The anionic alkylation of easily reducible arenes. A photochemical route to nucleophilic aromatic substitution of anthracene by organolithiums

High yield nucleophilic addition ensues upon mixing tetrahydrofuran solutions of benzyllithium or cyclooctadienyllithium and anthracene at low temperatures At least part of this addition proceeds by a single electron transfer pathway. Photolysis of the resulting adducts leads to the elimination of lithium hydride, giving net nucleophilic substitution in approximately 50% yield. The analogous reaction fails with naphthalene, where photolysis of the organolithium/ arene mixture leads to dimeric products derived from the organolithium.     

Lumineszenzspektren von ein- und zweikernigen Chrom(III)-Glycin-Komplexverbindungen

The luminescence spectra of the polycrystalline compounds [Cr(CH₂NH₂COO)₃ · H₂O] and [Cr₂(OH)₂(CH₂NH₂COO)₄] are investigated in the temperature range of 120K – 4.2K. From the known crystal structure (P2_1/c =D _2h ^/5 ) of the mononuclear compound assignment of the zero-phonon bands based on crystal field theory becomes possible. Both of the highly intense phosphorescence transitions are observed at \(P_1 = 14493 cm^{ - 1} ({}^2A'' \xrightarrow{{0.0}} {}^4A) and P_2 = 14428 cm^{ - 1} ({}^2A' \xrightarrow{{0.0}} {}^4A)\) . Assignment of the accompanying vibronic bands is made from the measured infrared data. Crystal field parameters Dq, B and C are determined from the luminescence and reflectance spectra. In the case of the binuclear compound the Cr³⁺-Cr³⁺ interaction via hydroxyl brides may be described by an axchange operator \(H_{ex} = - 2 \sum\limits_{ij} {J_{ij} S_i^a \cdot S_j^a } \) and from this the energy level diagram is calculated. Both observed strong phosphorescence bands at 14369 cm^?1 and 14184 cm^?1 are assigned to \(\left| {{}^2E \cdot {}^4A_2 \rangle _{s = 2} \xrightarrow{{0.0}}} \right| {}^4A_2 \cdot {}^4A_2 \rangle _{s = 2} and \left| {{}^2E \cdot {}^4A_2 \rangle _{s = 1} \xrightarrow{{0.0}}} \right| {}^4A_2 \cdot {}^4A_2 \rangle _{s = 1} \) transitions.     

Glycosyl alkoxythioimidates as complementary building blocks for chemical glycosylation

It is reported that S-glycosyl O-methyl phenylcarbamothioates (SNea carbamothioates) have a fully orthogonal character in comparison to S-benzoxazolyl (SBox) glycosides. This complete orthogonality was revealed by performing competitive glycosylation experiments in the presence of various promoters. The results obtained indicate that SNea carbamothioates have a very similar reactivity profile to that of glycosyl thiocyanates, yet are significantly more stable and tolerate selected protecting group manipulations. These features make the SNea carbamothioates new promising building blocks for further utilization in oligosaccharide synthesis.     

Study of the peak effect phenomenon in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2

The weakly pinned single crystals of the hexagonal 2H-NbSe₂ compound have emerged as prototypes for determining and characterizing the phase boundaries of the possible order-disorder transformations in the vortex matter. We present here a status report based on the ac and dc magnetization measurements of the peak effect phenomenon in three crystals of 2H-NbSe₂, in which the critical current densities vary over two orders of magnitude. We sketch the generic vortex phase diagram of a weakly pinned superconductor, which also utilizes theoretical proposals. We also establish the connection between the metastability effects and pinning.     

Integral equation formulation for buoyancy-driven convection problems

An integral equation formulation for buoyancy-driven convection problems is developed and illustrated. Buoyancy-driven convection in a bounded cylindrical geometry with a free surface is studied for a range of aspect ratios and Nusselt numbers. The critical Rayleigh number, the nature of the cellular motion, and the heat transfer enhancement are computed using linear theory. Green's functions are used to convert the linear problem into linear Fredholm integral equations. Theorems are proved which establish the properties of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the linear integral operator which appears in these equations.     

The influence of a transverse magnetic field on a subnormal glow discharge in air

In subnormal glow discharge under d.c. excitation at different pressure in a varying transverse magnetic field (0 to 30 G) some measurements have been carried out for various initial average tube currents. The voltage across the discharge increases and average tube current and residual current decreases in the magnetic field. With the help of Beckman’s expression [4] for the axial field and the electron density distribution in a transverse magnetic field the observed variation of current and voltage can be satisfactorily explained. The variation of axial electric field with transverse magnetic field can be represented to a fair degree of accuracy by the derived equation. The behaviour of residual current with magnetic field has been observed in these oscillations.     

Scaling laws for gas-solid riser flow through two-fluid model simulation

Scale up of gas-solid circulating fluidized bed (CFB) risers poses many challenges to researchers.In this paper,CFD investigation of hydrodynamic scaling laws for gas-solid riser flow was attempted on the basis of two-fluid model simulations,in particular,the recently developed empirical scaling law of Qi,Zhu,and Huang (2008).A 3D computational model with periodic boundaries was used to perform numerical experiments and to study the effect of various system and operating parameters in hydrodynamic scaling o...     

Novel Synthesis of Linear Furonaphthoquinones

An efficient synthesis of naturally occurring and biologically active furonaphthoquinones is described starting from suitably substituted dihydronaphthofuraps.