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    Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry 56 (1999), S. 1133-1140 
    ISSN: 1572-8943
    Keywords: branched diamine ; melting ; polyamides ; polymorphism ; transformation ; WXRD
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Our X-ray work of Dytek®-A, 2-methyl-pentamethylenediamine, containing polyamides shows polymorphism, whereas the polyamides with linear diamines do not. The polyamide of Dytek®-A and dodecanedioic acid, MPMD-12, is singled out for discussion and compared with the unbranched analogs of polyamides 6,12 and 5,12. Due to the presence of the -CH3 side group in the 2-position of the diamine, the polyamide MPMD-12 exhibits two stable crystal conformations. The new δ polymorph is not seen in linear polyamides 6,12 and 5,12. Studies by DSC polyamide MPMD-12 clearly illustrates at least two crystal forms, γ and δ, coexisting over a wide temperature range, and the isolation of each phase is possible by controlling temperature and time. The DMA modulus in the temperature region between the glass transition (or alpha relaxation) and melting transition shows strong dependence on the thermal history as demonstrated in a study of crystallization kinetics.
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    Plant molecular biology reporter 17 (1999), S. 323-331 
    ISSN: 1572-9818
    Keywords: Agrobacterium ; modular vector ; transformation ; wheat
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Wheat (cv Chinese Spring) tissues were transformed using Agrobacterium tumefasciens and a new plasmid modular vector, pMVTBP. We constructed pMVTBP with unique restriction sites connecting (1) the CaMV 35S promoter, (2) a Kozak sequence, (3) the FLAG epitope, (4) the (His)6 epitope, (5) a coding region (for wheat TATA Binding Protein, wTBP) and (6) the CaMV 35S 3′UTR. This vector thus allows easy exchange of different regulatory or coding sequences. Explants of either germinating mature seeds, or immature embryos, were induced to callus for up to two weeks, treated with virulence-induced bacteria for one hour, then regenerated into plantlets. Transient expression of a GUS reporter gene, assayed at about one week, occurred in 10–12% of calluses. Expression of the FLAG-tagged wTBP was also detected, by immunostaining. Stable expression, by selective growth on geneticin, and by GUS expression at about six weeks, occurred in 1–2% of calluses, quite comparable to that achieved by other methods.
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    GeoJournal 49 (1999), S. 43-51 
    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Keywords: housing market ; suburbanisation ; transformation ; urban development ; urban renewal ; East Germany
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    Topics: Geography
    Notes: Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse the main characteristics of post-socialist urban development in East Germany, especially the differences compared to urban development in other East and Central European countries. In spite of the many similar problems and processes in urban development, specific features of East Germany are characterised by the rapid growth of suburbia, especially in the first phase of transition, by the proceeding activities of urban renewal and revitalisation, and by a lower level of social polarisation and socio-spatial segregation as compared to other post-socialist countries. Important conditions for urban development in East Germany exist in special support programmes, high subsidies and other financial transfers as well as in engaged planning conceptions of the local authorities.
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    Cancer and metastasis reviews 18 (1999), S. 215-230 
    ISSN: 1573-7233
    Keywords: transformation ; tumour ; Frizzled ; Dishevelled ; glycogen synthase kinase-3β
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Wnt signalling is involved in a variety of mammalian developmental processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation and epithelial–mesenchymal interactions, through which they contribute to the development of tissues and organs such as the limbs, the brain, the reproductive tract and the kidney. Wnts are secreted ligands that control cell processes via at least two pathways, one of which, the ‘canonical’ Wnt signalling pathway, operates through the cytosolic stabilisation of a transcriptional co-factor, β-catenin. This is achieved by downregulating the activity of a β-catenin turnover complex. Evidence from tumour expression studies, transgenic animals and in vitro experiments suggests that inappropriate activation of the canonical Wnt signalling pathway is a major feature in human neoplasia and that oncogenic activation of this pathway can occur at many levels. Inappropriate expression of the Wnt ligand and Wnt binding proteins have been found in a variety of human tumours. Further downstream, dysregulation of the β-catenin turnover complex, by loss of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli or Protein Phosphatase 2A proteins, or by activating mutations of β-catenin, has been found in several tumour types, and is believed to be a key step in neoplastic progression. Transcriptional targets of the Wnt pathway include the cellular oncogenes cyclin D1 and c-myc. Activation of the Wnt signalling pathway by various means can therefore be a primary cause in oncogenesis, affecting cell proliferation, morphology and contact inhibition, as well as co-operating with other oncogenes in multistep tumour progression.
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    European journal of plant pathology 105 (1999), S. 221-229 
    ISSN: 1573-8469
    Keywords: mutagenesis ; transformation ; plant disease ; recombination ; plant pathogenic fungi
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Development of molecular techniques for phytopathogenic fungi aims at the identification of fungal genes whose products are essential for successful infection of the host plant. Initial approaches have relied on isolating candidate genes and generating null-mutations by homologous recombination. Unfortunately, the results of this strategy have not been overly successful. This has led to a search for alternatives which allow an unbiased identification of pathogenicity genes. One method, which has proved successful in several systems, is a tagging mutagenesis procedure termed restriction enzyme mediated integration (REMI). In this mini-review we describe this procedure and review its features and results of its use when applied to the identification of fungal genes required for disease development in planta.
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    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Keywords: abiotic ; biological ; cell-free extract ; chloroethane ; dechlorination ; 1,1-dichloroethane ; 1,1-dichloroethene ; digester ; methanogenic ; transformation ; 1,1,1-trichloroethane
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    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Anaerobic transformations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA), 1,1-dichloroethane (DCA), and chloroethane (CA) were studied with sludge from a lab-scale, municipal wastewater sludge digester. TCA was biologically transformed to DCA and CA and further to ethane by reductive dechlorination. TCA was also converted to acetic acid and 1,1-dichloroethene (11DCE) by cell-free extract. 11DCE was further biologically converted to ethene. This pathway was confirmed by transformation tests of TCA, DCA and CA, by tests with cell-free extract, and by chloride release during TCA degradation. With cell-free extract, acetic acid accounted for approximately 90% of the TCA transformed; tests with live cells indicate that the fraction of TCA transformed by this pathway decreased with lower biomass. The dechlorination of DCA to CA and CA to ethane was not stoichiometric. A high rate of TCA removal was observed under the experimental conditions. The results indicate that removal of TCA in anaerobic digestion should be complete, but DCA and CA could persist in a normally operating digester.
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    World journal of microbiology and biotechnology 15 (1999), S. 411-415 
    ISSN: 1573-0972
    Keywords: Electroporation ; Micrococcus species ; steroid biotransformation ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract A steroid-biotransforming strain RJ6 was identified as Micrococcus roseus. This bacterium has a 10 kb plasmid pMQV10. Curing mediated through cultivation of the culture with a low concentration (200 ng/ml) of mitomycin C is described. Loss of cholesterol degradation (chol+) and streptomycin resistance (Smr) phenotypes as a consequence of the loss of plasmid indicate the extrachromosomal location of these two genes in this strain. An electroporation procedure was developed for transformation of cured strain of Micrococcus (RJC6) by plasmids. Frequency of greater than 105 transformants/μg DNA was achieved, which is 100-fold higher than the standard transformation procedure that yielded 5.3×103 transformants/μg DNA in the same strain.
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    World journal of microbiology and biotechnology 15 (1999), S. 1-6 
    ISSN: 1573-0972
    Keywords: Bacteria ; conjugation ; DNA ; evolution ; gene transfer ; transduction ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract The transfer of genetic information by transformation, conjugation and transduction in bacteria occurs frequently in nature. These diverse gene transfer mechanisms in bacteria are the result of evolution and are not linked to reproduction as in eukaryotic organisms. In this review, gene transfer in bacteria will be considered from an evolutionary perspective.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: conditional lethal dominant gene ; Cre/loxP ; Nicotiana tabacum ; site-specific recombinase ; transformation ; transient expression
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Transgenic tobacco plants were produced that contained single-copy pART54 T-DNA, with a 35S-uidA gene linked to loxP-flanked kanamycin resistance (nptII) and cytosine deaminase (codA) genes. Retransformation of these plants with pCre1 (containing 35S transcribed cre recombinase and hygromycin (hpt) resistance genes) resulted in excision of the loxP-flanked genes from the genome. Phenotypes of progeny from selfed-retransformed plants confirmed nptII and codA excision and integration of the cre-linked hpt gene. To avoid integration of the hpt gene, and thereby generate plants totally free of marker genes, we attempted to transiently express the cre recombinase. Agrobacterium tumefaciens (pCre1) was cocultivated with leaf discs of two pART54-transformed lines and shoots were regenerated in the absence of hygromycin selection. Nineteen of 773 (0.25%) shoots showed tolerance to 5-fluorocytosine (5-fc) which is converted to the toxic 5-fluorouracil by cytosine deaminase. 5-fc tolerance in six shoots was found to be due to excision of the loxP-flanked region of the pART54 T-DNA. In four of these shoots excision could be attributed to cre expression from integrated pCre1 T-DNA, whereas in two shoots excision appeared to be a consequence of transient cre expression from pCre1 T-DNA molecules which had been transferred to the plant cells but not integrated into the genome. The absence of selectable marker genes was confirmed by the phenotype of the T1 progeny. Therefore, through transient cre expression, marker-free transgenic plants were produced without sexual crossing. This approach could be applicable to the elimination of marker genes from transgenic crops which must be vegetatively propagated to maintain their elite genotype.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1573-5044
    Keywords: ß-glucuronidase ; dendrobium ; hygromycin phosphotransferase ; orchid ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Protocorms of orchid (Dendrobium hybrid) were transformed by microprojectile bombardment with a helium-pressured PDS 1000 particle gun. Gold particles coated with plasmid DNA containing ß-glucuronidase (GUS) and hygromycin phosphotransferase (Hpt) marker genes were used. Potentially transformed tissues were identified by active growth on MS medium supplemented with 50mg l-1 hygromycin. After 4–6 months of continuous selection, 15 hygromycin-resistant lines were recovered. Integration of transgenes into the genome of the transformed protocorms and plantlets were confirmed by GUS histochemical assay and Southern blot hybridization. The transgenic protocorms have gone through propagation for more than 8 months and maintained their transgenic characters. These results indicate that we have established a system for orchid transformation in a relatively high frequency and the transgenes are stably expressed in the transgenic plants.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 1573-5079
    Keywords: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ; LHC II phosphorylation ; mutagenesis ; Photosystem II redox control ; state 2 to state 1 transition ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms adapt to varying light conditions by changing the distribution of light energy between Photosystem II (PS II) and photosystem I (PS I) during so-called state transitions. To identify the genes involved in this process, we have exploited a simple chlorophyll fluorescence video-imaging technique to screen a library of nuclear mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for colonies grown on agar plates that are disturbed in their ability to regulate light energy distribution between PS I and PS II. Subsequent modulated fluorescence measurements at room temperature and 77 K fluorescence emission spectra confirmed that 5 mutants (0.025% of total number screened) were defective in state transitions. [32P]orthophosphate phosphorylation experiments in vivo revealed that in one of these mutants, designated stm1, the level of LHC II polypeptide phosphorylation was drastically reduced compared with wild type. Despite WT levels of PS I and PS II, stm1 grew photoautotrophically at reduced rates, compared with WT especially under low light conditions, which is consistent with an important physiological role for state transitions. Our results highlight the feasibility of video imaging in tandem with mutagenesis as a means of identifying the genes involved in controlling state transitions in eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms.
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 711-717 
    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; Arabidopsis thaliana ; binary vector ; T-DNA ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A streamlined mini binary vector was constructed that is less than 1/2 the size of the pBIN19 backbone (3.5 kb). This was accomplished by eliminating over 5 kb of non-T-DNA sequences from the pBIN19 vector. The vector still retains all the essential elements required for a binary vector. These include a RK2 replication origin, the nptIII gene conferring kanamycin resistance in bacteria, both the right and left T-DNA borders, and a multiple cloning site (MCS) in between the T-DNA borders to facilitate cloning. Due to the reduced size, more unique restriction sites are available in the MCS, thus allowing more versatile cloning. Since the traF region was not included, it is not possible to mobilize this binary vector into Agrobacterium by triparental mating. This problem can be easily resolved by direct transformation. The mini binary vector has been demonstrated to successfully transform Arabidopsis plants. Based on this mini binary vector, a series of binary vectors were constructed for plant transformation.
