Shock waves in gas flows with nanoparticles

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The paper focuses on the analytical analysis of the propagation of a normal shock wave in an adiabatic gas flow with nanoparticles. A modified...     

Oscillating processes with independent increments and nondegenerate Wiener component

For an oscillating process _z(t) (_z(0)=2,t0), which is defined with the help of two homogeneous processes ₁(t) and ₂(t) with independent increments and nondegemerate Wiener components, under certain restrictions we establish a relation of the form and find the characteristic function of the ergodic distribution of the process considered.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1415–1421, October, 1990.     

Cyclopentanone in the Synthesis of Fused 4,7-Phenanthroline Derivatives

Catalytic condensation of cyclopentanone with arylmethylene(6-quinolyl)amines gave previously unknown 8-aryl-10,11-dihydro-9H-cyclopenta[a]-4,7-phenanthrolines.     

Apparent two-dimensional behavior of TiO2 nanotubes revealed by light absorption and luminescence

Optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) properties of colloidal TiO(2) nanotubes, produced by the alkali hydrothermal method, were studied at room temperature in the range 300-700 nm. Nanotubes having an internal diameter in the range 2.5-5 nm have very similar optical properties, in contrast to the expected behavior for quasi-1-D systems. This is explained by the complete thermal smearing of all 1-D effects, due to the large effective mass of charge carriers in TiO(2), resulting in an apparent 2-D behavior of TiO(2) nanotubes.     

Zn2+-dependent peptide nucleic acids probes

Binding of bis-picolylamine-naphthalene diimide-peptide nucleic acid conjugates to complementary DNA is strongly dependent upon Zn2+; ultimately, hybridization is switched ON in the presence muM Zn2+.     

Synthesis of 1,3-diaryl-4,7-phenanthrolines

A number of new 1,3-diaryl-4,7-phenanthrolines were synthesized by heterocyclization of arylidene-6-quinolylamines with acetophenones in the presence of an acidic catalyst. Intermediate amino ketones and side products, viz., N-(R¹-benzyl)-6-quinolylamines and ,-unsaturated ketones, were isolated. The IR, UV, PMR, and mass spectra of the synthesized compounds are discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1398–1401, October, 1985.     

Reactions of Vanillin and Vanillal Esters with 6-Quinolylamine and Phenidone

Previously unknown 2-methoxy(or ethoxy)-4-(11-oxo-9-phenyl-7,8,9,10,11,12-hexahydrobenzo[b][4,7]phenanthrolin-12-yl)phenyl esters of carboxylic acids were prepared by ternary condensation of vanillin or vanillal alkanoates with 6-quinolylamine and Phenidone. According to the ¹H NMR spectra, the target products are formed as mixtures of diastereomers.     

Hydrolysis in the system LiPF6—propylene carbonate—dimethyl carbonate—H2O

¹⁹F and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy were used to study the kinetics of the hydrolysis of LiPF₆ in the homogenous solvent system propylene carbonate (PC)—dimethyl carbonate (DMC)—H₂O. It was found that the main products of the hydrolysis are HF, LiPO₂F₂ and Li₂PO₃F. The content of POF₃ and PF₅ was negligibly low. We set up a hypothesis that the main factor determining the rate of the process is the so-called ‘secondary’ catalytic effect, caused by solvated H⁺ ions.     

Partial molar volume of proteins studied by the three-dimensional reference interaction site model theory

The three-dimensional reference interaction site model (3D-RISM) theory is applied to the analysis of hydration effects on the partial molar volume of proteins. For the native structure of some proteins, the partial molar volume is decomposed into geometric and hydration contributions using the 3D-RISM theory combined with the geometric volume calculation. The hydration contributions are correlated with the surface properties of the protein. The thermal volume, which is the volume of voids around the protein induced by the thermal fluctuation of water molecules, is directly proportional to the accessible surface area of the protein. The interaction volume, which is the contribution of electrostatic interactions between the protein and water molecules, is apparently governed by the charged atomic groups on the protein surface. The polar atomic groups do not make any contribution to the interaction volume. The volume differences between low- and high-pressure structures of lysozyme are also analyzed by the present method.     

Reaction of arylidene-2-naphthylamines with the ethyl ester of (2-quinolyl)-β-oxopropionic acid

The reaction of arylidene-2-naphthylamines with the ethyl ester of (2-quinolyl)--oxopropionic acid results in the synthesis of ethyl esters of 1-(2-quinolyl)-3-arylbenzo[f]quinoline-2-carboxylic acids. All the theoretically possible intermediate reaction products were isolated: the amino esters of 2-quinoline--oxopropionic acid, the hydroxy esters of tetrahydro- and esters of dihydrobenzo[f]quinoline-2-carboxylic acid, as well as the by-products — the ethyl ester of 2-quinolyl--(R-benzylidene)--oxopropionic acid. The IR, UV, and mass spectra of the synthesized compounds are discussed.Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk 220603. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1406–1410, October, 1994. Original article submitted October 5, 1994.