Thermal behavior of orthorhombic polymorphs I and II of spironolactone

Investigation into the thermal behavior of orthorhombic Forms I and II of spironolactone, by means of differential scanning calorimetry and high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction, showed that Form I melts then recrystallizes into Form II at 373–393 K, i.e. in the temperature range within which high resolution X-ray powder diffration showed that Form I transforms into Form II. Refinements of the lattice parameters of the two forms indicated that Form I is denser than Form II in the range from 298 K up to the temperature at which it melts.     

Representation des courbes de vaporus dans les systemes binaires a tension de vapeur non negligeable

The binary system As₂Se₃-As is first described for a constant value of the specific volumeV/m. The results corroborate the data given by other authors. The system is then described by aT-V-x diagram, by using DTA and electron microprobe analysis. From our experimental results and from the literature crystallographic and vapour pressure data, aT-V-x phase diagram was set up, showing the vaporus curves and the eutectic, peritectic and peritectoid invariant planes.

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Zusammenfassung Das binäre System As₂Se₃-As wird zunächst für einen konstanten Wert des specizifischen VolumensV/m beschrieben. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen die Daten anderer Autoren. Danach wird das System imT-V-x-Diagramm beschrieben, wobei DTA und Elektronenmikroproben-Analyse angewandt werden. Von eigenen Versuchsergebnissen und der Literatur entnommenen kristallographischen und Dampfdruckdaten wurden dasT-V-x-Phasendiagramm aufgestellt, das die Dampfdruckkurven und die eutektischen, peritektischen und peritektoiden invarianten Flächen zeigt.

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Polymorphism of even-numbered carbon atom n-alkanes revisited through topological P-T diagrams

The phase relationships involving the metastable orthorhombic (R(I)) phase and the stable triclinic (T) phase were established for even-numbered carbon atom n-alkanes in the range of 8-20 carbon atoms. It is shown that the R(I) phase behaves monotropically whatever the pressure and temperature (i.e., the R(I) phase exhibits no stable pressure-temperature (P-T) region). Then, the incidence of the overall monotropic behavior of the R(I) phase on the construction of the temperature-composition (T-x) phase diagrams involving at least one even member was examined through four temperature-molar fraction (T-x) phase diagrams. Discussion on the location of the R(I)-T-vapor (upsilon) triple points in the P-T diagrams of this series of n-alkanes was determined and extended to higher even members.     

Fragmentation of methyl chloride studied by partial positive and negative ion-yield spectroscopy

The authors present partial-ion-yield experiments on the methyl chloride molecule excited in the vicinity of the Cl2p and C1s inner shells. A large number of fragments, cations produced by dissociation or recombination processes, as well as anionic species, have been detected. Although the spectra exhibit different intensity distributions depending on the core-excited atom, general observations include strong site-selective fragmentation along the C-Cl bond axis and a strong intensity dependence of transitions involving Rydberg series on fragment size.     

Physicochemical Differences in Dehydrated Saccharomyces Boulardii Yeast as a Function of the Dehydration Process

Measurements of the masses of incorporated water and of the heats of hydration have been performed at 310 K, under air atmosphere saturated with water vapour, on three differently dehydrated samples of the Saccharomyces boulardii yeast in order to evaluate differences in physicochemical properties related to the following dehydration processes: cryodesiccation (or lyophilization) and thermodesiccation (spray drying and in-fluidized-bed heating).Thermogravimetric (TG) experiments have shown that the lyophilized yeast contains less residual water than heat-treated yeasts and that it incorporates more water and more rapidly. Isothermal water sorption of a spherical yeast cell has been represented by a two-parameter equation able to take account of a maximum of the hydration rate when this is taken as a function of time. On the other hand, isothermal DSC experiments have shown that hydration-heat values are higher for the heat-treated yeasts than for the lyophilized one. The TG and DSC results have been shown to be consistent with the idea that the physicochemical properties of a dehydrated yeast are related to cell-wall behaviour during desiccation.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Influence of formation path on the CH2BrCl2+ dissociation dynamics

To get further insight into the CH2BrCl site-selective fragmentation previously observed upon inner-shell ionization, we have performed high-resolution Br 3d and Cl 2p Auger and spin-orbit resolved Br 3d Auger spectra, and studied the dissociation properties of the CH2BrCl2+ dication formed at threshold by means of threshold electron pair-ion coincidence measurements. The key point is that the origin of site-specific bond breaking is found in the Auger decay itself, as it preferentially populates selected dication states. Whereas the predominance of the C-Br bond breaking is observed in both threshold and inner-shell studies, no signature of selective C-Cl rupture is reported for the dication formed at threshold.     

Polymorph formation from solvate desolvation

Spironolactone (C₂₄H₃₂O₄S) usually crystallizes into an orthorhombic phase, named Form II. Another orthorhombic phase, named Form I, is also known but seems difficult to obtain. Studies of the kinetics of desolvation of the ethanol solvate at room temperature showed that these two forms can be obtained through different mechanisms of desolvation.