Vapor pressures and apparent molal volumes of the solutions of ZnCl2 in ethanol at 298.15 K

Vapor pressures and apparent molal volumes of solutions of ZnCl₂ in ethanol are reported at 298.15 K. The vapor pressure of ethanol has been evaluated from the osmotic coefficients measured by an improved isopiestic method. The experimental osmotic coefficients have been correlated with the Pitzer model and local composition models including electrolyte non-random two liquid (e-NRTL), non-random factor (NRF), modified NRTL (MNRTL) and extended Wilson (EW) models. Apparent molal volumes have been calculated from the densities of the solutions measured by a vibrating-tube densimeter, and fitted with the volumetric equations based on the Pitzer model and the local composition models. All of the models successfully correlate the experimental osmotic coefficients and apparent molal volume data.     

Isopiestic study of the solutions of MnCl2, CoCl2 and NiCl2 in methanol and ethanol at 298.15 K

Osmotic coefficients of the solutions of three divalent transition metal chlorides (MCl₂; M = Mn, Co, Ni) in methanol and ethanol have been measured by isopiestic method at 298.15 K. Vapor pressures of the solutions have been evaluated from osmotic coefficients and their depression was used for qualitative deduction of the solute–solvent interactions occurring in these solutions. The osmotic coefficients have been correlated using local composition models (including electrolyte non random two liquid (e-NRTL), non random factor (NRF) and modified NRTL (mNRTL) models) and the Pitzer model. The capability of the considered models was compared on the basis of the standard deviation in osmotic coefficients. The models give reliable results in correlation of the osmotic coefficients. However, the results show that the Pitzer and the mNRTL models successfully correlate the osmotic coefficients, however e-NRTL and NRF models give larger standard deviations.     

Aqueous guanidinium salts: Part II. Isopiestic osmotic coefficients of guanidinium sulphate and viscosity and surface tension of guanidinium chloride, bromide, acetate, perchlorate and sulphate solutions at 298.15 K

The molality dependence of isopiestic osmotic coefficients of aqueous guanidinium sulphate, Gn₂SO₄ has been reported at 298.15 and analysed by the Pitzer equations. The Pitzer coefficients obtained from the analysis of osmotic coefficients are employed to calculate the activity coefficients. The viscosity and surface tension of aqueous guanidinium chloride (GnCl), bromide (GnBr), acetate (CH₃COOGn), perchlorate (GnClO₄) and sulphate (Gn₂SO₄) have also been measured at 298.15 K. The order in which these salts increase the viscosity and surface tension of water is: Gn₂SO₄>CH₃COOGn>GnCl>GnBr>GnClO₄. The effect of Gn₂SO₄ and CH₃COOGn on the viscosity and surface tension is stronger than that of other guanidinium salts.     

Viscometric and sorption equilibrium studies on n-alkane-butanone-poly-(dimethylsiloxane) systems

Intrinsic viscosities, [η], second virial coefficients, A₂, and preferential solvation coefficients, λ, for the ternary systems n-alkane (l)-butanone (2)-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) (3), with n-alkane = n-hexane, n-heptane, n-nonane and n-undecane, have been determined at 20°. The K and a constants of the Mark-Houwink equation have been evaluated over the whole composition range of the binary solvent mixtures. Polymer (mixed solvent) interaction parameters and unperturbed dimensions have been evaluated both from A₂ and [η] data, the feasibility of A₂ evaluation from [η] experimental data or vice versa being discussed. Experimental and calculated (through Dondos and Patterson theory) excess free energies, G^E, follow similar trends with composition; large numerical discrepancies, however, arise between both sets of G^E. Maxima in [η], in a and in A₂ are accompanied by inversion points in λ. The solvent mixture composition range in which PDMS is preferentially solvated by n-alkane, as well as the extent of solvation, decrease with increasing number of carbon atoms in the n-alkane.     

