I. Lithium alkyl and aryl monosubstituted cyclooctatetraenide
dianions (Li₂ C₈H₇-R; R = methyl, n- butyl, sec- butyl, tert- butyl,
phenyl and benzyl) were synthesized by the reaction of the appropriate
organolithium reagent with cyclooctatetraene in diethyl ether or
tetrahydrofuran. The reaction occurred cleanly and with good yield
of lithium monosubstituted...
The first part of this thesis describes a study of the
characteristics of oxidation of a 1:2 iron(III):thiolate system in
methanolic solution and in water. This system was investigated as a
potential analog for the cysteine- and cysteamine-dioxygenase catalyzed
0₂-oxidation of cysteine and cysteamine, respectively, to the
corresponding sulfinic acids....
Optimization of the galvanovoltammetric determination of dissolved
chlorine in a flowing stream was achieved through the use of
an analog computational device and improvements in the design of the
galvanovoltammetric cell and accompanying electronic circuitry. An
analysis system, applicable to industrial use over a range of flow
rates and dissolved...
Neurofilament proteins are intermediate filaments found in the neuronal cytoskeleton. Phosphorylation of these proteins is considered important for the assembly and stability of the filaments. Accurate molecular weights have been difficult to measure, largely because the high degree of phosphorylation results in M[subscript r]'S that are significantly greater than dictated...