The Stereochemistry of the Tetrabromides From Linoleic Acid

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1495
Author(s):  
RM Garman ◽  
AR Duffield ◽  
RA Edwards ◽  
WT Robinson

The stereochemistry of the crystalline 9,10,12,13-tetrabromostearic acid obtained by bromination of linoleic acid has been established by X-ray crystallograpic analysis. The structures of the corresponding oily tetrabromide , and of the two derived 1,8,9,11,12-pentabromoheptadecanes, follow.


1938 ◽  
Vol 16b (5) ◽  
pp. 158-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. McCutcheon

Linoleic acid has been prepared from sunflower seed oil by a modification of Rollett's method. The melting point of the solid tetrabromostearic acid is placed at 115.2 °C. The boiling point, specific gravity, iodine value, and refractive index of the ethyl ester and the melting point of the free acid were determined. Linoleamide was prepared, and its melting point is placed at approximately 58 °C. Through rebromination of the prepared linoleic acid, the isomeric liquid tetrabromostearic acid was isolated, and is described. Its reduced acid is shown to be identical with that derived from the solid isomer. From these data and additional data from the literature, it was concluded that bromination and debromination cause no cis-trans isomerization, and that the two pairs of optically active enantiomorphous bromo derivatives exist, not because of their derivation from different acids, but rather because of the four asymmetric carbon atoms which they contain. Therefore, only one naturally occurring linoleic acid is at present known which is identical with that produced through reduction of the tetrabromide that melts at 115.2 °C. or the corresponding liquid derivative. No attempt is made to assign any particular cis-trans configuration to this acid, or to exclude the theoretical existence of three others.



1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Ernst ◽  
William S. Sheldrick ◽  
Jürgen-Hinrich Fuhrhop

Abstract The essential fatty acids linoleic, α-linolenic and arachidonic acid have been crystallized for the first time. The crystal and molecular structures have been elucidated by X-ray analysis. Linoleic acid crystallizes monoclinic P21/c with a = 4298(3), b = 463.2(3), c = 937.7(6) pm, β = 109.38(8)°, Z = 4. The closely packed molecules are stretched with a tttttts̄CssCs̄tt conformationa. By comparison of the unit-cell constants and calculated densities of the unsaturated fatty acids it may be shown that both α-linolenic acid and arachidonic acid also possess stretched structures in the crystal lattice, α-linolenic acid must display a tttttts̄CssCs̄s̄Cs and arachidonic acid a tts̄CssCs̄s̄CssCs̄ttt conformation.



2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Shakeel Ahmad Khan ◽  
Sammia Shahid ◽  
Sadaf Hanif ◽  
Hesham S. Almoallim ◽  
Sulaiman Ali Alharbi ◽  
...  

This study deals with the green synthesis of chromium oxide (Cr2O3) nanoparticles using a leaf extract of Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet as a reducing and capping agent. Different characterization techniques were used to characterize the synthesized nanoparticles such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction technique confirmed the purity and crystallinity of the Cr2O3 nanoparticles. The average size of the nanoparticles ranged from 17 to 42 nm. The antibacterial activity of the green synthesized nanoparticles was evaluated against four different bacterial strains, E. coli, S. aureus, B. bronchiseptica, and B. subtilis using agar well diffusion and a live/dead staining assay. The anticancer activities were determined against Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 (MCF-7) cancer cells using MTT and a live/dead staining assay. Antioxidant activity was investigated in the linoleic acid system. Moreover, the cytobiocompatibility was analyzed against the Vero cell lines using MTT and a live/dead staining assay. The results demonstrated that the green synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles exhibited superior antibacterial activity in terms of zones of inhibition (ZOIs) against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria compared to plant extracts and chemically synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles (commercial), but comparable to the standard drug (Leflox). The green synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles exhibited significant anticancer and antioxidant activities against MCF-7 cancerous cells and the linoleic acid system, respectively, compared to chemically synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles. Moreover, cytobiocompatibility analysis displayed that they presented excellent biocompatibility with Vero cell lines than that of chemically synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles. These results suggest that the green synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles’ enhanced biological activities might be attributed to a synergetic effect. Hence, green synthesized Cr2O3 nanoparticles could prove to be promising candidates for future biomedical applications.



