Spin fluctuations in hydrogen-stabilized Laves phase UTi2H5

Uranium Laves phase UTi₂ does not exist in a pure form, but can be stabilised by the presence of hydrogen, which can be absorbed in concentration exceeding 5?H atoms/f.u. Low temperature specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity indicate that UTi₂H₅ is a spin fluctuator close to the verge of magnetic ordering. Its susceptibility follows at high temperatures the Curie–Weiss law with U effective moment µ_eff[ ?= 3.1?µ_B/U and paramagnetic Curie temperature Θ_p = ?200 K. The temperature dependence of specific heat exhibits a pronounced and weakly field dependent upturn in C_p/T versus T below 10 K reflecting the effect of spin fluctuations. It can be described by an additional T^½ term. The Sommerfeld coefficient γ = 256?mJ/mol K² classifies the compound as a mid-weight heavy fermion. Spin fluctuations are affecting also electrical and thermal transport and thermoelectric power, which all resemble UAl₂. A lattice anomaly at ≈ 240?K, attributed to the melting of hydrogen sublattice, reflects in most of bulk properties.     

Synthesis of 3, 4, 6-triaryl-2-pyrones

A preparative method was worked out for the synthesis of 3,4,6-triaryl-2-pyrones by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of selenium arylacylmethylides to diphenylcyclopropenone.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1475–1478, November, 1977.     

Anode oxidation of some heterocyclic acids in dimethylformamide

It is shown that the electrolysis of furan-2-carboxylic, thiophene-2-carboxylic, and selenophene-2-carboxylic acids in dimethylformamide on platinum electrodes gives N-(2-furoyloxymethyl)-N-methylformamide, N-(2-thenoyloxymethyl)-N-methylformamide, and N-(2-selenoyloxymethyl)-N-methylforniamide, respectively.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 915–917, July, 1971.