Extended group function calculations for H2O,NH3 and CH4

Wave functions expressed as antisymmetrized products of strongly orthogonal geminals have been evaluated for H₂O, NH₃ and CH₄. The geminals have been expressed as linear combinations of 2 × 2 detors constructed with localized SCF -MO 's. Several ground state observables have been computed together with the electric polarizabilities and magnetic susceptibilities. In addition, a configuration interaction calculation limited to all possible double group excitations has been carried out.     

A semiempirical method based on geminal functions

An attempt has been made to develop a semiempirical method which considers only the n- and π-electrons, with the eigenfunctions expressed as an antisymmetrized product of two-electron functions or geminals. These geminals are expressed as a linear combination of products of Hückel-type MO's and the matrix elements are evaluated assuming the strong orthogonality condition to hold among the geminals, with an average effective Hamiltonian where the interaction between paired electrons is explicitly included. A first application of the method to N₂, HCN, C₂H₂, and C₂H^? was carried out without the introduction of parameters adjustable to best fit. A parametric approximation was then used for studying the electronic structure of diazabarrelene, an unknown molecule containing three pairs of π-electrons and two pairs of n-electrons. It is concluded that the explicit introduction of (π,π) and (n-π)-electron interaction describes the ground state more realistically than the simplest Hückel method. The separation of the energy levels was also affected, but the calculated transitions compared rather poorly with the spectroscopic observations. Diazabarrelene is expected to be not less stable than barrelene and attempts to its synthesis should be considered worthy of being made.     

Mass spectrometry of π-complexes of transition metals : XII. Ferrocenyl and cymantrenyl derivatives of chalcones

The main processes of the electron-impact induced fragmentation of the ferrocenyl and cymantrenyl analogues of chalcones RCOCH=CHR′ (R, R′ = C₅H₄FeC₅H₅, C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃, or aryl) involve a cleavage of the metalligand bond. A “chalcone” mode of fragmentation is weakly pronounced, due to the fact that the positive charge is localized preferably on the metal atom.     

A GC-system for the analysis of residual geothermal gases

Summary The gases evolved from geothermal fields, after condensation of H₂O, CO₂, H₂S and NH₃ in caustic solution, contain He, H₂, Ar, O₂, N₂, CH₄ and higher hydrocarbons. The analysis for the major components in these residual gas mixtures can be achieved by use of two simple gas chromatographs in parallel, and using 5Å molecular sieve. The separation of He and H₂ to baseline is achieved by using low temperatures (30°C) coupled with a relatively long column; and the difficult separation of Ar and O₂ is achieved by use of a cryogenically cooled column. The use of switching valves to backflush and bypass columns ensures that a minimum time for analysis can be achieved whilst retaining baseline separations of the He/H₂ and Ar/O₂ pairs.     

Gas permeation through hydrogels : II. Poly(vinylalcohol-co-itaconic acid) membranes

Permeability and diffusion coefficients of O₂, He, CO₂ and C₄H₆ were measured in water,swollen poly(vinylalcohol-co-itaconic acid) membranes having various water contents from 0.48 to 0.83. The permeability coefficients of CO₂ and C₄H₆ were found to depend on the upstream pressure, while the permeability coefficients of O₂ and He were independent of the pressure. With decreasing pressure the permeability coefficients of CO₂ and C₄H₆ increased, and the pressure dependence became larger with decreasing water content of the membranes. A parallel permeation model based on the two states of water in the water-swollen membranes could be applied successfully to CO₂ and C₄H₆.     

