Oxygen effects on the EPR signals from wood charcoals: experimental results and the development of a model

Charcoals prepared from certain tropical woods contain stable paramagnetic centers, and these have been characterized by EPR spectroscopy in the absence and presence of oxygen. The EPR-detectable spin density has been determined, as has been the temperature- and frequency-dependence of the oxygen broadening of the EPR signal, which is orders of magnitude larger than that observed with other materials, such as lithium phthalocyanine. Three Lorentzian components are required to fit the char EPR spectrum in the presence of oxygen, and the oxygen-dependence of the line width, intensity, and resonance position of the three components have been quantified. These results and the properties of porous carbonaceous materials are used to develop a model to explain the effect of oxygen on the char EPR spectral properties. The model is based on oxygen adsorption on the char surface according to a Langmuir isotherm and a dipolar interaction between the paramagnetic adsorbed gas and the charcoal spins. The three EPR components are correlated with the three known classes (sizes) of pores in charcoal, with the largest line broadening attributed to dipolar relaxation of spins in micropores, which have a larger specific surface area and a higher concentration of adsorbed oxygen. An attenuated, but similar, EPR response to oxygen by chars when they are immersed in aqueous solution is attributed to water competition with oxygen for adsorption on the char surface.     

Selective lithium ion extraction with chromogenic monoaza crown ethers

Two chromogenic monoaza crown ethers were synthesized and investigated for their lithium extraction capabilities. The chromogenic monoaza 14-crown-4 compound exhibited the best selectivity for lithium over sodium; ca. 2800, with a detection limit of 0.08 ppm.     

Chromogenic benzo- and monoaza-12-crown-4, 13-crown-4 and 14-crown-4 lithium-selective crown ethers

Chromogenic benzo-12-crown-4, benzo-13-crown-4 and benzo-14-crown-4 ethers have been compared with monoaza-12-crown-4 and monoazal-13-crown-4 ethers. Of these compounds, monoaza-13-crown-4 exhibited the best analytical characteristics toward the selective determination of lithium. K(ex)Li/K(ex)Na was 525 for the monoaza-crown-4 compound.     

Asymmetric solution-phase mixture aldol reaction using oligomeric ethylene glycol tagged chiral oxazolidinones

Sorting tags are oligomeric structures that can be used as protecting groups or chiral auxiliaries enabling solution-phase mixture syntheses of multiple tagged compounds in one pot and allowing for facile and predictable chromatographic separation of products at the end of synthetic sequences. Perfluorinated hydrocarbon and oligomeric ethylene glycol (OEG) derivatives are known classes of sorting tags. Herein we describe the preparation of OEGylated chiral oxazolidinones and their use in asymmetric solution-phase mixture aldol reactions. Through the use of such oxazolidinones based on tyrosine four different individually tagged aldol adducts were obtained as a mixture, chromatographically demixed, detagged, and it was shown that these processes gave the desired aldol products in good yield and enantioselectivity.     

The spin 12 gravitational anomalous magnetic moment

The gravitational anomalous magnetic moment of a spin $\text{1}\text{2}$ particle is calculated and compared with an earlier dimensional regularization result. The answers disagree although both agree the answer is finite. It is argued that this quantity is not uniquely determined by physical requirements. The methods used are shown to respect the gravitational and electromagnetic gauge invariances. In addition, a physical interpretation of the regularization method employed is offered.     

A novel precipitating auxiliary approach to the purification of Baylis-Hillman adducts

Diaryl alkene alcohol 1 is a 'precipiton', a precipitating auxiliary that is used to aid the isolation of Baylis-Hillman adducts.     

Ho2(Co,Si)17化合物的结构与磁晶各向异性

用三弧Czochralski法和真空电弧熔炼法制备了Ho2Co17-xSix化合物.通过X射线衍射和磁性测量手段研究了化合物的结构与内禀磁性.重点讨论了磁晶各向异性和自旋重取向转变.实验结果表明,Ho2Co17为Th2Ni17型六角结构,在0.5≤x≤3的化合物均为Th2Zn17型菱方结构,能够获得单相2:17型化合物的最大Si含量是x=3.在x≤2的浓度范围,化合物的易磁化方向垂直于c轴.随Si含量增加,化合物的居里温度和Co原子平均磁矩单调减少.根据Ho2Co17-xSix化合物的居里温度和自旋重取向温度,获得了磁相图.根据热磁曲线,确定了温度补偿点.在Ho2Co17化合物中观察到了在1005 K发生自旋重取向转变.