Electroreduction of Molybdate Ions in Solutions Containing Ammonium Ions

An incomplete reduction of molybdate ions in solutions of pH 3.0–9.0 is shown to be accelerated by ammonium ions: a film of hydrated oxides of molybdenum in lower oxidation states forms on the cathode in their presence. Products of the incomplete reduction adsorbed at the cathode block its working surface.     

Degenerate Carbonium Ions

Carbonium ions are called “degenerate” when they rearrange through finite energy barriers to give products whose gross structures are identical with those of the starting ions. In such degenerate rearrangements (“automerizations”), individual atoms and groups become mixed but the overall structure is conserved. Automerizations can be observed by noting the dispersal of isotopic labels, the loss of optical activity, or the temperature dependence of NMR spectra. In certain cases, a combination of well-known rearrangement processes results in complete mixing of all atoms, C or H. The 2-norbornyl and 9-barbaralyl cations are examples of fully degenerate systems; conditions can be found where both give but single-line NMR spectra.     

Functionalized Fluorophosphonium Ions

Efforts to prepare an elusive donor-free phosphenium ion, [R₂P]⁺, led us to synthesize functionalized fluorophosphonium cations of the type [R₂P(F)X]⁺ (X=SiEt₃, H, F), which were obtained from the related neutral fluorophosphines R₂PF and R₂PF₃ upon protonation and reaction with solvated [Et₃Si]⁺ ions (R=2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃). The hypothetical reductive elimination of [R₂P(F)SiEt₃]⁺ and [R₂P(F)H]⁺ affording [R₂P]⁺, Et₃SiF and HF, respectively, was calculated to be endothermic by 40.1 and 190.6 kJ mol⁻¹.     

Transient Phosphenium and Arsenium Ions versus Stable Stibenium and Bismuthenium Ions

Fluoride abstraction from bis-m-terphenylelement fluorides (2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂EF (E=P, As) generated the highly reactive phosphenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂P]⁺ and the arsenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂As]⁺, which immediately underwent intramolecular electrophilic substitution and formation of an 1,2,4-trimethyl-6-mesityl-5-m-terphenyl-benzo[b]phospholium ion and an 1,2,4-trimethyl-6-mesityl-5-m-terphenyl-benzo[b]arsolium ion, respectively. The formation of the latter involved a methyl group migration from the ortho-position of a flanking mesityl group to the meta-position. This reactivity of [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂E]⁺ (E=P, As) is in sharp contrast to the related stibenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂Sb]⁺ and bismuthenium ion [(2,6-Mes₂C₆H₃)₂Bi]⁺, which have been recently isolated and fully characterized (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 , 10080–10084). On the basis of DFT calculations, a mechanism for the rearrangement of the phosphenium and arsenium ions into the phospholium and arsolium ions is proposed, which is not feasible for the stibenium and bismuthenium ions.     

Adsorption Mechanism of Composite Whisker on Copper Ions and Lead Ions

A new kind of inorganic composite adsorbent based on chitin whiskers(CHW) and potassium tetratitanate whiskers(PTW) was synthesized via the thermal deposition to remove Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺ from wastewater. CHW could be successfully coated on the surface of PTW when thermal treated 8 times. The adsorption process was better fitted with the Langmuir and Freundlich models. The adsorption process was more conformed to the Pseudo-second-order model. The results from XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectrum) further show that the adsorption mechanism between CHW-PTW and Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺ are both ion exchange and chemical adsorption. Thermodynamic parameters suggest that the adsorption processes are nonspontaneous. The adsorption of Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺ is endothermic and exothermic, respectively.     

银离子与亚铁离子反应可逆性的热力学研究

以一道北京高考题为切入点，利用标准电极电势计算Ag++Fe2+=Ag+Fe3+的平衡常数和电动势。运用能斯特方程，计算非标准状态下该反应的电动势，理论上证实逆反应可以实现。设计原电池装置，通过改变离子浓度，实现电流表指针的反转，验证该氧化还原反应确有可逆性。     

Reactivity of Diarylnitrenium Ions

Hydride abstraction from diarylamines with the trityl ion is explored in an attempt to generate a stable diarylnitrenium ion, Ar₂N⁺. Sequential H-atom abstraction reactions ensue. The first H-atom abstraction leads to intensely colored aminium radical cations, Ar₂NH^.+, some of which are quite stable. However, most undergo a second H-atom abstraction leading to ammonium ions, Ar₂NH₂⁺. In the absence of a ready source of H-atoms, a unique self-abstraction reaction occurs when Ar=Me₅C₆, leading to a novel iminium radical cation, Ar=N^.+Ar, which decays via a second self H-atom abstraction reaction to give a stable iminium ion, Ar=N⁺HAr. These products differ substantially from those derived via photochemically produced diarylnitrenium ions.     

