Nocardia cultures, isolated from soil by use of n-paraffins as the sole carbon source, have been shown to bring about significant oxidation of several methyl-substituted mono- and dicyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Oxygen uptake by washed cell suspensions was not a reliable indicator of oxidation. Under co-oxidation conditions in shaken flasks, o- and p-xylenes were oxidized to their respective mo...

The essential oils from two Chinese endemic Meconopsis species, i. e., M. punicea and M. delavayi, were analyzed by using GC-MS for the first time. The major constituents were hexadecanoic acid (16.8%), 1,2-dimethyl naphthalene (11.4%), 1,4-dimethyl naphthalene (6.6%), 1,3-dimethyl-5-ethyl naphthalene (5.9%), and 3-methyl biphenyl (5.6%) for M. punicea, and hexadecanoic acid (9.9%), 1,2-dimethy...

This paper presents the results of studies anti-seize properties (2,2-dimethyl-4-methylene1,3-dioxolane-allyl and benzyl)disulfides synthesized on basis 2,2-dimethyl-4-chloromethyl-1,3- dioxolane, sodium disulfide allyl benzyl chlorides, respectively, in composition transmission oils. The compounds are new not previously described literature, structure which has been proven by studying their ph...

F r a n z D a l l a c k e r * , G e r m a n u s R e i c h r a t h u n d G e r a r d S c h n a c k e r s Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Prof.-Pirlet-Straße 1, D-5100 Aachen Z. Naturforsch. 34b, 624-632 (1979); eingegangen am 13. November 1978 5,6-Dimethyl-l,3-benzodioxole-4,7-quinone, 6,7-Dimethyl-l,4-benzodioxan-5,8-quinone, 7,8 -Dimethyl 3,4 -dihy dro 2 H -1,...