Cation effect on the structure of tetrahedral rhenium arsenide cyano clusters

Russian Chemical Bulletin - New cyanometallate cluster complexes of the composition Na8[{Re4As1.5(AsO)2.5}(CN) 12]··20.5H2O (1) and Cs7K[{Re4As2(AsO)2}(CN)12]·12H2O (2) were...     

Hydrothermal single-crystal growth in the systems Ag/Hg/X/O (X = VV, AsV): crystal structures of (Ag3Hg)VO4, (Ag2Hg2)3(VO4)4, and (Ag2Hg2)2(HgO2)(AsO4)2 with the unusual tetrahedral cluster cations (Ag3Hg)3+ and (Ag2Hg2)4+ and crystal structure of AgHgVO4

Single crystals of (Ag3Hg)VO4 (I), (Ag2Hg2)3(VO4)4 (II), AgHgVO4 (III), and (Ag2Hg2)2(HgO2)(AsO4)2 (IV) were grown under hydrothermal conditions (250 degrees C, 5 d) from starting mixtures of elementary mercury, silver nitrate, ammonium vanadate, and disodium hydrogenarsenate, respectively. All crystal structures were determined from X-ray diffraction data, and their chemical compositions were confirmed by electron microprobe analysis. I crystallizes in the tillmannsite structure, whereas II-IV adopt new structure types: (I) I4, Z = 2, a = 7.7095(2) A, c = 4.6714(2) A, 730 structure factors, 24 parameters, R[F2 > 2sigma(F2)] = 0.0365; (II) I42d, Z = 4, a = 12.6295(13) A, c = 12.566(3) A, 1524 structure factors, 55 parameters, R[F2 > 2sigma(F2)] = 0.0508; (III) C2, Z = 4, a = 9.9407(18) A, b = 5.5730(8) A, c = 7.1210(19) A, beta = 94.561(10) degrees , 1129 structure factors, 48 parameters, R[F2 > 2sigma(F2)] = 0.0358; (IV) P31c, Z = 2, a = 6.0261(9) A, c = 21.577(4) A, 1362 structure factors, 52 parameters, R[F2 > 2sigma(F2)] = 0.0477. The most striking structural features of I, II, and IV are the formation of tetrahedral cluster cations (Ag3Hg)3+ and (Ag2Hg2)4+, respectively, built of statistically distributed Ag and Hg atoms with a metal-metal distance of about 2.72 A. The electronic structure of these clusters can formally be considered as two-electron-four-center bonding. The crystal structure of III differs from the protrusive structure types insofar as silver and mercury are located on distinct crystallographic sites without a notable metal-metal interaction >3.55 A. All crystal structures are completed by tetrahedral oxo anions XO4(3-) (X = VV, AsV) and for IV additionally by a mercurate group, HgO2(2-).     

Boroarsenates: a framework motif and family templated on cations and anions

Molten salt reactions of NH4H2AsO4, H3BO3, and MX (M = Li, Na, K, Rb Cs, NH4 and X = F, Cl, Br) yield numerous new alkali metal and alkali metal salt templated three-dimensional boroarsenate and fluoroboroarsenate frameworks. The structures of these materials are formed from BO4 (BO3F) and As(O,OH)4 tetrahedra defining channels and interlayer regions containing either simple alkali metal cations or both cations and halide anions. These boroarsenate-based frameworks are unusual in comparison with other oxotetrahedral-based materials in that terminal OH, on As, may be present, decorating the inner surfaces of the channels, as in the 12-membered rings of K2[B(AsO3O)2H]. This unit also permits coordination to nonframework anions as well as cations, so that (Cs2[BAsO3OH]8[AsO4]2[CsCl4]Cl)2 (and its Br analogue) contains layers of [CsCl4]3- and Cl- ions separated and coordinated by the protonated boroarsenate framework.     

Raman and infrared spectroscopy of the manganese arsenate mineral allactite

The mineral allactite [Mn(7)(AsO(4))(2)(OH)(8)] is a basic manganese arsenate which is highly pleochroic. The use of the 633 nm excitation line enables quality spectra of to be obtained irrespective of the crystal orientation. The mineral is characterised by a set of sharp bands in the 770-885 cm(-1) region. Intense and sharp Raman bands are observed at 883, 858, 834, 827, 808 and 779 cm(-1). Collecting the spectral data at 77K enabled better band separation with narrower bandwidths. The observation of multiple AsO(4) stretching bands indicates the non-equivalence of the arsenate anions in the allactite structure. In comparison the infrared spectrum shows a broad spectral profile with a series of difficult to define overlapping bands. The low wavenumber region sets of bands which are assigned to the nu(2) modes (361 and 359 cm(-1)), the nu(4) modes (471, 452 and 422 cm(-1)), AsO stretching vibrations at 331 and 324 cm(-1), and bands at 289 and 271 cm(-1) which may be ascribed to MnO stretching modes. The observation of multiple bands shows the loss of symmetry of the AsO(4) units and the non-equivalence of these units in the allactite structure. The study shows that highly pleochroic minerals can be studied by Raman spectroscopy.     

