Synthesis of Fullerene-Polyphenylene Oxide Membranes for Separating Aqueous-Organic Mixtures

Homogeneous fullerene-polyphenylene oxide membranes containing up to 2 wt % C₆₀ are synthesized and characterized by the density, electrical resistivity, and contact angle with water and ethanol. The effect of fullerene additive on the transport characteristics of the membranes in pervaporation of water mixtures with ethanol and ethyl acetate is studied.     

L-丝氨酸在乙醇-水混合溶剂中的稀释焓

氨基酸是重要的生物活性物质,是组成蛋白质的基本结构单位．氨基酸的稀释焓是氨基酸溶液热力学性质研究的一个重要方面［１,２］,即溶质 溶质相互作用．目前氨基酸的稀释焓研究大多集中在纯水溶液中．然而,大多数蛋白质的天然环境并不是单纯的水溶液,而是含有许多有机物质的复杂环境．有机溶剂对蛋白质的溶解度、变性行为、解缔成次一级结构和酶的活性等都有很大影响［３］,蛋白质在非水介质环境条件下的热力学性质与其在水溶液环境条件下的性质是大不相同的．由混合溶剂中稀释焓的研究可以获得溶剂介入的溶质分子间的相互作用信息．…     

Enthalpies of Dilution and Enthalpies of Mixing of Amino Acids with Sucrose in Aqueous Solutions at 298.15 K

The enthalpies of mixing of aqueous solutions have been determined for sucrose with six different amino acids (glycine, l-alanine, l-serine, l-valine, l-proline and l-threonine) at 298.15 K, by using a LKB-2277 flow microcalorimetric system. These results, along with the enthalpies of dilution of these solutes for the initial solutions, were used to determine the enthalpic interaction coefficients (h _xy, h _xyy, h _xxy) of the McMillan–Mayer Theory. The pair-wise cross interaction coefficients of amino acids and sucrose are discussed from the viewpoint of solute–solute interactions.     

Excess Enthalpies of Binary Mixtures of Formamide with Secondary Amides

The excess molar enthalpies H^E of binary mixtures of formamide with N-methylformamide, N-ethylformamide, N-methylacetamide, N-ethylacetamide and N-methylpropion-amide have been measured as functions of the mole fraction at 308.15 K, using an isoperibol rotating calorimeter. The experimental values of H^E are negative for all mixtures over the whole composition range. Intermolecular interactions in these mixtures are discussed through comparison of the results with those for corresponding binary mixtures of water. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Non‐Ideal Mixing Behaviour of Hydrogen Bonding in Mixtures of Protic Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids (ILs) attract interest in science and technology as a result of their unique properties. Binary and ternary mixtures of ILs significantly increase the number of possible cation/anion combinations, resulting in targeted physical and chemical properties. In this work, we study the mixing behaviour of two protic ILs: triethyl ammonium methylsulfonate [Et₃NH][CH₃SO₃] and triethylammonium triflate [Et₃NH][CF₃SO₃]. We find a characteristic deviation from ideal mixing by means of low‐frequency infrared spectroscopy. By using molecular dynamics simulations, we explain this behaviour as being the result of different strengths of anion/cation hydrogen bonding. This non‐ideality of non‐random H‐bond mixing is also reflected in macroscopic properties such as the viscosity. Mixing suitable ILs may, thus, result in new ILs with targeted physical properties.     

Nature of Alkali- and Coinage-Metal Bonds versus Hydrogen Bonds

We have quantum chemically studied the structure and nature of alkali- and coinage-metal bonds (M-bonds) versus that of hydrogen bonds between A−M and B⁻ in archetypal [A−M⋅⋅⋅B]⁻ model systems (A, B=F, Cl and M=H, Li, Na, Cu, Ag, Au), using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BP86-D3/TZ2P. We find that coinage-metal bonds are stronger than alkali-metal bonds which are stronger than the corresponding hydrogen bonds. Our main purpose is to understand how and why the structure, stability and nature of such bonds are affected if the monovalent central atom H of hydrogen bonds is replaced by an isoelectronic alkali- or coinage-metal atom. To this end, we have analyzed the bonds between A−M and B⁻ using the activation strain model, quantitative Kohn-Sham molecular orbital (MO) theory, energy decomposition analysis (EDA), and Voronoi deformation density (VDD) analysis of the charge distribution.     

