Ab initio calculations were performed on systems containing various basic ${\pi}$ fragments and glycines to generalize the ${\pi}$-nonbonded interaction (${\pi}$-NBI) method of determining relative conformational and configurational stability of organic molecules. It was found that the relative stability of conformational isomers can be determined in general by the simple application of the ${\pi}$-NBI method, but the method is not applicable to the geometrical isomerism in which stronger structural factors are involved. The ${\pi}$-NBI effect of a crowded ${\pi}$-structure ($n{\pi}/m$) is maximum for the system in which n is equal to m. In crowded structures containing heteroatoms, ${P^{\pi}}_{ij}$ values of 4N+1 system may become negative, but this sign reversal does not invalidate the predictions based on the ${\pi}$-NBI method.

The swelling and stress-elongation experiments have been performed for two kinds of gels of tactic poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (P-HEMA) with varying crosslinker concentrations. The gels of isotactic and syndiotactic P-HEMA were swollen in aqueous salt solutions upon varying molal concentrations. The solute used were NaCl, $MgCl_2$, $Na_2SO_4$, $MgSO_4$ and urea. The water content at equilibrium swelling and the salt partition coefficient were determined, and stress-elongation curves of the gels were obtained. From these results, the effective number of chain (${\nu}_e$) and the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (${\chi}_1$) were also obtained. The swelling experiment was also performed under varying solvents, and the degree of swelling was determined. The solubility parameter of P-HEMA was obtained as 13.4 (cal/mole)$^{l/2}$ using the correlation between the degree of swelling and the solubility parameter (${\delta}_1$) of solvents. The mechanical properties of syndiotactic P-HEMA is stronger than that of isotactic P-HEMA, and the water content of both gels become smaller when the crosslinking increases. Isotactic P-HEMA contains more water content than syndiotactic P-HEMA does.

It has been found that the acrylonitrile solution of trans-$RhCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ produces propionitrile catalytically at $90^{\circ}C$ under $P_{H_2}$=3 atm. This catalytic hydrogenation proceeds only for a certain period of time producing ca. 50 moles of propionitrile per mole of the rhodium complex. The hydrogenation with trans-$RhCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ in the presence of formaldehyde is much faster than in the absence of formaldehyde, and continues without a decrease in the rate for a prolonged period of time. It is suggested that the hydrogenation with trans-$RhCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ proceeds through the unsaturated route initiated by the dissociation of CO from trans- $RhCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ to give coordinatively unsaturated $RhCl(Ph_3P)_2$.

This paper reports new phosphonamide derivatives which contain diethyl aminomethylphosphonate, diethyl DL-1-aminobenzylphosphonate and 6-aminopenicillanic acid; N-(ethyl phthalimidomethylphosphonyl)-L-methionine methyl ester, N-(ethyl phthalimidomethylphosphonyl)-L-valine ethyl ester, N-[ethyl N-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)benzylphosphonamido]-2-phthalimidoacetamide, N-[ethyl N-(diethyl phosphonylbenzyl)methylphthalamido] phthalimide, N-[ethyl {ethyl N-(diethyl phosphonylbenzyl)aminomethylphosphonamido} phosphonylmethyl] phthalimide, N-[ethyl N-(diethyl phosphonylbenzyl)methylphosphonamido]-2-phthalimidoacetamide, N, N'-bis (ethyl phthalimidomethylphosphonyl)ethylene diamine, 6-(ethyl DL-1-aminobenzylphosphonamido) penicillanic acid, ethyl N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-1-aminobenzylphosphonamide, ethyl N-(diethyl phosphonylbenzyl)aminomethylphosphonamide and N,N'-bis (ethyl aminomethylphosphonyl) ethylene diamine.

A series of new liquid crystalline compounds having two identical mesogenic terminal units, the 4-(p-nitrobenzoyloxy)phenoxy group, attached to both ends of a central polymethylene spacer of various lengths was prepared. The mesomorphic properties of the compounds were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and by polarizing microscopy. Almost all of the compounds formed monotropic nematic mesophases. The trimethylene spacer compound was found to be non-liquid crystalline, while the one with the hexamethylene central spacer was enantiotropic. A thermodynamic analysis was performed for the phase transitions of the compounds and the results are discussed in relation to their liquid crystal properties.

The reaction of $IrClH_2(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ ($Ph_3P$=triphenylphosphine) with acrylonitrile (AN) produces a stoichiometric amount of propionitrile (PN) at $100^{\circ}C$ under nitrogen, which suggests that the catalytic hydrogenation of AN to PN with $IrCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ proceeds through the hydride route where the formation of the dihydrido complex, $IrClH_2(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ is the initial step. The rate of the hydrogenation of AN to PN with $IrCl(CO)(Ph_3P)_2$ is decreased by the presence of excess $Cl^-$ in the reaction system, which suggests that $Cl^-$ is the dissociating ligand in the catalytic cycle. It has been also found that the rate of the hydrogenation increases with inercase both in hydrogen pressure and in concentration of free $Ph_3P$, and with decrease in AN concentration in the reaction system.

Two major and two minor polyacetylenes were isolated from fresh white Korean ginseng roots. The petroleum ether-ethyl ether fractions containing the polyacetylene compounds were collected through solvent fractionation, partition and silica gel column chromatography. Further separation of polyacetylenic fractions was proceeded by bonded normal phase HPLC utilizing a moderately nonpolar microparticulate column. The low pressure liquid chromatography was used for the semi-preparative separation. The chemical structures of the two major polyacetylenes separated were determined by UV, IR, $^1H$ NMR, $^{13}C$ NMR, mass spectra and elemental analysis. One of them is identified to be heptadeca-1-en-4, 6-diyne-3, 9, 10-triol, a new structure, and the other is heptadeca-1, 9-dien-4, 6-diyn-3-ol, known as panaxynol.