铌取代型杂多钨酸盐的合成、表征、生物活性及晶体结构

合成了铌、过氧化铌取代的钨硅、钨锗杂多配合物M     

Ethylcycloarsoxan, (C2H5AsO)n,ein Ionophor mit anpassungsfähiger Ringgröße in den Alkalimetallkomplexen [Na{cyclo-(C2H5AsO)4}2]SCN und [K{cyclo-(C2H5AsO)5}2]SCN

Ethylcycloarsoxane, (C₂H₅AsO)_n, an Ionophore with Adaptable Ring-Size in the Alkali Metal Complexes [Na{cyclo-(C₂H₅AsO)₄}₂]SCN and [K{cyclo-(C₂H₅AsO)₅}₂]SCN Ethylcycloarsoxane, (C₂H₅AsO)_n, is an ionophore for alkali metal cations with adaptable ring-size, [Na{cyclo-(C₂H₅AsO)₄}₂]SCN ( 1 ) and [K{cyclo-(C₂H₅AsO)₅}₂]SCN ( 2 ) have been prepared by the reaction of (C₂H₅AsO)_n with MSCN (M = Na, K) in acetonitrile and characterised by X-ray structural analysis. The sodium atom in 1 is coordinated in an approximately quadratic-antiprismatic fashion by 8 oxygen atoms and displays Na? O distances in the range 2.516(5) and 2.662(5) Å. A virtually undistorted pentagonal-antiprismatic coordination geometry with K? O distances between 2.90(1) and 3.06(1) Å is observed for the potassium atom in 2 . As a result of the smaller diameter of the arsoxane rings the antiprisms in 1 and 2 are significantly stretched along their main axis in comparison to analogous crown ether complexes.     

NaZr~2(AsO~4)~3的水热合成研究

用水热法合成了NaZr~2(AsO~4)~3, 研究了水热合成诸因素对产物物相的影响。将F^-引入NaZr~2(AsO~4)~3的水热合成中, 降低了晶化温度, 生长出纯的完美的较大单晶。初步探讨了NaZr~2(AsO~4)~4的水热晶化过程。用XRD, IR和Raman光谱对各种条件下得到的产物进行了表征。     

Synthesis and reactivity of {Ru(p-cymene)}2+ derivatives of [Nb6O19]8-: a rational approach towards fluxional organometallic derivatives of polyoxometalates

Three {Ru(p-cym)}(2+) (p-cym = p-cymene) derivatives of [Nb(6)O(19)](8-)-[Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}](6-) (Nb(6)Ru(1)), trans-[Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}(2)](4-) (t-Nb6Ru2), and [Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}(4)] (Nb(6)Ru(4))--have been synthesized in water by reaction between [Ru(p-cym)Cl(2)](2) and the hexaniobate. In the solid state, Nb(6)Ru(1) and Nb(6)Ru(4) have been characterized by IR and EDX spectroscopies, whereas t-Nb(6)Ru(2) has been characterized by IR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (crystal data for K(4)-trans-[Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}(2)].14H(2)O (K(4)-t-Nb(6)Ru(2).14H(2)O). In solution, all compounds were characterized by (1)H NMR and ESI mass spectrometry analyses, and Nb(6)Ru(1) was also analyzed by (17)O NMR. These studies allowed a comparison of the differences in behaviour of the three complexes in water: Nb(6)Ru(1) is particularly stable, Nb(6)Ru(4) decomposes by loss of {Ru(p-cym)}(2+) fragments, and trans-[Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}(2)](4-) isomerizes into cis-[Nb(6)O(19){Ru(p-cym)}(2)](4-). A rational mechanism for the isomerisation of t-Nb(6)Ru(2) is proposed on the basis of a kinetic study.     