Measurement and modeling of osmotic coefficients of aqueous solution of ionic liquids using vapor pressure osmometry method

Osmotic coefficients of binary mixtures containing an ionic liquid, (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [BMIm]BF₄, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, [EMIm]ES, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium methyl sulfate, [BMIm]MS) with water were measured until about 3 molal concentrations using vapor pressure osmometry method (VPO) at temperature ranges 298.15–328.15 K and modeled using different electrolyte excess Gibbs free energy models including electrolyte non-random two liquids (NRTL), modified NRTL (MNRTL), mean spherical approximation NRTL (MSA-NRTL), non random factor (NRF), and extended Wilson models. The results show that osmotic coefficient data increase with increasing temperature. The calculated standard deviations of the studied systems show that the applicability of these models for the correlation of VLE properties of ionic liquid solutions. The average standard deviations for the models have the order σ(?) MNRTL < σ(?) Wilson < σ(?) NRTL < σ(?) MSA-NRTL < σ(?)NRF. The results show MNRTL model is able to reproduce experimental osmotic coefficients of aqueous solution of studied ionic liquids with good precision.     

Thermodynamic properties of the system NH4NO3 + (NH4)2SO4 + H2O at 298.15 K

In this investigation, the mixed aqueous electrolyte system of nitrate and sulfate with common ammonium cation has been studied with the hygrometric method at the temperature 298.15 K. The water activities of the system [yNH₄NO₃ + (1 − y)(NH₄)₂SO₄](aq) are measured at total molalities from 0.4 mol kg⁻¹ up to saturation for different ionic-strength fractions y of NH₄NO₃ with y = 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8. The obtained data allow the deduction of osmotic coefficients. The experimental results are compared with the predictions of the Zdanovskii–Stokes–Robinson (ZSR), Leitzke and Stoughton (LSII), Kusik and Meissner (KM), and Pitzer models. From these measurements, new Pitzer mixing ionic parameters are determined and used to predict the solute activity coefficients in the mixture. The obtained results are used to calculate the excess Gibbs energy at total molalities for different ionic-strength fractions y.     

Dielectric studies of the hexatic B-smectic A and crystal B-smectic A transitions

Static dielectric constants, ε_∥ and ε_⊥ as well as the low frequency dielectric dispersion of ε_∥ have been studied in the vicinity of the hexatic B-smectic A transition in n-hexyl-4'-pentyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate (65OBC) and n-butyl-4'-hexyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate (46OBC) and also near the crystal B-smectic A transition in n-(4-n-butyloxybenzylidene)-4-n-octylaniline (4O. 8). While the behaviour of the dielectric anisotropy is essentially similar for both transitions, the dispersion results show significant differences.     

EMIM离子液体离子簇模型的量子化学计算

以1-乙基-3-甲基咪唑(EMIM)卤化物、氟硼酸盐、三溴化物和二碘溴酸盐、氯铝酸和溴铝酸盐等不同种类EMIM离子液体为研究对象,对多阳离子、多阴离子的离子簇模型进行了量子化学计算研究.首先在B3LYP/6-311++G(d, p)水平上(I使用6-311G(d, p)基组)对{[EMIM]X_n}^(n-1)- (X = Cl, Br, I, BF₄, AlCl₄, AlBr₄, Br₃, IBrI, FHF; n = 2, 3)和{[EMIM]₂X_n'}^(n'-2)- (n' = 3, 4, 5)离子簇进行构型优化,并对卤化物和氟硼酸盐进行了振动光谱计算.结果表明所采用理论模型在键长、键角等结构参数及红外振动光谱方面均与实验结果符合较好.同时对不同离子簇模型中阴、阳离子间相互作用能与实验熔点之间的关系进行了研究,发现采用{[EMIM]₂X_n'}^(n'-2)--模型时EMIM离子液体实验熔点与阴、阳离子间相互作用能之间呈现近线性关系.     

