2014 The oxidation of methane and n-butane with CO2 has been studied in 35 MHz electrical discharges, operated at variable gas flow rates (6-30 (STP) min-1), power densities (2-8 cal cm-3 s-1) and constant pressure of 20 torr. Evidence is presented that the primary step of the process is the rupture of a C-H bond and that the main route for the conversion of both methane and n-butane into CO is...

The title compound, bis-[2,2'-dimethyl-3,3'-(butane-1,4-di-yl)diimidazol-1-ium] β-octa-molybdate(VI), (C(12)H(20)N(4))(2)[Mo(8)O(26)], was produced by hydro-thermal reaction of an acidified aqueous solution of Na(2)MoO(4) and 1,4-bis-(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)butane (hereafter L). The structure of the title compound consists of the β-octa-molybdate anions having a center of symmetry, and proto...

We have operated successfully glass Resistive Plate Counters (RPC) at the BELLE experiment by using a nonflammable gas mixture of 30% argon, 8% butane-silver and 62% freon, HFC-134a. This freon is nonozone depleting freon, but a freon has a high global warming potential in general. Thus a gas mixture for RPC might be desired to be freonless in the near future. We have tested the performance of ...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C30H22N2O6, comprises a half-mol-ecule of the cyclo-butane derivative. The least-squares planes defined by the respective C atoms of the aromatic substituents inter-sect at angles of 76.81 (7) and 89.22 (8)° with the least-squares plane defined by the C atoms of the cyclo-butane ring. In the crystal, C-H⋯O contacts connect the mol-ecules into a three-d...

The title compound, C(13)H(24)O(7), is the product of the ketalization of methyl l-(+)-rhamnopyran-oside with 2,3-butane-dione. It crystallizes with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, which are connected by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The C-3,4 diequatorial hydroxy groups of the methyl l-(+)-rhamnopyran-oside were protected, leaving the C-2 hydroxy group free. The l-(+)-rhamnopyran-oside and 2',3...

The title Cd(II) coordination polymer, catena-poly[[{1,4-bis-[1-(2-pyridylmeth-yl)benzimidazol-2-yl]butane}cadmium(II)]-μ-benzene-1,3-dicarboxyl-ato], [Cd(C(8)H(4)O(4))(C(30)H(28)N(6))](n), was obtained by reaction of CdCO(3), benzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (H(2)btc) and 1,4-bis-[1-(2-pyridylmeth-yl)benzimidazol-2-yl]butane (L). The Cd(II) cation is six-coordinated by an N(2)O(4)-donor set. L ac...

In the title compound, C(14)H(30)N(2) (2+)·2Br(-)·2CH(3)OH, two terminal C atoms of the butane chain are connected to two N atoms of the 1-methyl-pyrollidines, forming a linear diquaternary ammonium cation. The cation lies across a centre of inversion located between the two central C atoms of the butane chain. The asymmetric unit therefore comprises one half-cation, a bromide anion and a metha...

Two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets that do not contain any organic structure-directing agents were prepared from a multilamellar MFI (ML-MFI) zeolite. ML-MFI was first exfoliated by melt compounding and then detemplated by treatment with a mixture of H2 SO4 and H2 O2 (piranha solution). The obtained OSDA-free MFI nanosheets disperse well in water and can be used for coating applications. Deposi...

This paper deals with the heat exchange performance prediction of a counter flow double-tube condenser for binary natural refrigerant mixtures (propane/n-butane & propane/i-butane ). The local characteristics of the heat transfer and pressure drop are calculated using a prediction method developed by authors, and the total pressure drop, the overall heat transfer coefficient and the average hea...

A high yield of the tetraphosphaladderene, anti-tetraphosphatricyclo[4.2.0.0(2,5)]octa-3,7-diene, is obtained from reaction of the zirconocene 1,3-diphosphabicyclo[1.1.0]butane with Ph(2)SbCl(3) in THF or CH(2)Cl(2). Exploration of the reaction pathway using density functional theory suggests that an envelope-type adduct of Ph(2)SbCl and 1,3-diphosphabicyclo[1.1.0]butane plays a pivotal role in...