Theoretical and spectroscopic studies of 5‐aminoorotic acid and its new lanthanide(III) complexes

The complexes of cerium(III) and neodymium(III) were synthesized by reaction of the respective inorganic salts with 5‐aminoorotic acid (H₄L) in amounts equal to the metal:ligand molar ratio of 1:3. The structures of the final complexes were determined by means of spectral (IR, Raman, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR) and elemental analysis. Significant differences in the IR spectra of the complexes were observed as compared to the spectrum of the ligand. A comparative analysis of the Raman spectra of the complexes with that of the free H₄L allowed a straightforward assignment of the vibrations of the ligand groups involved in coordination. The geometry of H₄L was computed and optimized for the first time with the Gaussian03 program using the B3PW91/6‐311++G**, B3PW91/LANL2DZ, B3LYP/6‐311++G** and B3LYP/LANL2DZ methods. The experimental IR and Raman bands of the ligand were assigned to normal modes on the basis of DFT calculations. The vibrational analysis performed for the studied species, H₄L and its complexes, helped to explain the vibrational behavior of the ligand vibrational modes sensitive to interaction with the lanthanides. The vibrational study gave evidence for the coordination mode of the ligand to lanthanide ions and was in agreement with the other theoretical prediction. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Vibrational Spectra of Oxalate Complexes of Uranyl with Neutral Organophosphorus Ligands

The vibrational spectra of a number of polycrystalline oxalate complexes of uranyl with neutral organophosphorus ligands have been investigated. Based on the empirical formula of the compounds, the results of the analysis of experimental IR absorption spectra and Raman spectra, and the data of calculation of the frequencies and forms of normal vibrations, a possible structure of the complexes is suggested. A fragment of the structure of any member of this series can be represented as a polymer chain formed by bridge C₂O₄ ^2– groups. The coordination sphere of uranyl is complemented by the oxygen of phosphine oxide, and the hydrocarbon radical is positioned on either side of the polymer chain.     

Structure and spectra of melaminium citrate

The first X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopic analysis of the new melaminium salt, i.e. melaminium citrate, C₃H₇N₆⁺·C₆H₇O₇⁻, has been reported. Crystals were obtained by slow evaporation of an aqueous solution at room temperature. Powder infrared and Raman spectra were measured and interpreted. The vibrational spectra in the region of internal vibrations of ions corroborate structural data. Some spectral features of this new crystal are referred to the corresponding one for melamine crystal as well as other melamine complexes in crystalline form. Hydrogen-bonded network present in the crystal gives notable vibrational effect.No anomaly was detected in the heat-flow vs. temperature diagram in the range of 320-100 K.     

Vibrational Spectra and Structure of Potassium Alum Kal(SO4)2·12[(H2O) x (D2O)1−x ]

The IR spectra and polarization Raman spectra of Kal(SO₄)₂·12(H₂O) and Kal(SO₄)₂·12[H₂O)_0.3(D₂O)_0.7] crystals at 93 K and room temperature have been obtained experimentally. The vibrational spectra of structural elements of potassium alum — the complexes [Al(H₂O)₆ ³⁺ and [Al(D₂O)₆]³⁺ — have been calculated. The vibrational spectra have been interpreted based on the calculation and factor-group analysis data. The spectral data obtained point to the fact that, in the crystals considered, the sulfate ions are partially disordered and there exist two crystallographically different types of water molecules.     

Raman scattering in the Bi2TeO5 single crystal

Polarized Raman spectra of the Bi₂TeO₅ single crystal have been investigated for the first time. The group-theoretic analysis of the first-order vibrational spectra is performed. The number of the experimentally observed bands is less than the predicted number of normal modes. The spectral ranges with similar bands are revealed. Some ranges in the spectra of Bi₂TeO₅ are identified from the spectral data for the materials containing bismuth-oxygen and tellurium-oxygen complexes.     

Electronic Spectra and the Mechanism of Complexing of Uranyl Nitrate in Water–Acetone Solutions

Based on the analysis of electronic absorption and luminescence spectra, the processes of complexing in an aqueous solution of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate (UO₂(NO₃)₂·6H₂O) on gradual addition of small amounts of acetone have been investigated. In a pure aqueous solution, uranyl exists as the UO₂·5H₂O complex. It is shown that addition of acetone to the solution leads to displacement of some water molecules from the first coordination sphere of uranyl and formation of uranyl nitrate dihydrate complexes, UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O. It has been established that the stability of these complexes is determined by the decrease in both the water activity and the degree of hydration of uranyl and nitrate. This is the result of the local increase in the concentration of the molecules of acetone (due to its hydrophobicity) in those regions of the solution in which there are uranyl and nitrate ions. The experimental facts supporting the proposed mechanism are given.     

