Charge donation to and dearomatization of benzene attending complexation: DFT estimates of binding energies of TpMXO(L) with benzene, for Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl) borate, MXO = MoNO, ReCO, and WNO, and L = ammonia, N-methylimidazole, pyridine, phosphine, methyl isocyanide, and carbon monoxide

By density functional methods we characterize the bonding and charge distribution in complexes of benzene with dearomatizing agents tpReCO(L), tpMoNO(L), and tpWNO(L), where tp = hydrido Tris (pyrazolyl)borate), for a range of ligands L. Our LSDA and B3LYP density functional calculations use the Spartan LACVP+ basis and pseudopotential on Re, Mo, and W and 6-31G* on light atoms. The binding energy is strongly dependent on the nature of the ligand L, being greatest for L = ammonia and N-methylimidazole and weakest for CH3NC and CO. We find a correlation between strength of binding and electron transfer from the dearomatizing agents toward benzene. For the most strongly bound systems we find substantial (up to 500 millielectrons) charge transfer towards benzene, while for the most weakly bound systems charge is withdrawn from benzene. Structural details illustrate the ability of Re, Mo, and W species to dearomatize complexed benzene, which is extensive for all but the most weakly bound species with L = MeNC and CO. Re and W dearomatizing agents, which are computed and observed to form stable complexes with benzene, may be economic alternatives to osmium dearomatizing agents.     

Methods for the construction of [1,2]isoindolo-condensed benzazepines, benzazocines, quinolines, and isoquinolines. 2. Isoindoloquinolines, isoindoloisoquinolines. (Review)

Data for 1966–2004 on methods for the construction of tetracyclic systems in which an isoindole ring is condensed with quinoline and isoquinoline fragments on the [1,2] side are reviewed. Methods and conditions for the synthesis of isoindoloquinolines and isoindoloisoquinolines are examined. Examples of the synthesis of physiologically active natural alkaloids possessing the structure of these condensed isoindoles are presented. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1123–1157, August, 2006.     

碘离子选择电极在动力学分析中的应用 Ⅰ.催化电势动力学测锆法研究

本文报道采用碘离子选择电极,系统研究了锆于BO_3~--I~-反应中的定量催化特性,建立了催化电势动力学间接测痕量锆的方法。结果表明,本法专属性较高,55种阴、阳离子均不干扰测锆。     

Enzymatic kinetic of cellulose hydrolysis

The ethanol effect on the Trichoderma reesei cellulases was studied to quantify and clarify this inhibition type. To determine inhibition parameters of crude cellulase and purified exoglucanase Cel7A, integrated Michaelis-Menten equations were used assuming the presence of two inhibitors: cellobiose as the reaction product and ethanol as a possible bioproduct of cellulose fermentation. It was found that hydrolysis of cellulose by crude enzyme follows a model that considers noncompetitive inhibition by ethanol, whereas Cel7A is very slightly competitively inhibited. Crude cellulase is much more inhibited (K _iul=K _icl=151.9 mM) than exoglucanase Cel7A (K _icl=1.6 × 10¹⁵ mM). Also, calculated inhibition constants showed that cellobiose inhibition is more potent than ethanol inhibition both for the crude enzyme as well as exoglucanase Cel7A.     

白术挥发油中苍术酮氧化反应的动力学

白术挥发油;苍术酮;动力学方程;活化能;反应机理     

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION OF AB, A, TYPE CONDENSATION POLYMERS OBTAINED BY ADDING AB MONOMERS IN BATCHES

The molecular weight distribution (MWD) and arm length distribution of AB, Ar type condensation polymers obtained by adding AB monomers in batches have been derived by statistical and kinetic methods. Calculations show the MWD of condensation polymers obtained by this process is much narrower than that of one batch reaction and agrees with the Monte Carlo results very well.     

Exponentially fitted symplectic methods for the numerical integration of the Schrödinger equation

The computation of the energy eigenvalues of the one-dimensional time-independent Schrödinger equation is considered. Exponentially fitted and trigonometrically fitted symplectic integrators are obtained, by modification of the first and second order Yoshida symplectic methods. Numerical results are obtained for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator and Morse potential.AMS subject classification: 65L15Funding by research project 71239 of Prefecture of Western Macedonia and the E.U. is gratefully acknowledged.     

A novel approach to study the isothermal behaviour of substances after 0.01–1 s from the chemical process initiation

New modifications of a contact heater are suggested for investigating thermal decomposition processes, as well as for determining kinetic characteristics of substances under conditions of intense heating to a fixed constant temperature.

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Zusammenfassung Zur Untersuchung von thermischen Zersetzungsprozessen und der Bestimmung der Reaktionskinetik von Substanzen bei intensivem Erhitzen auf vorgegebene konstante Temperaturen wird eine neue Abart von Kontakterhitzern beschrieben.

     

Convex programs with an additional reverse convex constraint

A method is presented for solving a class of global optimization problems of the form (P): minimizef(x), subject toxD,g(x)0, whereD is a closed convex subset ofR ⁿ andf,g are convex finite functionsR ⁿ . Under suitable stability hypotheses, it is shown that a feasible point is optimal if and only if 0=max{g(x):xD,f(x)f( )}. On the basis of this optimality criterion, the problem is reduced to a sequence of subproblemsQ _k ,k=1, 2, ..., each of which consists in maximizing the convex functiong(x) over some polyhedronS _k . The method is similar to the outer approximation method for maximizing a convex function over a compact convex set.