Selective oxidation on metallic carbon nanotubes by halogen oxoanions

Chlorine oxoanions with the chlorine atom at different oxidation states were introduced in an attempt to systematically tailor the electronic structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The degree of selective oxidation was controlled systematically by the different oxidation state of the chlorine oxoanion. Selective suppression of the metallic SWCNTs with a minimal effect on the semiconducting SWCNTs was observed at a high oxidation state. The adsorption behavior and charge transfer at a low oxidation state were in contrast to that observed at a high oxidation state. Density functional calculations demonstrated the chemisorption of chloro oxoanions at the low oxidation state and their physisorption at high oxidation states. These results concurred with the experimental observations from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The sheet resistance of the SWCNT film decreased significantly at high oxidation states, which was explained in terms of a p-doping phenomenon that is controlled by the oxidation state.     

Recent Progress in Direct Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol

The direct conversion of methane to methanol has attracted a great deal of attention for nearly a century since it was first found possible in 1902, and it is still a challenging task. This review article describes recent advancements in the direct partial oxidation of methane to methanol. The history of direct oxidation of methane and the difficulties encountered in the partial oxidation of methane to methanol are briefly summarized. Recently reported developments in gas-phase homogeneous oxidation, heterogeneous catalytic oxidation and liquid phase homogeneous catalytic oxidation of methane axe reviewed.     

Oxidation kinetics of iron sulfide in the form of dense plate,pellet and single particle

The oxidation behaviours of pyrrhotite in the form of dense plate, pellet and single particle were compared. In the oxidation of dense plate of FeS, preferential oxidation of iron took place to form a dense oxide layer in the earlier stage of oxidation, and the subsequent oxidation accompanying the evolution of SO₂ gas proceeded after the composition of pyrrhotite attained Fe_0.9S. In the oxidation of FeS pellet, both the above reactions take place simultaneously because the pellet consists of fine particles. In the oxidation of single particle of small size, ignition of the particle occurred due to the heat of oxidation, and the particle melted in a very short time less than 1 second.     

Pt及其修饰电极上甲醇吸附和氧化的CV和EQCM研究

运用电化学循环伏安和石英晶体微天平 (EQCM )研究了 0 .1mol·L- 1H2 SO4 溶液中甲醇在Pt电极和以Sb ,S不可逆吸附原子修饰的Pt(Pt/Sbad和Pt/Sad)电极上的吸附和氧化过程 .结果表明甲醇的氧化与电极表面氧物种有着极其密切的关系 .Pt电极表面Sb吸附原子能在较低的电位下吸附氧 ,可显著提高甲醇电催化氧化活性 .与Pt电极相比较 ,Sb吸附原子修饰的Pt电极使甲醇氧化的峰电位负移了 0 .13V .相反 ,Pt电极表面S吸附原子的氧化会消耗表面氧物种 ,抑制了甲醇的电氧化 .本文从表面质量变化提供了吸附原子电催化作用的新数据     

Heterogeneous catalytic aerobic oxidation behavior of Co–Na heterodinuclear polymeric complex of Salen-crown ether

A new kind of Co–Na heterodinuclear polymer complex based on Salen Schiff base and crown ether has been successfully prepared by condensation polymerization. Its catalytic behavior for aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene, alkylbenzenes and linear aliphatic olefins was studied in the absence of any solvents or reducing agents under mild conditions. The oxidation of cyclohexene catalyzed by the above catalyst proved to be a simple and efficient method for obtaining 2-cyclohexen-1-one (CO) and 2-cyclohexen-ol (OH) in a high selectivity. Kinetics of the oxidation was also investigated. The results showed that the aerobic oxidation of cyclohexene catalyzed by Salen-crown ether heterodinuclear polymer complex follows a radical chain aerobic oxidation mechanism. This oxidation system is also efficient in the oxidation of alkylbenzenes and linear aliphatic olefins, which afforded corresponding benzylic oxidation products and epoxides, respectively.     