Spectroscopic studies of uranyl-acetonitrate complex formation in solutions

In the present work uranyl-acetonitrile complex formation is studied on the basis of analysis of vibrational (IR absorption and Raman) spectra of UO₂(NO₃)₂·6H₂O and UO₂(ClO₄)₂·7H₂O. From the present results and coordination critera for nitrate groups and acetonitrile, it is concluded that in the UO₂ (NO₃)₂·6H₂O-acetonitrile system, acetonitrile molecules are in the second coordination sphere of the uranyl ion. In a benzene solution of uranylperchlorate with added acetonitrile, acetonitryl is substituted for a water molecule in the first coordination sphere of the uranyl ion. In the coordination the vibration frequency of C≡H of acetonitrile (2240 cm⁻¹) is shifted by 21 cm⁻¹ to the shortwave region. Possible reasons for the relatively small change in this frequency are discussed. Belarusian State University, 4, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220050, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 179–183, March–April, 1997.     

Millimeterwave spectrum of DC discharge produced ICN in excited vibrational states

An indigenously built 50 kHz source-modulated millimeter-wave spectrometer was used to produce cyanogen iodide (ICN) in the excited vibrational states (01¹0), (03³0), (10⁰0), (20⁰0) and (02⁰0) and record their corresponding rotational spectra. The analysis of the recorded spectra was carried out in the frequency range of 57.0–98.0 GHz. ICN was produced using a DC glow discharge through a mixture of methyl iodide (CH₃I) and benzyl cyanide (C₆H₅CH₂CN) vapor at low pressure. ¹²⁷I nuclear quadrupole hyperfine structure and the l-type doublet spectra of (01¹0) state have been resolved. The observed and assigned rotational transition frequencies were used in a least-square fit to determine more accurate values of molecular constants. The agreement between the derived parameters and those reported earlier clearly indicate that the reported spectral lines belong to ICN in the excited vibrational states. It also indicates that ICN could be produced in selective excited vibrational states by DC glow discharge technique.     

Interpretation of the vibrational spectra of polycrystalline adenine

The infrared and Raman spectra of the tetramer of the adenine N₉H are calculated and analyzed. The vibrational spectra of polycrystalline adenine are interpreted. It is demonstrated that the method for calculating the vibrational spectra of molecular complexes formed by hydrogen bonds can be used for interpreting the vibrational spectra of polyatomic molecules in the solid state.     

Structure of New Bis-Dicarbollyl Derivatives of Transition Metals

The dipyridyl complexes of the copper salts of bis-o-dicarbollyliron(III), -cobalt(III), and -nickel(III) are investigated by means of EPR spectroscopy. Theoretical models of the EPR spectra of copper(II) ions in these complexes are constructed and their spectral parameters are determined. It is shown that in all cases the tetragonally distorted octahedron is the most probable coordination sphere of the Cu²⁺ ions.     

Observation of a forbidden vibrational absorption band of H2 in nanoporous aerogel

Room-temperature absorption spectra of H₂ in nanoporous aerogel with a pore diameter of ～20 nm have been studied on a Fourier spectrometer in the spectral range of 4000–4800 cm^?1. Absorption at the forbidden transitions of the 0–1 vibrational band has been observed. The recorded spectra of H₂ in aerogel have been compared with the spectra of free high-pressure H₂.     

Extraction of local coordination structure in a low‐concentration uranyl system by XANES

Obtaining structural information of uranyl species at an atomic/molecular scale is a critical step to control and predict their physical and chemical properties. To obtain such information, experimental and theoretical L₃‐edge X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) spectra of uranium were studied systematically for uranyl complexes. It was demonstrated that the bond lengths (R) in the uranyl species and relative energy positions (ΔE) of the XANES were determined as follows: ΔE₁ = 168.3/R(U—O_ax)² ? 38.5 (for the axial plane) and ΔE₂ = 428.4/R(U—O_eq)² ? 37.1 (for the equatorial plane). These formulae could be used to directly extract the distances between the uranium absorber and oxygen ligand atoms in the axial and equatorial planes of uranyl ions based on the U L₃‐edge XANES experimental data. In addition, the relative weights were estimated for each configuration derived from the water molecule and nitrate ligand based on the obtained average equatorial coordination bond lengths in a series of uranyl nitrate complexes with progressively varied nitrate concentrations. Results obtained from XANES analysis were identical to that from extended X‐ray absorption fine‐structure (EXAFS) analysis. XANES analysis is applicable to ubiquitous uranyl–ligand complexes, such as the uranyl–carbonate complex. Most importantly, the XANES research method could be extended to low‐concentration uranyl systems, as indicated by the results of the uranyl–amidoximate complex (～40 p.p.m. uranium). Quantitative XANES analysis, a reliable and straightforward method, provides a simplified approach applied to the structural chemistry of actinides.     

