Advanced kinetic tools for the evaluation of decomposition reactions

Summary An advanced kinetic study on the thermal behaviour of pyrotechnic ignition mixtures has been carried out by differential scanning calorimetry using different B/KNO3 mixtures (50:50, 30:70, 20:80) as a model reaction. The experimental conditions applied (isochoric conditions/closed crucibles and isobaric conditions/open crucibles) as well as the composition of the mixtures noticeably influences the relative thermal stabilities of the energetic materials. The kinetic study focused on the prediction of the thermal stability of the different mixtures both in extended temperature ranges and under temperature conditions at which ordinary investigation would be very difficult. Using advanced numerical tools [1], thermal ageing and influence of the complex thermal environment on the heat accumulation conditions were computed. This can be done for any surrounding temperature profile such as isothermal, non-isothermal, stepwise, modulated, shock, adiabatic conditions and additionally for temperature profiles reflecting real atmospheric temperature changes (yearly temperature profiles of different climates with daily minimal and maximal fluctuations). Applications of accurate decomposition kinetics enabled the determination of the time to maximum rate under adiabatic conditions (TMR_ad) with a precision given by the confidence interval of the predictions. This analysis can then be applied for the examination of the effects of the surrounding temperature for safe storage or transportation conditions (e.g. determination of the safe transport or storage temperatures).     

Synthesis and NMD A Antagonistic Properties of the Enantiomers of 4-(3-phosphonopropyl)piperazine-2-carboxylic acid (CPP) and of the unsaturated analogue (E)-4-(3-phosphonoprop-2-enyl)piperazine-2-carboxylic acid (CPP-ene)

The (R)- and (s)-enantiomers of 4-(3-phosphonopropyl)piperazine-2-carboxylic acid (D - and L -CPP, resp.; 15 and 16 , resp.), and of its unsaturated analogue (E)-4-(3-phosphonoprop-2-enyl)piperazine-2-carboxylic acid (D - and L -CPP-ene, resp.; 13 and 14 , resp.) were prepared. The absolute configuration of the enantiomers was determined by a chemical correlation of the menthyl ester 7 with D -asparagine. The affinity of these derivatives for the NMDA receptor was determined by displacement of [³H]CPP in rat cerebral cortical membranes. In two functional tests (the frog hemisected spinal cord preparation and the sodium efflux test from rat brain slices), D -CPP-ene appears to be the most potent, enantiomerically pure, competitive NMDA antagonist known to date.     

Deoxy-nitrosugars. 9th communication. Chain elongation of 1-C -nitroglycosyl halides by substitution with some weakly basic carbanions

The 1-C-nitroglycosyl chloride reacted with the anions form 2-nitropropane, nitromethane, and diethyl malonate, to give the chain-extended products 2 (81%), 5 (72%), and 6 (83%), respectively. Treatment of the 1-C -nitroglycosyl bromide 7 by the lithium salt obtained form 8 gave the dodecodiulose derivative 9 (76%). Th β-D-configuration of 2 and 9 was inferred form their NMR and CD spectra. Treatment of 2 and 9 with sodium sulfide gave the enol ethers 3 (96%) and 10 (92%), respectively. The (Z)-configuration of 10 was deduced form the configuration of its hydrogenation product 11 .     

Self-aggregated perfluoroalkylated hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene fibers observed by cryo-SEM and fluorescence spectroscopy

The self-assembled architectures in solution of a new HBC derivative bearing perfluoroalkylated side chains were investigated by optical excitation and emission spectroscopy and correlated to cryo-SEM, a new technique in organic chemistry.     

Desoxy-nitrozucker. 2. Mitteilung Herstellung geschützter 1-Desoxy-1-nitroaldosen

Synthesis of Protected 1-Deoxy-1-nitroaldoses The direct oxidation of the oxime 1 with t-butyl hydroperoxide and vanadyl acetylacetonate yielding the nitro derivative 2 (54%, Scheme 1) could not be applied to other oximes. Diastereoselective bromination of the aldonolactone oxims 7 and 10–12 according to known procedures gave the corresponding bromonitroso compounds which were oxidized to the bromonitro compounds 9, 14, 18 and 22 , respectively. Oxidation of the bromonitroso compound in the D-mannopyranose series proved difficult, but the corresponding chloronitro derivative 23 was easily obtained according to Corey & Estreicher (Scheme 2 and 3). The structure of the bromonitro compound 9 was determined by an X-ray analysis, and the configurations of the bromonitro compounds 14, 18 and 22 were deduced from their molecular rotations. Reduction of the bromonitro compounds gave the protected 1-deoxy-l-nitroaldoses 2 , 15/16 , 19/20 , and 24/25 , respectively, in good overall yields. The ribose derivatives 15 and 16 were detritylated to give the nitro compound 4 , and the mannose derivative 2 was partially deprotected to give the monoisopropylidene compound 26 . The nitro group shows a normal anomeric effect which is reflected in the IR . spectra of the pyranose derivatives 19 and 20 , and 24 and 25 .     

Measurements of pp→π+d between 398 MeV and 572 MeV

The reaction pp→π⁺d was studied at incident proton energies of 398, 455, 497, 530 and 572 MeV. Measurements of dσ/dΩ at 455 and 572 MeV show the presence of pion d-waves in the pion-deuteron system. Asymmetry measurements yield similar conclusions. Total cross-section measurements agree with recent fits to earlier data.