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P Vachal

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Topological nonconnectivity threshold in long-range spin systems.

We demonstrate the existence of a topological disconnection threshold, recently found by Borgonovi [J. Stat. Phys. 116, 1435 (2004)], for generic 1-d anisotropic Heisenberg models interacting with an interparticle potential R(-alpha) when 0<alpha<1(here R is the distance among spins). We also show that alpha if is greater than the embedding dimension then the ratio between the disconnected energy region and the total energy region goes to zero when the number of spins becomes very large. On the other hand, numerical simulations in d=2,3 for the long-range case support the conclusion that such a ratio remains finite for large N values. The disconnection threshold can thus be thought of as a distinctive property of anisotropic long-range interacting systems.

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Enantioselective catalytic addition of HCN to ketoimines. Catalytic synthesis of quaternary amino acids.

[formula: see text] Highly enantioselective addition of HCN to ketoimines has been achieved for the first time using readily accessible and recyclable Schiff base catalysts. Essentially quantitative isolated yield and enantioselectivity of up to 95% ee was obtained. Furthermore, some of the Strecker adducts could be recrystallized in high recovery, yielding optically pure materials. Conversion of the alpha-aminonitrile adducts to the corresponding alpha-quaternary alpha-amino acids was effected in high yield by a formylation/hydrolysis sequence.

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