The interplay of diffusional and electrophoretic transport mechanisms of charged solutes in the liquid film surrounding charged nonporous adsorbent particles employed in finite bath adsorption systems

A model that describes the diffusive and electrophoretic mass transport of the cation and anion species of a buffer electrolyte and of a charged adsorbate in the liquid film surrounding nonporous adsorbent particles in a finite bath adsorption system, in which adsorption of the charged adsorbate onto the charged surface of the nonporous particles occurs, is constructed and solved. The dynamic behavior of the mechanisms of this model explicitly demonstrates (a) the interplay between the diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes of the charged adsorbate and of the species of the buffer electrolyte in the liquid film surrounding the nonporous adsorbent particles, (b) the significant effect that the functioning of the electrical double layer has on the transport of the charged species and on the adsorption of the charged adsorbate, and (c) the substantial effect that the dynamic behavior of the surface charge density has on the functioning of the electrical double layer. It is found that at equilibrium, the value of the concentration of the charged adsorbate in the fluid layer adjacent to the surface of the adsorbent particles is significantly greater than the value of the concentration of the adsorbate in the finite bath, while, of course, the net molar flux of the charged adsorbate in the liquid film is equal to zero at equilibrium. This result is very different than that obtained from the conventional model that is currently used to describe the transport of a charged adsorbate in the liquid film for systems involving the adsorption of a charged adsorbate onto the charged surface of nonporous adsorbent particles; the conventional model (i) does not consider the existence of an electrical double layer, (ii) assumes that the transport of the charged adsorbate occurs only by diffusion in the liquid film, and (iii) causes at equilibrium the value of the charged adsorbate in the liquid layer adjacent to the surface of the particles to become equal to the value of the concentration of the charged adsorbate in the liquid of the finite bath. Furthermore, it was found that a maximum can occur in the dynamic behavior of the concentration of the adsorbate in the adsorbed phase when the value of the free molecular diffusion coefficient of the adsorbate is relatively large, because the increased magnitude of the synergistic interplay between the diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes of the adsorbate in the liquid film allows the adsorbate to accumulate (to be entrapped) in the liquid layer adjacent to the surface of the adsorbent particles faster than the concentrations of the electrolyte species, whose net molar fluxes are significantly hindered due to their opposing diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes, can adjust to account for the change in the surface charge density of the particles that arises from the adsorption of the charged adsorbate. The results presented in this work also have significant implications in finite bath adsorption systems involving the adsorption of a charged adsorbate onto the surface of the pores of charged porous adsorbent particles, because the diffusion and the electrophoretic migration of the charged solutes (cations, anions, and charged adsorbate) in the pores of the adsorbent particles will depend on the dynamic concentration profiles of the charged solutes in the liquid film surrounding the charged porous adsorbent particles. The results of the present work are also used to illustrate how the functioning of the electrical double layer could contribute to the development of inner radial humps (concentration rings) in the concentration of the adsorbate in the adsorbed phase of charged porous adsorbent particles.     

Die Wasserstoffbrückenbildung als primärer Elementarvorgang bei der Ionisation schwacher Säuren und bei Säure-Basen-Katalysen in wäßriger Lösung

The mechanism of the ionisation of weak acids was elucidated according to the interpretation of the acid—base-catalysis of the mutarotation of α-glucose by the author. The primary elementary reaction of the ionisation of weak acids is the exothermic formation of the hydrogen bridge of the acid with the polar solvent. The secondary reaction is the endothermic total transfer of the proton to the solvent. The thermodynamic values of both elementary reactions were determined for the ionisation of different weak acids in aqueous solution and in this way a contribution was made to the thermodynamics of intermediate reactions which was propagated by the autorh. The formation of hydrogen bridge at the acid—base-catalysis of the mutarotation of α-glucose is discussed from the point of view of the mechanism of ionisation of weak acids. Furthermore the limits of the validity of theBrönsted equation for the acid—base-catalysis of the mutarotation of α-glucose were demonstrated.     

