Synthesis of shikalkin and certain related compounds

A successful total synthesis of a biologically active pigment from plants of the Boraginaceae family was carried out with naphthazarine as the starting material, and using the 1,4,5,8-tetramethoxynaphthalene, the corresponding 2-vinyl derivative and its epoxide or a cyclopropane adduct with diazoacetic ester at the key stages. In the course of developing the scheme of the synthesis of shikalkin, its three analogs were obtained, differing in the nature of the monoterpenoid side chain.For preliminary report, see [1].Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok. N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1901–1910, August, 1992.     

Synthesis,structures and mass spectrometry of lanthanide nitrate complexes with tricyclohexylphosphine oxide

The complexes Ln(NO₃)₃(OPCy₃)₃(EtOH)_x (Cy = cyclohexyl, C₆H₁₁x = 0 for Ln = Eu, Er, x = 0.5 for Ln = La, Nd and x = 1 for Ln = Tm, Yb) have been prepared by reaction of lanthanide nitrates with Cy₃PO in ethanol. The single crystal X-ray structures for Ln = La, Nd, Eu, Er, Tm and Yb are reported. The structures for Ln = La–Eu have two molecules in the unit cell in which the nitrates are all bound as bidentate ligands. The unit cell for Ln = Er contains two distinct molecules; one with three bidentate nitrates and one with two bidentate and one monodentate nitrate. The Tm and Yb complexes have one molecule in the unit cell with two bidentate and one monodentate nitrate ligands. The monodentate nitrates are hydrogen bonded to ethanol in the Tm and Yb structures but not in the Er complex. The infrared spectra of the three classes of complex do not readily permit identification of the monodentate nitrate groups. Electrospray mass spectrometry indicates that redistribution/ionisation reactions occur in solution. Ions formed by solvolysis reactions are attributed to gas phase processes associated with the electrospray technique. Tandem mass spectrometry for the La, Ho and Yb complexes shows that in the gas phase loss of Cy₃PO is the sole fragmentation pathway for all but the Yb complex where the higher energy required for initial fragmentation leads to a more complex fragmentation pattern.     

碳热还原制备不同形貌的碳化硅纳米线

以酚醛树脂为碳源，正硅酸乙酯为硅源，硝酸镧和表面活性剂为调控剂，通过溶胶-凝胶和碳热还原反应制备了不同形貌的碳化硅纳米线。采用X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和X射线散射能谱对所制备的碳化硅纳米线进行表征。结果表明，通过此方法所制备的碳化硅纳米线均为立方结构的β-SiC，分别具有直线状、竹节状和链珠状、分枝状等不同形貌。金属催化剂和表面活性剂对碳化硅纳米线的结构和形貌变化有重要影响。     

原子吸收光谱法间接测定叶酸的含量

在pH5．0的NaOAc-HOAc缓冲溶液中，过量的硝酸银完全沉淀叶酸，用原子吸收光谱法测定剩余的硝酸银，间接计算出叶酸的含量。方法简单快速，回收率在98％～104％之间，相对标准偏差为2．4％。     

聚-4,7-二硫杂壬基倍半硅氧烷铂配合物的合成及其对烯烃硅氢加成反应的催化性能

4,7-二硫杂壬基三甲氧基硅烷以气相法二氧化硅固载化,再与氯亚铂酸钾反应,合成了气相法二氧化硅固载的聚-4,7-二硫杂壬基倍半硅氧烷铂配合物。该配合物用量为烯烃摩尔数十万分之一时,仍能有效地催化烯烃与三乙氧基硅烷的硅氢加成反应,单程烯烃转化数可达80,000。     

The construction and evaluation of a high pressure manifold and vessels for a Calvet type microcalorimeter

A Setaram C-80 calorimeter has been modified in order to measure the heat flow of energetic materials at pressures up to 69 MPa. A manifold and sample cells capable of operating at high pressure were designed, constructed and evaluated. This paper will describe, in detail, the high pressure manifold construction, safety assessment and calibration. As well, the results for initial trials with ammonium nitrate (AN), and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) at various pressures and heating rates will be discussed.     