1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 275-277
Author(s):  
M. Karlický ◽  
J. C. Hénoux

AbstractUsing a new ID hybrid model of the electron bombardment in flare loops, we study not only the evolution of densities, plasma velocities and temperatures in the loop, but also the temporal and spatial evolution of hard X-ray emission. In the present paper a continuous bombardment by electrons isotropically accelerated at the top of flare loop with a power-law injection distribution function is considered. The computations include the effects of the return-current that reduces significantly the depth of the chromospheric layer which is evaporated. The present modelling is made with superthermal electron parameters corresponding to the classical resistivity regime for an input energy flux of superthermal electrons of 109erg cm−2s−1. It was found that due to the electron bombardment the two chromospheric evaporation waves are generated at both feet of the loop and they propagate up to the top, where they collide and cause temporary density and hard X-ray enhancements.



1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
A. H. Gabriel

The development of the physics of the solar atmosphere during the last 50 years has been greatly influenced by the increasing capability of observations made from space. Access to images and spectra of the hotter plasma in the UV, XUV and X-ray regions provided a major advance over the few coronal forbidden lines seen in the visible and enabled the cooler chromospheric and photospheric plasma to be seen in its proper perspective, as part of a total system. In this way space observations have stimulated new and important advances, not only in space but also in ground-based observations and theoretical modelling, so that today we find a well-balanced harmony between the three techniques.



1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
E. Hildner

AbstractOver the last twenty years, orbiting coronagraphs have vastly increased the amount of observational material for the whitelight corona. Spanning almost two solar cycles, and augmented by ground-based K-coronameter, emission-line, and eclipse observations, these data allow us to assess,inter alia: the typical and atypical behavior of the corona; how the corona evolves on time scales from minutes to a decade; and (in some respects) the relation between photospheric, coronal, and interplanetary features. This talk will review recent results on these three topics. A remark or two will attempt to relate the whitelight corona between 1.5 and 6 R⊙to the corona seen at lower altitudes in soft X-rays (e.g., with Yohkoh). The whitelight emission depends only on integrated electron density independent of temperature, whereas the soft X-ray emission depends upon the integral of electron density squared times a temperature function. The properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) will be reviewed briefly and their relationships to other solar and interplanetary phenomena will be noted.



1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
K. Masai ◽  
S. Hayakawa ◽  
F. Nagase

AbstractEmission mechanisms of the iron Kα-lines in X-ray binaries are discussed in relation with the characteristic temperature Txof continuum radiation thereof. The 6.7 keV line is ascribed to radiative recombination followed by cascades in a corona of ∼ 100 eV formed above the accretion disk. This mechanism is attained for Tx≲ 10 keV as observed for low mass X-ray binaries. The 6.4 keV line observed for binary X-ray pulsars with Tx> 10 keV is likely due to fluorescence outside the He II ionization front.



1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 357-360
Author(s):  
J.C. Gauthier ◽  
J.P. Geindre ◽  
P. Monier ◽  
C. Chenais-Popovics ◽  
N. Tragin ◽  
...  

AbstractIn order to achieve a nickel-like X ray laser scheme we need a tool to determine the parameters which characterise the high-Z plasma. The aim of this work is to study gold laser plasmas and to compare experimental results to a collisional-radiative model which describes nickel-like ions. The electronic temperature and density are measured by the emission of an aluminium tracer. They are compared to the predictions of the nickel-like model for pure gold. The results show that the density and temperature can be estimated in a pure gold plasma.



1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 339-342
Author(s):  
J.M. Laming ◽  
J.D. Silver ◽  
R. Barnsley ◽  
J. Dunn ◽  
K.D. Evans ◽  
...  

AbstractNew observations of x-ray spectra from foil-excited heavy ion beams are reported. By observing the target in a direction along the beam axis, an improvement in spectral resolution, δλ/λ, by about a factor of two is achieved, due to the reduced Doppler broadening in this geometry.



1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 259-261
Author(s):  
W.A. Brown ◽  
M.E. Bruner ◽  
L.W. Acton
Keyword(s):  

AbstractThe soft x-ray spectra recorded in two sounding rocket flights in 1982 and 1985 are compared with with predicted spectra. The poster presents the processed densitometer trace of the full spectrum together with the new spectrum from the 1985 experiment. This note compares the intensities of the lines with predictions.



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