Effect of thermal history on crystallization and melting behaviour of lldpe

In this paper two LLDPE samples with their own structural parameters were studied by means of DSC. Experimental results show that DSC was good for revealing slight structural difference between these two samples. Furthermore, the effect of thermal history on crystallization and melting behaviour of LLDPE was observed clearly through varying conditions of thermal treatment.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels DSC werden zwei LLDPE-Proben mit ihren eigenen Strukturparametern untersucht. Die Versuchsergebnisse zeigen, da\ sich DSC gut eignet, um gering fügige Unterschiede dieser zwei Proben nachzuweisen. Weiterhin wurde unter verschiedenen Bedingungen der Einflu\ der thermischen Vorgeschichte auf das Kristallisations-und Schmelzverhalten von LLDPE untersucht.

     

On the stereochemistry of the Horner—Emmons reaction between 3-functionally substituted 2-methyl-2-propenylphosphonates and aliphatic aldehydes

The reaction of diethyl 3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-2-propenylphosphonate (1a) with 3-methylbutanal (2) in heterogeneous MOH (solid)-benzene systems in the presence of 5–10 mol.% of benzyltriethylammonium chloride (BTEAC) gives the reaction product (3) with a higher, for M=K, or lower, for M=Li, ratio of 2E,4E and 2Z,4E-stereoisomers than that observed in the absence of BTEAC. Tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a catalyst of the reaction1a + 2 3 in the system KOH (solid)-wet benzene leads to a higher [2E,4E-3][2Z,4E-3] ratio than BTEAC; this ratio grows from 4456 without TBAB to 8020 at 100 mol.% of TBAB. In the latter case the stereochemical outcome of the reaction is similar to that obtained when tetrabutylammonium hydroxide in dry benzene is used as the deprotonating agent. The corresponding diisopropyl phosphonate (1b) and 3,7-dimethyloctanal (4a) interact in the system KOH (solid)-wet benzene-TBAB to give hydroprene (5) containing 88 % of the 2E,4E-isomer (5a) while in the case of 1 equiv. of [(n-Bu₄)N]OH in dry benzene the content of5a is 92 %. Diisopropyl 3-isopropoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-2-propenylphosphonate (1c) and 7-methoxy-3,7-dimethyloctanal (4b) under either of these conditions afford methoprene (6) containing 93 % of the 2E,4E-isomer.Part 6, see ref. 1.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1094–1098, June, 1993.     

The compensation effect revisited

It is generally accepted that the compensation effect arises when a linear relation between InA andE is detected for a simple reaction taking place over different catalysts or for different reactions over one catalyst. For a perfect linear relation between InA andE representation of the reaction rate constant in an Arrhenius plot results in a series of straight lines which intersect in a single point. The importance is stressed of defining unambiguously what is meant by the compensation effect, and it is shown how the scatter in the values of InA is translated into Arrhenius plots.     

Salt effects in the mercuration of unsaturated compounds. Kinetic evidence for the formation of ion pairs and a solvated ion

The kinetics of mercuration of bornylene and cyclohexene in different solvents in the presence of NaOAc and LiClO₄ has been investigated. Addition of NaOAc sharply decreases the rate of addition reactions of mercuric acetate to bornylene and cyclohexene in alcohols; the main direction of the mercuration of bornylene is the formation of acetoxy-adducts, and the yield of solvo-adducts decreases from 76 % in the absence of NaOAc, to 19 % in the presence of the salt (4·10^–3 mol L^–1). A reaction scheme involving the participation of intermediate ion pairs and a solvated mercurinium ion is suggested and confirmed by a steady-state concentration method. The influence of NaOAc on the rate of the reaction and on product formation is realized through the common ion effect.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 819–826, May, 1994.     

Polarographic study of Tl+, Li+, Na+, K+, and Cs+ complexes with monensin anion in dipolar aprotic solvents

Summary The stability constants,K _sof monensin complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ and Cs⁺ ions were studied by a competitive polarographic method using the Tl⁺/Tl(Hg) redox couple as a sensitive electrochemical probe. TheK _svalues are strongly influenced by the solvents (acetonitrile, propionitrile, acetone, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methyl pyrolidinone, N,N-dimethylacetamide, dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-diethylformamide and N,N-diethylacetamide were used in experiments) and vary inversely with the Gutmann donicity scale. Molecular mechanics computations revealed the probable structures of the complexes.