Negative Hydration of Ions

The negative hydration, that is the increase in the mobility of water molecules near sufficiently large single-charged ions, is studied by modeling, cold-neutron scattering, and computer modeling. Special attention is paid to the mechanism of negative hydration and the boundary of transition from positive to negative and from negative to hydrophobic hydration. Hypothetical ions with radii of approximately 1.1 and 3.3 Å correspond to these boundaries. Dynamic characteristics of hydration water in these ions are identical to those of water molecules in bulk water.     

Complexation of Lead(II) Ions with Hydroxide Ions in Nitrate-Chloride Solutions

Complexation of lead(II) ions with hydroxide ions in nitrate-chloride solutions at 298 K was studied using potentiometric titration.     

Complex Formation of Copper(II) Ions with Phthalate Ions in Non-Aqueous Solvents

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Electronic spectra of copper(II) phthalate complexes in non-aqueous solvents were obtained. Stability constants of the complexes were determined. It was shown...     

Chiral Memory in Silylium Ions

The configurational stability of the chiral silicon center in Lewis base‐stabilized silyliums has been studied. Complete retention of configuration at silicon is observed at low temperature in silylium ions stabilized by lone‐pair interactions. In contrast, loss of chiral memory is observed with systems involving π‐interactions. Epimerization of the silicon center was observed by simply allowing equilibration of the diastereomeric silyliums at RT or by adding a catalytic amount of a chelating solvent. Conditions for the transfer of axial chirality to Si‐centered chirality were shown to rely on the strength of the Lewis base‐silylium ion interaction.     

聚醚介质中的离子传导机理

以单阳离子导体作为传导模型,通过对阳离子淌度的表征,证实了碱金属盐在聚合物介质中的负温度依赖性。发现在离子传导过程中,离子淌度对其电导率温度依赖性的影响远甚于载流离子数。并运用聚合物链段松驰理论对这种反常离解行为进行了唯象学的诠释。     

Chemiluminescence Determination of Cyanide Ions

It was found that alkaline solutions of luminol exhibit chemiluminescence in the presence of p-nitrobenzaldehyde (p-NBA), hemin, and cyanide ions. Air oxygen dissolved in the solutions is an essential component of the process. The kinetics of luminol chemiluminescence in the presence of p-NBA, hemin, and cyanide ions indicates the catalytic nature of the process. A scheme was proposed for the series of reactions resulting in chemiluminescence and generated by superoxide radicals formed in the p-NBA-catalyzed reaction between hemin-activated air oxygen and hydrated p-NBA species. A procedure was developed with a determination limit of (1.0 ± 0.3) × 10^?7 mg/mL (n = 5, P = 0.95) for cyanide ions.     

Sulfate Ions in Titania Polymorphs

Sol-gel titania was sulfated by using sulfuric acid as hydrolysis catalyst, or by impregnating with ammonium sulfate fresh samples prepared with nitric acid or ammonium hydroxide as hydrolysis catalyst. Samples were characterized with X-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry and atomic absorption spectroscopy. Sulfate ions were found anchored to brookite and anatase phases, because they have short O—O atomic bond lengths slightly larger than the largest O—O bond length of sulfate ion. Since the shortest O—O atomic bond in anatase is smaller than the one in brookite, the sulfate ions are then less deformed when they are anchored to anatase, and consequently more stable. Therefore when the sample temperature is raised, the brookite with sulfate ions was transformed mainly to anatase and not into rutile, which is the most probably transformation when these ions are not involved. Sulfate ions also hindered anatase and brookite crystallite growing and stabilized the crystalline structure of anatase. When the sulfate ions are lost the crystalline anatase phase is transformed into rutile, leaving a large number of vacancies that favored atom diffusion and consequently the growing of rutile crystallites. The crystalline evolution of the samples as a function of the annealing temperature is almost independent of the sulfating method.     

Zundel-Type H-Bonding in Biomolecular Ions

Using quantum chemical calculations and infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy in the fingerprint and X-H stretching regions, we demonstrate here that the all-Ala b ₆ fragment ion features a macrocyclic structure with C₂ symmetry. For this structure, the ionizing proton is equally shared by the Ala(1) and Ala(4) amide oxygens in a Zundel-type symmetric (X…H⁺…X) H-bond. Figure

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