Measurement of splay elastic constant and rotational viscosity of an induced nematic binary system

We investigated the temperature dependence of the splay elastic constant (K₁₁) and rotational viscosity (γ₁) of a binary liquid crystal system comprising 5-trans-n-butyl-2-(4-isothiocyanatophenyl)-1,3-dioxane (4DBT) and 4-cyano-4′-n-undecyloxy-biphenyl (11OCB), exhibiting induced nematic phase. Both the splay elastic constant and rotational viscosity increased following lowering of the temperature. In the vicinity of smectic A-nematic (SmA-N) transition, both the relaxation time and rotational viscosity exhibited a strong pretransitional behaviour. The critical exponent (ν) presented here led to valuable qualitative information about the pre-transitional behaviour of the rotational viscosity data near the SmA-N phase transition. The extracted ν values ranging between 0.336 and 0.352 are in fair agreement with those predicted in the de Gennes model as compared to that by the mean-field model.     

Investigation of nu(N-H) and nu(C-N) stretching modes of propylamine (C3H7NH2) in a binary system C3H7NH2 + CH3OH via concentration dependent Raman study and ab initio calculations

Raman spectra of propylamine (C3H7NH2) and its binary mixtures, C3H7NH2 + CH3OH with varying mole fractions of the reference system, C3H7NH2, C were recorded in two widely apart wavenumber regions, 3100-3600 cm(-1) and 1225-1325 cm(-1). In the former region, the two Raman bands at approximately 3305 and approximately 3326 cm(-1), obtained after the line shape analysis, which were assigned to symmetric nu(N-H) and anti-symmetric nu(N-H) stretching modes, respectively, show a downshift upon dilution. However, whereas the nu(N-H) anti-symmetric mode shows a shift of 18.6 cm(-1), the nu(N-H) symmetric mode shows a much smaller shift (5.7 cm(-1)) between neat liquid and high dilution, C = 0.1. This aspect has been explained using the optimized geometries calculated employing ab initio theory (MP2 level) for the neat C3H7NH2 and its different hydrogen-bonded complexes. The linewidth versus concentration plot for the nu(N-H) anti-symmetric stretching mode, however exhibits a distinct maxima at C = 0.4, which has been explained as a slight departure from the concentration fluctuation model. In the latter region, a symmetric peak is observed, which corresponds to nu(C-N) stretching mode, which shows an upshift upon dilution and an almost linear concentration dependence. This has also been explained in terms of the parameters obtained from the optimized geometries of the different hydrogen-bonded complexes.     

用2-QADN2,7-金属络合物示波极谱法同时测定铜镍钴镉

本文研究了2-QADN2,7-金属络合物的极谱特性。在pH9.60的缓冲溶液中,Cu(Ⅱ)、Ni(Ⅱ)、Co(Ⅱ)和Cd(Ⅱ)与2-QADN2,7的络合物在-0.37、-0.69、-0.77和-0.82V产生灵敏的极谱波,利用这些波可测定痕量的铜、镍、钴和镉。铜的检测下限为2.0×10~(-8)mol/L,镍、钴及镉的检测下限为5.0×10~(-8)mol/L。提出的方法用于同时测定头发和茶叶中的痕量铜、镍和钴,结果满意。     

ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Structures of SeCl+3SbCl-6, SeBr+3GaBr-4, PCl+4SeCl-5 and (PPh+ 4)2SeCl2-4×2 MeCN.

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Development of a Method for Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (C6-C9) by Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography. Application to Urban and Rural Atmospheres.

ABSTRACT

An analytical method for the determination of 15 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC): benzene, n-heptane, toluene, n-octane, chlorobenzene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, o-xylene, p-xylene, isopropylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, n-decane, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene and 1,2-dichlorobenzene, by thermal desorption coupled with gas chromatography (GC) was proposed. The flame ionisation detector (FID) and mass spectrometry (MS) detector were used. The variables that have an influence on the desorption process (time, inert gas flow and temperature) were studied, obtaining detection limit ranges from 15 to 120 pg (GC-FID), 3.8 to 32 pg (GC-MS, SIM mode) and 15 to 300 pg (GC-MS, SCAN mode). In order to detect possible VOC urban sources, samples were taken from 6 points in A Coruña (N.W. Spain) to analyse. Sampling time and flow rate were 30 minutes and 50 mL/min respectively. VOC profile and their total concentrations can be considered as typical of an urban area. Other samples were also obtained from a nearly rural zone to determine the influence of these VOC sources.     

Studies toward the synthesis of pinolidoxin, a phytotoxic nonenolide from the fungus Ascochyta pinodes. Determination of the configuration at the C-7, C-8, and C-9 chiral centers and stereoselective synthesis of the C(6)-C(18) fragment

The absolute stereochemistry at the C-7, C-8, and C-9 chiral centers of pinolidoxin (1) has been determined by chemical and spectral methods. First, the synthesis of four stereoisomeric fully benzoylated 2,3-erythro-1,2,3,4-heptanetetrols, corresponding to the C(6)-C(18) portion of the natural substance, has been accomplished starting from meso-tartaric acid. As next step, the selection of the synthetic tetrabenzoate possessing "natural" stereochemistry (10a'), suitable for absolute configuration determination, has been carried out by correlation with its "natural" homologue derived from degradation of pinolidoxin. Determination of the stereochemistry at the title chiral centers has been carried out by application of the Mosher's method both to 7a', a compound stereochemically related to 10a', and to pinolidoxin itself. The stereoselective synthesis of a protected form of the C(6)-C(18) portion of pinolidoxin, to be used in its total synthesis, has also been accomplished starting from commercially available D-erythronolactone.     

