Synthesis and deprotonation of 2-(pyridyl)phenols and 2-(pyridyl)anilines

2-(2- and 3-Pyridyl)anilines (1, 2), 2,2-dimethyl-N-[2-(2- and 3-pyridyl)phenyl]propanamides (3, 4), and 2-, 3- and 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyridines (7-9) are readily synthesized using cross-coupling reactions. Whereas the amines 1, 2 undergo side reactions, the corresponding amides 3, 4 are deprotonated with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LTMP): the compound 3 at C6' under in situ quenching, and the compound 4 at C4'. When the ether 7 is subjected to the same reagent, lithiation occurs at C6'.     

A further breakthrough in biphasic, rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation: the use of Per(2,6-di-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin as inverse phase transfer catalyst

Solvent free biphasic hydroformylalion of various water-insoluble terminal olefins can be achieved in high yields and sclcctivitics by using a water-soluble rhodium/triphenylphosphine trisulfonate catalyst and per(2,6-di-o-mclhyl)-β-cyclodcxtrin as inverse phase transfer catalyst. The catalytic activities were up to ten times higher than those observed without pcr(2,6-di-o-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin.     

Methode calorimetrique de mesure des enthalpies de formation des alliages liquides a forte tension de vapeur

The heat effects corresponding to the dissolution of solid PbSe in liquid Pb-Se alloys starting from pure Pb were measured with a direct reaction calorimeter. The partial enthalpy of formation of PbSe in the melt and the integral enthalpy of formation of the Pb-PbSe system in the liquid state referred the liquid Pb and PbSe were deduced. Then, from a very simple change of reference state, and in the knowledge of the enthalpy of PbSe, the integral enthalpy of formation of Pb-Se liquid alloys with reference to pure liquid components could be derived. The results agreed very well with those obtained previously on the dissolution of Se in Pb. The method used can be applied whenever the component to be added to the bath has a high vapor pressure.

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Zusammenfassung Die bei der Überführung von festem PbSe in flüssige Pb-Se-Legierungen auftretenden Wärmeeffekte wurden mittels direkter Reaktionskalorimetrie bestimmt. Die auf flüssiges Pb und PbSe bezogene partielle Bildungsenthalpie des Pb-PbSe-Systems im flüssigen Zustand wurde ermittelt. Durch eine geringfügige Veränderung des Referenzzustandes konnte bei Kenntnis der Enthalpie von PbSe die integrale Bildungsenthalpie von flüssigen Pb-Se-Legierungen in Bezug auf die reinen Komponenten abgeleitet werden. Die Ergebnisse stimmen gut mit denen überein, die früher für die Auflösung von Se in Pb erhalten wurden. Die Methode ist anwendbar, wenn dem Bade zuzugebende Komponenten einen hohen Dampfdruck haben.

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Ordre chimique dans les alliages metalliques liquides

Due to improvements of high temperature calorimetry, the quantity of liquid alloys showing large negative departures from ideality increased strongly during the last decades. Such a behaviour is now explained by the occurence of chemical short-range order (CSRO), the stoichiometry of which is often elucidated from direct structural determinations as well as from modelization of the thermodynamic functions. In some extreme cases, the destruction of CSRO by increasing temperature lead to a genuine second order transition. The short rewiev of experimental results concerning the variation of physical properties of some liquid alloysvs. temperature and concentration agrees well with CSRO. Some examples of structural determination of CSRO in metallic melts are given. Finally, links between CSRO and phase diagrams and between CSRO and glass-forming ability are also examined.     

