Anthracene derivatives of benzo[f]quinoline. Synthesis,spectra, and luminescence

By condensation of 9-[N-(2-naphthyl)formimidoyl]anthracene with methyl ketones under conditions of acid catalysis, 1-R-3-(9-anthryl)benzo[f]quinolines have been obtained. The byproducts of the reaction have been identified: 1-R-3-(9-anthyl)-2-propen-1-ones and N-[1-(p-aminophenyl)-3-(9-anthryl)-2-propen-1-ylidene]-2-naphthylamines. The spectral and luminenscence properties of these compounds have been examined critically.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1536–1541, November, 1985.     

Effect of shear on human insulin in zinc suspension

Human insulin in zinc suspension was used as a model protein to test the effect of shear on the settling rate of proteins, a possible inference for protein denaturation. The rate of settling was determined directly in a spectropho-tometer. Shear effects are important in retaining the activity of proteins and are present in bubble, foam, and droplet protein fractionation processes. A sim pletest, such as that conducted here, mayeven be useful for monitoring changes in protein structure caused by commercial shipping of the protein. The settling ratefor insulin was continously monitored in theoriginal bottle by spectrophotometric absorbance changes as a function of time. A settling curve was determined following each shear experiment, which included shaking the “worked” insulin solution in a vortex mixer for different lengths of time. It was determined, when comparing long shaking times with short ones, that the initial settling rate was less for the long-term shaking of the insulin samples and greater for the short-term shaking. The secondary effects of light and heat, along with shaking, a pparently did not produce differences from shaking alone.     

Opacity measurements of a hot iron plasma using an x-ray laser

The temporal evolution of the opacity of an iron plasma at high temperature (30-350 eV) and high density (0.001-0.2 g cm-3) has been measured using a nickel-like silver x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. The hot dense iron plasma was created in a thin (50 nm) iron layer buried 80 nm below the surface in a plastic target that was heated using a separate 80 ps pulse of 6-9 J, focused to a 100 microm diameter spot. The experimental opacities are compared with opacities evaluated from plasma conditions predicted using a fluid and atomic physics code.     

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