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Suvniwwy Household bleach (sodium hypochlorite) generates ruthenium tetroxide from its lower valence states.

New members of a previously reported series of 3-pyridyl ether compounds are disclosed as novel, potent analgesic agents acting through neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Both (R)-2-chloro-5-(2-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine (ABT-594, 5) and its S-enantiomer (4) show potent analgesic activity in the mouse hot-plate assay following either intraperitoneal (i.p.) or oral (p.o.) administration, as well as activity in the mouse abdominal constriction (writhing) assay, a model of persistent pain. Compared to the S-enantiomer and to the prototypical potent nicotinic analgesic agent (+/-)-epibatidine, 5 shows diminished activity in models of peripheral side effects. Structure-activity studies of analogues related to 4 and 5 suggest that the N-unsubstituted azetidine moiety and the 2-chloro substituent on the pyridine ring are important contributors to potent analgesic activity.

Purpose The objective of this study was to determine whether a sodium phased array would improve sodium breast MRI at 3T. The secondary objective was to create acceptable proton images with the sodium phased array in place. Methods A novel composite array for combined proton/sodium 3T breast MRI is compared to a coil with a single proton and sodium channel. The composite array consists of a 7-channel sodium receive array, a larger sodium transmit coil, and a 4-channel proton transceive array. The new composite array design utilizes smaller sodium receive loops than typically used in sodium imaging, uses novel decoupling methods between the receive loops and transmit loops, and uses a novel multi-channel proton transceive coil. The proton transceive coil reduces coupling between proton and sodium elements by intersecting the constituent loops to reduce their mutual inductance. The coil used for comparison consists of a concentric sodium and proton loop with passive decoupling traps. Results The composite array coil demonstrates a 2–5x improvement in SNR for sodium imaging and similar SNR for proton imaging when compared to a simple single-loop dual resonant design. Conclusion The improved SNR of the composite array gives breast sodium images of unprecedented quality in reasonable scan times.

Reactive extrusion of functionalized polymers provides a convenient, commercially attractive route for the preparation of copolymers useful in compatibilization of polymer blends. In the current study, the grafting chemistry of maleic anhydride to poly(phenylene oxide) in the absence of a radical initiator is contrasted to that of efficient quinone‐methide trapping agents such as maleimides. In the case of maleic anhydride, functionalization is shown to occur randomly along the polymer backbone whereas maleimides react to give both main chain and end‐group derivatives. Use of this anhydride‐functionalized polyfphenylene oxide and an end‐group functionalized analog in blends with polyamide‐6,6 affords high levels of graft and diblock copolymers respectively, sufficient for the preparation of highly ductile materials. The properties of these polyamide blends are found to depend on the amount of copolymer formed during extrusion with final copolymer levels being in turn returned to the degree of anhydride functionalization. The properties and morphology of blends containing graft or diblock copolymers derived from main‐chain and end‐group functionality respectively, are rationalized in terms of the relative effectiveness of different copolymer structures in blend compatibilization.