X-ray diffraction and chemical analyses of magnesium aluminium fluoride

The preparation of magnesium aluminium fluoride by addition of hydrofluoric acid to a mixture of aluminium and magnesium nitrates is described. The x-ray diffraction pattern of the complex, identified by chemical and thermogravimetric analyses as MgAlF₅ · 2.2 H₂O, is reported.     

Speciation analysis of aluminium and aluminium fluoride complexes by HPIC-UVVIS

The study presents a new analytical method for speciation analysis in fractionation of aluminium fluoride complexes and free Al³⁺ in soil samples. Aluminium speciation was studied in model solutions and soil extract samples by means of high performance ion chromatography (HPIC) with UV-VIS detection using post-column reaction with tiron for the separation and detection of aluminium fluoride complex and Al³⁺ forms during one analysis. The paper presents particular stages of the chromatographic process optimization involving selecting the appropriate eluent strength, type of elution or concentration and quantity of derivatization reagent. HPIC was performed on a bifunctional analytical column Dionex IonPac CS5A. The use of gradient elution and the eluents A: 1 M NH₄Cl and B: water acidified to pH of eluent phase, enabled full separation of fluoride aluminium forms as AlF₂⁺, AlF₃⁰, AlF₄⁻ (first signal), AlF²⁺ (second signal) and form Al³⁺ in a single analytical procedure. The proposed new method HPIC-UVVIS was applied successfully in the quantitative and qualitative analysis of soil samples.     

Ferrocene derivatives of liquid chiral molecules allow assignment of absolute configuration by X-ray crystallography

The present study investigates a synthetically simple ferrocene derivatization of natural products and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Seven new crystal structures are analyzed together with 16 structures of ferrocene derivatives reported previously. In all cases, the unambiguous determination of the absolute structure was established from anomalous dispersion using the methods of Flack and Parsons. A comparison with other derivatization approaches shows the advantage of the described ferrocene derivatization for establishing the absolute configuration of novel compounds.     

Antagonist binding in the rat muscarinic receptor A study by docking and X-ray crystallography

A series of agonists to the rat muscarinic receptor have been docked computationally to the active site of a homology model of rat M1 muscarinic receptor. The agonists were modelled on the X-ray crystal structure of atropine, which is reported here and the docking studies are shown to reproduce correctly the order of experimental binding affinities for the agonists as well as indicate where there appear to be inconsistencies in the experimental data. The crystal and molecular structure of atropine (tropine tropate; -[hydroxymethyl]benzeneacetic acid 8-methyl[3.2.1]oct-3-yl ester C₁₇H₂₃NO₃) has been determined by X-ray crystallography using an automated Patterson search method, and refined by full-matrix least-squares to a final R of 0.0452 for 2701 independent observed reflections and 192 parameters using Mo K radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å at 150 K. The compound crystallises in space group Fdd2 with Z = 16 molecules per unit cell.     

Structural study of VOx doped aluminium fluoride and aluminium oxide catalysts

The structural properties of vanadium doped aluminium oxyfluorides and aluminium oxides, prepared by a modified sol-gel synthesis route, were thoroughly investigated. The influence of the preparation technique and the calcination temperature on the coordination of vanadium, aluminium and fluorine was analysed by different spectroscopic methods such as Raman, MAS NMR and ESR spectroscopy. In all samples calcined at low temperatures (350 °C), vanadium coexists in two oxidation states V^IV and V^V, with V^IV as dominating species in the vanadium doped aluminium oxyfluorides. In the fluoride containing solids aluminium as well as vanadium are coordinated by fluorine and oxygen. Thermal annealing of 800 °C leads to an extensive reorganisation of the original matrices and to the oxidation of V^IV to V^V in both systems.     

NMR and X-ray study of cyclotetraveratrilene derivatives

A conformational study of cycloveratrilenes 3 and 4 by high resolution NMR at low temperature for 3 and room temperature for 4 along with X-ray crystallography is reported. From these experiments we found a dynamic process, where magnetic and topologic environment are exchanged by conformational variations through rotations. A conformational study of two cyclotetraveratrilenes by high resolution NMR at low and room temperature along with X-ray crystallography is reported. From these experiments we found a dynamic process, where magnetic and topologic environment are exchanged by conformational variations through rotations.     

