Hydration numbers of sea water basic ions found by the pulse method of proton NMR

Hydration numbers of basic ions in sea water (SW) are found from a proton relaxation rate of 1/T ₁ in SW and model solutions. A possibility for the formation of three-layer hydrate shells around main SW cations and two-layer shells around anions is ascertained. About half of water molecules is in influence zones of ions in sea water that correlates with a double shift in the baric dependence maximum of T ₁ to a smaller pressure in SW relative to pure water.     

铝酸盐水泥矿物结构与性能的量子化学计算研究

用量子化学的电荷自洽离散变分Xα(SCC-DV-Xα)计算方法研究了CaO-Al₂O₃系统五种水泥矿物的结构、性能与化学键之间的关系及固溶的杂质离子Na⁺对矿物性能的影响。计算结果表明:Ca-O共价键强度的次序是C₃A < C₁₂A₇ < CA < CA₂ < CA₆,且各矿物的Ca-O键强度都小于它们的Al-O键强度,与相应的水泥矿物水化活性的实验结果一致。Na⁺固溶于C₃A结构后使其Al-O键增强,水化活化能变大,态密度减小,被认为是Na⁺降低C₃A水化活性的主要原因。     

碳酸酐酶模型化合物的合成、表征及其催化性能研究

模拟碳酸酐酶的活性中心结构,以三(取代吡唑基)硼氢根[T~p^R^,^R^1]^-为配体,合成了一系列金属配合物[T~p^R^,^R^1]MX[R=Ph,2'-thie(2'-噻吩基),Me;R^1=Ph,2'-thie,Me;M=Co,Ni,Cu,Zn,Cd;X=Cl,NO~3,CH~3COO]共13个,均经元素分析,IR,^1HNMR谱表征。选取其中5个有代表性的配合物,采用Stopped-flow技术,研究了模型物催化CO~2可逆水合反应的动力学,结果表明具备酶促反应动力学的一般特征。详细考察了溶液pH值、模型物的结构(尤其是中心金属离子的电子结构)、浓度对该反应的影响,得出一些重要的结果。计算出该反应有、无催化剂时的活化能,从本质上阐明了反应活化能降低是模型物加速反应的根本原因。     

Solubility and Raman Spectroscopic Study of As(III) Speciation in Organic Compound-Water Solutions. A Hydration Approach for Aqueous Arsenic in Complex Solutions

Solubilities of arsenolite (As₂O₃, cub.) were measured from 22 to 90°C in water–acetone, water–acetic acid, and water—formic acid solutions of compositions ranging from the pure organic compound to pure water. Raman spectra were obtained at ambient temperature on As-containing water–acetic acid and water–acetone solutions. Results show that arsenic solvation by these organic compounds is negligible and hydroxide species dominate As speciation over a wide range of water activity (a_{H 2 O}> 0.01). The solubility data were analyzed using an approach based on stoichiometric hydration reactions. Results show that As₂O₃ solubility can be described as a function of water activity, independently of the nature of the organic compound, by involving two neutral As hydroxide complexes: As(OH)₃ and As(OH)₃·4H₂O. Stability constants derived for these species indicate that hydration weakens with increasing temperature. Calculations using these constants show that at low temperatures the tetrahydrate As(OH)₃·4H₂O is dominant in water-rich solutions; by contrast, in high-temperature crustal fluids, As(OH)₃ becomes the major As species. The proposed hydration model can be used to analyze solubility of arsenic-bearing minerals and arsenic transport in complex H₂O–CO₂—electrolyte solutions encountered in natural and industrial environments.     

Effect of the solvent nature and the number of electrophilic substituents in the molecule on hydration of nitro derivatives of phenanthrene-9,10-quinone

Solvates (1⩺2) of 10,10-dihydroxy-2,4,7-trinitro-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-9-one with DMSO and of 10,10-dihydroxy-2,7-dinitro-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-9-one with HMPA were prepared. The crystal structure of 2,5-dinitrophenanthrene-9,10-quinone was established. The results of X-ray diffraction analysis and IR spectroscopy of a series of mono-, di-, and trinitro derivatives of phenanthrene-9,10-quinone demonstrated that the ability of carbonyl groups to participate in nucleophilic addition of water increases as the number of nitro groups in substituted phenanthrene-9,10-quinone increases. The nature of the solvent (HMPA, DMF, or DMSO) affects hydration of phenanthrenequinones primarily due to the difference in the strength of intermolecular hydrogen bonds stabilizing di- and tetrahydroxy-dihydrophenanetherenes. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 738–742, April. 1999.     

