Methyl methacrylate in poly(methyl methacrylate)--validation of direct injection gas chromatography

Gas chromatography (GC) was investigated for the determination of residual methyl methacrylate (MMA) in heat-processed poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) denture base material emphasizing recovery and validation. Standard solutions of MMA and emulsion-polymerized PMMA in dichloromethane were analysed, before and after distillation by a room-temperature air stream into a liquid nitrogen trap, and in the presence of PMMA by direct injection. Quantitative NMR analysis using dimethyl sulphoxide as internal calibration standard in deuterated chloroform solutions provided validation. Good concordance was observed between results under all conditions; no problems arose from direct injection of PMMA solution for GC. Good straight line responses in log-log plots were generally observed. For GC and MMA: log-log calibration curve (slope: 0.9552 +/- 0.0051, r2: 0.9992, n = 32) indicated some non-linearity (t = 8.875, p approximately 4 x 10(-10)). Distillation gave slope: 0.9751 +/- 0.0213 (NS versus unity; t = 1.172, p > 0.25). For PMMA solutions, distillation (r2: 0.9301) gave greater scatter than direct injection (r2: 0.9704). For NMR: log-log plot of calculated versus actual MMA (slope: 0.9363 +/- 0.0157, r2: 0.9969, n = 13) again indicated non-linearity (t = 4.0682, p = 0.0019). PMMA solutions gave slope: 0.9477 +/- 0.0328, r2 = 0.9858 (NS versus unity; t = 1.5941, p = 0.13). Determination of MMA in PMMA by GC is recommended.     

Methyl dynamics in crystalline amino acids: MD and NMR

Correlation times for rotation of deuterated methyls in crystalline leucine, valine, and cyclo-L-alanyl-L-alanine are calculated with molecular dynamics and compared with NMR data. The simulations distinguish between methyls having different steric environments in the crystal, yielding correlation times differing by a factor of up to 30 for methyls within a given crystal. MD and NMR correlation times agree to within a factor of 2. However, averaging over nonequivalent methyls can yield correlation functions that, although actually multiexponential, are well fit by single exponentials. This may have significance for interpreting NMR data; previous NMR data did not distinguish between the methyls in these crystals. Adiabatic rotational barriers calculated with the X-ray structure differ from effective barriers during simulation by up to +/-1 kcal/mol; the difference indicates that dynamical effects have a significant role in determining rotational correlation times.     

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯与苯乙烯-丙烯腈共聚物混合体系相分离初期的固体NMR研究

本文用氢谱宽线固体NMR技术研究了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)和苯乙烯-丙烯腈共聚物(SAN)混合体系不稳相分离初期阶段, 得到了在分相过程中弛豫谱的变化规律, 测定了相分离增长速率。结果指出: 随着退火时间的增加, 两相体系形成; 大分子扩散方式是由浓度低的区域向浓度高的区域扩散, 扩散系数为负值; 相分离增长速率的数量级与用光散射研究的结果相同; 分子相互作用的相关距离为46.5 nm。     

Study on the Methyl Migration of 10-Methoxy-5,10-dihydrophenophosphazine 10-oxide

The title compound (1) was treated with NaH at room temperature in anhydrous DMF to give a sodium salt (containing nitrogen anion)which could shift the methyl group from oxygen to nitrogen atom to form N-methyl phosphinic acid as the reaction temperature was increased to 120 ℃.Three nitro derivatives containing 5,10-dihydrophenophosphazine ring system were prepared for the investigation on the above reaction mechanism which would be possible regarded as a special inter-molecular substitution.viz.,the nucleophilic nitrogen anion from one molecule of 1 attacked the cabon atom of the O-methyl of another 1.In addition,the chemical structures of seven compounds containing 5,10-dihydrophenophosphazine ring system involved in the experiment were confirmed by IR,^1 H NMR,^31P NMR and mass spectroscopy.     

Condensation Reaction of 5,6-Dihydro-6-methyl-6-piperonyl-2H-pyran-2,4-dione,Ethyl Orthoformate and Substituted Anilines

Piperonyl methyl ketone was obtained by oxidizing isosafrole with hydrogen peroxide and formic acid.Dianion of ethyl acetoacetate reacted with piperonyl methyl ketone and 5,6-dihydro-6-methyl-6-piperonyl-2H-pyran-2,4-dione was prepared,which reacted with substituted anilines in the presence of ethyl orthoformate to obtain 3-anilinomethylene-5,6-dihydro-6-methyl-6-piperonyl-2H-pyran-2,4-diones.Their structure were confirmed by ^1HNMR and elemental analysis.     