Solubility of gases in butanols: IV. Solubilities of nonpolar gases in 2-methyl-2-propanol at 303.15 K and 101.33 kPa partial pressure of gas

Solubilities of 15 nonpolar gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H₂, D₂, N₂, O₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, CF₄, SF₆, and CO₂) in 2-methyl-2-propanol (tert-butanol) have been measured at the temperature 303.15 K and 101.33 kPa partial pressure of gas. Standard changes of the Gibbs energy of solution have been also determined from experimental data. The Lennard–Jones 6,12 pair potential parameters have been estimated for that solvent using the Scaled Particle Theory (SPT) and these parameters have been compared with those corresponding to the other isomers of butanol. It can be concluded that the derived energy parameters provide a measurement of the association of the alkanol. A version of the UNIFAC model has been applied and the corresponding interaction parameters for alkanes and alkanols have been determined.     

Localized molecular orbital studies in momentum space. I. compton profiles of 1s core electrons and hydrocarbons

The calculations of momentum space properties for the polyatomic molecules CH₄, C₂H₄ and C₂H₆ using localized molecular orbitals of double zeta quality basis sets are presented. The LMO analysis shows that localized and canonical core electrons have different momentum space properties, and that in agreement with the experimental data of Eisenberger and Marra one can distinguish the momentum properties of the CC single and double bonds. The effect of environment on a bond is seen by comparing the CH bond in these three molecules.The concept of electron pair size is introduced as a quantitative guide for interpreting momentun space properties.     

A stationary property of the APSG wave function

The method of antisymmetrized product of strongly orthogonal geminals (APSG) emerges by optimizing the one-electron functions used to construct two-electron functions (geminals), the latter being expanded (with coefficients selected variationally) in mutually exclusive subspaces of the former ones. Accordingly, E _APSG is stationary with respect to the expansion coefficients and to unitary transformations of the one-electron orbitals. We show that the APSG energy is also stationary to the unitary transformation of identical geminals. For non-identical geminals, this statement holds only approximately.     

Photoelectron—photoion-coincidence measurements on 2,4-hexadiyne

2,4-Hexadiyne cations in their first excited electronic state òE_ureveal a decay by an effective competition between fluorescence and fragmentation. The present photoelectron—photoion-coincidence study of 2,4-hexadiyne cation provides individual breakdown diagrams for the parent ion and the seven dominant fragment ions, C₆H₅⁺, C₆H₄⁺, C₅H₃⁺, C₄H₄⁺, C₄ H₃⁺, C₄H₂⁺, C₃H₃⁺ in the ionisation energy regions populated by He(Iα) excitation. Additional information concerning the rate constants and the kinetic energy released on the formation of C₆H₅⁺ and C₄H₃⁺ are deduced from the time-of-flight (TOF) distributions of these ions. The appearance potentials for the two fragments C₄H₃⁺ and C₄H₂⁺ could also be measured, as these lie well within the third band of the He(Iα)-PE spectrum.     

Extremal electron pairs

Extremal pair functions for an n-electron wave function of a closed-shell state are defined as linear combinations of spin-orbital-product pair functions that make some functionals (e.g., r²₁₂ or r⁻¹₁₂) extremal. They are related to the natural spin geminals in the uncorrelated limit and are useful both for an analysis of wave functions in view of an understanding of the chemical bond and for the treatment of electron correlation. Numerical examples are shown and discussed for He₂ as well as the 10-electron systems Ne, HF, H₂O, NH₃, and CH₄. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Thermodynamic interactions in rubbery polymer/gas systems

The Flory–Huggins interaction parameters χ for 23 gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H₂, N₂, O₂, N₂O, CO₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₆, C₃H₈, 1,3-C₄H₆, four C₄H₈'s, n-C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, and n-C₅H₁₂) in five rubbery polymers (1,2-polybutadiene (PB), poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)) (EVAc), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) were determined from either literature data on Henry's law coefficient and partial molar volume or those on sorptive dilation for each polymer/gas system. Values of χ for the gases increased in the order of PDMS < PP ≡ PB < EVAc ≡ PE. Among the gases except He and H₂ whose χ values are not reliable, Ne and Xe have respectively the highest and the lowest values of χ for the polyolefins. The χ values of the hydrocarbons were compared together with previously reported χ values of n-alkanes C₃-C₁₀. The dependencies of χ upon concentration and temperature were discussed on the basis of the literature data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35 : 1049–1053, 1997     

