Quantum chemical calculation of the band structure parameters for (TMTSF)2PF6

The semiempirical method SCF MO LCAO in the CNDO/S valence approximation is used to study thiotetramethylselenofulvalene (TMTSF)₂ dimers. Band structure parameters are calculated for (TMTSF)₂PF₆.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 136–139, March–April, 1992.     

Kinetics and mechanism of formation of tetrachloropalladate(II) in the reactions of bis(oxalato)- and bis(malonato) palladate(II) with chloride in acid media

Summary Kinetics of formation of [PdCl₄]^2– from [Pd(ox)₂]^2– and [Pd(mal)₂]^2– has been studies in aqueous acid media in the presence of an excess of chloride ion by stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Both the complexes undergo the transformation in two well separated consecutive steps. In 0.02–0.05 M acid with 0.2 M Cl^–, Pd(AA)^2– dissociates leading to the formation of [Pd(AA)Cl₂]^2– (where AA =ox^2– or mal^2–), which in 0.1–0.6 M acid and 1 M Cl^– forms [PdCl₄]^2– in a relatively slow step. For both steps k_abs=k₀+k₂[H⁺][Cl^–]. Activation parameters corresponding to k₀ and k₂ have been determined. Results indicate that [Pd(mal)₂]^2– is much more labile to substitution than [Pd(ox)₂]^2– and for both the lability is far greater than that of [Pd(bigH)₂]²⁺ and [Pt(ox)₂]^2– reported earlier.     

Kinetic study of the reaction betweentrans-tetracyanodioxomolybdate(IV) and fluoride ions

Summary The kinetics of the reaction between [MoO₂(CN)₄]^4– and F^– have been studied in the pH range 8 to 11. The results indicated that the diprotonated form, [MoO(OH₂)(CN)₄]^2–, is the only reactive species and that the aqua-ligand is substituted by the F^– ion according to the following reaction. The k₁ and k_–1 values are 8.8(2) M^–1 s^–1 and 0.6(1)s^–1, respectively, at 15°C. A dissociative substitution process is proposed.     

Copper(II) complexes of isobutyl methyl ketone semicarbazone

Summary Copper(II) complexes of isobutyl methyl ketone semicarbazone have been prepared and characterised by magnetic moments, i.r., electronic and e.s.r. spectral studies. The complexes were found to have CuL₂X₂ and CuL₂X₂ · 2H₂O compositions. The electronic and e.s.r. spectra suggest a five-coordinated trigonal bipyramidal geometry, for the CuL₂X₂ complexes, (X=Cl^–, Br^–, NO ₃ ^– , and 1/2 SO ₄ ^2– ) and six-coordinate octahedral geometry has been suggested for CuL₂X₂ · 2H₂O (X=Cl^–, Br^–, NO ₃ ^– , SO ₄ ^2– ).     

Kinetics and mechanism of pentacyanohydroxoferrate(III) formation from the reaction of cyanide ion with [Fe2L(OH)2]2− (L=triethylenetetraaminehexaacetate)

Summary The kinetics and mechanism of the reaction between [Fe₂L(OH)₂]^2– and cyanide ion (L = TTHA, triethylenetetraaminehexaacetate) have been studied spectrophotometrically atpH=11.0±0.1,I=0.1 M(NaClO₄) and T = 25±0.1 °C. The overall reaction consists of three distinct, observable stages. The first stage involves the dissociation of the binuclear complex into a mononuclear complex [FeL(OH)]^4– which then reacts with cyanide to form [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3–. The species [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3– reacts further with an excess of cyanide and forms [Fe(CN)₆]^3– in the second stage of reaction. The last stage involves the reduction of [Fe(CN)₆]^3– formed in the second stage by the TTHA^6– released in the first stage of reaction. The formation of [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3– in the first stage is firstorder in [Fe₂L(OH)₂]^2– and third-order in cyanide over a large range of cyanide concentrations but becomes zero-order in cyanide at [CN^–] < 4×10^–2M.These observations enable us to suggest the presence of a slow step in which [Fe₂L(OH)₂]^2– dissociates into [FeL(OH)]^4– and [FeOH]²⁺ at low cyanide concentrations and a cyanide assisted rapid dissociation of [Fe₂L(OH)₂]^2– to [FeL(OH)(CN)]^5– at higher cyanide concentrations. The species [FeL(OH)(CN)]^5– reacts further with an excess of cyanide to produce [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3– finally.The reverse reaction between [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3– and TTHA^6– follows first-order dependence in each of [Fe(CN)₅OH]^3– and TTHA^6– and inverse first-order dependence on cyanide concentration. A six-step mechanism has been proposed for the first stage of reaction in which the fifth has been identified as the rate-determining step.     

