Simulation of aerated lagoon using artificial neural networks and multivariate regression techniques

The aim of this study was to develop an empirical model that provides accurate predictions of the biochemical oxygen demand of the output stream from the aerated lagoon at International Paper of Brazil, one of the major pulp and paper plants in Brazil. Predictive models were calculated from functional link neural networks (FLNNs), multiple linear regression, principal components regression, and partial least-squares regression (PLSR). Improvement in FLNN modeling capability was observed when the data were preprocessed using the PLSR technique. PLSR also proved to be a powerful linear regression technique for this problem, which presents operational data limitations.     

Theoretical investigation of the decarbonylation of acetaldehyde by Fe+ and Cr+.

We report a comprehensive theoretical study on the decarbonylation of acetaldehyde by Fe+ and Cr+. Various intermediates, transition states, and products involved in the decarbonylation reactions are fully optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G(2df,2pd) level of theory. The potential energy surfaces (PESs) corresponding to [M,O,C2,H4]+(M=Cr and Fe) are examined in detail using B3LYP and CCSD(T) methods, respectively. The validity of these theoretical methods is calibrated with respect to the available thermochemical data. Calculations suggest that the Cr+ mediated decarbonylation of acetaldehyde takes place in four steps on the sextet surface: encounter complexation, C-C activation, aldehyde H-shift, and nonreactive dissociation, in good accordance with the Co+ mediated decarbonylation of acetaldehyde [Zhao, Zhang, Guo, Wu, Lu, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2005, 414, 28], while for the Fe+/acetaldehyde system decarbonylation can occur on both the quartet and the sextet PESs. The quartet pathway, which experiences spin-orbit coupling between the two surfaces, is energetically more favorable; whereas along the sextet decarbonylation coordinate several high-energy barriers are revealed. The theoretical results are compared with the experimental product kinetic energy and angular distributions of decarbonylation of acetaldehyde by Fe+ and Cr+ measured using a crossed-beam technique [Sonnenfroh, Farrar, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 3521].     

DFT Calculations of the Ionization Potential and Electron Affinity of Alaninamide

Adiabatic and vertical ionization potentials (IPs) and valence electron affinities (EAs) of alaninamide in gas phase have been determined using density functional theory (BLYP,B3LYP,B3P86) methods with 6-311++G(d,p) basis set,respectively. IPs and EAs of alaninamide in solutions have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. Five possible conformers of alaninamide and their charged states have been optimized employing density functional theory B3LYP method with 6-311++(d,p) basis set,respectively.     

About the calculation of exchange coupling constants in polynuclear transition metal complexes

The application of theoretical methods based on the density functional theory with hybrid functionals provides good estimates of the exchange coupling constants for polynuclear transition metal complexes. The accuracy is similar to that previously obtained for dinuclear compounds. We present test calculations on simple model systems based on H. He and CH(2). He units to compare with Hartree-Fock and multiconfigurational results. Calculations for complete, nonmodeled polynuclear transition metal complexes yield coupling constants in very good agreement with available experimental data.     

基于交叉共轭结构的功能材料

近年来,人们对交叉共轭体系的制备、性能以及理论研究方面产生了极大的兴趣。本文综述了近期国内外在交叉共轭体系研究方面取得的一些最新进展,重点介绍了其在自组装、有机电致发光和离子检测等方面的最新发展动态。最后还对本课题组在交叉型p-n双嵌段寡聚物方面的研究作了详细的介绍,并对一些热点问题作了展望。     

Synthesis and crystal structures of heterobimetallic Fe-Cd,Fe-Zn,and Fe-In complexes containing hemilabile phosphorus/oxygen and silicon/oxygen bridging ligands

