Reaction of ferrocenecarboxylic acid with N,N-disubstituted carbodiimides: synthesis, spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analysis of N,N-disubstituted N-ferrocenoylureas and identification of a one-pot coupling reagent for the formation of ferrocenecarboxamides in a non-aqueous solvent

N,N^′-dicyclohexyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 2, N,N^′-diisopropyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 3, N,N^′-di-p-tolyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 4 and N,N^′-di-tert-butyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 5 were obtained by reaction of ferrocenecarboxylic acid 1 with N,N^′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC), N,N^′-diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC), N,N^′-di-p-tolylcarbodiimide 10 and N,N^′-di-tert-butylcarbodiimide 11, respectively. Both N-tert-butyl-N^′-ethyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 6 and N^′-tert-butyl-N-ethyl-N-ferrocenoylurea 7 were obtained by reaction of 1 with N-tert-butyl-N^′-ethylcarbodiimide 12. In all cases a small amount of ferrocenecarboxylic anhydride 8 was formed as a by-product. All compounds were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, IR and MS. Single crystal X-ray structural analyses were made of 2, 3 and 4. From the consistent results, the reaction products of 1 with carbodiimides appear different from those proposed by some earlier workers. With N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N^′-ethylcarbodiimidehydrochloride 9 ferrocenoylurea was not isolated, but the main product was rather 8. The suitability of 8 as acylation reagent was applied by using 9 to obtain N-(3-triethoxysilyl)-propylferrocenecarboxamide in a one-pot reaction from 1 and 3-(triethoxysilyl)-propylamine.     

A Novel Enhancing Flow-Injection Chemiluminescence Method for the Determination of Glutathione Using the Reaction of Luminol with Hydrogen Peroxide

 A rapid flow-injection method with chemiluminescence (CL) detection is described for the determination of glutathione (GSH). The method is based on the CL reaction of luminol and hydrogen peroxide. GSH can greatly enhance the chemiluminescence intensity in 0.1 mol/L borax–sodium hydroxide buffer solution (pH = 9.7). The maximum CL intensity was directly proportional to the concentration of GSH in the range 3.0 × 10⁻⁷–2.0 × 10⁻⁵ mol/L, and the detection limit was 6.8 × 10⁻⁸ mol/L. The relative standard deviation was 3.4% for 5.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L of GSH (n = 11). Received October 23, 2001; accepted June 18, 2002     

Catalytic oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds with hydrogen peroxide using dinuclear iron complexes

Oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols has been studied in the presence of [Fe(ind)Cl]₂O (1) and [Fe₂(OMe)₂(PAP)Cl₄] (2) (indH = 1,3-bis(2′-pyridylimino)isoindoline; PAP = 1,4-di(2′-pyridyl)aminophthalazine) as catalysts using hydrogen peroxide as primary oxidant. The complexes were found to be suitable catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in acetone as solvent. The reactivity of the alcohols is in the order primary < secondary < cyclic secondary < aromatic. The reaction mechanism in the case of 1 probable involves an iron-based oxidant, while in the case of 2 a free-radical mechanism is suggested.     

Study of amorphous Ni-La-B/g-Al2O3 catalysts for the production of hydrogen peroxide from carbon monoxide, water and oxygen

Summary Novel amorphous Ni-La-B/-Al₂O₃ catalysts have been developed for the production of hydrogen peroxide from carbon monoxide, water and oxygen. The experimental investigation confirmed that the catalyst dried at 120ºC in air shows the best initial activity. The deactivation of amorphous Ni-La-B/-Al₂O₃ catalysts was also studied.     

