Partial oxidation and oxidative condensation of methane with the participation of N2O on a V2O5/SiO2 catalyst

The catalytic reaction of CH₄, with N₂O at 773–823 K on a V₂O₅/SiO₂ catalyst affords products of the partial oxidation (HCHO and CH₃OH), exhaustive oxidation (CO), and oxidative condensation (C₂H₅OH and CH₃CHO) of methane. A mechanism is proposed for the complex reaction, including the intermediate compounds V⁵⁺O and V⁴⁺CH₃OH as common intermediates for all the routes.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 641–646, September–October, 1987.     

Structural flexibility of the (η<Superscript>3</Superscript>-allyl)· Palladium complex with sorbic acid

The density functional theory method was used to study the structural flexibility of a hydroxyl-containing (³-allyl)palladium complex with sorbic acid [(³-C₃H₃(CH(OH)CH₃)(COOH))PdCl₂]^– and its analog [(³-C₃H₃(CH(OH)CH₃)(COO))PdCl₂]^2–. Potential surfaces of internal rotation in the CH(OH)CH₃ substituent at the terminal carbon atom of the allyl fragment have been constructed for the complexes. It is found that weak hydrogen bonds COOH...Cl and OH...Cl are formed in the molecules. Various types of structural deformation of the complex are discussed.Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 435–441, May–June, 2004.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by T. A. Morozova, A. P. Belov, and A. V. Krylov     

Pulse-radiolysis studies on 4-pyridinemethanol and 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde in aqueous solutions: dimer radical anion formation in the case of 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde

Reactions of e _aq ^– , H atom and OH radicals with 4-pyridinemethanol (4-PM) and 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde (4-PCA) have been studied at various pH values using the pulse radiolysis technique. Reaction of e _aq ^– with 4-PM and 4-PCA leads to the formation of pyridinyl and ketyl radicals of 4-PM and 4-PCA, respectively. Ketyl radicals formed from 4-PCA react with the parent molecule to give a dimeric radical species. At pH 7, the equilibrium constant for the dimer formation was determined to be 13 500 M^-1. At pH 13 also dimer radical formation was observed. Reaction of e _aq ^– with 4-PM was found to give highly reducing pyridinyl radicals. Reaction of OH radicals with 4-PM gives a mixture of species,viz., OH adducts and radicals formed by H-atom abstraction from the –CH₂OH moiety. Radicals formed by H-atom abstraction reaction from 4-PM were found to be reducing in nature. O^– radicals were found to react with 4-PM exclusively by H-abstraction pathway.     

Intermetallics and alloys of transplutonium elements with metals of the platinum group

Americium and curium alloys with palladium and platinum containing up to 20% of actinide were prepared by the coupled reduction technique. The alloys obtained were investigated by X-ray, differential thermal analysis and metallography. Phase diagram sections for Pd–Am, Pd–Cm, Pt–Am and Pt–Cm systems have been constructed. Intermetallics Pt₅An (An=²⁴³Am,²⁴⁴Cm,²⁴⁹Bk,²⁴⁹Cf), Ir₂ ²⁴⁹Bk and Rh₃ ²³⁹Bk were obtained as thin layers on the surfaces of metallic substrates. X-ray investigation has shown that Pt₅An compounds have hexagonal structures of the Cu₅Ca-type, Ir₂Bk- cubic lattice of the Cu₂Mg-type and Rh₃Bk intermetallic has fcc lattice of the Cu₃Au-type. The influence of intensive -decay of transplutonium nuclides on the crystal structure of the intermetallics prepared has been investigated.     

Iodination of B12H11OC(O)CH2–3, B12H11OH2–, and B12H11SCN2–

Reactions of iodination of monosubstituted derivatives of B₁₂H₁₁X^2–anion (X = OC(O)CH₃, OH, SCN) were studied. The reactions were shown to proceed smoothly to give B₁₂H₁₀(OC(O)CH₃)I^2–((carboxy)(iodo)[decahydro[I _h1551-²⁰-closo]dodecaborate(2–)] anion), B₁₂H₁₀(OH)I^2–((hydroxo)(iodo)[decahydro[I _h1551-²⁰-closo]dodecaborate(2–)] anion), and B₁₂H₁₀(SCN)I^2–((thiocyanato)(iodo)[decahydro[I _h1551-²⁰-closo]dodecaborate(2–)] anion) in high yields, irrespective of the solvent used (benzene, H₂O–ROH, where R = C₂H₅, CH₂CH₂CH₃).¹     