Molecular organization of reactants in the kinetics and catalysis of liquid phase reactions: IX. The catalytic assistance of an alcohol as a component of the medium in the aminolysis of esters

The kinetics of the reaction ofp-nitrophenyl acetate with n-butylamine is studied in various solvents containing n-butanol as a component of the medium. The alcohol is shown to assist the aminolysis by the participation in the proton transfer from the amine molecule to ester. The stoichiometric composition of the polymolecular complexes of amine with the alcohol participating in the reaction is found from the kinetic data at low concentrations of n-butanol and the data on its association in solutions. At high concentrations of the alcohol, the kinetic data are described within the framework of a model that assumes the participation in the reaction of hydroxy groups of the alcohol in the composition of alcohol clusters. The rate of the process is determined by the concentration and sizes of the clusters. The complex kinetics of the catalytic assistance of the alcohol as a component of the medium are quantitatively interpreted according to the concepts on the role of the structural organization of the liquid in the kinetics of molecular reactions in solutions.     

Selectivity of the stationary phase in gas-liquid chromatography

The use of molar refractions is insufficient to describe the retention volumes and thermodynamic functions of solutions in nonpolar stationary phases. The heats of dissolution of monofunctional derivatives of the alkanes are proportional to the polarizability and inversely proportional to the sixth power of the van der Waals' radius of the interacting particles. The heat of dissolution of substances being analyzed, with the same number of carbon atoms, in aromatic solvents depends on the conditions of contact between the molecules of the substances being analyzed and the benzene rings of the solvent. The order of the heats of dissolution of substances being analyzed in different nonpolar solvents does not remain the same, indicating that the theory of regular solutions cannot be applied to these systems. To determine the order of the heats of dissolution of isomers in nonpolar stationary phases it is necessary to take account of the electron density distribution in the molecules of the reacting substances and the probability of molecular arrangement for the most favorable interaction.     

The electrical properties of schungite-containing compositions based on polypropylene and high-density polyethylene

Variations in the dc and ac conductivities of schungite-containing compositions based on polypropylene-high-density polyethylene (PP-PE) blends were studied depending on the composition of the polymeric blend, the volume concentration of the filler, and the order of the introduction of the composition components during the preparation of compositions. It was shown that the conductivities of the compositions could depend on the order of the introduction of the components. The structure of initial and schungite-containing PP-PE blends of different compositions was studied by atomic-force microscopy. It was shown that the structure of the compositions depended on the composition of the initial PP-PE blends and the order of the introduction of the components into schungite-filled PP-PE compositions.     

Core ionization energies of atoms and ions calculated using the generalized Sturmian method

The physical event of the umbrella inversion of ammonia has been studied in detail by application of the formalisms of frontier orbital theory, the density functional theory, the localized molecular orbital method, and the energy partitioning analysis. An intuitive structure for the transition state and dynamics of the physical process of structural reorganization prior to inversion have been suggested. The computation starts with the CNDO/2 equilibrium geometry, and thereafter the cycle proceeds through all the conformations of ammonia obtained by varying the ∠HNH angle in steps of 2° from its equilibrium value up to the transition state. The geometry of each conformation is optimized with respect to the length of the N–H bond. The glimpses of the charge density reorganization during the movement of the molecule from equilibrium conformation toward the transition state is computed in terms of dipole moment and the quantum mechanical hybridizations of bond pair and lone pair of N atom through the localized molecular orbitals (LMOs) of all the conformations. Results demonstrate that as the geometry of the molecule begins to evolve through the reorganization of structure, the N–H bond length and the dipole moment begin to decrease, and the trend continues up to the transition state. The dipole moment of the molecule at the suggested transition state is zero. The computed nature of quantum mechanical hybridization of bond pair and lone pair of the N atom as a function of reaction coordinates of the ∠HNH angles reveals that the percentage of s character of the lone pair hybrid decreases and that of the bond pair hybrid forming the σ(N–H) bond increases during the process of geometry reorganization from the equilibrium shape to the transition state. The rationale of the zero dipole moment of the transition state for inversion is not straightforward from its point‐group symmetry, but is self‐evident from its electronic structure drawn in terms of LMOs. The electronic structure of the transition state, which may be drawn in terms of the LMOs, seems to closely reproduce its suggested intuitive structure. The pattern of variation of dipole moment and nature of the changes of the percentage of the s character in the lone pair hybrid creating dipole with the evolution of geometry during the physical process of structural reorganization for the inversion are found to be nicely correlated according to the suggestion of Coulson. The profiles of the increasing strength of the N–H bond and the increasing percentage of s character of the bond pair hybrid of N atom forming this bond as a function of reaction coordinates are also found to be correlated in accordance with the suggestion of Coulson. The profile of global hardness as a function of reaction coordinate seems to demonstrate that the dynamics of the evolution of the molecular structure from equilibrium shape to the transition state following the course of suggested mode of structural reorganization conforms to the principle of maximum hardness (PMH). The profiles of parameters like the energies of highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO and LUMO), the gap in energy between HOMO and LUMO, the global hardness, the global softness, and chemical potential as a function of reaction coodinates of a continuous structural evolution from equilibrium shape to the transition state mimic the potential energy diagram of the total energy. Both the frontier orbital parameters and the density functional quantities are found to be equally effective and reliable to monitor the process of necessary structural reorganization prior to the inversion of mofecules. An energy partitioning analysis demonstrates that the origin of barrier has no unique single source rather as many as four mutually exclusive but interacting one‐ and two‐center energy terms within the molecule entail the origin and the height of the barrier. From a close analysis of the results, it seems highly probable that the necessary structural reorganization prior to umbrella inversion of ammonia most realistically occurs following the course of normal modes of vibration of the molecule. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 80: 1–26, 2000     

