β-Elimination of an Aziridine to an Allylic Amine: A Mechanistic Study.

The base-induced rearrangement of aziridines has been examined using a combination of calculations and experiment. The calculations show that the substituent on nitrogen is a critical feature that greatly affects the favorability of both α-deprotonation, and β-elimination to form an allylic amine. Experiments were carried out to determine whether E2-like rearrangement to the allylic amine with lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) is possible.

Characterization of three berry standard reference materials for nutrients.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements to produce Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) of interest to analysts of dietary supplements. Some of these SRMs are traditional foods including SRM 3281 Cranberry (Fruit), SRM 3282 Low-Calorie Cranberry Juice Cocktail, and SRM 3287 Blueberry (Fruit), which have been characterized for nine nutritional elements and sugars. The blueberries have also been characterized for proximates, two water-soluble vitamins, and amino acids.