Metastable States in Antiprotonic Helium Atoms: An Island of Stability in a Sea of Continuum

 In this contribution we consider a phenomenon of metastable states in antiprotonic helium atoms, precise spectroscopy of these states and a present-day study of the electromagnetic properties of antiprotons. Received October 16, 2001; accepted for publication November 13, 2001     

Metal complexes of 2-hetarylindandiones-1,3

The chelate and molecular complexes of 2-(2-benzazolyl, perimidyl)-indandiones-1,3 were synthesized for the first time. The structures of the ligands (tautomeric forms) and complex compounds were determined from the X-ray diffraction, ¹H, ¹³C NMR, and IR data and the quantum-chemical calculations (RHF SCF in 6-31 G** basis).     

Energetical structure of muonic molecular ions ddµ and dtµ

The long-lived states lying below then=2 threshold in muonic molecular ions ddµ and dtµ are reviewed. We have considered all the known long-lived states both of normal and anomalous spatial parity, the bound states as well as resonant three-body states of shape and Feshbach types. It is shown that these states could be satisfactorily classified in terms of the Born-Oppenheimer adiabatic theory. We calculate some characteristic properties of the Feshbach resonances, thus obtaining that the life-time of the 3d states is greater than 10^–11 s, and the fusion rate from these states less than 10⁹ s^–1. The geometry of the 4f(J=0,v=0) state shows that it does not obey approximate ungerade symmetry. On the contrary, the low vibrational 3d states are approximately of gerade symmetry, as a result these states decay ejecting dµ atoms in the same proportion as tµ atoms.     

Muon transfer rates in collisions of hydrogen isotope mesic atoms on “bare” nuclei. Multichannel adiabatic approach

A numerical scheme for solving the problem of slow collisions in the three-body adiabatic approach is applied for calculation of muon transfer rates in collisions of hydrogen isotope atoms on bare nuclei. It is demonstrated that the multichannel adiabatic approach allows to reach high accuracy results (3%) estimating the cross sections of charge transfer processes which are the best ones up to the present time. The method is applicable in a wide range of energies (0.001–50 eV) which is of interest for analysis of muon catalysed fusion experiments.     

Unusual cleavage of phenacyl-substituted benzimidazolium salts. Synthesis of 1,4-diarylimidazoles

The action of ammonium acetate in acetic acid on 1-alkyl(aralkyl)-3-phenacylbenzimidazolium bromides leads, in addition to the formation of a new imidazole ring, to cleavage of the benzimidazole fragment of the molecule at the 1,2 bond to give 1-alkyl(aralkyl)aminoaryl-4-arylimidazoles. 1,2-Dimethyl-3-(p-nitrophenacyl)benzimidazolium bromide is converted under similar conditions to the corresponding 2-methylimidazole. 4,4-Dimethyl-2,2-bis(p-nitrophenyl)-1,1-dipyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole was isolated as a side product of this reaction.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 388–392, March, 1982.     

13C NMR spectra of 17-substituted epimeric 17α and 17β-ethynylandrostenes and their hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes

¹³C NMR spectra of epimeric 17-R-substituted 17-ethynylandrostenes (R = H, OH, OAc, OMe, NCS) and 17-R-substituted 17-ethynylandrostenes (R = H, OH, OAc, OMe), and their hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes, as well as of ¹⁶-17-ethynylandrostenes and their hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes have been studied. Stereochemical dependence of C(12), C(14), C(18), C(20) and C(21) chemical shifts on the configuration of the substituents at C(17) has been demonstrated. The effect of Co-complexation on the spectral characteristics of Co-coordinated 17-ethynylandrostenes in both Stereochemical series has been investigated.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 212–216, January, 1993.     

Catalytic conversions of chloroolefins over iron oxide nanoparticles 2. Isomerization of dichlorobutenes over iron oxide nanoparticles stabilized on the surface of ultradispersed poly(tetrafluoroethylene)

Nanosized iron oxides stabilized on the surface of ultradispersed poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (UPTFE) granules were synthesized by the thermal destruction of iron formate in boiling bed of UPTFE on the surface of heated mineral oil. The particle size of nanoparticles (∼6 nm) containing 5, 10, and 16 wt.% Fe depends weakly on the temperature of synthesis and iron to polymer ratio. The metal state is determined by the synthesis conditions. The nanoparticles synthesized at 280 °C consist mainly of the Fe₃O₄ and Fe₂O₃ phases. The samples obtained at 320 °C also contain iron(II) oxide. The catalytic properties of the obtained samples were tested in dichlorobutene isomerization. Unlike isomerization on the iron oxide nanoparticles supported on silica gel, reaction over the UPTFE supports proceeds without an induction period. The sample with 10 wt.% Fe containing magnetically ordered γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles possesses the highest catalytic activity. Fast electron exchange between the iron ions in different oxidation states and high defectiveness of the nanoparticles contribute, most likely, to the catalytic activity. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1383–1390, June, 2005.     

Solid-phase reaction kinetics

It is argued that, for the macroscopic parameters of conventional kinetic models to become meaningful, they may be and must be expressed in terms of elementary single-barrier processes. To accomplish this means to associate some (external) extensional measure with a single-barrier elementary act, remaining within the logic of the existing geometrical-probabilistic scheme. A manner of doing this involving the use of Dirichlet fragmentations is suggested.     

Spatial distribution of the nonlinear acoustic parameters in a thin polycrystalline plate of alloy with defects

By the results of experimental measurements of the Lamb wave’s amplitude at the fundamental frequency and its second and third harmonics, the spatial distributions of the quadratic and cubic nonlinear acoustic parameters in a thin circular plate of D16 polycrystalline aluminum alloy with defects were calculated. The correlation between these distributions and defect positions in the plate was determined.