The Ozone Dynamics in the Stratosphere

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gelu Bourceanu ◽  
Lavinia Onel ◽  
Monica Mihorianu ◽  
Militina Bourceanu

This work studies the O3 dynamics in the stratosphere by taking into consideration the reactions of Chapman�s model, the reactions of the O3 consuming catalytic cycles by the species HOx, ClOx and NOx and the coupling reactions between these species. The study was accomplished through two reaction models formed by 44 and 76, respectively reactions. The reactions are taken from NASA data. We found that the larger the number of the coupling reactions is, the more the ozone is protected. Indeed, at steady state the O3 concentration is higher in the case of the 76 reactions model than for the 44 reactions model.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijie Cai ◽  
Wenhao Yan ◽  
Wei Liu

The engagement of unactivated alkyl halides in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions has been historically challenging, due to their low reduction potential and the slow oxidative addition of copper(I) catalysts. In this work, we report a novel strategy that leverages the halogen abstraction ability of aryl radicals, thereby engaging a diverse range of alkyl iodides in copper-catalyzed Negishi–type cross-coupling reactions at room temperature. Specifically, aryl radicals generated via copper catalysis efficiently initiate the cleavage of the carbon–iodide bonds of alkyl iodides. The alkyl radicals thus generated enter the copper catalytic cycles to couple with a difluoromethyl zinc reagent, thus furnishing the alkyl difluoromethane products. This unprecedented Negishi–type difluoromethylation approach has been applied to the late-stage modification of densely functionalized pharmaceutical agents and natural products.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijie Cai ◽  
Wenhao Yan ◽  
Wei Liu

The engagement of unactivated alkyl halides in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions has been historically challenging, due to their low reduction potential and the slow oxidative addition of copper(I) catalysts. In this work, we report a novel strategy that leverages the halogen abstraction ability of aryl radicals, thereby engaging a diverse range of alkyl iodides in copper-catalyzed Negishi–type cross-coupling reactions at room temperature. Specifically, aryl radicals generated via copper catalysis efficiently initiate the cleavage of the carbon–iodide bonds of alkyl iodides. The alkyl radicals thus generated enter the copper catalytic cycles to couple with a difluoromethyl zinc reagent, thus furnishing the alkyl difluoromethane products. This unprecedented Negishi–type difluoromethylation approach has been applied to the late-stage modification of densely functionalized pharmaceutical agents and natural products.


Author(s):  
R. C. Moretz ◽  
G. G. Hausner ◽  
D. F. Parsons

Use of the electron microscope to examine wet objects is possible due to the small mass thickness of the equilibrium pressure of water vapor at room temperature. Previous attempts to examine hydrated biological objects and water itself used a chamber consisting of two small apertures sealed by two thin films. Extensive work in our laboratory showed that such films have an 80% failure rate when wet. Using the principle of differential pumping of the microscope column, we can use open apertures in place of thin film windows.Fig. 1 shows the modified Siemens la specimen chamber with the connections to the water supply and the auxiliary pumping station. A mechanical pump is connected to the vapor supply via a 100μ aperture to maintain steady-state conditions.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Lan ◽  
Yuan Peng Du ◽  
Songlan Sun ◽  
Jean Behaghel de Bueren ◽  
Florent Héroguel ◽  
...  

We performed a steady state high-yielding depolymerization of soluble acetal-stabilized lignin in flow, which offered a window into challenges and opportunities that will be faced when continuously processing this feedstock.


2008 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo D. Sontag

This paper discusses a theoretical method for the “reverse engineering” of networks based solely on steady-state (and quasi-steady-state) data.


1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
E. Dahi ◽  
E. Lund
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