Influence of MgO loading on the structure and catalytic performance of Pd/γ-Al2O3, I. Effect of interaction between MgO and γ-Al2O3

The influence of MgO dispersed on -Al₂O₃ in different amounts on the structure and performances of Pd/-Al₂O₃ catalysts has been studied by means of XRD, H₂–O₂ titration, BET and catalytic activity test for CO oxidation. It was found that introduction of MgO enhanced greatly the CO oxidation activity of catalyst. It seems that the enhanced activity stems from the stronger interaction between MgO and -Al₂O₃ at a given temperature (e.g. 450 °C).     

Sonochemical and soft-chemical intercalation of lithium ions into MnO<Subscript>2</Subscript> polymorphs

We explored routes for the synthesis of LiMn₂O₄ spinel from five different polymorphs of MnO₂ as the manganese source. These included and -MnO₂ and three types of MnO₂ (electrochemically produced EMD, and two types of chemically produced CMD). The synthesis included a lithiation step by mild reduction of the MnO₂ with glucose in a LiOH solution, followed by calcination of the lithiated product. This route was shown in a previous study to produce highly pure, nanocrystalline LiMn₂O₄. The effect of the application of ultrasound radiation in the lithiation step on the quality of the products was also explored. It was found that the degree of lithiation, the purity of the Li_xMn₂O₄ spinel phase obtained and its electrochemical behavior as a Li insertion electrode material depend strongly on the nature of the MnO₂ material in terms of crystal structure and morphology. The effect of ultrasound radiation was found to be detrimental. A very good electrochemical performance (capacity, stability) in repeated Li intercalation–deintercalation cycling was obtained with LiMn₂O₄ originating from nanometric CMD. The tools for this study included XRD, TEM, surface area measurements (BET method), atomic absorption and standard electrochemical techniques (voltammetry, chronopotentiometry).     

Enthalpies of solution,partial molal heat capacities and apparent molal volumes of sugars and polyols in water

Integral enthalpies of solution of some sugars and polyols in water at low concentrations have been determined calorimetrically at 25 and 35°C. These data have been used to derive heat capacities of solution C°_p at 30°C. Partial molal heat capacities C°_p,2 have been obtained by combining C°_p with C _p,2 ^* , the heat capacity of pure solid compounds. Apparent molal volumes have been obtained from density data. The sugars as well as polyols show significantly high positive C°_p and C°_p,2 values. The results have been explained in terms of a specific hydration model. The effect of substitution of-OH by glycosidic-OCH₃ and of-CHOH by deoxy-CH₂ are also discussed.     

Synthesis,structural and spectroscopic characterization of the α and β forms of bis(imidazole)copper(II) dibenzoate, [Cu(im)2(OBz)2]

Two modifications of the and forms of bis(imidazole)copper(II) dibenzoate, [Cu(im)₂(OBz)₂], have been obtained by recrystallization from EtOH. X-ray analysis reveals that the two modifications have the same structure with different geometric parameters. The form crystallizes in the C2/c space group and the form, in the P2(1)/n space group. The crystal structures of both consist of centrosymmetric monomeric molecules of [Cu(im)₂(OBz)₂] with a distorted octahedral geometry for the CuN₂O₂O₂ chromophore. The e.s.r. spectra of the and forms exhibit a shf structure that consists of 9 lines, and these signals are also different from those of monomeric tetra(imidazole)copper(II) diacetate. Electronic and i.r. spectra are in agreement with the structural data.     

Effect of temperature on ionic volumes and heat capacities in methanol

A flow densimeter and flow heat capacity calorimeter have been employed to measure precision densities and specific heats of selected electrolytes and nonelectrolytes in methanol at 20, 25, and 40°C. Apparent molar volumes and heat capacities have been calculated and the corresponding standard state functions, V ^o and C _p, ^o , evaluated. The data have been used, along with known volumes and heat capacity data at 25°C for numerous alkanes, to generate volumes and heat capacities of model compounds for organic electrolytes. Comparison of the thermodynamic functions for the model compounds with those of the corresponding electrolytes at the respective temperatures has made it possible to assign single ion values and to establish the temperature effects of ionic charges on the volumes and heat capacities of solutes.     

Properties of Interface between Platinum Sponge and Solid Electrolyte Na5TbSi4O12in an Oxygen Atmosphere at Moderate Temperatures: Effect of the Platinum Grain Size

The behavior of electrochemical cells Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂/Na_0.65Co₂(cell I) and Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂/Pt(sponge) (cell II) is studied by, respectively, potentiometric and impedance methods in oxygen and argon atmospheres at 50–300°C. Dependence of potential of cell I on the oxygen concentration is affected by the grain size of platinum sponge and the temperature. At 50–200°C the coarse-grained platinum electrode in contact with solid electrolyte Na₅TbSi₄₁₂ exhibits an oxygen function characterized by the potential-determining reaction ₂(g) + ₂ + 2 = ^– ₂ + ^–. An impedance method shows the triple-phase boundary ₂, Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂ to be reversible with respect to oxygen. The reversibility is realized by minority charge carriers in the solid electrolyte, i.e. by oxygen ions.     