Model of the radical addition reaction as the superposition of three potential curves

A new semiempirical model of the reaction of radical addition to molecules with multiple bonds has been developed. In the framework of this model, the transition state (TS) of the reaction X^. + Y=Z → XYZ^. is considered as the result of the intersection of the potential curve of the stretching vibration of the forming bond X-Y with the curve that is the difference between the amplitudes of stretching vibrations of the Y-Z and Y=Z bonds and the stretching vibrations are considered harmonic. The kinetic parameters describing the activation energy as a function of the enthalpy of the reaction were calculated for 34 classes of addition reactions using the new model. The factors determining the activation energy of the addition reactions are analyzed: triplet repulsion in the TS, the π electrons in the α position to the reaction center, the electronegativity of atoms of the reaction center of the TS, the steric factor, the interaction of polar groups in the TS, and the force constants of the reacting bonds. The increments characterizing the contribution of these factors to the activation energy are calculated. The model is also used to describe the energy of 12 classes of cyclization reactions and 16 classes of radical decomposition reactions. The parameters that make it possible to estimate the activation energy of the reaction from its enthalpy are calculated for these classes of reactions.     

Fragmental analysis of energies of electronic transition in monosubstituted benzene derivatives. I. A single configuration approximation

Conclusions The analysis of EET in the SC-approximation that has been carried out on the example of MSB showed that the use of the FO basis instead of the AO basis gives additional information on the relationship between the energies of transitions of the chromophoric (benzene) molecule and its substituted derivatives.In the FO basis the decomposition of the EET into the fragmental and interfragmental components becomes natural. The value of the fragmental components is determined by the LN of the transition MO in the separate fragments, while that of the one-electronic energies and the coulombic and exchange integrals of the fragment (the chromophore) are approximately transferable parameters.Since the LN are dependent on the degree of mixing of the FO of the fragments the study of the relationship between the transition energies of the SC-transitions in the chromophoric molecule and the fragmental components in the substituted molecule is reduced to the study of formation the LCFO MO. Moreover, the LCFO MO makes it possible to find a relationship between the SC-transitions even when the LCAO MO of the two molecules are not commensurable. This makes it possible to carry out a classification of the SC-transitions in MSB according to the SC-transitions of benzene.We wish to express our gratitude to A. L. Gineitite for useful comments made during the preparation of the article.Institute of Biochemistry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 45–56, November–December, 1992.     

Influence of the Meniscus at the Bottom of the Solid Plate on Imbibition Experiments

The analysis of the experiments on liquid imbibition into porous solids carried out by using the increase of weight technique proves the influence that meniscus formation has on the experimental increase of weight when the bottom of the porous layer is put in contact with the free surface of the liquid used to perform the penetration experiments. This process (meniscus onset) has a temporary dependence due to the change of the distance between the inferior base of the plate and the free surface of the liquid as a result of the imbibition. We have also found the proper experimental conditions under which such temporary dependence can be minimized after a short time after the start of contact between the porous layer and the free surface of the liquid utilized in the penetration procedure. Thus, the weight increase because of the meniscus formation can be assumed as a constant during the greatest part of the experiments, allowing the use of the proper mathematical form of Washburn's equation in order to describe the imbibition of the liquid into the pores of the solid. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