Comparison of Bifurcated Halogen with Hydrogen Bonds

Bifurcated halogen bonds are constructed with FBr and FI as Lewis acids, paired with NH₃ and NCH bases. The first type considered places two bases together with a single acid, while the reverse case of two acids sharing a single base constitutes the second type. These bifurcated systems are compared with the analogous H-bonds wherein FH serves as the acid. In most cases, a bifurcated system is energetically inferior to a single linear bond. There is a larger energetic cost to forcing the single σ-hole of an acid to interact with a pair of bases, than the other way around where two acids engage with the lone pair of a single base. In comparison to FBr and FI, the H-bonding FH acid is better able to participate in a bifurcated sharing with two bases. This behavior is traced to the properties of the monomers, in particular the specific shape of the molecular electrostatic potential, the anisotropy of the orbitals of the acid and base that interact directly with one another, and the angular extent of the total electron density of the two molecules.     

DFT Study on Homolytic Dissociation Enthalpies of C-I Bonds

The C-I bond dissociation enthalpies （BDE） of various organic iodides were calculated using high-level theoretical methods including MP2 and CCSD（T） with extrapolated basis set as well as a number of density functional theory methods. After systematic evaluation of the theoretical results against available experimental C-I BDEs, it was found that the MPW LYPIM method gave the lowest root mean square error. We, therefore, used this method to examine the substituent effects on different categories of C（sp3）-I and C（sp2）-I bonds. Fur thermore, the remote substituent effects on the C-I BDEs of substituted iodobenzenes and substituted （iodomethyl）benzenes were also investigated at the same level. The C-I BDEs of typical heteroaromatic iodides including five-membered and six-membered heterocyclic iodides were also examined.     

溴化钠在正丙醇-水混合溶剂中溶解热和溶剂化热

用高精度等温外壳式量热计测量了２９８．１５Ｋ下ＮａＢｒ在不同组成正丙醇水混合溶剂中溶解热。根据测量结果及以前作者对ＮｄＣｌ３，ＢａＣｌ２，ＮａＣｌ，ＮａＩ，ＮａＦ／ｍ－Ｃ３Ｈ７ＯＨ－Ｈ２Ｏ体系溶解热的研究结果，计算了２９８．１５Ｋ下，正丙醇水混合溶剂中，上述盐的标准溶解热和ＮａＦ，ＮａＣｌ，ＮａＢｒ的ＮａＩ的溶剂化热，讨论了电解质溶解热和溶剂化热与离子特性、混合溶剂的组成和结构的关系。     

Understanding Regium Bonds and their Competition with Hydrogen Bonds in Au2:HX Complexes

A theoretical study of the regium and hydrogen bonds (RB and HB, respectively) in Au₂:HX complexes has been carried out by means of CCSD(T) calculations. The theoretical study shows as overall outcome that in all cases the complexes exhibiting RB are more stable that those with HB. The binding energies for RB complexes range between −24 and −180 kJ ⋅ mol^−1, whereas those of the HB complexes are between −6 and −19 kJ ⋅ mol⁻¹. DFT-SAPT also indicated that HB complexes are governed by electrostatics, but RB complexes present larger contribution of the induction term to the total attractive forces. ¹⁹⁷Au chemical shifts have been calculated using the relativistic ZORA Hamiltonian.     

Strength of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds

The concept of resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds(RAHBs)highlights the synergistic interplay between theπ-resonance and hydrogen bonding interactions.This concept has been well-accepted in academia and is widely used in practice.However,it has been argued that the seemingly enhanced intramolecular hydrogen bonding(IMHB)in unsaturated compounds may simply be a result of the constraints imposed by theσ-skeleton framework.Thus,it is crucial to estimate the strength of IMHBs.In this work,we used two approaches to probe the resonance effect and estimate the strength of the IMHBs in the two exemplary cases of the enol forms of acetylacetone and o-hydroxyacetophenone.One approach is the block-localized wavefunction(BLW)method,which is a variant of the ab initio valence bond(VB)theory.Using this approach,it is possible to derive the geometries and energetics with resonance shut down.The other approach is Edmiston’s truncated localized molecular orbital(TLMO)technique,which monitors the energy changes by removing the delocalization tails from localized molecular orbitals.The integrated BLW and TLMO studies confirmed that the hydrogen bonding in these two molecules is indeed enhanced byπ-resonance,and that this enhancement is not a result ofσconstraints.     

