High-field NMR of ethylene—sulfur dioxide copolymers

Copolymers of ethylene and sulfur dioxide containing 40–60 wt-% sulfur dioxide have been analyzed by using 220 MHz high-resolution NMR, and it has been shown that they contain structures of the form, ? SO₂? (CH₂? CH₂)_n? SO₂? , where n is 1, 2, 3, 4, … The relative numbers of structures with n = 1, 2, 3, or 4 and above can be calculated from the NMR spectra. The fraction of ethylenes in longer blocks and the sulfur dioxide contents of the polymers can also be determined from the NMR data. The NMR results indicate that the distribution of ethylenes among the different structures is not that expected for a random copolymerization of ethylene and sulfur dioxide but that the arrangement of these structures within the copolymer is random.     

Extrapolation of real-space quantum chemical calculations from finite-size super cells to the ideal infinite system. I. Theory

A method is proposed how to calculate the correct density matrix of an infinite polymeric chain from that of a standard finite supercell calculation. The density matrix of the finite supercell is transformed into k-space for all k-values allowed by the periodic boundary conditions. The k-dependent matrices are then unitarily transformed, with each unitary matrix being represented by a set of complex rotation matrices. It is shown that the corresponding angles can be interpolated and extrapolated toward the zone boundaries in a straghtforward manner and that this extrapolation can be done from any finite supercell with reasonable accuracy. This gives rise to an infinite system density matrix for which all fundamental properties are guaranteed by construction. This infinite system density matrix may be used to construct a corrected density matrix for the finite supercell calculation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Synthesis of 4- and 6-methyl derivatives of 5,7-dioxo(4h,6h)-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine based on methylbarbituric acids,spectroscopic characteristics and acidity constants

We have obtained previously unknown 1-methyl- and 1,3-dimethyl-5-diethylaminothiocarbonylthiobarbituric acids by reaction of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate with 5-phenyliodonium betaines of 1-methyl- and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acids. Cyclization of these compounds upon heating in conc. H₂SO₄ gives methyl-substituted 5,7-dioxo(4H,6H)-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2-diethylimmonium hydrosulfates; the derivative of 1-methylbarbituric acid forms a mixture of 4-methyl- and 6-methyl-substituted compounds (21). We isolated perchlorates of 4-methyl- and 4,6-dimethyl-substituted derivatives in pure form. By treatment of the immonium salt with sodium sulfide or selenide, we obtained 4-methyl- and 4,6-dimethyl-5,7-dioxo(4H,6H)-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2-thiones and 4-methyl-, 6-methyl-, and 4,6-dimethyl-2-selenones. We characterized the isomeric 4- and 6-methyl-substituted selenones by electronic absorption spectra and ionization constants (7.65 and 4.0). The differences in the pK values and in the electronic absorption spectra makes it possible to distinguish the substitution site in N-mono-substituted derivatives of 5,7-dioxo(4H,6H)-1,3-dithiolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1526–1533, November, 1993.     

Continuum wavefunctions for morse molecules

The properties of continuum wavefunctions for the regions of Morse potentials above the dissociation limit are discussed in the context of photodissociation processes of diatomic molecules.     

über Katalysatoren- und Fermentmodelle (1)

Ohne Zusammenfassung Die Arbeit wurde aus Mitteln des Marshall-Planes (ERP-Mittel) und mit Spenden aus dem „Fonds Chemie“ ausgeführt. Wir sprechen den zust?ndigen Stellen für die Gew?hrung der Beihilfe unseren verbindlichsten Dank aus. Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft danken wir für die überlassung einer Ultrazentrifuge, den Behring-Werken für die uns zur Verfügung gestellten Serumalbumin- und -globulin-Pr?parate.     

Zur kritischen Lösungstemperatur einiger Systeme mit zweibasischen organischen Säuren

Zusammenfassung Fischers Methode der Mikrountersuchung der kritischen Mischungs-temperatur hat grundsätzlich neue Wege in der Analyse binärer und ternärer Flüssigkeitsgemische eröffnet.In dieser Arbeit wurde versucht, für die homologe Reihe: Oxalsäure-Malonsäure-Bernsteinsäure durch Ermittlung der Mischungslückendiagramme Zusammenhänge zwischen den beim sogenannten 'Makroversuch und den bei der Mikrobestimmung auf dem Kofler-Heiztisch herrschenden Verhältnissen aufzuzeigen und gleichzeitig eine brauchbare Schnellmethode für die Bestimmung wässeriger Lösungen der untersuchten Säuren zu finden.Weiters wurden die Unterschiede, die sich zwischen den Maximalwerten der Mischungslückendiagramme, ihren volumgleichen Temperaturwerten und den Werten der auf dem Heiztisch gefundenen Mikroeichkurve experimentell erfaßt und diskutiert.Es sei besonders im Falle der Oxalsäure auf die obgenannten Unterschiede hingewiesen. Im Schaubild sieht man die Eichkurve nachFischer als Gerade, um die herum sich die Werte der Maxima und die volumgleichen Werte sozusagen als 'periodische Funktionen legen. Diese Werte sind also nicht immer eindeutige Funktionen der Konzentration der betreffenden Lösung. Die Temperaturwerte des Mischungsverhältnisses 50 50 (die ja für die Aufstellung analytisch brauchbarer Eichkurven überhaupt als einzige in Betracht kämen) wurden übrigens bei der Anilinpunktbestimmung zur Prüfung von Kraftstoffen praktisch verwertet¹³. Die Mikrobestimmung in der Kapillare ist wegen der an anderer Stelle besprochenen Vorzüge jedem Makroverfahren überlegen.

