Influence of the Degree of Dehydroxylation of Kaolinite on the Properties of Aluminosilicate Glasses

The degree of dehydroxylation of kaolinite, D_TG and D_IR, respectively, is characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The relation between DTG and DIR based on the infrared absorptions at 3600–3700, 915, 810, and 540 cm⁻¹ is established. Three regions can clearly be distinguished: the dehydroxylation region (D_TG<0.9), the metakaolinite region (0.9<D_TG<1) and the ‘spinel’ region(D_TG=1). The effect of the degree of dehydroxylation of kaolinite on the amount of reactive material is measured by the reaction enthalpy, ΔH, of the low-temperature reaction of the dehydroxylated kaolinite with a potassium silicate solution using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). |ΔH| increases almost linearly with DTG in the dehydroxylation region. In the metakaolinite region, ΔH and thus the amount of reactive material, becomes constant. |ΔH| is sharply decreasing when metakaolinite transforms into other phases in the ‘spinel’ region. No significant differences in the reactivity of the dehydroxylates is detected with DSC. According to FTIR, the use of partially dehydroxylated kaolinite is not influencing the molecular structure of the low-temperature synthesized aluminosilicates, but residual kaolinite is retrieved as an additive. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Heats of formation of multi-substituted positive ions of organic species

The difference (ΔΔ_fH°) between heats of formation of many multi-substituted odd- and even-electron positive ions can be described by a linear equation: ΔΔ_fH° = A + Bm, where m is the number of substituents or ligands, relative to the unsubstituted reference ion, and m = 1, 2 or 3; A and B are the intercept and slope, respectively. The correlation quality for 59 types of odd- and 26 types of even-electron ions, which involve C, Si, Sn, H, F, Cl, Br, I, O, S, N and P atoms, was analyzed. Unknown heats of formation of related ions and the proton affinities of some organic molecules were predicted using the linear equation.     

Types of rotary crystal state of solid solutions of paraffins

Thermal deformations and polymorphous transformations of solid solutions of paraffins in C₁₇–C₁₉, C₁₉–C₂₁, C₂₁–C₂₃, C₂₂–C₂₄, and C₂₃–C₂₄ systems are investigated by thermal X-ray diffractometry using a temperature step of several tenths of a degree. It is examined how the length of a molecular chain of a homolog (n) and the difference in length (Δn) between the chains as well as the molecular composition of a solid solution affect these transitions, and the data are compared with those for the individual homologs of paraffins. St. Petersburg University. Translated fromZhurnal Struktumoi Khimii, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 380–394, May–June, 1998. This work was supported by RFFR grant No. 97-05-65534 and ISSEP grants No. 156p and a97-2633.     

Neutral diterpenoids of oleoresins of five species of conifers of Transcarpathia

The compositions of the neutral diterpenoids of the oleoresins of five species of conifers growing in the Transcarpathia have been studied. It has been found that the oleoresins ofAbies alba M.,Larix decidua M., andPicea excelsa L. contain more than 50% of neutral diterpenoids. The group and qualitative compositions of the oxygen-containing diterpenoids have been determined. In the oleoresins ofAbies alba,Picea excelsa, andPicea abies tertiary alcohols — cis-abienol and isocembrol — predominate, while inLarix decidua the main component is the hydroxy ester larixyl acetate. Primary alcohols related to the resin acids have been found in all the oleoresins investigated. Features of the distribution of diterpenoids according to the species of conifers have been revealed. The results obtained are necessary for the chemotaxonomy of conifers of the family Pinceae.Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodynkh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 812–816, November–December, 1988.     

Kinetics of the Formation of Goethite in the Presence of Sulfates and Chlorides of Monovalent Cations

The synthesis of goethite by oxidation of Fe²⁺in presence of metallic iron was undertaken in an aqueous medium containing indifferent salts such as Na₂SO₄, (NH₄)₂SO₄, NaCl, and NH₄Cl. Temperature and bubbling air rate were maintained, respectively, at 70°C and 1 L/min. The influence of anions and cations on the kinetics of each step of the process has been followed distinctly, the iron dissolution rate has been determined by the variation of the medium acidity, and the precipitation of goethite has been determined by gravimetric measurements. With respect to Cl⁻, the SO₄²⁻anion decreases the rate of the two reactions. NH₄⁺acts as an inhibitor when it is present at low concentrations and as an accelerator for higher concentrations; the limit corresponding to the change of NH₄⁺behavior depends on the nature of the counter ion. The reaction product is composed of pure goethite in the presence of sulfate salts, whereas a mixture of goethite and lepidocrocite, respectively, 60–70 and 40–30%, was observed in the presence of chloride salts.     

