A charge-stabilized Jahn-Teller Distortion of the Mixed Valence System NaBa2Cu3O6

The crystal structure of NaBa₂M₃O₆ contains an unusual hexagonal prism composed of linked MO₄ squares. This unit is distorted in the M = Cu compound but undistorted in the M = Ni material. Electronic structure calculations show an orbital degeneracy and electronic stabilization on distortion of the hexagonal prism at the electron count appropriate for the Cu compound. The preferred distortion is determined by considering how the nature of both the occupied and unoccupied metal d orbitals are consistent with the metal oxidation states set by the stoichiometry. The results provide added insights into the nature of mixed valence compounds. The synthesis of Na₂BaM₃O₆ is encouraged.     

Preparation of Novel Materials for Catalysts Utilizing Metal-Containing Silsesquioxanes

Recent progress of the preparation of novel materials for catalysts utilizing metal-containing silsesquioxanes are reviewed in the following categories: (i) activities of vanadium or titanium-containing silsesquioxanes as homogeneous catalysts for oxidative reactions, (ii) preparation of immobilized or polymeric catalysts, and (iii) preparation of porous oxide catalysts utilizing metal-containing silsesquioxanes. The present authors found that the liquid phase photo-oxidation of cyclohexane in the presence of a vanadium-containing silsesquioxane as a homogeneous catalyst selectively afforded cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone in high yields. Facile synthetic methods for group 4 metal-containing silsesquioxanes with functionalized silyl (or germyl) groups are presented. Remarkably, titanocene(IV)-containing silsesquioxanes have been synthesized for the first time. The presence of alkenylsilyl substituents shows a promotional effect on the epoxidation of cycloalkenes, which was found to be more significant for titanium-bridged silsesquioxanes. By utilizing these silsesquioxanes, polymeric, starburst-like, and dendritic silsesquioxanes were prepared as well as novel caged or macrocyclic molecules with organic–inorganic hybrid structures. The controlled calcination of these metal-containing silsesquioxanes at around 823 K produces porous oxides with high BET surface areas of 300–520 m²g⁻¹ and uniformly-controlled micropores of 0.5–0.6 nm diameter. The oxides are found to include a well-dispersed metallic oxide species. From group 13 elements-containing silsesquioxanes Br?nsted acidic oxides are produced. Among them, aluminum-containing oxides show excellent activities for the cracking of cumene even at low temperature, 523 K, in spite of their amorphous nature.     

Sorption of hydrogen by MCM-41 molecular sieves containing nanoparticles of 3d metals or their oxides

It was shown that the sorptive capacity for hydrogen in composites based on MCM-41 molecular sieves and nanoparticles of the oxides of 3d metals or the metals themselves at 77 K and 1 atm is determined both by the surface area and by the volume of the micropores of the samples and does not depend on the nature of the 3d metal (Ni, Co, Cu) or its degree of oxidation. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 265–270, September–October, 2006.     

Effect of antimony on the reduction of anodic Pbo_2 film on Pb-Sb alloys in sulfuric acid solution

The reduction processes of anodic PbO2 films formed on Pb-Sb alloys in 4.5mol·dm-3 H2SO4 solution at 1.4 V(vs.Hg/Hg2SO4) for 1 h have been investigated by pho-tocurrent method,chronoamperometry,linear sweep voltammetry as well as X-ray diifractornetry.It was found that the reduction of most of the β-PbO2 and part of the α-PbO2 to PbSO4 can be completed within I s between 0.9 V and 1.0 V(vs.Hg/Hg2SO4) and proceeds much faster than that of the remaining a-PbO2 into photoactive α·PbOx (1相似文献   

Studies on isothermal kinetics of some reactions of aluminum oxides and hydroxides

Thermal decomposition and hydrothermal reactions of aluminum oxides and hydroxides were studied. The starting material was gibbsite pretreated by grinding in different ways. Sixteen kinetic models were fitted and the rate constants were estimated at different temperatures. Mechanical activation of the starting gibbsite had an effect on the reactivity of samples in several subsequent reactions.A new quantity, the relative residual variance is defined for comparison of different linearized models, and it is proposed as a criterion of fit. This was applied in making statistics in order to find the well-fitting models.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurden die thermische Zersetzung und hydrothermische Reaktionen von Aluminiumoxiden und -hydroxiden untersucht. Das Ausgangsmaterial war Gibbsit, welches durch Zerkleinern auf verschiedene Weise vorbereitet wurde. Es wurden sechzehn kinetische Modelle angewendet und bei verschiedenen Temperaturen die Gesch-windigkeitskonstanten geschätzt. Die mechanische Aktivierung des Ausgangsmateriales Gibbsit beeinflu\t die Reaktivität der Proben in einigen Folgereaktionen.Für den Vergleich verschiedener Linearisationsmodelle wurde eine neue Grö\e, die relative Restvarianz definiert, die als Kriterium für die Anpassungsgüte vorgeschlagen wird. Dies wurde bei statistischen Untersuchungen angewendet, um die bestangepa\ten Modelle zu finden.

