Optimization of parameters for semiempirical methods. III Extension of PM3 to Be,Mg, Zn,Ga, Ge,As, Se,Cd, In,Sn, Sb,Te, Hg,Tl, Pb,and Bi

Using a recently developed procedure for optimizing parameters for semiempirical methods,¹ PM3 has been extended to a total of 28 elements. Average ΔH_f errors for the newly parameterized elements are Be: 8.6, Mg: 8.4, Zn: 5.8, Ga: 14.9, Ge: 11.4, As: 8.5, Se: 11.1, Cd: 2.6, In: 11.3, Sn: 9.0, Sb: 13.7, Te: 11.3, Hg: 6.8, Tl: 6.5, Pb: 7.4, and Bi: 10.9 kcal/mol. For some elements the paucity of data has resulted in a method, which, while highly accurate, is likely to be only poorly predictive.     

KCl-NaCl(1:1mol)-RECl3熔体的电导率(RE=La、Ce、Pr、Nd、Sm、Eu、Gd、Tb、Dy、Ho、Er、Tm、Yb、Lu、Y、Ce族、Y族)

用交流电桥法测定了熔融KCl-NaCl(1:1摩尔)-RECl₃的电导。比电导的温度函数表达式如下: κ=A+B(t-700) κ:比电导(Ω^-1·cm^-1);t:温度(700—850℃); A、B:本文给出的常数。讨沦了实验值与计算值的偏差,当稀土氯化物在熔体中的浓度为10—50重量百分数时可能形成了络合物。     

SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF 5, 10, 15, 20, 22, 24-HEXAHYDRO-5, 5, 10, 10, 15, 15, 20, 20-OCTAMETHYL-PORPHINE

<正> The title com pound (HHOMP) has been synthesized with the pho-toinduced condensation of acetone and pyrrole in the presence of iodoaromatic hydrocarbons, and its molecular and crystal structures have been determined by X-ray analysis. C28H36N4, Mr = 428. 63, triclinic; space group P1; a =10. 165(3), b = 10. 185(2), c=13. 012(3)(?); α=85. 41(2), β=67. 84(2), γ= 89. 75(2)°; V = 1243 (?)3; Z = 2; D = 1. 145g. cm-3; μ= 0. 635cm-1; F (000) = 464. Although the HHOMP molecule twists, it is found that the four nitrogen atoms are still in a plane.     

Syntheses, thermal stability, and structure determination of the novel isostructural RBa3B9O18 (R = Y, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb)

A novel borate compound YBa(3)B(9)O(18) has crystallized in a melt of BaYB(9)O(16). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that YBa(3)B(9)O(18) adopts a hexagonal space group P6(3)/m with cell parameters of a = 7.1761(6) A and c = 16.9657(6) A. The structure is made up of the planar B(3)O(6) groups parallel to each other along the (001) direction, regular YO(6) octahedra, and irregular BaO(6) and BaO(9) polyhedra to form an analogue structure of beta-BaB(2)O(4). A series of isostructural borate compounds RBa(3)B(9)O(18) (R = Y, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb) were prepared by powder solid-state reactions. The DTA and TGA curves of YBaB(9)O(16) show an obvious weight loss at about 955 degrees C associated with a decomposition into YBO(3), B(2)O(3), and YBa(3)B(9)O(18) due to its incongruent melting behavior. The DTA and TGA curves of YBa(3)B(9)O(18) show that it is chemically stable and a congruent melting compound. A comparison of the structures of YBa(3)B(9)O(18) and beta-BaB(2)O(4) is presented.     

Eine mikromethode der flammen-atomabsorptions- und emissionsspektrometrie (platinschlaufen-methode)—II: Die bestimmung von As,Bi, Cd,Hg, Pb,Sb, Se,Te, Tl,Zn/Li,Na, K,Cs, Sr,Ba

This paper described the continuation of the work of Part I dealing with a microanalytical method in which the sample is introduced into a flame using an electrically heated platinum loop. This device is used in connection with an atomic absorption (AA) spectrometer. The detection limits are one to two orders of magnitude better than those of conventional flame AAS. The reproducibility depends on the element and is in general 3–5% (relative standard deviation) for concentrations in the $\text{ng}\text{ml}$ range. The platinum loop method can be also applied for flame emission analysis of small amounts of sample or the determination of low concentrations (alkalis). This application gives access to determinations in the lower ng or the pg range (detection limit of lithium: 0.6 pg).     

