How bridging ligands and neighbouring groups tune the gold-gold bond strength

Gold-gold interactions in small polynuclear complexes are analysed using extended Hückel calculations. They are influenced by the nature of the ligand donor atoms, by the bridging ligands, but most by the formal oxidation state of the metal. Au---Au bonds are much stronger in complexes of Au(II) and Au(III), but a weak interaction between two d¹⁰ centres exists for Au(I) complexes, owing to mixing of the s and p orbitals with the d orbitals. Phosphines induce stronger metal-metal bonds when coordinated trans to the Au---Au bond in [Au(II)[(CH₂)₂PPh₂]L]₂ (Ph = phenyl), but have the opposite effect when bonded orthogonally to the metal-metal axis in Au(I) binuclear species. When two gold atoms are bridged by a single carbon atom, belonging either to mesityl (Mes = 2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂) or CR₂, the former produces stronger Au(I)---Au(I) interactions, reflected in shorter distances. Formal oxidation states are proposed for the gold atoms in two mixed-valence clusters, [Au4(C₆F₅)₂((PPh₃)_{2CH})2(PPh3)2](ClO4)2 and [{(2,4,6-C6F3H2)Au(CH2PPh2CH2)2Au{in2}-Au(CH₂PPh₂CH₂)₂Au](ClO₄)₂. The results suggest a higher oxidation state for the outer gold atoms, in both the T-shaped tetranuclear cluster and the Au₆ linear chain.     

大型液相色谱分离过程FAD－SMT数学模型及其数值解

提出大型液相色谱分离过程ＦＡＤ－ＳＭＴ数学模型，把色谱分离连续性方程转变为对流扩散方程和常微分方程组，并提出模型的数值方法，分析了数值解的稳定条件和收敛条件以及空间和时间步长的选取。实验结果表明，ＦＡＤ－ＳＭＴ数学模型计算的液相色谱分离葡萄糖、果糖和分离甘露醇、山梨醇理论与实验流出曲线相吻合。灵敏度分析结果表明：相平衡常数比轴向扩散系数和总传质系数对色谱分离有较大的影响。     

Synthesis and crosslinking of cyano-substituted polyamides and polyimides prepared from 1-(2,2-dicyano-1-hydroxyviyl)-3,5-diaminobenzene,sodium salt

3,5-Dinitrobenzoyl chloide was condensed with malononitrile in the presence of sodium hydroxide under phase-transfer conditions to afford 1-(2,2-dicyano-1-hydroxyvinyl)-3,5-dinitrobenzene, sodium salt, which was catalytically hydrogenated to the corresponding diamine. The latter was used as starting material for the preparation of unsaturated cyanosubstituted polyamides and polyimides. The polymers were soluble in polar aprotic solvents, dilute sodium hydroxide, and certain strong inorganic and organic acids. Upon curing at 300°C for 65 h, crosslinked polymers were obtained that were stable up to 392–404°C in N₂ or air and afforded an anaerobic char yield of 60–71% at 800°C. Their glass transition temperatures as determined by thermal mechanical analysis (TMA) were 221–275°C. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Solubilization and applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes into aqueous and organic media by the use of nanometer size-controlled fluoroalkyl end-capped oligomeric aggregates

We have studied on the solubilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SW-CNTs) into aqueous and organic media by the use of a variety of nanometer size-controlled fluorinated self-assemblies, which were formed by the aggregations of end-capped fluoroalkyl segments in fluoroalkyl end-capped acrylic acid oligomers [R_F-(ACA)_n-R_F], N,N-dimethylacrylamide oligomers [R_F-(DMAA)_n-R_F], acryloylmorpholine oligomers [R_F-(ACMO)_n-R_F], and N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-oxobutyl)acrylamide oligomers [R_F-(DOBAA)_n-R_F]. Fluorinated self assemblies formed in organic media (colorless solutions) could solubilize SW-CNTs into organic media to afford the transparent pale yellow solutions. The dynamic light scattering measurements showed that the size of fluorinated self-assemblies increased after the solubilization of SW-CNTs into organic media. It was suggested that the solubilization of SW-CNTs into organic media is due to the encapsulation of SW-CNTs into fluorinated assemblies. Fluorinated assemblies were also able to solubilize SW-CNTs into water to give the transparent gray solutions. Among a variety of fluorinated assemblies, fluorinated assemblies formed by R_F-(ACMO)_n-R_F [R_F = CF(CF₃)OC₆F₁₃] oligomer was more effective for the solubilization of SW-CNTs into both aqueous and organic media. Contact angle measurements of dodecane and the fluorescence spectra for poly(methyl methacrylate) cast film modified by fluorinated self-assemblies—SW-CNTs complexes showed that SW-CNTs are dispersed above the PMMA surface.     

Phenol methylation over CrPO4 and CrPO4?AlPO4 catalysts

The vapor-phase catalytic alkylation of phenol with methanol and dimethyl carbonate on a series of differently prepared CrPO₄ (Cr/P=1) and CrPO₄-AlPO₄ (CrAIP) catalysts, has been studied at different temperatures (473–673 K). The reaction is first order in phenol, giving a mixture of O- and C-alkylated products (C-alkylation taking place preferentially at theortho-position). Moreover, dimethyl carbonate is a better methylating agent than methanol.     