Thermal oxidation of isotactic polypropylene synthesized with a metallocene catalyst

The mechanism and kinetics of thermal oxidation of metallocene PP are investigated. It is shown that the rate of oxidation of the samples synthesized at a high temperature (40–70°C) is higher than that of the samples synthesized at a low temperature (20 and 30°C). The composition of oxidation products of PP samples; the kinetics of the accumulation of these products; and changes in structural, thermal, and thermophysical parameters during oxidation are analyzed in detail. Our data indicate that the oxidation of low-temperature samples and the oxidation of high-temperature samples obey different mechanisms. The oxidation of low-temperature samples corresponds to the radical-chain process, in which the intramolecular transfer of kinetic chains prevails. High-temperature samples are characterized by the intermolecular transfer of oxidation kinetic chains, which leads to the degradation of macromolecules. It is inferred that the rate and mechanism of thermal oxidation are determined by the microstructure of polymer chains.     

Synthesis of alpha-keto-imides via oxidation of ynamides

A de novo preparation of alpha-keto-imides via ynamide oxidation is described. With a number of alkyne oxidation conditions screened, a highly efficient RuO2-NaIO4 mediated oxidation and a DMDO oxidation have been identified to tolerate a wide range of ynamide types. In addition to accessing a wide variety of alpha-keto-imides, the RuO2-NaIO4 protocol provides a novel entry to the vicinal tricarbonyl motif via oxidation of push-pull ynamides, and imido acylsilanes from silyl-substituted ynamides. Chemoselective oxidation of ynamides containing olefins can be achieved by using DMDO, while the RuO2-NaIO4 protocol is not effective. These studies provide further support for the synthetic utility of ynamides.     

对叔丁基甲苯的直接电解氧化

由对叔丁基甲苯合成对叔丁基苯甲醛,主要有化学氧化法、空气(或氧气)催化氧化法和电化学氧化法。化学氧化法通常使用二氧化锰作氧化剂,在浓硫酸中氧化合成对叔丁基苯甲醛。此法的主要缺点是产生大量的硫酸锰,需回收处理。另外,浓硫酸介质腐蚀设备且对环境有一定影响。空气催化氧化     

Insights into the Oxidation Chemistry of SiOC Ceramics Derived from Silsesquioxanes

We have undertaken a systematic study of the oxidation chemistry for a range of SiOC ceramics derived from silsesquioxane polymeric precursors. This study examines the oxidation for 500 hours at 600, 800, 1000 and 1200°C for four SiOC powders. The material changes upon oxidation were characterized qualitatively by color change and optical microscopy and quantitatively by weight and composition change. In this study we employ a very easy method that uses the weight change upon oxidation and a carbon analysis after oxidation to arrive at the composition of the oxidized SiOC. Combined these qualitative and quantitative techniques have shown that on oxidation at 800 and 600°C the SiOC composition is more rapidly changed to that of silica than oxidation over the same time frame at 1000 or 1200°C. The data indicates that this difference is due to the relative rates of oxidation of the excess carbon versus the Si—C bonds in the SiOC. At lower temperatures initially the carbon oxidation predominates which leads to higher porosity throughout the material and an increase in the surface area with eventually complete oxidation to silica. At higher temperatures the Si—C bond oxidation rate is comparable to the rate of oxidation of carbon. This allows a silica-like surface to build up on the SiOC, which slows all subsequent reactions due to the necessity to diffuse O2 in and COx out of the bulk. Under these oxidation conditions materials that originally contain high amounts of excess carbon are more quickly oxidized to silica than those that contain minimal amounts of excess carbon, as confirmed by elemental analysis and optical microscopy. Regardless of the time or temperature of the oxidation conditions no materials were found to be completely stable to oxidation. SiOC materials with low levels of excess carbon showed the best resistance to change upon oxidation.     

Nanosecond redox equilibrium method for determining oxidation potentials in organic media

A general, nanosecond equilibrium method is described for determining thermodynamically meaningful oxidation potentials in organic media for compounds that form highly reactive cation radicals upon one-electron oxidation. The method provides oxidation potentials with unusually high precision and accuracy. Redox ladders have been constructed of appropriate reference compounds in dichloromethane and in acetonitrile that can be used to set up electron-transfer equilibria with compounds with unknown oxidation potentials. The method has been successfully applied to determining equilibrium oxidation potentials for a series of aryl-alkylcyclopropanes, whose oxidation potentials were imprecisely known previously. Structure-property trends for oxidation potentials of the cyclopropanes are discussed.     

