Vibrational Spectra and Ion-Pair Properties of Lithium Hexafluorophosphate in Ethylene Carbonate Based Mixed-Solvent Systems for Lithium Batteries

The vibrational spectra of LiPF₆ 1M solutions formed in aprotic mixed solventsobtained by mixing ethylene carbonate with dimethyl carbonate and diethylcarbonate are discussed. The Raman and infrared spectra of lithium hexafluorophosphate(LiPF₆) and the quantum chemical computations of the vibrationalwavenumbers and intensities are reported. Due to the nature of the solutions,attenuated total internal reflectance spectroscopy was used to obtain the infraredspectra. The infrared active vibrational fundamentals of PF₆ ^– provided evidencefor the anion—solvent interaction as well as ion-pair formation. Similarly, theinfrared active modes of the solvent showed significant changes due to thecation—solvent interaction. The computations of the most energetically favorablegeometry in the formation of the Li⁺ PF₆ ion pair are also presented. Conductivitymeasurements carried out for the 1M solutions scanning a wide temperatureinterval (–30 to + 60 °C) confirm the viability of these electrolytes forpractical applications.     

A XANES and EXAFS Study of Hydration and Ion Pairing in Ambient Aqueous MnBr<Subscript>2</Subscript> Solutions

Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopies were used to probe the first-shell coordination structure of Mn(II) in aqueous MnBr₂ solutions at ambient conditions from very dilute to the near saturation limit. The Mn K-edge EXAFS spectra for 0.05 and 0.2 m solutions showed that there was no Br(−I) in the first shell, and that the Mn(II) was fully hydrated with six water molecules in an octahedral arrangement. In contrast, for 6 m solution, the coordination number of water was reduced to about 5, and an average of about one bromine atom was present in the first shell as a contact ion pair. The 1s → 4p transition at 6545.5 eV confirmed the observation of Mn–Br contact ion pairs at high concentrations and the 1s → 3d transition at 6539.5 eV showed that the first shell coordination symmetry remained octahedral even in the presence of Mn–Br ion pairs.     

XANES and EXAFS of copper compounds: Studies of copper carboxylates with metal-metal bonds and of the complex formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

X-ray absorpion near edge structure (xanes) of copper compounds with copper in 1⁺, 2⁺ and 3⁺ states has been studied. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (exafs) has been employed to determine bond distances and coordination numbers in several model copper compounds. Employing bothxanes andexafs, the structure of the copper complex formed by the micro-organismPseudomonas aeruginosa has been shown to be square-planar with the Cu-O distance close to that in cupric glucuronates and cupric acetylacetonate.exafs has been shown to be useful for studying metal-metal bonds in copper carboxylates. Communication No. 228 from the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit     

Investigation of radionuclide 63Ni(II) sequestration mechanisms on mordenite by batch and EXAFS spectroscopy study

The sorption behavior and microscopic sequestration mechanisms of radionuclide 63Ni(II) on mordenite as a function of aging time,ionic strength,initial 63Ni(Ⅱ) concentrations,solid content and coexistent electrolyte ions were investigated by the com-bination of batch and EXAFS techniques.Macroscopic experiment results show that the sorption of 63Ni(Ⅱ) is dependent on ionic strength at pH<7,and independent of ionic strength at pH>7.The sorption percentage of 63Ni(Ⅱ) on mordenite increases with increasing solid content,while the sorption capacity decreases as solid content increases.The presence of different elec-trolyte ions can enhance or inhibit the sorption of Ni(II) on mordenite in various degrees.EXAFS analysis results of the sam-ples under three different ionic strengths suggest that the retained 63Ni(Ⅱ) in these samples exists in an octahedral environment with six water ligands.In the initial period of rapid uptake,the sorption of 63Ni(Ⅱ) is dominated by the formation of in-ner-sphere surface complexes.As aging time increases,63Ni(Ⅱ) sequestration behavior tends to be mainly controlled by the formation of Ni phyllosilicate co-precipitates and/or Ni(OH)2(s) precipitates.Results for the second shell fit of the sample pre-pared at an initial 63Ni(Ⅱ) concentration of 100 mg/L indicate the possible formation of Ni polynuclear surface complexes.Both the macroscopic sorption data and the molecular level evidence of 63Ni(Ⅱ) surface speciation at the mordenite/water in-terfaces should be factored into better predictions of the mobility and bioavailability of 63Ni(Ⅱ) in environment mediums.     

Correlation between the structural disorder studied by EXAFS and the magnetic properties of intercalated MnPS3

Intercalation of various cations into layered MnPS₃ induces some disorder in the local structure of Mn(II) cations, observable by EXAFS at the manganese K edge. The amplitude of this disorder effect is correlated with the amplitude of the weak ferromagnetism also observed at low temperature in the intercalates.     