Radical-Recombination Luminescence of the Uranyl Nitrate Complex in the Adsorbed State

We have investigated the luminescence of uranyl nitrate molecules on the surface of powdery SiO₂ upon excitation by UV light (PhL) and hydrogen atoms (radical-recombination luminescence (RRL)). It has been found that the PhL and RRL spectra have a clearly defined vibrational structure. The luminescence peaks of the adsorbed UO₂ ^2– ion are characterized by a systematic longwave shift from the same peaks of crystalline uranyl nitrate (by 230–430 cm^–1 at 130 K). Moreover, in the adsorption centers the vibration frequencies of UO₂ ^2– are 20–80 cm smaller than in crystalline salt and the RRL bands are 150–350 cm^–1 (130 K) wider than the corresponding PhL bands.     

红外扫描和频振动光谱系统的激光线宽与光谱分辨率

本文报道了一个简化的利用可见光和红外光带宽来计算和频光谱分辨率的公式. 公式显示和频振动光谱的Voigt线宽可以通过振动模式的均匀线宽(洛伦兹线宽)、非均匀线宽(高斯线宽)、红外光与可见光的高斯线宽计算获得. 利用本实验室新搭建的频率分辨及偏振分辨的皮秒和频光谱系统验证了该公式的准确性. 实验结果显示,本激光系统获取的红外光的高斯线宽为1.5 cm^-1. 本激光系统的光谱分辨率约为4.6 cm^-1,结果与胆固醇单层膜光谱获取的光谱分辨率(3.5~5 cm^-1)基本一致.     

Mean Amplitudes of Vibration for Some Linear Gold(I) Complexes

Recently, Braunstein and Clark¹ described the synthesis and vibrational spectra of complexes containing the AuCl₂, AuBr² and AuI₂ ions. In order to obtain a deeper insight into the vibrational properties of these anions it seems interesting to calculate, using the available spectroscopic data, values for the mean amplitudes of vibration and some related quantities.     

Solvent effect on optical properties of hydrated lanthanide tris-acetylacetone

We have studied the optical absorption spectra of trivalent lanthanide(III) β-diketones. The enhancement in intensity of the hypersensitive transitions of Eu(III) ⁵D₀→⁷F₂ and Tb(III) ⁵D₄→⁷F₅ and ⁵D₄→⁷F₂ complexes was observed in various solution mediums. The oscillator strength for the intraconfigurational transitions has been determined using Judd-Ofelt theory. The change in the oscillator strength and band shape with respect to solvent type is rationalized in terms of ligand (solvent) structure and coordination properties. The intensity of hypersensitive transitions is found to be highly influenced in DMF solution. Electronic spectral studies of the Pr(III) and Nd(III) complexes in different solvents, which differ with respect to donor atoms, reveal that the chemical environment around the lanthanide ion has great impact on f-f transitions and any change in the environment in terms of solvent results in modifications of the spectra.     

Computer Resolution and Franck-Condon Analysis of the Electronic Absorption Spectrum of KMnO4 in Water

Abstract

The electronic absorptíon spectrum of KMnO₄ in water solution was analyzed. The spectral contour was resolved into component bands and then Franck-Condon approach was applied. In the investigated range of 13000–48000 cm^?1 a presence of three structureless and of two vibronic strong bands was stated. The change in the Mn-O equilibrium bond length was found to be 10.5pm for 2e·1t₁ transition (vibronic band about 18000cm^?1) and to be 16pm for the 2e·3t₂ transition (vibronic band about. 30000cm_?1). The appropriate wavenumber of the vibrational mode in these excited electronic states was found to be 735cm^?1 and about 780cm^?1, respectively. The ground electronic state wavenumber of the totally symmetric vibrational mode was fitted to be equal to 828cm^?1. Details of the proposed method of computer elaboration of electronic spectra with vibrational structure were discussed.

Electronic absorption spectra of some inorganic comppunds consist of a number of strongly overlapped bands due to their vibronic structure.^1–5 A detailed analysis of spectral contours of such compounds provides some useful information about their structure in both ground excited electronic states.

