Low-temperature heat capacity of dysprosium diboride

A novel microcalorimeter based on a miniature liquid-in-glass thermometer is described. Heat is transduced into an optical, rather than electrical, signal, facilitating a future array format. The instrument performs batch analysis (drop mixing) with a 2 μL sample volume. Energy changes of 4 μJ produced by a dilution of sulfuric acid are resolvable. The effect of evaporation, and measures taken to limit it, are discussed.     

1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Difluoro-Substituted Azomethine Ylides. Synthesis and Transformations of 2-Fluoro-4,5-dihydropyrroles

2-Fluoro-4,5-dihydropyrrole-3,4-dicarboxylic acid derivatives were obtained by reaction of difluorocarbene with N-substituted ketone imines in the presence of fumaronitrile, maleonitrile, or dimethyl maleate. The reaction involves intermediate formation of azomethine ylides and their subsequent cycloaddition at the double bond. 11H-Dibenz[b,e]azepine and 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines react with difluorocarbene in the presence of fumaronitrile to give fluoro-substituted dibenzo[c,f]pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine and pyrrolo[2,1-a]-isoquinoline derivatives. Treatment of 2-fluoro-4,5-dihydropyrrole-3,4-dicarbonitrile with amines and alkoxides affords the corresponding 2-amino- and 2-alkoxy derivatives, while its reactions with hydrazine hydrate and benzimidamide lead to formation of substituted pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyrazole and pyrrolo[2,3-d]-pyrimidine derivatives.     

The Au(n) cluster probe in secondary ion mass spectrometry: influence of the projectile size and energy on the desorption/ionization rate from biomolecular solids

A Au-Si liquid metal ion source which produces Au(n) clusters over a large range of sizes was used to study the dependence of both the molecular ion desorption yield and the damage cross-section on the size (n = 1 to 400) and on the kinetic energy (E = 10 to 500 keV) of the clusters used to bombard bioorganic surfaces. Three pure peptides with molecular masses between 750 and 1200 Da were used without matrix. [M+H](+) and [M+cation](+) ion emission yields were enhanced by as much as three orders of magnitude when bombarding with Au(400) (4+) instead of monatomic Au(+), yet very little damage was induced in the samples. A 100-fold increase in the molecular ion yield was observed when the incident energy of Au(9) (+) was varied from 10 to 180 keV. Values of emission yields and damage cross-sections are presented as a function of cluster size and energy. The possibility to adjust both cluster size and energy, depending on the application, makes the analysis of biomolecules by secondary ion mass spectrometry an extremely powerful and flexible technique, particularly when combined with orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry that then allows fast measurements using small primary ion beam currents.     

Synthesis,X-ray and DFT Studies of 6-halo-3-(hydroxymethyl)cinnolin-4(1H)-ones

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - The Richter cyclization was used for the synthesis of 6-halo-3-(hydroxymethyl)cinnolin-4(1H)-ones. X-ray analysis revealed that these compounds exist as dimers...     

AxMn1-xFe2O4铁氧体(A=Zn,Ni)中阳离子的占位有序化行为研究

基于尖晶石晶体结构信息,本文采用热力学三亚晶格模型,将材料热力学计算和第一性原理计算相结合,研究了Zn_xMn_(1-x) Fe_2O_4和Ni_xMn_(1-x)Fe_2O_4立方相中的Zn~(2+)、Ni~(2+)、Mn~(2+)以及Fe~(3+)在8a和16d亚晶格上的占位有序化行为。结果表明:在锰铁氧体中,室温下Mn~(2+)完全占据在8a亚晶格上,Fe~(3+)完全占据在16d亚晶格上,属于正尖晶石结构;随着热处理温度升高,在1 273 K达到热处理平衡时的占位构型为(Fe~(3+)0.09Mn~(2+)0.91)[Fe~(3+)1.91Mn~(2+)0.09]O_4,在热处理温度升至1 473 K时,达到热处理平衡时的占位构型为(Fe~(3+)0.11Mn~(2+)0.89)[Fe~(3+)1.89Mn~(2+)0.11]O_4,均与实验结果符合较好。在锌铁氧体中,室温下Zn~(2+)完全占据在8a亚晶格上,Fe~(3+)完全占据在16d亚晶格上,属于正尖晶石结构;在热处理温度较高时,Zn~(2+)和Fe~(3+)发生部分置换,符合实验结果。在镍铁氧体中,半数的Fe~(3+)在室温下占据在8a亚晶格上,Ni~(2+)与剩下另一半的Fe~(3+)共同占据在16d亚晶格上,仅在热处理温度较高的时候发生微弱变化,亦与已有的实验结果吻合。在此基础上,本文进一步通过热力学模型研究了立方相尖晶石结构的Zn_xMn_(1-x)Fe_2O_4、Ni_xMn_(1-x)Fe_2O_4复合体系中阳离子占位行为与热处理温度对占位的影响规律。     

A comparative investigation of the fatty acid compositions of the seeds of a number of lines of a genetic collection of Gossypium hirsutum

A comparative analysis has been made of the amounts of lipids and their fatty-acid compositions in the seeds of the lines of agenetic collection of cotton plants of the speciesGossypium hirsutum and their hybrids and the variety Tashkent-1. The results obtained on the fatty-acid compositions of some hybrids make it possible to recommend the use of individual lines of cotton plants as donors for improving the food-value indices of cottonseed oil.Institute of Chemsitry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 173–176, March–April, 1991.     

Partial synthesis of octanor-13β-dammarane

The partial synthesis of octanor-13β-dammarane — one of the basic compounds for calculating the effects of substituents in the¹³C NMR spectra of tetracyclic triterpenoids of the dammarane series — has been effected.     

EFATOM two-detector one-photon emission gamma tomograph

The EFATOM two-detector one-photon emission computer tomograph, which is intended for radionuclide diagnostics of the internal organs and systems in the human body, has been designed and tested. A schematic diagram of its software package and detection units is represented. The results of its technical tests are presented. The characteristics of the EFATOM gamma tomograph are compared with its foreign analogs.     

Supramolecular organic frameworks derived from bromoaryl-substituted dichlorodiazabutadienes via Cl···Br halogen bonding

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Mechanisms of nuclear reactions at interaction of cosmic rays with materials and nanostructures

The mechanism of failures of microelectronic elements, caused by ionization of atoms by recoil nuclei and secondary fragments formed at nuclear interactions of cosmic-ray protons and light ions with substance, has been analyzed. Models of nuclear physics are used to calculate the macroscopic failure cross section.