Contribution to the systematics of r0-derived molecular structure determinations from rotational parameters

This work investigates and enumerates the types of molecular structure that can, in principle, be obtained when moments of inertia, planar moments, or rotational constants or different forms of their isotopic differences are least-squares fitted to the respective experimental ground state values. Ther ₀-structure, ther ₀-derived pseudo-Kraitchman structuresr _I andr _B, and an inequality relation between them are discussed. A least-squares treatment that tries to determine not only the set of structural parameters but also constant, i.e., isotope-independent, rovibrational contributions to the moments of inertia or rotational constants is possible and merits preference. It is shown that the resulting structures are, however, identical with the formerr orr _B-structures, respectively.     

Synthesis and properties of some chromium(III) β-diketonate complexes

Summary Equimolar quantities of CrCl₃ · 3THF and-diketones, -dkH, react to yield CrCl₂(-dk) · 2THF and CrCl₂(-dk) · THF complexes in coordinating and noncoordinating solvents respectively. For 1 : 2 and 1 : 3 molar ratios of reactants, derivatives of general formulae CrCl(-dk)₂ and Cr(-dk)₃ (where-dkH = acerylacetrrnc, benzoylacetonc and dibenzoylmethane) have been isolated. All complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weights and by i.r. spectra.     

Apparent molar heat capacities and volumes of electrolytes and ions in acetonitrile-water mixtures

Apparent molar volumes V and heat capacities C_p, of NaCl, KCl, KNO₃, AgNO₃, KI, NaBPh₄ and Ph₄PCl have been measured in acetonitrile (AN)-water mixtures up to x_AN=0.25 by flow densitometry and flow microcalorimetry. Limited data have also been obtained for NaF, LiCl and KBr up to x _AN =0.15. Single ion volumes and heat capacities of transfer were obtained using the assumption _tX(PH₄P⁺) = _tX(BPh₄-) where X=V or C _p and _tX is the change in X for a species on transfer from H₂O to AN-H₂O mixtures. Volumes and heat capacities for simple salts show relatively little dependence on solvent composition. However, _tX for simple ions show more pronounced variations, exhibiting at least one extremum. These extrema are similar to but much less pronounced than those derived previously for ions in t-butanol-water mixtures. Surprisingly little correlation is found between the present data and other thermodynamic transfer functions. This is attributed to the predominance of ion-solvent over solvent-solvent interactions in AN-H₂O solutions. _tV and _tC_p, for the silver ion differ markedly from those of the alkali metal ions as a result of the well-known specific interaction between Ag⁺ and AN.     

Novel tetrahedral and heteronuclear transition metal clusters prepared via single and double isolobal displacements

Ten transition metal cluster complexes with parent and substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands, [(⁵-C₅H⁴ CH₂CH₂)₂O][MFeCoS(CO)₈]₂ (2 M=Mo; 3 M=W), (⁵-C₅H₅)(⁵-RC₅H₄)MFeNiS(CO)₅ (5 M=Mo, R=Me; 6M= W, R=H), (⁵-C₅H₅)[⁵-C₅H₄C(O)CH₂]₂[WFeNiS(CO)₅][WFeCoS(CO)₈] (8), (⁵-C₅H₅)₂[⁵-C₅H₄ C(O)CH₂]₂[WFeNiS(CO)₅]₂ (9), (⁵-RC₅H₄)[(⁵-C₅H₄CH₂CH₂)₂O][Mo2FeS(CO)₇][MoFeCoS (CO)₈] (10R=MeCO; 12 R=MeO2C), (⁵-RC₅H₄)₂[(⁵-C₅H₄CH₂CH₂)₂O][Mo₂FeS(CO)₇]₂ (11 R=MeCO; 13 R=MeO2C), were synthesized through single and double isolobal displacements and characterized by elemental analyses, i.r., 1H-n.m.r. and MS techniques.     

