Quinoline formation via a modified Combes reaction: examination of kinetics,substituent effects,and mechanistic pathways

This is the first reported investigation of the Combes condensation employing 19F NMR spectroscopy to monitor intermediate consumption and product formation rates. The reaction was found to be first order in both the diketone and aniline. Product regioselectivity and reaction rates were found to be influenced by substituents on the diketones and anilines with rates varying as much as five fold. The consumption rate of key imine and enamine intermediates mirrored quinoline formation rates, in accord with rate determining annulation. A ρ of ?0.32 was determined for this cyclization. While the sign of the reaction constant is consistent with rate limiting electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS), the magnitude is likely a composite value, resulting from opposing substituent effects in the nucleophilic addition and EAS steps. Mechanistic details and reaction pathways supporting these findings are proposed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Experimental and theoretical study of the mechanism for the kinetic of elimination of methyl carbazate in the gas phase

The elimination kinetic of methyl carbazate in the gas phase was determined in a static system over the temperature range of 340–390 °C and pressure range of 47–118 Torr. The reaction is homogeneous, unimolecular, and obeys a first order rate law. The decomposition products are methyl amine, nitrous acid, and CO gas. The variation of the rate coefficients with temperatures is given by the Arrhenius expression: log k₁ (s^?1) = (11.56 ± 0.34) ? (180.7 ± 4.1) kJ mol^?1(2.303 RT)^?1. The estimated kinetics and thermodynamics parameters are in good agreement to the experimental values using B3LYP/6‐31G (d,p), and MP2/6‐31G (d,p) levels of theory. These calculations imply a molecular mechanism involving a concerted non‐synchronous quasi three‐membered ring cyclic transition state to give an unstable intermediate, 1,2‐oxaziridin‐3‐one. Bond order analysis and natural charges implies that polarization of O (alkyl)? C (alkyl) bond of the ester is rate determining in this reaction. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

矿山多源遥感图像像点位移测试系统设计

针对矿山地形的起伏变化影响对其进行分析研究的准确性,提出矿上多源遥感图像像点位移测试系统的设计方法。结合GPS定位原理,选取遥感图像上某一时刻点作为测试点,对拍摄得到的矿山图像和电子测试系统各触点之间的距离进行计算,进而得到测试点具体坐标位置,将其与测试点真实现场坐标相对比,实现矿山多源遥感图像像点位移的测试。通过实验证明,所设计的测试系统可以高精度实现对遥感图像像点位移的测试,有效减小了矿山地形变化带来的遥感图像研究误差。     

Preparations for the study on the cluster structure of 16C

In order to look for a proposed cluster structure of 16C, simulation work was made. The simulation of the reaction dynamics give the resolution of the excitation energy on 16C which was reconstructed prior to breakup. The excitation energy resolution is typically ～200 keV at 2 MeV above the two body decay threshold for 16C→12Be+4He. Moreover,some performances of detectors tested using 241 Am α source are also reported.     

可迁移的土壤重金属污染高光谱定性分类方法研究

现有基于高光谱遥感的土壤重金属污染定性分类模型,大多采用同一地区室内光谱测定训练样本数据进行模型构建与测试。但室内光谱测定需要复杂的处理过程,成本高,效率低,且无法快速获得目标区域空间上连续的光谱信息。考虑到实际应用需求,模型在相同实验区和不同试验区野外光谱数据是否具有较好的迁移推广能力是目前迫切需要回答的问题。为回答这一问题,选取湖南省郴州市和衡阳市两铅锌矿区作为实验研究区,选用支持向量机（SVM）作为分类器,将郴州实验区室内采样的83个样本数据和衡阳实验区室内采样的46个样本数据分别用于分类器训练,将衡阳地区野外采样的46个样本数据用于分类测试。并首先通过基于联合分布适配（JDA）的迁移学习方法进行光谱变换以缩小两地室内外测定光谱分布差异,然后进行不同区域室内外土壤重金属污染定性分类模型迁移。实验结果表明：（1）由于野外测得的光谱数据会受到太阳辐射、提取的土壤成分差异等因素的干扰导致室内外光谱数据存在显著的分布差异,难以直接将基于室内采样数据训练得到的土壤重金属污染定性分类模型迁移到同一地区测定的野外高光谱数据上。但通过JDA变换缩小室内外分布差异后,模型迁移能力得到显著提升,砷（As）、铅（Pb）和锌（Zn）三种重金属含量是否超标的分类精度都达到了84%以上,Zn元素含量是否超标的分类精度甚至达到了89%以上。（2）由于季节性影响、地区成分的干扰和光谱噪声的增加,不同地区光谱数据存在着更为显著的分布差异,加大了不同地区土壤重金属污染监测的难度,难以将基于室内采样光谱数据所建立的土壤重金属定性分类模型直接迁移到其他地区野外采样数据上（平均分类精度仅在50%左右）。经过JDA迁移学习方法进行室内外光谱变换处理后,模型迁移能力得到保证,因此,室外光谱采样可直接用于研究不同试验区域重金属（As,Pb和Zn）的污染情况。     

