Titration of some thiazine dyes with TiCl3 at room temperature

Methylene Blue and some other thiazine dyes are titrated at room temperature visually and potentiometrically in presence of 0.005-0.1N oxalic acid. The effect of oxalic acid on the conditional potentials of the Ti(IV)/Ti(III) couple is presented.     

CS-II binary clathrate hydrates at pressures of up to 15 kbar

The pressure dependence of the decomposition temperatures of binary clathrate hydrates of tetra-hydrofuran with xenon and methane as well as of chloroform and carbon tetrachloride clathrates with xenon has been studied. The absence of phase transitions at pressures from 1 to 15,000 bar indicates that the structure of all the hydrates remains constant (CS-II). The decomposition temperatures of the binary hydrates of tetrahydrofuran and carbon tetrachloride with xenon at 15 kbar (above 124ℴC) are exceedingly high for polyhedral clathrate hydrates because the guest molecules are highly complementary to the cavities of the clathrate lattice. The paper also considers the packing density effect in the crystal structure of hydrates on the behavior of the latter at elevated pressure. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 582-589, May–June, 2000.     

3-BocNH-ABNO-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohol at room temperature and atmospheric pressure

A transition-metal-free catalytic system has been developed for selective transformation of alcohol to aldehydes or ketones. The reactions were performed with 3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane N-oxyl (3-BocNH-ABNO) as the catalyst, NaNO₂ as the co-catalyst, molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant, and AcOH as the solvent under room temperature. This catalytic system exhibited broad functional group tolerance. A series of alcohol substrates, including primary and secondary benzylic alcohols, heteroaromatic analogues, primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols, could be converted into their corresponding aldehydes and ketones in good conversions and selectivities.     

The Gibbs energies of monomeric and polymeric fullerene C60 phases at pressures up to 2.0 GPa and temperatures up to 800 K

The Gibbs energies of monomeric and polymeric orthorhombic, tetragonal, and rhombohedral fullerene C₆₀ phases were calculated. The results were used to determine the relative stabilities of the phases and construct the phase diagram of C₆₀ over the pressure and temperature ranges of up to 2.0 GPa and 800 K, respectively. The data obtained are compared with experimental data and calculation results reported by other authors.     

Rhodium-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov addition of secondary amines to arylacetylenes at room temperature

An efficient method for synthesis of E-enamines by the anti-Markovnikov addition of secondary amines to terminal alkynes is described. The reaction of a variety of aryl- and heteroarylacetylenes proceeded at room temperature using a combination of a 8-quinolinolato rhodium complex and P(p-MeOC(6)H(4))(3) as a catalyst. The products were obtained as enamines by simple bulb-to-bulb distillation.     

The solubility of the noble gases He,Ne, Ar,Kr, and Xe in water up to the critical point

The solubility of the noble gases Ar, He, Ne, Kr, and Xe in pure water was measured from 298 to 561°K. These data in turn were extrapolated to the critical point of water, thus providing a complete set of Henry's law constants from 274 to 647°K when combined with the existing literature data. Equations describing the behavior of the Henry's law constants over this temperature range are also given. The data do not confirm extrapolations of empirical correlations based on low-temperature solubility data.     

High-yield synthesis of selenium nanowires in water at room temperature

High-quality t-Se nanowires were obtained in high yield via a facile and environmentally benign route in water at room temperature by using ascorbic acid as the reducing agent under the assistance of beta-cyclodextrin.     

Fluorescence study of fullerene in organic solvents at room temperature

At room temperature, fluorescence spectra for C60 in organic solvents of four typical kinds have been reported, which indicate that intensity of fluorescence and fine structure of fluorescence peaks are dependent on the interaction between C60 and solvent. It is shown that the solvents of effective electron donors could make a comparatively strong interaction with fullerenes due to formation of the charge transfer adduct, which could greatly distort the molecular symmetry, leading to the strong and well-resolved fluorescence. The strong fluorescence spectra for C70 in room temperature solutions are also observed.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of the structure and thermodynamic properties of liquid rubidium at pressures of up to 10 GPa and temperatures of up to 3500 K