The electronic spectrum of permanganate ion is the typical example of vibronic spectra.¹ The main part of the past works based on the analysis of permanganate ion spectra in low temperatures and different polarizations. In such conditions the vibronic structure is rather good resolved and can be effectively studies.^1,3,6 Spectra of solutions as a rule are relatively poor resolved so their analysis has to be more sophisticated.

The main purpose of this work is a presentation of a new computer method for an effective study of vibronic spectra of solutions. This method has been applied to the electronic absorption spectrum of KMnO₄ in water. The method allowed us to fit the geometric parameters of spectral contour, to establish the origins and parameters of two progressions in the UV/VIS range as well as to calculate the changes in the Mn-0 equilibrium bond lengths and vibrational energy resulting from the electronic excitations of the soluted permanganate ion.     

过渡金属羰基化合物Mn(CO)5Br和Re(CO)5Br结构与动力学的超快光谱

利用超快泵浦探测红外光谱、稳态线性红外光谱和计算化学方法,对过渡金属羰基化合物Mn(CO)₅Br和Re(CO)₅Br的振动和结构动力学进行了研究. 借助羰基的两个伸缩振动峰(处于低频的A₁模式和处于高频的简并E模式)进行了观测. 结果表明,在两个配合物中,A₁和E模式振动峰的振动频率位置及频率差都与中心金属原子对羰基的键级和振动力常数的影响相关. 而A₁模式比E模式的线宽宽一些,部分由于振动寿命的影响. 此外,从瞬态光谱中获得了振动模式依赖的对角非谐性常数,发现在两个羰基化合物中E模式的非谐性总是较小.     

Molecular emission in the edge plasma of T-10 tokamak

The experiments on recording molecular emission in the edge plasma of the T-10 tokamak are described. To obtain reliable spectra with sufficient spectral, temporal, and spatial resolution, the optical circuit is optimized for various experimental conditions. Typical spectra measured in two sections of the tokamak are shown. It is shown that, upon varying the parameters of the discharge, the molecular spectrum not only changes significantly in intensity but also undergoes a qualitative change in the rotational and vibrational structure. For a detailed analysis, we use the Fulcher-α system (d³Π_u–a³Σ _g ⁺ ) of deuterium in the wavelength range from 590 to 640 nm. The rotational temperatures of ground state X¹Σ _g ⁺ and upper excited state d³Π_u are estimated by the measured spectra.     

Coordination of acetonitrile (CH3CN) to platinum (111): Evidence for an η2(C,N) species

Acetonitrile (CH₃CN) coordination to a Pt(111) surface has been studied with electron energy loss vibrational spectroscopy (EELS), XPS, thermal desorption and work function measurements. We compare data for the surface states with known acetonitrile coordination complexes. For CH₃CN adsorbed on Pt(111) at 100 K, the molecule is rehybridized and adsorbs with the CN bond parallel or slightly inclined to the surface plane in an η²(C, N) configuration. The ν(CN) frequency is 1615 cm^?1 and the C ls and N ls binding energies are 284.6 eV and 397.2 eV respectively. By contrast, weakly adsorbed multilayer acetonitrile exhibits a ν(CN) vibrational frequency of 2270 cm^?1, and C ls and N ls binding energies of 286.9 eV and 400.1 eV respectively. Both the EELS and XPS results are consistent with rehybridization of the CN triple bond to a double bond with both C and N atoms of the CN group attached to the surface. In addition to this majority η²(C, N) monolayer state, evidence is found for a second, more strongly bound minority molecular state in thermal desorption spectra. As a result of the low coverage of this state, EELS was unable to spectroscopically identify it and we tentatively assign it as an η⁴(C, N) species associated with accidental step sites. By contrast to the surface complexes, almost all of the known platinum-nitrile coordination complexes are end-bonded via the N lone-pair orbital. Several cases of side-on bonding are known, however, and we compare the results with the known complex Fe₃(η²-NCCH₃)(CO)₉. The difference in the coordinative properties of a Pt(111) surface versus a single Pt atom must be due to the increased ability of multi-atom arrays to back-donate electrons into the π¹ system of acetonitrile. Previously published EELS and XPS results for monolayer acetonitrile on Ni(111) and polycrystalline films are almost identical to the present results on Pt(111). We believe that the monolayer of $\text{CH}{}_3\text{CN}\text{Ni}\text{(111)}$ is also an η²(C, N) species, not an end-bonded species previously proposed by Friend, Muetterties and Gland.