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    Plant cell, tissue and organ culture 57 (1999), S. 207-210 
    ISSN: 1573-5044
    Keywords: biolistics ; gene expression ; haploid ; transformation ; Triticum aestivum
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Using the PDS-1000/He Biolistic® Particle Delivery System, the microprojectile travel distance, rupture disk pressure and DNA/gold particle concentrations were assessed in order to optimise short and longer-term β-glucuronidase reporter gene expression in microspore-derived embryos of wheat. The effects were also evaluated of using sterile filter paper to support explants and treatment with a high osmoticum medium (0.2 M mannitol/0.2 M sorbitol or 0.4 M maltose). In the optimised procedure, wheat microspore-derived embryos (MDEs), were placed on filter paper and incubated on medium containing 0.4 M maltose, for 4 h pre- and 45 h post-bombardment. Five μl pAHC25 (0.75 mg ml-1 in TE buffer) was precipitated onto 25 μl gold particles (60 mg ml-1 in sterile water), using 20 μl spermidine (0.1 M) and 50 μl CaCl2 (2.5 M). The particles were centrifuged and resuspended in 75 μl absolute ethanol prior to the preparation of 6 macrocarriers. A microprojectile travel distance of 70 mm, a rupture pressure of 1300 p.s.i., and a vacuum of 29′′ Hg were employed. Maltose at 0.4 M in the support medium was the most important factor influencing GUS activity in bombarded tissues. GUS activity, 1 day post-bombardment, reached 52 ± 17 GUS-positive foci/MDE (mean ± s.e.m, n=3), with 17 ± 4 foci/MDE at 15 days, giving a 3.0-fold increase (p〈0.05) compared to expression in MDEs bombarded on medium without a high osmoticum treatment.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 110 (1999), S. 57-66 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Keywords: DDT ; kinetic ; organic pollutant ; sediment ; sorption ; transformation
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    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract The overall objective of this study was to investigate the sorption kinetics of DDT in sediment under similar experimental conditions employed in corresponding toxicity studies for bentic organisms. A batch of aerated Schoonrewoerdse Wiel sediment, initially spiked with DDT, was sampled over a period of seven days. Concentrations of DDT, DDD and DDE were determined in both the solid and the solution phase in the sediment/water system after separation by centrifugation. It was found that the extractable amount of DDT decreased with increasing contact time. This can partly be explained in terms of transformation of DDT into DDD. Furthermore, the present applied extraction procedure seems to be less effective with increasing contact time, indicating an increase in binding strength of DDT with the sediment material. Finally, on the basis of DDT, DDE and DDD concentrations in both the solid phase and the solution phase, partition coefficients were calculated, which appeared to be independent of the contact time. This points at a very rapid equilibrating between DDT in pore water and in the extractable forms adsorbed at the solid phase.
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    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Keywords: atmospheric fate ; atmospheric transport ; deposition ; emission ; long-range transport ; pesticides ; registration ; remote area ; risk assessment ; transformation
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    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract The Health Council of the Netherlands organised an international workshop on the fate of pesticides in the atmosphere and possible approaches for their regulatory environmental risk assessment. Approximately forty experts discussed what is currently known about the atmospheric fate of pesticides and major gaps in our understanding were identified. They favoured a tiered approach for assessing the environmental risks of atmospheric dispersion of these chemicals. In the first tier a pesticide's potential for emission during application, as well as its volatilisation potential should be assessed. Estimates of the former should be based on the application method and the formulation, estimates of the latter on a compound's solubility in water, saturated vapour pressure and octanol/water partition coefficient. Where a pesticide's potential for becoming airborne exceeds critical values, it should be subjected to a more rigorous second tier evaluation which considers its toxicity to organisms in non-target areas. This evaluation can be achieved by calculating and comparing a predicted environmental concentration (PEC) and a predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC). By applying an extra uncertainty factor the PNEC can be provisionally derived from standard toxicity data that is already required for the registration of pesticides. Depending on the distance between the source and the reception area, the PEC can be estimated for remote areas using simple dispersion, trajectory type models and for nearby areas using common dispersion models and standard scenarios of pesticide use. A pesticide's atmospheric transport potential is based on factors such as its reaction rate with OH radicals. It should be used to discriminate between those compounds for which only the risks to nearby ecosystems have to be assessed, and those for which the risks to remote ecosystems also have to be determined. The participants were of the opinion that this approach is, in principle, scientifically feasible, although the remaining uncertainties are substantial. Further field and laboratory research is necessary to gain more reliable estimates of the physico-chemical properties of pesticides, to validate and improve environmental fate models and to validate the applicability of standard toxicity data. This will increase both the accuracy of and our confidence in the outcome of the risk assessment.
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    Higher education 38 (1999), S. 275-290 
    ISSN: 1573-174X
    Keywords: academic staff ; curriculum change ; equity ; governance ; staff development ; student needs ; transformation
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    Topics: Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
    Notes: Abstract In South Africa the restructuring of the higher education system and the transformation of higher education institutions are located within the country's broad political and socio-economic transition to democracy. This paper focuses particularly on institutional transformation, and pays attention to the implications of the process of transformation for academic staff. The following five interlinked and interdependent issues characterizing institutional transformation in South African higher education are identified: democratising the governance structures of institutions increasing access for educationally and financially disadvantaged students restructuring the curriculum focusing on developmental needs in research and community service redressing inequalities in terms of race and gender. Although the overall effect of institutional transformation is experienced rather negatively by many academic staff members, the paper concludes that academics have to be empowered by means of staff development to remain active partners in the transformation process.
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    Journal of engineering mathematics 36 (1999), S. 241-254 
    ISSN: 1573-2703
    Keywords: flows in porous media ; transformation ; heat transfer ; drying bins ; conformal mapping.
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    Topics: Mathematics , Technology
    Notes: Abstract The design of a drying or cooling store aims to provide an even airflow distribution, when aerated, for preservation purposes. The airflow in some curved bottom bins are studied in this paper. The flow is modelled, using Darcy's law. A generalized Schwarz-Christoffel transformation is employed to reduce the problem of computing streamlines and isobars of airflow to solving a single nonlinear equation for the flow angle along the wall. Corresponding to different bin shapes, a few computed streamlines and isobars of airflow are presented, showing the effect of changing bottom geometries on the air flow. Heat transfer in such bins is also investigated. Based on an analysis of the far field of airflow, finite-height bins are considered. Analytical solutions of the heat conduction equation in terms of streamlines and isobars are obtained.
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    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Keywords: arid-zone soils ; field capacity ; fractionation ; heavy metals ; kinetics ; redistribution ; transformation
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    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract Solid-phase transformation of added Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn, in two arid-zone soils incubated in the field capacity moisture regime for one year, were studied. The heavy metals were fractionated into six empirically defined fractions using a selective sequential dissolution (SSD) protocol optimized for arid-zone soils. Each of these fractions was named based on the major soil component targeted for dissolution during the specific SSD step, but it is not assumed that they are mineralogically and chemically totally specific. The transformations of the metals in the two soils incubated at the field capacity regime were compared with those at the moisture saturation regime (Han and Banin, 1997). An initial fast stage of transformation of the soluble metals from the exchangeable (EXC) fraction to the less labile fractions (the carbonate (CARB) fraction for Cd, Pb, Zn, Ni and Cu, and the organic matter (OM) fraction for Cr, and to some extent Cu and Ni) occurred during the fractionation and within one hour after addition. This was followed by a second stage, involving long-term transformation processes of all metals: added Cd was transferred from the EXC into the CARB fraction; added Cr was transferred from the CARB to the OM fraction and Pb was transferred very slowly to the easily reducible oxide (ERO) fraction. Added Cu, Ni and Zn were transferred from the EXC and CARB fractions into the ERO fraction and to some extent OM and RO fractions. In Part I of this series, we reported that during incubation in the saturated moisture regime, Zn and Ni were transferred mainly into the RO and OM fractions. Cadmium, Cr and Pb underwent the same transformation pathways during the slow long-term process, with slightly different rates, in both water regimes. At low levels of addition, the incubated soils moved over one year towards a distribution similar to that of the native soil. At higher levels, the soils still remained removed from the quasi-equilibrium which characterized the native soil, even at the end of one year of incubation.
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    Computer supported cooperative work 8 (1999), S. 63-93 
    ISSN: 1573-7551
    Keywords: activity theory ; action ; transformation ; expansive learning ; intervention ; visibilization ; health care ; medical records
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    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract Work is commonly made visible along two dimensions: the linear and the socio-spatial. Both are limited to depicting work in terms of relatively discrete actions. Activity theory introduces the crucial distinction between collective activity systems and individual actions. Expansive visibilization of collective activity systems offers a powerful intervention methodology for dealing with major transformations of work. The linear and the socio-spatial dimensions of work actions are seen in the broader perspective of a third, developmental dimension of work activity. Four steps are identified in a cycle of expansive visibilization, combining activity-level visions and action-level concretizations. The cycle is examined in detail as it unfolded in an intervention study at a children's hospital in Finland. It is concluded that expansive visibilization, driven by contradictions and seeking to reconceptualize the object and motive of work, is not a straightforward process which can be neatly controlled from above. Coherent analytical explanation and goal-setting may come only after the creation and practical implementation of innovative solutions.
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    ISSN: 1572-9788
    Keywords: alternative oxidase ; antisense ; male-sterility ; tapetum-specific promoter ; tobacco ; transformation
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria is the terminal oxidase of the cyanide-insensitive respiratory pathway and is encoded by a nuclear gene. A 1 kb genomic fragment including exon 3 of the alternative oxidase was amplified by PCR from the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. This fragment was connected to a tapetum-specific promoter in the antisense orientation and then introduced into tobacco. The pollen viability in three transgenic plants ranged from 2% to 60%. The reduced pollen viability cosegregated with the transgene in a selfed progeny. Immunolocalization of alternative oxidase protein in the immature flower bud section indicated that expression of alternative oxidase protein in tapetum of the transgenic plant was much lower than that of the non-transformant. The histological observation and protein gel-blot analysis showed that the development of pollen grains in the transgenic plant did not progress after the degradation of the tapetum, and the amount of alternative oxidase in pollen grains of the transgenic plant became lower than that of the non-transformant. These results suggested that the alternative oxidase activity in the tapetum has a significant effect on the pollen development.
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    ISSN: 1572-9788
    Keywords: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba ; β-lactamase inhibitor ; sulbactam ; transformation ; transgene stability ; transgenic guar
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A procedure for transformation of the large-seeded endospermous legume guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) and a study on transmission of the transgenes to offspring generations are presented. Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens with a T-DNA construct harbouring a β-glucuronidase gene (uidA) and a neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptII), maximum transformation frequencies of cotyledonary explants were obtained using 145 mg/l kanamycin sulfate as selective agent. Carbenicillin and cefotaxime, used for the elimination of Agrobacterium after co-culture, displayed considerable toxicity to guar tissues but replacing most of these β-lactams by the non-phytotoxic β-lactamase inhibitor sulbactam as well as addition of thidiazuron and silver thiosulfate increased transformation frequencies up to 10-fold in total. The presence of the transgenes in the primary transformants was demonstrated by genomic DNA analysis of GUS-positive shoots. Chimaeric plants (5–10%) were identified by GUS analysis at the flowering stage and were discarded. Analysis of the R1 offspring from 17 independent transformants showed that in 41% of those, the uidA gene(s) was expressed and stably inherited consistent with Mendelian genetics. This was also found for the R2 and R3 generations of single copy transformants. On the other hand, a large proportion (47%) of the primary transformants gave R1 offspring in which 100% of the plants were GUS-negative. Analysis of these plants by PCR revealed that, at least, most of the transgene sequences were absent, suggesting that they had not been transmitted from the parent transformants. This occurred at similar high frequencies (40–50%) irrespective of the estimated copy number of the transgenes. Thus, major parts of the transgenes, even when present in multiple copies, displayed aberrant transmission, at a high frequency, in the process of going from the primary transformants to the first offspring generation.