Certification of the mass fractions of Ca,Cu, Cl,I, Fe,K, Mg,P, Pb,N, Na and Zn in skim milk powder

Analyses of milk and milk products are routinely performed by a number of dairy laboratories to control the quality of these products with regard to e.g. nutritional components and potential exposure to toxic elements. In order to improve and control the quality of such analyses the Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) has organized series of certification campaigns to produce reference material of milk certified for a variety of elements and compounds. The increasing demand is such that the stock of some of these materials is now exhausted. Consequently, the BCR decided to produce a new batch of CRM of skim milk powder certified for its contents of Ca, Cu, Cl, I, Fe, K, Mg, P, Pb, N, Na and Zn (CRM 063R). This material was carefully prepared (spray-drying) and its homogeneity and long term stability was verified. This paper presents the certification work performed.     

Araguspongines B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J, new vasodilative bis-1-oxaquinolizidine alkaloids from an okinawan marine sponge, Xestospongia sp

Nine new vasodilative alkaloids, araguspongines A, B (1), C (2), D (3), E (4), F (5), G (6), H (7), and J (8), were isolated from an Okinawan marine sponge, Xestospongia sp. On the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, the absolute stereostructures of araguspongines B, D, E, F, G, H, and J were determined respectively as 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and the relative stereostructure of araguspongine C was determined as 2 having two 1-oxaquinolizidine moieties. Araguspongines B, D, and E each comprised a pair of the enantiomers, 1a and 1b, 3a and 3b, and 4a and 4b, respectively.     

3,3,6,6-四甲基-9-邻氯苯基-1,8-二氧代-3,4,5,6,7,9-六氧化氧杂蒽的合成和晶体结构

标题化合物C23H25对O3Cl是由邻氯苯甲醛与5，5-二甲基1，3-环己二酮在N，N-二甲基甲酸腹中反应而得。结构通过单晶X-射线衍射法确定，其晶体属于单科晶系，空间群=1632。晶体结构用直接法解出，使用全矩阵最小二乘法对原子参数进行修正，最后的偏离因子为R=0．054，Rw一0．063。在晶体结构中，吡喃环与苯环之间的两面角为92．43°。     

Instrumental neutron activation determination of Pt,Ru, Ir,Sc, Cr,Fe, Co,La, Ce,Nd, Sm,Yb, Lu,Hf and Ta employing CIRUS reactor as a thermal neutron source

An accurate and simple method has been developed for the determination of Pt, Ru, Ir and other elements employing instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Nondestructive analysis has been carried out for the determination of these elements in different rock samples such as Dolerite, Dyke Dolerite, Country Basalt, Hyaloclastite, Trachyte, Ijolite, Spillite, Diorite and Lamprophyre from various locations like Daman, Tapti, Murud, Talasari, Ranala and Bassein in Maharashtra state. High flux provided by the CIRUS reactor (1×10¹³ n cm^?2s^?1) has been used for thermal neutron bombardment followed by radioassaying of the (n,γ) products on a HPGe detector coupled to a PC-based MCA unit.     

Instrumental neutron activation determination of Pt, Ru, Ir, Sc, Cr, Fe, Co, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Yb, Lu, Hf and Ta employing CIRUS reactor as a thermal neutron source

An accurate and simple method has been developed for the determination of Pt, Ru, Ir and other elements employing instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Nondestructive analysis has been carried out for the determination of these elements in different rock samples such as Dolerite, Dyke Dolerite, Country Basalt, Hyaloclastite, Trachyte, Ijolite, Spillite, Diorite and Lamprophyre from various locations like Daman, Tapti, Murud, Talasari, Ranala and Bassein in Maharashtra state. High flux provided by the CIRUS reactor (1×10¹³ n cm^–2s^–1) has been used for thermal neutron bombardment followed by radioassaying of the (n,) products on a HPGe detector coupled to a PC-based MCA unit.     

Mackay,Anti-Mackay,Double-Mackay,Pseudo-Mackay,and Related Icosahedral Shell Clusters