A new method for quantitatively characterizing atmospheric oxidation capacity

Based on atmospheric chemical kinetics, the rate constant of overall pseudo-first order oxidation re-moval of gaseous pollutants (Kpor,T) is proposed to characterize the atmospheric oxidation capacity in troposphere. Being a quantitative parameter, Kpor,T can be used to address the issues related to at-mospheric oxidation capacity. By applying this method, the regional oxidation capacity of the atmos-phere in Pearl River Delta (PRD) is numerically simulated based on CBM-IV chemical mechanism. Re-sults show the significant spatio-temporal variation of the atmospheric oxidation capacity in PRD. It is found that OH initiated oxidations, heterogeneous oxidation of SO2, and photolysis of aldehydes are the three most important oxidation processes influencing the atmospheric oxidation capacity in PRD.     

Pt及其修饰电极上乙醇吸附和氧化的CV和EQCM研究

运用电化学循环伏安和石英晶体微天平研究了乙醇在Pt电极和以Sb,S吸附原子修饰的Pt(Pt/Sbad和Pt/Sad)电极上的吸附和氧化过程。结果表明乙醇的氧化与电极表面氧物种有着极其密切的关系。Pt电极表面Sb吸附原子能在较低的电位下吸附氧,可显著提高乙醇电催化氧化活性。相反,Pt电极表面S吸附原子的氧化会消耗表面氧物种,抑制了乙醇的电氧化。本文从表面质量变化提供了吸附原子电催化作用的新数据。     

Boron doped diamond and glassy carbon electrodes comparative study of the oxidation behaviour of cysteine and methionine

The electrochemical oxidation behaviour at boron doped diamond and glassy carbon electrodes of the sulphur-containing amino acids cysteine and methionine, using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry over a wide pH range, was compared. The oxidation reactions of these amino acids are irreversible, diffusion-controlled pH dependent processes, and occur in a complex cascade mechanism. The amino acid cysteine undergoes similar three consecutive oxidation reactions at both electrodes. The first step involves the oxidation of the sulfhydryl group with radical formation, that undergoes nucleophilic attack by water to give an intermediate species that is oxidized in the second step to cysteic acid. The oxidation of the sulfhydryl group leads to a disulfide bridge between two similar cysteine moieties forming cysteine. The subsequent oxidation of cystine occurs at a higher potential, due to the strong disulfide bridge covalent bond. The electro-oxidation of methionine at a glassy carbon electrode occurs in two steps, corresponding to the formation of sulfoxide and sulfone, involving the adsorption and protonation/deprotonation of the thiol group, followed by electrochemical oxidation. Methionine undergoes a one-step oxidation reaction at boron doped diamond electrodes due to the negligible adsorption, and the oxidation also leads to the formation of methionine sulfone.     

Pt电极上Sb，S吸附原子对正丁醇电催化氧化性能的影响

运用电化学循环伏安和石英晶体微天平研究了0.1 mol/L H2SO4 溶液中正丁醇（1-BL）在Pt电极和以Sb，S吸附原子修饰的Pt（Pt/Sbad和Pt/Sad）电极上电催化氧化过程。从电极表面质量变化表明正丁醇的氧化与电极表面氧物种有着极其密切的关系。Pt电极表面Sb吸附原子能在较低的电位下吸附氧，可显著提高正丁醇电催化氧化活性。与Pt电极相比较，Sb吸附原子修饰的Pt电极使正丁醇氧化的峰电位负移了0.33 V，峰电流增大了近一倍。相反，Pt电极表面S吸附原子的氧化会消耗表面氧物种，抑制了正丁醇的电氧化。本文从表面质量变化提供了吸附原子电催化作用的新数据。     

Electrocatalytic Determination of Histamine on a Nickel‐Film Glassy Carbon Electrode

The electrocatalysed oxidation of histamine on a thin film nickel electrode was investigated for the purpose of its chronopotentiometric determination. The oxidation mechanism implies complex and combined processes of histamine physical adsorption and consequent oxidation via joined oxidation potency of a constant current and electrochemically generated nickel‐oxihydroxide, which played a role of an electron transfer catalyst. Experimental parameters affecting the oxidation process, including type and concentration of supporting electrolyte, initial potential, oxidation current, temperature and concentration time, were optimised. Using a 240 s accumulation time, limit of detection and quantitation were 0.11 mg L^?1 and 0.29 mg L^?1 of histamine, respectively.     