Conductance of 1∶1 electrolytes in methyl acetate

The electrolytic conductances of NaClO₄, NaB(C₆H₅)₄, (n-C₄H₉)₄NClO₄ and (n-C₄H₉)₄NPF₆ have been measured in methyl acetate at 25°C. A dominating feature of these electrolyte solutions is, as expected, strong ion pairing. In addition it is found that the formation of triple ions makes an important contribution to the overall molar conductivities. The data suggest that there are strong ion-solvent interactions leading to structure-enhanced (after Diamond) ion association and triple ion formation which has an exact analogy in the phenomena of salting-in. The effects of increasing solution permittivity and viscosity are discussed, particularly in regard to comparing two models of treating conductivity data. The first model includes ion pairs and triple ions, and the second model ignores triple ion formation ascribing the anomalous increase in molar conductivities to a decrease in the ion association equilibrium constant caused by increasing solution permittivity.     

NaHSO4·H2O催化合成苯甲酸甲酯

以 Na HSO4 · H2 O催化苯甲酸与甲醇的酯化反应 ,合成了苯甲酸甲酯。研究结果表明 ,Na HSO4 · H2 O具有较高的催化活性。考察了苯甲酸 /甲醇摩尔比、催化剂用量及反应时间对酯产率的影响。在优化反应条件 [n(苯甲酸 )∶n(甲醇 )∶n( Na HSO4 ·H2 O) =1∶ 2∶ 0 .2 9,回流8h]下 ,苯甲酸甲酯产率达 85.3 %。     

Synthesis and X-ray structural study of 1-adamantylmethyl 2-cyanoacrylate and 1,10-decanediol bis-2-cyanoacrylate

I-Adamantylmethyl 2-cyanoacrylate (1) was prepared by the reaction of 2-cyanoacryloyl chloride with 1-adamantylmethanol . 1,10-Decanediol bis-2-cyanoacrylate (2) was synthesized by transesterification of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate with 1,10-decanediol. Esters1 and2 were studied by X-ray structural analysis.Deceased in 1995.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2288–2292, September, 1996.     

Study of the mechanism of enantioseparation part VI: thermodynamic study of HPLC separation of some enantiomers of phenylcarbamic acid derivatives on a (S,S) Whelk-O 1 column

The enantiomers of thirteen 2-, 3-, and 4-alkoxyphenylcarbamic acid 2-methoxy-1-[(4-methylpiperazino)methyl]ethyl ester were separated on a (S,S) Whelk-O 1 CSP column isothermally in the range of 0-50 degrees C at 10 degrees C increments, using methanol/ water (90/10, v/v) containing 17.5 mmol L(-1) acetic acid and 14.36 mmol L(-1) triethylamine as a mobile phase. The dependence of the natural logarithms of retention and selectivity factors (In k, In alpha, respectively) on the inverse of temperature, 1/T, was used to determine thermodynamic data of enantiomers of alkoxysubstituted phenylcarbamic acid 2-methoxy-1-[(4-methylpiperazino) methyl]ethyl esters. Enthalpyentropy compensation plots showed that all of the compounds in this study separate via the same enthalpy-driven chiral recognition mechanism.     

Fire retardancy and biodegradability of poly(methyl methacrylate)/montmorillonite nanocomposite

The poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposite was prepared by emulsifier-free emulsion technique and its structure and properties were characterized with infra red, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and cone calorimetry. The highly exfoliated MMT layers with dimension 1-2 nm in thickness were randomly dispersed in the polymer matrix containing MMT lower than 5% w/v, whereas the intercalated structure was predominant with MMT content higher than 5% w/v. Consequently, the fine dispersion of the MMT and the strong interactions between PMMA and MMT created significant improvement of the thermo-stability and fire retardancy of the nanocomposite. The combustion behavior has been evaluated using oxygen consumption cone calorimetry. In addition, a scheme was proposed to describe fire retardancy of PMMA and MMT as well as the correlation between the interaction and structure in polymer/clay systems. The biodegradability of the nanocomposite fire-retardant was tested for its better commercialization.