An expeditious,solvent-free synthesis of some 5-aryl-2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles

An efficient, rapid, microwave-accelerated one-step synthesis of some 5-aryl-2-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles by reaction of salicylic hydrazide with carboxylic acids in the presence of thionyl chloride under neat conditions is described. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1264–1267, August, 2007.     

新型热反应大分子单体的合成与表征

溶液法合成了一些低分子量的羟端基低聚苯醚砜,并由相转移催化剂将之转为热反应大分子单体——α,ω-双甲基丙烯酸聚苯醚砜酯;用FTIR、~1H-NMR对其结构进行了表征,GPC、VPO对其分子量进行了分析和测定;用DSC、DTA对聚苯醚砜双烯大分子单体的转变温度、热反应过程进行了测定和分析。     

Comparison of 6Mo/MCM-22 and 6Mo/ZSM-5 in the MDA process

A comparison of methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) on 6Mo/MCM-22 and 6Mo/ZSM-5 was carried out using a gas mixture of 90%CH₄, 2%CO₂ and 8%Ar as the feed. The results indicate that the stability of 6Mo/MCM-22 is better than that of 6Mo/ZSM-5. A detailed study reveals that the ability for coke accommodation and the retention of the shape selectivity for aromatics formation is responsible for the stability of a MDA catalyst. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Relativistic calculations on the ground and excited states of AgH and AuH in cylindrical harmonic confinement

The relativistic ground and low-lying excited state potential energy curves of AgH and AuH in the presence of a cylindrical harmonic confining potential were calculated using the multi-state multi-reference perturbation theory with the spin-free no-pair Hamiltonian obtained via the third-order Douglas–Kroll transformation, incorporated with the full two-electron Breit–Pauli spin–orbit operator. The spectroscopic parameters were obtained for both the scalar- and quasi-relativistic potentials. The spin–orbit coupling constants were calculated for several strengths of the confining potential, and the effects of the applied potential on the coupling constants were analyzed using configuration interaction. This paper is dedicated to Serafín Fraga—colleague, mentor, and friend.     

Drag on two nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube

The boundary effect on the drag on two identical, nonuniformly structured flocs moving along the axis of a cylindrical tube filled with a Newtonian fluid is investigated at a small to medium larger Reynolds number. A two-layer model is adopted to simulate various possible structures of a floc, and the flow field inside is described by Darcy–Brinkman model. The results of numerical simulation reveal that a convective flow is present in the rear region of a floc when Reynolds number is on the order of 40. The presence of the tube wall and/or the porous structure of a floc has the effect of reducing that convective flow. For a fixed level of the volume-average permeability of a floc, the influence of the tube wall on the drag depends upon floc structure; the influence on a nonuniformly structured floc is more significant than that on a uniformly structured floc. The more nonuniform the floc structure, the more appreciable the deviation of the drag coefficient–Reynolds number curve from a Stokes’-law-like relation becomes. The smaller the volume-average permeability of a floc and/or the smaller the separation distance between the two flocs, the greater is the deviation, but the presence of the tube wall has the effect of reducing that deviation.     

Electrochemical monitoring of indigo preparation using Maya’s ancient procedures

The preparation of indigo from Indigofera suffruticosa following the procedures attributed to ancient Mayas was electrochemically monitored using the voltammetry-of-microparticles approach. The mechanism formation of indigotin and indirubin from its precursors, indican and isatan, is discussed. Comparison of voltammetric profiles for differently prepared and commercial indigos and genuine Maya Blue samples suggests that the preparation procedure of indigo changed during the Late Classical Maya period. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

吖啶类衍生物的荧光性质

用比较法测得23种啶类衍生物的荧光量子效率（Φf)，以评估这些化合物的荧光性质，结果表明，N－烃基吖啶酮类化合物的荧光量子效率要比9－取代苯基吖啶类和9－取代苯亚甲基－10－甲基－9，10－二氢吖啶类化合物的荧光量子效率大，在非极性溶剂中，9－聚代苯亚甲基－9，10二氢吖啶分子内的强吸电子基NO2增强荧光量子效率，强推电子基OCH3降低荧光量子效率，这些测量结果与取代基的电子作用经验规律不相符，这种现象可以用分子内电荷转移理论进行解释。     

Elemental analysis of Korean women’s blood serums using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to assess the concentration of the inorganic trace elements in Korean women’s blood serums. It was found that a high concentration of Na and Cl incurs an analytical interference, but the 12 elements such as Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, K, Na, Rb, Se and Zn could be determined under the condition of an interference minimization. Serum samples collected from 63 women were analyzed and the concentration level and range of the elements were evaluated. NIST SRMs were analyzed simultaneously for quality control. The average values of the Na and Cl determined in the serum samples were 3,365 and 3,533 mg/l, Ca was 96.4 mg/l and K was 191 mg/l. Besides, Br, Se and Zn have a concentration level of 6.46, 0.13 and 0.98 mg/l, respectively. It was found that there is no significant difference between the present values and the reported values.     

Characterisation of poly(neutral red) modified carbon film electrodes; application as a redox mediator for biosensors

The polymer redox mediator, poly(neutral red) (PNR), has been synthesised and characterised electrochemically to investigate the best electropolymerisation and mediation conditions for application in enzyme biosensors and to clarify the mechanism of action. Neutral red was electropolymerised by potential cycling on carbon film electrode substrates by allowing the monomer to be oxidised during the full 20 cycles of polymerisation or reducing the positive limit of the potential window after the first 2 cycles to impede monomer oxidation with a view to obtaining longer polymer chains and a lesser degree of branching. Comparison was made with glassy carbon substrates. The PNR films on carbon film electrodes were characterised using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, as well as in glucose biosensors prepared with PNR. Glucose oxidase enzyme was immobilised by encapsulation in silica sol-gel and compared with that obtained by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde. The biosensors were evaluated by chronoamperometry in 0.1 M phosphate buffer saline solution, pH 7.0, and showed evidence of electron transfer between the enzyme cofactor flavin adenine dinucleotide and PNR dissolved in the enzyme layer competing with PNR-mediated electrochemical degradation of H₂O₂ formed during the enzymatic process. This paper is dedicated to Professor Dr. Algirdas Vaskelis on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Potentiometric determination of iron using a fluoride ion-selective electrode-the application of the Apple II-ISE intelligent ion analyzer

A new method for determining iron is based on both nonlinear regression calibration plots and parabolic interpolation using a fluoride ion-selective electrode (ISE) and the Apple II-ISE intelligent ion Analyzer developed by ourselves. The experimental conditions for determining iron are discussed. The appropriate acidity of the experimental solution is pH 3, controlled by total ionic strength adjustment buffer (TISAB) that is composed of glycine (aminoacetic acid), nitric acid and sodium nitrate. The suitable total concentration of fluoride is equal to the highest concentration of iron in the standard series. Because the mathematical model of the method coincides with the experimental data the Apple II-ISE intelligent ion Analyzer can perform data acquisition and data processing, and the performance of fluoride electrode is excellent, the new method for determination of iron is fast and accurate. This method has been used successfully in the determination of iron in mineral samples.