Zur Kenntnis des Natrium-tetrahydroxoaluminat-chlorids Na2[Al(OH)4]Cl

On the Sodium Tetrahydroxoaluminate Chloride Na₂[Al(OH)₄]Cl The hitherto unknown compound Na₂[Al(OH)₄]Cl was prepared by crystallisation from a NaCl containing sodium aluminate solution. According to the X-ray single crystal investigation (tetragonal, space group P4/nmm, a = 7.541 Å, c = 5.059 Å, Z = 2) the compound represents the first example of a crystalline hydroxoaluminate with monomeric [Al(OH)₄]^? anions. Cl^? shows a quadratic anti prismatic coordination to 4 Na⁺ and over hydrogen bonds to 4 O^2? while Na⁺ is octahedrally coordinated by 4 O^2? and 2 Cl^? (axial). The results of the crystal structure analysis are confirmed by ²⁷Al and ²³Na MAS NMR investigations. Na₂[Al(OH)₄]Cl decomposes at about 200°C without intermediates under formation of β-NaAlO₂ and NaCl.     

Tagless extraction-retentate chromatography: a new global protein digestion strategy for monitoring differential protein expression

A new global protein digestion and selective peptide extraction strategy for the purpose of monitoring differential protein expression, coined as tagless extraction-retentate chromatography, is introduced. Target protein populations are firstly digested under reduced and alkylated conditions, and resultant peptides selectively extracted via covalent attachment to methionine residues by bromoacetyl reactive groups tethered to the surface of glass beads packed in small reaction vessels. After conjugation, reactive beads are stringently washed to remove nonspecifically bound peptides and then later treated with beta-mercaptoethanol to release captured methionine peptides in their nascent state, without complicating affinity tags. Recovered methionine containing peptides are profiled using the surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization (SELDI) retentate chromatography mass spectrometry (RCMS) method. Selected peptides are further studied employing ProteinChip tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis to identify their parent proteins. This approach has been applied to an Escherichia coli lysate model system and has demonstrated facility in reducing global digest complexity, sensitivity to low protein expression levels, and significant quantitative capability. It is envisioned that tagless extraction-RCMS will evolve to be a valuable approach for both basic research and clinical proteomics endeavors.     

Berechnung der Bandstruktur vom Vanadiumcarbid VC

Zusammenfassung Die Bandstruktur von stöchiometrischem Vanadiumcarbid VC wird mit Hilfe der quasi-selbstkonsistenten APW-Methode ermittelt. Als Austauschpotential wird ein parametrisiertes Slatersches Austauschpotential verwendet. Die Energie-Eigenwerte werden für 256k-Punkte in der 1. Brillouin-Zone berechnet. Zur Berechnung der Zustandsdichte werden weitere Energiewerte (für insgesamt 16384k-Punkte) nach der LCAO-Interpolationsmethode von Slater und Koster bestimmt und mit diesen die Zustandsdichte ermittelt. Die partiellen LCAO-Zustandsdichten zeigen weitgehende Übereinstimmung mit den APW-Charakterdichten und geben Aufschluß über denl-Charakter der Energiebänder. Die Ladungsverteilung im Kristall weist auf eine Ladungsüberführung vom Vanadium zum Kohlenstoff und damit auf eine gewisse Ionizität der Verbindung VC hin.

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Calculation of the band structure of vanadium carbide VC

The energy band structure of stoichiometric VC has been calculated by the quasi-self-consistent APW method. For the exchange potential a parametrized Slater-free-electron approximation has been used. The energy eigenvalues have been calculated for 256k-points in the first Brillouin zone. Further energy values (for a total number of 16384k-points) have been obtained by the LCAO interpolation method of Slater and Koster. From these energy values the density-of-states histogram has been calculated. The partial LCAO-densities-of-states are largely in agreement with the APW-character-densities. Both quantities give information about thel-character of the energy bands. The charges in the APW-spheres indicate a charge transfer from vanadium to carbon.

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Résumé La structure des bandes énergétiques du VC de composition stoichiométrique a été calculée par la méthode APW quasiautoconsistante. On s'est servi d'un potentiel d'échange paramétrisé selon Slater. Les eigen-valeurs d'énergie sont déterminées pour 256 pointsk dans la premiere zone de Brillouin. Pour dériver la densité d'états énergétiques ainsi que les densités d'états partielles (densités d'états du caractère 2s, 2p et3d) des valeurs d'énergie pour d'autres pointsk (en somme 16384) sont trouvées avec l'aide de la méthode d'interpolation LCAO de Slater et Koster. Il n'y a pas des différences significantes entre ces quantités et les densités des caractèresl calculées directement par la méthode APW. Des densités d'états partielles on peut dériver le caractèrel des bandes énergétiques.De la distribution des charges dans le cristal résulte un transfer de charge du vanadium au carbon ce qui signifie que le VC possède une certaine ionicité.

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Dem Gedenken an Herrn Prof. Dr. K. H. Hansen gewidmet.

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Dem Jubiläumsfonds der österreichischen Nationalbank sind wir für die gewährte finanzielle Unterstützung zu großem Dank verpflichtet. Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Nowotny danken wir für die Förderung, die er dieser Arbeitsrichtung angedeihen läßt. Die große Hilfe von Herrn Dr. K. Schwarz, University of Florida, Gainesville, wird dankbar anerkannt.     

Modular Symbols and the Topological Nonrigidity of Arithmetic Manifolds

In this paper we address the existence of smooth manifolds proper homotopy equivalent to nonuniform arithmetic manifolds M = Γ\G/K that are not homeomorphic to it. While the manifolds M are properly rigid if rank_ℚ(Γ) ≤ 2, we show that the so‐called virtual structure group has infinite rank as a ℚ‐vector space if rank_ℚ(Γ) ≥ 4.© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.