Phase transition in polymer gels due to local heating by illumination of light

The volume phase transition in gels induced by visible light and its related properties are presented, the mechanism of which is based on local heating of a polymer network by illumination of light. The gels consist of a covalently cross-linked copolymer network of thermosensitive N-isopropylacrylamide and a chromophore. Without light illumination, the gel volume changes sharply, but continuously at approximately 34°C when the temperature is varied. At a fixed temperature of an appropriate value, a discontinuous volume transition is observed when the light intensity is gradually changed. The phase transitions can be understood in terms of the temperature increment at the immediate vicinity of polymer chains due to the local heating via light absorption and subsequent thermal dissipation of light by the chromophore. The results can be qualitatively described by the Flory-Huggins mean-field equation of state of gels. In order to make clear the mechanism of the light-induced phase transition in the present system, we measured the light transmitting properties and the swelling as well as shrinking kinetics. These preliminary results are described semi-qualitatively by making use of a simple phenomenological model.     

Structure of trans-1,4-polybutadiene synthesized with a new catalyst system

Abstract

The structure, phase composition, and temperature behavior of two trans-1,4-polybutadienes (TPBs) were studied by means of x-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The two samples examined were (1) PB synthesized using an immobilized titanium-magnesium catalyst and (2) a random copolymer based on PB prepared with a homogeneous vanadium-containing catalyst used as a reference material. It was found that the nascent structure of the first PB involves three phases: crystalline, mesomorphic (low-temperature form), and amorphous. In the vicinity of 65°C, a first-order phase transition occurs. The system becomes biphasic and contains the high-temperature form of the mesophase, as well as the amorphous phase, component. Above 165°C, the polymer melts to form a single-phase isotropic melt with a structure typical of liquids. The lateral dimension of crystallites reversibly changes at the crystal-mesophase transition. It is suggested that during annealing of the mesophase formed by cooling of the isotropic melt, the chains acquire an extended conformation. Loss of regularity of the structure of macromolecules of TPB causes a reduction of phase transition temperatures, an increase of the imperfection of the crystalline phase, and a contraction of the temperature range of existence of the mesophase.     

Genetic alloy design based on thermodynamics and kinetics

A theory-guided computational approach for alloy design is presented. Aimed at optimising the desired properties, the microstructure is designed and an alloy composition optimised accordingly, combining criteria based on thermodynamic, thermokinetic and mechanical principles. A genetic algorithm is employed as the optimisation scheme. The approach is applied to the design of ultra-high strength stainless steels. Three composition scenarios, utilising different strengthening precipitates (carbides, Cu and NiAl/Ni₃Ti), are followed. The results are compared to a variety of existing commercial high-end engineering steels, showing that the design strategy presented here may lead to significant improvements in strength beyond current levels.     

Thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of Ge–Se–Cd glasses

The effect is reported of varying cadmium concentration on the glass transition, thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of Ge₂₀Se_{80? x} Cd _x (x = 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 at. %) glasses. Differential scanning calorimetry results under non-isothermal conditions for the studied glasses are reported and discussed. The values of the glass transition temperature (T_g ) and the peak temperature of crystallization (T_p ) were found to be dependent on heating rate and Cd content. From the heating rate dependence of T_g and T_p , the values of the activation energy for glass transition (E_g ) and the activation energy for crystallization (E_c ) were evaluated and their composition dependence discussed. The thermal stability of the glasses was evaluated using various thermal stability criteria such as ΔT, H_g and S. The stability calculations emphasize that the thermal stability decreases with increasing Cd content.     

Unusual nucleation and growth of γ′ iron nitride upon nitriding Fe–4.75 at.% Al alloy

The influence of substitutionally dissolved Al in ferritic Fe–4.75 at.% Al alloy on the nucleation and growth of γ′ iron nitride (Fe₄N_{1? x} ) was investigated upon nitriding in NH₃/H₂ gas mixtures. The nitrided specimens were characterised employing optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis and X-ray diffraction. As compared to the nitriding of pure ferrite (α-Fe), where a layer of γ′ develops at the surface, upon nitriding ferritic Fe–4.75 at.% Al an unusual morphology of γ′ plates develops at the surface, which plates deeply penetrate the substrate. In the diffusion zone, nano-sized precipitates of γ′ and of metastable, cubic (NaCl-type) AlN occur, having, with the ferrite matrix, a Nishiyama–Wassermann orientation relationship and a Bain orientation relationship, respectively. The γ′ plates contain a high density of stacking faults and fine ε iron nitride (Fe₂N_{1? z} ) precipitates, although the formation of ε iron nitride is not expected for the employed nitriding parameters. On the basis of dedicated nitriding experiments it is shown that the unusual microstructural development is a consequence of the negligible solubility of Al in γ′ and the obstructed precipitation of the thermodynamically stable, hexagonal (wurtzite-type) AlN in ferrite.