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    ISSN: 1573-9368
    Keywords: Lactuca sativa ; Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; bialaphos ; phosphinothricin acetyltransferase ; transformation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Resistance to bialaphos, a broad-spectrum herbicide, was introduced into Lactuca sativa cv. Evola by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. A. tumefaciens strains 0310 and 1310, both carrying the bialaphos resistance (bar) and neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) genes, were used for transformation. Primary transformants were selected on kanamycin sulphate-supplemented shoot regeneration medium. Integration of both transgenes was confirmed by non-radioactive Southern hybridisation. The hypervirulent plasmid ToK47 in A. tumefaciens strain 1310 generated multiple insertions of T-DNA in some transgenic plants; the absence of pToK47 (strain 0310) resulted in single gene inserts in all plants tested. Resistance to glufosinate ammonium was observed in axenic seedlings grown on medium supplemented with the herbicide at 5 mg l−1 and in glasshouse-grown plants sprayed with the compound at 300 mg l−1. Stable expression of the bar gene was observed in R2 generation plants. The kanamycin resistance of R1 seedlings was observed by germinating seeds on medium supplemented with 200 mg l−1 kanamycin sulphate. The presence of NPTII protein and PAT enzyme activity were demonstrated by ELISA and PAT enzyme assay respectively. Transgenes segregated in a Mendelian fashion in some plant lines in the R1 generation; herbicide resistance also segregated in the expected ratio in the R2 generation in most transgenic lines. This study confirmed that an agronomically important transgene can be integrated and stably expressed over several generations in lettuce.
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    ISSN: 1573-9368
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; ß‐glucuronidase ; lamiaceae ; lavandin ; neomycin phosphotransferase II ; transformation
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    Notes: Abstract Lavandin (Lavandula x Emeric ex Loiseleur) is an aromatic plant, the essential oil of which is widely used in the perfume, cosmetic, flavouring and pharmaceutical industries. The qualitative or quantitative modification of its terpenes‐containing essential oil by genetic engineering could have important scientific and commercial applications. In this study, we report the first Agrobacterium tumefaciens‐mediated gene transfer into lavandin. The transformation protocol was optimized by lengthening precultivation and cocultivation periods and by testing five different bacterial strains. We obtained transformed callus lines at a frequency of 40–70 with strains AGL1/GI, EHA105/GI and C58/GI. Transgenic shoots were regenerated from these kanamycin resistant calli and rooted on selective medium with 150 mg l-1 kanamycin. The final percentage of transgenic plants obtained varied from 3 to 9, according to the strain used, within 6 months of culture. The presence of the introduced β‐glucuronidase and neomycin phosphotransferase II genes was shown both by PCR and Southern blot analysis. Transgene expression was investigated using histoenzymatic β‐glucuronidase assays, leaf callus assays and RT‐PCR. Results showed that both β‐glucuronidase and neomycin phosphotransferase II genes were expressed at a high level in at least 41 of the transgenic plants regenerated. This efficient transformation strategy could be used to modify some genetic traits of lavandin (flower colour, pathogens resistance) and to study the biosynthesis of the major monoterpene components of its essential oil (linalool, linalyl acetate, camphor and 1,8‐cineole).
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    ISSN: 1573-6784
    Keywords: Bacillus ; plasmids ; transformation
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    Topics: Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract A simple and easy method for the introduction of plasmid DNA into different species of Bacillus was developed. The method involves the suspension in a transformation buffer of nutrient agar grown cells in their late exponential phase and the addition of unpurified plasmid DNA. Transformants were obtained at a frequency of about 103 to 105 stable transformants per μg of plasmid DNA.
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: constitutive expression ; GFP ; GUS ; Musa ; ScBV ; transformation
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    Notes: Abstract A 1369 bp DNA fragment (Sc) was isolated from a full-length clone of sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus (ScBV) and was shown to have promoter activity in transient expression assays using monocot (banana, maize, millet and sorghum) and dicot plant species (tobacco, sunflower, canola and Nicotiana benthamiana). This promoter was also tested for stable expression in transgenic banana and tobacco plants. These experiments showed that this promoter could drive high-level expression of the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in most plant cells. The expression level was comparable to the maize ubiquitin promoter in standardised transient assays in maize. In transgenic banana plants the expression levels were variable for different transgenic lines but was generally comparable with the activities of both the maize ubiquitin promoter and the enhanced cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. The Sc promoter appears to express in a near-constitutive manner in transgenic banana and tobacco plants. The promoter from sugarcane bacilliform virus represents a useful tool for the high-level expression of foreign genes in both monocot and dicot transgenic plants that could be used similarly to the CaMV 35S or maize polyubiquitin promoter.
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    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: human papilloma virus ; transformation ; actin ; fibronectin
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Transfection of rat embryonic fibroblasts with E7 gene of type 16 human papilloma virus changed the cytoskeleton and cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in two clones of transformed cells. Cell morphology and substrate-dependent proliferation were also changed.
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    ISSN: 1572-9788
    Keywords: Triticum turgidum L. var. durum ; pasta wheat ; transformation ; seed protein modification ; flour quality improvement
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Particle bombardment has been used to transform three cultivars (L35, Ofanto, Svevo) and one breeding line (Latino × Lira) of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum). These varieties were co-transformed with plasmids containing selectable and scorable marker genes (bar and uidA) and plasmids containing one of two high-molecular-weight (HMW) glutenin subunit genes (encoding subunits 1Ax1 or 1Dx5). Ten independent transgenic lines were recovered from 1683 bombarded scutella (transformation efficiency thus 0.6%). Five lines expressed either subunit 1Dx5 or 1Ax1 at levels similar to those of endogenous subunits encoded on chromosome 1B. To identify the effects of the transgenes on the functional properties of grain, three lines showing segregation for transgene expression were used to isolate sibling T2 plants which were null or positive for the transgene product. Analysis of these plants using a small-scale mixograph showed that expression of the additional subunits resulted in increased dough strength and stability, demonstrating that transformation can be used to modify the quality of durum wheat for bread and pasta making.
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    Plant molecular biology reporter 16 (1998), S. 129-131 
    ISSN: 1572-9818
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; binary vector ; transformation
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    Notes: Abstract We report the construction of a binary vector for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, pBIN20, which contains a superlinker region located between the left and right Ti border sequences. This vector, derived from pBI121, simplifies the cloning of plant expression cassettes and has been used in our laboratory to create lines of transgenic BY-2 tobacco cells. This new vector contains more than 20 unique restriction sites as well as the nptII selectable marker gene within the Ti-DNA borders.
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    GeoJournal 44 (1998), S. 215-224 
    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Keywords: cross-border region ; transformation ; regional economic development ; Poland ; Germany
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    Topics: Geography
    Notes: Abstract One of the major means to foster European integration is the establishment of border spanning regions (‘Euroregions’). This is particularly important on the Eastern borders of the EU, e.g. in Eastern Germany. There, however, a double transformation to post-socialist society is taking place, both inside and outside the EU. Tensions arise between objectives on local and higher political levels, intensified by totally different economic structures and access to EU funds on both sides of the border. This is particularly true for the case of the emerging Euroregion Viadrina. Problems in preserving old industrialised localities in East Germany (e.g. steel) and attempts to resurrect the urban fair place Frankfurt/Oder, clash with transition in agriculture and consumer industries and with new concepts in tourism development and environmental protection in the Polish border zone. In region building, political, economic and ideological goals compete with each other. Local initiatives and higher political governance may both support and hamper each other. The same holds true for the interdependence of cultural integration and economic development. The paper concludes that regional economic development can only be expected if, via the building of the Euroregion, the interplay of these factors leads to compromise and harmonization between the different parties involved.
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    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Keywords: chamber of commerce ; economy ; experts ; institutions ; local government ; Romania ; rural ; transformation
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    Notes: Abstract This study evaluates some aspects of the socio-economic transformation of rural Romania with reference to the views of representative organisations (at national, regional and local levels) and other experts. Interviews conducted in ten communes of nine Romanian counties (‘judete’) focus attention on the advantages and disadvantages of system change experienced since 1989; the most important problems and constraints for future socio-economic change; and appropriate policies and perspectives for development in the immediate future. Wherever appropriate the claims of interviewees are substantiated through reference to statistics, drawn in many cases from Chambers of Commerce & Industry (CCI). Local level representatives presented much more negative views on recent change than their national and regional level counterparts, but all agreed on the crucial problem of capital shortage. Thus while specific programmes to assist rural areas are justified, they cannot fully succeed until the national economy is able to grow more rapidly and attract greater foreign investment.
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    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Keywords: agriculture ; border region ; communities ; commuting ; conservation ; Romania ; tourism ; transformation
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    Notes: Abstract A most distinctive feature of the settlement pattern of the Brasov area is the extreme dispersal of mixed farming encountered in the western extreme of the county to the north and south of Zarnesti: the Bran and Poiana Marului areas. Here a system of peasant subsistence farming developed in a political borderland between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. Despite feudal pressures, the peasantry took all available opportunities to extend their independence including elaborate transhumance systems. And after seeing transfrontier commerce as a source of plunder, in the tradition of Balkan highway robbery within relatively unregulated spaces, the peasantry has profited through employment in factories, particularly during the communist period. However, the current recession in manufacturing is throwing the rural population back on limited land resources. Although farming assumes an important subsistence role which contributes to stability, the long-term survival of these communities will depend on new sources of income. Rural tourism has considerable potential and a promising start has been made in Bran. There are, however, constraints on the further development of the business and great attention will have to be given to the conservation of the environment in both the Bucegi Mountains and the Piatra Craiului where national park status is proposed.
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    GeoJournal 46 (1998), S. 263-269 
    ISSN: 1572-9893
    Keywords: Croatia ; decentralisation ; diversification ; industry ; innovation ; rural ; transformation ; urbanisation
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    Notes: Abstract Rural diversification in Croatia is well advanced because many rural families have been able to find work in secondary and tertiary activities without the need to migrate to the towns. Many rural settlements have now attained an urban character although there are regional variations, including a contrast between the continental zone with a relatively high level of commitment to agriculture and the coastal areas, with pronounced ‘deagrarisation’ where the ports and tourist resorts are well developed and the natural resource conditions for agriculture are poor. These variations are examined at the municipality level with reference to two key indicators: the share of nonagricultural population and the share of workers in the total active population. Four categories of socio-economic transformation are recognised: more urbanised, urbanised, less urbanised and rural. The main regional differences between the continental and coastal areas are confirmed with the latter showing a relatively high level of socio-economic transformation through the prominence of more highly urbanised municipalities.
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    Breast cancer research and treatment 47 (1998), S. 197-199 
    ISSN: 1573-7217
    Keywords: breast cancer ; insulin-like growth factor system ; IGF-I receptor ; IGF-II receptor ; binding proteins ; prognosis ; transformation
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In 1992, a special issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment was devoted to the insulin-like growth factors and breast cancer. In that issue, identification of the key components of the IGF system was reviewed and their potential role in breast cancer growth was described. In this issue, we revisit the IGF system with particular attention to data that further supports their role in the growth regulation of breast cancer. Several new facets of the IGF system are described, and several laboratories have more clearly defined how each individual component of the IGF system may influence breast cancer biology.
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 73 (1998), S. 147-153 
    ISSN: 1572-9699
    Keywords: transformation ; plasmid integration ; Phaffia rhodozyma
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Stable red astaxanthin-producing transformants were obtained after genetic transformation of two Phaffia rhodozyma mutants. A yellow mutant, accumulating β-carotene, and an albino mutant, accumulating phytoene, from P. rhodozyma were transformed using a genomic library of wild-type strain UCD 67-385 in the pBluescript vector. Hybridization assays, using the pBluescript DNA as a radioactive probe, indicate integration of vector sequences into the genome of the transformants. Transformants DNA was digested with restriction endonucleases, ligated with T4 DNA ligase and then used to transform E. coli. Ampicillin resistant plasmids, containing 0.1, 0.2, and 2.5 kb DNA inserts of P. rhodozyma, were rescued from the yeast red transformants. The molecular analysis indicate that transformation has occurred by an integration event of donor DNA into the genome of the host strains.