Hydration of lanthanoid(III) ions in aqueous solution and crystalline hydrates studied by EXAFS spectroscopy and crystallography: the myth of the "gadolinium break"

The structures of the hydrated lanthanoid(III) ions including lanthanum(III) have been characterized in aqueous solution and in the solid trifluoromethanesulfonate salts by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. At ambient temperature the water oxygen atoms appear as a tricapped trigonal prism around the lanthanoid(III) ions in the solid nonaaqualanthanoid(III) trifluoromethanesulfonates. Water deficiency in the capping positions for the smallest ions starts at Ho and increases with increasing atomic number in the [Ln(H(2)O)(9-x)](CF(3)SO(3))(3) compounds with x=0.8 at Lu. The crystal structures of [Ho(H(2)O)(8.91)](CF(3)SO(3))(3) and [Lu(H(2)O)(8.2)](CF(3)SO(3))(3) were re-determined by X-ray crystallography at room temperature, and the latter also at 100 K after a phase-transition at about 190 K. The very similar Ln K- and L(3)-edge EXAFS spectra of each solid compound and its aqueous solution indicate indistinguishable structures of the hydrated lanthanoid(III) ions in aqueous solution and in the hydrated trifluoromethanesulfonate salt. The mean Ln--O bond lengths obtained from the EXAFS spectra for the largest ions, La-Nd, agree with estimates from the tabulated ionic radii for ninefold coordination but become shorter than expected starting at samarium. The deviation increases gradually with increasing atomic number, reaches the mean Ln-O bond length expected for eightfold coordination at Ho, and increases further for the smallest lanthanoid(III) ions, Er-Lu, which have an increasing water deficit. The low-temperature crystal structure of [Lu(H(2)O)(8.2)](CF(3)SO(3))(3) shows one strongly bound capping water molecule (Lu-O 2.395(4) A) and two more distant capping sites corresponding to Lu-O at 2.56(1) A, with occupancy factors of 0.58(1) and 0.59(1). There is no indication of a sudden change in hydration number, as proposed in the "gadolinium break" hypothesis.     

Hydrogenolysis of cycloalkanes on a tantalum hydride complex supported on silica and insight into the deactivation pathway by the combined use of 1D solid-state NMR and EXAFS spectroscopies

Hydrogenolysis of cyclic alkanes is catalysed by [(triple bond)SiO)(2)Ta-H] (1) at 160 degrees C and leads to lower alkanes and cyclic alkanes including cyclopentane. The turnover number is correlated with the number of carbon atoms of the cyclic alkanes, and therefore while cycloheptane is readily transformed, cyclopentane does not give any product (<1 %). The mechanism of ring contraction probably involves carbene de-insertion as a key carbon-carbon bond-cleavage step. The reluctance of cyclopentane to undergo hydrogenolysis was further studied: under the reaction conditions cyclopentane reacts with 1 to give the corresponding cyclopentyl derivative [(triple bond)SiO)(2)Ta-C(5)H(9)] (13), which evolves towards cyclopentadienyl derivative [(triple bond)SiO)(2)Ta(C(5)H(5))] (14) according to both solid-state NMR and EXAFS spectroscopies. This latter complex is inactive in the hydrogenolysis of alkanes, and therefore the formation of cyclopentane in the hydrogenolysis of various cyclic alkanes is probably responsible for the de-activation of the catalyst by formation of cyclopentadienyl complexes.     

单泵柱切换离子色谱法分析复杂基体中痕量阴离子

本文通过离子色谱与柱切换技术联用实现了高浓度样品基体中的痕量阴离子检测.分别研究了不同类型基体的处理方法,使用商品化离子排斥柱和自制的聚合物色谱柱实现多种样品基体中痕量阴离子的检测.同时开发一种简化的单泵柱切换系统,利用抑制器将KOH淋洗液转化为水作为前处理柱的淋洗液,在同一个色谱系统中产生两种淋洗液,实现色谱分离与前...     

Simple methods for the estimation of ionization constants of substituted pyridine N-oxides in polar aprotic solvents and water

A direct method for the determination of the pK _a values of acids conjugated to substituted pyridine N-oxides has been proposed which is based on the pH measurement of the solution of the basic salt. It has been experimentally shown that the method is reliable when applied to N-oxides of not too low basicity (pK _a >5). Correlation has been performed between the pK _a values in aqueous and aprotic media solutions which shows the great influence of the solvation effect on the acid-base equilibria. The good correlation between the pK _a values in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions enables the pK _a values in water to be estimated with sufficient accuracy, even in the cases when the experimental limitations make the determination impossible which is shown on the basis of selected examples.     