Effect of the degree of sulfoethylation of polyethylenimine on the selectivity of sorption of palladium(ii) from binary solutions

Poly(N-2-sulfoethylethylenimine) (SEPEI) with a degree of modification equal to 0.30, 0.58, and 0.74, cross-linked with diethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, demonstrates efficient sorption properties with respect to Pt^IV, Pd^II, and Au^III ions. The selectivity coefficient K_Pd/Au in a HCl solution with pH 0.8 decreases from 90 to 61, and the selectivity coefficient K_Pd/Pt in a HCl solution with pH 3.9 increases from 0.94 to 480 with an increasing degree of modification. A thiourea hydrochloric acid solution effectively removes metal ions; the desorption of Pt^IV, Pd^II, and Au^III from the SEPEI surface reaches 100, 96.9, and 83.8%, respectively.

     

Graphical representation of the state of orientation of polymer systems

The orientation distribution function for noncrystalline structural units in polymer systems cannot be determined completely from any experimental source; only the second and/or fourth moments of the distribution function, i.e., the second and/or fourth orders of the generalized orientation factors F_lm^j, can be evaluated. It is there-fore necessary to estimate the distribution function from F_2m^j and F_4m^j. In this paper, a graphical representation of the state of orientation is first discussed in terms of plots of F₄₀^j against F₂₀^j for several types of distribution functions for uniaxial orientation. These are three types of extreme concentration of the distribution at particular polar angles θ₀ given by θ₀ = 0, 0<θ₀<π/2, and θ₀ = π/2; five types of rather realistic distributions having single maxima at θ_j = 0, θ₀, π/2 and double maxima at θ_j = 0, π/2, and a single minimum at θ_j = θ₀; and four types of more realistic distributions including Kratky's floating rod model in an affine matrix. Second, estimation of the distribution function for uniaxial orientation from F₄₀^j and F₂₀^j is discussed quantitatively in terms of the mean-square error by three approximation methods: (a) expansion of the distribution function in finite series of spherical harmonics through the fourth order, (b) approximation of the distribution function as a composite of two components, random orientation and a particular orientation distribution given by N_a (cos²θ_j)^a, N_a being a constant, and (c) approximation of the distribution function by N_a (cos²θ_j)^a alone. It is concluded that when the orientation distribution is sharp, estimation by the second method of approximation gives a smaller error than the first.     

Structure of the blue forms of bisphthalocyanines of rare-earth elements

Using electron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and ESR spectroscopy, the blue forms of bisphthalocyanines of rare-earth elements were found to have structures of sandwich-type complexes with isoelectronic phthalocyanine ligands linked with tetravalent metal ions, [Pc^2–Ln⁴⁺Pc^2–]⁰. A comparative spectral and electrochemical study of the blue and green forms oftert-butyl-substituted bisphthalocyanines was carried out for almost the whole series of rare-earth metals. Lutetium octa(perfluoro-tert-butyl)- and perchlorobisphthalocyanines were synthesized for the first time.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 425–430, March, 1995.This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 94-03-08903).     

Construction of different types of ion-selective electrodes and validation of direct potentiometric determination of phenytoin sodium

The construction and performance characteristics of phenytoin sodium selective electrodes are detailed. Two types of electrodes: plastic membrane I and coated wire II, were constructed based on the incorporation of phenytoin sodium with tungstosilicic acid. The influence of membrane composition, kind of plasticizer, pH of the test solution, soaking time and the electrodes’ foreign ions were investigated. The electrodes showed a Nernstian response with a mean calibration graph slope of 30.9±0.1 and 28.9±0.1 mV decade⁻¹ at 25°C for electrode I and II respectively, over a phenytoin sodium concentration range of 5×10⁻³−5×10⁻⁶ M and 1×10⁻³−1×10⁻⁶ M with a detection limit 1.3×10⁻⁶ M and 2.5×10⁻⁷ M for electrode I and II, respectively. The electrodes gave average selective precision and were usable within the pH range 6–10. Interference studies from common cations, alkaloids, sugars, amino acids and drug excipients are reported. The results obtained by the proposed electrodes were also applied successfully for the determination of the drug in pharmaceutical preparations and biological fluids.     

Relative stability of isomers of polynuclear complexes of molybdenum oxides

Molybdenum(VI) oxide MoO₃ has been studied and the composition of polynuclear molybdenum oxides in the gas phase Mo _x O_{3x ? y} (x = 1–6, y = 0–2) has been determined by laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Quantum-chemical calculations of bond energies, interatomic distances, charge distributions, and molybdenum-molybdenum bond orders for the isomers of neutral polynuclear molecular compounds Mo _x O3 _{x ? y} have been performed with the use of the PBE functional with a relativistically corrected potential implemented as the PRIRODA program package. On the basis of the bond energies, the relative stability of the isomers has been estimated. For the Mo _x O _y isomers (x ≥ 3), cyclic structures have been predicted to be more favorable. For the predicted most stable isomers of each Mo _x O _y composition, the bond energies of their positive and negative ions have been calculated. The positive ionization of Mo _x O _y leads to a considerable decrease in the bond energy of the isomer and the negative ionization, to its increase by about 0.1 au.     