Coordination chemistry of poly(1-pyrazolyl)alkanes,part IV. Copper(II) complexes of bis- and tris-(1-pyrazolyl)methane

Summary The reactions of some copper(II) salts with bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane, H₂Cbpz, bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)methane, H₂Cbdmpz, and tris(1-pyrazolyl)methane, HCtpz give the following solid complexes: CuLX₂ · nH₂O (L=H₂Cbpz, H₂Cbdmpz or HCtpz; X=Cl^–, Br^–, NO ₃ ^– , OAc^–, or 1/2 SO ₄ ^2– and n=0, 1, 3 or 5) and CuL₂X₂ · nH₂O (L=HCtpz, X= C^–, Br^–, NO ₃ ^– or ClO ₄ ^– and n=0 or 2). The complexes have been characterised by elemental analysis, visible and i.r. spectral measurements.The reactions of Cu(HCtpz)X₂ · nH₂O (X=Cl^– or Br^–) with acetylacetonate (acac^–), dialkyldithiocarbamate (S₂CNMe ₂ ^– , S₂CNEt ₂ ^– ) or poly(1-pyrazolyl)borate (H₂Bbpz^–, HBtpz^–) in aqueous solutions lead to the displacement of HCtpz and the subsequent formation of neutral [Cu(acac)₂], [Cu(S₂CNR₂)₂], [Cu(H₂Bbpz)₂] and Cu(HBtpz)₂ while the reaction with oxalate ion, C₂O ₄ ^2– yields a stable neutral solid compound, [Cu(HCtpz)(C₂O₄)].     

A field-desorption study of thermal stability in potassium pentacyanocobaltates(III)

Field desorption has been applied to research the thermal stability of the compounds K_n[Co(CN)₅X], where X=SO₃ ^2–, CN^–, NO₂ ^–, NO^–, Cl^–, Br^–, I^–, and H₂O. A likely mechanism is proposed for the thermal decomposition. There is a correlation between the tetragonal-distortion parameters and the temperature of onset of destruction for the [Co(CN)₅X]^n– anion.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 111–115, January–February, 1985.     

Trace determination of TeO42?, TeO32?, AsO2? and VO3? by differential pulse polarography and resolution of binary and ternary mixtures of selected oxyanions

Summary A differential pulse polarographic method has been applied to the determination of trace concentrations of TeO ₄ ^2– , TeO ₃ ^2– , AsO ₂ ^– and VO ₃ ^– . The dependence of the differential pulse peak on various parameters was studied and optimum conditions for the analytical determination of these oxyanions were found. Limits of detection and quantitation have been calculated for the differential pulse polarographic determination of the investigated oxyanions. The selectivity of this technique for the determination of binary (TeO ₄ ^2– -TeO ₃ ^2– , TeO ₄ ^2– -AsO ₂ ^– and TeO ₄ ^2– -VO ₃ ^– ) mixtures and a ternary (TeO ₄ ^2– -TeO ₃ ^2– -AsO ₂ ^– ) mixture has also been reported.

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Spurenbestimmung von TeO ₄ ^2– , TeO ₃ ^2– , AsO ₂ ^– und VO ₃ ^– durch Differential-Puls-Polarographie und Trennung binÄrer sowie ternÄrer Gemische von ausgewÄhlten Oxyanionen

     

1, 2-Dithiolium salts

A new method for the synthesis of 1, 2-dithiolium hydrogen sulfates by the oxidation of 1, 2-dithiole-3-thiones with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid has been developed. From 4-(p-tolyl) 1, 2-dithiolium hydrogen sulfate a series of salts containing anions of inorganic, heteroorganic, and organic acids (Cl^–, Br^–, I^–, ClO ₄ ^– , CNS^–, VO ₃ ^– , HMoOO ₄ ^– , S₂O ₃ ^2– , S₂O ₈ ^2– , Cr₂O ₇ ^2– , Fe(CN) ₆ ^3– , Fe(CN) ₆ ^4– , B(C₆H₅) ₄ ^– , F₃CCOO^–, C₆H₂(NO₂)₃O^–) has been obtained. 4-(p-tolyl)-1, 2-dithiolium salts containing the anions NO ₂ ^– , NO ₃ ^– , ClO ₃ ^– , BrO ₃ ^– , SO ₃ ^2– , SO ₄ ^2– , S₂O ₅ ^2– and Cl₃CCOO^– dissolve in water and do not precipitate in double decomposition reactions. The reactions of 4-(p-tolyl)-1, 2-dithiolium hydrogen sulfate with sodium sulfite, disulfide, and hydrogen sulfide lead to the formation of bis[4-(p-tolyl)-1, 2-dithiol-3-yl] sulfide and disulfide and the sodium salt of 4-(p-tolyl-1, 2-dithiole-3-thiol, respectively. The reaction of 4-(p-tolyl)-1, 2-dithiolium hydrogen sulfate with solutions of salts of the alkali metals containing the anions of weak acids F^–, CNO^–, HCO ₃ ^– , CO ₃ ^2– , B₄O ₇ ^2– , HAsO ₄ ^2– , PO ₄ ^3– , CH₃COO^–, ClCH₂COO^–, etc.) forms bis[4-(p-tolyl)-1, 2-dithlol-3-yl] oxide. [8, Table 3].For part I, see [1].     