Fe(AsO4): a new iron(III) arsenate synthesized from thermal treatment of (NH4)[Fe(AsO4)F

The new orthorhombic Fe(AsO4) phase has been synthesized by thermal treatment at 525 degrees C of a new (NH4)[Fe(AsO4)F] compound, with a [Fe(AsO4)F]- skeleton showing channels where the ammonium cations are located. The crystal structure of Fe(AsO4) has been solved from single-crystal data. The structure is formed by layers of edge-sharing dimeric octahedra, and interconnected by chains of alternating FeO6 octahedra and AsO4 tetrahedra.     

Raman microscopy of synthetic goudeyite (YCu6(AsO4)2(OH)6 x 3H2O)

Raman microscopy has been used to study the molecular structure of a synthetic goudeyite (YCu(6)(AsO(4))(3)(OH)(6) x 3H(2)O). These types of minerals have a porous framework similar to that of zeolites with a structure based upon (A(3+))(1-x)(A(2+))(x)Cu(6)(OH)(6)(AsO(4))(3-x)(AsO(3)OH)(x). Two sets of AsO stretching vibrations were found and assigned to the vibrational modes of AsO(4) and HAsO(4) units. Two Raman bands are observed in the region 885-915 and 867-870 cm(-1) region and are assigned to the AsO stretching vibrations of (HAsO(4))(2-) and (H(2)AsO(4))(-) units. The position of the bands indicates a C(2v) symmetry of the (H(2)AsO(4))(-) anion. Two bands are found at around 800 and 835 cm(-1) and are assigned to the stretching vibrations of uncomplexed (AsO(4))(3-) units. Bands are observed at around 435, 403 and 395 cm(-1) and are assigned to the nu(2) bending modes of the HAsO(4) (434 and 400 cm(-1)) and the AsO(4) groups (324 cm(-1)).     

Matrixisolation von AsOCl und SbOClMatrix isolation of molecular AsOCl and SbOCl

The molecules AsOCl and SbOCl are formed by reactions of silver with mixtures of AsCl₃ and O₂ or SbCl₃ and O₂ respectively at about 1300 K. After condensation in an argon matrix at 15 K the two stretching vibrations of AsOCl can be observed in the IR spectrum: 984.4 cm⁻¹ [ν(AsO)] and 378.7 cm⁻¹ [ν(AsCl)]. This assignment is confirmed by the measured ¹⁶O/¹⁸O and ³⁵Cl/³⁷Cl isotopic shifts. The calculated AsO force constant shows that there is a real AsO double bond in this molecule.

We failed in the characterisation of SbOCl by the same method, because this molecule is only stable at 1350 K in the presence of gaseous Sb₄O₆ and therefore the absorptions of SbOCl are superimposed by the very strong bands of Sb₄O₆.     

Ag担载介孔Pb3Nb2O8光催化剂的制备及其增强的可见光催化活性表征

光催化技术在环境净化方面,尤其是降解有机污染物应用上表现出潜在价值.可见光响应型光催化剂具有优异的光吸收特性和高的光催化活性,因而备受人们关注并被大量研究.Pb3Nb2O8光催化剂由于其自身的稳定性以及对可见光响应的能力是一种潜在的高效光催化材料.但是,有报道表明Pb3Nb2O8光催化剂对可见光降解有机物活性较低,这主要归因于它较小的比表面积以及较高的电子-空穴复合率.为了解决这个问题,本文采用蒸发自组装技术制备了大比表面积的介孔Pb3Nb2O8,采用光沉积方式在介孔Pb3Nb2O8上负载了均匀分散的纳米Ag颗粒,并对不同焙烧温度、载Ag量以及进一步的热处理对光催化活性的影响作了深入研究.XRD结果表明,在400℃和500℃焙烧条件下获得的样品属于Pb3Nb2O8相,600℃焙烧使得介孔Pb3Nb2O8发生相变.氮气吸附-脱附表征表明,升高焙烧温度使样品比表面积从最大69 m2/g(400℃)减小到19 m2/g(600℃).透射电子显微镜分析结果表明,所获得样品具有蠕虫状介孔孔道结构,并且Ag纳米颗粒均匀分散在介孔Pb3Nb2O8表面.紫外-可见吸收光谱表明,介孔Pb3Nb2O8的吸收边拖尾到530-550 nm,担载Ag之后光吸收发生显著变化,光吸收拓展到700 nm.光催化活性测试采用可见光催化氧化脱氢异丙醇气体至丙酮反应.结果表明,在420 nm以上可见光照射下,1 h内的光催化反应过程中,采用高温固态反应制备的Pb3Nb2O8上丙酮生成速率为2.9 ppm/min,而介孔Pb3Nb2O8催化剂上最高可达55.5 ppm/min.介孔Pb3Nb2O8负载Ag之后,400℃焙烧的介孔Pb3Nb2O8光催化活性显著提高,降解速率达120.7 ppm/min.通过介孔Pb3Nb2O8和固相合成Pb3Nb2O8的光催化活性对比发现,大比表面积样品的光催化活性显著提高.这可归结为大的比表面积提供了大量的催化反应活性位点,从而提高了光催化反应活性,此外介孔材料的孔壁结构为纳米结构,有利于光生电子-空穴传输到表面参加反应.担载Ag后介孔Pb3Nb2O8的光催化活性进一步提高,主要是因为助催化剂Ag纳米颗粒促进了光生电子-空穴分离,延长了载流子寿命,从而提高了光催化活性.     

