Reaction of α-Chloro-N-arylisobutyrimidyl Chloride with Ethyl Malonate(1)

a-Chloro-N-arylisobutyrimidyl chloride (I) reacted with ethyl sodiomalonate to afford N-aryl-2,2-dimethyl-3 carbethoxysuccinimide. This reaction seems to proceed in a different mechanism from that of the synthesis of tetronic acids(2) and is supposed to involve a primary attack of the carbanion at the a-carbon atom of the chloride followed by the cyclization

Particle Acceleration and Magnetic Field Amplification by Relativistic Shocks in Inhomogeneous Media

Particle acceleration and magnetic field amplification in relativistic shocks propagating in inhomogeneous media are investigated by three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations and test-particle simulations. The MHD simulations show that the interaction between the relativistic shock and dense clumps amplifies the downstream magnetic field to the value expected from observations of the gamma-ray burst. The test-particle simulations in the electromagnetic field given by the MHD simulation show that particles are accelerated by the downstream turbulence and the relativistic shock. We provide the injection energy to the shock acceleration in this system. If the amplitude of upstream density fluctuations is sufficiently large, low-energy particles are initially accelerated to the injection energy by the downstream turbulence and then rapidly accelerated to higher energies by the relativistic shock. Therefore, the density fluctuation significantly affects particle acceleration in the relativistic shock