Stereoselective and facile total synthesis of (+)-goniodiol,a styryllactone from carbohydrates

The stereoselective synthesis of (+)-goniodiol, a cytotoxic styryllactone, has been accomplished in 10 steps starting from inexpensive and readily available d-manitol and δ-gluconolactone involving the direct and straightforward reaction conditions of Grignard addition, chain elongation, and hydroboration, thus making the synthesis simple and convenient.     

Stabilization of ferromagnetism in Mn doped ZnO with C co-doping

We present a method for stabilizing ferromagnetism in Mn doped ZnO. We find that Mn doped ZnO show anti-ferromagnetic order in the absence of additional carriers. When Mn doped ZnO is co-doped with C atom at O sites ferromagnetic state gets stabilized. The C doping creates holes which leads to stabilization of ferromagnetic state via hole mediated double exchange mechanism.     

Characterization and Control of Residual Stress and Curvature in Anodically Bonded Devices and Substrates with Etched Features

While anodic bonding is commonly used in a variety of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) applications, devices and substrates that incorporate this processing technique are often subjected to significant residual stress and curvature that create post-processing and reliability issues. Here, using an anisothermal anodic bonding procedure, residual stresses and the resulting wafer curvature in these structures are controlled by varying the initial bond temperatures of the silicon and Pyrex wafers independently. Residual stresses are quantified by measuring bulk wafer curvature and, locally, stress concentrations are measured using infrared photoelasticity accompanied by 3-D thermomechanical finite element analysis. Based on the good agreement between numerical predictions and experimental results, this process can be used to determine the bulk post-bond wafer curvature and to reduce the likelihood of structural failure at these sites, by changing the residual stresses from tensile in nature, which may drive initiation and growth of cracks, to compressive, which can suppress such failures.     

Synthesis of C–N nanotube blocks and Y-junctions in bamboo-like C–N nanotubes

We report the observations made on the synthesis and characterization of C–N nanotube blocks and Y-junctions in bamboo-like C–N nanotubes. The C–N nanotube Blocks have been synthesized by pyrolyzing the mixture of silver nitrate acetonitrile solution and ferrocene benzene solution. The structural/microstructural characterization of the as-synthesized material has been done using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis has been carried out to confirm the presence of nitrogen in nanotubes. These investigations reveal the formation of blocks of bamboo-like nanotubes having the dimension 300 × 200 × 30 μm and the diameter is 20–50 nm. We also observe the formation of Y-junctions in bamboo-like nanotubes as we spray the acetonitrile ferrocene and AgNO₃ mixture. The length of the synthesized Y-junction nanotube bundles is ~2 μm. Some more complex Ψ-shaped junctions are also found to be present. The diameters of the Y-junction nanotubes is ~80 nm at the junction and 25–50 nm at the branches.     

Studies of the reactions of thiocyanate ion with pentammine dinitrogen ruthenium(II) dibromide at different temperatures

The salts of the linkage isomers of thiocyanatopentammineruthenium(III) [Ru(NH₃)₅(NCS)]²⁺, [Ru(NH₃)₅(SCN)]²⁺ and dithiocyanatotetrammineruthenium(III) [Ru(NH₃)₄(NCS)₂]⁺ along with those of tetrathiocyanatodiammineruthenate(III) [Ru(NH₃)₂(SCN)₄]^? have been synthesized. The insoluble polymeric complex [Ru(NH₃)₂(SCN)₂]_n has also been prepared. The compounds have been characterized by chemical analyses, spectral (IR, UV and visible), magnetic susceptibility, conductivity, cyclic voltammetry and chromatography studies.     

Ab initio evaluation of oxidation numbers in some substituted benzenes

Giambiagi’s definition of oxidation number of an atom in a molecule has been applied successfully in theab initio SCF theory to calculate oxidation numbers using STO-3G and 4–31G basis sets for some substituted benzenes involving -F, -OH, -CH₃ and -NH₂ as substituents. The present study suggests that the oxidation numbers also seem to be indicative of their orientational behaviour like the net atomic charges.     

Raman and infrared spectra of tere-phthalaldehyde

The laser Raman spectrum of tere-phthalaldehyde powder has been recorded on a Jobin Yvonhg 2S spectrophotometer with a~100 mW Argon-Ion laser. The infrared spectrum of the solid substance has been recorded on a Perkin-Elmer 621 spectrophotometer in the region 300–4000 cm^-1 using KBr and nujol mull techniques. The observed frequencies have been assigned in terms of the fundamentals, overtones and combinations assumingD _2h point-group symmetry.     

Jet produced by collapse of conical free surface of a metal by plane shock wave

Theoretical and experimental investigations of metal-jets, produced by interaction of a plane shock wave with a conical cavity at free surface of metals like aluminium, copper and mild steel, have been carried out and an attempt has been made to correlate the jet velocity with shock parameters. The velocity of the jet, obtained from the cavity of different half angles have been mostly measured with oscillographic technique. The experimental results agree with theory within experimental variations. The velocity of the jet increases monotonically with the particle velocity but decreases with increase in the angle of the cavity.     

Ultrasonic study on binary liquid mixtures between some bromoalkanes and hydrocarbons

Densities and ultrasound velocities for the binary mixtures of 1-bromobutane+benzene and 1,4-dimethylbenzene and of 1-bromopentane+cyclohexane and benzene have been measured at 308.15 K. Adiabatic compressibilities (beta(ad)), and Wada's constants (W) have also been evaluated as a function of composition. The ultrasound velocities decrease, attains a minimum and then increase with increase in mole fractions of hydrocarbons in the binary mixtures except in the case of 1-bromopentane+benzene binary mixtures where the variation is just the reverse. Dependence of adiabatic compressibilities with mole fractions of hydrocarbons is sigmoid. The non-ideal behaviour of the systems studied is explained on the basis of dipole-induced dipole interactions.