Abstract: A method and cleaning composition for removing engine deposits from turbine components, in particular turbine disks and turbine shafts. This method comprises the following steps: (a) providing a turbine component having a surface with engine deposits thereon, wherein the turbine component comprises a nickel and/or cobalt-containing base metal; and (b) treating the surface of the turbine component with a cleaning composition to convert the engine deposits thereon to a removable smut without substantially etching the base metal of the turbine component. The cleaning composition comprises an aqueous solution that is substantially free of acetic acid and comprising: a nitrate ion source in an amount, by weight of the nitrate ion, of from about 470 to about 710 grams/liter; and a bifluoride ion source in an amount, by weight of the bifluoride ion, of from about 0.5 to about 15 grams/liter.

Abstract: A fixture for holding a gas turbine engine blade having an airfoil extending outward from a shank and a dovetail extending inward from the shank for attaching the blade to a disk of the engine. The dovetail includes at least one pair of protrusions extending fore and aft along opposite sides of the blade. Each of the protrusions including a pressure face generally facing the airfoil of the blade for engaging the disk to retain the blade in the disk during operation of the engine. The fixture includes a support for receiving the dovetail and a clamp mounted adjacent the support for movement between a clamped position in which the clamp engages the dovetail to hold the dovetail against the support and a released position in which the clamp disengages the dovetail to permit removal of the blade from the fixture.

Abstract: A fixture for holding a gas turbine engine blade having an airfoil extending outward from a shank and a dovetail extending inward from the shank for attaching the blade to a disk of the engine. The dovetail includes at least one pair of protrusions extending fore and aft along opposite sides of the blade. Each of the protrusions including a pressure face generally facing the airfoil of the blade for engaging the disk to retain the blade in the disk during operation of the engine. The fixture includes a support for receiving the dovetail and a clamp mounted adjacent the support for movement between a clamped position in which the clamp engages the dovetail to hold the dovetail against the support and a released position in which the clamp disengages the dovetail to permit removal of the blade from the fixture.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a lactam compound of formula ##STR1## wherein R'.sub.1 and R".sub.1 independently are acyl or aroyl, or taken together form an optionally substituted methylene, and G.sub.1 is hydrogen or an amino protecting group, comprising oxidizing a bis O-protected 1R-2-azadihydroxybicyclo-?2.2.1!heptane compound of formula ##STR2## with about 0.1 mol % to about 1 mol % of RuO.sub.2 or hydrate thereof in the presence of about 3 equivalents of an oxidant to form the lactam compound with an enantiomeric excess of greater than or equal to about 95%.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a compound of formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or, respectively, a group of formula ##STR2## R.sub.1 is alkyl; Ar is optionally substituted aryl; andR.sub.3' and R.sub.3" are hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, or R.sub.3' and R.sub.3" taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form cycloalkyl, or salt thereof, comprising acid facilitated acetalizing or ketalizing of a compound of formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3' and R.sub.3" are as defined above, and R.sub.4' and R.sub.4" are alkoxy, or taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form carbonyl, with a compound of formula ##STR4## wherein * represents an R chirality;R, R.sub.1 and Ar are as defined above, or salt thereof in isopropanol.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of a compound of formula (IX) from 4-hydroxybutyl 3-pyridyl ketone. The compound of formula (IX) is an intermediate useful in the preparation of (1R,2R)-2-(3-pyridyl)-N-alkyl-tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-2-carbothioamide 1-oxides which possess useful pharmaceutical properties, for example anti-hypertensive properties.

Abstract: A method according to the invention is directed to the preparation of a 2-azadihydroxybicyclo?2.2.1!heptane compound of formula ##STR1## wherein * represents an R chirality, *' represents an S chirality, R is hydrogen or, respectively, a group of formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl and Ar is optionally substituted aryl, comprising bishydroxylating a bicyclo?2.2.1!heptene compound of formula ##STR3## wherein *, *' and R are as previously defined, in the presence of about 0.1 mol to about 5 mol % of a metal osmate compound or about 0.06 mol % to about 0.07 mol % osmium tetroxide, and an oxidizing agent capable of regenerating osmium tetroxide.The invention is also directed to the treatment of the (1R) diastereomer of the 2-azadihydroxybicyclo?2.2.1!heptane compound (I) wherein R is a group of formula II with L-tartaric acid, and the L-tartaric acid salt product thereof. Furthermore, the invention is directed to using the (1R) diastereomer of the 2-azadihydroxybicyclo?2.2.