Hydrogen cyanamide (CY) induced earlier budbreak, more
uniform and a higher percentage of budbreak in resting
poplar (Populus alba x P. gradidentata, NC 5339) plants.
However, it was phytotoxic to poplar when applied at 0.5 M
or higher concentrations. Percent budbreak increased and
percent dieback decreased when poplar plants were...
Glutathione (GSH) is the predominant low molecular weight thiol antioxidant
in liver tissue. GSH plays an important role in maintaining the intracellular thiol redox
ratio as well as detoxification of electrophiles and xenobiotics. Aging leads to a significant decline (35%; P ≤ 0.05) in hepatocellular GSH levels. Using young (2-4...
The relative rates of hydrogen abstraction from o-xylene,
o-diethylbenzene and a series of four benzocycloalkenes by trichloromethyl
radical were determined at 70°. The strain energies of the
hydrocarbons and the corresponding radicals were calculated. A good
correlation between the log of the relative rates and the calculated
changes in strain...
A study of the relative rates of benzylic hydrogen abstractions
from a series of meta and para substituted neopentylbenzenes by the
bromine radical and trichloromethyl radical at 70°C has been carried
out. Application of the Hammett equation yields p values of -0.75
for the bromine atom and -0.94 for the...
The relative rates of hydrogen abstraction from a series of 13
arylmethanes by the trichloromethyl radical were determined at 70°.
The attacking radical was generated from bromotrichloromethane us
ing benzoyl peroxide as the initiator. The solvent was benzenebromotrichloromethane.
An excellent correlation, with a coefficient
of 0.977, was obtained when the...
Six polycyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons were reacted with the
trichloromethyl radical photolytically generated from bromotrichloromethane
at 40°. Relative rates of reaction were correlated
with a computer analysis of the change in strain energy in going
from the ground state to the intermediate. A good correlation between
the log of the relative...
Several experiments were undertaken to investigate the mechanism of
photodechlorination of pentachlorobenzene. The thermal methoxydechlorination
reaction of pentachlorobenzene was studied. In DMSO at 50 °C sodium
methoxide reacts smoothly with pentachlorobenzene to give three
tetrachloroanisole isomers. A second-order kinetic plot for this reaction is linear to
high precision, indicating that...