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    Euphytica 100 (1998), S. 219-223 
    ISSN: 1573-5060
    Keywords: cereals ; wheat ; transformation ; genetic modification ; transgenic plants
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A method for efficient genetic transformation of wheat has been developed using immature embryos as targets for microprojectile-mediated gene transfer and a helium driven particle delivery system. Screening and selection of transgenic cells, somatic embryos and regenerated plants are performed with the gus-gene and the phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (bar) gene coding for Basta-resistance as the selectable marker. On average, one fertile transgenic plant can be obtained from about 100 microprojectile treated, immature embryos. The number of integrated copies of the transferred gene ranges from 1 up to about 10. Stable integrated genes are inherited in most of the transgenic lines in a normal mendelian fashion segregating 3:1 in the F2. Homozygous, as well as heterozygous, lines have been followed and analysed genetically at the molecular level and up to F5. Apart from normal stable gene expression, examples have also been found which showed a loss of gene activity or unexpected segregation pattern. For applied aspects, different genes are transferred aiming for improved disease resistance, modification of quality, or other characteristics. First results from these transgenic lines are reported, and problems still existing with the production of stable transgenic wheat lines are discussed.
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    Plant cell, tissue and organ culture 55 (1998), S. 175-181 
    ISSN: 1573-5044
    Keywords: Conifer ; transformation ; virulence genes
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract As a preliminary step in efforts to develop a successful protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cotyledonary explants of Pinus pinea L. embryos, we tested the ability of embrionary exudates of this species to induce the expression of the virulence genes virA, virB, virC, virD, virE and virG in Agrobacterium tumefaciens containing vir: lacZ fusion constructs. The results obtained in the vir induction assay indicated the absence of bactericidal or bacteriostatic plant compounds affecting A. tumefaciens growth, and showed that cotyledonary and embrionary exudates of P. pinea are able to induce all virulence genes studied, except virG. The data suggest that A. tumefaciens can be used for gene transfer into this important forest and fruit species.
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    Environmental and ecological statistics 5 (1998), S. 197-222 
    ISSN: 1573-3009
    Keywords: kriging ; non-separable space-time correlation ; spatial scale ; transformation
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    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract We present an approach to estimate hourly grid-cell surface ozone concentrations based on observations from point monitoring sites in space, for comparison with grid-based results from the SARMAP photochemical air-quality model for a region of northern California. Statistical estimation is carried out on a transformed (square root) scale, followed by back-transforming to the original scale of ozone in parts per billion, adjusting for bias and variance. We estimate a spatially-varying diurnal mean structure and a non-separable space-time correlation structure on the transformed scale. Temporal pre-whitening is followed by modelling of a spatially non-stationary, diurnally-varying spatial correlation structure using a spatial deformation approach. Comparisons of SARMAP model results with the estimated grid-cell ozone levels are presented.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 36 (1998), S. 2209-2214 
    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: cationic polymerization ; anionic polymerization ; transformation ; samarium ; block copolymerization ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Transformation of the cationic growing center of living poly(tetrahydrofuran) [poly(THF)] into an anionic one was achieved in high efficiency (62%) by the end-capping of living poly(THF) with potassium iodide followed by the reduction with bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium (Cp*2Sm), whereas the direct reduction with Cp*2Sm without the end-capping resulted in the formation of poly(THF) with pentamethylcyclopentadienyl group at the terminal. The increase in the molecular weight of poly(THF) after the reduction was observed, which indicates the presence of the dimerization of poly(THF) during the reduction. The polymerization of a variety of electrophilic monomers including δ-valerolactone, 2-oxo-1,3-dioxane, and alkyl methacrylates with the macroanion provided good yields of the corresponding block copolymers consisting of both cationically and anionically polymerizable monomers. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 36: 2209-2214, 1998
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 216-222 
    ISSN: 0894-3230
    Keywords: o-carboxybenzohydroxamic acid ; phthalic anhydride ; phthalic acid ; hydrolysis ; intramolecular acid catalysis ; kinetics ; activation parameters ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Phthalic anhydride was detected spectrophotometrically in the hydrolysis of o-carboxybenzohydroxamic acid (OCBA) in CH3CN-H2O solvent containing 0.03 mol dm-3 HCl. Pseudo-first-order rate constants (k1) for hydrolysis of OCBA are almost independent of the change in CH3CN content from 10 to 80% (v/v) in mixed aqueous solvents. The rate constants k1 are more than 10-fold larger than the corresponding rate constants for hydrolysis of phthalamic acid. These observations are explained in terms of a mechanism slightly different from the mechanism for hydrolysis of phthalamic acid. The activation parameters, ΔH* and ΔS*, are not affected appreciably by an increase in CH3CN content from 10 to 80% in mixed aqueous solvents. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: solute-solvent interactions ; solvent-solvent interactions ; binary solvents ; alcohol-water mixtures ; water structure ; solvatochromic indicators ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: A preferential solvation model that takes into account the enhancement of the structure of water when small amounts of alcohol are added was applied to solvatochromic data for binary mixtures of water with 2-methylpropan-2-ol, propan-2-ol, ethanol and methanol. Application of the model allows the calculation of the effect of the enhancement of the water structure on solvatochromic solvent properties. It is demonstrated that the enhancement of water structure increases the solvent dipolarity/polarizability and hydrogen-bond donor acidity and decreases the solvent hydrogen-bond acceptor basicity. The effect decreases in the order 2-methylpropan-2-ol-water, propan-2-ol-water, ethanol-water and methanol-water. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 157-170 
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    Keywords: heterolytic bond dissociation energy ; carbon-carbon σ bonds ; hydrocarbons ; structural dependence ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The coordination of a resonance-stabilized hydrocarbon cation and anion yielded a series of unprecedented hydrocarbons, which are susceptible to thermal heterolytic cleavage of carbon-carbon σ bonds in polar media, generating the original ions under reversible conditions. When the component ions were sufficiently stabilized, some ion pairs were even isolated as solids, thus providing the first examples of hydrocarbon salts. The direct observation of the heterolysis by means of spectroscopy permitted reliable thermodynamic treatments of the observed degree of ionic dissociation. Correlation of the free energy of heterolysis with solvent dielectric constants and parameters of ion stabilities such as pKHA, pKR+ and redox potentials revealed the importance of the thermodynamic stabilities of ions, the degree of solvation and steric congestion in the starting molecule as major controlling factors in the heterolysis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 273-276 
    ISSN: 0894-3230
    Keywords: N,N-diphenylcarbamoylpyridinium ion ; solvolysis ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Solvolyses of the N,N-diphenylcarbamoylpyridinium ion are subject to specific and/or general base catalysis, which can be eliminated by addition of perchloric acid or increased, especially in fluoroalcohol-containing solvents, by addition of pyridine. The uncatalyzed solvolyses in aqueous methanol and aqueous ethanol involve a weakly nucleophilically assisted (l  =  0.22) heterolysis and the solvolyses in the pure alcohols are anomalously slow. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 209-215 
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    Keywords: securinine ; cationic micelles ; anionic micelle ; non-ionic micelle ; alkaline hydrolysis ; kinetics ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The effects of micelles of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr), tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTABr), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and polyoxyethylene 10 lauryl ether (C12E10) on the rates of alkaline hydrolysis of securinine were studied at a constant [-OH] (0.05 M). An increase in the total concentrations of CTABr, TTABr, SDS and C12E10 from 0.0 to 0.2 M causes a decrease in the observed pseudo-first-order rate constants (kobs) by factors of ca 2.5, 3, 7 and 4, respectively. The observed data are explained in terms of pseudophase and pseudophase ion-exchange (PIE) models of micelle. The binding constants, KS, of securinine with SDS, C12E10, CTABr and TTABr micelles are 32.4, 14.8, 22.1, and 9.1 M-1, respectively. The magnitudes of the second-order rate constants, kM, for the reactions in the micellar pseudophase are negligible compared with the corresponding rate constant, kW, for the reaction occurring in the aqueous pseudophase for CTABr, TTABr, SDS and C12E10. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 277-282 
    ISSN: 0894-3230
    Keywords: colloidal CdS-induced photochemical reactions ; photocatalytic reactions ; photooxidation ; 2-methylindole ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: 2-Methylindole (2-MI) is adsorbed on the surface of colloidal CdS particles with an adsorption intensity of 0.6 × 103 dm3 mol-1. A new emission band at 530 nm is produced by forming an exciplex between excited CdS and 2-MI and the red emission due to CdS is simultaneously quenched. The emission maxima of green bands for different indoles increase in the order indole 〈 tryptophan 〈 2-MI 〈 3-MI and are observed at 508, 520, 530 and 540 nm, respectively. The shift in emission maxima is related to the oxidation potential of these substrates. The irradiation of an aerated reaction mixture containing CdS and 2-MI with visible light induces the oxidation of adsorbed 2-MI by photogenerated holes to produce 2-methyl-3-indolinone and 2-acetamidobenzaldehyde. The latter product is formed due to oxidative C - C bond cleavage of the pyrrole ring. The reactivity of trapped holes towards the adsorbed 2-MI is evidenced by a decrease in the lifetime of the red emission of CdS in the presence of 2-MI. In this reaction the possibility of the participation of singlet oxygen is ruled out. A general mechanism of CdS-induced oxidation of indoles is discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: Menschutkin reaction ; duality of SN1, SN2 mechanisms ; benzyl tosylates ; Yukawa-Tsuno equation ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The rate data for the Menschutkin reaction between strongly activated Z-substituted benzyl p-toluenesulfonates and Y-substituted N,N-dimethylanilines in acetonitrile at 35 °C fit the equation, kobs  =  k1 + k2 [DMA], which is consistent with concurrent first- and second-order processes. The k1 and k2 values for each substrate were separated based on the above equation. The SN1 rate constant, k1, is unaffected by the nature of the nucleophile, whereas the SN2 rate constant, k2, increased with the electron-donating substituent of the N,N-dimethylaniline. The substituent effect on the k1 values is linearly correlated by the Yukawa-Tsuno equation with ρ  =  -5.2 and r  =  1.3. The unimolecular reaction can be regarded as a classical SN1 mechanism. In contrast, that on the k2 values shows an upward curvature when analyzed by the Brown σ+ treatment. These results are ascribed to the simultaneous and independent occurrence of SN1 and SN2 mechanisms in the present Menschutkin reaction. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 231-231 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Keywords: calorimetry ; IR spectra ; ketones ; solvation ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Solution enthalpies of n-hexane, acetone, butan-2-one and octan-2-one in a series of tetrachloromethane-acetonitrile mixtures and the carbonyl stretching absorption frequencies in the IR spectra of these ketones were determined. It was found that over the whole range of concentrations (varying from neat tetrachloromethane up to neat acetonitrile) the solvation enthalpy of these compounds can be obtained additively from the contributions of the alkyl and carbonyl fragments. The solvent effect on the solvation enthalpy of the carbonyl group was found to be satisfactorily correlated with the corresponding IR frequency shifts of the C=O group. It was also found that the sensitivities of the carbonyl IR frequencies to the solvent composition are different for various ketones. From both IR and calorimetric data, the preferential solvation parameters were evaluated. The differences between the IR spectroscopic and calorimetric data are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 261-272 
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    Keywords: 1-substituted 2-pyrrolidinones ; C=O stretching frequencies ; solvent effects ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: In an effort to model solute-solvent interactions, the C=O stretching frequencies of five 1-substituted 2-pyrrolidinones and four other carbonyl-containing compounds were measured for 30 common solvents. These were then correlated with four empirical parameter sets and one theoretical (computational) parameter set. While an empirical parameter set gave the best correlation equations, the theoretical parameter equations are physically and statistically significant. Solvent volume, polarizability and hydrogen bond donor acidity (capacity) terms are significant in the correlation equations. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 232-240 
