Synthesis and Dehydrobromination of 3-Bromomethyl- and 3-Bromo-3-methoxymethylcyclobutane-1-carbonitriles and Methyl 3-Bromomethyl- and 3-Bromo-3-methoxymethylcyclobutane-1-carboxylates

The anti-Markownikoff products of bromination and bromomethoxylation of 3-methylenecyclobutane-1-carbonitrile and methyl 3-methylenecyclobutane-1-carboxylate were subjected to dehydrobromination by the action of potassium tert-butoxide in THF. The reaction takes two elimination pathways: 1,3-dehydrobromination to give bicyclobutane derivatives and 1,2-dehydrobromination leading to substituted methylenecyclobutane. Structural factors in the substrate were revealed, which are responsible for the ratio of the two concurrent elimination processes.     

Microwave Activation in Organic Synthesis

Data on the effect of microwave irradiation on organic reactions are reviewed. Possible mechanisms of microwave activation are discussed, and some examples of acceleration of organic reactions and change of their direction and selectivity as compared to traditional thermal activation are described. Specific aspects of the application of microwave activation to various fields of organic synthesis are considered. The review covers mainly the data published over the last 5 years.     

Higher order symmetrizer and application to an unusual transport equation

We study a class of stationary transport equation with nonlocal low-order tems We obtain the existence and uniqueness of a solution in sobolev spaces     

求解复杂湍流的非线性涡黏性系数模型和代数应力模型

非线性涡黏性系数模型和代数应力模型联系了线性涡黏性系数湍流模型和完整的微分 雷诺应力模型.随着它们受到日益关注,其形式也越来越多样化.本篇综述的目的是对这些模 型加以总结并比较它们之间的共同点及不同之处,指出它们与完整微分雷诺应力模型之间的 关系,以及相对于线性涡黏性系数模型而言它们在预报流场上所具有的优势.     

Counterpropagating waves on the sea surface (Results of Natural Microwave Experiment)

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the results of the natural experiment on the study of nonlinear dynamics of surface waves by microwave methods. During the experiment, waves traveling in opposition to the wind and the dominant wave system were detected by high-resolution microwave radar methods. An analysis of the results of microwave sounding made it possible to obtain a space-frequency spectrum of counterpropagating waves, to estimate their intensity, and to relate the fact of counterpropagating wave generation to experimental conditions. It was shown that the generation of counterpropagating waves under conditions of this experiment can be interpreted on the basis of the mechanism of the cubic interaction of surface gravity waves.     

Addition of Some Enamino Esters to 3-Substituted Coumarins

The addition of the enamino esters 1a, b to several coumarins with electron-withdrawing 3-substituents 2 yielded 3 and 4, whereas ethyl 3-amino-2-butenoate (1c) reacted surprisingly with its C-4 to give either an adduct 8 or pyrido [3,4-c] chromene 9.     

Determination of electron affinity of carbonyl radicals by means of negative ion mass spectrometry

Appearance energies of [M-H](-) ions from carbonyl compounds R-CO-R' (R,R' = H, CH(3), NH(2), OH) have been measured by means of negative ion mass spectrometry in resonant electron capture mode. Values of electron affinity of the corresponding radicals, CH(2)&dbond;C(X)O, NH&dbond;C(X)O and O&dbond;C(X)O, have been determined. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Pseudo-bimolecular [2+2] cycloaddition studied by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

The first study of pseudo‐bimolecular cycloaddition reaction dynamics in the gas phase is presented. We used femtosecond time‐resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) to study the [2+2] photocycloaddition in the model system pseudo‐gem‐divinyl[2.2]paracyclophane. From X‐ray crystal diffraction measurements we found that the ground‐state molecule can exist in two conformers; a reactive one in which the vinyl groups are immediately situated for [2+2] cycloaddition and a nonreactive conformer in which they point in opposite directions. From the measured S₁ lifetimes we assigned a clear relation between the conformation and the excited‐state reactivity; the reactive conformer has a lifetime of 13 ps, populating the ground state through a conical intersection leading to [2+2] cycloaddition, whereas the nonreactive conformer has a lifetime of 400 ps. Ab initio calculations were performed to locate the relevant conical intersection (CI) and calculate an excited‐state [2+2] cycloaddition reaction path. The interpretation of the results is supported by experimental results on the similar but nonreactive pseudo‐para‐divinyl[2.2]paracyclophane, which has a lifetime of more than 500 ps in the S₁ state.     

The multi-functional aspect of scanning holographic microscopy: a review(Invited Paper)

Recent developments in scanning holographic microscopy that offer the prospects of new quantitative tools and imaging modalities in bio, micro, and nano sciences are reviewed. The versatility of the method is emphasized. Scanning holography can operate in an incoherent mode for fluorescence imaging, in a coherent mode for quantitative phase imaging, or in a tomographic mode for axial sectioning and rejection of the out-of-focus haze. Possible applications are illustrated with examples, and future prospects ...