Seawater—A test of multicomponent electrolyte solution theories. I. The apparent equivalent volume,expansibility, and compressibility of artificial seawater

The apparent equivalent volume _V, expansibility _E, and compressibility _K of an artificial seawater solution containing10 ionic components (Na⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, K⁺, Sr²⁺, Cl^–, SO ₄ ^2– , HCO ₃ ^– , Br^–, and F^–) and one nonionic component (H₃BO₃) has been determined from0 to40°C (in5° intervals) and from0.1 to0.8 m ionic strength at1 atm. The concentration dependence (I_v=volume ionic strength) of the _V's, _E's, and _K's have been examined by using a Masson-type equation, = ^° +S'I _V ^1/2, and a Redlich-type equation, = ^° +SI _V ^1/2 +BI _V, where ^° is the infinite-dilution value, S is the empirical Masson slope, S is the theoretical Debye-Hückel slope, and B is an empirical deviation constant. By using Young's rule, = E_i(i), the apparent equivalent volumes, expansibilities, and compressibilities for sea salt have been estimated from the ionic and nonionic components making up the mixture. The estimated apparent molal quantities agree very well with the directly measured values providing the concentration terms, S _i and B_i, are weighted according to the methods of Wood and Reilly.Contribution Number 1599 from the University of Miami.     

Some compounds of iron(III) with tertiary and secondary nitrogen bases

Summary The iron(III) compound, FeCl(OH)(MeCO₂) · MeCO₂ H · 0.5 H₂O, combines with tertiary nitrogen bases, pyridine, quinoline and-picoline, to form FeCl(OH)(MeCO₂) · (Base) 0.5 H₂O and with-picoline to give FeCl(OH)(MeCO₂) (-picoline). The secondary nitrogen bases (BH), such as, piperidine, pyrrolidine and diethylamine, on the other hand, react with the elimination of base hydrochloride to form Fe(B)(OH)(MeCO₂) · 0.5 H₂O compounds, containing covalently bonded bases. Pyrrole and indole (BH) combine with the partial elimination of chlorine to give Fe₃Cl₂(B)(OH)₃(MeCO₂)₃ · 3(BH). Phthalimide (BH), however, forms a simple addition compound Fe₂Cl₂(OH)₂(MeCO₂)₂ · (BH). The i.r. spectra, room temperature magnetic susceptibilities, thermal decompositions wherever possible and molar conductance have been studied.     

Calculations of electronic spectra of Fe and Co porphyrins and their anionic forms

Energies and intensities of electronic transitions of a number of Co and Fe porphyrins and their anionic forms have been calculated by the INDO/S-CI method in the Zerner parametrization. The results from the theoretical analysis are consistent with the basic relationships observed in the change of electronic spectra within the limits of isoelectronic series of compounds characterized by identical total number of -electrons and identical filling of the pair of d orbitals. It has been established that in the spectra of compounds of an isoelectronic series corresponding to the neutral state of the porphyrin ligand, the allowed electronic transitions are described by superpositions of two ^* configurations (la_1u 4e_g) ) and (3a ^2u 4e_g ) , two configurations of intermolecular charge transfer 3 (d 2b_1u) and (d 3b_2u), and two types of doubly excited configurations (la_1u, d 4e_g, 4e_g) and (3a _2u, d 4e_g, 4e_g). Data have been obtained on the energies and orbital nature of the even electronic states that are responsible for rapid exchange of excitation energy of the porphyrin molecules with the transition metals.Leningrad. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 144–151, March–April, 1991. Original article submitted September 28, 1989.     

Bestimmung des Metabolismus und der Produktionsrate von Testosteron, Dehydroepiandrosteron und Dehydroepiandrosteronsulfat

Zusammenfassung Nach i.v. Injektion von 4–6 Ci¹⁴C-Testosteron und 7–8 Ci³H-Androstendion oder entsprechenden Mengen¹⁴C-Dehydroepiandrosteron und³H-Dehydroepiandrosteronsulfat wurden die Glucuronide von Testosteron, Androsteron, Ätiocholanolon und Dehydroepiandrosteron sowie Dehydroepiandrosteronsulfat säulen- (Al₂O₃), papier- (Bush A₂) und dünnschicht-chromatographisch (Chloroform/Äthylacetat 41) aus Urin abgetrennt und gas-chromatographisch (1% XE-60, Flammenionisationsdetektor) bestimmt. Nach splitting des Trägergases und Kondensation der gasförmigen Steroide in einem wattegefüllten Glasröhrchen eines Gasfraktionskollektors wurde die¹⁴C- und³H-Aktivität der einzelnen Androgenmetaboliten mit einem Müssigkeitsszintillationszähler gemessen und aus der spezifischen Aktivität (Impulse/Mikrogramm) die Produktions- und Interkonversionsraten von Testosteron, DHEA und DHEA-Sulfat berechnet.

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Determination of the metabolism and production rates androstendione of testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate

After the i.v. application of 4–6 Ci¹⁴C-testosterone and 7–8 Ci³H-androstendione or equivalent dosages of tritium dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and dehydroepiandrosterone the gluouronides of testosterone, etiocholanolone, androsterone and dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate were separated from urine by column (Al₂O₃), paper (system Bush A₂) and thin-layer (chloroform:ethylacetate=41) chromatography. After a final gas-liquid chromatography on 1% XE-60 the androgen metabolites were estimated quantitatively by flame-ionisation detector. The radioactivity (³H and¹⁴C impulses) of the compounds was measured after splitting the carrier gas and condensation of the steroids in a gas-fraction collector. From the specific activity (Imp/g) the production and interconversion rates of testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate were calculated.

