Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Ethyl Benzoylformate,from Mechanism and Kinetics to Continuous Reactor Technology

The enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl benzoylformate over (?)-cinchonidine (CD)-modified Pt/Al₂O₃ catalyst in semi-batch and continuous fixed bed reactors was studied as a function of the modifier concentration and reaction temperature. The kinetic results from the semibatch reactor showed a higher enantioselectivity and lower initial rate as the amount of modifier was increased. The results from the fixed bed reactor demonstrates that continuous enantioselective hydrogenation is possible and that continuous feeding of (?)-CD is needed to maintain a high steady-state enantioselectivity.     

MOTHER: System for continuous capturing of display stream

This paper describes an efficient technique to record display output stream with memory resident software. This kind of recording can be made useful for studying text writing processes experimentally, for example programmers behaviour during coding. The system is inconspicuous in test situation and does not seem to affect the testees working. Separate software has been developed for reviewing captured sessions.     

The effect of delaying autumn incorporation of green manure crop on N mineralization and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) performance

The use of legumes as green manuring crops does involve a potential riskof N leaching losses over the winter period. The susceptibility of cropresidue-derived N to losses and the pre-crop value of a green manuring crop canbe manipulated by proper timing of incorporation into soil. In this study,mineralization of C and N was investigated in a range of low temperatures,including thawing and freezing, that are characteristic to autumn green manureincorporation and its decomposition. The pre-crop effect of green manuring wasfurther tested with spring wheat under field conditions. We hypothesized thatdelaying green manure incorporation in the autumn would reduce the risk of Nlosses from the field and maximize the N transfer to a successive spring wheatcrop. To test the hypothesis, N mineralization was followed in alaboratory experiment where red clover (Trifoliumpratense L.) shoots were incubated at 4–8 °Cfor 40–80 days to simulate early autumn, delayed autumn and late autumnincorporation of a green manuring crop, followed by an incubation at–2 °C or at –2 °C to+4 °C for 25 days to simulate winter conditions. In asimultaneous field experiment, we measured the effect ofdelayed autumn incorporation of common vetch (Vicia sativaL.) green fallow on spring wheat performance. In the laboratoryexperiment, significant N mineralization during incubation wasdetected when simulating both early autumn and delayed autumn incorporation. Incontrast, no net N mineralization was detected when simulating lateincorporation. In the field experiment, the N supply fromsoil to spring wheat was higher in the late and delayed incorporationtreatmentsthan in early or spring incorporation of green manure. Late incorporationalso produced most wheat grain. We conclude that different amounts of N becomeavailable to wheat, depending on the time of incorporation of green manureresidues in soil. This difference is due to temperature. Late or delayedincorporation of green manure residues has the potential to reduce thesusceptibility of mineral N to leaching and yields more N available to asubsequent crop.     

Potentiometrische Titration des Gesamts?uregehaltes von Weinen und Lik?ren

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine potentiometrische Methode für die Bestimmung des Gesamtsäuregehaltes der Weine und Liköre beschrieben und auf Grund experimenteller Versuche der Einfluß verschiedener Faktoren auf die Resultate diskutiért.     

Liquid-phase hydrogenation of diethylbenzenes

Hydrogenation of diethylbenzenes in the liquid phase was studied at 358–418 K and 2–6 MPa over 16.7% Ni/Al₂O₃. The reactivity of diethylbenzene isomers was dependent on the mutual position of the substituents and decreased in the following order: 1,3- > 1,4- > 1,2-. The apparent activation energies were ca. 60 kJ/mol. The cis-to-trans ratio of the corresponding saturated products exhibited only a weak dependence on temperature and hydrogen pressure.