional-group tolerance and provide cyclic N,O-acetals containing a quaternary carbon center. The resulting N,O-acetals undergo a variety of acid-mediated nucleophilic addition reactions via iminium ions to give substituted cyclic amines. The developed sequence including reductive (3+2) annulation and acid-mediated nucleophilic addition was successfully applied to the four-step total synthesis of (±)-eburnamonine.     

Ionic liquid synergistic cation-exchange system for the selective extraction of lanthanum(III) using 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone and 18-crown-6.

A novel synergistic extraction system was investigated for the possible selective separation of light lanthanoids using an ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, as an extraction solvent and 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone and 18-crown-6 as extractants. Trivalent lanthanum was efficiently extracted as a cationic ternary complex by the cation-exchange process, whereas europium and lutetium showed relatively low extractability without forming respective ternary complexes. This result is thought to originate in a size-fitting effect of 18-crown-6 to lanthanum and the unique nature of the ionic liquid as a chelate extraction solvent.     

Spektroskopische Untersuchung der Prim?rprozesse bei der strahleninduzierten Polymerisation von 1,3-Butadien

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Single-electron-capture cross sections for 0.4–5.0 keV He+ ions incident on alkali-vapor targets

Total cross sections for single-electron capture by He⁺ ions in vapor targets of Cs, Rb, K and Na have been determined in the energy range 0.4–5.0 keV. The energy dependence of the cross-section curves is very similar for all the targets. The cross sections for all the targets are maximum at about the same energy, 1.5 keV. Comparison is made with other reported experimental and theoretical results.     

Paths and edge-connectivity in graphs

Mader proved that for every k-edge-connected graph G (k ≥ 4), there exists a path joining two given vertices such that the subgraph obtained from G by deleting the edges of the path is (k - 2)-edge-connected. A generalization of this and a sufficient condition for existance of 3, 4, or 5 terminus k edge-disjoint paths in graphs are given.