Preparation of carbon coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles and their application for solid-phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from environmental water samples

The carbon coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles (Fe₃O₄/C) were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal reaction and applied as solid-phase extraction (SPE) sorbents to extract trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from environmental water samples. The Fe₃O₄/C sorbents possess high adsorption capacity and extraction efficiency due to strong adsorption ability of carbon materials and large surface area of nanoparticles, and only 50 mg of sorbents are required to extract PAHs from 1000 mL water samples. The adsorption attains equilibrium rapidly and analytes are eluted with acetonitrile readily. Salinity and solution pH have no obvious effect on the recoveries of PAHs, which avoids fussy adjustment to water sample before extraction. Under optimized conditions, the detection limits of PAHs are in the range of 0.2–0.6 ng L⁻¹. The accuracy of the method was evaluated by the recoveries of spiked samples. Good recoveries (76–110%) with low relative standard deviations from 0.8% to 9.7% are achieved. This new SPE method provides several advantages, such as high extraction efficiency, high breakthrough volumes, convenient extraction procedure, and short analysis times. To our knowledge, this is the first time that Fe₃O₄/C nanoparticles are used for the pretreatment of environmental water samples.     

C60的加成反应

富勒烯化学是以全碳分子球烯为母体的新兴有机化学领域, 在材料、医学及立体化学合成方法等方面具有广泛的应用和发展前景。本文综述了C₆₀的加成反应, 较全面地展示了富勒烯的化学性质。     

(C5H5FeS1,55)4: Ein neuartiger vierkerniger Fe-S-Cluster in einer (C5H5FeS)4-Matrix

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(C₅H₅FeSi_1.5)₄: A new quadrinuclear Fe-S cluster in a (C₅H₅FeS)₄ matrix

     

Reactions of chlorofullerene C60Cl6 with N-substituted piperazines

It was shown for the first time that reactions of C₆₀ halides with aliphatic amines provide a facile route for the synthesis of aminofullerenes, valuable precursors for water-soluble cationic fullerene derivatives. Particularly, chlorofullerene C₆₀Cl₆ and N-substituted piperazines were investigated in this work. It was shown that substitution of chlorine atoms in C₆₀Cl₆ by amine groups is accompanied by partial elimination of addends from the fullerene cage that yields mixtures of di-, tetra- and, hexaaminofullerenes as the final products. Separation of these mixtures by column chromatography resulted in isolation of pure 1,4-diaminofullerenes; this procedure gives much higher and more reproducible yields of these compounds than direct oxidative photoaddition of secondary amines to C₆₀. ESI mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy data showed that hexaaminofullerene isomers are major components in inseparable mixtures of polyaddition products. Polyaminofullerenes were found to be readily soluble in aqueous acids; these solutions are unstable because of a facile substitution of protonated amine groups with hydroxyls. Nevertheless, the use of other amine substrates in the investigated reaction can potentially allow the preparation of more stable water-soluble cationic fullerene derivatives for biological studies.     

Synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes by reductive dehydroxylation of Baylis-Hillman adducts using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and catalytic B(C6F5)3

B(C₆F₅)₃ as a catalyst and polymethylhydrosiloxane as a hydride source have been employed for the reductive dehydroxylation of Baylis-Hillman adducts wherein the hydride adds in an S_N2′ manner onto the unactivated allyl alcohol moiety with concomitant elimination of the hydroxy group along with double bond migration. The products formed were found to be E in the case of ester adducts and Z in the case of nitrile adducts.     

Singlet-triplet energy separations in divalent five-membered cyclic conjugated C5H3X, C4H3SiX, C4H3GeX, C4H3SnX, and C4H3PbX (X = H, F, Cl, and Br)