Microporous vanadyl-arsenate with the template incorporated exhibiting sorption and catalytic properties

(C(5)H(14)N(2))[(VO)(3)(AsO(4))(HAsO(4))(2)(OH)].3H(2)O behaves as a microporous organically templated compound, with reversible adsorption and desorption of N(2) at 77 K, and as an extremely efficient catalyst that catalyzes selective sulfoxide formation from organic sulfides, under mild conditions.     

A new inorganic-organic hybrid iron(III) arsenate: (C2H10N2)[Fe(HAsO4)2(H2AsO4)](H2O). Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and spectroscopic and magnetic properties

A new iron(III) arsenate templated by ethylenediamine, (C2H10N2) [Fe(HAsO4)2(H2AsO4)](H2O), has been prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. The unit-cell parameters are a = 8.705(3) A, b = 16.106(4) A, c = 4.763(1) A, beta = 90.63(3) degrees; monoclinic, P2(1) with Z = 2. The compound exhibits a chain structure along the c-axis with the ethylenediammonium cations as counterion. The chains show isolated FeO6 octahedra with two HAsO4 and one H2AsO4 tetrahedra per FeO6 octahedron. The ESR spectrum at 5.0 K is isotropic with a g-value of 2.0, which remains practically unchanged at room temperature. Magnetic measurements indicate the presence of antiferromagnetic interactions. A value of -0.835 K for the J-exchange parameter has been calculated by fitting the magnetic data to a model for antiferromagnetic chains of spin S = 5/2.     

Excretion of biotrace elements using the multitracer technique in mice

A radioactive multitracer solution obtained from the nuclear reaction of selenium with 25 MeV/nucleon⁴⁰Ar ions was applied to the investigation of the trace elements behavior in feces and urine of mouse. The excretion rates of 23 elements, Na, K, Rb, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ga, As, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Fe, Zn, Y, Zr, Mo, Nb, Tc, Ru, Ag and In were simultaneously detected under strictly identical experimental conditions, in order to clarify the excretion behavior of the elements in mice. Fecal and urinary excretion rates of the elements in mice reached the highest value separately at 48 and 24 hours. The total excretion of Mo, Tc and Co within 96 hours were all larger, more than 60%. Accumulative excretion rates of Ca, Nb, Mg, Sr, V, Sc, Na, Cr, Fe, Ag, Mn and Zr were 60-30%. The total rates of Ru, K, As, Zn, Rb, Y, Ga and In were less than 30%, and low excretion. The main excretion pathway of Mo, Co, Mg, Fe and Ag was through urine, and Na, K, As and Rb were eliminated from the body also in urine. But fecal excretion of Tc, Nb, Sr, Y, Ru, and In were larger than urinary excretion, and Ca, Sc, Mn, Zr, Zn were eliminated from the body in feces.     

Optically activated uptake and release of Cu2+ or Ag+ ions by or from a photoisomerizable monolayer-modified electrode

Di-(N-butanoic acid-1,8-naphthalimide)-piperazine dithienylethene was covalently linked to a cysteamine monolayer associated with a Au surface to yield a photoisomerizable monolayer composed of the open or closed dithienylcyclopentene isomers (3a or 3b), respectively. Electrochemical and XPS analyses reveal that the association of metal ions to the monolayer is controlled by its photoisomerization state. We find that Cu(2+) ions reveal a high affinity for the open (3a) monolayer state, K(a) = 4.6 × 10(5) M(-1), whereas the closed monolayer state (3b) exhibits a substantially lower binding affinity for Cu(2+), K(a) = 4.1 × 10(4) M(-1). Similarly, Ag(+) ions bind strongly to the 3a monolayer state but lack binding affinity for the 3b state. The reversible photoinduced binding and dissociation of the metal ions (Cu(2+) or Ag(+)) with respect to the photoisomerizable monolayer are demonstrated, and the systems may be used for the photochemically controlled uptake and release of polluting ions. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the photoinduced reversible binding and dissociation of the metal ions to and from the photoisomerizable electrode control the wettability properties of the surface.     

