Verfolgung von Phasenreaktionen in Flüssigkeiten

For a great number of processes of technical importance (separation precipitating, adsorption and chemical conversion) an indication of progress of reaction without any temporal delay and gap is required with regard to process optimation. Beside and in addition to thermal analyses and optical methods electrical methods can be used, which depend on measuring of those electric properties, which are connected with each change of phases of the material under test. By use of potentials of medium or high frequency the cell of reaction is free of test probes. This is especially favourable for investigations of such mixtures of phases, in which the surfaces of electrodes would be changed irreversible by sedimentation or separation of phase. In this way the following reactions were studied: precipitation processes in supersaturated aqueous solutions, solution of crystals of potassium chloride, adsorption of alkali solution by ground quartz, sedimentation of mineral substances, separation processes of the system phenol-water and transformation of high polymers.     

Organic synthesis on the microgram scale. V

Summary This paper describes a method for theg synthesis of flavone acetates in a sealed capillary tube. The reaction products are separated and purified on a thin-layer plate. The esters are then hydrolyzed on the plate and the parent flavones regenerated. A simple heating device is used which allows for observation of the reaction.

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Zusammenfassung Beschreibung der Mikrogrammsynthese von Flavonacetaten in einem verschmolzenen Kapillarröhrchen. Die Reaktionsprodukte werden auf einer Dünnschichtplatte getrennt und gereinigt. Dann verseift man die Ester auf der Platte und stellt die freien Flavone dar. Ein einfaches Heizgerät ermöglicht die Beobachtung der Reaktion.

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For part IV of this series see Mikrochim. Acta [Wien]1969, 352.     

Synthesis of fluorinated 1,8-naphthyridinone derivatives

Processes for the synthesis of fluorinated 1,8-naphthyridinone derivatives including 6,7-difluoro-1,8-naphthyridin-2-one are described.     

End-labeled free-solution electrophoresis of DNA

DNA is a free-draining polymer. This subtle but "unfortunate" property of highly charged polyelectrolytes makes it impossible to separate nucleic acids by free-flow electrophoresis. This is why one must typically use a sieving matrix, such as a gel or an entangled polymer solution, in order to obtain some electrophoretic size separation. An alternative approach consists of breaking the charge to friction balance of free-draining DNA molecules. This can be achieved by labeling the DNA with a large, uncharged molecule (essentially a hydrodynamic parachute, which we also call a drag-tag) prior to electrophoresis; the resulting methodology is called end-labeled free-solution electrophoresis (ELFSE). In this article, we review the development of ELFSE over the last decade. In particular, we examine the theoretical concepts used to predict the ultimate performance of ELFSE for single-stranded (ssDNA) sequencing, the experimental results showing that ELFSE can indeed overcome the free-draining issue raised above, and the technological advances that are needed to speed the development of competitive ELFSE-based sequencing and separation technologies. Finally, we also review the reverse process, called free-solution conjugate electrophoresis (FSCE), wherein uncharged polymers of different sizes can be analyzed using a short DNA molecule as an electrophoretic engine.     

Organic synthesis on the microgram scale. III separation and purification of steroids

Summary This paper describes techniques for separation and purification of steroids on the thin-layer plate. Two or more operations can be performed on the same plate in order to avoid loss of material and product.When a steroid diketone (progesterone) is treated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine on silica gel, three products are obtainable. These compounds can be readily purified on the same thin-layer plate and converted to the parent steroid by means of stannous chloride in dilute hydrochloric acid.

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Zusammenfassung Trennung und Reinigung von Steroiden auf der Dünnschichtplatte werden beschrieben. Zwei oder mehr Operationen lassen sich, um Substanzverluste zu vermeiden, auf derselben Platte ausführen.Wird ein Diketosteroid (Progesteron) mit 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazin auf Kieselgel behandelt, so erhält man drei Reaktionsprodukte, die auf derselben Platte leicht gereinigt und mit Zinn(II)-chlorid in verd. Salzsäure in das entsprechende Ausgangssteroid zurückverwandelt werden können.