Singlet-triplet energy gaps in cyclopenta-2,4-dienylidene, as well as its 2- or 3-halogenated derivatives, are compared and contrasted with their sila, germa, stana, and plumba analogues; at HF/6-31G* and B3LYP/ 6-311++G(3df, 2p) levels of theory. Energy gaps (ΔG_t-s), between triplet (t) and singlet (s) states, appear linearly proportional to: (i) the size of the group 14 divalent element (M = C, Si, Ge, Sn and Pb), (ii) the angle ∠C-M-C, and (iii) the ΔG_(LUMO-HOMO) of the singlet state involved. The magnitude of ΔG_t-s, for each 2- and/or 3-substituted species studied, increases with an order of: carbenes < silylenes < germylenes < stanylenes < plumbylenes. This order reverses for the barriers of the ring puckering. The puckering occurs with more ease for every singlet, compared to its corresponding triplet form.Regardless of the group 14 element (M) employed, every 3-halo-substituted species is more stable than the corresponding 2-halo-substituted isomer. For M = Pb, Sn and/or Ge; 3-halo-substituted species have higher ΔG_t-s than their corresponding 2-halo-substituted analogues. For M = Si, similar ΔG_t-s are found for 2- and 3-halogenated isomers. For M = C, 3-halo-substituted species have lower ΔG_t-s than their corresponding 2-halo-substituted analogues.Every cyclic singlet has a larger ∠C-M-C angle, than its corresponding cyclic triplet state, except for 3-halosilacyclopenta-2,4-dienylidenes where triplet has a larger ∠C-M-C angle than its corresponding singlet state.     

载有C60的TiO2纳米粒子光催化活性

以水溶性C₆₀和TiO₂粒子为前驱体,采用水热法制备了载有C₆₀的锐钛矿型TiO₂纳米粒子。应用X射线衍射、透射电子显微镜、红外光谱、紫外-可见漫反射光谱、荧光光谱对产物进行了表征。以对-硝基苯酚为模型污染物研究了产物的光催化活性,结果表明适量负载C₆₀可以提高TiO₂纳米粒子的光催化活性,C₆₀起着传输电子、促进TiO₂光生载流子分离的作用,且经7次循环使用后对-硝基苯酚的降解效率仍能达到74%。讨论了载有C₆₀的TiO₂纳米粒子光催化降解对-硝基苯酚的机理。     

He+C60↔(He@C60)的反应势垒研究

The reaction barriers of (He+C60(He＠60)) have been calculated by the quantum-chemical method EHMO/ASED in the following four paths: (1) penetrate through the pentagon on the C60 cage; (2) penetrate through the hexagon on the C60 cage,(3) penetrate through the short bond; (4) penetrate through the long bond. Corresponding to each path, there are two choices: (a) while He penetrate C60 cage, the distances of the C’s which are the most adjacent to He are changed with a planar extension and a concerned window is formed; (b) while He penetrate C60 cage, the distances of the C’s which are the most adjacent to He are changed with a spherical extension and a concerned window is formed. The results are given in Figs. 1-2 and Tables 1-2. It is shown that the reaction through path(4) with choice (a) has the least reaction barrier, being optimum. At that case, a window of 9-membered ring is formed. Because the window extension of C6H6 is more free than that of C60, the barrier of He penetrating through C6H6 will be lower than that of He penetrating through C60.     

Conversion of natural gas to C2 hydrocarbons through dielectric-barrier discharge plasma catalysis

The experiments are carried out in the system of continuous flow reactors with dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) for studies on the conversion of natural gas to C₂ hydrocarbons through plasma catalysis under the atmosphere pressure and room temperature. The influence of discharge frequency, structure of electrode, discharge voltage, number of electrode, ratio of H₂/CH₄, flow rate and catalyst on conversion of methane and selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons are investigated. At the same time, the reaction process is investigated. Higher conversion of methane and selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons are achieved and deposited carbons are eliminated by proper choice of parameters. The appropriate operation parameters in dielectric-barrier discharge plasma field are that the supply voltage is 20–40 kV (8.4–40 W), the frequency of power supply is 20 kHz, the structure of (b) electrode is suitable, and the flow of methane is 20–60 mL · min⁻¹. The conversion of methane can reach 45%, the selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons is 76%, and the total selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons and C₃ hydrocarbons is nearly 100%. The conversion of methane increases with the increase of voltage and decreases with the flow of methane increase; the selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons decreases with the increase of voltage and increases with the flow of methane increase. The selectivity of C₂ hydrocarbons is improved with catalyst for conversion of natural gas to C₂ hydrocarbons in plasma field. Methane molecule collision with radicals is mainly responsible for product formation.     