General statement of the problem of substance analysis by the products of photochemical reactions

The aim of this study was to formulate the problem and develop a formal procedure for structure determination and substance quantification by the products of its photochemical reaction. This problem appears in studies of rapid photochemical processes, when the lifetime of the initial substance is shorter than the time to the moment of its registration (ecology, toxic substances, etc.). Algorithms of solving corresponding inverse problems are considered, and procedure including several steps is proposed. It includes the determination of the composition and concentrations of mixture components by the spectra of a test substance using the theory of molecular spectra; the recovery of the quantitative composition of the initial substance by the structural formulae of the products of a chemical reaction; and the determination of the initial concentrations of substances and the kinetics of the process on the basis of the developed theory of chemical transformations using information on the reactants and their concentrations. The application of the proposed approach is demonstrated on examples.     

Uptake of inorganic acids on hydrogels of tetravalent hydroxides and its application for the preparation of some inorganic sorbents

The paper deals with the study of inorganic acid uptake on hydrogels of titanium, zirconium, and tin hydroxides prepared by the sol-gel method in the form of regular spherical particles. The aim of the work was the determination of the basic conditions for the preparation of inorganic ion exchangers by means of the conversion of the hydroxide gel. The results obtained prove that the exchange of hydroxide groups of the gel phase for the respective anions plays the decisive role in the uptake on zirconium hydroxide. With similar titanium and tin compounds, the main process affecting the uptake is the formation of adsorption compounds and the free diffusion of the electrolyte into the gel phase. The possibilities of the application of the sol-gel method for the preparation of inorganic sorbents are discussed.     

Influence of composition of vulcanizing system on structure and properties of dynamically vulcanized blends of isotactic polypropylene with ethylene-propylene-diene elastomer

The structure of polypropylene and its blends with ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer containing the unvulcanized and the vulcanized rubber phase was studied by the techniques of X-ray diffraction, DSC, and NMR relaxation. It was shown that partial formation of the β form of polypropylene crystals took place during the dynamic vulcanization of the blends. The temperature and the enthalpy of melting of the blends remained unchanged, regardless of the presence of the β phase. By means of the NMR relaxation technique, it was established that an increase in the elastomer content led to alteration in the structure of amorphous regions of the blend. The character of plastic flow of the initial blends is determined by both the component ratio and the composition of the vulcanizing system. The amount of the β phase of PP had no effect of the yield stress of the blends. The ultimate strength and elongation at break do not depend on the vulcanizing-system composition at ethylene-propylene-diene elastomer volume fractions less than 0. 5. It was shown that equations based on the model of minimal cross section fit with the experimental results for the yield stress and the tensile strength of the PP-elastomer blends depending on the component ratio.     

Molecular dynamics simulation studies of the conformation and lateral mobility of a charged adsorbate biomolecule: implications for estimating the critical value of the radius of a pore in porous media

The conformations, the values of the lateral transport coefficient of a charged biomolecule (desmopressin) in the adsorbed layer and in the liquid layers above the adsorbed layer, the potential energies of the interaction between the biomolecules located in different liquid layers with the charged solid surface and with the biomolecules in the adsorbed layer, the potential energies of the interaction between water molecules in the hydration layers surrounding the conformations of the biomolecules in different layers, as well as the structure and number of hydration layers between the different conformations of desmopressin, were determined by molecular dynamics simulation studies. The results show that the lateral mobility of the adsorbed desmopressin is approximately equal to zero and the value of the lateral transport coefficient of the biomolecule in the liquid layers located above the adsorbed layer increases as the distance of the liquid layer from the charged solid surface increases. But the values of the lateral transport coefficient of the biomolecule in the liquid layers above the adsorbed layer are lower in magnitude than the value of the transport coefficient of desmopressin along the direction normal to the charged solid surface in the liquid phase located above the vacant charged sites of the solid surface, and these differences in the values of the transport coefficients have important implications with respect to the replenishment of the biomolecules in the inner parts of a channel (pore), the overall rate of adsorption, and the form of the constitutive equations that would have to be used in macroscopic models to describe the mechanisms of mass transfer and adsorption in the pores of adsorbent media. Furthermore, a novel method is presented in this work that utilizes the information about the sizes of the conformations of the biomolecule in the adsorbed layer and in the liquid layers above the adsorbed layer along the direction that is normal to the charged solid surface, as well as the number and size of the hydration layers along the same direction, and could be used to estimate the value of the lower bound of the linear characteristic dimension of a pore (i.e., pore radius) in porous adsorbent media (e.g., porous adsorbent particles; skeletons of porous monoliths) in order to realize effective transport and overall adsorption rate.     