Viscosity of aqueous NH4Cl and tracer diffusion coefficients of ions,water and non-electrolytes in aqueous NH4Cl,KI, and MgCl2 at 25°C

Viscosities for aqueous NH₄Cl and tracer diffusion coefficients for²²Na⁺,³⁶Cl^–, HTO, and CH₃OH, acetone and dimethylformamide (all¹⁴C-labelled) in NH₄Cl supporting electrolyte are reported for 25°, together with tracer diffusion coefficients for²²Na⁺,³⁶Cl^–, and¹⁴CH₃OH in 1M KI, and for¹⁴CH₃OH in 1M MgCl₂. The diffusion coefficient of HTO in NH₄Cl solutions is slightly larger, for most of the concentration range investigated (0.05 to 4.5 M), than the value for pure water and is almost unaffected by the supporting electrolyte up to about 4M. Similar behavior is shown by CH₃OH, acetone and dimethylformamide in NH₄Cl solutions. Onsager limiting law behavior is approached by Cl^– at NH₄Cl concentrations in the 0.05–0.1M region but at much lower concentrations by Na⁺.     

Silylating Agents Grafted onto Silica Derived from Leached Chrysotile

Silica from leached chrysotile fibers (SILO) was silanized with trialkoxyaminosilanes to yield inorganic–organic hybrids designated SILx (x=1–3). The greatest amounts of the immobilized agents were quantified as 2.14, 1.90, and 2.18 mmol g⁻¹ on SIL1, SIL2, and SIL3 for –(CH₂)₃NH₂,–(CH₂)₃NH(CH₂)₂NH₂, and –(CH₂)₃NH(CH₂)₂NH(CH₂)₂NH₂ groups attached to the inorganic support. The infrared spectra for all modified silicas showed the absence of the Si–OH deformation mode, originally found at 950 cm⁻¹, and the appearance of asymmetric and symmetric C–H stretching bands at 2950 and 2840 cm⁻¹. Other important bands associated with the organic moieties were assigned to ν_as(NH) at 3478 and ν_sym(NH) at 3418 cm⁻¹. The NMR spectrum of the solid precursor material suggested two different kinds of silicon atoms: silanol and siloxane groups, between −90 and 110 ppm; however, additional species of silicon that contain the organic moieties bonded to silicon at −58 and −66 ppm appeared after chemical modification. These modified silicas showed a high adsorption capacity for cobalt and copper cations in aqueous solution, in contrast to the original SILO matrix, confirming the unequivocal anchoring of silylating agents on the silica surface.     

Homogeneous pyrolysis kinetics of ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoate in the gas phase

The pyrolysis kinetics of ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoate have been examined over the temperature range of 286–330°C and pressure range of 29–108 Torr. In a seasoned vessel and in the presence of the free radical inhibitor cyclohexene or toluene the reaction is homogeneous, unimolecular and obeys a first-order rate law. The elimination products are mainly acetone and ethyl acetate, and very small amounts of ethyl 3-butenoate, acetic acid, ethylene and H₂O. The rate coefficient is expressed by the following equation: log k₁(s^–1)=(12.39±0.46)–(174.5±5.2) kJ mol^–1 (2.303RT)^–1. The mechanism appears to proceed via a six-membered cyclic transition state, where polarization of the (CH₃)C(OH)^+...-CH₂COOCH₂CH₃ bond is rate determining.     