Separation and indirect ultraviolet detection of common fluorine-containing anions by ionic liquids in reversed-phase chromatography

Abstract

A new approach for the simultaneous separation and indirect ultraviolet detection of four common fluorine-containing anions using 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride as a mobile phase additive in reversed-phase chromatography was developed. The principle of separation and detection is that fluorine-containing anions and imidazolium cations form ion-pairs with ultraviolet absorption. Under the optimal determining conditions, the limits of detection for tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, trifluoroacetate, and trifluoromethane sulfonate were 0.6, 0.6, 1.5, and 3.1?µmol/L, respectively. The approach has been successfully applied to the determination of these anions in ionic liquid samples, and the spiked recovery was between 98.5 and 102.6%. The detection limit, linearity, reproducibility, and accuracy of the approach are suitable for quantitative analysis. The method is simple and easy to popularize because of the use of a common C₁₈ reversed-phase column and ultraviolet detector.     

离子液体中过氧钨配合物催化氧化燃油脱硫

合成了一种含D,L-丙氨酸配体的钨的过氧配合物WO(O2)2·2C3H7NO2·H2O催化剂.以WO(O2)2·2C3H7NO2·H2O/[Bmim]PF6/H2O2体系为研究模型,考察了反应时间、温度和催化剂用量等因素对燃油脱硫率的影响.结果表明,在70℃反应2h,n(H2O2)∶n(二苯并噻吩)∶n(催化剂)=30...     

Infrared spectra of M+NO 3 − contact ion pairs in aprotic solvents and matrix isolated in the corresponding glasses

Studies of the vibrational spectra of matrix-isolated M⁺NO ₃ ^– ion pairs have been extended to glassy aprotic solvents. The deuterated form of the solvents DMSO, THF, and ACN have windows through the 7- nitrate ionv ₃(e) mode infrared region, so it was possible to clearly observe the splitting of the degeneracy of this mode,v ₃, produced by the contacting, but solvated, alkali metal cation. Primary attention has been directed to the extent to which this splitting is reduced relative to the argon matrix values. This reduction, which reflects electron-density transfer from the solvating molecules to the ion pairs, is comparable to that observed for H₂O and NH₃ matrices as the splitting is reduced to 20–35% of the argon-matrix values. The extent of reduction ofv ₃ for the different solvents has been related to Gutmann's donicity number scale with the correlation holding well for solvent molecules of comparable size, DMSO, THF and DMF, but breaking down for the smaller linear ACN, apparently because of more molecules in the cation solvation sphere. The matrix data have also been used, through comparison with spectra for saturated liquid solutions of Li⁺NO ₃ ^– , to show that the contact ion pair is the dominant species in liquid THF and ACN, whereas the ions are largely solvent separated in DMSO.     

Osmotic Coefficients and Activity Coefficients of Nonaqueous Electrolyte Solutions. Part 2. Lithium Perchlorate in the Aprotic Solvents Acetone, Acetonitrile, Dimethoxyethane, and Dimethylcarbonate

Vapor pressure lowering by the addition of lithium perchlorate to the aprotic solvents acetone (0.02–0.6 m), acetonitrile (0.05–1.2 m), dimethoxyethane (0.02–0.4 m), and dimethylcarbonate (0.03–1.8 m) was measured at 25°C with high precision. The experimental data for the corresponding osmotic coefficients are compared to those obtained from the Pitzer equations and chemical model calculations. Mean activity coefficients are derived from the osmotic coefficients.     

Functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons by aprotic superacids 4. Ionic bromination of ethane and other alkanes and cycloalkanes with molecular bromine in the presence of systems based on polyhalomethanes and AlBr3 under mild conditions

Aprotic organic superacids CBr₄ · 2AlBr3, CBr₄ · AIBr₃, CHBr₃ · 2AlBr₃, CCl₄ · 2AlBr3, and C₆F₅CF₃ -2AlBr3 efficiently catalyze the bromination of alkanes and cycloalkanes with Br₂. Ethane is selectively brominated at 55–65 °C to give mostly 1,2-dibromoethane (stoichiometric reaction). Propane, butane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, and methylcyclopentane react with Br₂ at -40 to -20 °C with good selectivity affording monobromides in high yields (catalytic reactions).Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1208–1213, May, 1996.     