New polyimide-polyaniline hollow fibers: Synthesis, characterization and behavior in gas separation

New polyimide-polyaniline hollow fibers were produced by dissolution of the polymers in NMP and dry/wet spinning of the resulting solution in a non-solvent (H₂O). The morphology and thermal properties of the fibers, were examined by means of SEM and TGA, and FTIR spectroscopy was used for the study of their chemical structure. Permeability and selectivity measurements in different gases (He, H₂, CH₄, CO₂, O₂ and N₂) were performed in order to evaluate the performance of the membrane in gas separation applications. The results indicate that the novel membrane is a well structured hollow fiber, thermally stable up to 500°. The introduction of polyaniline into the polyimide matrix, results in a great enhancement in fiber permeability (60-600 times) possibly due to increase of the total free volume due to the introduction of shorter polyaniline molecules in the matrix, allowing larger quantities of gases to pass through the composite membrane. Perm-selectivity ratios for the composite membranes H₂/CH₄, He/N₂, H₂/N₂ and H₂/CO₂ were found lower by a factor of 6.4, 8.9, 7.7 and 1.47, respectively, compared to membranes produced using only polyimide. The opposite effect was observed for CH₄/CO₂ and N₂/CO₂ perm-selectivity ratios that showed an increase by a factor of 3.52 and 5.2, respectively. The ratio CH₄/CO₂ is of particular interest for natural gas purification purposes.     

The interaction of chemical bonds. IV. Interbond charge transfer by a coupled-cluster-type formalism

A fully linearized coupled-cluster technique is used to improve a multiconfigurational wave function. The reference function is constructed as the antisymmetrized product of strictly localized geminals. The matrix elements appearing in the formalism are trivial to evaluate. The form of the cluster operator is chosen to produce one-electron transfer from one geminal to another. The method is tested on the He ? He potential curve. It is found that the importance of such charge-transfer contributions is the same as that of dispersion. Clusters of three He atoms are also examined and some illustrative calculations on small molecules are presented. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

peri-Interaction between diarylmethyl and diarylmethylium units in 1,8-disubstituted naphthalenes: preference of localized structure for the C-H bridged carbocation

(8-Diarylmethyl-1-naphthyl)bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)methyliums (aryl=C₆H₅, 4-IC₆H₄, and 4-MeOC₆H₄) were generated by hydride shift from (4-dimethylaminophenyl)methyl group to the diarylmethylium unit at peri-positions of naphthalene. Successful isolation and low-temperature X-ray analysis indicated that they are novel C-H bridged carbocations, which prefer the localized structure with a short contact of C-H?C⁺ rather than the delocalized one with a three-centered-two-electron bond of (C?H?C)⁺.     

Gas sorption and characterization of poly(ether‐b‐amide) segmented block copolymers

The solubilities of He, H₂, N₂, O₂, CO₂, CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, and n‐C₄H₁₀ were determined at 35°C and pressures up to 27 atmospheres in a systematic series of phase separated polyether–polyamide segmented block copolymers containing either poly(ethylene oxide) [PEO] or poly(tetramethylene oxide) [PTMEO] as the rubbery polyether phase and nylon 6 [PA6] or nylon 12 [PA12] as the hard polyamide phase. Sorption isotherms are linear for the least soluble gases (He, H₂, N₂, O₂, and CH₄), convex to the pressure axis for more soluble penetrants (CO₂, C₃H₈, and n‐C₄H₁₀) and slightly concave to the pressure axis for ethane. These polymers exhibit high CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/H₂ solubility selectivity. This property appears to derive mainly from high carbon dioxide solubility, which is ascribed to the strong affinity of the polar ether linkages for CO₂. As the amount of the polyether phase in the copolymers increases, gas solubility increases. The solubility of all gases is higher in polymers with less polar constituents, PTMEO and PA12, than in polymers with more polar PEO and PA6 units. CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/H₂ solubility selectivity, however, are higher in polymers with higher concentrations of polar repeat units. The sorption data are complemented with physical characterization (differential scanning calorimetry, elemental analysis, and wide angle X‐ray diffraction) of the various block copolymers. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 2463–2475, 1999     