Physicochemical Differences in Dehydrated Saccharomyces Boulardii Yeast as a Function of the Dehydration Process

Measurements of the masses of incorporated water and of the heats of hydration have been performed at 310 K, under air atmosphere saturated with water vapour, on three differently dehydrated samples of the Saccharomyces boulardii yeast in order to evaluate differences in physicochemical properties related to the following dehydration processes: cryodesiccation (or lyophilization) and thermodesiccation (spray drying and in-fluidized-bed heating).Thermogravimetric (TG) experiments have shown that the lyophilized yeast contains less residual water than heat-treated yeasts and that it incorporates more water and more rapidly. Isothermal water sorption of a spherical yeast cell has been represented by a two-parameter equation able to take account of a maximum of the hydration rate when this is taken as a function of time. On the other hand, isothermal DSC experiments have shown that hydration-heat values are higher for the heat-treated yeasts than for the lyophilized one. The TG and DSC results have been shown to be consistent with the idea that the physicochemical properties of a dehydrated yeast are related to cell-wall behaviour during desiccation.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A theoretical study of catalytic hydration reactions of ethylene

The hydration reaction of ethylene, C₂H₄+H₂O → C₂H₅OH, catalyzed by oxoacids (H₃PO₄, H₂SO₄, and HClO₄) and metal cations (B³⁺, Al³⁺, Sc³⁺, Ga³⁺, La³⁺, Be²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Sr²⁺) are studied systematically by density functional theory with a BLYP functional. The reaction profiles of the main reaction and some side reactions, such as ester formation, dimerization of ethylene, and dehydrogenation of ethanol, have been determined with a variety of catalysts. In each case, the intermediate states, the transition states, and their energetics are calculated. Metal cations react more efficiently for the main reaction than oxoacids, but they also make the dehydrogenation reaction active. While the dimerization reaction is strongly affected by the acidity of the catalyst, both the acidity and basicity of the catalyst are important for the dehydrogenation reaction. Efficient formation of ethanol from ethylene over a catalyst is suggested. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 21: 1292–1304, 2000     

Protein structure prediction using a combination of sequence homology and global energy minimization: II. Energy functions

A protein energy surface is constructed. Validation is through applications of global energy minimization to surface loops of protein crystal structures. For 9 of 10 predictions, the native backbone conformation is identified correctly. Electrostatic energy is modeled as a pairwise sum of interactions between anisotropic atomic charge densities. Model repulsion energy has a softness similar to that seen in ab initio data. Intrinsic torsional energy is modeled as a sum over pairs of adjacent torsion angles of 2-dimensional Fourier series. Hydrophobic energy is that of a hydration shell model. The remainder of hydration free energy is obtained as the energetic effect of a continuous dielectric medium. Parameters are adjusted to reproduce the following data: a complete set of ab initio energy surfaces, meaning one for each pair of adjacent torsion angles of each blocked amino acid; experimental crystal structures and sublimation energies for nine model compounds; ab initio energies over 1014 conformations of 15 small-molecule dimers; and experimental hydration free energies for 48 model compounds. All ab initio data is at the Hartree–Fock/6–31G* level. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 19: 548–573, 1998     

Calculation of hydration free energy for a solute with many atomic sites using the RISM theory: A robust and efficient algorithm

We have developed an algorithm for solving the reference interaction site model (RISM) equations for water near a solute molecule with many atomic sites (interaction sites). It is a hybrid of the Newton–Raphson and Picard methods and is judiciously constructed. Various considerations are given so that the computer time can be saved as much as possible. The robustness and high efficiency of the algorithm has been demonstrated for calculating hydration free energies of Met-enkephalin (a peptide with 75 sites) with different conformations. The Jacobian matrix is treated as part of the input data, and it has been found that the same matrix can be used for a considerably large set of different conformations of the solute molecule. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 18: 1320–1326, 1997     

The Relevance of Interactions in Nanoparticle Systems – Application to Particulate Thin Films

In the field of Particle Technology, processes cannot yet be designed from basic molecular understanding. Nanotechnology, however, begins to bridge this gap between molecules and particles and may thus open up new ways not only for the production and handling of particulate matter but also for the engineered design of advanced material properties. The visions and applications in nanoparticle technology cover a broad range, for instance quantum dots in information technology, refractory particles for advanced ceramics, highly active substances in pharmacy, catalysts or micro‐ and mesoporous adsorbents, to name only a few applications. Starting from the concept of product engineering, we investigate the basic preconditions for tailoring nanoparticulate properties, i.e. the control of the particle interactions. This concept is then applied to particulate thin film formation as an example of structure formation. The structure of dip‐coated samples, defined as the order of particles within the layer, was found to vary with the pH and the ion concentration adjusted in the sol bath. It was observed that the surface roughness scanned by an atomic force microscope increased with increasing electrolyte concentration. The structural evolution of the particulate network was studied by measuring the viscosity as a function of shear rate and solid concentration. Finally, the influence of coating structures on the transmission properties was determined. Especially in the case of LaCl₃ a strong dependence was observed. The results explicitly confirm a correlation between microscopic structure and macroscopic properties.