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Polarographische Untersuchung von Tl⁺-, Li⁺-, Na⁺- und Cs⁺-Komplexen mit Monesin-Anion in dipolaren aprotischen Lösungsmitteln

Zusammenfassung Es wurden die StabilitätskonstantenK _svon Monesin-Komplexen mit Li⁺-, Ma⁺- und Cs⁺-Ionen mittels einer competitiven polarographischen Methode unter Verwendung der Tl⁺/Tl(Hg)-Redoxelektrode als sensitiver elektrochemischer Sonde bestimmt. DieK _s-Werte werden stark vom Lösungsmittel (Acetonitril, Propionitril, Aceton, N,N-Dimethylformamid, N-Methylpyrrolidinon, N,N-Dimethylacetamid, Dimethylsulfoxid, N,N-Diethylformamid und N,N-Diethylacetamid) beeinflußt, wobei sie invers zurGutmann schen Donizitätsskala variieren. Die wahrscheinliche Struktur der Komplexe wurde mittels molekularmechanischer Berechnungen ermittelt.

     

Temperature dependence of fractionation of hydrogen isotopes in aqueous sodium chloride solutions

The D/H ratios of hydrogen gas in equilibrium with aqueous sodium chloride solutions of 2, 4 and 6 molalities were determined within the range 10 to 95°C, using a hydrophobic platinum catalyst. With each of the different sodium chloride concentrations, the hydrogen isotope effect between the solution and pure water changes linearly with the square of the reciprocal temperature. On the basis of the results for hydrogen isotope fractionation observed in this study, and those of hydrogen isotope fractionation between pure water and vapor, it is concluded that the structure of the aqueous sodium chloride solution does not change significantly with temperature. The hydrogen isotope effect is evidently different from the results of vapor pressure isotope effects (VPIE) on sodium chloride solutions measured on separated isotopes. The difference between the present work and the VPIE studies is probably due to a non-ideal behavior in a mixture of isotopic water molecules and/or to a H₂O-D₂O disproportionation reaction in sodium chloride solutions. The distinction between the latter two mechanisms can not be differentiated at present.     

Lyotropic effect in surface charge,electrokinetics, and coagulation of a rutile dispersion

Potentiometric, electrokinetic, and coagulation experiments with a rutile dispersion in the pH region above the point of zero charge exhibit an inverse lyotropic sequence for counterions: Li⁺>K⁺>Cs⁺. The potentiometric and electrokinetic data were interpreted by a surface complexation model assuming the Stern-Gouy-Chapman structure of the interfacial layer, which yielded the values of inner layer capacitances,C, and the intrinsic equilibrium constants,K _ass ⁰ , characterizing the specificity of each counterion. These parameters were used to explain the order of lyotropic sequences in the adsorption, coagulation, and electrokinetic phenomena.     

Kinetics and mechanisms of halide ion catalysis of CO substitution reactions in Os3(CO)12 and Ru3(CO)12 metal carbonyl clusters

The results of kinetic studies on ligand substitution in [M₃(CO)₁₁X]^– complexes (M = Ru, Os; X = Cl, Br, I) are summarized. The [Os₃(CO)₁₁X]^– complexes react with PPh₃ under mild conditions to initially yield monosubstituted products [Os₃(CO)₁₀(PPh₃)X]^–. The rate of CO substitution obeys a first-order equation with respect to the concentration of the complex and does not depend on the ligand concentration. The rates of the reactions decrease in the order Cl > Br > I withH values increasing from 15 to 18 kcal mol^–1 and S values varying from –19 to –13 cal mol^–1 K^–1. The enhanced reactivities of these complexes as well as the low activation energies and negative activation entropies are discussed in terms of the effects of -X bridge formation on the transition state of the reaction. Reactions of PPN[Ru₃(CO)_11–x (Cl)] (PPN is the bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium cation;x=0, 1) and PPN[Ru₃(CO)₉(₃-I)] with alkynes are also reported. The reactivities of alkynes follow the order BuCCH PhCCH EtCCEt PhCCPh. The higher rates of the reactions of monosubstituted acetylenes compared with those of their disubstituted analogs are explained by agostic interaction between the metal atom and the C-H bond in the reaction transition state and by steric effects. The results obtained attest that the reaction with alkynes occursvia intermediates containing halide bridges and that ₃-halide complexes are more reactive than ₂-halide complexes.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1540–1545, September, 1994.This work was supported by a Presidential Grant from Northwestern University. One of the authors (F. Basolo) wishes to thank Academician M. E. Vol'pin for the invitation to participate in the Workshop The Modern Problems of Organometallic Chemistry (INEOS-94) and Academician O. M. Nefedov for the invitation to publish a review in theRussian Chemical Bulletin.     

2-Nitroethanal conformations in solution: AnAb initio SCRF study

The structure of 2-nitroethanal has been studied at the MP2/6-31G^* level in the gas phase and in acetonitrile using a continuum model to represent the electrostatic solute-solvent interactions. The relative energies of the two stable conformations obtained are quite dependent on the media. Indeed, our computations predict a change of the most stable conformation from gas to polar solvent. These results are in agreement with experimental data for the axial/equatorial conformational equilibrium of 2-nitrocyclohexanone.