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Summary Fischer's method of micro investigation of the critical mixing temperature has revealed completely new ways in the analysis of binary and ternary mixtures of liquids.By determining the miscibility gap diagram, attempts were made to discover the connections between the so-called macro-trial and the microdetermination using the Kofler heating stage, and at the same time to discover a rapid method for determining aqueous solutions of the acids under investigation, which belonged to the homologous series: oxalic, malonic, succinic acids.Furthermore, the differences which were found between the maximal values of the miscibility gap diagram, their volume-equal temperature values, and the values of the micro calibration curve found on the heated stage were discussed.Special emphasis is given to these differences in the case of oxalic acid. In the diagram, the calibration curve afterFischer appears as a straight line about which are situated the values of the maxima and the volume-equal values so-to-say as periodic functions. These values are not always therefore unequivocal functions of the concentration of the solution in question. The temperature values of the miscibility ratios (5050), which in fact are the only ones that could be considered in the construction of analytically usable calibration curves, were also evaluated in practice in the determination of the aniline point for testing motor fuels¹³. Because of the advantages discussed elsewhere, the micro determination in a capillary is superior to any macro method.

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Résumé La méthode deFischer de microdéterminations de la température critique de mélange a ouvert de nouvelles voies fondamentales à l'analyse des mélanges liquides binaires et ternaires.Dans le travail présenté l'auteur cherche à montrer, pour la série homologue acide oxalique, acide malonique, acide succinique, par l'établissement des diagrammes de discontinuité des mélanges, les relations existant entre les conditions de la «macrodétermination» et celles de le microdétermination avec le banc chauffant de Kofler; simultanément il s'efforce de mettre au point une méthode rapide de dosage des solutions aqueuses des acides considérés.Par ailleurs il a mis en évidence et discuté les différences qui se manifestent expérimentalement entre, d'une part, les valeurs maxima des diagrammes de discontinuité des mélanges et les valeurs des températures à volume constant et d'autre part les valeurs trouvées pour la courbe de micro étalonnage sur banc chauffant.L'auteur a particulièrement étudié ces différences dans le cas de l'acide oxalique. Sur la figure on voit que la courbe d'étalonnage d'aprèsFischer est une droite tandis que les valeurs des maxima et les valeurs des températures à volume constant se présentent comme des fonctions «périodiques». Il en résulte que ces valeurs ne sont pas toujours des fonctions univoques de la concentration de la solution considérée. Les valeurs de la température pour le rapport de mélange 50/50 (qui pour l'établissement de courbes d'étalonnage utilisables en analyse doivent être exclusivement frites en considération) ont été en outre pratiquement utilisées pour le contrôle de la détermination du point d'aniline de carburants¹³. La microdétermination en capillaire, du fait d'avantages qui sont décrits dans une autre publication, est supérieure à toute macro-technique.

     

Use of reference pools to compare the qualitative and quantitative determination of polychlorinated biphenyls by packed and capillary gas chromatography with electron capture detection. Part 1. Serum

Serum for reference pools of in vivo polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was obtained from four goats that had received one dose (100 mg kg-1) of a selected technical Aroclor (AR) (1016, 1242, 1254 or 1260) and were allowed to recover for 30 d. These pools were used to assess the differences in an analytical method that determines and quantifies PCBs using packed-column gas chromatography (PCGC) (quantified on the basis of mean mass percent. data for grouped PCB peaks) and capillary-column gas chromatography (CCGC) (quantified on the basis of percent. composition data for specific congeners). With CCGC, results were statistically significantly different (p less than or equal to 0.0002) from results with PCGC for ARs 1016, 1242 and 1254 but not for AR 1260 (p = 0.23). When comparing these gas chromatographic methods using bovine serum spiked in vitro with the same ARs at 17-25 p.p.b., it was found that the methods were not statistically significantly different for any of the ARs (p = 0.30-0.92). Levels of serum PCB determined by the two methods for 12 persons, divided into two groups according to exposure, were compared using the paired t-test. Group 1 consisted of three persons with dietary and/or environmental exposure; one with dietary and/or environmental exposure in addition to occupational exposure dating back 20 years. Group 2 consisted of eight persons with recent occupational exposure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Building mass spectrometers and a philosophy of research

Development of the techniques of ion kinetic energy spectrometry and mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry is described. The extension of these concepts to the method of tandem mass spectrometry for direct mixture analysis is traced, and a rationale for the construction of hybrid mass spectrometers is presented. Collisions of polyatomic ions with surfaces are discussed as an outgrowth of gaseous collisions. An attempt is made to describe a philosophy of research that guided the construction of a dozen mass spectrometers and the exploration of organic ion chemistry in as many contexts.     

Circular dichroism—LXVIII compounds from valerian—XII: On the chiroptical properties of valepotriates and related compounds

The CD of saturated iridoids containing a 2.9-dioxatricyclo[4.3.1.03,7] decan skeleton derived from valepotriates is determined by the acetal chromophore. For the less symmetric ring system of 1,6-anhydro hexapyranoses the sign of this CD is predictable. The vicinal effect for enones and diketones in this series is appreciable. A new rule for the correlation between the CD around 190–205 nm of enol ethers and their absolute conformation is given; the same reasoning is applicable to explain the known rules for cisoid and transoid vinyl cyclo-propanes.