Rapid determination of telmisartan in pharmaceuticals and serum by the parallel catalytic hydrogen wave method

The polarographic characteristics of telmisartan have been investigated in 0.8 mol L^–1 NH₃.H₂O–NH₄Cl (pH 8.9)–0.01 mol L^–1 H₂O₂ as supporting electrolyte. The results demonstrate that the polarographic reduction wave at ca. –1.30 V in the absence of H₂O₂ is a catalytic hydrogen wave, and the reduction wave enhanced by H₂O₂ is a so-called parallel catalytic hydrogen wave. The analytical sensitivity of the parallel catalytic hydrogen wave is ca. 60 times higher than that of the corresponding catalytic hydrogen wave. Based on the parallel catalytic hydrogen wave a novel method has been developed for determination of telmisartan by linear sweep polarography. The calibration curve is linear in the range 2.0×10^–8–2.0×10^–6 mol L^–1 and the detection limit is 1.0×10^–8 mol L^–1. The precision is excellent with relative standard deviations of 2.6% at a concentration of 1.0×10^–7 mol L^–1 telmisartan. The proposed method has been applied to the direct determination of the telmisartan in capsule forms and biological samples. The proposed method has been proved to be advantageous over existing CZE and MEKC methods in simplicity, rapidity, and reproducibility.     

Coordination chemistry of poly(1-pyrazolyl)alkanes Part V: Preparation and characterization of cobalt(II) complexes with bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane and bis(3-methylpyrazolyl)propane

Summary Bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane, H₂Cbpz, and bis(3-methylpyrazolyl)propane, Me₂Cbmpz, react with cobalt(II) salts to give the solid complexes: [Co(H₂Cbpz)₂X₂] ·2H₂O (X=Cl^–, Br^–, I^–, NO ₃ ^– or ClO ₄ ^– ) and [Co(Me₂-Cbmpz)X₂] (X=Cl^–, Br^–, or I^–), which were isolated and characterised by elemental analysis, i.r. and electronic spectra and conductance measurements. From spectral data, octahedral and tetrahedral structures have been proposed for the H₂Cbpz and Me₂Cbmpz complexes respectively. The molar conductance of the complexes indicates that they are non-ionic.     

Synthesis,characterisation and solid state thermal behaviour of nickel(II) diamine complexes

Summary [NiL₂X₂] (L =N,N-dimethyl-1,2-ethanediamine; X = Cl^–, CF₃CO ₂ ^– , CC1₃CO ₂ ^– and CBr₃CO ₂ ^– ), [NiL₂C₂O₄] · H₂O and [NiL₂X₂] · 2 H₂O (X = Br^–, 0.5 SO ₄ ^2– and 0.5 SeO ₄ ^– ) have been synthesised and their thermal studies carried out. Thermally induced phase transition phenomena are noticed in [NiL₂X₂] (X = CF₃CO ₂ ^– and CCl₃CO ₂ ^– ) and their probable mechanisms are described. [NiL₂X₂] (X = Br^–, 0.5 SO ₄ ^2– and 0.5 SeO ₄ ^2– ) and [NiLX₂] (X = Cl^–, 0.5 C₂O ₄ ^2– and 0.5 SO ₄ ^2– ) have been prepared by solid state pyrolysis from the respective parent diamine complexes. [NiL₂X₂] have been made in solid state by temperature arrest technique from [NiL₂(CX₃CO₂)₂] (X = Cl^– and Br^–).     

