Thermal decomposition of novel rare-earth selenites

TG and DTA have been carried out on new anhydrous rare-earth selenites R₂Se_aO_3+2a (a=3.5,4) in order to establish their stability. Decomposition occurs in three steps attributed to successive losses of SeO₂. The first process gives rise to other new group of selenites of composition R₂Se₃O₉, which crystallize in two different forms depending on the rare-earth element. The second process leads to isomorphous compounds R₂SeO₅. The final product of thermal degradation is R₂O₃. All products were characterized by chemical analysis and X-ray powder diffraction methods.     

Cyclocondensation of 2-Aminobenzimidazole with Dimedone and Its Arylidene Derivatives

The reactions of 2-aminobenzimidazole with substituted benzaldehydes and dimedone, 2-arylidene derivatives of dimedone, 9-arylhexahydro-1H-xanthene-1,8(2H)-diones and also with dimedone and DMF have been studied. The direction of formation of the pyrimidine ring has been established and discussed. An X-ray structural investigation of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzimidazo[1,2-a]quinazolin-4(1H)-one has been carried out.     

Quenching echo modulations in NMR spectroscopy.

In NMR spectroscopy, homonuclear scalar couplings normally lead to modulations of spin echoes that tend to interfere with the accurate determination of transverse relaxation rates by Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) multiple refocusing experiments. Surprisingly, the echo modulations are largely cancelled when the refocusing pulses applied to the coupling partner deviate slightly from ideal pi rotations due to tilted effective radio-frequency (RF) fields, even at offsets that are much smaller than the radio-frequency amplitude. Experiments and simulations illustrate these effects for two-spin IS systems containing donor and acceptor (15)N nuclei I=N (D) and S=N(A) in RNA Watson-Crick base pairs with homonuclear scalar couplings J(IS)=(2h)J(N(D), N(A)) across the hydrogen bonds.     

Quality control of Metamitron in agrochemicals using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in the middle and near range

Two vibrational spectrometry-based methodologies were developed for Metamitron determination in pesticide formulations. Fourier transform-middle infrared (FT-MIR) procedure was based on the extraction of Metamitron by CHCl₃ and latter determination by peak area measurement between 1556 and 1533 cm⁻¹, corrected with a two points baseline established from 1572 to 1514 cm⁻¹. Fourier transform-near infrared (FT-NIR) determination was made after the extraction of Metamitron in acetonitrile and measuring the peak area between 6434 and 6394 cm⁻¹ corrected using a two points baseline defined between 6555 and 6228 cm⁻¹. Repeatability, as relative standard deviation, of 5 independent measurements at mg g⁻¹ concentration level, of 0.16% and 0.07% for MIR and NIR and a limit of detection of 0.03 and 0.004 mg g⁻¹ were obtained for MIR and NIR, respectively.NIR determination provides a sample frequency of 120 h⁻¹, higher than that found by MIR and liquid chromatographic methods (60 and 15 h⁻¹, respectively). On the other hand, the NIR method reduces the solvent consumption and waste generation, to only 1 ml acetonitrile per sample as compared with 3.4 ml chloroform required for the MIR determination and 60 ml acetonitrile used in the chromatographic reference procedure. So, vibrational procedures can be considered serious alternatives to long and time consuming chromatographic methods usually recommended for quality control of commercially available pesticide formulations.     

Reactions of 1-aryl-2-bromodiazene 1-oxides with acids and bases

The reactions of 1-aryl-2-bromodiazene 1-oxides with HCl in nonaqueous media give aryldiazonium chlorides, while 1,3,3-substituted triazenes-1 are formed in the reactions with secondary amines. Using 2-{¹⁵N} label, it was shown that the aryl group does not migrate in these reactions. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 613–615, March, 1997.     

Inclusion complexes of the natural product gossypol. Crystal structures of gossypol complexes with benzene and chloroform as guests

The crystal structures of the lattice inclusion complexes of gossypol with benzene and chloroform have been determined by X-ray structure analysis. The crystals of (C₃₀H₃₀O₈)₂ · C₆H₆ (GPBNZ) are triclinic, space groupPI,a = 11.241(3),b = 14.986(4),c = 17.380(4) Å, = 98.89(2), = 99.86(2), = 98.91(2)°,V = 2800(2) ų,Z = 2,D _x = 1.32 g cm^–3, (CuK ) = 7.35 cm^–1. The structure has been refined to a finalR value of 0.050 for 6146 observed reflections. The crystals of C₃₀H₃₀O₈·CHCl₃ (GPCLF) are monoclinic, space groupC2/c,a = 28.464(4),b = 8.948(1),c = 26.480(4) Å, = 108.93(2)°,V = 6380(2) ų,Z = 8,D _x = 1.33 g cm^–3, (CuK) = 30.42 cm^–1. The structure has been refined to a finalR value of 0.100 for 1980 observed reflections.GPCLF forms an intercalate-type structure and GPBNZ a clathrate-type structure. There are, however, some similarities in the packing mode of the host molecules in these two structures. On a basis of comparison of the crystal packing of GPCLF and GPBNZ one can postulate that in the desorption process of the intercalate-type GPCLF complex an intermediate clathrate structure of the GPBNZ-type should be formed.     

Molecular structure of (diethyldithiocarbomoyl)diphenylthiophosphinate

X-Ray study of (diethyldithiocarbomoyl)diphenylthiophosphinate was carried out. AZ-conformation of the diethyldithiocarbomoyl ligand, which results in a short nonvalent intramolecular P...S contact (3.315 Å), is realized in the molecule. Steric hindrances in the molecule increase the P-S-C bond angle to 106.39°.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1978–1980, October, 1995.The work was financially supported by the International Science Foundation (Gram RH1 000).     

红外光谱法在双亲性化合物水溶液体系研究中的应用

浓度，温度，压力，体系组分及不同分子间相互作用等因素对双亲性化合物分子在水溶液体系中的聚集状态及相变过程均有影响。本文综述了富里叶变换红外光谱方法在这一研究领域内应用十余年间的研究进展。     

含铅聚合物微凝胶与硫化氢反应前后在良溶剂中的分子扩散行为

用溶液聚合法制备出轻度交联的含铅微凝胶,用光子相关光谱技术测定其在良溶剂中与H2S反应前、后的扩散行为,由外推法得到在浓度无限稀时的分子扩散系数,给出微凝胶的流体力学半径。结果表明:相同量的含铅微凝胶在不同的初始浓度下与H2S反应,生成含PbS纳米微粒的凝胶；但其体积增大不同,这说明H2S与含铅微凝胶的反应既可以在分子内也可以在分子间进行,分子间的反应使含硫化铅微凝胶扩散系数随浓度的变化曲线的线性范围变小。     

Pressure effects on the phase transition of urea adducts withn-paraffins and polyethylene

The decomposition of urea adducts with hydrocarbons is treated as a first-order phase transition and the pressure dependence is studied up to 0.7 GPa for several kinds of adducts. The thermodynamic quantities at the decomposition of the adduct can be analysed as a sum of those quantities of the component materials. The transition from the orthorhombic to the hexagonal form of the adduct with polyethylene is also investigated by X-ray diffraction and the pressure dependence of the lattice parameters is measured for the adducts. The results are compared with the phase transition in the pure paraffin.