X-ray crystallographic study of neutral boron chelates with β-diketones and tropolone

A series of six new boron β-diketonates and tropolonates has been synthesized, each compound being crystallized and characterized by spectroscopic methods as well as by X-ray crystallography. A comparative study of the NMR and X-ray data with similar structures from the literature permitted us to develop a detailed evaluation of the bonding in these chelates that lead to several interesting correlations. The present compounds have important physical properties that justify this study. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 9:359–368, 1998     

Reaction of gaseous hydrogen fluoride with aluminium and its compounds

The reaction of metallic aluminium surfaces, aluminium oxides, hydrated oxides and sulphate with gaseous anhydrous hydrogen fluoride was studied at 470°C and pressures between 10 and 100 torr. The complementary analytical techniques of X-ray induced photoelectron spectra, X-ray and electron diffraction, and electron microscopy were used for identifying the (frequently unexpected) products.     

Dipole moments of boron chelates with tropolone and 1,3-diketone derivatives

Dipole moments were determined for the chelates 2-6 of benzodioxaborole or diphenylborinic acid with tropolone derivatives or with 1,3-diketones (acetylacetone, dibenzoylmethane). Correlations with the structure were attempted.     

Phosphorus heterocycles: synthesis,spectroscopic study and X-ray crystallography of some new diazaphosphorinanes

New diazaphosphorinanes with formula R=C₆H₅O (2), 4-CH₃-C₆H₄NH (3), 4-NO₂-C₆H₄NH (4), R=Cl (5), 4-CH₃-C₆H₄O (6), and C₆H₅NH (7) were synthesized and characterized by ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P NMR and IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The crystal structures of compounds 1 and (8) were determined using X-ray crystallography. In these structures, the P=O bond is placed in an equatorial position and the aliphatic six-membered rings show chair conformations. These compounds form two-dimensional polymeric chains via intermolecular P=O…H–N hydrogen bonds. ¹H NMR spectrum of compound 1 shows a ddd splitting pattern for the coupling of H_equatorial proton with phosphorus atom, H_axial atom, and NH proton with a high-value ³ J(PNCH) coupling constant = 26.1 Hz. But, H_axial indicates a dd splitting pattern because of the coupling with H_equatorial and NH protons. ¹³C NMR spectra of compounds 5–7, indicated high values for ³ J(P,C)_aromatic = 11.9, 11.3 and 10.2 Hz due to the coupling of the aromatic carbon atom of naphthalene moiety with the phosphorus atom. ³¹P NMR spectra indicate that the δ(³¹P) of compounds 1–4 and 8 containing NH groups connected to the aliphatic carbon atoms appear downfield relative to those of compounds 5–7 that containing NH groups connected to the aromatic naphthalene group.

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Structural elucidation of dendritic host-guest complexes by X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations

The multiple monovalent binding of adamantyl-urea poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers with carboxylic acid-urea guests was investigated using molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray crystallography to better understand the structure and behavior of the dynamic multivalent complex in solution. The results from the two methods are consistent and suggest a preferred molecular picture of this complicated aggregate of multiple components. The guest molecules can bind to the dendrimer in a variety of ways although most involve hydrogen-bonding interactions between urea groups of the dendrimer with urea and/or carboxylic acid groups of the guest. In addition, acid-base interactions between the carboxylic acid of the guest and the tertiary amine in the interior of the dendritic host are present. Our proposed structure gives important information about the predominant dynamic interactions between the host and guest and illustrates how they fit together and interact with each other.     

The molecular structure of tris-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-heptane-3,5-dione aluminium: gas-phase electron diffraction,quantum chemical calculations and X-ray crystallography

Structural Chemistry - The molecular structure of tris-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-heptane-3,5-dione aluminium, or Al(thd)3, has been determined by quantum chemical (DFT) calculations, X-ray...     

