Polarography as a tool in organic analysis

Summary Rapid indirect polarographic and visual micromethods have been developed for the determination of the quinone and azoxy groups by reduction with titanium(III) at pH values of 3 and 5.5, respectively. The excess of reductant is first determined polarographically followed by visual back-titration of the same solution with iron(III) using thiocyanate as indicator a drop of neutral red is added in case of the quinone function. Although the results obtained by the two finishes are of approximately the same order of accuracy (±0.46%), yet the polarographic finish proved to be of more general applicability particularly for quinones that give rise, after reduction, to a variety of colours on adding the iron(III) solution.

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Anwendung der Polarographie in der organischen AnalyseIV. Bestimmung von Chinon- und Azoxygruppen durch Reduktion mit Titan(III)

Zusammenfassung Zur schnellen Bestimmung von Chinon- und Azoxygruppen durch Reduktion mit Titan(III) bei pH 3 bzw. 5,5 werden indirekte polarographische und visuelle Mikromethoden beschrieben. Der Überschuß an Reduktionsmittel wird zunächst polarographisch und anschließend volumetrisch durch Rücktitration mit Eisen(III)-lösung bestimmt, wobei Thiocyanat (bei der Chinongruppe noch zusätzlich Neutralrot) als Indicator dient. Beide Ergebnisse weisen etwa dieselbe Genauigkeit auf (±0,46%); doch ist die polarographische Methode allgemeiner anwendbar, besonders bei Chinonen, die nach der Reduktion auf Zusatz Eisen(III) verschiedenartige Färbungen hervorrufen.

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Part III: Mikrochim. Acta 1969, 44.     

Structure and stability of endohedral X@Si20H20 complexes (X = Li, Na, K, Be, Mg, Ca)

The structure and stability of endohedral X@Si₂₀H₂₀ complexes (X = Li^0/+, Na^0/+, K^0/+, Be^0/2+, Mg^0/2+, Ca^0/2+) have been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of density functional theory. It is found that complexes with X = Na^0/+, K^0/+, Mg and Ca^0/2+ are energy minimum structures with X at the cage center in I_h symmetry, while those with X = Li^0/+, Be^0/2+, Mg²⁺ have off-centered structures with X towards one pentagon face in C_5v symmetry. Large electron or charge transfer between the Si₂₀H₂₀ cage and the encapsulated X has been observed.     

Foliosidine acetonide

Summary Foliosidine acetonide has been isolated from the mixture of alkaloids fromH. foliosum.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 724–727, November–December, 1970.     

Glycosides from ginseng roots IV. Isolation of new glycosides from ginseng

Summary 1. New glycosides — panaxosides C, D, E, and F — have been isolated from the root of ginseng by partition chromatography.2. The glycosides of ginseng contain genins of two groups: the first consists of the genins of panaxosides A, B, and C, and the second of those of panaxosides D, E, and F. When panaxosides D, E, and F are hydrolyzed, panaxadiol is formed as the main product of the decomposition of the genins.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 82–86, 1965     

Thermal decomposition of 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulphone

The thermal decomposition of 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulphone (DDS) was studied by thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry and thermal volatilisation analysis. Solid residues, high-boiling and gaseous products of degradation were collected at each step of thermal decomposition and analysed by infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

On programmed heating at normal pressure, DDS starts to evaporate at 250°C. Thermal decomposition, which probably proceeds through homolytic scission of the S-C bond is simultaneously observed. The resulting sulphonyl radicals provoke polymerisation and cross-linking of the solid residue which undergoes a limited degradation at 350°C with elimination of heteroatoms N and S as volatile moieties. Above 400°C, the residue undergoes a complex charring process leading to an aromatic char typical of carbonised aromatic polymers.     

Determination of cerium in fission products by extraction with di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid

Summary The extraction of cerium, oxidized to the tetravalent state, from nitric acid medium by di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid in hexane was studied. The effect of nitric acid concentration, agent concentration, oxidizer amount, and carrier concentration on the yield of cerium extraction was investigated and the optimum conditions of the extraction were found. Under these conditions, the reproducibility of the method was determined and the extraction of other fission products (Sr, Cs, Zr, and Ru) was also tested. The procedure was verified by the determination of cerium in artificial and real mixtures of fission products.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurden Untersuchungen angestellt über die Extraktion von vierwertigem Cer aus salpetersaurer Lösung mit Hilfe von Di-(2-äthylhexyl)-phosphorsäure in Hexan. Im einzelnen wurde der Einfluß der Konzentration an Salpetersäure, Reagens, Oxydationsmittel und Träger auf die Extraktionsausbeute geprüft und die optimalen Bedingungen festgelegt. Weiterhin wurde die Reproduzierbarkeit des Verfahrens bestimmt und bei der Anwendung auf künstliche und natürliche Gemische von Spaltprodukten das Verhalten der anderen Elemente (Sr, Cs, Zr, Ru) untersucht.

     

Light olefin production from CO/H2 over silica supported Fe/Mn/K catalysts derived from a bimetallic carbonyl anion, [Fe2Mn(CO)12]?

Fe/Mn/K catalysts derived from support of the anionic carbonyl, [Fe₂Mn(CO)₁₂]^– on silica were compared with catalysts prepared by aqueous impregnation methods, and found to be more selective for production of C₂–C₄ olefins. Addition of K had little effect, whereas variations in reaction conditions altered selectivity owing to secondary reactions of the alkene products.

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Fe/Mn/K, , [Fe₂Mn(CO)₁₂]^–, , , , C₂–C₄. , , .

     

In-situ HEED structure analysis of AlNx films grown by the simultaneous use of a radical beam source and ICB technique

A reactive ionized cluster beam technique (RICB) which was composed of a conventional ICB source and a radical beam source has been used to deposit stable and metastable polycrystalline AlN_x (0x1) films. Using in-situ high energy electron diffraction (HEED) at grazing incidence geometry, crystallographic properties such as structure, preferred orientation and interplanar dspacing values were determined and the relation to deposition parameters investigated. It could be shown that the simultaneous use of the ICB technique and a radical beam source to separately control the kinetic energy of the Al ions and the dissociation rate of molecular nitrogen, allows AlN films to be deposited with variable composition and crystal structures. In-situ HEED used in the transmission mode is an effective tool to investigate the crystallography of growing compound films such as AlN_x.     

Formation of allyl radicals in the adsorption of propylene on zinc oxide

It has been found by the ESR technique that the adsorption of propylene on zinc oxide leads to the formation of a -allyl radical. It is suggested that the radical species of the surface allyl compound on this catalyst is responsible for its high selectivity in the dehydroaromatization of propylene to benzene.

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Thermal decomposition of 10-molybdo-2-vanadosilicic heteropolyacid:29Si and51V-NMR study

Thermal decomposition of 10-molybdo-2-vanadosilicic heteropolyacid has been studied by²⁹Si and⁵¹V-NMR method.²⁹Si-NMR MAS spectra of solid samples indicate that the HPA begins to decompose at T<300°C and the decomposition is complete at 300–400°C.

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²⁹Si ⁵¹V Si–Mo-V () 12- . ²⁹Si MAS , 300°C 300–400°C.