The decomposition kinetics of disilane and the heat of formation of silylene

The static system decomposition kinetics of disilane (\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm Si}_{\rm 2} {\rm H}_{\rm 6} \mathop {\longrightarrow}\limits^1 {\rm SiH}_{\rm 2} + {\rm SiH}_{\rm 4}$\end{document}, 538–587 K and 10–500 Torr), are reported. Reaction rate constants are weakly pressure dependent, and best fits of the data are realized with RRKM fall-off calculations using logA_1,∞ = 15.75 and E_1,∞ = 52,200 cal. These parameters yield AH_f⁰(SiH₂)₂₉₈ = (63.5 ? E_{b, c}) kcal mol,^?1 where E_{b, c} is the activation energy for the back reaction at 550 K, M = 1 std state. Five other silylene heat-of-formation values (ranging from 63.9 – E_{b, c} to 66.0 - E_{b, c} kcal mol^?1) are deduced from the reported decomposition kinetics of trisilane and methyldisilane, and from the reported absolute and relative rate constants for silylene insertions into H₂ and SiH₄. Assuming E_{b, c} = 0, an average value of ΔH_f⁰(SiH₂) = 64.3 ± 0.3 kcal mol^?1 is obtained. Also, a recalculation of the activation energy for silylene insertion into H₂, based in part on the new disilane decomposition Arrhenius parameters, gives (0.6 + E_{b, c}) kcal mol^?1, in good agreement with theoretical calculations.     

Association constants and enthalpies of formation of heteroassociates of anions of cresol red and thymol blue

The tendency of anions of sulfophthaleine dyes to heteroassociation was studied in aqueous solutions of phenol red, cresol red, thymol blue, and non-substituted phenol red. It was spectrophotometrically determined that single (HAn⁻) and doubly charged anions (An²⁻) of sulfophthaleines can form stable heteroassociates of the composition Ct⁺ · HAn⁻ and (Ct⁺)₂ · An²⁻ with cations (Ct⁺) of polymethine dyes, pinacyanol, and quinaldine red. The values of enthalpy formation of ions of dyes and heteroassociates were calculated semi-empirically and compared with experimentally determined values of the equilibrium association constants.     

Kinetic study of crystallization of PHB in presence of hydroxy acids

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), PHB, has been structurally modified through reaction with hydroxy acids (HA) such as tartaric acid (TA) and malic acid (MA). The crystallization kinetic of the samples was evaluated by isoconversional method through nonlinear fitting to obtain the estimation for activation energy (E _a ) and pre-exponential (A) values. The thermal behavior of the crystallization temperature, 44.8 and 58.9 °C at 5 °C/min, and results obtained to the average activation energy, 73 ± 9 kJ mol⁻¹ and 63 ± 1 kJ mol⁻¹, to PHB/MA and PHB, respectively, are suggesting that malic acid may be deriving plasticizer units from its own PHB chain. PHB/TA show increase in the medium value of E _a, 119 ± 2 kJ mol⁻¹ and T _c = 48.2 °C (at 5 °C/min), indicating that tartaric acid is probably interacts in different way to the of PHB chain (E _a=73 ± 9 kJ mol⁻¹, T _c = 44.8 °C at 5 °C/min).     

Thermodynamic characterization of the melting of a series of polyesteramides

The changes in enthalpy, entropy and volume upon melting have been determined by dilatometric and differential scanning calorimetry measurements for four polyesteramides of the type:

$\text{-[-}\text{COφCONH(CH}{}_2\text{)}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{}\text{NHCOφCOO(CH}{}_2\text{)}{}_{\mathrm{m}}\text{}\text{O}\text{-]-}{}_{\mathrm{x}}$

with the following values for n and m; 6-6, 12-2, 12-6 and 12-12. The changes in each state function vary quite regularly with the number of CH₂ groups/repeating unit. A comparison is made between experimental data on the entropy of fusion and theoretical predictions. There is emphasis on the influence on the thermodynamics of melting of the rigidity of the -OCO-φ-CONH- residues and, in particular, of the persistence in the molten state of many interchain hydrogen bonds.     