High-temperature and photochemical syntheses of C60 and C70 fullerene derivatives with linear perfluoroalkyl chains

New experimental results on perfluoroalkylation of C₆₀ and C₇₀ with the use of R_fI (R_f = CF₃, C₂F₅, n-C₃F₇, n-C₄F₉, and n-C₆F₁₃), along with a critical overview of the existing synthetic methods, are presented. For the selected new fullerene (R_f)_n compounds we report spectroscopic, electrochemical and structural data, including improved crystallographic data for the isomers of C₇₀(C₂F₅)₁₀ and C₆₀(C₂F₅)₁₀, and the first X-ray structural data for the dodecasubstituted perfluoethylated C₇₀ fullerene, C₇₀(C₂F₅)₁₂, which possesses unprecedented addition pattern.     

Switching of global minima of novel germylenic reactive intermediates via halogens (X): C2GeH2 vs. C2GeHX at ab initio and DFT levels

For 30 C₂GeHX germylenic isomers, one cyclic structure, X-germacyclopropenylidene, and three acyclics are considered, which include: ethynyl-X-germylene, X-vinylidenegermylene, and (X-ethynyl)germylene (X = H, F, Cl, and Br). The global minimum among six isomeric C₂GeH₂ (where X = H), is found to be cyclic, aromatic, singlet germacyclopropenylidene. In contrast, among the 24 corresponding halogermylenes, C₂GeHX (where X = F, Cl, and Br), the global minima switch to acyclic, singlet ethynylhalogermylenes, at eight reasonably high ab initio and DFT levels. The direct resonance interaction between X and the divalent center Ge in the singlet acyclic ethynylhalogermylene structures, is claimed to justify switching of the calculated global minima in the halo derivatives. GIAO-NICS calculations indicate that the X-germacyclopropenylidene isomer is more aromatic for X = H than X = F, Cl, or Br. The angle ∠XGeC bending potential energy curves show the singlet and triplet ethynylgermylene crossing at ≈146°, for X = H.     

甲基叔丁基醚装置未反应C4组分中微量含氧化合物的测定

对几种高分子聚合物色谱固定相分离性能进行比较研究,选择了一种较好的混合固定相,适用于甲基叔丁基醚装置未反应碳四（C4）组分中微量二甲醚、甲醇、甲基叔丁基醚、叔丁醇等含氧化合物的气相色谱测定.以内标法进行计算.检测下限可达到10×10-6（W/W）,其它化合物不干扰测定.     

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matter collected with low volume samplers

The determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contained in samples of particulate matter (PM), collected with low volume pumps, were carried out with an high sensitivity method that comes from several revisions of a previous method. The present work describes how, by using programmable temperature vaporization (PTV) and a mass selective detector with inert ionic source for the GC-MS analysis and the modifications of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), the sensitivity of the method can be increased.The PAHs chosen for testing the method are: benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkF), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (Ip) and dibenzo[a,h]anthracene (DbA). They, in fact, belong to that group of substances that are the most harmful for human health for their carcinogenicity.PAHs recoveries for spiked standard solutions at different concentrations were between 95 and 100% with relative standard deviation ranging from 1 to 3%. The revised method was validated using a 1649a urban dust standard reference material (SRM). The results obtained were in good agreement with certified values. The high sensitivity of the method allows to carry out analyses using only a half of the sampled filter (usually 47 mm diameter membranes). In this way, the other half can be used for the characterization of the other components of PM (heavy metals, organic carbon, ions, etc). The last step has been constituted by application of the optimized method on real samples collected in two cities located in Southern Italy (Bari and Taranto).     

One-pot three-component reaction of C60, amino acid and fluorinated benzaldehyde to C60-pyrrolidine derivatives

A series of fluorinated 2,5-disubstituted C₆₀-pyrrolidine derivatives were synthesized via one-pot three-component reaction of C₆₀, amino acid and fluorinated benzaldehyde under reflux in toluene or microwave irradiation. The cis- and trans-isomers could be isolated by chromatography and fully confirmed by ¹H NMR.     