Using Raman spectroscopy to identify mixite minerals

Raman spectroscopy has been used to identify whether or not a selection of minerals labelled as mixites (formula BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6.3H2O) are correctly marked. Of the four samples, two samples are shown to be potentially mixites because of the presence of the characteristic Raman spectra of (AsO4)3- units and (HAsO4)- units, characterised by bands at around 803 and 833 cm(-1). Two of the minerals are shown to be predominantly carbonates. Bands are observed at 3473.9 and 3470.3 cm(-1) for the two mixite samples. Bands observed in the region 880-910 cm(-1) and in the 867-870 cm(-1) region are assigned to the AsO stretching vibrations of (HAsO4)2- and (H2AsO4)- units. Whilst bands at around 803 and 833 cm(-1) are assigned to the stretching vibrations of uncomplexed (AsO4)3- units. Intense bands observed at 473.7 and 475.4 cm(-1) are assigned to the nu4 bending mode of AsO4 units. Bands observed at around 386.5, 395.3 and 423.1 cm(-1) are assigned to the nu2 bending modes of the HAsO4 (434 and 400 cm(-1)) and the AsO4 groups (324 cm(-1)). Raman spectroscopy lends itself to the identification of minerals on host matrices and is especially useful for the identification of mixites.     

O2对燃煤烟气中As2 O3均相反应生成途径影响研究

应用量子化学密度泛函理论研究了燃煤烟气中As和AsO与O_2均相生成As_2O_3的反应机理。首先计算确定了各反应物、中间体、过渡态和产物的结构和能量,然后运用热力学和动力学方法对As_2O_3均相生成过程进行分析。结果表明,由As和AsO与O_2均相生成As_2O_3的最大反应能垒分别为32.9和157.2kJ/mol,在烟气中由As转化为As_2O_3更为容易进行。在500-1900 K下,各反应的正逆反应速率常数均随温度的提高而增大,但不同反应过程受温度影响的程度不同。As与O_2反应生成AsO和AsO_2的两个反应过程的平衡常数在所研究的温度范围内均大于10~5,能完全反应,可以认为是单向反应。AsO与O_2反应生成AsO_2的过程平衡常数在所研究的温度范围内小于10~5,反应不完全,转化率低。AsO与AsO_2生成As_2O_3(D3H)构型的平衡常数极低,反应难以进行,而生成As_2O_3(GAUCHE)构型反应能垒低,可自发进行。     

Direct observation of C2 hydrocarbon-oxygen complexes on Ag(110) with a variable-low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope

A variable-low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) was used to observe oxygen (O2), ethylene (C2H4), and acetylene (C2H2) molecules on a Ag(110) surface and the various complexes that were formed between these two hydrocarbons and oxygen at 13 K. Ethylene molecule(s) were moved to the vicinity of O2 either by STM tunneling electrons at 13 K or thermally at 45 K to form (C2H4)x-O2 (x = 1-4) complexes stabilized by C-H...O hydrogen bonding. Acetylene-oxygen complexes involving one or two acetylene molecules were observed.     

A reinterpretation of the magnetic properties of the mixed-valence (Nb(V)/Nb(IV)) Zintl phase, Cs(9)Nb(2)As(6)

A new mixed-valent (Nb(V)/Nb(IV)) Zintl phase, Cs(9)Nb(2)As(6), has been prepared and characterized, recently (Gascoin, F.; Sevov, S. C. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 5920). Niobium is present in the form of isolated, edge-sharing tetrahedral, Nb(2)As(6)(9)(-) dimers. The reported magnetic susceptibility features a broad maximum at approximately 36 K which has been interpreted as the onset of long-range antiferromagnetic order. Such a high transition temperature is difficult to understand as the compound is insulating and the interdimer Nb-Nb distance is 7.2 A. It is shown here that the observed magnetic properties follow straightforwardly from a statistical occupation of the equivalent intradimer Nb sites by equal concentrations of Nb(IV)(4d(1), S = (1)/(2)) and Nb(V)(4d(0)). From this analysis the broad maximum arises from intradimer antiferromagnetic exchange with an exchange constant, J/k = -40 K, and there is no long-range magnetic order except, possibly, below 5 K.