Labile Interactions Defined in Crystalline Metal Complexes

The problems involved in identifying and quantifying labile interactions considered to influence complex compound structures are highlighted through the assessment of four different families of metal complexes for which extensive crystallographic data are available. Modification of the charge distribution within a ligand molecule as a result of coordination is one factor with a number of ramifications. A detailed analysis of evidence for both intra- and inter-molecular attractions in dimethylsulfoxide complexes of metal perchlorates is used to provide a basis for the consideration of weak interactions between complex ions involving forces including phenyl-group attractions, hydrogen bonding and cavity inclusion.     

Correction: Phytol-based novel adjuvants in vaccine formulation: 1. assessment of safety and efficacy during stimulation of humoral and cell-mediated immune responses

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The mechanism of oxidation of indoxyl and its analogs to indigo and indigoides

Conclusions Intermediate formation of 3-oxynaphthenyl-2 radical during oxidation of 3-oxythionaphthene to thioindigo was demonstrated by the inhibitor method. The 1:1 recombination product of this radical and diphenylpicrylhydrazyl was isolated. It is assumed that the postulated oxidation mechanism is general for compounds possessing a methylene group bonded to an electron-donating X group and an electron-accepting C=O group.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1168–1170, May, 1970.     

Olivomycin and related antibiotics

Summary It has been shown that olivomycose has the structure of 3-C-methyl-2, 6-dideoxy-L-arabino-hexose. In olivomycins A and C, this sugar is present in the form of the 4-O-isobutyrate, and in olivomycin B in the form of the 4-O-acetate.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 405–410, 1967For preliminary communication, see [1].     

Multifunctional Calix[4]arenes Containing Pendant Amide and Phosphoryl Groups: Their Use as Extracting Agents and Carriers for Alkali Cations

The complexing, extracting and mobile carrier properties of the tetra(phosphine oxide)-calix[4]arene 1 and the hybrid diamide-di(phosphine oxide)-calix[4]arene 2 were studied. Both ligands give 1 : 1 complexes with alkali cations in THF as shown by the picrate method. 1H NMR experiments were run to follow encapsulation of sodium and potassium cations. The corresponding spectra indicate C2-symmetrical structure. The observed extraction orders of the alkali picrates were as follows K+>Rb+>Li+>Cs+>Na+ for 1 and Li+>Na+>K+>Rb++ for 2. Transport kinetics was analysed by means of a model which assumes pure diffusion and which allows the evaluation of mass transfer coefficients in all systems. These coefficients and their influences on the transport rate are discussed in terms of size of the transporting species in the liquid membrane.     

Thermal transformations of oligoarylenes

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Thermal transformations of oligoarylenes, relating to polymers with conjugate systems, have been investigated in air and in vacuo, depending on the...