     

Zur Präparation und Struktur gemischtvalenter Niob-Wolframoxide der Zusammensetzung (Nb,W)17O47

Preparation and Structure of Niobium Tungsten Oxides (Nb,W)₁₇O₄₇ with Mixed Valency The formal substitution of 2Nb⁵⁺ by Nb⁴⁺ or W⁴⁺, respectively, and W⁶⁺ leads to tungsten niobium oxides (Nb,W)₁₇O₄₇ with mixed valency. The phases Nb_8-nW_9+nO₄₇ with n = 1 to 5 could be obtained by heating (1 250°) mixtures of NbO₂ or WO₂, respectively, with Nb₂O₅ and WO₃. The products crystallize with the structure of Nb₈W₉O₄₇. This is proved by X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. A further decrease of the Nb-content results in two-phase products.     

碘离子选择电极催化动力学法测定钒(V)的研究

本文介绍用碘离子选择电极催化电势动力学法对测定钒(Ⅴ)进行的研究,发现去氢抗坏血酸是钒(Ⅴ)催化BrO_3-氧化I~-体系的一种良好的活化剂,详细地研究了各种因素对测定的影响,找出了测定钒(Ⅴ)的较佳条件。该法测定钒(Ⅴ)浓度的线性范围很宽,检测限为2×10~(-10)mol/l,灵敏度比文献报道的高3个数量级。对几种离子的干扰进行了试验,柠檬酸可以有效地掩蔽这些离子的干扰。此法曾应用于测定自来水和头发中的钒,得到了较好的结果。     

Nb-Ta, Nb-Mo and Nb-V oxides prepared from hybrid organic-inorganic precursors

New hybrid organic-inorganic materials based on group 5 elements and a well-defined polymeric matrix have been prepared and used as precursors for Nb-Ta and Nb-Mo mixed oxides. In this non-conventional but easily accessible route to multimetallic oxides, a copolymer of N,N-diallyl-N-hexylamine and maleic acid was synthesised and used as matrix to stabilise inorganic species generated in solution from (NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄·4H₂O, NH₄VO₃, (gu)₃[Nb(O₂)₄] and (gu)₃[Ta(O₂)₄]. Solid-state studies indicate that the homogeneity of the blends can be kept up to about 0.5 mol Nb^V and Ta^V and 0.25 mol V^V per mol of repeat units of the copolymer. The calcination conditions of these homogeneous hybrid precursors were optimised to produce Nb-Mo, Nb-Ta and Nb-V oxides. While the thermal treatment of the Nb-V hybrid blends led only to a mixture of different phases, the characterisation of the final phases by X-ray diffraction (XRD) proved the formation of pure Nb₂Mo₃O₁₄ and showed that Nb-Ta oxides could be synthesised as single phases corresponding to a continuous series of solid solutions.     

Decay kinetics of benzophenone oxide in the liquid phase

The kinetics of self-termination of benzophenone oxide (BPO) in the liquid phase was studied by flash photolysis. The extinction coefficient of BPO (ε) was found to be virtually independent of the solvent nature, ε=(1.9±0.1)·10³ L mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹. The rate constant of the BPO self-temination increases from 1.8·10⁷ (MeCN) and 7.4·10⁷ (C₆H₆) to 1.5·10⁹ (n-decane) and 2.0·10⁹ L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹ (n-pentane) at 293±2 K. Solvation of BPO promotes a polar state of the molecule in MeCN and C₆H₆. In nonpolar hydrocarbons, a great contribution is made by the biradical structure resulting in an increase in the rate constant and a shift of the absorption maximum to the long-wave region (from 410 nm in MeCN to 425 nm inn-pentane). In solutions of benzene and acetonitrile, benzophenone oxide reacts with the parent diazo compound with a rate constant of (2–4)·10⁵ L mol⁻¹ s⁻¹ (293±2 K) along with the self-termination. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1329–1332, July, 1998.     

Thin-film TiO2 electrode surface characterization upon CO2 reduction processes

The effect of electrochemical reduction of CO₂ on the structure and morphology of titanium(IV) oxide thin films was examined after a fixed-potential bulk electrolysis process. Films deposited on ITO (Indium-Tin Oxide) substrates were used as the working electrodes and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm][BF₄]) as solvent and as supporting electrolyte. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction analysis performed before and after the electrolysis process indicated no microstructural changes of the anatase films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed peaks associated with adsorbed carbonate ions at 288 eV and CO₂ species at 293 eV, whereas Ti2p peaks displacements for CO₂-saturated TiO₂/ITO surfaces in [BMIm][BF₄] revealed chemical bonding effects. Auger electron spectroscopy revealed a high carbon content on CO₂-exposed films, and suggested a strong chemisorption of CO₂ and CO₃²⁻ species on the TiO₂/ITO surface in [BMIm][BF₄] solvent system. A significant decrease in carbon content after bulk electrolysis indicated that the CO₂ electroreduction process is not controlled by either diffusion or by adsorption of CO₂ on the TiO₂/ITO electrode surface.