Predicting Excess Enthalpies of Ether and/or Hydrocarbon Binary Mixtures

Previous applications of the Flory–Patterson theory in the analysis of the excess molar enthalpies at 25°C for some binary mixtures composed of ethers, n-alkanes, br-alknes, and cycloalkanes are reviewed. The possibility of correlating the Flory interaction parameters X _ij in terms of the acentric factors of the components is examined. For selected ether (1) + n-alkane(2) mixtures, a set of linear relations between X ₁₂ and the acentric factors of the n-alkanes are reported.Visiting Professor on sabbatical leave from the     

Free Hydrogen Bonds in Alcohol Solutions with Inert Solvents

Raman spectra were obtained for alcohol solutions with inert solvents such asCCl₄, CHCl₃, etc. The frequency of the OH stretching vibrations[_OH(free) band]due to free hydrogen bonds varies with change in either alcohol or inert solvent.It is shown that the frequency of the _OH(free) band is sensitive to the shape ofthe head group of an inert solvent. The main cause for the frequency change ofthe _OH(free) band with change in alcohol is ascribed to the change of effectivemass of the vibrating unit (RO-H, R = alkyl group).     

Intramolecular Resonance-assisted Hydrogen Bonds in N-Salicylidene-anilines

In the crystal structures of N-salicylidene-anilines, the ortho-OH group with the central N atom forms a planar six-membered ring through intramolecular hydrogen bonds (Fig. 1). The pseudo-aromatic ring is coplanar with its attached phenyl ring. The resonance strengthens the H-bond through proton transfer between the O and N atoms (Fig.1,Ⅰ←→Ⅱ): dco and dcc become shorter and dCN longer significantly. The d1～d6 are also changed regularly. According to the geometries obtained from X-ray analysis and retrieved from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, version 5.21), we believe that the main resonance, at least in solid state, is the molecular keto form (Ⅱ, Fig. 1) instead of the zwitterionic one (Ⅲ, Fig.1).     

预测三元系超额焓的一种新方法

提出一种预测三元系超额焓的新方法。该方法利用改进的立方状态方程－－ＦＲＫＳ方程，并以二元互作用参数函数代替单一数值的二地互作用参数，为计算体系提供随状态变化的二元互作用参数数值。对十二个非理想三元系及其组分二元素的计算结果表明，该方法明显提高了二元系超额焓的拟合精度，从而在不引入任何三元参数的条件下较好地改进了三元系超额焓的预测。     

Ternary Polymer Solutions with Hydrogen Bonds, 2

Experimental ternary phase diagrams for ternary systems CHL/PS‐MAA/PVPy with diverse MAA contents have been determined by GPC. The presence of MAA in the copolymers gives rise to specific interactions, by hydrogen bond formation between both polymeric components, so strong that the isotherm for the system with the highest MAA content so far studied, CHL/PS‐MAA(8%)/PVPy, is representative of a complex coacervation situation. By applying the theoretical background deduced by coupling the Flory‐Huggins lattice model to the AET developed for ternary polymeric systems SPP with specific intermolecular interactions (via hydrogen bonds), free energy surfaces for the CHL/PS‐MAA/PVPy systems are constructed. From these plots theoretical ternary phase diagrams are deduced and a fair agreement with those obtained experimentally is observed.

     

A Functionalized Heterocubane with Extensive Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds

A unique three‐dimensional assembly is evident in the crystal structure of the cage compound 1 : each molecule participates in the formation of eight O−H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds with neighboring molecules to form cavities with approximate dimensions of 3×3×8 ų. In contrast, compound 2 , which contains the same framework structure, does not show this behavior in the crystal.