双亲性C60衍生物水相聚集行为

富勒烯C₆₀几乎不溶于水中,从而阻碍了对富勒烯的进一步研究和潜在应用。双亲性C₆₀衍生物在水相中自组装形成聚集体,在水相具有一定的溶解度,其特殊的结构及性能引起了科学家的广泛关注。本文对双亲性C₆₀衍生物在水相中聚集行为的研究现状及研究进展进行了详细系统的介绍。本文第一部分主要阐述了双亲性C₆₀衍生物的结构,根据修饰到C₆₀表面的功能基类型对双亲性C₆₀衍生物进行了分类。第二部分主要阐述了双亲性C₆₀衍生物在水相的聚集行为以及pH值、溶剂极性、浓度、温度和抗衡离子等因素对聚集行为的影响。     

C12-s-C12•2Br和C12En混合水溶液的胶团化行为

季铵盐二聚表面活性剂C12 s C12•2Br（s=2、3、4、6）和非离子表面活性剂C12E10或C12E23在水溶液中生成混合胶团.其临界胶团总浓度cmcT值介于二元复配体系中各组分的临界胶团浓度和之间.当添加少量非离子型表面活性剂（在水溶液中的摩尔分数α2=0.1）时,混合胶团中C12E10或C12E23的摩尔分数均已超过0.35;随着溶液中非离子型表面活性剂含量的增大,混合胶团中逐渐以C12E10或C12E23成分为主.     

Conversion of NO in NO/N2, NO/O2/N2, NO/C2H4/N2 and NO/C2H4/O2/N2 Systems by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasmas

An experimental study on the conversion of NO in the NO/N₂, NO/O₂/N₂, NO/C₂H₄/N₂ and NO/C₂H₄/O₂/N₂ systems has been carried out using dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasmas at atmospheric pressure. In the NO/N₂ system, NO decomposition to N₂ and O₂ is the dominating reaction; NO conversion to NO₂ is less significant. O₂ produced from NO decomposition was detected by an on-line mass spectrometer. With the increase of NO initial concentration, the concentration of O₂ produced decreases at 298 K, but slightly increases at 523 K. In the NO/O₂/N₂ system, NO is mainly oxidized to NO₂, but NO conversion becomes very low at 523 K and over 1.6% of O₂. In the NO/C₂H₄/N₂ system, NO is reduced to N₂ with about the same NO conversion as that in the NO/N₂ system but without NO₂ formation. In the NO/C₂H₄/O₂/N₂ system, the oxidation of NO to NO₂ is dramatically promoted. At 523 K, with the increase of the energy density, NO conversion increases rapidly first, and then almost stabilizes at 93–91% of NO conversion with 61–55% of NO₂ selectivity in the energy density range of 317–550 J L⁻¹. It finally decreases gradually at high energy density. A negligible amount of N₂O is formed in the above four systems. Of the four systems studied, NO conversion and NO₂ selectivity of the NO/C₂H₄/O₂/N₂ system are the highest, and NO/O₂/C₂H₄/N₂ system has the lowest electrical energy consumption per NO molecule converted.     

Catalytic behaviour of Pt loaded on AlPO4-5 and AlPO4-11 in the aromatization of C6?C8 alkanes

Pt/AlPO₄-5 and Pt/AlPO₄-11 showed some characteristics of monofunctional aromatization catalysts and higher aromatic selectivity inn-heptane aromatization than inn-hexane aromatization. Especially they exhibited resistance for thiophene poisoning.     

Stability of functionalized C60 paramagnetic dimers and monomers

Density functional theory is used to calculate the bond dissociation energy to cleave the C₆₀C₆₀ bond of the paramagnetic X-C₆₀C₆₀-X and X-C₆₀C₆₀ dimers where X is F, OH, O and H. The results show that these dimers would not be stable much above room temperature and therefore cannot constitute the paramagnetic phase needed to form the observed ferromagnetism which has been shown to be stable up to 800 K. The calculated bond dissociation energies to remove an F, OH or H from a single C₆₀ are large suggesting that they could be the source of the unpaired spin needed for the high temperature ferromagnetism.