脲衍生物对环氧树脂/双氰双胺固化体系潜伏性促进作用研究

本文用DSC、TBA、旋转粘度计等手段对一系列不同结构及不同取代基取代的脲衍生物对环氧树脂/双氰双胺固化体系的潜伏性促进作用作了考察。结果表明,其促进效果随脲的α位取代烷基碳原子数增加而减弱,而其β、γ位上的取代基团变换时对促进作用无明显影响。由此得出4,4-二(N,N-二甲基)脲二苯甲烷(简称M-二甲)和2,4-二(N,N-二甲基)脲甲苯(简称T-二甲)二种脲衍生物在本丈所考察的28种化合物中具有最显著的促进效果,其中T-二甲的促进活性略高于M-二甲,它们均可使上述固化体系的固化温度降至130℃左右,含有此促进剂的固化体系即使在30℃下贮存,其粘度保持基本不变的时间仍可达三个月以上。     

超导体Y-Ba-Cu-O复合氧化物催化苯酚羟化反应的研究

利用HZOZ和苹酚联产对苯二醋和邻苯二酚是目前二酚生产领域中比较活跃的课题．长久以来，人们曾利用酸、金属盐、金属配合物等作为催化剂，在均相体系中来研究其对苯酸羟化反应的催化活性．由平均相反应存在着明显的缺点，后来又转向了多相催化剂的开发，先后出现了TSull］TS42     

Chemoselective mono halogenation of β-keto-sulfones using potassium halide and hydrogen peroxide; synthesis of halomethyl sulfones and dihalomethyl sulfones

The synthesis of α-halo β-keto-sulfones using potassium halide and hydrogen peroxide as a chemoselective mono halogenation reagent and the synthesis of α,α-symmetrical and asymmetrical dihalo β-keto-sulfones and α-halo, α-alkyl and β-keto-sulfones is described. Base induced cleavage of α-halo β-keto-sulfones, α,α-dihalo β-keto-sulfones, and α-halo, α-alkyl β-keto-sulfones afforded the corresponding halomethyl sulfones, dihalomethyl sulfones and haloalkyl sulfones.     

Mn(III)-catalyzed oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with hydrogen peroxide

Sulfides were selectively oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides in good yields with hydrogen peroxide using a manganese(III) Schiff-base complex as a catalyst in glacial acetic acid as solvent under mild conditions.     

Analysis of the effects of catalytic bleaching on cotton

Hydrogen peroxide can be catalyzed to bleach cotton fibers at temperatures as low as 30°C by incorporating dinuclear tri-μ-oxo bridged manganese(IV) complex of the ligand 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (MnTACN) as the catalyst in the bleaching solution. The catalytic system was found to be more selective under the conditions applied than the non-catalytic H₂O₂ system, showing better bleaching performance while causing slightly lower decrease in degree of polymerization (DP) of cellulose. In order to gain fundamental knowledge of the bleach effect on cotton fibers and cellulose as its main component, especially after catalytic bleaching, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study surface chemical effects. The Washburn method was applied to investigate wetting properties, and liquid porosity was used to obtain pore volume distribution (PVD) plots. Parallel analyzes performed on model cotton fabric, i.e. “clean” cotton fabric stained with morin - a pigment regularly found in native cotton fiber, helped to differentiate between pigment oxidation and other bleaching effects produced on the (regular) industrially scoured cotton fabric. Bleaching was not limited to the chemical action but also affected cotton fiber capillary parameters most likely due to the removal of non-cellulosic materials as well as chain-shortened cellulose.     

Optical and Bioelectrochemical Characterization of Water‐Miscible Ionic Liquids Based Composites of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Acidic treated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (AMWNTs) were ground with water‐miscible room temperature ionic liquids, 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim]BF₄), and resulted in AMWNTs‐[bmim]BF₄ composite. Its electrical‐ionic conductivity and optical properties were compared with the other two types of carbon materials‐[bmim]BF₄ composites: pyrolytic graphite powder (PGP), pristine multiwalled carbon nanotubes (PMWNTs), through the ac impedance technology and Raman spectroscopy. The impedance data show that AMWNTs‐[bmim]BF₄ composite exhibits the highest conductivity. Raman spectra study exhibits that the [bmim]BF₄ can form gel with PMWNTs and AMWNTs but only form a viscous liquid with PGP. AMWNTs‐[bmim]BF₄ gel modified GC electrode was applied in direct electrochemistry of heme proteins (Hb and HRP) and it catalysis to the reduction of H₂O₂ was investigated.