35Cl NQR spectra, structure, and mutual influence of substituents in the series of chlorine-containing organic compounds of pentavalent phosphorus

Regularities of transmission of the effect of equatorial and axial substituents were established for a number of chlorine-containing organic compounds of pentatalent phosphorus using³⁵Cl NQR spectra. The field constants of³⁵Cl NQR frequencies of the chlorine atoms participating in the P−Cl bond were estimated for a series of tetrahedral phosphorus ions. The³⁵Cl NQR frequencies of chlorine atoms in tetracoordinated ions of pentavalent phosphorus and in analogous isoelectronic silicon compounds are related by a linear dependence. Deceased Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 915–922, May, 1999.     

Relationship between the 79Br NQR frequencies of crystallographically Inequivalent bromine atoms in CBr4 and their field constants

For the crystallographically Inequivalent positions of the bromine atoms in CBr₄, there exists an equation that relates the frequencies v of ⁷⁹Br NQR to their field constants α = dv/dE _z . This equation can be used to determine the strength of the local electric fields.     

On the estimation of the field constant of 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency in the series of [R1R2R3AsCl]+M? compounds

The field constant of the NQR frequency of a chlorine atom (³⁵Cl) in a series of arsenic derivatives [R¹R²R³AsCl]⁺M⁻ was estimated from correlations. The field frequency is ∼41.5±3.5 Hz cm kV⁻¹, which is nearly twice as much as that in analogous phosphorus compounds. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1758–1760, August, 2005.     

Theoretical study of electric field‐induced intramolecular electron transfer in donor–acceptor pairs via the rigid space and their suitability as molecular electronic devices

The geometries of two reaction systems have been optimized under the constraint of C_2ν symmetry, using the UHF/6‐31G method. The potential energy surfaces (PES) of the two systems in different external electric field have been constructed using a linear reaction coordinate. It is concluded that the reorganization energies and electron transfer matrix elements for both systems are almost independent of the external electric field. However, the standard Gibbs energy difference changes remarkably with the change of the external electric field. Hence, the applied electric field leads to the variation of rate constant of electron transfer reaction. The threshold field, where the electron transfer becomes barrier free, is obtained to be 0.0015 a.u. for the anion system 1, and 0.00097 a.u. for the anion system 2. The threshold field for modified system 1, in which the hydrogen atoms linking to benzene rings are replaced by fluorine atom, is 0.0018 a.u. The calculations show that the best way to adjust the threshold field is to adjust the dipole moment of the reaction system by changing the length of the bridge. As the rate constant in field‐free case is taken into account, neither reaction systems could be used as molecular electronic device. But if the bridge consists of three or four HCTDs, the rate constant and threshold field will satisfy the practical demand. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006     

Residual changes in the surface charge of TiO2 (anatase) suspensions as a result of exposure to a 44 MHz radiofrequency electric field

Potentiometric titrations of TiO₂ (anatase) suspensions in solutions of 10^–2, 10^–3, and 10^–4 M NaCl prior to treatment with a radiofrequency (RF) electric field gave values of pH_pzc and pH_iep of 5.75±0.1 and 5.85±0.1, respectively, within the range of literature values. Surface charge plots versus pH for untreated samples gave curves with a common intersection point, indicating that NaCl acts as an indifferent electrolyte. Identical suspensions of anatase were then exposed for 30 min to an RF electric field with a peak-to-peak, no-load amplitude of 34V and a frequency of 44 MHz. Portions of the treated suspension were titrated after different time periods following removal of the field (2, 15, 30, and 45 min). At 2 min, the pH_pzc had shifted to 6.50±0.1, and at 15, 30 and 45 min, the curves for the three NaCl concentrations were found to lack a common intersection point, an effect which became more pronounced with time. It is proposed that RF treatment results in the formation of a porous gel layer of hydrous titanium dioxide on the surface of the anatase particles that subsequently undergoes a slow ion-exchange reaction involving ions of the supporting electrolyte.     

Study of charges on heteroatoms in organic compounds of the second-row elements by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

The characteristic features of the electronic structure of SbCl₅L complexes has been studied in comparison with those of the SnCl₄L₂ and TiCl₄L₂ complexes. The results of X-ray structural analysis were correlated with the heats of complexation, the data of Mössbauer spectroscopy, derivatography, quantum-chemical PM3 calculations, and stretching frequencies of the donor-acceptor bonds. Based on these data, the contributions of different effects to the stabilities of complexes were determined, complexation enthalpies previously unknown were calculated, and a conclusion was drawn that the electron density transfer from the donor to the acceptor is small. The charge effect of the donor consists primarily in polarization of the acceptor bonds; this polarization decreases as a result of (he change in the geometry of the acceptor upon complexation. The relative stabilities of the complexes with dimethyl sulfide were determined using a unique internal standard technique.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1465–1470, June, 1996.     

Determination of stability constant of ternary surface complexes at liquid-solid interface in sea water by the rule of left-right shifts of S-shaped curve

A new method is suggested for determining the stability constant of ternary surface complexes (TSC) at liquid-solid interfaces in natural water. Its basic principle is based on the rule of left-right shift (RLRS) of S-shaped curve, from which the peak-type curve of E(%) with the concentration of organic matter is obtained. The peak-type curve is further used to obtain the (ksAM/kSM) values by using respectively the method of equality of E(%) when [H2A] = [H2A]0 (1) and the method of [H2A]max (2). From the known KSM,the stability constant KSAM of liquid-solid interfacial ternary surface complexes can be obtained.     