Exploring the Dual Characteristics of CH3OH Adsorption to Metal Atomic Structures on Si (111)-7 × 7 Surface

Metal atoms were deposited on an Si (111)-7 × 7 surface, and they were adsorbed with alcohol gases (CH₃OH/C₂H₅OH/C₃H₇OH). Initially, C_nH_2n+1OH adsorption was simply used as an intermediate layer to prevent the chemical reaction between metal and Si atoms. Through scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and a mass spectrometer, the C_nH_2n+1OH dissociation process is further derived as the construction of a surface quasi-potential with horizontal and vertical directions. With the help of three typical metal depositions, the surface characteristics of CH₃OH adsorption are more clearly presented in this paper. Adjusting the preheating temperature, the difference of thermal stability between CH₃O^– and H⁺ could be obviously derived in Au deposition. After a large amount of H⁺ was separated, the isolation characteristic of CH₃O^– was discussed in the case of Fe deposition. In the process of building a new metal-CH₃O^–-H⁺ model, the dual characteristics of CH₃OH were synthetically verified in Sn deposition. CH₃O^– adsorption is prone to influencing the interaction between the metal deposition and substrate surface in the vertical direction, while H⁺ adsorption determines the horizontal behavior of metal atoms. These investigations lead one to believe that, to a certain extent, the formation of regular metal atomic structures on the Si (111)-7 × 7-CH₃OH surface is promoted, especially according to the dual characteristics and adsorption models we explored.     

Photoelectrochemical pK Scale for weak CH-acids

The method of laser photoelectron emission from metals in electrolyte solutions has been used to measure the rate constants w₃ for the electrochemical reduction of simple organic radicals R to carbanions R^–. The following empirical rule has been established: the changes in the standard redox potential E° for R^–/R in series of organic radicals are equal to the changes in the potential corresponding to individual values of w₃. On the basis of this rule and the value of E° for CH₃ ^–/CH₃ E° values were obtained for C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, CH₂OH, CH₃CHOH, (CH₃)₂COH, CH₂Cl, CHF₂, CHFCl, CHCl₂, CF₂Cl, CFCl₂, CF₃, CCl₃, C₆H₅, C₆Cl₅, and a scale of pK for the CH acids conjugate to R^–. Consideration is given to the nature of the changes in E° and p^K on passing from aqueous solutions to solutions in water-dioxane mixtures and in acetonitrile.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1508–1514, July, 1990.     

The formation of clathrate-like hydrates of tetrabutylammonium halogenated carboxylates

The solid-liquid phase diagrams of binary mixtures of tetrabutylammonium halogenated carboxylates with water were examined in order to confirm the formation of clathrate-like hydrates. It was found that, among thirteen carboxylates examined, four carboxylates having CH₂FCOO^–, CHF₂COO^–, CF₃COO^–, and CH₂ClCOO^–, formed a hydrate with hydration numbers around 30 and seven carboxylates having CHCl₂COO^–, CCl₃COO^–, CH₂BrCOO^–, CHBr₂COO^–, CBr₃COO^–, CH₃CHClCOO^–, and CH₃CHBrCOO^– formed a hydrate with hydration numbers around 23. The latter hydrate has not been reported earlier. The melting points of these newly found hydrates were fairly high: they lie between 10 and 16°C. The effect of Cl and Br atoms attached to the carbon atom of the-position of a carboxylate anion both on the type of hydrate formed and on its stability was greatly different from that of a CH₃ group attached to the same position of the carboxylate anion.Dedicated to Dr D. W. Davidson in honor of his great contributions to the sciences of inclusion phenomena.     

Novel properties of molecular assemblies of isoprenoid surfactants

Unlike micelles of straight hydrocarbon chain-surfactants, isoprenoid surfactants, CH₃ [CH(CH₃)CH₂CH₂CH₂]₃ CH(CH₃)CH₂–R (R=CH₂N⁺ (CH₃)₃ Br^–, CH₂OPO₃H^– Na⁺, CH₂OSO ₃ ^– Na⁺, CO ₂ ^– Na⁺), gave large globular and cellular assemblies in water which could be observed directly by transmission electron microscopy; critical micelle concentration of 0.31.4×10^–3 M at 20°C, aggregation number of 215×10⁴, and diameter of 200–2000 Å. A basic structure of the assemblies was a thin layer with a thickness (about 30 Å) which was close to the molecular length of the surfactants. The assemblies were decomposed during gel column chromatography; viz., they were not as stable as the liposomes of lecithins. The morphology was discussed in conjunction with a steric effect of the isoprenoid chain.     