Photoreduction of rhenium(VII) in hydrochloric and sulfuric acids and their mixtures

Pulse photolysis has been used to investigate the photochemical reactions that take place in the series of oxochloride complexes of Re(VII), Re(VI), and Re(V) in concentrated hydrochloric and sulfuric acids and their mixtures. The kinetics of the formation and decay of the short-lived complex ReOCl ₅ ^– have been studied as a function, of the composition of the medium (the concentration of the acids and water). The causes of the stabilization of ReOC ₅ ^– in concentrated H₂SO₄ have been elucidated. It has been found that the anion radical Cl ₂ ^– formed in the photolysis of HCl oxidizes the complex ReOCl ₅ ^2– to ReOCl ₅ ^– .Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 296–302, May–June, 1986.     

Relative efficiencies of substituted aromatic monocarboxylic acids as eluents in ion chromatographic separation of inorganic and organic anions

The eluent strengths of para, ortho and meta substituted hydroxy-, nitro-, amino- and sulfobenzoic acids in single column ion chromatographic separations of inorganic and organic anions have been evaluated and compared with benzoic acid.o-Sulfobenzoic acid turns out to be a stronger and efficient eluent compared to others for the separation and determination of monovalent (Cl^–, NO ₂ ^– , Br^–, NO ₃ ^– ) and divalent (SO ₄ ^2– , SeO ₄ ^2– , S₂O ₃ ^2– , S₂O ₆ ^2– ) inorganic anions. In addition it also functions as an appropriate mobile phase for the detection and quantification of some substituted benzoate ions in an aqueous medium.     

Co-hydrolysis products of tetraethoxysilane and methyltriethoxysilane in the presence of tetramethylammonium ions: Part 2 [1]

²⁹Si NMR peaks due to species with the double four-membered ring siloxane backbone composed of both Si(O^–)_4/2 and CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units, (CH₃) _n Si₈O _{20 – n} ^{/(8 – n) –} (n=1–3), formed by co-hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and methyltriethoxysilane in the presence of tetramethylammonium ions in methanol have been assigned. It has been found that ²⁹Si NMR peaks due to Si(OSi)₃(O^–) units shift to lower frequencies by replacement of the adjacent Si(O^–)_4/2 units by CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units, in other words, with increasing m value in Si[OSi(O^–)₃]_{3 – m} [OSi(CH₃) (O^–)₂] _m (O^–) (m=0–2). Peaks from CH₃ Si(OSi)₃ units in the species have also appeared as separated due to the kind of neighbor structural units. On the basis of the assignments, positions of CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units in the cubic octameric siloxane framework of (CH₃) _n Si₈O _{20 – n} ^{/(8 – n) –} (n=2, 3), for both of which three isomers are present, have been estimated.     

Voltamperometric determination of uranium and plutonium in alkaline solutions

The simultaneous determination of U(VI), Pu(VI), Pu(V) in 0.5–4.0 M NaOH has been elaborated by means of classical and differential pulse voltamperometry. U(VI) is determined with a dropping mercury electrode (DME) at the half-wave potential of E_1/2=–0.89 V vs. Ag/AgCl reference electrode due to reduction to U(V). The limiting current or peak heights are proportional to uranium(VI) concentration in the range of 1.3.10^–7–3·10^–4 M U(VI). Deviation from proportionality is observed for higher concentrations due to polymerization of uranates. Pu(VI) and Pu(V) are determined with a platinum rotating electrode at E_1/2=–0.02 V due to the reaction Pu(VI)+e^–»Pu(V) and with DME at E_1/2=–1.1 V due to the reduction to Pu(III). The limiting currents of both Pu(VI) and Pu(V) are proportional to their concentrations in the range of 4·10^–6–1.2·10^–3 M Pu. The determination of U(VI), Pu(VI), Pu(V) is not interfered by the presence of the following salts: 2M NaNO₃, 2M NaNO₂, 1.5M NaAlO₂, 0.5M NaF and ions of Mo(VI), W(VI), V(V), Cu(II). The presence of CrO ₄ ^2– and FeO ₂ ^– ions disturbs the determination of U(VI) in 1–4M NaOH, however, contribution of the reaction Fe(III)+e^–»Fe(II) to uranium reduction peak can be calculated from the height of the second peak Fe(II)+2 e^–»Fe(0).     