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    Keywords: P - S bond cleavage ; hydroperoxidolysis ; nerve agent VX ; molecular orbital calculations ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The P - S bond cleavage process in the hydroperoxidolysis of a model system for the nerve agent VX was studied using ab initio and semiempirical molecular orbital methods. Aqueous solvation effects were included through single-point calculations using the semiempirical SM5.2PD/A continuum solvation model and geometries optimized at the HF/MIDI! level of theory. The predominant pathway for P - S bond cleavage involves pseudorotation of a low-energy trigonal bipyramidal intermediate followed by apical ligand ejection. In aqueous solution, the free energy barriers for these processes are found to be 14.3 and 4.6 kcal mol-1, respectively, with electronic energies calculated at the MP2/cc-pVDZ//HF/MIDI! level of theory. By comparison with another continuum model of solvation (PCM), it is concluded that the SM5.2PD/A model performs well even for hypervalent phosphorus species, in spite of not having included any such molecules in the model's parameterization set. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: crown dithioether ; conformational analysis ; multicomponent equilibrium ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The solid-state molecular structure and the conformational behaviour in solution of the 12-membered crown dithioether 8-methyl-1,4-dioxa-7,10-dithiacyclododecane-5,12-dione were studied by x-ray crystallography, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and molecular mechanics. The conformational rigidity of some constituent structural fragments allowed a detailed analysis of the structure and distribution of the conformers. A protocol for studies of multiconformational equilibrium was developed by means of the combined use of structure calculations and dynamic NMR measurements. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 321-333 
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    Keywords: metal-catalyzed carbenoid reactions ; iodonium ylides ; sulfonium ylides ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Transition metal-catalyzed decomposition of phenyliodonium and diphenylsulfonium ylides was investigated with regard to application in asymmetric carbenoid reactions. Phenyliodonium ylides react in the presence of Rh(II) catalysts with the same selectivity in inter- and intramolecular cyclopropanations as the corresponding diazo compounds, and intramolecular CH insertions proceed with identical enantioselectivities. With diphenylsulfonium ethoxycarbonylmethylide the Cu(I)-catalyzed cyclopropanation of olefins affords trans/cis ratios and asymmetric inductions identical with those of diazo compounds, but with Rh(II) catalysts some small, although significant, selectivity variations occur, which are ascribed to coordination of diphenyl sulfide to one of the coordination sites of the catalyst. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 529-535 
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    Keywords: biotin ; in vivo C - S bond formation ; radical chemistry ; reducing conditions ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The last step in the biosynthesis of biotin involves the formation of carbon-sulfur bonds at non-activated carbons catalyzed by biotin synthase. S-Adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) and an electron source are essential for activity in cell-free systems. This important finding connects biotin synthase to a family of enzymes, namely pyruvate-formate lyase, anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase and lysine 2,3-aminomutase, which use the same cofactors. Additional experimental data led to the proposition of the following general mechanism. The carbons to be functionalized are first activated by homolytic cleavage of the C - H bonds, initiated by the deoxyadenosyl radical produced by a monoelectronic reductive cleavage of AdoMet with NADPH as electron source. The electron transfer system involves flavoproteins and very likely the [Fe - S] center of biotin synthase. NADPH and the flavoproteins can be replaced by photoreduced deazaflavin. By using a deuterated substrate, a deuterium transfer into deoxyadenosine has been observed, indicating that biotin synthase should be closely related to lysine 2,3-aminomutase, which uses AdoMet as a surrogate of vitamin B12. The source of sulfur, the nature of the immediate sulfur donor and hence the mechanism of trapping of the intermediate radicals are still unknown. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 622-631 
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    Keywords: secologanin ; vincoside derivatives ; acidic deglycosylation ; graphical analysis ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Acidic hydrolysis and cyclization were studied in vincoside glycosides (‘natural’ series) and their dihydro derivatives (‘dihydro’ series) in which either one or both N atoms were free or blocked by an alkyl group. For interpretation of the results, a graph was constructed in which 25 points (actually circles) represent a maximum of 81 aglycone types and 40 arrows indicate 131 possible cyclizations. The reaction matrix of the graph was under thermodynamic control and in most cases afforded the thermodynamically most stable product aglycones. In addition to the deglycosylation, two types of cyclization were observed. In azacyclizations, the preferred nucleophilic site is N-4 over N-1, and the preferred electrophilic site is C-22 in the glycosides, C-21 over C-19 and C-17 in aglycones. In oxacyclizations, the preferred nucleophilic site is O-17 over C-18 and C-21, and the preferred electrophilic site is C-19 over C-21 and C-17 in the ‘natural’ series, C-21 over C-17 in the ‘dihydro’ series. In one case, the kinetically favoured aglycone types which had been generated in the reaction mixture were trapped in a subsequent reaction (outside the graph) before thermodynamic equilibrium was attained. With the help of graphical analysis it was possible to justify the formation of the most favourable and actually isolated products and pathways out of a large number of possibilities. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 841-846 
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    Keywords: reactant-solute encounters ; aqueous solutions ; water ; kinetic methods ; hydration cosphere destructive overlap ; camouflage effects ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Rates of chemical reactions in aqueous solutions are often sensitive to low concentrations of added solutes such as ureas, alcohols, α-amino acids and carbohydrates. In this work, several simple chemical reactions were used to probe this sensitivity, which arises from interactions between added solute and the reacting solute. It was found that derived interaction parameters provide a novel insight into interactions between solute molecules in aqueous solution. For example, it was possible to identify two interesting effects, which are termed (i) ‘destructive overlap’ of hydration cospheres and (ii) ‘camouflage effects’ by water-solute interactions. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 663-669 
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    Keywords: ipso proton affinities ; additivity ; disubstituted toluenes ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The problem of the ipso protonation of toluene and its predominantly disubstituted derivatives was considered by the MP2(fc)/6-31G**//HF/6-31G*+ZPE(HF/6-31G*) theoretical model. The substituents involved covered a wide range of different donor-acceptor capabilities. It is shown that the calculated MP2 ipso proton affinities of substituted toluenes follow mutatis mutandis the same additivity rule which was found earlier to be operative in polysubstituted benzenes, naphthalenes and biphenylenes. The additivity equation is both intuitively appealing and useful, being able to offer quantitative estimates of the proton affinity by very simple calculation. It is based on the concept of the increment, which in turn describes the influence of a single substituent on the proton affinity. Any substituent behaves as a rule as if the other were non-existent, thus giving rise to the independent substituent approximation (ISA). The performance of the additivity rule of thumb is very good, as evidenced by the average absolute deviation of 1 kcal mol-1. Larger deviations are possible, but they rarely occur, being indicative of a difference in interactions between substituents in the initial neutral base and in the final cationic conjugate acid. Finally, it follows as a corollary of the present analysis that protonation ipso to the CH3 group is never thermodynamically the most favourable site of proton attack in the benzene ring, provided that there is a single unsubstituted carbon atom within the aromatic moiety. The relevance of ipso protonation in persubstituted benzenes is briefly discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: pyrenyl-DNA complexes and adducts ; photoinduced electron transfer ; strand cleavage ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The fluorescence of pyrenyl residues in complexes with the nucleic acid bases G, C and T, but not A, is strongly quenched by photoinduced electron transfer mechanisms. Site-specifically modified 11-mer oligonucleotide duplexes containing a single modified guanosyl base G* bearing a covalently attached pyrenyl residue were prepared in order to probe for photochemical damage associated with these photoinduced electron transfer reactions. When the pyrenyl residue positioned at G* is photoexcited with 355 nm light, direct strand cleavage is observed at that site with low quantum yield. Frank strand breaks are also observed up to five base pairs away from G*, suggesting that intrastrand migration of a reactive intermediate from base to base is occurring. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 602-609 
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    Keywords: olefin metathesis ; olefin cyclopropanation ; catalyst engineering ; fine organic synthesis ; polymer chemistry ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: An overview of the recent synthetic breakthroughs brought about by the discovery of new, functional group tolerant late transition metal (Rh and Ru)-based catalysts is proposed. Whereas dirhodium(II)-based complexes promote only carbene transfer reactions to olefins (i.e. olefin cyclopropanation), a few ruthenium-based catalysts can be engineered and fine tuned so as to mediate either carbene-transfer reactions or olefin metathesis. The different outcome of the reactions can be rationalized by the capability of the metal center to coordinate or not both the carbene and the olefin. This quite simple-minded approach indicates that several available coordination sites at the metal center favors metathesis reactions to the prejudice of olefin cyclopropanation. Examples of recent applications in ring opening metathesis polymerizations and copolymerizations include the formation of postpolymers of polydienes, of carbohydrate-substituted polymers and of telechelic oligomers. Application of the same ruthenium-based catalysts in ring-closing metathesis is illustrated by the formation of crown ether analogs, of unsaturated peptides and amino acids, of β-lactams, and of different bicyclic systems.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 512-518 
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    Keywords: sugar isomerization ; sugar phosphate isomerization ; enzymatic catalysis ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The relative yields of the products of isomerization of D,L-glyceraldehyde in D2O with intramolecular transfer of a hydride ([1-1H]DHA) and with proton transfer ([1-2H]DHA) were determined by high-resolution 1H NMR analyses. A study of the catalysis of this isomerization by deuteroxide ion, buffer anions and Zn2+ established the following: (1) isomerization with proton and hydride transfer occurs at approximately equal rates in dilute solutions of sodium deuteroxide; (2) Brønsted bases catalyze isomerization with proton transfer in a bimolecular reaction; (3) Zn2+ catalyzes isomerization with hydride transfer in a bimolecular reaction; and (4) Zn2+ and acetate ion react in concert to catalyze isomerization with proton transfer in a termolecular reaction. These results show that the various pathways for isomerization with proton and hydride transfer proceed via transition states of similar energies, so that there is no strong imperative for enzymatic catalysis by any particular reaction mechanism. The relevance of these results to the mechanism of action of xylose isomerase is discussed briefly. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: Selective arylation ; exocyclic N-position ; 2-pyrimidylnitrenium ion ; tetrazolo[1,5a]pyrimidine ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Photo-reactions of tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (1) with benzene (2a) and substituted benzenes (2b-f) in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) gave 2-(2-, 3- and 4-substituted anilino)pyrimidines (3-5) together with 2-aminopyridine (6) and biphenyl (7) or diarylmethanes (8b, 8c and 8e). From the effect of heavy-atom solvent on the reactions, it is reasonable to assume that 3-5 are formed via a singlet species, but 6-8 via a triplet species. The intermediacy of 2-pyrimidylnitrenium ion is consistent with the evidence derived by the above effect, by a Hammett plot with ρ = -2.9 and by effects of solvent nucleophilicity and counter-anions. The selective exocyclic N-arylation giving 3-5 is discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 60
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    Keywords: Cyclic N-substituted sulfonamides ; 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide derivatives ; hydrolysis ; kinetics ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The hydrolysis reactions of 4-amino-2-phenethyl- and 4-amino-2-cyclohexyl-2,3-dihydro-3-oxo-1,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide (Ia and Ib) were investigated in the range 24-73 °C in buffered aqueous solutions. The observed rate constants (kobs) are independent of pH in the range ca 1-4 pH, but increase with increase in pH above ca 4. A linear log kobs vs pH profile with unit slope is observed from pH ca 4 up to the highest experimental pH (ca 10). The products are the corresponding new compounds: 2-amino-2-[(N-substituted-sulfamoyl)imino]acetic acid salts. The C=N bond of these compounds hydrolyses further, in a slow reaction, to the sulfamide and oxalic acid derivatives. The substrates decompose to the final products without accumulation of the acetic acid derivatives under these experimental conditions. A mechanism is proposed. Rate constants and activation parameters are given for the first reaction step. Owing to steric effects, the reaction rate is higher for the N-phenethyl-substituted derivative than for the 2-cyclohexyl-substituted derivative. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition ; N-methylindole ; Grignard reagents ; rate enhancement ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The reactions of 2-N-methylindolyl and 2- and 3-benzo[b]thiophenyl anions with nitrile oxides and nitrilimines were performed in order to investigate whether the use of anionic dipolarophiles modifies a classical 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. When lithium compounds were used as bases, the heterocyclic anions invariably acted as nucleophilic species; in contrast, when a Grignard reagent was employed, the N-methylindole gave cycloaddition products with an extraordinary rate enhancement. The hypothesis that N-methylindole and ethylmagnesium bromide give an adduct much more reactive than N-methylindole itself was supported by the results of a theoretical investigation. The structure and electron distribution of the adduct were determined by ab initio calculations and compared with those of known Grignard complexes with nitrogen ligands. The performance of different basis sets was tested. The quantum theory of atoms in molecules was used to determine atomic charges and to describe the nature of bonds in terms of the properties of the electron density at the bond critical points. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: cycloheptatriene ; silacycloheptatriene ; ring inversion ; aromaticity ; ab initio calculation ; nucleus-independent chemical shift ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) of boat and planar structure of silepins (1) and cycloheptatriene (2) were calculated at the HF/6-31+G* level for the Becke3LYP/6-31G* optimized geometries in order to investigate the correlation between the inversion barrier and aromatic nature in the boat and planar forms of 1 and 2. The NICS of unsubstituted silepin 1a indicated that there is almost no stabilization in the boat form (NICS, -0.5) and that the planar form (NICS, 3.5) is relatively destabilized in comparison with the boat form. On the other hand, the NICS of 2 showed that there is considerable homoconjugative stabilization in the boat form (NICS, -4.2) and destabilization in the planar form (NICS, 8.2). In addition to the geometrical effects resulting from angle strain, these electronic effects are considered to affect the energy barriers for ring inversion, which have been calculated to be 0.9 kcal mol-1 for 1a and 5.2 kcal mol-1 for 2. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 737-742 