The models of rubidium at temperatures of up to 3500 K, degrees of compression of up to Y = V/V₀ = 0.3, and pressures of up to 32 GPa were constructed by molecular dynamics (MD) using the interparticle potential ЕАМ. The thermodynamic properties of the MD models agree satisfactorily with experiment in the range of parameters under study at rubidium densities higher than 0.86 g/cm³. The behavior of the models in the range of the van der Waals loop was analyzed; the calculated critical temperature of rubidium T_c is ～2250 ± 25 K, density ～0.41 g/cm³, pressure ～0.019 GPa, and compressibility factor Z = pV/RT ≈ 0.137. The states with the unity factor Z = 1 were observed at pressures of up to 0.30 GPa (at ～3000 K); the temperature dependence of the density of the models with Z = 1 is nearly linear, and the Boyle temperature is T_B ≈ 10160 K. The ratio T_c/T_B = 0.221 is close to this value for cesium (0.23) and mercury (0.276). In the temperature and pressure ranges under study, the inversion of the Joule–Thomson coefficient did not take place, but should be observed at pressures of ?0.3 GPa and elevated temperatures. It was found that the diffusion coefficient D(T) dependences do not straighten in the usually used coordinates within wide temperature ranges. It was concluded that the structure of the liquid smoothly changes when the rubidium models are compressed and this reveals in the change of the degree of asymmetry of the first peak of the radial distribution function.     

The ground state tautomer in the excited state relaxation process of 3-hydroxyflavone at room temperature

Very recently, the ground state reverse proton transfer in 3-hydroxyflavone (3-HF) has been reported to take place within 30 ps by picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy by Aartsma and co-workers. Here we present evidence of intervention of a long-lived ground state tautomer involved in the excited state relaxation process of 3-HF by transient absorption and two-step laser excitation fluorescence spectroscopy.     

Transformation of aldehydes or alcohols to amides at room temperature under aqueous conditions

A novel and efficient method for the synthesis of amide has been developed. The reactions proceeded smoothly under aqueous conditions at room temperature and generated the corresponding products in good to excellent yields. It is worth noting that alkyl amines which did not react in known approaches are well tolerated in our system.     

An efficient catalytic asymmetric addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to aldehydes at room temperature

The BINOL-salen compound (S)-5c in combination with Ti(OⁱPr)₄ is found to catalyze the addition of TMSCN to aldehydes to form chiral cyanohydrins with very good enantioselectivity (75-85% ee). The reactions are carried out in one-pot at room temperature without the need to isolate the chiral Lewis acid catalyst.     

Highly enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to enones at room temperature

The rhodium-phosphoramidite-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to enones proceeds at room temperature using [Rh(OH)(cod)]₂ or [RhCl(cod)]₂/KOH as stable and readily available catalyst precursors.     

Observation of enhanced room temperature multiferroicity in nanoparticles BiFeO3

Impurity free monophasic rhombohedral BiFeO₃ (BFO) nanoparticles are synthesized by sol?Cgel method. Effect of processing technique and particle size are found to influence the dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic and leakage behavior of BFO ceramic prepared by sol?Cgel as well as conventional solid state reaction route. From XRD analysis it is observed that bulk BFO sample showed rhombohedral structure (R3c) along with other impurity phases, which become suppressed with the decrease of particles size to few nanometers. The dielectric behavior and leakage current characteristic of the samples were improved significantly in nanoparticles of BFO. Ferroelectric hysteresis loops of sintered bulk BFO ceramic is found to change its shape from semi elliptical lossy P?CE features to a typical ferroelectric feature with improved remnant and saturation polarization value for the particle size down to nanometer scale. Furthermore, BFO nanoparticles also showed a good ferromagnetic M?CH hysteresis loop with enhanced saturation magnetization value of 0.138?emu/mg.     

An eco-safe approach to benzopyranopyrimidines and 4H-chromenes in ionic liquid at room temperature

An environmentally benign, ionic liquid promoted multicomponent protocol to benzopyrano(2,3-d)pyrimidines and 4H-chromenes has been developed at room temperature. Results of the reaction depend on the nature of the nucleophile used in the reaction. Secondary amines result in the formation of benzopyrano(2,3-d)pyrimidines, whereas thiols give rise to 4H-chromenes under the same set of reaction conditions.