Electromigration of carrier-free radionuclides

Dependences of La(III) overall ion mobilities on concentrations of ox^2– and tart^2– anions of oxalic and tartaric acid in aqueous solutions of 0.01 overall ionic strength and temperature 298.1 K were obtained by direct measurements of electromigration of carrierfree¹⁴⁰La-lanthanum(III). Concentration stability constants K_n and individual ion mobilities u _i ^o of oxalate and tartrate complexes of La(III) have been calculated for nitrate and perchlorate electrolytes, respectively: [La(ox)]⁺, lg K₁=5.63(9), u⁰[La(ox)]⁺=1.95(15)·10^–4 cm²·s^–1·V^–1; [la(ox)₂]^–, lg K₂=4.05(19) u⁰[La(ox)₂]^–=–1.76(20)·10^–4 cm²·s^–1·V^–1; [La(tart)]⁺, lg K₁=4.40(5), u⁰[La(tart)]⁺=+1.99(18)·10^–4 cm²·s^–1·V^–1.Results are compared with literature data. Additional, limiting individual La³⁺ ion mobility was calculated: =+6.9(1)·10^–4 cm²·s^–1·V^–1 for pure water at 298.1 K.     

A structural study of saturated aqueous solutions of some alkali halides by X-ray diffraction

The structure of nearly saturated or supersaturated aqueous solutions of NaCI [6.18 mol (kg H₂O)^–1], KCI [4.56 mol (kg H₂O)^–1], KF [16.15 mol (kg H₂O)^–1] and CsF [31.96 mol (kg H₂O)^–1] has been investigated by means of solution X-ray diffraction at 25°C. In the NaCI and KCI solutions about 30% and 60%, respectively, of the ions form ion pairs and the Na⁺–Cl^– and K⁺–Cl^– distances have been determined to be 282 and 315 pm, respectively. The average hydration numbers of Na⁺ and Cl^– ions are 4.6 and 5.3, respectively, in the NaCI solution and those of K⁺ and Cl^– ions in the KCI solution are both 5.8. In the KF solution, clusters containing some cations and anions, besides 1:1 (K⁺–F^–) ion pairs, are formed. The K⁺–F^– interatomic distance has been determined to be 269 pm, and nonbonding K⁺...K⁺ and F^–...F^– distances in the clusters are 388 and 432 pm, respectively, and the average coordination numbers n _KF , n _KK and n _FF have been estimated to be 2.3, 1.9, and 1.6, respectively. In the highly supersaturated CsF solution an appreciable amount of clusters containing several caesium and fluoride ions are formed. The Cs⁺–F^– distance in the cluster has been determined to be 312 pm, while the nonbonding Cs⁺...Cs⁺ and F^–...F^– distances are estimated to be 442 and 548 pm, respectively, the distances being about and times the Cs⁺–F^– distance, respectively. The coordination numbers n _CsF , n _CsCs , and n _FF in the first coordination sphere of each ion are 3.3, 2.3 and 5.3, respectively, and the result shows the formation of clusters of higher order than 1:1 and 2:2 ion pairs. These ion pairs and clusters may be regarded as embryos for the formation of nuclei of crystals and the results obtained in the present diffraction study support observations for the nucleation of the alkali halide crystals studied by molecular dynamics simulations previously examined.     

Ab initio studies of peroxynitrite anion-water complexes

Quantum mechanical methods have been applied to thecis-ONOO^–-H₂O,cis-ONOO^–-(H₂O)₂ andtrans- ONOO^–-H₂O complexes. Equilibrium geometries, binding energies, net atomic charges and vibrational frequencies are presented for several different arrangements. The MØller-Plessett second-order perturbation (MP2) method predicted shorter hydrogen bonds than the SCF method, but the computed Hartree-Fock (HF) binding energies are similar to counterpoise corrected MP2 values. The geometry changes of ONOO^– and water after solvation are examined. The ONOO^– and H₂O bond length changes follow typical hydrogen bond structural trends, whereas bond angles in ONOO^– are unaffected when the hydrogen bond is formed, similar to the conclusions from NO ₂ ^– -(H₂O) _n HF/6-31G studies and Monte Carlo simulations. Thecis-ONOO^–-(H₂O) _n frequencies are compared with the solution Raman spectrum and with calculations on isolated ONOO^–.     

Oxidation of palladium(II) by hexacyanoferrate(III) in aqueous ethanoic acid: a mechanistic study

The oxidation of Pd^II by Fe(CN) ₆ ^3– has been studied in 55% MeCO₂H–H₂O containing 4.0 mol dm^–3 HCl, the oxidation being made possible by altering redox potentials. The active species of Pd^II and Fe(CN) ₆ ^3– are PdCl ₃ ^– and H₂Fe(CN) ₆ ^– , respectively. A possible mechanism is proposed and verified, and the reaction constants involved have been evaluated.