Condensation of 4-chloro-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile with selected heteroarylamines in acetonitrile containing a catalytic amount of triethylamine, followed by intramolecular cyclization, gave the new coumarin derivatives with yields ranging from 43 % to 78 %. The novel compounds were subjected to acid hydrolysis giving the corresponding oxo derivatives in 66–70 % yield. The structural assignments of the synthesized compounds were based on elemental, IR, 1H and 13C NMR analyses.

Reactions of 4-chloro-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile (1) with 4-methylpyridin- 2-ylamine (2) and 6-methoxy-benzothiazol-2-ylamine (3) in acetonitrile containing a catalytic amount of triethylamine gave the new coumarin derivatives 7-imino-10-methyl-7H- 5-oxa-7a,12-diaza-benzo[a]anthracen-6-one (4) and 7-imino-10-methoxy-7H-5-oxa-12- thia-7a,13-diaza-indeno[1,2-b]phenanthren-6-one (5) in 52 and 39% yields, respectively. The novel compounds were subjected to acid hydrolysis giving the corresponding oxoderivatives 10-methyl-5-oxa-7a,12-diaza-benzo[a]anthracene-6,7-dione (6) and 10- methoxy-5-oxa-12-thia-7a,13-diaza-indeno[1,2-b]phenanthrene-6,7-dione (7) in 64 and 58% yields, respectively. The structural assignments of the synthesized compounds were based on elemental analyses, IR and proton NMR spectra.

The mVINIS ion source is one of the major machines of the TESLA Accelerator Installation, at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences. It is an electron cyclotron resonance ion source with multiple applications. It can serve as an injector for an isochronous cyclotron providing heavy ions for several high energy experimental channels (radiation physics, radiation biology, physics of thin crystals, nuclear physics) or as a stand alone machine directly delivering multiply charged ions to the low energy experimental channels (physics of multiply charged ions, surface physics, surface modification of materials). This article describes the completion of mVINIS that included the finalization of its safety and control systems, the fine adjusting and calibration of its gas inlet system, and the installation of the solid substance inlet system. The recent results obtained with ion beams produced from gases and solid substances are presented, showing the wide capabilities of this machine. The ion beams obtained from mVINIS have been used in the channel for modification of materials since May 1998.

The mVINIS ion source is a multiply charged heavy ion source based on the electron cyclotron resonance effect. This machine is a part of the Tesla Accelerator Installation, an ion accelerator facility whose construction has been going on at the VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. mVINIS is an advanced version of the Dubna electron cyclotron resonance ion source 14-2, constructed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. It is a complete injector, consisting of an ECR ion source, focusing and steering elements, an analyzing magnet, a vacuum system, and an ion beam diagnostic system. The main parts of mVINIS have been designed and manufactured at JINR, while the vacuum equipment, power supplies, ion beam diagnostics, and control system were purchased elsewhere. The preliminary testing (magnetic field measurements, vacuum testing, testing of the ECR ion source) has been performed at JINR, and the final assembly of the mVINIS and measurement of the ion beam parameters have been going on at the VINČA Institute.