Phase diagram and X-ray diffraction analysis of the acrylic acid–acrylamide system

The phase diagram of the acrylic acid–acrylamide system as determined by DTA and the supporting x-ray diffraction data are presented. This diagram shows that the system forms a 1 : 1 addition compound which decomposes above 0°C. There is also one eutectic point at a 67 mole-% acrylic acid composition.     

Über die Konstitution eines Nebenalkaloides aus Adhatoda vasica Nees

Zusammenfassung Das in der vorangehenden Mitt. vonE. Späth undF. Gandini-Kesztler beschriebene Nebenalkaloid wird auf synthetischem Wege mit dem 6-Hydroxy-peganin identifiziert. Die phenolische OH-Gruppe steht also, bezogen auf Formel III, nicht an der Stelle, welche dem CH₃O des Harmins entspricht.     

Accurate local spin-polarized exchange potential: Reconciliation of generalized Slater and Kohn–Sham methods

Using simple physical arguments, a local spin-polarized exchange potential, V_xσ, is constructed from the single-particle Hartree–Fock (HF ) potentials (generalized Slater method) that reduces to the usual Kohn–Sham (KS ) result in the uniform gas limit. Numerical results for 10 closed subshell atoms demonstrate that the total energy calculated employing this V_xσ is closer to the exact KS results than those of other standard exchange approximations with electron densities and highest occupied orbital eigenvalues that closely approximate the HF results.     

Skeletal reactions of perfluoromethylethyl- and perfluorodiethylbenzocyclobutenes with 1,1- and 1,2-alkyl groups in SbF5

Taking perfluoro-1,1-dialkylbenzocyclobutenes as examples, it has been shown to be possible to enlarge the four-membered ring in polyfluorobenzocyclobutenes to five-membered in the presence of SbF₅, by cleavage of the four-membered ring followed by cyclization of the resulting polyfluorostyrene to the polyfluoroindane, which then undergoes further reactions. Perfluoro-1-methyl-1-ethylbenzocyclobutene isomerizes at 50°C in the presence of SbF₅ to perfluoro-,-o -trimethylstyrene, which is reversibly converted at 130°C into perfluoro-1,2-dimethylindane. Perfluoro-l,l-diethylbenzocyclobutene isomerizes at 130°C in the presence of SbF₅ to give perfluoro- -ethyl-,o -dimethylstyrene, which at 170°C gives perfluoro-2-methyl-3-ethylindene- and perfluoro-2-methyl-3-ethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindene. The last two compounds, together with perfluoro-o-dipropylbenzene, are obtained from per fluoro-1,2-diethylbenzocyclobutene-with SbF₅ at 170°C. From perfluoro-1-methyl-2-ethylbenzocyclobutene with SbF₅ at 95°C there is obtained perfluoro-1-ethylindane, while at 130°C, in addition to the latter compound, there are obtained perfluorinated 1,1-dimethylindane, 1,2-dimethylindane, ,,o-trimethylstyrene, 2,3-dimethylindene, and 2,3-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindene.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1114–1120, May, 1990.     

Electrochemical reductive breakdown of solid-phase chlorinated rubber in aprotic and aqueous media

A study has been made of the electrochemical reductive breakdown (ECRB) of solid-phase chlorinated butyl rubber (CBR). It has been established that CBR does not accept electrons under conditions of fast sweep of electrode potential; however, with prolonged cathodic polarization of the substrate at the polymer/cathode/solution three-phase boundary, it undergoes reduction and subsequent chemical conversion, including intermolecular cross-linking and breakdown of the macromolecules. The rate of ECRB of the CBR depends on the potential and materials of the cathode, and also on the nature of the solvent. In a aprotic medium, the process of CBR breakdown leads to the formation of long polyconjugated structures that color its surface black in the vicinity of the three-phase boundary. In an aqueous medium, no such color is observed, but the products of ECRB are found to contain conjugated double bonds with a shorter conjugation chain than in the case of the aprotic medium. It has been established that he starting reaction in ECRB of CBR is reduction of the C-Cl bond and subsequent elimination of Cl^–.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 710–715, November–December, 1989.     

Isolation of a urease from watermelon seeds and the study of its properties

The enzyme urease has been isolated from the seeds of the watermelon of the Ogonek variety and has been characterized. The molecular weight of a rechromatographed sample of the enzyme has been determined as 480,000. The pH dependence of the activity of the urease and the kinetic parameters of the enzyme have been studied.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of the Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, Khar'kov. Vitaminy Scientific-Production Amalgamation, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 624–628, September–October, 1983.     

Thermodynamische Untersuchungen im System Gold—Cadmium, 2. Mitt.

Liquidus and solidus curves of the -AuCd phase were determined byDTA measurements. -AuCd has a congruent melting point of 629.5°C at 47 at% Cd with no signs of other minima or maxima in the liquidus curve between 43 and 51 at% Cd. Liquid and solid Au–Cd alloys were investigated by theemf method between 40 and 90 at% Cd and 653–973 K. A consistent set of integral thermodynamic data for liquid and for solid alloys of the entire Au–Cd system were calculated at 1000 and at 700K, resp., using values taken from the literature. Partial molar entropies of Cd of solid -AuCd and of liquid alloys in the same concentration range were compared and discussed with respect to ordering phenomena in solid and liquid alloys.

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Kinetics of cooperative conformational transitions of lineal biopolymers

Cooperative conformational transitions of proteins and nucleic acids are of decisive importance to many processes of molecular biology, and particularly to their regulation. They proceed via numerous interdependent elementary processes, and their kinetics are therefore often complicated. They are frequently also very fast. However, kinetic analyses can be carried out by chemical relaxation methods. The theoretical interpretation is comparatively simple in the case of linear biopolymers. When the linear Ising model extended for kinetics was applied to model peptides and polynucleotides, it provided an insight into the fundamental principles of cooperative transformations.     

Kinetic study of copper(II) complexation with 9-ethyl-3-carbazolecarboxaldehyde-thiosemicarbazone and kinetic-spectrophotometric determination of copper(II)

The kinetics of complexation reaction of Cu(II) with 9-ethyl-3-carbazolecarboxaldehyde-thiosemicarbazone (ECCAT) has been examined spectrophotometrically. The ligand was synthesized for the first time. The complexation reaction was carried out in a DMF-water medium at 35°C. The complex has maximum absorbance at 393 nm. Kinetic and activation parameters of the complexation reaction were calculated by the Arrhenius and Eyring equations using the data obtained from investigating the effect of temperature on reaction rates under the specified conditions. We also proposed reaction rate equations. Based on the studied complexation reaction, a simple kinetic method for the spectrophotometric determination of copper(II) has been developed. The calibration graphs are linear in the concentration range 0.2–1.9 μg/mL. The species that caused interference were investigated. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Epoxy Composites Modified with Finely Dispersed Fillers

The thermal stability and mechanical strength of composites based on ED-20 epoxy oligomer cured with isomethyltetrahydrophthalic and methylendic anhydrides was studied as influenced by the nature and properties of finely dispersed inorganic fillers, such as carbon black, aluminum oxide, and silica nanoparticles.