Moment Inequalities and High-Energy Tails for Boltzmann Equations with Inelastic Interactions

Journal of Statistical Physics - We study high-energy asymptotics of the steady velocity distributions for model kinetic equations describing various regimes in dilute granular flows. The main...     

Diels-Alder versus heterodiene reaction: The effect of acid catalysis.

The difference between thermal, AlCl₃- and CF₃ COOH-catalyzed reaction of (E)-4-benzal-1-phenyl-5-pyrazolone and 2,3-dimethylbutadiene is discussed in terms of Diels-Alder $\text{versus}$ heterodiene reactivity.     

Heterodiene synthesis—XI : A study of the isomerization of tetrahydropyran[2′,3′:2,3] 2,3-dihydropyran[6,5-c] pyrazoles

The stereoisomers (1–4) of the tetrahydropyran[2′,3′:2,3] 2,3-dihydropyran[6,5-c] pyrazole system equilibrate in deuterated trifluoroacetic acid at 35°.The mechanism which causes incorporation of deuterium in the 4a-position is discussed.The isomers distribution is rationalized in terms of steric and electronic interactions, and the energy values for the interaction between the phenyl group in 5 and the substituent in position 6 on the pyrazole ring are given.     

Theoretical investigation on hydroformylation reactions: II. Hydrocarbonyliron intermediates in reppe synthesis

Extended Hückel theory calculations have been carried out to investigate the possible formation of stable π and σ complexes between olefins and some hydrocarbonylirons postulated as active catalysts in Reppe synthesis. It was found that H₂Fe(CO)₄ and HFe(CO)₄^- do not coordinate ethylene, unlike the corresponding CO deficient species H₂Fe(CO)₃ and HFe(CO)₃^-, which interact with the olefin to give stable π complexes. Moreover ethylene—H₂Fe(CO)₃ is more stable than ethylene—HFe(CO)₃^-, in line with the conclusions based on the experimental results. Stable alkyl intermediates are predicted starting from the coordinatively saturated hydrocarbonyls.     

The application of MIM method to spiroconjugated systems

The Molecules in Molecules method has been applied to spiroconnected systems. Energy, polarisation and intensity of electronic transitions of spiro(5,5)undeca-1,4,6,9-tetraene-3,8-dione have been compared with experimental data and PPP results. Through a configuration analysis, PPP wave functions have been interpreted in terms of MIM configurations. The results show that the method is conveniently applicable to spiroconnected systems.

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Zusammenfassung Die Molecules in Molecules-Methode wurde auf Spiro-verbundene Systeme angewendet. Es wurden Energie, Polarisation und die Intensität der elektronischen Übergänge von Spiro(5,5)undeca1, 4,6,9-Tetraene-3,8-dione mit den experimentellen Werten und PPP-Ergebnissen verglichen. PPP-Eigenfunktionen wurden in MIM-Konfigurationen ausgedrückt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Methode für Spiro-verbundene Systeme verläßlich ist.

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Résumé La méthode molecules in molecules a été appliquée à molécules spiroconjugées. On a comparé les énergies, la polarisation et l'intensité des transitions électroniques de spiro (5,5)undeca-1,4,6,9-tetraene-3, 8-dione avec les données expérimentales et les données PPP. Parmis un Configuration Analysis on a interprété les PPP fonctions d'onde en termes de MIM configurations. Les résultats indiquent que la méthode est applicable aux systèmes spiroconjugées.

     

On the reaction between 3H-1,2-dithiolo[3,4-b]pyridine-3-thione and primary alkyl and arylalkylamines

3H-1,2-Dithiolo[3,4-b]pyridine-3-thione ( 10 ) reacts with primary alkylamines to give 1,2-dihydro-2-thioxo-3-pyridinecarbothioamides 11a-g and two minor products. Isothiazolo[5,4-b]pyridine-3(2H)-thiones 12a-g and 3-imino-3H-1,2-dithiolo[3,4-b]pyridines 13a-g were isolated and characterized. Further investigations allowed the synthesis of 12 and 13 in good yield.     

Impact of Strong Magnetic Fields on Collision Mechanism for Transport of Charged Particles

One of the main applications in plasma physics concerns the energy production through thermo-nuclear fusion. The controlled fusion is achieved by magnetic confinement i.e., the plasma is confined into a toroidal domain (tokamak) under the action of huge magnetic fields. Several models exist for describing the evolution of strongly magnetized plasmas, most of them by neglecting the collisions between particles. The subject matter of this paper is to investigate the effect of large magnetic fields with respect to a collision mechanism. We consider here linear collision Boltzmann operators and derive, by averaging with respect to the fast cyclotronic motion due to strong magnetic forces, their effective collision kernels.     

Iron/multiwalled carbon nanotube (Fe/MWCNT) hybrid materials characterization: thermogravimetric analysis as a powerful characterization technique

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Nanomaterials and nanocomposites have gained relevance in science and technology due to their excellent properties. Therefore, the characterization of...     

Spin State Tunes Oxygen Atom Transfer towards FeIVO Formation in FeII Complexes

Oxoiron(IV) complexes bearing tetradentate ligands have been extensively studied as models for the active oxidants in non-heme iron-dependent enzymes. These species are commonly generated by oxidation of their ferrous precursors. The mechanisms of these reactions have seldom been investigated. In this work, the reaction kinetics of complexes [Fe^II(CH₃CN)₂L](SbF₆)₂ ( [1](SbF₆)₂ and [2](SbF₆)₂ ) and [Fe^II(CF₃SO₃)₂L] ( [1](OTf)₂ and [2](OTf)₂ ( 1 , L=^Me,HPytacn; 2 , L=^nP,HPytacn; ^R,R′Pytacn=1-[(6-R′-2-pyridyl)methyl]-4,7- di-R-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) with Bu₄NIO₄ to form the corresponding [Fe^IV(O)(CH₃CN)L]²⁺ ( 3 , L=^Me,HPytacn; 4 , L=^nP,HPytacn) species was studied in acetonitrile/acetone at low temperatures. The reactions occur in a single kinetic step with activation parameters independent of the nature of the anion and similar to those obtained for the substitution reaction with Cl⁻ as entering ligand, which indicates that formation of [Fe^IV(O)(CH₃CN)L]²⁺ is kinetically controlled by substitution in the starting complex to form [Fe^II(IO₄)(CH₃CN)L]⁺ intermediates that are converted rapidly to oxo complexes 3 and 4 . The kinetics of the reaction is strongly dependent on the spin state of the starting complex. A detailed analysis of the magnetic susceptibility and kinetic data for the triflate complexes reveals that the experimental values of the activation parameters for both complexes are the result of partial compensation of the contributions from the thermodynamic parameters for the spin-crossover equilibrium and the activation parameters for substitution. The observation of these opposite and compensating effects by modifying the steric hindrance at the ligand illustrates so far unconsidered factors governing the mechanism of oxygen atom transfer leading to high-valent iron oxo species.