On the Propagation of Weakly Nonlinear Random Dispersive Waves

We study several basic dispersive models with random periodic initial data such that the different Fourier modes are independent random variables. Motivated by the vast physics literature on related topics, we then study how much the Fourier modes of the solution at later times remain decorrelated. Our results are sensitive to the resonances associated with the dispersive relation and to the particular choice of the initial data.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Partially Substituted at Lower Rim Phosphorus Containing Calix(4)arenes

The synthesis and characterization of several new phosphorus-containing partially lower rim substituted derivatives of 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-butyl) calix(4)arene (I) and 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-octyl)calix(4)arene (II), namely 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-butyl)-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl-oxy) calix(4)arene (IV); 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-butyl)-25-hydroxy-26,27,28-tris(tetramethyldiamido-phosphinoyl-oxy) calix(4)arene (Vb); 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-butyl)-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(dimethyl-phosphinoyl-methoxy) calix(4)arene (VI); 5,11,17,23-tetra (t-octyl)-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(dimethyl-phosphinoyl-methoxy) calix(4)arene (VII) are reported. The structure of the synthesized calix(4)arene derivatives are identified and confirmed by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P{¹H} NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry as and X-ray crystallographic analysis of 5,11,17,23-tetra(t-butyl)-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(dimethyl-phosphinoyl-methoxy) calix(4)arene VI. According to the NMR spectra, all calix(4)arenes are in cone conformation.     

The Effect of α-, β- and γ-Cyclodextrin on Wheat Dough and Bread Properties

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides that have found widespread application in numerous fields. CDs have revealed a number of various health benefits, making them potentially useful food supplements and nutraceuticals. In this study, the impact of α-, β-, and γ-CD at different concentrations (up to 8% of the flour weight) on the wheat dough and bread properties were investigated. The impact on dough properties was assessed by alveograph analysis, and it was found that especially β-CD affected the viscoelastic properties. This behavior correlates well with a direct interaction of the CDs with the proteins of the gluten network. The impact on bread volume and bread staling was also assessed. The bread volume was in general not significantly affected by the addition of up to 4% CD, except for 4% α-CD, which slightly increased the bread volume. Larger concentrations of CDs lead to decreasing bread volumes. Bread staling was investigated by texture analysis and low field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (LF-NMR) measurements, and no effect of the addition of CDs on the staling was observed. Up to 4% CD can, therefore, be added to wheat bread with only minor effects on the dough and bread properties.     

Comments on selected fundamental aspects of microarray analysis

Microarrays are becoming a ubiquitous tool of research in life sciences. However, the working principles of microarray-based methodologies are often misunderstood or apparently ignored by the researchers who actually perform and interpret experiments. This in turn seems to lead to a common over-expectation regarding the explanatory and/or knowledge-generating power of microarray analyses. In this note we intend to explain basic principles of five (5) major groups of analytical techniques used in studies of microarray data and their interpretation: the principal component analysis (PCA), the independent component analysis (ICA), the t-test, the analysis of variance (ANOVA), and self organizing maps (SOM). We discuss answers to selected practical questions related to the analysis of microarray data. We also take a closer look at the experimental setup and the rules, which have to be observed in order to exploit microarrays efficiently. Finally, we discuss in detail the scope and limitations of microarray-based methods. We emphasize the fact that no amount of statistical analysis can compensate for (or replace) a well thought through experimental setup. We conclude that microarrays are indeed useful tools in life sciences but by no means should they be expected to generate complete answers to complex biological questions. We argue that even well posed questions, formulated within a microarray-specific terminology, cannot be completely answered with the use of microarray analyses alone.     

Lanthanide luminescence efficiency in eight- and nine-coordinate complexes: Role of the radiative lifetime

The photophysical parameters for the sensitization of metal-centred luminescence are analyzed in two series of complexes with tridentate and hexadentate ligands having N_xO_y chelating units. In particular, the radiative lifetime τ_rad is experimentally estimated for 29 nine-coordinate Eu^III complexes and 10 eight- and nine-coordinate Yb^III complexes. The known dependence of τ_rad on refractive index is substantiated by comparing data for solid-state samples and solutions. Moreover, a clear dependence of τ_rad with the coordination environment is evidenced and in the case of Eu^III, a comparison between τ_rad and the nephelauxetic effect generated by the ligands is attempted. Altogether, this extensive analysis points to the importance of having a handle on τ_rad when designing ligands for highly luminescent lanthanide-containing molecular edifices. This, in turn, should stimulate initiating theoretical considerations to unravel a reliable relationship between τ_rad and the electronic structure of the ligands.