Mackay introduced two important crystallographic concepts in a short paper published 40 years ago. One is the icosahedral shell structure (iss) consisting of concentric icosahedra displaying fivefold rotational symmetry. The number of atoms contained within these icosahedral shells and subshells agrees well with the magic numbers in rare gas clusters, (C₆₀) _N molecules, and some metal clusters determined by mass spectroscopy or simulated on energy considerations. The cluster of 55 atoms within the second icosahedral shell occurs frequently and has been called Mackay icosahedron, or simply MI, which occurs not only in various clusters, but also in intermetallic compounds and quasicrystals. The second concept is the hierarchic icosahedral structures caused by the presence of a stacking fault in the fcc packing of the successive triangular faces in the iss. For instance, a fault occurs after the ABC layers resulting an ABCB packing. This is, in fact, a hierarchic icosahedral structure of a core icosahedron connected to 12 outer icosahedra by vertex sharing, or an icosahedron of icosahedra (double MI. Contrary to Mackay's iss, a faulted hierarchic icosahedral shell is, in fact, a twinlike face capping of the underlying triangles; it is, therefore, called an anti-Mackay cluster. The hierarchic icosahedral structure in an Al-Mn-Pd icosahedral quasicrystal has a core of body-centered cube rather than an icosahedron and, therefore, is called a pseudo-Mackay cluster. The hierarchic icosahedral structures have been studied separately in the past in the fields of clusters, nanoparticles, intermetallic compounds, and quasicrystals, but the underlying geometry should be the same. In the following a unified geometrical analysis is presented.     

3,3,6,6-四甲基-4a-羟基-9-邻甲氧基苯基-1,8-二氧代-2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,9,9a-十氢化-1H-氧杂蒽的合成和晶体结构

标题化合物C24H30O5是由邻甲氧基苯甲醛与5，5-二甲基-1，3-环己二酮在N，N-二甲基甲酰胺中反应而得。结构通过单晶X-射线衍射法确定，其晶体属于单斜晶系，空间群C2／c，a=33．942（6），b=7273（1），c=22667（4）A，β=128．989（9）°，Mr=398．50，V=4349（1）A3，Dc=1．2179·cm-3，Z=8，μ（MoKa）=840mm－1，F（000）=1712。晶体结构用直接法解出，经用全矩阵最小二乘法对原子参数进行修正，最后的偏离因子为R=0.043，Rw=0．052。在晶体结构中，存在一个分子间氢键。     

Protonation constants of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid, diethylenetriamino-N,N,N',N',N'-penta-acetic trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid

The stepwise stability constants for the protonation of hydroxyethylidenediphosphonic acid (HEDP), diethylenetriaminopenta-acetic acid (DTPA) and diaminocyclohexanetetra-acetic acid (DCTA) have been determined potentiometrically with a hydrogen electrode at an ionic strength of 1 (KCl) and at 10-35 degrees . The data were treated by a least-squares method for estimation of DeltaH and DeltaS values.     

Acrolein polymerization: Monodisperse,homo, and hybrido microspheres,synthesis, mechanism,and reactions

Monodisperse polyacrolien (PA) microspheres were obtained by a single step process via two mechanisms: (a) aqueous polymerization of acrolein under alkaline conditions and (b) aqueous radical polymerization of acrolein by irradiation with a cobalt source. The diameter of the former microspheres can be varied from 0.04 up to 8 μm. The monodispersity of the system is also discussed. The diameter of the latter microspheres can be varied up to 0.2 μm. Hybrido PA microspheres were formed by grafting PA microspheres of average diameter of 0.1 μm obtained by irradiation onto the surface of PA microspheres produced by the alkaline mechanism. The aldehyde content of the microspheres prepared by irradiation is much higher than those of the microspheres formed under alkaline conditions. The aldehyde groups were used for the covalent binding of ligands containing primary amino groups, such as proteins and drugs, in a single step under physiological pH.     

Transition-metal-free O-, S-, and N-arylation of alcohols, thiols, amides, amines, and related heterocycles

A new protocol for the Ullmann-type arylation process of different aromatic heterocycles without any transition-metal catalyst, implying the use of a combination of an excess of potassium hydroxide and dimethyl sulfoxide, is described. The reaction can be performed between a broad range of starting nucleophiles including phenol, alcohols, amines, nitrogen-containing five-membered systems such as pyrazoles, imidazoles, and indoles, and amides with haloarenes, iodide and bromide derivatives giving the best results, the possible pathway involving the in situ generation of the corresponding benzyne intermediate. When the reaction was performed with 2-iodoaniline and either carboxamides or isothiocyanato derivatives, the corresponding benzoazole derivatives were obtained.     