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    Keywords: thermochromism ; proton transfer ; hydrogen bond ; phenol ; amine ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Variable-temperature UV-vis, 13C NMR and IR studies showed that proton-transferred complexes were formed between phenols and amines in apolar solvents at low temperature. Upon cooling a solution of p-nitrophenol and diisopropylamine in toluene, the colour of the solution changed from colourless to yellow. This thermochromism was ascribed to the proton transfer in the hydrogen-bonding complex. Under UV-vis conditions, butylamine and imidazole also caused similar thermochromism upon complexation with p-nitrophenol, while triethylamine, quinuclidine and pyridine did not. The thermochromic behaviour was particularly dependent on the stoichiometry of the amine and the phenol: a solution of 3,3′-dibromo-5,5′-dinitro-2,2′-biphenyldiol and diisopropylamine with a molar ratio of 1:1 showed no thermochromism, while solutions with 1:2 or higher ratios showed thermochromism, indicating that excess amine is required to obtain the proton-transferred species. These results revealed that the proton-transferred species forms in apolar solvents at low temperature if an appropriate hydrogen-bonding network between the phenol and the amine can stabilize it. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 774-780 
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    Keywords: double fragmentation ; cation radicals ; NADH analogues ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The cation radical of 9-tert-butyl-N-methylacridan, generated electrochemically or photochemically, offers, in the presence of strong bases, a remarkable example of a double fragmentation. Whereas in acidic or weakly basic media the tert-butyl radical is cleaved with concomitant formation of the methylacridinium cation, the presence of a strong base triggers the cleavage of both the methyl group borne by the nitrogen atom and the tert-butyl group on C-9 leading to acridine, formaldehyde and the tert-butyl anion, even though methylacridinium cation is stable under these conditions. The origin of this unprecedented behavior resides in the prior deprotonation of the methyl group borne by the nitrogen atom which outruns the usual deprotonation at the 9-carbon because this is slowed by the steric hindrance due to the presence of the tert-butyl group. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 803-808 
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    Keywords: peroxymonosulfate ion ; oxidation ; sulfuric acid ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Peroxymonosulfate ion, HSO5-, as Oxone in aqueous H2SO4, oxidizes sulfides [MeSC6H4X(p), X = Me, H, NO2] to sulfoxides and converts aryl thiobenzoates [PhCOSC6H4X(p), X = Me, H] and thiol phosphorus(V) esters [Ph2POSPh, (EtO)2POSPh, Ph2POSEt, Ph(EtO)POSEt] into the acids and sulfonate ions. Second-order rate constants increase with increasing concentration of H2SO4 (10-53 wt%), owing to the high polarity of the medium rather than to acid catalysis. The rate increases fit the Grunwald-Winstein equation based on YOTs solvent parameters derived from rate effects on SN1 solvolyses. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 825-830 
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    Keywords: cation radical cycloaddition polymerization ; Diels-Alder copolymerization ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The Diels-Alder cycloaddition copolymerization of a bis(diene) with ionizable bis(dienophiles) via a cation radical mechanism has been accomplished using tris(4-bromophenyl)aminium hexachloroantimonate as a catalyst in dichloromethane solvent. The reactions occur at 0°C and yield Diels-Alder polymers of MW up to ca. 10,000 and a polydispersity index ca. 2. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: 1,1,1-trihalo-2,2-bis(dimethoxyphenyl)ethanes ; base-promoted elimination ; reaction mechanism ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The base-promoted elimination reactions of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(dimethoxyphenyl)ethanes were investigated. The bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethane was found to be more reactive than the bis(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethane and the latter more reactive than the bis(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethane. Kinetic data relative to 1,1,1-trihalo(chloro or bromo)-2,2-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanes show that the tribromo reacts faster than trichloro derivative and that the reactions are general-base promoted with Brønsted β values of about 0.6. A kinetic isotope effect, with kH/kD ratio ranging from 3.5 to 5.7, for the base-promoted elimination reaction of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethane was found. Tunneling occurs for methoxide and ethoxide ion-promoted eliminations. Activation parameters for alkoxy-promoted elimination show a similar trend for chloride and bromide derivatives. The data collected seem to confirm that there is contiguity between E1cBirr and E2 mechanisms. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: haloalkanes ; diols ; kinetics ; thermodynamics ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Rate constants, k, were determined for the solvolytic reactions of 2-bromo-2-methylbutane, 2-chloro-2-methylbutane and 3-chloro-3-methylpentane in 10 pure diols at 298.15 K. The Gibbs energies of activation were calculated in order to study the influence of the solvent and to provide mechanistic information about the activation process. By combining these values with a set of infinite dilution activity coefficients, γ∞, the transfer Gibbs energies of the reactants (initial state) and of the activated complex (transition state) were obtained, which allowed the solvent effects on both states to be quantitatively analysed. The γ∞ values were calculated using the UNIFAC group contribution method. The modified Flory-Huggins equation was used in the combinatorial term. The interaction parameters were taken from the specific UNIFAC γ∞ interaction parameter table, except for the γ∞ values of 2-chloro-2-methylbutane and 3-chloro-3-methylpentane in diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, which were obtained using the γ∞ UNIFAC-VLE interaction parameter tables. For comparative purposes all the other infinite dilution activity coefficients of the three solutes in the diols were also calculated using the UNIFAC-VLE parameter tables. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 71-76 
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    Keywords: guanosine ; nitrenium ; DNA structure ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The N-acetyl-N-(2-fluorenyl)nitrenium ion (2a) reacts very efficiently with monomeric 2′-deoxyguanosine (d-G) to form a C-8 adduct, N-(2′-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene (6), in an aqueous environment, with a selectivity ratio, kd-G/ks, of 13.1 × 103 M-1 at 0°C and 4.8 × 103 M-1 at 30°C. The reactivity of the self-complementary oligomer d-ATGCAT with 2a can be separated into components due to the single-stranded (SS) and double-stranded (DS) forms. Within the error limits of the measurements kSS/kd-G ≈ 0.27 and kDS/kd-G ≈ 0. Another measure of the reactivity of d-G moieties in the DNA double helix can be obtained from measurements with the circular super-coiled plasmid pUC19. This plasmid provides an upper limit for kpUC19/kd-G of 0.02, where kpUC19 is the average trapping rate constant per d-G moiety in pUC19. The strong inhibition of the trapping reaction caused by the tertiary structure of the DNA double helix may be responsible for the change in product distribution of 2a-d-G adducts found from reaction with d-G, and denatured DNA (exclusive C-8 adduct, 6) and native DNA [5-20% N-2 adduct,3-(2′-deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene, 7]. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: phenyl salicylate ; ethane-1,2-diol ; urea ; sodium salt ; lithium salt ; transesterification ; kinetics ; intramolecular general base catalysis ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Pseudo-first-order rate constants (k1) for the reaction of ethane-1,2-diol (DOL) with ionized phenyl salicylate (PS-), obtained in mixed DOL-CH3CN solvent at constant [H2O] and [NaOH], obey the relationship k1  =  α[DOL]T/(1 + 2KA[DOL]T), where α is the apparent second-order rate constant, KA is the association constant for the dimerization of DOL and [DOL]T is the total concentration of DOL. The values of KA, in the presence of Na+ ions, decrease with increase in [H2O]. Lithium ions cause almost complete depolymerization of polymeric DOL (i.e. KA ≈ 0) under the experimental conditions imposed. The effect of 0.5 M urea on the structural behavior of the mixed solvent is kinetically insignificant. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 79-83 
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    Keywords: [2 + 2] ; photocycloaddition ; quantum yield ; oligooxyehylene linkage ; cyclophane ; styrene derivatives ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: There are two possible explanations for the high yields in the intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of compounds 3a-d in which two styrene moieties are bridged by an oligooxyethylene linkage: one is the electronic effects of phenoxy oxygen atoms at the para-position of the vinyl group and the other is the steric effects due to the flexibility of oligooxyethylene linkages. In order to clarify the contributions of the two effects, a study was made of the photoreaction of similar compounds in which oxygen atoms are present only at the ends of the chain, and therefore only the electronic effects are involved. In these compounds, the quantum yields of the photocycloaddition were found to be low. Hence the high yields in the photocycloaddition of 3a-d are concluded to be ascribable to the flexibility of oligooxyethylene linkages. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 819-824 
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    Keywords: zero field splitting parameter, D ; organic biradicals ; triplets ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: An ‘average’ approximation for calculating the zero-field splitting parameter, D, gives reasonable results when used to calculate D values for non-disjoint delocalized organic biradicals. When used to calculate disjoint localized organic biradicals the D values are approximately half the experimental values. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Keywords: UV spectra ; dual-parameter equation ; correlation analysis ; polar effect ; spin-delocalization effect ; p-Y-substituted benzaldehyde phenylhydrazones ; p-Y-substituted benzaldehyde 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones ; p-Y-substituted benzaldehyde 4-nitrophenylhydrazones ; p-Y-substituted benzaldehyde N-phenylsemicarbazones ; p-Y-substituted benzaldehyde semicarbazones ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The K-band λmax values of the UV spectra of five types of p-Y-benzaldehyde derivatives, namely phenylhydrazones (1-Ys), 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones (2-Ys), 4-nitrophenylhydrazones (3-Ys), semicarbazones (4-Ys) and N-phenylsemicarbazones (5-Ys), were measured and the corresponding wavenumbers (νmax) calculated. Correlation analyses of the νmax values by the dual-parameter equation show that the νmax values of these compounds are affected, albeit to different degrees, by both spin-delocalization effects (σ·) and polar effects (σx) of the substituents. The spin-delocalization effects of substituents always facilitate bathochromic shifts of the λmax values (ρ· negative). However, polar effects of the substituents on these λmax data depend on the mode of polarization of these hydrazone or semicarbazone molecules, i.e. electron-pair acceptor substituents (Ys) facilitate bathochromic shifts for 1-Ys (ρx negative), but hypsochromic shifts for 2-Ys and 3-Ys (ρx positive), and induce very small shifts for 4-Ys and 5-Ys. As expected, donor Ys facilitate hypsochromic shifts for 1-Ys and bathochromic shifts for 2-Ys and 3-Ys and induce very small shifts for 4-Ys and 5-Ys. Possibly, a higher degree of polarization of the substrate molecule would demand a higher degree of polar assistance from the substituents at the transition states. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 614-617 
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    Keywords: ΔG°Acid (gas phase) ; kinetic acidities ; methanolic sodium methoxide ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Hydron exchange rates, kexc (M-1s-1), using methanolic sodium methoxide were compared with ΔG°Acid, (kcal mol-1) (gas phase) for 9-phenylfluorene, C6H5CH(CF3)2, m-CF3C6H4CH(CF3)2, p-CF3C6H4CHClCF3, m-CF3C6H4CHClCF3, 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3CHClCF3, fluorene and C6F5H. There is a good linear correlation for p-CF3C6H4CHClCF3, m-CF3C6H4CHClCF3 and 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3CHClCF3, with the others falling off the line. The fluorinated benzyl compounds and pentafluorobenzene have near-unity isotope effects and therefore differ from the fluorenyl compounds. Although the acidity and the exchange rates for three of the compounds [9-phenylfluorene, C6H5CH(CF3)2 and p-CF3C6H4CHClCF3] are similar, the important proton-transfer step to form a hydrogen-bonded carbanion intermediate and the subsequent breaking of that weak bond to form a free carbanion in methanol differ significantly for the fluoernyl compound compared with the two fluorinated benzylic compounds. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 75