Thermal decomposition of kerogens: Mechanism and analytical application

Specific features of the chemical structures of organic matter (Lerogen) in oil shales caused by the nature of the starting materials for the formation of shales and the routes of their subsequent alteration are reflected in the composition of shale semicoking (retorting) oil. In order to establish the analytical possibilities of the thermal decomposition method in elucidating the kerogen structure and to obtain more data on the mechanism of the pyrolysis of kerogens, the effect of a series of factors (rate of heating, pressure, presence of carrier gases, water and mineral matter of shale, treatment with reagents) on the yield and composition of the pyrolysis products of oil shales was investigated.The yield of shale oil and the phenol content in the latter increase when semicoking is performed in a stream of hydrogen at atmospheric pressure. In shale pyrolysis in the presence of water under pressure, the yield of oil and, in particular, water-soluble organic compounds also increase, as well as the content of neutral heteroatomic compounds in oil. With increasing content of mineral substances in shale, the yield of the semicoking oil (kerogen basis) and the content of polar compounds in it diminish owing to an increasing influence of oil adsorption on the mineral matter and its additional decomposition as a result.In the initial stage of thermal decomposition, both longer aliphatic substituents and side-chains of iso-structures split off and alkenes with a double bond in the middle of the chain (probably the products of elimination and dehydration of the aliphatic substituents with a hydroxyl group) are formed. The formation of n-1-alkenes, particularly those of even carbon number, which originate from the side-chains of odd carbon number by the cleavage of carbon–carbon bonds in the β-position to the cyclic nucleus of kerogen, becomes more pronounced in the final stage of pyrolysis when, owing to significant aromatization of the cyclic part of kerogen, the selectivity of the β-cleavage increases.     

Energy contribution of the solvent to the charge migration in DNA

The authors have investigated the interactions of the reaction centers, participating in the charge transfer reaction within the DNA molecule with the phosphate backbones and the solvent molecules, and have estimated the contribution of these interactions into the charge migration in DNA. They have determined the unequal shift of the energy surfaces of the initial and final transition states of the transfer reaction along the energy axis and the dependence of the magnitude of the energy shift on the nature of the reaction centers and the surrounding environment. The nonuniform distribution of the negative charge in the DNA phosphate backbones results in an increase of the positive shift of the energy surface of the DNA base pairs in the center of the structure, where the maximum density of the negative charge is concentrated. Localization of the positive charge on the guanine and the adenine in the DNA base pairs in the oxidized state results in a dependence of the free energy of reaction in the solvent on the pair sequences and their arrangement in the DNA chain. As an example, for the G-C/A-T configuration the positive charges are localized on the same strand that results in a decrease of the free energy of reaction in the solvent for charge migration from G-C to A-T pair by 0.125 eV.     

半结晶聚合物注射成型中结晶动力学的数值模拟

对半结晶聚合物注射成型过程及其结晶过程进行偶合模拟,分析了二者的相互影响.具体是在注射成型数值模拟中考虑结晶动力学效应,分别在本构方程、能量方程及材料物性参数方程中引入反映结晶效应的参数;同时在结晶动力学计算中考虑流动诱导效应,从能量的角度提出并使用修正的动力学模型,用材料流动过程的耗散能表征流动对结晶的影响.通过对等规聚丙烯(iPP)和聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)两种半结晶聚合物注射过程模拟结果的分析比较,证实成型过程具有加速结晶的作用.同时,材料的结晶也对注射成型加工过程,尤其是保压与冷却过程的温度场分布有较大的影响.     

