The thermodynamic properties of Ln2BaO4 (Ln = Sm, Dy, Ho)

The thermodynamic properties of the Ln₂BaO₄ phases (Ln = Dy, Ho, Sm) were studied by the electromotive force method with a fluoride electrolyte (890–1180 K), solution calorimetry in 1.07 N hydrochloric acid at 298.15 K, and differential scanning calorimetry (298–860 K). The experimental data were jointly processed, and the thermodynamic functions of the compounds over the temperature range 298–1200 K were calculated.     

Reactivity of phenyl esters of phosphorus acids in alkaline hydrolysis

Conclusions A study was made of the kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of some phenyl esters of phosphorus acids. An estimate was made of the contribution made by the induction effect and the p–d conjugation of the phenoxyl group to the free activation energy of the alkaline hydrolysis of the investigated esters.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2794–2796, December, 1972.     

Halo Derivatives of 2,4-Dinitrothiolene 1,1-Dioxides: Synthesis and Structure

Procedures were developed for preparing representatives of a new type of halonitrothiolene 1,1-dioxides: mono- and dihalo derivatives of 2,2,4-tri- and 2,4-dinitro-3-thiolene 1,1-dioxides. An X-ray diffraction study showed that 2,5-dinitro-2,3-dichloro-3-thiolene 1,1-dioxide molecules exist in the crystal as enantiomeric pairs; the five-membered rings have the envelope conformation, with deviation of the sulfur atom from the ring plane; the halogen atom and nitro group at the multiple bond are essentially coplanar with the ring.     

Kinetics of hydrolysis of esters of acetylalkyl- and carboxyalkylphosphonic acids

Conclusions An increased reactivity of esters of acetylmethyl- and carboxymethylphosphonic acids in a spontaneous hydrolysis and of esters of acetylalkylphosphonic acids in alkaline hydrolysis as the result of intramolecular catalysis has been established. Enol forms of the esters participate in the mechanisms of the intramolecular catalysis.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 310–312, February, 1986.The authors wish to express their gratitude to T. Kh. Gazinov for providing esters (I) and (II).     

Water treatment with a shungite sorbent and biosorbents on its base

Physicochemical and sorption properties of a nonactivated shungite sorbent were studied. The immobilization of yeast cells of Kluveramyces sp. (strain 11 K) and Candida sp. (strain 10 K) and cells of oil-oxidizing bacterial cultures Mycobacterium sp. (strain 119–3 GM) and Pseudomonas sp. (strain 51 K) on this sorbent was examined. A comparative analysis of the accumulation of heavy metal ions and degradation of oil by free and immobilized cells of these microorganisms was carried out. The efficiency of application of biosorbents produced on the basis of the shungite support in water treatment to remove heavy metals and oil was studied.     

Kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of bis(chloromethyl)phosphinic esters

Conclusions The kinetics of the hydrolysis of bis (chloromethyl)phosphinic esters was investigated in KOH medium at 10 and 25°. The rate constants are correlated with the steric constants of the leaving groups.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 923–924, April, 1967.     

Synthesis and structures of new compounds based on tetrahedral rhenium chalcocyanide cluster anions [Re4Q4(CN)12]4− (Q = S or Se) and [Cu(bipy)2]2+ cations

The reactions of the rhenium chalcocyanide cluster salts K₄[Re₄Q₄(CN)₁₂]·6H₂O (Q = S or Se) with Cu²⁺ cations coordinated by the bidentate ligand 2,2′-bipyridyl (bipy) produced two new cluster compounds, [Cu(NH₃)(bipy)₂]₂[Re₄S₄(CN)₁₂]·bipy·3.25H₂O (1) and [{Cu(bipy)₂}₂Re₄Se₄(CN)₁₂]·bipy·8.5H₂O (2). The structures of these complexes were solved by X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 is ionic. Compound 2 is molecular. In the structures of both compounds, there are staking interactions between the {Cu(bipy)₂}²⁺ cationic moieties and the solvate 2,2′-bipyridyl molecules. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1875–1878, November, 2006.     

Kinetics of CO oxidation on the surface of heterophase catalysts. Modeling by the Monte Carlo method

The Monte Carlo method has been used to simulate CO oxidation on a lattice consisting of various alternating patches: M1, where s(CO)>s(O₂) and M2, where s(CO)2). The reaction is shown to proceed over all the surface at low temperature as CO_ads spillover from M1 to M2 and backwards.