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    Keywords: intramolecular thermal (4σ + 2π) dyotropy ; kinetic isotope effects ; limiting barrier parameters ; quantum tunnelling ; 2H transfer processes ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Primary deuterium kinetic isotope effects (PDKIE) in parazoline-annelated syn-sesquinorbornenes exhibiting irreversible intramolecular (4σ + 2π) thermal dyotropy reveal unambiguous evidence for a tunnelling contribution to the kinetics in one instance but not for a close analogue. For analogous dyotropy of a cyclohexadiene-annelated syn-sesquinorbornene, the tunnelling components of the kinetic behaviour is small by comparison. The H atom traverse between alternative loci for the pyrazolines, deduced from x-ray and neutron diffraction data, is in agreement with approximate barrier parameters obtained by fitting of the PDKIE data to the Bell equation; barrier penetration is 3.22 kcal below the computed barrier corrected for the tunnelling contribution. The relative kinetic effect of systematic variation of the π-donor/acceptor groups on aryl ring substituents at C and N in the pyrazoline ring is consistent with a pericyclic process for dyotropy of these compounds, but not with rearrangement mediated by biradicals resulting from single H atom transfer in the rate-limiting step. Computer modelling of the transition state for dyotropy of these compounds is also consistent with a thermal, orbital symmetry conserved pericyclic reaction. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 362-376 
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    Keywords: highly strained cyclophanes ; reactivity ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: An essential feature of the concept of aromaticity has been the stability and lack of reactivity of aromatics relative to that of other unsaturated compounds. Contrary to this general experience, high and unusual reactivity is encountered when simple, monocyclic benzene rings are bent by short bridges into a boat-shaped conformation, as is the case in small [n] paracyclophanes (n ≤ 8) and [n]metacyclophanes (n ≤ 7). This is illustrated, mostly with examples taken from the authors' own work, for thermal and photochemical behavior and reactions with electrophiles, nucleophiles and dienophiles. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 356-361 
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    Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis ; organic reactions ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: A decade's worth of work is reviewed: building on the demonstrated prowess of heterogeneous catalysis in industrial organic chemistry, the author's laboratory devised efficient catalysts for a number of organic reactions, based on aluminosilicates such as clays and zeolites. This review also spells out, at a time when creative research is overshadowed by imitative research, some of the methodological musts that also happen to characterize physical organic chemistry: the devising of experiments so that accurate numerical data can be obtained; the importance of remote, interdisciplinary connections; the need for estrangement from stereotypic preconceptions that may obscure the true explanations for the phenomena; and the over-riding need for concerning oneself only, or at least predominantly, with the important facts that nature tells, if one cares to listen. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 678-683 
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    Keywords: phosphatetrahedrane ; diphosphatetrahedrane ; phosphorus bases ; carbon bases ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The protonation processes of phosphotetrahedrane (PTH) and diphosphatetrahedrane (DPTH) were studied using density functional theory approaches. The geometries of the neutrals and the protonated species were optimized at the B3LYP/6- 31G(d) level and the final energies were obtained using the B3LYP/6- 311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. Both PTH and DPTH are tetrahedral compounds which behave as carbon bases in the gas phase. In contrast with what was found for other phosphorus-containing cage structures such as tetraphosphacubane, the nature of the basic center does not change when the hydrogen atoms are substituted by bulky substituents. This is a consequence of the fact that both phosphorus and carbon protonation processes lead to C - P bond fission, so that the repulsive interactions between the susbtituents are not significantly different in carbon- or phosphorus-protonated structures. Protonation of DPTH at the P - P bond yields a local minimum with a P - H - P linkage similar to that described before for the most stable protonated form of P4. This seems to indicate that the existence of P - P linkages in strained structures clearly favors the formation of non-classical protonated species where the proton bridges the two phosphorus atoms. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 485-488 
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    Keywords: group polarization effects ; polarizability countants ; ab initio ; Sadlej's basis set ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: An improved model is presented for ab initio calculations of the polarizability constants σα using Sadlej's basis set. A new set of constants was calculated for common groups and these were compared with previous 3-21G and 3-21G* calculations and with some experimental equilibrium constants in the gas phase. For the time being, the calculations seem to be the most general approach for obtaining these constants whereas the experimental possibilities are limited in scope. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 751-755 
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    Keywords: 2′,6′-dimethoxyflavone-2,6-dimethoxybenzoic acid complex ; crystal structure ; pKa values ; hydrogen bonds ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The crystal structure of the 2′,6′-dimethoxyflavone-2,6-dimethoxybenzoic acid complex was determined. Owing steric hindrance of the methoxy groups, the two H-bonded molecules are twisted. Earlier results were used to establish a relationship between the pKa values of different acids and their hydrogen bond distances in complexes with 2′,6′-dimethoxyflavone. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 756-760 
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    Keywords: N-methyl-N-nitrosobenzenesulfonamides ; stability ; nitrosation efficiency ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: A series of substituted N-methyl-N-nitrosobenzenesulfonamides [2,4,6-(CH3)3, 4-CH3O, 4-CH3, 4-Cl and 4-NO2] were synthesized. All of them transfer their nitroso group to N-methylaniline in a quantitative manner, the more reactive being those substituted with electron-withdrawing groups, thus resembling some of the known alkyl nitrites. Studies of their acid denitrosation and base-catalysed hydrolysis demonstrated that the nitrosobenzenesulfonamides are fairly stable in aqueous media between pH 2 and 11. Their relative stability in aqueous media together with their ability to transfer the nitroso group to nucleophiles suggest their use as excellent alternatives to alkyl nitrites in both neutral and basic media. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 82
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    Keywords: eight membered rings ; conformational analysis ; molecular mechanics ; semiempirical methods ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The 6-Mono- and trans-6,7-di-substituted derivatives of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrodibenzo[a,c]cyclo-octene exist in solution in two different conformations. The experimental ΔGo values obtained from 1H NMR spectra are compared with the ΔEsteric and ΔG values calculated by molecular mechanics and semiempirical quantum mechanics methods respectively. The experimental ΔGo values are reproduced better by the ΔEsteric values. The semiempirical methods predict the order of stability of the conformers correctly except for two cases in the PM3 and AM1 methods, but the estimated values are far from the experimental ones. The standard deviation between the experimental ΔGo values and those calculated by semiempirical methods is less for AM1 and MNDO and greater for PM3 and MINDO/3. The conformational space of the flexible side chains in monoacetoxy 1d, monohydroxy 1e, trans-diacid 2d, trans-dimethyl ester 2e and trans-bis-hydroxymethyl 2f searched by molecular mechanics is not reproduced completely by semiempirical methods. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 83
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    Keywords: phenols ; acidity ; solvent composition ; supersolvent ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The effect of solvent composition on the acidity of substituted phenols in DMSO-H2O systems was examined. It is shown that in DMSO-H2O mixtures with up to 35 mol% DMSO there is a linear relationship between the pKa values of monosubstituted phenols in the binary solvent mixtures of different compositions and the corresponding pKa values in water. This leads to an equation relating the slope and intercept terms, pKa(DMSO-H2O) = slope[pKa(H2O)] + intercept. The basis of this relationship in the Kirkwood-Westheimer equation is examined. The significance of a possible ‘supersolvent’ is discussed. The applicability of the relationships derived herein to other rate-equilibria relationships and solvent mixtures is considered. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 853-856 
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    Keywords: polyenic oligomerics ; dipole moments ; one-dimensional molecular wire model ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Ground-state dipolar moments of oligomeric compounds, containing electron-donor (D) and electron-acceptor (A) groups as two terminal units of the polyenic bridge (D-wire-A), can well be described by means of a one-dimensional molecular wire model, which considers a scattering process of electrons through the charge-transfer conduction channel. The dipole moment of the oligomers (μn) follows a non-linear dependence of the polyenic bridge length (L) according to μn = μ0 + μ∞(1 - e- γL) where μ0 is the dipole moment of the first compound of the series, without a polyenic unit (n = 0), μ∞ is a limit value for L → ∞ and γ is the one-dimensional conduction constant of the π-molecular orbital channel of the molecular wire. This model can be extended to all those conjugated oligomers of the D-wire-A type where the electronic charge of the donor group can induce a soliton wave as far as through the polyenic bridge towards the acceptor group. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 887-894 
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    Keywords: D-glucitol ; D-mannitol ; conformation ; dehydration reaction ; molecular mechanics ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The Monte Carlo search of the low-energy regions of D-mannitol (4) and D-glucitol (5) conformational space was undertaken in order to investigate conformational effects on the stereochemistry of the acid-catalyzed dehydrative cyclization reaction of 4 and 5 to the corresponding 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitols. It was found that although dominant conformations in water resemble closely the crystal state conformations of 4 and 5, the same is not true in solvents of low polarity. The magnitudes of the calculated energies of the reactive conformations for the dehydrative cyclization reaction suggest an SN2 mechanism with a late transition state. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 618-621 
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    Keywords: 5′-aminopyrimidines ; p-toluenesulfonyl photoremoval ; 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine derivatives ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The p-toluenesulfonyl (tosyl) group, an effective protector of the amine function of thymidine derivatives 2a and b, has proven to be photoremovable. This photoreaction was successfully used in the synthesis of new 5′-amino analogs of 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine (AZT), 6a and b. Selective photohydrolysis of 5′N-tosylamides 2a and b was carried out by UV irradiation (〉300 nm) in aqueous acetonitrile in the presence of 1,5-dimethoxynaphthalene as an electron donor. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 584-588 
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    Keywords: N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulphonamide ; hydrolysis ; micellar media ; pseudophase model ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The acid and basic hydrolysis of N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulphonamide (MNTS) was studied in different micellar aggregates (CTACl, CTABr, TTABr, LTABr, and OTACl). The effect of mixed micelles (OTAX-LTAX) was also studied. The kinetic behaviour was explained on the basis of the pseudophase model, from which the binding constants of MNTS to different micelles, the ion exchange constants and the reactivity constants in the micellar pseudophase were obtained. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 88
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    Keywords: proton binding ; zinc ion binding ; transition states ; α-heterocyclic ketones ; tautomerization ; enzymatic reactions ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The description of catalysis in terms of binding of a catalyst to the transition state propoposed by Kurz is applied to tautomerization of the α-heterocyclic ketones phenacylpyridine, phenacylpyrazine, phenacylphenanthroline and phenylacetylpyridine catalysed by protons and zinc ions. Binding constants for protonated and zinc-coordinated transition states, KB≠ are reported and Brønsted coefficients are calculated from comparison of KB≠ with binding constants for the keto reactant and enolate anion intermediate. The formal equivalence of the binding formalism to a conventional Brønsted analysis is emphasized, and the results are compared with those from a ‘generalised’ Brønsted plot of rate constants against equilibrium constants for reactions of uncomplexed, protonated and zinc ion-coordinated ketones. This plot confirms that intrinsic reactivities of metal-coordinated and protonated substrates are similar even where differences exist between substrates. Application of a comparable Kurz-Brønsted treatment to enzymatic reactions depends in principle upon (a) dissecting binding contributions to catalysis from approximation of covalently reacting groups and (b) separating binding at the reaction site of the substrate, to which Kurz's treatment applies, from ‘remote’ binding, which, to a first approximation, is unchanged between Michaelis complex and transition state. The Brønsted relationship highlights stabilization of reactive intermediates as a thermodynamic driving force for binding catalysis at the reaction site. A formal expression which describes this stabilization, and also accommodates stabilization by remote binding of the substrate and intermediate by the enzyme, is proposed. Its relationship to the usual expression for application of the Kurz approach to enzyme catalysis, (kcat/k0)/Km = KB≠, is discussed and the usefulness of the Brønsted and Marcus relationships for interpreting KB≠ is emphasized. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 566-576 