Thermodynamics of krypton adsorption on microporous carbon adsorbent at high pressures

The behavior of the thermodynamic functions for the adsorption system krypton—microporous carbon sorbent ACC is described. The dependences of the differential molar isosteric heat of adsorption, entropy, enthalpy, heat capacity, and differential molar energy of the adsorption system on the adsorption equilibrium parameters were studied over the temperature range from 178 to 393 K and at pressures ranging from 1 to 6?106 Pa. Consideration of the non-ideality of gas phase and non-inertness of the adsorbent leads to a temperature dependence of the thermodynamic functions of the studied adsorption system, especially in the range of high pressures of the adsorptive. The non-ideality of the gas phase and the energetics of the adsorbent—adsorbate system exert the most significant effect on the thermodynamic functions. The non-inertness of the adsorbent in the investigated range of parameters of the adsorption system has a weak effect on the thermodynamic functions of adsorption. In the region of high filling of ACC micropores, the entropy increases, indicating the existence of processes, which change the structure of the adsorbate in the micropores, in particular, to form associates.     

Rationale for the acidity of Meldrum's acid. Consistent relation of C-H acidities to the properties of localized reactive orbital

Detailed investigation on the origin of the acidity of the alpha-protons of a set of the carbonyl molecules was carried out on the basis of properties of the localized molecular orbital. An anomalously high acidity of Meldrum's acid, as compared with those of dimedone and dimethyl malonate, is one of the well-known but unresolved issues. The well-localized sigma orbitals of the C-H bonds at the alpha-position of the carbonyl groups can be obtained with the reactive hybrid orbital (RHO) theory. We found that the energy levels of the unoccupied RHOs of the C-H moiety of Meldrum's acid and other carbonyl compounds showed a good linear correlation with the experimental deprotonation energies. This is probably because the deprotonation reaction to form the proposed naked anions in a polar solvent is a highly endothermic process, in which the thermodynamic energy differences between the neutral molecules and the corresponding anions approximately coincide with the activation energies. We also investigated the effect of the conformational change upon deprotonation on the electron-accepting energy level of the relevant C-H bonds of cyclic/acyclic and monocarbonyl/dicarbonyl compounds. A conformational change occurs in the cases of cyclic six-membered compounds, but its influence on the reactivity of the C-H bond is small. The acidity of dicarbonyl compounds, including Meldrum's acid, showed a good correlation with the deviations from the perpendicular position of the dihedral angles of the relevant C-H bond with respect to the adjacent carbonyl C=O bond. This angle parameter can be related to the magnitude of the in-phase orbital interaction between the sigma(CH) and pi(C)(=)(O) orbitals, which facilitate electron acceptance. These results indicated that the acidity of the alpha-proton of carbonyl compounds can be represented in terms of the electron-accepting orbital levels of the unoccupied RHO of the C-H moiety. All the linear relationships found in the present work strongly suggested that the acidity of Meldrum's acid, which is conventionally regarded as an anomaly, is consistent with those of the other carbonyl compounds.     

Cathode of a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell with a solid polymer electrolyte: The effect of the flooding of pores by water on the characteristics of the active layer

A computer model of the active layer of the cathode of a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell with a solid polymer electrolyte is studied. The active mass of the electrode consists of equidimensional grains of the substrate (agglomerates of carbon particles with platinum particles embedded in them) and a solid polymer electrolyte (Nafion). The flooding by water can be experienced by both the pores in the substrate grains, which facilitate the oxygen penetration into the active layer of the electrode, and the voids between the grains. All possible versions of the flooding of these pores by water are considered. A calculation of the optimum, at a given polarization of the electrode, value of electrochemical activity, the thickness of the active layer, and the weight of platinum is performed. The major parameters of the system are the concentrations of grains of the substrate and solid polymer electrolyte, the size of these grains, the platinum concentration in the substrate grains, the average diameter of pores in the substrate grains, and the polarization of electrodes. The ultimate aim of the work is to estimate how the flooding of pores of the active layer of the cathode by water affects the magnitude of the optimum current, the effective thickness of the active layer, and the weight of platinum.Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 35–47.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Chirkov, Rostokin.     

Effect of structural factors on the disintegration of the molecular ions of nitrophenylisoxazoles during electron impact

The dissociative ionization of some nitrophenylisoxazoles was investigated. The effect of the energy of the ionizing electrons and the temperature of the inlet system on the elimination of NO by the molecular ion is examined. On the basis of a comparison of the intensities of the peaks of the (M-NO)⁺ ions, the presence of a correlation between the probability of detachment of NO from the molecular ion and the stability of the cyclic conjugated structures with localization of the charge on the oxygen atom is demonstrated.