Syntheses, structures, and physical properties of LnAsTe (Ln = La, Pr, Sm, Gd, Dy, Er)

Six rare-earth arsenic tellurides have been synthesized by the reactions of the rare-earth elements (Ln) with As and Te at 1123 K. LaAsTe (a = 7.8354(11) A, b = 4.1721(6) A, c = 10.2985(14) A, T = 153 K), PrAsTe (a = 7.728(2) A, b = 4.1200(11) A, c = 10.137(3) A, T = 153 K), SmAsTe (a = 7.6180(16) A, b = 4.0821(9) A, c = 9.991(2) A, T = 153 K), GdAsTe (a = 7.5611(15) A, b = 4.0510(8) A, c = 9.920(2) A, T = 153 K), DyAsTe (a = 7.4951(13) A, b = 4.0246(7) A, c = 9.8288(17) A, T = 153 K), and ErAsTe (a = 7.4478(1) A, b = 4.0078(1) A, c = 9.7552(2) A, T = 153 K) crystallize with four formula units in the orthorhombic space group D2h16-Pnma. These compounds are isostructural and belong to the beta-ZrSb2 structure type. In each compound, the Ln atoms are coordinated by a tricapped trigonal prism of four As atoms and five Te atoms. The entire three-dimensional structure is built up by the motif of the LnAs4Te5 tricapped trigonal prisms. Infinite nonalternating zigzag As chains are found along the b axis, with As-As distances in these compounds ranging from 2.5915(5) to 2.6350(9) A. Conductivity measurements in the direction of these As chains indicate that PrAsTe is metallic whereas SmAsTe and DyAsTe are weakly metallic. Antiferromagnetic transitions occur in SmAsTe and DyAsTe at 3 and 9 K, respectively. DyAsTe above 9 K follows the Curie-Weiss law.     

Bestimmung von As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, V und Zn in Kohlen, Additiven, Flugaschen und Impaktorfilterst?uben aus Kohlekraftwerken

Summary The analysis of coal, additives and combustion residues of coal-fired power plants is described. The selection of the best decomposition method has a special meaning for the type of sample (coal, additive etc.) as also for the elements to be determined in the different samples. There is no universal method which fits all the different samples and no universal determination system for this problem. Problems of the determination of chromium and arsenic are described and discussed due to the matrix and the decomposition technique. The determination with another independent method and the measurement of certified reference material is a good approach to the true value of the elements to be determined in the samples.     

Amaryllidaceae,sceletium, imidazole,oxazole, thiazole,peptide and miscellaneous alkaloids

This review covers alkaloids classified in the plant families Amaryallidaceae and Sceletium. In addition alkaloids possessing imidazole, oxazole and thiazole structures are listed followed by alkaloids possessing peptide linkages. Finally miscellaneous alkaloids include those compounds found naturally which cannot be classified into known groups; a relative Pandora's box. A total of 620 structures has been reviewed from 218 references found in the literature for the period July 1999 to June 2000.     

Simultanbestimmung von Si, Mn, P, Cu, Al, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, Ti, Co und As in St?hlen mit ICP-AES

Summary A universal method for quantitative analysis of twelve elements in low-alloy steels is described. The samples are digested in a mixture of sulfuric-/nitric acid/ammonium peroxodisulfate. Si, Mn, P, Cu, Al, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, Ti, Co, As are determined in solution by ICP-AES. The procedure was tested with NBS and BCS reference samples. The analytical results are in good agreement with the certified values. With slight modifications, the method is applicable to the analysis of high-alloy steel samples.     

Acidity trends in alpha,beta-unsaturated sulfur, selenium, and tellurium derivatives: comparison with C-, Si-, Ge-, Sn-, N-, P-, As-, and Sb-containing analogues

The gas-phase acidity of CH3-CH2XH (X=S, Se, Te), CH2=CHXH (X=S, Se, Te) and PhXH (X=S, Se) compounds was measured by means of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. To analyze the role that unsaturation plays on the intrinsic acidity of these systems, a parallel theoretical study, in the framework of the G2 and the G2(MP2) theories, was carried out for all ethyl, ethenyl (vinyl), ethynyl, and phenyl O-, S-, Se-, and Te-containing derivatives. Unsaturated compounds are stronger acids than their saturated analogues, because of the strong pi-electron donor ability of the heteroatoms that contributes to a large stabilization of the unsaturated anions. Ethynyl derivatives are stronger acids than vinyl compounds, while phenyl derivatives have an intrinsic acidity intermediate between that of the corresponding vinyl and ethynyl analogues. The CH2=CHXH vinyl compounds (enol-like) behave systematically as slightly stronger acids than their CH3-C(H)X (keto-like) tautomers. Vinyl derivatives are stronger acids than ethyl compounds, because the anion stabilization attributable to unsaturation is greater than that undergone in the neutral compounds. Conversely, the enhanced acidity of the ethynyl derivatives with respect to the vinyl compounds is due to two concomitant effects, the stabilization of the anion and the destabilization of the neutral compound. The acidities of ethyl, vinyl, and ethynyl derivatives containing heteroatoms of Groups 14, 15, and 16 of the periodic table are closely related, and reflect the differences in electronegativity of the CH3CH2-, CH2=CH-, and CH[triple chemical bond]C- groups.