离子色谱法-间接紫外检测离子液体中三种含氟酸根阴离子

建立了离子色谱-间接紫外检测法同时分析离子液体中的三氟乙酸根(CF3COO-)、四氟硼酸根(BF4-)和三氟甲烷磺酸根(CF3SO3-)的方法。用Shodex IC NI-424阴离子交换柱作为分离柱,探讨了影响上述三种离子保留和检测的因素及其保留规律。最终选用色谱条件为:以1.75 mmol·L-1邻苯二甲酸-1.68 mmol·L-1三(羟甲基)氨基甲烷为淋洗液,柱温45℃,流速1.0 m L·min-1,UV检测波长设定在265 nm。在此条件下,可实现上述三种阴离子的同时分析,且色谱峰形良好。所测阴离子的检出限(S/N=3)为0.39~1.57 mg·L-1,保留时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差(n=5)均在1%以下。将此方法应用于测定离子液体中的三氟乙酸根、四氟硼酸根及三氟甲烷磺酸根,加标回收率为99%~102%。该方法简单、准确、可靠,具有较好的实用性。     

EXAFS Spectroscopy of the Alkoxide Precursor Zr(O n Bu)4 and its Modification in Solution

Summary. The molecular structure of the transition metal alkoxide Zr(OⁿBu)₄ in toluene and its modification by addition of i-propanol, tetrahydrofurane, and the coordinating ligand pentane-1,3-dione (Hacac) were investigated by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. Zr(OⁿBu)₄ dissolved in toluene forms dimers. It was proved that cluster size is a function of the number of added equivalents ligand. In contrast, the addition of i-propanol or tetrahydrofurane caused no structural changes observable by EXAFS spectroscopy. A detailed discussion of the structural models is given in terms of possible alternatives and errors within the EXAFS analysis.     

Conversion of Alcohols to Bromides by Trimethylsilane and lithium Bromide in Acetone

Conversion of alcohols to alkyl bromides is one of the most frequently used functional group transformation reactions. Phosphorus tribromide is one of the most popular classical reagents. Triphenylphosphine has been used in combination with bromine,carbon tetrabromide,N-halo imides and other bromide compounds as a mild reagents for the preparation of alkyl bromides. More reacently, halotrimethylsilanes were found to be useful for halogenation of alcohols. Geo- rge A.Olah successfully convert…     

离子液体为背景电解质的毛细管电泳-间接紫外检测法同时测定葡萄酒中无机阴离子和阳离子

以离子液体1-乙基-3-甲基咪唑对甲苯磺酸盐([EMIm]TS)为背景电解质,采用双端进样方式,实现了毛细管电泳-间接紫外检测法同时分析测定葡萄酒中无机阳离子(K⁺、Ca²⁺、Na⁺、Mg²⁺和Li⁺)和阴离子(Cl^-、SO■和ClO^-₃)。[EMIm]TS作为电泳缓冲溶液的同时,其阳离子和阴离子分别作为样品中阳离子和阴离子组分的间接紫外检测的背景电解质。在最佳分析条件下,可在6.5 min内完成8种无机离子的同时分离检测,其线性范围为0.005～0.7 g/L,相关系数为0.963～0.995,检出限(S/N=3)为1.2～12.5 mg/L。该方法成功测定了3种不同品牌的市售葡萄酒中8种无机离子。在3个加标水平下,8种无机离子的回收率为90.1%～110.5%,相对标准偏差(RSD)≤4.8%。结果表明,该方法可应用于葡萄酒中无机阴、阳离子的同时分离检测,且方法简单、快速且结果可靠。     

Study of solvent effects on the stability constant and ionic mobility of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 complex with potassium ion by affinity capillary electrophoresis

The effect of solvent on the strength of noncovalent interactions and ionic mobility of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 complex with K⁺ in water/organic solvents was investigated by using affinity capillary electrophoresis. The proportion of organic solvent (methanol, ethanol, propan‐2‐ol, and acetonitrile) in the mixtures ranged from 0 to 100 vol.%. The stability constant, K_KL, and actual ionic mobility of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6‐K⁺ complex were determined by the nonlinear regression analysis of the dependence of the effective electrophoretic mobility of dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 on the concentration of K⁺ (added as KCl) in the background electrolyte (25 mM lithium acetate, pH 5.5, in the above mixed hydro–organic solvents). Competitive interaction of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6 with Li⁺ was observed and quantified in mixtures containing more than 60 vol.% of the organic solvent. However, the stability constant of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6‐Li⁺ complex was in all cases lower than 0.5 % of K_KL. The log K_KL increased approximately linearly in the range 1.62–4.98 with the increasing molar fraction of organic solvent in the above mixed solvents and with similar slopes for all four organic solvents used in this study. The ionic mobilities of the dibenzo‐18‐crown‐6‐K⁺ complex were in the range (6.1–43.4) × 10^?9 m² V^?1 s^?1.