Synthesis and characterization of indium and thallium immobilized on isonicotinamide‐functionalized mesoporous MCM‐41: Two novel and highly active heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation of sulfides and thiols to their corresponding sulfoxides and disulfides

Two highly ordered isonicotinamide (INA)‐functionalized mesoporous MCM‐41 materials supporting indium and thallium (MCM‐41‐INA‐In and MCM‐41‐INA‐Tl) have been developed using a covalent grafting method. A surface functionalization method has been applied to prepare Cl‐modified mesoporous MCM‐41 material. Condensation of this Cl‐functionalized MCM‐41 with INA leads to the formation of MCM‐41‐INA. The reaction of MCM‐41‐INA with In(NO₃)₃ or Tl(NO₃)₃ leads to the formation of MCM‐41‐INA‐In and MCM‐41‐INA‐Tl catalysts. The resulting materials were characterized using various techniques. These MCM‐41‐INA‐In and MCM‐41‐INA‐Tl catalysts show excellent catalytic performance in the selective oxidation of sulfides and thiols to their corresponding sulfoxides and disulfides. Finally, it is found that the anchored indium and thallium do not leach out from the surface of the mesoporous catalysts during reaction and the catalysts can be reused for seven repeat reaction runs without considerable loss of catalytic performance.     

EQCM Study of the Couple Thallium(I)/Thallium Amalgam at a Thin Film Mercury Electrode

EQCM and voltammetric data show that thallium(I) ions, which are adsorbed in the region of the positive surface charge, most probably, in the form of the ionic pairs, are not reduced. In this potential region, thallium(I) ions are reduced directly from the solution. At more negative potentials, the previously adsorbed stable ionic pairs slowly undergo transition into the less stable form. From this form, thallium(I) ions can be reduced or desorbed into the solution. The process is best described by a model of one electron, i.e., full charge transfer.     

Gas-stirred solvent extraction with propylene carbonate for separation and direct polarographic determination of thallium (III)

Gas-stirred propylene carbonate (PC) extraction can be performed by bubbling nitrogen without loss of volume. This extraction technique has proved to be highly useful for the separation and subsequent direct polarographic estimation of Tl(III) in the recovered PC phase. Tl(III) can be determined by differential-pulse polarography over the concentration range of 0.4 10 g ml^–1 without any interferences due to most metal ions such as Pb(II), Bi(III), Cu(II), Sb(III) and As(III). This proposed technique would be possible to use as a simple extraction step prior to the final estimation by instrumental method of analysis such as atomic absorption spectrometry or spectrophtometry.     

Tl2S: Re-Determination of Crystal Structure and Stereochemical Discussion

The crystal structure of synthetic carlinite, Tl₂S, was re-determined by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction methods. The cell parameters obtained from Rietveld refinement are a=12.150(2) Å, c=18.190(4) Å, V=2325.5(7) ų. A single crystal data refinement proved Tl₂S crystallizing in the trigonal space group R3 with M=440.8gmol⁻¹, Z=27, R=0.076, and wR=0.145. The atomic arrangement found is that of a strongly deformed anti-CdI₂ type, but the deformation is clearly different from that given by previous workers. In the five crystallographically different STl₆ octahedra the S-Tl distances vary between 2.82 and 3.09Å, the Tl-Tl edges between 3.52 and 4.58Å. The common features of these octahedra are (i) each one with a definitely smaller vs larger Tl₃ face in trans-position, both faces parallel or sub-parallel (00.1), and (ii) each three shorter and longer S-Tl distances to the atoms of the larger and smaller Tl₃ faces, respectively. The Tl-Tl contacts between different Tl₂S sheets are on the average definitely shorter than the ones within the sheet and they can be smaller than the Tl-Tl contacts in the small Tl₃ faces of the STl₆ octahedra. The atomic arrangement indicates that the single electron pairs of the monovalent Tl atoms are not arranged all parallel to the z-axis, as one would expect for Tl₂S with an ideal anti-CdI₂ structure. The surrounding of the S atoms resembles that of one-third of the Cl atoms in yellow InCl. The absorbance of Tl₂S is very low at wave numbers approximately <9000 cm⁻¹.     