The outersphere complex of EuCl2+ in a mixed system of methanol and water of 1.0M (H, Na) (Cl, ClO4)

The stability constans, ₁, of each monochloride complex of Eu(III) have been determined in the methanol and water mixed system with 1.0 mol·dm^–3 ionic strength using a solvent extraction technique. The values of ₁ increase with an increase in the mole fraction of methanol (X _S ) in the mixed solvent system when 0X _S 0.40. The, distance of Eu³⁺–Cl^– in the mixed solvent system was calculated using the Born-type equation and the Gibbs' free energy derived from ₁. Calculation of the Eu³⁺–Cl^– distance and the preferential solvation, of Eu³⁺ by water proposed the variation of the outersphere complex of EuCl²⁺ as follows: (1) [Eu(H₂O)₉]³⁺Cl^–, [Eu(H₂O)₈]³⁺Cl^– and [Eu(H₂O)₇(CH₃OH)³⁺Cl^– inX _S0.014, (2) [Eu(H₂O)₈]^3–Cl^– and [Eu(H₂O)₇(CH₃OH)]³⁺Cl^– in 0.014<X _S <0.25 and (3) [Eu(H₂O)₇(CH₃OH)]^3–Cl^– and [Eu(H₂O)₆(CH₃OH)[₂ ³⁺Cl^– in 0.25<X _S 0.40.     

A method of calibration of the formic acid monomer concentration in the gas phase

Pyrolysis of t-butyl formate, (CH₃)₃C-O-CHO, has been carried out in a carrier gas stream of Ar or N₂ in a temperature range of 200–400°C. Between 200 and 300°C, the pyrolysis yielded an equimolar mixture of HCOOH and (CH₃)₂C=CH₂. The results have been used as a calibration method for determining the concentration of the gas-phase HCOOH monomer without interference from the formation of the formic acid dimer. Using this technique, the gas-phase infrared absorption cross-section of HCOOH at 1105 cm^–1 (peak to valley) for the resolution of 0.5 cm^–1 has been determined to be 6.76×10^–19 cm² molecule^–1.     

A novel 18-metallacrown-6 complex: Synthesis, structural characterization and magnetic properties

The novel 18-metallacrown-6 complex, with the formula of [Mn₆(C₁₁H₁₁N₂O₃)₆(CH₃CH₂OH)₆]·3C₃H₇NO·2CH₃CH₂OH (1) (pmshz = N-propanoyl-3-methyl-salicylhydrazide), has been prepared and characterized. The self-assembled, manganese complex assumes a nearly planar cyclic structure with an [Mn–N–N]₆ backbone. Due to the coordination, the ligand enforces the stereochemistry of the Mn³⁺ ions as a propeller shape with alternating …ΔΛΔΛ… configurations. The magnetic properties of the metallacrown molecule are characterized by a weak antiferromagnetic exchange interaction between the Mn³⁺ ion spins with S = 2 in the cyclic system.     

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis of 2-arylcoumaran lignin model compounds

Phenolic 2-arylcoumarans 1–6 were used to examine the behaviors of β-5 subunits in lignin during tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis. Products were monitored by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The process predominantly provided dimeric products with the opened hydrofuran ring. Substituent changes at the γ-position of ring A and at the 5-position of ring B had a large effect on the product compositions. 2-Arylcoumarans 1 and 6 with the γ-CH₂OH substituent predominantly gave 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethoxystilbenes involving the elimination of the γ-CH₂OH substituent, while 2–5 with the γ-CH₃ substituent gave a mixture of 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethoxy-α-methylstilbenes and α-methoxy-α-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)-β-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)propanes. Substituent –CHCHCH₃ on ring B remained unaffected. Substituents –CHCHCH₂OH and –COOH on ring B produced the corresponding methyl ether and ester, respectively, by methylation. The –CHCHCHO substituent on ring B was converted to the –CHO substituent.     