Synthesis and characterisation of nickel(II) complexes with tripodal ligand tris[4-(3-(5-methylpyrazolyl)-3-aza-3-butenyl] amine (MPz3tren): X-ray crystal structure of [Ni(MPz3tren)](BF4)2·0.5H2O

Nickel(II) complexes of the tripodal ligand (MPz₃tren) of the general formula [Ni(MPz₃tren)]X₂·nH₂O (X=Cl, Br, NO₃, ClO₄ and BF₄; n=0 for Cl and Br; n=0.5 for NO₃, ClO₄ and BF₄) have been prepared by template methodology and characterised by elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility and conductivity measurements at RT, IR and electronic spectra. The molar conductivities measured in MeOH for all the complexes show them to be 1:2 electrolytes. The hexadentate character of the ligand in all the complexes is inferred from IR spectral studies. The electronic spectra in solid state and in MeOH solution suggest octahedral geometry for all the complexes. The structure of [Ni(MPz₃tren)](BF₄)₂·0.5H₂O has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies (monoclinic, c2/c). Nickel(II) is in a trigonal antiprismatic N₆ donor environment and the crystal structure is stabilised by a network of strong H-bonding.     

Transition metals complexed to ordered mesophases. XIII. Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of potentially ferroelectric Schiff's base palladium(II) complexes

A series of N-[4'-(dodecyloxy)resorcylidene]-4-(RO*)-anilines (HL_n n = 1, R*O = (-)-cis-myrtanyl; n = 2, R*O = (-)-menthyl; n = 3, R*O = S-(-)-β-citronellyl; n = 4, R*O = R-(-)-2-octyl) has been synthesized and the mesomorphic properties investigated. These ligands are able to chelate a metal atom; accordingly three different series of palladium complexes, [(Ln)Pd(Ln)], [(Ln)Pd(Azoxy-6)] and [(L₃)Pd(Ph-Py_n)] (where Azoxy-6 and PhPy_n are cyclopalladated 4,4'-dihexyloxyazoxybenzene and 5-substituted-2-(4-substituted-phenyl)pyrimidine, respectively) have been prepared. The mesogenic HL₃ and HL₄ ligands exhibit a S*_C phase, retained in [(L₃)Pd(L₃)], which changes to a cholesteric phase in [(L₄)Pd(L₄)] and becomes the more ordered S*_H phase in the [(Ln)Pd(Azoxy-6)] (n = 3,4) derivatives. In contrast, in the [(L₃)Pd(Ph-Py_n)] compounds the mesomorphic phase is a S_A phase.     

Effect of molecular structure on the phase behaviour of some liquid crystalline compounds and their mixtures XII. Binary mixtures of homologues of unsymmetrical 1,4-phenylene bis (4-substituted benzoates)

Twentyfour liquid crystalline esters of the type 4-(n-C_nH_2n+1O)C₆H₄COOC₆H₄OOCC₆H₄-X-4 have been investigated for their phase behaviour. These compounds constitute six homologous series that differ from each other by the substituent X. The latter varies between CH₃O, CH₃, Cl, CN, NO₂, and n-C_nH_2n+1O, and the number (n) of carbons varies, within a homologous series, between 6, 8, 14, and 16. All possible binary mixtures made from any two homologues were prepared and characterized for their mesophase behaviour by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy.     

Mesogenic Unsymmetric dimers containing cholesteryl ester and tolane moieties

Among unsymmetric oligomesogens, chiral dimers formed by connecting a cholesteryl ester fragment with various aromatic mesogenic cores through a polymethylene spacer have been attracting much attention due to their remarkable thermal behaviour. In particular, dimers containing a diphenylacetylene segment having an alkoxy chain have shown interesting mesomorphic behaviour. In view of this a new series of unsymmetric dimers consisting of a diphenylacetylene moiety having an alkyl chain and a cholesteryl ester unit joined through a paraffinic spacer have been synthesized and their liquid crystalline properties characterized. The lengths of the central methylene spacer (C₃, C₄, C₅ and C₇) as well as that of the alkyl chain (n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl and n-heptyl) have been varied to establish structure-property relationships. These investigations have revealed that all the dimers exhibit smectic A, twist grain boundary and chiral neamtic (N*) phases with the exception of one of the dimers for which only the N* phase was observed. Some differences in the mesomorphic properties of the unsymmetric dimers containing odd or even parity methylene spacers have been observed. The majority of dimers having an even (C₄) parity paraffinic spacer show a blue phase while the dimers with odd (C₃, C₅ and C₇) parity spacers exhibit the chiral smectic (SmC*) phase. In some cases, the SmC* phase exists well below (-60°C) and above room temperature.     