地质样品中金,银,铊等元素的连续原子吸收光谱法测定

本文提出了一个一次称样连续测定金、银、铊的简便、快速的新方法。该法是以泡塑吸附金、铊，使银等定量地保留在溶液中。泡塑上的铊用ＥＤＴＡ解脱后，再用硫脲溶液继续解脱金，然后，采用原子吸收光谱法连续测定金、银、铊。方法用于黄铁矿、方铅等单矿矿物及岩石、土壤样品中ｘｎｇ／ｇ～ｘｘｘμｇ／ｇ金、银、铊的测定，获得满意结果。     

银微电极微分电位溶出分析法研究

本文首次报道了银微电极微分电位溶出分析法。用化学刻蚀法方便地制作了银微电极，用于ＤＰＳＡ具有背景值低，分辨率好、精密度及灵敏度高，在不搅拌，仅需一定酸度而酸度而无其它介质的条件下就能测试等优点，对人工试样及自来水样分析，结果令人满意。     

Theoretical and photoluminescence studies on the d10-s2 AuI-TlI interaction in extended unsupported chains

The reactions of solutions of TlPF(6) and OPPh(3) in tetrahydrofuran or acetone with NBu(4)[AuR(2)] (R=C(6)Cl(5), C(6)F(5)) gave the new complexes [Au(C(6)Cl(5))(2)](2)[Tl(OPPh(3))][Tl(OPPh(3))(L)] (L=THF (1), acetone (2)) and the previously reported [Tl(OPPh(3))(2)][Au(C(6)F(5))(2)] (3). The crystal structures of complexes 1 and 2 display extended unsupported chains with short intermolecular interactions between alternating gold(I) and thallium(I) centres. Moreover, the Tl(I) centres show two different types of geometrical environments, such as pseudotetrahedral and distorted trigonal-bipyramidal, due to the presence of solvent molecules that act as ligands in the solid-state structure. Quasirelativistic and nonrelativistic ab initio calculations were performed to study the nature of the intermetallic Au(I)-Tl(I) interactions and are consistent with the presence of a high ionic contribution (80 %) and dispersion-type (van der Waals) interaction with a charge-transfer contribution (20 %) when relativistic effects are taken into account. All complexes are luminescent in the solid state at room temperature and at 77 K. Complexes 1 and 2 show site-selective excitation, probably due to the different environments around the Tl(I) centres. The DFT and time-dependent (TD)-DFT calculations are in agreement with the experimental excitation spectra for all complexes and confirm the site-selective excitation behaviour as a function of the Tl(I) geometrical environment.     

ESR study of the reaction of decacarbonyidimanganese with thallium(i) 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzosendquinolate in solutions

The reaction of decacarbonyldimanganese Mu₂(CO)₁₀ (1) With thallium(t) 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzosemiquinolate (2) in solution was studied by ESR spectroscopy. Irradiation of solutions containing1 and2 in organic solvents with visible light at 220–280 K leads totrinuclear MnTlMn complex (3). An analysis of hyperfine structure parameters indicates that3 is a semiquinone complex of thallium. A possible mechanism of the formation of complex3 and its molecular structure was discussed.Translated fromIzveshya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 95–98, January, 1996.     

Ruthenium(III)-catalyzed oxidation of thallium(i) by 12-tungstocobaltate(III) in hydrochloric acid medium

The reaction between thallium(I) and [Co^IIIW₁₂O₄₀]^5- in the presence of ruthenium(III) as catalyst proceeds viainitial outer-sphere oxidation of the catalyst to ruthenium(VI). The ruthenium(IV) thus generated will oxidize thallium(I) to an unstable thallium(II) which by reacting with oxidant gives the final product, thallium(III). The formation of ruthenium(II) by direct two-electron reduction of the catalyst by thallium(I) is thermodynamically less favorable. The reaction rate is unaffected by the [ H⁺ ], whereas it is catalyzed by chloride ion . The formation of reactive chlorocomplex,TlCl, in a prior equilibrium is the reason for the chloride ion catalysis. Increasing the relative permittivity of the medium increases the rate of the reaction, which is attributed to the formation of an outer-sphere complex between the catalyst and oxidant. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.