Cations Controlling the Chiral Assembly of Luminescent Atomically Precise Copper(I) Clusters

Chiral assembly and asymmetric synthesis are critically important for the generation of chiral metal clusters with chiroptical activities. Here, a racemic mixture of [K(CH₃OH)₂(18‐crown‐6)]⁺[Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? ( 1?CH₃OH ) in the chiral space group was prepared, in which the chiral red‐emissive anionic [Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? cluster was arranged along a twofold screw axis. Interestingly, the release of the coordinated CH₃OH of the cationic units turned the chiral 1?CH₃OH crystal into a mesomeric crystal [K(18‐crown‐6)]⁺[Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? ( 1 ), which has a centrosymmetric space group, by adding symmetry elements of glide and mirror planes through both disordered [Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? units. The switchable chiral/achiral rearrangement of [Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? clusters along with the capture/release of CH₃OH were concomitant with an intense increase/decrease in luminescence. We also used cationic chiral amino alcohols to induce the chiral assembly of a pair of enantiomers, [d /l ‐valinol(18‐crown‐6)]⁺[Cu₅(S^tBu)₆]^? ( d /l ‐Cu_5V ), which display impressive circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) in contrast to the CPL‐silent racemic mixture of 1?CH₃OH and mesomeric 1 .     

Co-hydrolysis products of tetraethoxysilane and methyltriethoxysilane in the presence of tetramethylammonium ions: Part 2 [1]

²⁹Si NMR peaks due to species with the double four-membered ring siloxane backbone composed of both Si(O^–)_4/2 and CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units, (CH₃) _n Si₈O _{20 – n} ^{/(8 – n) –} (n=1–3), formed by co-hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane and methyltriethoxysilane in the presence of tetramethylammonium ions in methanol have been assigned. It has been found that ²⁹Si NMR peaks due to Si(OSi)₃(O^–) units shift to lower frequencies by replacement of the adjacent Si(O^–)_4/2 units by CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units, in other words, with increasing m value in Si[OSi(O^–)₃]_{3 – m} [OSi(CH₃) (O^–)₂] _m (O^–) (m=0–2). Peaks from CH₃ Si(OSi)₃ units in the species have also appeared as separated due to the kind of neighbor structural units. On the basis of the assignments, positions of CH₃Si(O^–)_3/2 units in the cubic octameric siloxane framework of (CH₃) _n Si₈O _{20 – n} ^{/(8 – n) –} (n=2, 3), for both of which three isomers are present, have been estimated.     

New water-soluble and film-forming aminocellulose tosylates as enzyme support matrices with Cu<Superscript>2+</Superscript>-chelating properties

Within the framework of our studies on enzyme-compatible support matrix structures, we succeeded in making further derivatives of the new aminocellulose type P–CH₂–NH–(X)–NH₂ (P = cellulose); (X) = –(CH₂)₂– (EDA), –(CH₂)₂–NH–(CH₂)₂– (DETA), –(CH₂)₃–NH–(CH₂)₃– (DPTA), –(CH₂)₂–NH–(CH₂)₂–NH–(CH₂)₂– (TETA) accessible by nucleophilic substitution reaction with ethylenediamine (EDA) and selected oligoamines starting from 6(2)-O-tosylcellulose tosylate (DS_tosylate = 0.8). The ¹³C-NMR data show that the EDA and oligoamine residues are at C6 of the anhydroglucose unit (AGU) and that OH and tosylate are also (partially) present at C6. OH and partially tosylate are at C2/C3. All the synthesized aminocellulose tosylates were soluble in water and formed transparent films from their solutions. The aminocellulose tosylate solutions and the films prepared from them formed blue-coloured chelate complexes with Cu²⁺ ions, whose absorption maxima at wavelengths in the VIS region were located similarly to those of the Cu²⁺ chelate complexes with EDA and with the oligoamines. AFM investigations have shown that the aminocellulose films, depending on structural and environment-induced factors influencing e.g. SiO₂ polymer films, exhibit flat topographies (<1 nm), and on protonated NH₂ polymer films, such as aminopropyl-functionalized polysiloxane films, nanostructured topographies of derivative-dependent shape and nanostructure size as film supports in the form of nanotubes. The aminocellulose films could be covalently coupled with glucose oxidase enzyme by various known and novel bifunctional reactions via NH₂-reactive compounds. In this connection, it was confirmed again that the immobilized enzyme parameters, such as enzyme activity/area and K_M value, can be changed by the interplay of aminocellulose film, coupling structure and enzyme protein in the sense of an application-relevant optimization.     

2H-imidazole-N-oxides as spin traps

The capacity of 2H-imidazole-1-oxides, which contain an aldonitrone group, for spin capture was investigated. The parameters of spin adducts with^.OH,^.CH₃, and^.CH₂OH radicals are reported.Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1064–1068, May, 1992.