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    Keywords: ruthenium (II) complexes ; photoreactivity ; targeted DNA sites ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Several luminescent ruthenium(II) complexes were designed whose main characteristic is their photoreactivity towards mononucleotides and DNA. It was clearly demonstrated that this photoreactivity originates from a photoinduced electron transfer from a guanine to the excited complex. This process leads to the formation of an adduct which was characterized. The structure shows that the complex is anchored to the nucleotidic base via one of its polyazaaromatic ligands, thus marking irreversibly the DNA guanines. Interestingly, this property can be used in order to target, for example, (i) specific DNA sequences and (ii) particular DNA topologies. For each purpose a specific Ru(II) complex was designed. Synthetic oligonucleotides derivatized with mononuclear complexes were prepared to target and damage specific DNA sequences containing G sites. In these systems, it is shown that the DNA damage consists of an irreversible photo-crosslinking of the derivatized oligonucleotide with the complementary strand. In order to target portions of important deformation along double-stranded DNA, the dinuclear complex [Ru(phen)2]2HAT4+ was prepared and studied. This complex is too large to penetrate inside the major or minor grooves of a DNA double helix, so that only single-stranded portions of denatured DNA are accessible to this compound. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 90
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    Keywords: linear free energy relationships ; organic synthesis ; organometallic synthesis ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Structure-reactivity relationships are usually investigated within relatively narrow classes of compounds, where structural variation can unequivocally be assigned to certain electronic and steric effects. We present a novel, semiquantitative approach to predict possible reactions of cationic electrophiles (carbenium ions, metal π-complexes, diazonium ions) with neutral nucleophiles (alkenes, alkynes, arenes, hydrides, organometallics and n-nucleophiles). It is shown that the rate constants for these reactions are given with a precision better than a factor of 10-100 by the linear free enthalpy relationship log k(20 °C) = s (E + N), where E characterizes the strengths of the electrophiles, N characterizes the strengths of the nucleophiles and s is a nucleophile-dependent slope parameter, usually close to 1. This deviation appears tolerable in view of the reactivity range extending over more than 30 orders of magnitude, the large structural variety of compounds included and the neglect of solvent and steric effects. The simultaneous treatment of aliphatic, aromatic and organometallic compounds, which becomes possible in this way, provides new qualitative insights, and it is shown how the rule of thumb that reactions proceed at 20 °C if E + N 〉 -5 can be used for rationalizing and designing organic reactions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 508-511 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 685-692 
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    Keywords: radical bromination ; diphenylethylenes ; 1,2-dichloroethane ; caged radical intermediates ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The radical bromination of 1,1- and 1,2-diphenylethylenes in 1,2-dichloroethane was investigated on the basis of kinetic and product distribution data. Whereas the ionic process followed a third-order rate law (second order in Br2), the radical bromination was second order in Br2 and zero order in olefin in the reagent concentration range examined. Significant inverse kinetic isotope effects were found for the bromination of 3,4′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,1-diphenylethylene and cis-1,2-diphenylethylene under these conditions. At variance with the ionic bromination, which gave mixtures of meso- and d,l-dibromides only the meso-dibromides were obtained both from the cis- and trans-1,2-diphenylethylenes. The kinetic and product distribution data for the radical process are discussed in terms of a mechanism in which caged radical intermediates are formed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 701-706 
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    Keywords: carbocation ; thioamide ; kinetics ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: The products of reaction of the α-(N,N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl)-4-methoxybenzyl carbocation (1+) intermediate of solvolysis of α-(N,N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl)-4-methoxybenzyl benzoate esters (1-O2CAr) show a strong dependence on solvent. The only product from reaction in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) is 2-dimethylamino-6-methoxybenzothiophene (2) from intramolecular cyclization of 1+. The reaction of 1+ in 50:50 (v/v) methanol-water (I = 0.50, NaClO4) gives mainly the adducts to solvent. In 50:50 (v/v) trifluoroethanol-water (I = 0.50, NaClO4), 1+ partitions between reaction with solvent (ks, 27% yield), cyclization to form 2 (kc, 3% yield) and nucleophilic addition of 2 to 1+ (kalk, 70% yield) to form dimeric product 3. The yield of 3 in 50:50 (v/v) trifluoroethanol-water (I = 0.50, NaClO4) is independent of the leaving group at 1-O2CAr and remains constant as the concentration of the substrate is increased fourfold. These data show that the rate-determining step for dimerization of 1-O2CAr is ionization of substrate to form 1+ and that the products of the reaction are determined by the rate constant ratio for partitioning of 1+ between addition of solvent and cyclization. The rate constant ratios determined for the partitioning of 1+ in 50:50 (v/v) trifluoroethanol-water (I = 0.50, NaClO4) were ks/kc = 0.8 M-1 and kalk/ks = 540 000 M-1. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 731-736 
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    Keywords: substituted 1,3,5-triaminobenzenes ; electrochemistry ; linear free energy correlation ; substituted triphenylamines ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Correlation analysis of the oxidation potentials of a series of N,N′,N″-triphenyl-1,3,5-triaminobenzenes (TPABs) substituted at the para positions of the outer phenyl rings shows a linear free energy relationship with resonance-enhanced substituent parameters (σ+). Reaction parameters (ρ+) for oxidation of TPABs were found to be -1.53, -1.45 and -1.34 (per substituent) in methylene chloride, acetonitrile and propylene carbonate respectively. The resonance enhancement and small magnitude of the ρ+ values are related to a significant but weak delocalization of charge onto the outer phenyl rings in the molecular orbitals of radical cations resulting from the oxidation of TPABs. Data on the oxidation of p-substituted triphenylamines were treated similarly and gave a ρ+ value of -3.27 (per substituent) in acetonitrile, greater than that for TPABs owing to a more significant delocalization of charge onto the phenyl rings in the molecular orbitals of the corresponding radical cations. To demonstrate their predictive value, these linear free energy correlations were used to estimate the oxidation potentials of similarly substituted N,N,N′,N′,N″,N″-hexaphenyl-1,3,5-triaminobenzenes, which are of interest as building blocks for molecular magnetic materials. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 95
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    Keywords: electrophilic aromatic substitutions ; 4,6-dinitrobenzofuroxan ; σ-complexation ; superelectrophile ; nitrobenzofuroxan ; kinetics of SEAr reaction ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Rate constants have been determined in aqueous Me2SO mixtures for the reaction of super-electrophilic 4,6-dinitrobenzofuroxan (DNBF) with a series of hydroxy- and methoxy-substituted benzenes whose pKa values range between -3 and -9. The study extends the reactivity range of weakly basic aromatics with DNBF, from the family of indoles previously studied with pKa values ranging from -1 to -6. The overall rate constants for the reactions of DNBF as the electrophile are at least one order of magnitude greater than for the reactions of H3O+ with the same series of aromatics. This lends further credence to the notion that DNBF possesses super-electrophilic properties. An LFER is observed between logk50%Me2SODNBF and pKaH2O with slope 0.54. In the case of 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene a significant kinetic isotope effect (KIE) is observed (kH/kD = 3.71 in 50% Me2SO). This system hence affords one of the few instances in which a KIE has been observed in SEAr reactions. It follows from the observed KIE that the addition of DNBF to the aromatic is not rate-limiting and that reversion to reactants and proton loss from the arenonium intermediate occur at comparable rates. Structures of the products of electrophilic substitution have been confirmed by 1H NMR. In all cases the regiochemistry of the reactions was identical to that observed in protonation studies of the starting aromatics. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 743-750 
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    Keywords: pyranine ; photoacid ; solvent polarity parameters ; solvatochromism ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Fluorescence and UV-visible absorption spectra of HPTS (8-hydroxy-1,3,6-pyrenetrisulphonic acid trisodium salt, pyranine) were measured in a variety of solvents. Fluorescence maxima (in kcal mol-1) can be correlated with the Kosower Z parameter (r = 0.901), the Dimroth-Reichardt ET(30) parameter (r = 0.900) and the Winstein Y parameter (r = 0.916) using one-parameter fits. Good correlations (r = 0.98) were obtained for HPTS fluorescence in ethanol-water mixtures using the Y, YOTs and Z parameters. Fluorescence maxima of HPTS in aqueous sulphuric acid solutions gave an excellent correlation with YOTs (r = 0.991). Multi-parameter correlations, indicating the significance of specific solvent interactions, were also studied. In addition, fluorescence maxima correlate well with maximum/minimum ratios obtained from UV-visible absorption experiments. Results can be applied in the use of HPTS as a molecular probe of solvent environments and for extension of the YOTs scale in acidic solutions. HPTS is a unique molecular probe, not only because of its photoacidic properties and its widespread use as a pH-sensitive biosensor, but also because of its relative stability in acidic environments. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 97
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    Keywords: conformational energy ; tetrahydrothiopyrans ; ab initio molecular orbital ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Ab initio 6-31G* and MP2/6-31G*//6-31G* methods were used to calculate the relative energies of the rotamers in the chair conformations of 4-alkyltetrahydro-2H-thiopyrans (tetrahydrothiopyrans, thiacyclohexanes, thianes; CH3, C2H5, i-C3H7, t-C4H9, neo-C5H11, SiMe3). The MP2/6-31G*//6-31G* conformational energies (-ΔG° or A values, kcal mol-1) of the 4-alkylthiacyclohexanes (Me = 1.94; Et = 1.72; i-Pr = 1.62; t-Bu = 5.49; neo-Pent = 1.39; SiMe3 = 2.76) are similar to those calculated for the corresponding alkylcyclohexanes. Plots of the calculated conformational energies for the 4-alkylthiacyclohexanes versus the calculated conformational energies for the corresponding alkylcyclohexanes are linear (slope = 1.01 and r = 0.999 for 6-31G* and slope = 1.09 and r = 0.990 for MP2/6-31G*//6-31G*). The conformational energies are strongly influenced by the magnitude and number of repulsive nonbonded hydrogen-hydrogen interactions and the gauche (synclinal) effects in the conformers. The carbon-sulfur bond lengths are mostly in the narrow range of 1.815-1.818 Å. The C - S - C angles vary from 97.1° to 99.4° and the C(3) - C(4) - C(7) angle in the most stable axial conformer is larger that the corresponding angle in its most stable equatorial conformer. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 305-320 
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    Keywords: poly(alkylmethyldiallylammonium halides) ; aggregation behavior ; polyelectrolytes ; polysoaps ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Hydrophobically modified polyelectrolytes (polysoaps) are a unique class of water-soluble polymers containing distinct hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions. Above a certain concentration, polysoaps form intramolecular and intermolecular aggregates in aqueous solution. They have attracted much attention not only for their ability to mimic some functions demonstrated by biopolymers but also for their important industrial applications. This review highlights some interesting features of novel non-cross-linked and cross-linked poly(alkylmethyldiallylammonium halides) that have been described in recent years. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 99
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 334-340 
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    Keywords: brain chemistry ; membrane proteins ; molecular neurobiology ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Efforts to developed detailed insights into the structure and function of the molecules of memory, thought and sensory perception - physical organic chemistry on the brain - are described. By combining more conventional chemical tools with a number of techniques adapted from modern biology, it is now possible to perform systematic structure-function studies on the integral membrane proteins that play a central role in molecular neurobiology. There are substantial challenges associated with such studies, but we believe the potential payoff is considerable. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 11 (1998), S. 341-349 
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    Keywords: vicarious nucleophilic substitution ; hydrogen ; mechanism ; orientation ; Chemistry ; Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
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    Notes: Hydrogens located at activated positions in electrophilic arenes, e.g. ortho and para hydrogens in nitrobenzenes, can be replaced with a nucleophile moiety provided there is at least one nucleofuge X connected to the nucleophilic centre. As the group really leaving in this hydrogen substitution process is not the hydride anion but X, the reaction has been named vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen (VNS). The concepts on the mechanism of the reaction and their experimental background are presented. Reactivity and orientation - the fundamental questions concerning synthetical applications of VNS - are discussed in light of the supposed mechanistic picture.
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