Si-Kernresonanzspektren und synthese von bromdisilanen und ioddisilanen

The syntheses of Bromodisilanes Br_nSi₂H_6−n and Iododisilanes I_nSi₂H_6−n (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), starting from caryldisilanes Ar_nSi₂H_6−n (Ar = phenyl, -naphthyl, mesityl) are reported. The ²⁹Si-NMR-spectra of all compounds, including ²⁹Si²⁹Si-coupling constants, have been measured.

Zusammenfassung

Ausgehend von Aryldisilanen ArS₂H_6−n, (Ar = Phenyl, -Naphthyl, Mesityl) wurden die Bromdisilane Br_nSi₂H_6−n, und Ioddisilane I_nSi₂H_6−n, (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) synthetisiert. Die ²⁹Si-NMR-Spektren aller Verbindungen, (eingeschlossen ²⁹Si²⁹Si-Kopplungskonstanten) wurden vermessen.     

Vibration-rotation spectra of C containing acetylene: anharmonic resonances

High resolution vibration-rotation spectra of ¹³C₂H₂ were recorded in a number of regions from 2000 to 5200 cm⁻¹ at Doppler or pressure limited resolution. In these spectral ranges cold and hot bands involving the bending-stretching combination levels have been analyzed up to high J values. Anharmonic quartic resonances for the combination levels ν₁ + mν₄ + nν₅, ν₂ + mν₄ + (n + 2) ν₅ and ν₃ + (m − 1) ν₄ + (n + 1) ν₅ have been studied, and the l-type resonances within each polyad have been explicitly taken into account in the analysis of the data. The least-squares refinement provides deperturbed values for band origins and rotational constants, obtained by fitting rotation lines only up to J ≈ 20 with root mean square errors of ≈ 0.0003 cm⁻¹. The band origins allowed us to determine a number of the anharmonicity constants x_ij⁰.     

Osmotic and activity coefficients in the binary solutions of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and bromide in methanol or ethanol at T = 298.15 K from isopiestic measurements

Osmotic coefficients of the binary solutions of two room-temperature ionic liquids (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and bromide) in methanol and ethanol have been measured at T = 298.15 K by the isopiestic method. The experimental osmotic coefficient data have been correlated using a forth-order polynomial in terms of (molality)^0.5, with both, ion interaction model of Pitzer and electrolyte non-random two liquid (e-NRTL) model of Chen. The values of vapor pressures of above-mentioned solutions have been calculated from the osmotic coefficients. The model parameters fitted to the experimental osmotic coefficients have been used for prediction of the mean ionic activity coefficients of those ionic liquids in methanol and ethanol.     

Origins of the differences in solvation by alkanes and perfluoroalkanes Evidence from the S2-S0 spectra of jet-cooled van der Waals complexes of xanthione and azulene

The S₂-S₀ fluorescence excitation spectra ofxanthione (XT) and azulene (AZ) complexed with 1 or 2 molecules of the C₁ to C₁₀ n-alkanes and the C₁ to C₆ perfluoro-n-alkanes have been measured. The 1:1 complexes exhibit microscopic solvent shifts, Δ gn, which are larger for the alkanes than the corresponding perfluoroalkanes, despite the larger molecular polarizability of the latter. The values of Δ gn increase monotonically with carbon number of the adduct to C₁₀ in 1:1 n-alkane complexes with XT and to C₅ in 1:1 n-alkane complexes with AZ. However, Δ gn exhibits no further increase beyond C₂ in 1:1 perfluoro-n-alkane complexes with XT and beyond C₃ in 1:1 perfluoro-n-alkane complexes with AZ. The results are interpreted in terms of a model in which the n-alkanes stretch out along the long axis of the chromophore and ‘wet’ its surface whereas the perfluoro-n-alkanes with carbon numbers 3 away from the surface of the chromophore and are ‘non-wetting’.     