Systematic study of the physicochemical properties of a homologous series of aminobisphosphonates

Aminobisphosphonates, e.g., alendronate and neridronate, are a well known class of molecules used as drugs for various bone diseases. Although these molecules have been available for decades, a detailed understanding of their most important physicochemical properties under comparable conditions is lacking. In this study, ten aminobisphosphonates, H₂N(CH₂)_nC(OH)[P(O)(OH)₂]₂, in which n = 2-5, 7-11 and 15 have been synthesized. Their aqueous solubility as a function of temperature and pH, pK_a-values, thermal stability, IR absorptions, and NMR spectral data for bothliquid (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P-NMR) and solid state (¹³C, ¹⁵N and ³¹P-CPMAS NMR) were determined.     

Synthesis of phenolic components of Grains of Paradise

Two vanilloids, (5E)-8-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)oct-5-en-4-one (1) and 4-[3-hydroxydecyl]-2-methoxyphenol (2), isolated from the dried seeds of Grains of Paradise (Aframomum melegueta), were synthesized; the latter compound was made as the S-enantiomer and the material derived from the seeds was found to be a 1:1.7 mixture of the R and S isomers. The synthetic route used should allow the preparation of analogs having extended alkyl chains and consequently different lipophilicity, and 3, a homolog of 2, was also prepared.     

Study of radical copolymerization of aminomethylated derivatives of alkenylphenols with styrene

Aminomethylated derivatives 2-propenyl-, 2-allyl-, and 4-isopropenylphenols are studied as comonomers in free-radical copolymerization with styrene in bulk. As evidenced by NMR studies, in o-aminomethyl derivatives of alkenylphenols, stable intramolecular hydrogen bonds form between nitrogen atom of the aminomethyl fragment and hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group; these bonds are not destroyed up to 80°C Therefore, these compounds may be involved in free-radical copolymerization with styrene in which the inhibiting effect of OH groups is avoided at a temperature of 60°C. The values of r ₁ and r ₂ are determined for two pairs of comonomers: 6-morpholinomethyl-2-propenylphenol and styrene (r ₁ = 0.20 ± 0.01 and r ₂ = 2.40 ± 0.04) and 2-allyl-6-morpholinomethylphenol and styrene (r ₁ = 0.090 ± 0.009 and r ₂ = 2.40 ± 0.04).     

Enthalpies of formation of radicals and the mass spectra of the products of tetrafluoroethylene polymerization in acetone

The mass spectra of the dissociative electron-impact ionization products of telomers formed upon the radiation-chemical telomerization of tetrafluoroethylene in acetone were measured over the range of m/z from 1 to 204. The most intense bands at m/z = 43, 51, and 57 were attributed to the CH₃CO⁺, CF₂H⁺ and CH₃COCH₂⁺ cations—the main dissociation products of the H(C₂F₄) _n CH₂COCH₃ telomers. The telomer composition was consistent with a radical telomerization mechanism, in which chain growth and chain transfer are due to the formation of the CH₃COCH₂^· radical. Based on published data supplemented with quantum-chemical calculations, the enthalpies of formation of the radicals R(CF₂) _n (n = 2–8; R = H, CH₃, CH₃CO, and CH₃COCH₂) were tabulated. The formation of telomers with the same terminal groups is consistent with thermodynamic data and a polymerization mechanism in which the chain growth reaction is diffusion-limited and the chain transfer reaction is activated hydrogen-atom transfer.     

The heat of fusion of polytetrafluoroethylene

The heat of fusion of virgin and melt-processed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was determined using the Clapeyron equation. Experimental data were obtained from PVT experiments and high-temperature x-ray diffraction measurements. For virgin, as-polymerized PTFE, the melting temperature is given by where, for T_m in degrees Celsius, A = 346.3±1.2, B = 0.095±0.003, and P is the pressure in kilograms per square centimeter. At the end of the atmospheric-pressure melting interval, the amorphous and crystalline specific volumes V₁ and V_c are 0.6517 and 0.492 cm³/g, respectively. Thus the heat of fusion is 24.4 cal/g, or nearly twice the value reported previously. The increases in enthalpy and volume at the melting point both indicate a degree of crystallinity of about 75–80% although infrared, x-ray, and NMR data give much higher levels. Data from calorimetry, NMR, and dynamic mechanical measurements indicate that in virgin PTFE some of the crystals continue to experience torsional oscillations at temperatures below the room-temperature transitions. This indicates that there are at least two kinds of crystalline regions. For previously melted PTFE, T_m is determined by A = 328.5±0.7 and B = 0.095±0.002, the volumes are V_am = 0.6349 and V_cr = 0.4855 cm³/g, and the heat of fusion is 22.2 cal/g. The entropy of fusion for PTFE is much closer to that of polyethylene than was previously believed.