Synthesis and Characterization of the Lewis Acid‐Base Complexes SbCl5 · LB (LB = ICN,BrCN, ClCN, 1/2(CN)2, NH2CN,Pyridine) – a Combined Theoretical and Experimental Investigation. The Crystal Structures of SbCl5 · NCCl and SbCl5 · NCCN · SbCl5

The Lewis acid‐base complexes SbCl₅ · LB (LB = ICN, BrCN, ClCN, ¹/₂(CN)₂, NH₂CN, pyridine) were prepared. The products formed were characterized by Raman and NMR spectroscopy. Density functional theory (B3LYP) was applied to calculate structural and vibrational data. Vibrational assignments of the normal modes for these Lewis acid‐base adducts was made on the basis of their Raman spectra in comparison with computational results. The stability of the complexes was investigated by calculating the bond dissociation enthalpy. SbCl₅ · NCCl and SbCl₅ · NCCN · SbCl₅ were characterized by X‐ray structural analysis. NBO analyses were performed on the crystallographic data.     

Unusually Strong Dipole–Dipole and Dipole–Quadrupole Interactions in a Nanoporous Solid. Crystal Structure and Related Properties of (VO)3[M(CN)6]2·nH2O (M = Fe,Co)

In porous Prussian blue (PB) analogues, the partially naked central metal atoms found at the cavities surface are responsible for many of their physical properties, among them the adsorption potentials. In the as‐synthesized PB analogues, such metal sites stabilize water molecules inside the cavity through coordination bond formation. The filling of the cavity volume is completed with water molecules linked to the coordinated ones through hydrogen bonds formation. Vanadyl‐based PB analogue shows quite different features. The metal(V) at the cavities surface has saturated its coordination sphere with the O atom of the vanadyl ion (V=O). In this material, the V=O group preserves enough strong dipole moment to stabilize adsorbed species at the cavity through dipole–dipole and dipole–quadrupole interactions. This contribution reports the preparation, crystal structure and properties for (VO)₃[M(CN)₆]₂ · nH₂O (M = Fe, Co). According to the refined crystal structure, IR spectra and TG data, six water molecules remain stabilized inside the cavities through a strong dipole–dipole coupling with the vanadyl group. The cavity contains additional water molecules interacting through hydrogen bond bridges with the water molecules coupled to the V=O group. The vanadyl ion is free of hydrogen bonding interactions with the water molecules. The recorded adsorption isotherms for N₂, CO₂ and H₂, three molecules with only quadrupole moment, reveal presence of relative strong adsorption forces due to dipole‐quadrupole interactions.     

ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Structures of New Alkali Metal-Rich Oxometallates: Rubidium Aluminate Tetrahydroxide,Rb9(AlO4)(OH)4, Rubidium Orthogallate,Rb5GaO4, Cesium bis-Chromate(IV) Oxide,Cs10(CrO4)2O,and Cesium Diindate,Cs8In2O7.

The crystal structures of several new alkali metal oxometallates are determined by single crystal XRD.     

Use of a database of plots of pesticide retention (R F) against mobile-phase composition.Part II. TLC as a pilot technique for transferring retention data to HPLC, and use of the data for preliminary fractionation of a mixture of pesticides by micropreparative column chromatography

Summary Relationships betweenR _F values and mobile-phase composition have been determined for moderately polar pesticides in normal-phase systems (NP) of the type silica-non-polar diluent (heptane)-polar modifier (ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, or dioxane) and in reversed-phase systems (RP) of the type octadecyl silica-water-polar modifier (acetonitrile, methanol, or tetrahydrofuran). These relationships constitute a retention database which has enabled choice of the optimum conditions for preparative column chromatographic separation of pesticides into fractions; these were then applied to a silica plate and chromatographed. The plate was videoscanned, furnishing a real picture of the plate showing complete separation of the pesticide fractions.     

藉聚2-丙烯胺缩-3-(4-甲酰基苯偶氮)-4,5-二羟基-2,7-萘二磺酸分光光度法测定生物体液、食品和饮品中的镁

聚2-丙烯胺缩3－（4-甲酰基苯偶氮）-4，5-二羟基-2，7-萘二磺酸（PA-FPNS）在pH11．5的磷酸盐介质中．与镁（Ⅱ）形成一蓝色络合物，其最大吸收位于604nm，表观摩尔吸光系数ε=5．7×104L·mol-1·cm-1，线性范围为0．01～0．35mg／L，至少稳定12h。考察了30多种共存离子的影响，在所测样品中它们不干扰，无需掩蔽或分离即可直接测得其中的镁。     

Indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants in 1,2-diboretane-3-ylidene, a homoaromatic system with pi and sigma 3c/2e bonds. Comparison of experimental data with calculations using density functional theory (DFT)

The non-classical 1,2-diboretane-3-ylidene 1a was studied by 13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy in order to obtain coupling constants 1J(13C,11B) and 1J(29Si,13C). The magnitudes of 1J(13C,11B) were deduced from linewidth measurements in low-temperature 13C and 11B NMR spectra. Calculation of the coupling constants for model compounds related to 1a, using DFT methods based on optimized geometries [B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)], gave data in agreement with the experiments. Furthermore, the calculations predict for the first time a negative sign of 1J(13C,11B) which mirrors the bonding situation in 1 as described by theory.     

ChemInform Abstract: Intercalation of Cu2+ in the HNiPO4×H2O Layered Phosphate: Study of the Structure,Spectroscopic, and Magnetic Properties of the Intercalated Derivative and the Related CuNi2(PO4)2 Compound.

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ChemInform Abstract: Preparation and Crystal Structure of a New Acentric Caesium Gallium Hydrogen Phosphate Containing Phosphoric Acid,Cs2Ga(H2PO4)(HPO4)2. times.H3PO4×0.5 H2O.

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