The role of mobile-phase pH in the determination of catecholamine-related compounds by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with amperometric detection

Summary A study was conducted for the optimization of the reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic separation of different types (acidic, basic, amphoteric and neutral) of catechol-related compounds by varying the pH. For pH to be used as the optimizing parameter, its effects on retention, peak width and peak shape had to be investigated. Therefore, the pH dependence of the amperometric detector response, as measured by the oxidation peak height or peak area, was taken into account.     

Theoretical study of electric field gradients at nitrogen nuclei in HNO,CH3NO and C2H3NO

Electric field gradients (EFGs) at the nitrogen nuclei of nitroxyl, nitrosomethane and nitrosoethylene were calculated by employing the complete-active-space self-consistent field (CASSCF), internally contracted multireference configuration interaction (icMRCI) and single-configuration coupled-cluster (CC) methods with correlation-consistent basis sets at the levels of attainable accuracy. Changes in the pσ and pπ atomic orbital populations were used to rationalize the differences between the N EFG tensor components related to the nitroso compound and separate nitric oxide. Calculated ¹⁴N nuclear quadrupole coupling constants were found in reasonable accord with experimental values. Comparison of electric dipole moments and potential energy characteristics with external values served to testify to good overall quality of the wave functions used in our calculations.     

On the Nature of Manganese Ions in the β-Ca2 SiO4 Structure Detected by High Field ESR

The stabilization effect of dopants of the structure of β-dicalcium silicate using manganese in different oxidation states was investigated in detail by ESR at 3.2 cm (X-band), 8mm(Q-band) and by high field ESR at 2mm(W-band). The assignment of the signals was supported by corresponding single crystal measurements using X-Band and Q-band. If there are only low manganese concentrations on forming the microcrystallites the incorporated Mn²⁺ will be localized on less distorted sites of the lattice. Increasing the manganese concentration the Mn²⁺ spectra are superimposed by the fine structure of Mn²⁺ and of Mn⁴⁺ ions occupying distorted lattice sites with axial and rhombic symmetry. This pattern of the cation substitution represents the typical transition metal behaviour and obviously favours the formation of regular crystalline units from the melt on compensating of non-equivalent distances and charges.     

Carbon black/alumina gel composite: Preparation by sol-gel process in the presence of polymer-grafted carbon black and its electric properties

The preparation of a novel carbon black/alumina gel composite by sol-gel reaction of aluminum isopropoxide (AIP) was investigated. When sol-gel reaction of AIP was carried out in the presence of untreated carbon black, a thin film of alumina gel was hardly obtained, because of the presence of aggregated carbon blacks. On the contrary, in the presence of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-grafted, poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)-grafted, and poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide)-grafted carbon black, a deep-black, thin film of alumina gel, in which carbon blacks were uniformly incorporated, was obtained. Carbon black was incorporated into an alumina gel matrix by the hydrogen bond between carbonyl groups of the grafted polymer and the residual hydroxyl groups in the alumina gel. Electric resistance of the polymer-grafted carbon black/alumina gel composite was very sensitive to the vapor of solvents of the grafted polymer chains on carbon black surface: the electric resistance of the composite drastically decreased in humidity and N,N-dimethylformamide vapor, but not in n-hexane vapor. The logarithm of electric resistance of polymer-grafted carbon black/alumina gel composite linearly decreased in proportion to relative humidity. In addition, the electric resistance of poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide)-grafted carbon black/alumina gel composite under humidity decreased drastically at 32°C. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 3591–3597, 1999     

Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin effect on the fluorescence of auxin and skatole and on the simultaneous determination of binary mixtures of indole compounds in urine by first derivative spectrofluorimetry

The effect of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD, β-cyclodextrin (βCD) derivative) was determined on the fluorescence emission spectra of skatole (3-methylindole, MI) and auxin (indole 3-acetic acid, IA). The experiments were conducted at excitation wavelength (λ_ex) = 280 nm, in aqueous solutions at different pH values, with and without HPβCD as receptor. The enhanced fluorescence in the presence of the receptor showed a 1:1 host–guest interaction and the values of the association constants K_A were between 100 and 200 mol⁻¹ L. The effects of methanol and propanol with and without receptor were also studied. The limit of detection (L_D) for the HPβCD enhanced fluorimetric method at pH = 7.00 were 0.279 and 0.765 ng mL⁻¹ for MI and IA, respectively. For the determination of indole compounds with closely overlapping spectral bands a zero-crossing first derivative spectrofluorimetric method with or without HPβCD is described. Binary mixtures of MI or IA with melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, M) or 5-methoxytryptamine (5-methoxy-3-(2-aminoethyl)indole, 5M) were analysed in the presence of HPβCD. In the absence of receptor, binary mixtures of MI with IA and M with 5M were determined. The matrix effect was evaluated in urine samples by the method of standard addition. Good apparent recoveries were found for each indolic compound by the direct method (98–105% with R.S.D. 0.5–5%) and for mixtures of them by the first derivative method (90–105% with R.S.D. 1–5%) indicating the applicability of them with the advantage of their simplicity, low cost in materials, no time consuming and no requirement of the use of a sophisticate calibration program.     

Raman and infrared spectroscopic investigation of alkyl derivatives of arsenic acid: Part VI. On the AsO-bond - calculation of force constants and vibrational energy distribution in compounds of the type RAsO3X2 And R2A

Normal coordinate analyses and force constant calculations were carried out using frequencies of infrared and Raman-spectra of the molecules and ions RAsO₃^2?, RAs(O)(OR)₂, RAs(O)(OH)₂, RAs(OH)O₂^?, RzAsO₂^?, R₂As(O)OH, and [R'₂As(OH)₂]⁺ (R = CH₃, R' = C₂H₅). Comparing bond orders of the AsO bond with those in corresponding phosphorus, selenium and sulphur compounds, we found influences of the electron deficiency effect and of bond polarity.