Two-Dimensional fully numerical solutions of molecular Schrödinger equations. II. Solution of the Poisson equation and results for singlet states of H2 and HeH+

Two-dimensional fully numerical solutions of the Hartree–Fock problem are reported for the singlet ground states of H^?, He, H₂, and HeH⁺. The H₂ energy at R = 1.4 a.u. is ?1.13362957 a.u.     

Applications of n-electron wave functions built up with two kinds of geminals

The ground states of atoms and molecules Li^?, Be, LiH, LiH, and Li₂ have been calculated using the n-electron wave functions built up with two kinds of geminals. As a comparison, the above systems have been calculated with the Hartree–Fock self-consistent field and the multi-configuration self-consistent field method as well. The results show that the wave functions in this work are capable of describing the electron correlations, and both kinds of geminals can be taken as a starting point in building up n-electron ground states.     

Solubility of non polar gases in formaldehyde diethyl acetal between-10 and 30°C,and 1 Atm partial pressure of gas

Solubility measurements of the gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H₂, D₂, N₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, CF₄, SF₆, and CO₂ in formaldehyde diethyl acetal in the range of –10 to 30°C, and a gas partial pressure of 1 atmosphere (101.32 kPa) are reported. Standard changes of thermodynamic functions for the solution process are evaluated. The scaled particle theory is used to obtain the effective Lennard-Jones 6, 12 pair potential parameters for formaldehyde diethyl acetal. Experimental solubilities values are compared with those obtained from the application of the scaled particle theory to gas liquid solubility.     

Selected rate constants for H,O, N,and Cl atoms with substrates at room temperatures

Rate constants for H + Cl₂, H + CH₃CHO, H + C₃H₄, O + C₃H₆, O + CH₃CHO, and Cl + CH₄ have been measured at room temperature by the discharge flow—resonance fluorescence technique. The results are (1.6 ± 0.1) × 10^?11, (9.8 ± 0.8) × 10 ^?14, (6.3 ± 0.4) × 10^{?13) (2.00 torr He), (3.95 ± 0.41) × 10?12, (4.9 ± 0.5) × 10|su?13} and (1.08 ± 0.07) × 10^?13, respectively, all in units of cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. Also N atom reactions with C₂H₂, C₂H₄, C₃H₄, and C₃H₆ were studied but in no case was there an appreciable rate constant. These results are compared to previous studies.     

Photodecomposition reaction of ethyl bromide at 147 nm

A vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of C₂H₅Br at 147 nm was studied over a pressure range of 0.5–50 torr at 298 K. The effects of additives He and NO were also investigated. The principal reaction products were found to be C₂H₄ and C₂H₆, with lesser yields of CH₄ and C₂H₂. With increasing pressure the product quantum yields Φ_i of C₂H₄, CH₄, and CH₂H₆ remained constant, while that of C₂H₂ decreased from 0.03 to almost 0. The effect of He as an additive was found to be extremely small on the quantum yields of the major products. Addition of NO completely suppresses the formation of CH₄, C₂H₂, and C₂H₆, and reduces partially the production of C₂H₄. The primary processes appear to involve two electronically excited states. One state mainly yields C₂H₄ by molecular elimination of HBr and is thought to be due to a Rydberg transition. The other state decomposes to C₂H₅ and Br radicals by C? Br bond fission. These two competitive reaction modes contribute to the photodecomposition in proportions of 50% and 50%. The extinction coefficient for C₂H₅Br at 147 nm and at 298 K has been determined as ? = (1/PL) In(I_o/I_t) = 712 ± 7 atm^?1 · cm^?1.