富锂掺杂Li1.06Co0.05Cr0.1Mn1.85O4的合成及电化学性能研究

锂离子电池具有比能量高、功率大、使用寿命长、无记忆效应、性能价格比高等优点,从而成为可充式电源的主要选择对象.锰由于资源丰富、价廉、环境友好等优点,使锰酸锂(LiMn2O4)成为最有希望取代钴酸锂的正极材料.但锰酸锂的放电容量相对较低,结构欠稳定,容量衰减严重,作为正极材料还无法与钴酸锂相比,近年来做了大量的研究工作以改善它的电化学性能[1～6].最近Youngjoon Shin等研究发现[7]用少量的Li与Ni共同替代LiMn2O4中的Mn得到的LiMn2-2yLiyNiyO4的电化学性能要优于单元素替代的LiMn2-xMxO4(M=Li,Cr,Fe,Co,Ni)的电化学性能.     

Boiling Temperature and Reversed Deliquescence Relative Humidity Measurements for Mineral Assemblages in the NaCl + NaNO3 + KNO3 + Ca(NO3)2 + H2O System

Boiling temperature measurements have been made at ambient pressure for saturated ternary solutions of NaCl + KNO₃ + H₂O, NaNO₃ + KNO₃ + H₂O, and NaCl + Ca(NO₃)₂ + H₂O over the full composition range, along with those of the single salt systems. Boiling temperatures were also measured for the four component NaCl + NaNO₃ + KNO₃ + H₂O and five component NaCl + NaNO₃ + KNO₃ + Ca(NO₃)₂ + H₂O mixtures, where the solute mole fraction of Ca(NO₃)₂, x{Ca(NO₃)₂}, was varied between 0 and 0.25. The maximum boiling temperature found for the NaCl + KNO₃ + H₂O system is ≈134.9 ^∘C; for the NaNO₃ + KNO₃ + H₂O system is ≈165.1 ^∘C at x(NaNO₃) ≈ 0.46 and x(KNO₃) ≈ 0.54; and for the NaCl + Ca(NO₃)₂ + H₂O system is 164.7 ± 0.6 ^∘C at x{NaCl} ≈ 0.25 and x{Ca(NO₃)₂} ≈ 0.75. The NaCl + NaNO₃ + KNO₃ + Ca(NO₃)₂ + H₂O system forms molten salts below their maximum boiling temperatures and the temperatures corresponding to the cessation of boiling (dry-out temperatures) of these liquid mixtures were determined. These dry-out temperatures range from ≈300 ^∘C when x{Ca(NO₃)₂} = 0 to ≥ 400 ^∘C when x{Ca(NO₃)₂} = 0.20 and 0.25. Mutual deliquescence/efflorescence relative humidity (MDRH/MERH) measurements were also made for the NaNO₃ + KNO₃ and NaCl + NaNO₃ + KNO₃ salt mixture from 120 to 180 ^∘C at ambient pressure. The NaNO₃ + KNO₃ salt mixture has a MDRH of 26.4% at 120 ^∘C and 20.0% at 150 ^∘C. This salt mixture also absorbs water at 180 ^∘C, which is higher than expected from the boiling temperature experiments. The NaCl + NaNO₃ + KNO₃ salt mixture was found to have a MDRH of 25.9% at 120 ^∘C and 10.5% at 180 ^∘C. The investigated mixture compositions correspond to some of the major mineral assemblages that are predicted to control brine composition due to the deliquescence of salts formed in dust deposited on waste canisters in the proposed nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.     

Redox polymerization of methyl methacrylate with allyl alcohol 1,2-butoxylate-block-ethoxylate initiated by Ce(IV)/HNO3 redox system

Redox initiated free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) with allyl alcohol 1,2-butoxylate-block-ethoxylate (AABE) was carried out using cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate/nitric acid (HNO₃) redox system to yield AABE-b-PMMA copolymers. The effects of MMA, AABE, Ce(IV) and HNO₃ concentrations on the polymerization rate and polymer yield were investigated. The effect of temperature on the rate of polymerization and polymer yield was also investigated in the temperature range of 25-70 °C. Copolymers were characterized using GPC, FT-IR, ¹H NMR and viscometry methods.     

Thermal decomposition of sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate pre-adsorbed on TiO2 surfaces

The thermal decomposition of sodium nitrite or nitrate pre-adsorbed upon TiO₂ surfaces has been investigated by employing several techniques as infrared spectroscopy (IR) and temperature programmed desorption in conjunction with mass spectrometry analysis (TPD-MS) to study the features observed during these thermal decompositions. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) in combination with X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) were used to investigate the possibility of a solid state chemical reaction between the solid products originated from the thermal decomposition of the pre-adsorbed species and the TiO₂. On the basis of our results, various characteristic features of these thermal decomposition reactions will be discussed.This work was supported by JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA (financial support for research groups/1990).