The reactions of K[Fe{Si(OMe)₃}(CO)₃(PY)][PY=Ph₂PCH₂C(O)Ph, Ph₂PCH₂C(O)[(-C₅H₄)FeCp] (Cp=⁵-C₅H₅), Ph₂P(CH₂)₂CN] with CdCl₂·2.5H₂O, ZnX ₂ (X=Cl, I) or InCl₃ afforded Fe-Cd-Fe or Fe-M(-X)₂ M-Fe (M=Cd, Zn, In;X=Cl, I) and Fe-InCl₂ complexes. Some of them contain an unusual and labile -²-SiO alkoxysilyl bridge which may be associated with a bridging mode for the ketophosphine ligand (first such example structurally established), thus providing original results in bimetallic chemistry on the intramolecular coordination of oxygendonor functions ofchemically different hemilabile ligands firmly attached to a neighboring metal center. The structures of the trinuclear complex (3), of the chlorobenzene solvate of the tetranuclear complex (4a·C₆H₅Cl) and of [mer-(OC)₃{(EtO)₃Si} (4e) have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystals of 3 are orthorhombic, space groupPbcn, witha=19.010(4),b=11.766(5),c=26.998(7)Å, andZ=4. Crystals of4a·C₆H₅Cl are monoclinic, space groupC2/c witha=22.455(3),b=17.680(2),c=16.627(4)Å, =90.80(4)°, andZ=4. Crystals of4e are monoclinic, space groupC2/c witha=25.392(5),b=18.554(6),c=16.28(1)Å, =120.73(3)°, andZ=4. The structures were solved using direct methods and Fourier difference techniques and refined by blocked full-matrix least squares toR=0.035 (R _w =0.049) for 2719 observed reflections, toR=0.042 (R _w =0.056) for 3082 observed reflections, and toR=0.057 (R _w =0.075) for 1850 observed reflections for3, 4a·C₆H₅Cl and4e, respectively. The Fe-Zn complexes (9a), (9b) and (9c) were prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods.Part 21 in the Series: Complexes with Functional Phosphines. Part 20: P. Braunstein, S. Coco Cea, A. DeCian, and J. Fischer (1992).Inorg. Chem. 31, 4203.     

Some solvable models of nonuniform classical fluids

A model classical fluid is constructed by assuming that the direct correlation functionc(r – r) is independent of any applied external field. Thermodynamic consistency requires thatc(r – r) 0, and permits explicit representation of the model by a many-body interaction potential. In the canonical ensemble, the model shows a phase transition to an infinite density condensed phase, but in the grand canonical ensemble only an anomalous transition to zero density vapor is found to stably exist.     

密度泛函理论在分子磁学中的应用

通过对桥联双核铁的磁耦合常数的计算，探讨了密度泛函理论计算条件对计算 结果的影响。基于密度泛函理论下的破损态方法，着重讨论了双核 Fe(III)_2的 d~5-d~5电子通过氧桥的超交换作用。研究发现分子的反铁磁通道主要是Fe(III) d_yz和d_z~2与μ-O的p轨道形成的，具有π*/π*和σ*/σ*特征的超交换通道。     

3-羟基哒嗪及其CH3, NO2和Cl取代衍生物质子转移过程的理论研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT) B3LYP方法, 在6-311＋G*基组下, 对3-羟基哒嗪及其CH₃, NO₂和Cl取代衍生物分子醇式和酮式结构互变异构化反应进行了研究, 优化化合物的几何构型, 寻找反应的过渡态, 通过振动分析和内禀反应坐标(IRC)分析加以证实, 计算了反应的活化能. 结果表明, 3(2H)-哒嗪酮及其带取代基的衍生物不论是单体, 还是相对应的二聚体, 比其相对应的异构体能量低, 表明在通常情况下是以3(2H)-哒嗪酮及其衍生物形式稳定存在的, 这与前人通过实验数据对3-羟基哒嗪互变异构体的比率进行预测的结果是一致的. 根据计算结果讨论了异构化反应的机理.     

高分子微泡的研究——Ⅰ.二烯丙基二(十二烷基)季铵盐的合成与聚合

本文合成了二烯丙基二(十二烷基)溴化铵(DADD),用超声波分散其水溶液而形成微泡。用γ射线、偶氮二异丁睛(AIBN)、过硫酸铵(APS)引发使微泡发生聚合,井对所得的微泡进行表征。实验结果证明:用γ射线引发能使微泡双分子膜发生全部聚合、而用AIBN,APS引发则只能发生部分聚合,聚合后,微泡的形状(态),渗透性行为、相转变温度等都未发生变化,但其稳定性却提高了,用断裂电镜证实了本文所合成的微泡是单室的双分子膜微泡。