Density functional theory methods as powerful tools to elucidate amino acid oxidation mechanisms. A case study on methionine model peptide

The amino acid oxidation mechanism has been a research focus in recent years. Although various experimental techniques have been employed to address the problem, it is still a great challenge to identify the oxidation intermediates of amino acids. To explore the potential of theoretical methods in helping elucidating amino acid oxidation mechanisms, one-electron oxidation of a methionine model peptide (N-acetylmethionine amide) was investigated by density functional theory (DFT; including TD-DFT) calculations. The theoretical results not only testified the experimentally identified oxidation mechanisms of the peptide to a large extent but also revealed the contribution of protonated species to the peptide oxidation. All of these findings strongly suggest that DFT methodology has great potential in investigating amino acid oxidation mechanisms.     

The kinetics of oxidation of bilirubin and ascorbic acid in solution

The results of a comparative study of the oxidation of bilirubin, ascorbic acid, and their mixture in aqueous solutions under the action of air oxygen and hydrogen peroxide are presented. The observed and true rate constants for the oxidation reactions were determined. It was shown that the oxidation of tetrapyrrole pigment occurred under these conditions bypassing the stage of biliverdin formation to monopyrrole products. Simultaneous oxidation of bilirubin and ascorbic acid was shown to be accompanied by the inhibition of ascorbic acid oxidation by bilirubin, whereas ascorbic acid itself activated the oxidation of bilirubin.     

超高相对分子质量聚丙烯腈基多孔中空氧化纤维的制备工艺研究

以超高相对分子质量聚丙烯腈基多孔中空纤维为原丝制备了多孔中空氧化纤维 ,研究了其制备工艺 .详细考察了氧化工艺条件 (温度、时间 )对多孔中空氧化纤维环化程度的影响 ,发现环化程度随氧化温度升高和氧化时间延长而提高 ;与以普通分子质量聚丙烯腈基实心纤维为原丝相比 ,氧化温度应较低 (<2 4 0℃ )、氧化时间应较短 (<2h) .     

Formation of Peracetic Acid upon Aging of Perborate in Acetic Acid. Kinetics of the Oxidation of S-Phenylmercaptoacetic Acids

 Upon aging, perborate in glacial acetic acid generates peracetic acid and thus oxidizes S-phenylmercaptoacetic acid rapidly. Perborate dissolved in ethylene glycol, however, does not show the aging effect, and the corresponding oxidation proceeds smoothly. The oxidation is of second order and not acid catalyzed. Boric acid and borate do not influence the oxidation. In the smooth oxidation, is the reactive species. The oxidation of some para-substituted S-phenylmercaptoacetic acids conforms to the Exner relationship, indicating operation of a common mechanism. Also, the oxidation obeys the Hammett equation with a negative reaction constant. However, the oxidation of p-nitro-S-phenylmercaptoacetic acid follows a different kinetic pathway.     

SIMS/XPS characterization of surface layers formed in 3 mass% Si‐steel by annealing in oxygen at low partial pressure

Selective oxidation in silicon steel shows several interesting phenomena, such as the formation of an internal oxidation zone that depends on the oxidation conditions and the steel composition. In this work, SIMS and XPS were used for characterizing the formation processes of surface layers formed during selective oxidation of a typical silicon steel. The starting material is a secondary‐recrystallized 3 mass% Si‐steel sheet with a surface orientation of (011). Sample sheets were annealed at a temperature of 948–1023 K under an atmosphere with a low partial pressure of oxygen. The SIMS depth profiles show that the internal oxidation zone thickens and an iron‐rich layer that formed on the internal oxidation zone expands as the annealing temperature increases. Manganese and chromium levels increase outside the internal oxidation zone, whereas tin exists in the internal oxidation zone. The XPS results of the sample surface show that silicon and manganese levels increase on the sample surface to form oxides, and the chemical composition and state of these elements depend on the annealing temperature. In addition, tin increases on the surface of a relatively thick iron‐rich layer that formed on the internal oxidation layer. These experimental results are discussed on the basis of the thermodynamic characteristics of the elements. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.