Synthèse du mèthyl-1 diformyl-2,3 pyrrole,de la méthyl-1 pyrrolo[2,3-d] pyridazine et de la méthyl-1 oxo-6 (6h)cycloheptatrieno[b] pyrrole

This communication describes the synthesis of l-methyl-2,3-diformylpyrrole. This new compound is used to prepare a new heterocycle, l-methylcyclohepta[b]pyrrol-6-one and thus allows a new synthesis of l-methylpyrrolo[2,3-d]pyridazine.     

Stereochimie comparative de bromation,dans l'ether,d'enolates lithique et potassique,d'ethers d'enol methyliques et d'enols en serie 4-t.butyl 1-benzoyl cyclohexane et en serie β-phenyl butyrophenone

The steric course of bromination of cyclic and acyclic metal enolates in ether, independent of the nature of the metal (lithium or potassium), is identical to that of enols but very different from that of methyl enol ethers. The stereochemical results are compatible with the previously postulated six-centre cyclic halogenation mechanisms of enols     

Study of support effects on the reduction of Ni2+ ions in aqueous hydrazine

We have studied the effect of silica of quartz-type on the reducibility of nickel acetate in aqueous hydrazine (80 degrees C, pH = 10-12) and metal particle formation. The obtained materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and thermodesorption experiments. With nickel acetate alone, the reduction was partial (45%) and a metal film at the liquid-gas interface or a powdered metal precipitate with an average particle size of 120 nm was obtained. In the presence of silica as the surfactant, the reduction of nickel acetate was total and the nickel phase deposited as a film on the support with an average particle size of 25 nm. Supported nickel acetate was also totally reduced. Crystallites of a mean particle size of about 3 nm were obtained. Decreasing the nickel content or increasing the hydrazine/nickel ratio decreased the metal particle size. Whiskers were formed for low nickel loadings. Hydrogen thermal treatment of the reduced phase showed that the organic acetate fragment, belonging to the precursor salt, still remained strongly attached to the nickel phase. The amount of the retained organic matrix depended on the metal particle size. Surface defects are suggested as active sites, which enhanced nickel ion reduction in the presence of silica as the surfactant or support. Metal-support interactions and the nucleation/ growth rate were the main factors determining the size and morphology of the supported metal particles formed. The organic matrix covered the reduced nickel phase.     

Silica supported nanopalladium prepared by hydrazine reduction

Palladium catalysts (1–10 wt.% Pd) supported on silica were prepared by hydrazine reduction of palladium chloride at room temperature. They were characterized by XRD, TEM, EDX, H₂-adsorption, and H₂-TPD and tested in the gas phase hydrogenation of benzene in the temperature range 75–250 °C. A conventional catalyst (1 wt.% Pd) obtained by calcination then hydrogen reduction of the same metal precursor was studied for comparison. Metal particles with a size range 6.8–28.4 nm were obtained. Dispersion, hydrogen storage and activity in benzene hydrogenation increased with decreasing particle size. In comparison, the classical catalyst was found much more dispersed (mean particle size of 1.6 nm) and more active (specific rate 1.6–3.7 times higher) than the homolog hydrazine catalyst. However, unexpectedly, turnover frequency (TOF) calculations indicated a greater reactivity of the metal surface atoms for the hydrazine catalyst. It also stored more hydrogen. These contrasting results are discussed in relation with the metal particle morphology.     

Synthèse dc la pyrido[2,3-f] phtalazine et des diformyl-6,7; -4,6; -4,7; -2,4 quinoleines

This article describes the synthesis of a new heterocycle, pyrido[2,3,f]phtalazine and three new diformylquinolincs.     

Synthèse des pyrido[2,3-d] el [3,2-d] -s-triazolo[3,4-f] pyrimidines el de (pyrazolyl-1')-4 pyrido[2,3-d] et [3,2-d] pyrimidines

The synthesis of two new heterocycles is described: pyrido-[2,3-d]-.s-triazolo[ 3,4-f] pyrimidine and pyrido[3,2-d]-.s-triayzolo-[3,4-f] pyrimidine. 4-[I'-Pyrazolyl]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines and 4-[1′-pyrazoly1] pyrido[ 3,2-d] pyrimidine are obtained by the action of 4-hydrazinopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine and 4-hydrazinopyrido-[3,2-d]pyrimidine with several β-diketones.     

The developmental pattern of stimulus and response interference in a color-object Stroop task: an ERP study

Background

Several studies have shown that Stroop interference is stronger in children than in adults. However, in a standard Stroop paradigm, stimulus interference and response interference are confounded. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether interference at the stimulus level and the response level are subject to distinct maturational patterns across childhood. Three groups of children (6–7 year-olds, 8–9 year-olds, and 10–12 year-olds) and a group of adults performed a manual Color-Object Stroop designed to disentangle stimulus interference and response interference. This was accomplished by comparing three trial types. In congruent (C) trials there was no interference. In stimulus incongruent (SI) trials there was only stimulus interference. In response incongruent (RI) trials there was stimulus interference and response interference. Stimulus interference and response interference were measured by a comparison of SI with C, and RI with SI trials, respectively. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured to study the temporal dynamics of these processes of interference.

Results

There was no behavioral evidence for stimulus interference in any of the groups, but in 6–7 year-old children ERPs in the SI condition in comparison with the C condition showed an occipital P1-reduction (80–140 ms) and a widely distributed amplitude enhancement of a negative component followed by an amplitude reduction of a positive component (400–560 ms). For response interference, all groups showed a comparable reaction time (RT) delay, but children made more errors than adults. ERPs in the RI condition in comparison with the SI condition showed an amplitude reduction of a positive component over lateral parietal (-occipital) sites in 10–12 year-olds and adults (300–540 ms), and a widely distributed amplitude enhancement of a positive component in all age groups (680–960 ms). The size of the enhancement correlated positively with the RT response interference effect.

Conclusion

Although processes of stimulus interference control as measured with the color-object Stroop task seem to reach mature levels relatively early in childhood (6–7 years), development of response interference control appears to continue into late adolescence as 10–12 year-olds were still more susceptible to errors of response interference than adults.