Bis(trimethylsilyl)diimine: Preparation,Structure, and Reactivity

The highly reactive compound bis(trimethylsilyl)diimine (BSD), which was first prepared by oxidation of lithium tris(trimethylsilyl)hydrazide, is light blue, sensitive to thermolysis and hydrolysis, and ignites spontaneously in air. On the basis of electron transfer, acid-base, or free-radical reactions, it acts in particular as a (preparatively useful) redox system and as an agent for the introduction of azo groups. Redox reactions lead by oxidation or reduction of the other reactant through two oxidation stages to hydrazine derivatives or molecular nitrogen, and in the case of electrochemical reduction, to BSD radical-anions. Azo-group transfers, on the other hand, yield new inorganic azo compounds with no change in the oxidation state of the diimine group.     

Das Kombinierte Näherungsverfahren

Zusammenfassung Anionen der ersten und neutrale Atome der zweiten Familie des Periodensystems wurden nach dem Kombinierten Näherungsverfahren (KN) mit einem Hellmann-Potential behandelt. Die Fehler in der Hartree-Fock-Energie kompensieren sich auf unter 0.1 eV, ebenso genau wird die Intrahüllenkorrelationsenergie erhalten. Auf Grund der gewonnenen Rechenergebnisse sind als wahrscheinlichste Werte der Elektronenaffinitäten der einwertigen Metalle (in eV) anzusehen: Li 0.63, Na 0.54, K 0.52, Rb 0.50, Cu 1.0.

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Hellmann's pseudopotential method

Neutral atoms of the second and negative ions of the first family of the periodic system are treated by Hellmann's pseudopotential method (Kombiniertes Näherungsverfahren, KN). The various errors inherent in this method compensate to a large degree so that the errors in the Hartree-Fock and correlation energies will be below 0.1 eV. The electron affinities of the first family atoms are calculated as 0.63 eV for Li, 0.54 for Na, 0.52 for K, 0.50 for Rb, and 1.0 for Cu.

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Résumé Des anions du premier groupe et des atoms neutres du deuxième groupe du système périodique sont traités à l'aide de la méthode Kombiniertes Näherungsverfahren (KN) avec une potential de Hellmann. Les erreurs dans l'énergie SCF se compensent au dessous 0,1 eV, de la même exactitude on obtient l'énergie de correlation de la couche de valence. D'aprés les resultats du calcul on peut accepter les valeurs suivantes comme les plus probables pour les affinités électroniques dans les metaux monovalents (en eV): Li 0,63, Na 0,54, K 0,52, Rb 0,50, Cu 1,0.

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A new class of low-molecular-weight amphiphilic gelators

A new powerful class of low-molecular-weight amphiphilic compounds has been synthesized and their structure-property relationships with respect to their gelation ability of organic solvents have been investigated. These compounds are able to gel organic solvents over a broad range of polarity. Especially polar solvents such as valeronitrile and gamma-butyrolactone can be gelled even at concentrations far below 1 wt %. It was found that the gelation ability of these asymmetrically substituted p-phenylendiamines depends on a well-balanced relation of the terminal head group, the units involved in hydrogen bonding (amide or urea groups), and on the length of the alkyl chain. With this class of new gelators it is possible to tailor thermal and mechanical properties in different organic solvents and open various application possibilities.     

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Constant-cutoff approach to soliton polarizabilities

The static electromagnetic polarizabilities of nucleons and -particles are calculated in the simplified Skyrme model, where the quartic Skyrme stabilizing term is omitted and where the constant-cutoff stabilization method is used to stabilize the Skyrme soliton. The numerical results are of the same accuracy as those obtained using the complete Skyrme model, but the simplified Skyrme model offers simpler mathematical structure and easier calculations.