二价铜、镍EDTA络合物晶体的电子吸收光谱

络合物晶体的电子吸收光谱作为研究晶体的电子结构的基础内容,很早以前就得到人们注意,虽然对Cu~(2+)、Ni~(2+)等络合物电子光谱的能级的经验指认已是一项较为成熟的工作,但对吸收光谱的系统的理论计算和定量解释在以前的文献中尚不多见.近年来,我们对多种晶体的电子吸收光谱进行了定量的解释,结果表明理论计算值总是能很好地符合于实验测定值。一般说来,吸收峰位的波数误差在8%以内. 早在本世纪四十年代就奠定了乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)在分析化学中的应用基础。     

X-Ray Investigation of Chiral β-Hydroxyketone Derived From (+)-Isomenthone

X-ray analysis was carried out to study the molecular structure of β-hydroxyketone, which is one of the minor products of selective aldol condensation of (−)-menthone with 4-carbomethoxybenzaldehyde. The cyclohexanone ring of the compound has a practically undistorted chair conformation with an axial orientation of the 1-methyl group and the bulkiest 2-[1′-hydroxy-1′ -(4-carbomethoxyphenyl)]methyl substituent and the equatorial orientation of the isopropyl group in the 4 position. The stereochemical configuration was found to be (1R,2R,4 R, 1′ S), supporting that the compound belongs to the group of (+)-isomenthones; i.e., the starting (-)-menthone undergoes (to a certain extent) epimerization under the reaction conditions used. In crystal, there is intermolecular hydrogen bonding >C=O...HO- (the -O...H- bond length is 2.15 Å). The molecular conformation in hydroxyketone crystals differs from the one which prevails in solutions (according to previous NMR data) and which is characterized by an inverted cyclohexanone ring and intramolecular hydrogen bonding >C=O...HO.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by S. V. Shishkina, T. G. Drushlyak, L. A. Kutulya, N. S. Pivnenko, and O. V. Shishkin__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 933–940, September–October, 2004.     

手性5-l-(艹孟)氧基丁内酯并[3,4-d]-3-取代基-异(口恶)唑啉类化合物的合成

研究了手性元5-(R)-(l-(艹孟)氧基)-2(5H)-呋喃酮与取代苯甲醛肟以次氯酸钙作为氧化剂进行的区域选择性原位1,3-偶极环加成反应,同步生成两个新的手性中心,得到了一系列光学纯丁内酯并[3,4-d]-3-取代基-异(口恶)唑啉类化合物;应用波谱学手段及X射线单晶衍射法确证了产物的绝对构型,并对产物的核磁共振氢谱规律性加以总结.     

Semi-micro solvent extraction as a rapid and efficient preconcentration technique for the determination of n-alkanes in oil-contaiminated water and soil samples by capillary gas chromatography

Summary In this study, a rapid and efficient semi-micro extraction procedure is presented for the extraction of some higher n-alkanes from water and soil samples. In the case of water samples n-hexane was used as the organic phase in a phase volume ratio (volume of aqueous phase/volume of organic phase) higher than 285, while in the case of soil samples, extraction with n-hexane was carried out in the presence of an excess of 2 M NaCl solution. The extraction rate from soil samples is very high and is better than Soxhlet extraction, comparable with supercritical fluid extraction. High preconcentration factor in water samples allows the limits of detection to be in the ng.mL⁻¹ level with the use of gas chromatographic analysis. Flame ionization detector was used for monitoring the analytes. The obtained recoveries of all studied compounds from both water and soil samples are higher than 90%. This method was successfully used to determine some n-alkanes in municipal wastewater and contaminated soil.     

Application of the semilocalized approach to chemical reactivity of butadiene

The semilocalized approach to chemical reactivity (J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 588 (2002) 99; Int. J. Quant. Chem. 94 (2003) 302) is applied to study the addition reaction of an electrophile or nucleophile to the butadiene molecule. In accordance with the classical concept of the reaction center and its neighborhood (substituent), only one of the two H₂C=CH-fragments of butadiene is supposed to be under a direct attack of the reagent, whereas the remaining H₂C=CH-group is assumed to play the role of the substituent and thereby to participate in the process indirectly by exerting certain electron-donating or accepting effect upon the former group and/or the reagent. The main aim of the study consists in revealing the role of the H₂C=CH-substituent in the formation of the known higher reactivity of the terminal carbon atom of the attacked C=C-bond (as compared to the internal atom) irrespective of the nature of the reagent. To this end, we seek to obtain an explicit algebraic representation of the interdependence between the direction and the extent of the total influence of the H₂C=CH-substituent, on the one hand, and the nature of the reagent, on the other hand. The expressions for electron density and bond order redistributions among separate fragments of contacting molecules derived previously in the form of power series are shown to yield the above-anticipated representation. On this basis, it is demonstrated that the electron-donating effect of the initially occupied (bonding) orbital of the substituent and the electron-accepting effect of its initially vacant (antibonding) orbital upon the remaining fragments of the whole reacting system may be considered independently whatever the nature of the reagent. However, a strong interdependence is established between the actual relative extents of these two components of the total effect of the H₂C=CH-group and the electron-donating (accepting) properties of the reagent. Moreover, this group of atoms is shown to manifest itself as an electron-donating (accepting) substituent under influence of an electrophilic (nucleophilic) attack. Using this principal result of the paper, the actual reactivity of butadiene with respect to electrophile (nucleophile) is interpreted by invoking a model system of a substituted ethene containing a simple (one-orbital) electron-donating (accepting) substituent, and a terminal addition easily follows for both types of the reagent.