A study of sparked aluminium samples with a scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray analyser

A scanning electron microscope combined with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer was used to investigate the erosion of the surfaces of aluminium samples after they have been exposed to single and multiple spark discharges in air and in argon. The erosion marks formed under the impact of an oscillating single spark discharge are different for the first and third current half-cycles, respectively, and are also dependent on the environmental gas. A uniform melt was formed at the centre of multiply sparked areas. The actual specimen becomes more inhomogeneous towards the perimeter of the sparked area.     

Cryolite precipitation by the Reaction of aluminium salt with sodium fluoride in aqueous solution

When aqueous solution of aluminium salt involving nitrate, chloride or sulfate was added into sodium fluoride solution, an immediate reaction occured to form cryolite-like precipitate. Examination into the resultant solution and analysis for the precipitate were carried out, leading to the fact that fluorine ion can substitute for bound water molecules around central Al⁺⁺⁺ ion, but hardly for bound hydroxide and sulfate ion which should go or be “frozen”, as it is, into cryolite-like precipitate. These ligand substitution reaction seems to contribute to identification of ion species of aluminium in aqueous solution.     

Synthesis and characterization of two cyclic organosiloxanes by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography

1,3-[2′,6′-Pyridinebis(methyleneoxy)]-1,3-bis(diphenyl)cyclodisiloxane (9) and 2,6-pyridinebis(1,1-diphenylethoxy)diphenylsilane (11) were obtained from 2,6-pyridinediol derivatives with dichlorodiphenylsilane. An N→Si interaction is present in 2,6-pyridinebis(1,1-diphenylethoxy)diphenylsilane, which also shows fluxional behavior. The activation energy of 13.2 kcal mol⁻¹ for 11 was obtained for the intramolecular exchange between the phenyl groups from a variable-temperature ¹H-NMR study. The compounds were characterized by ¹H-, ¹³C- and ²⁹Si-NMR and their structures were established by X-ray crystallographic studies.     

Uranium tris-aryloxide derivatives supported by triazacyclononane: engendering a reactive uranium(III) center with a single pocket for reactivity

The synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of the mononuclear uranium complex [((ArO)(3)tacn)U(III)(NCCH(3))] is reported. The uranium(III) complex reacts with organic azides to yield uranium(IV) azido as well as uranium(V) imido complexes, [((ArO)(3)tacn)U(IV)(N(3))] and [((ArO)(3)tacn)U(V)(NSi(CH(3))(3))]. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction, spectroscopic, and computational studies of this analogous series of uranium tris-aryloxide complexes supported by triazacyclononane are described. The hexadentate, tris-anionic ligand coordinates to the large uranium ion in unprecedented fashion, engendering coordinatively unsaturated and highly reactive uranium centers. The macrocyclic triazacyclononane tris-aryloxide derivative occupies six coordination sites, with the three aryloxide pendant arms forming a trigonal plane at the metal center. DFT quantum mechanic methods were applied to rationalize the reactivity and to elucidate the electronic structure of the newly synthesized compounds. It is shown that the deeply colored uranium(III) and uranium(V) species are stabilized via pi-bonding interaction, involving uranium f-orbitals and the axial acetonitrile and imido ligand, respectively. In contrast, the bonding in the colorless uranium(IV) azido complex is purely ionic in nature. The magnetism of the series of complexes with an [N3O3-N(ax)] core structure and oxidation states +III, +IV, and +V is discussed in context of the electronic structures.     

Equilibrium study on the masking of aluminium ion in the determination of fluoride with ion-selective electrodes

The complexation equilibria between aluminum, a masking agent (DCyTA, EDTA and citrate) and fluoride were studied. Mixed ligand complexes of aluminum, fluoride and the masking agent are generally formed. Citrate is more effective for masking aluminum than DCyTA or EDTA because of the lower conditional formation constants of the mixed ligand complexes. Higher pH, such as 7, and increased dilution of the sample solution are recommended for samples containing large amounts of aluminum.