Electron paramagnetic resonance study of the reactions of tetrathiomolybdate with roussin salts and esters, and with some related iron nitrosyls

The tetrathiomolybdate ion [MoS₄]²⁻ reacts in DMF solution with Roussin esters Fe₂(SR)₂(NO)₄ (R = Me, Et, n-Pr, i-Pr, n-Bu,t-Bu, n-C₅H₁₁) to yield the paramagnetic iron nitrosyls [Fe(NO)₂(SR)₂]⁻ (1), [Fe(NO)₂(S₂MoS₂]⁻ (2) and [Fe(NO)(S₂MOS₂)₂]⁻ (3). The new complexes (2) and (3) have been characterized by EPR spectroscopy and the assignment to them of constitutions based respectively upon tetrahedral and square pyramidal iron is supported by EHMO calculations. Fe₂(SPh)₂(NO)₄ with [MoS₄]²⁻ yields only [Fe(NO)₂(SPh)₂]⁻, and preformed (3) reacts with PhS⁻ to give firstly EPR-silent species, and then [Fe(NO)₂(SPh)₂]⁻. The mononitrosyl (3) can also be formed by reaction of [MoS₄]²⁻ with [Fe₄S₃(NO)₇]⁻, Fe₄S₄(NO)₄, or Fe₂I₂(NO)₄.     

The synthesis and liquid crystalline behaviour of alkoxy-substituted derivatives of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene

Despite the prevalence of organised 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene derivatives in molecular electronics, the interest in the photophysics of these systems and the common occurrence of phenylethynyl moeties in molecules that exhibit liquid crystalline phases, the phase behaviour of simple alkoxy-substituted 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene derivatives has not yet been described. Two series of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene derivatives, i.e. 1-[(4'-alkoxy)phenylethynyl]-4-(phenylethynyl)benzenes (5a-5f) and methyl 4-[(4'-alkoxy)phenylethynyl-4'-(phenylethynyl)] benzoates (18a-18f) [alkoxy = n-C₄H₉ (a), n-C₆H₁₃ (b), n-C₉H₁₉ (c), n-C₁₂H₂₅ (d), n-C₁₄H₂₉ (e), n-C₁₆H₃₃ (f)] have been prepared and characterised. Both series have good chemical stability at temperatures up to 210°C, the derivatives featuring the methyl ester head-group (18a-18f) offering rather higher melting points and generally stabilising a more diverse range of mesophases at higher temperatures than those found for the simpler compounds (5a-5f). Smectic phases are stabilised by the longer alkoxy substituents, whereas for short and intermediate chain lengths of the simpler system (5a-5c) nematic phases dominate. Diffraction analysis was used to identify the SmB_hex phase in (5d-5f) that is stable within a temperature range of approximately 120-140°C. The relationships between the organisation of molecules within these moderate temperature liquid crystalline phases and other self-organised states (e.g. Langmuir-Blodgett films) remain to be explored.     

电子转移溶剂重组能计算的自洽反应场新方法

基于非平衡溶剂化理论, 推导了用于非平衡溶剂化能数值计算的类导体屏蔽模型(COSMO)的相关公式. 在此基础上, 修改了HONDO99中COSMO模块, 并用以估算了[(CH₂)₂C]+—(CH₂)_n—C(CH₂)₂(n＝1～13)体系中的电子转移溶剂重组能. 结果表明, 溶剂重组能值与电子转移距离的倒数有很好的线性关系. 根据溶剂重组能数值解结果, 用新的双球模型给出了合理的给受体球半径.