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Die Arbeit wurde mit Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Wissenschaftliche Forschung gefördert.     

Structural Chemistry of Cu(I) Allyl and Acetylene π-Complexes

Stereospecific behavior of allyl derivatives and acetylenes in CuX -complexes (X = Cl^-, Br^-, NO₃ ^-, BF₄ ^-, 1/2SiF₆ ^2-, 1/2SO₄ ^2-) is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The influence of donor atoms N, S, and O and of the Cu-X bond polarization on the -complex formation is considered. The efficiency of Cu-(C=C) and Cu-(CC) -interaction and specific behavior of mono- and disubstituted acetylenes with respect to Cu(I) are compared.     

Partial molar heat capacities of selected electrolytes and benzene in methanol and dimethylsulfoxide at 25, 40, and 80°C

A high temperature-high pressure flow heat capacity calorimeter, designed to operate to 350°C and 20 Mpa, has been constructed and tested with aqueous sodium chloride solutions to 80°C. The calorimeter has been used to measure the specific heats for solutions of NaBr, NaClO₄, ₄PBR, NaB₄, and benzene in methanol (MeOH) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) at 40 and 80°C. A commercial calorimeter was used to measure the same systems at 25°C. Apparent molar heat capacities C>_p, have been evaluated and extrapolated to infinite dilution to obtain standard partial molar heat capacities . For electrolytes are positive and insensitive to temperature to 80°C in DMSO, but in MeOH, C _{p, 2} ⁰ for simple electrolytes are negative and become increasingly negative with temperature. The behavior in MeOH is attributed to strong electrostriction by ionic charge and solvation of anions by MeOH molecules which increases with temperature. This is similar to observed behavior of electrolytes in water above 100°C. For benzene is positive in MeOH and DMSO, and increases with temperature.     

Formation and thermal decomposition of silicon oxynitride compounds. Part III

The formation of a previously unknown compound with stoichiometry Li₆SiN₂O₂ was found during studies on the reactivity of Li₂SiN₂ with Li₂O, of SiO₂ with Li₃N and of Li₃SiNO₂ with Li₃N.

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Zusammenfassung Die Bildung einer bisher unbekannten Verbindung der Stöchiometrie Li₆SiN₂O₂ wurde bei Untersuchungen der Reaktivität von Li₂SiN₂ mit LiO, von SiO₂ mit Li₃N und von Li₃SiNO₂ mit Li₃N beobachtet.

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Li₆SiN₂O₂ Li₂SiN₂ , , Li₃SiNO₂ .

     

An index of electrotopological state for atoms in molecules

A new method for molecular structure quantitation is described, in which both electronic and topological attributes are united. The method uses the hydrogen-suppressed skeleton to represent the structure and leads to a graph invariant index for the individual atoms and hydride groups of the molecular skeleton. An intrinsic atom value is calculated for each atom asI = ( + 1)/, in which and are the counts of valence and sigma electrons of atoms in the molecular skeleton, that is, exclusive of bonds to hydrogen atoms. The electrotopological state valueS _i for an atomi is defined asS _i =I _i + I _i, where the influence of atom j on atom i, I _i, is given as (I _i-j _j)/r ²;r is the graph separation between atoms i and j, counted as number of atoms, includingi andj. The information in the electrotopological state values is revealed by examples of various types of organic structures, including chain branching and heteroatom variation. The relation of the E-state value to NMR chemical shift is demonstrated for a series of carbonyl compounds.     

Syntheses and characterization of cobalt(II) and iron(III) complexes with the Schiff basesN-(o-hydroxybenzylidene)-2-aminobenzimidazole andN-(o-hydroxybenzylidene)-2(2′-aminophenyl)benzimidazole

Summary N-(o-hydroxybenzylidene)-2-aminobenzimidazole (HL) andN-(o-hydroxybenzylidene)-2(2-aminophenyl)benzimidazole (HL) react with CoX₂ (X=Cl, Br, or NCS) and FeCl₃ yielding complexes of general formulae [Co(HL)₂X₂], [Co(HL)₂X₂], [FeCl₂(HL)₂] [FeCl₄], and [FeCl₂(HL)₂][FeCl₄]. Moreover, it was possible to isolate the complexes [Co(HL)Br₂] [Co(L)Cl] and [Co(L)Cl]. The complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, i.r. and electronic spectroscopies and conductivity and magnetic measurements at different temperatures.