Calorimetric study of the relationship between molecular structure and liquid-crystallinity of rod-like mesogens I. Heat capacities and phase transitions of 4'-propylbiphenyl-4-carbonitrile and trans, trans-4'-propylbicyclohexyl-4-carbonitrile

The heat capacities of the rod-like compounds 4'-propylbiphenyl-4-carbonitrile (3-BBCN) and trans, trans-4'-propylbicyclohexyl-4-carbonitrile (3-CCCN) have been measured with an adiabatic calorimeter between 12 and 383 K. 3-BBCN is not mesogenic and melts into an isotropic liquid at 338·77 K, whereas 3-CCCN is mesogenic and its melting and clearing points are 330·73 K and 353·80 K, respectively. The enthalpy and entropy of fusion of 3-BBCN are 22·7 kJ mol^-1 and 67·0 J K^-1 mol^-1, respectively, while those of 3-CCCN are 27·0 kJ mol^-1 and 81·7 J K^-1 mol^-1, respectively. The enthalpy and entropy gain due to the nematicisotropic transition of 3-CCCN are 1·8 kJ mol^-1 and 5·0 J K^-1 mol^-1. 3-CCCN shows a mesomorphic transition from a smectic to the nematic state at 329·62 K, which occurs as a metastable state, its transition enthalpy and entropy are 5·4 kJ mol^-1 and 16·4 J K^-1 mol^-1, respectively. The temperature dependence of the molar entropies of both compounds shows that molecular arrangement in the crystal is more ordered in 3-CCCN than in 3-BBCN. This fact may be related to the stability of mesophases. Finally, Eidenschink's theoretical model for the nematicisotropic transition has been applied to 3-CCCN. As far as the present mesogen is concerned, the transition enthalpy estimated according to this model agrees well with the observed value.     

Orientational melting and reorientational motion in a cubane molecular crystal: a molecular simulation study

Detailed molecular simulations are carried out to investigate the effect of temperature on orientational order in cubane molecular crystal. We report a transition from an orientationally ordered to an orientationally disordered plastic crystalline phase in the temperature range 425-450 K. This is similar to the experimentally reported transition at 395 K. The nature of this transition is first order and is associated with a 4.8% increase in unit cell volume that is comparable to the experimentally reported unit cell volume change of 5.4% (Phys. Rev. Lett. 1997, 78, 4938). An orientational order parameter, eta(T), has been defined in terms of average angle of libration of a molecular 3-fold axis and the orientational melting has been characterized by using eta(T). The orientational melting is associated with an anomaly in specific heat at constant pressure (C(P)) and compressibility (kappa). The enthalpy of transition and entropy of transition associated with this orientational melting are 20.8 J mol(-1) and 0.046 J mol(-1) K(-1), respectively. The structure of crystalline as well as plastic crystalline phases is characterized by using various radial distribution functions and orientational distribution functions. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the plastic crystalline phase is more than twice that of the crystalline phase.     

The thermodynamic properties of polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylenes of different crystallinity were analyzed between 220 and 700 K by differential scanning calorimetry. A new computer coupling of the standard DSC is described. The measured heat capacity data were combined with all literature data into a recommended set of thermodynamic properties for the crystalline polymer and a preliminary set for the amorphous polymer (heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs energy; range 0–700 K). The crystal heat capacities have been linked to the vibrational spectrum with a θ₃ of 54 K, and θ₁ of 250 K, and a full set of group vibrations. C_v to C_p conversion was possible with a Nernst–Lindemann constant of A = 1.6 × 10^?3 mol K/J. The glass transition was identified as a broad transition between 160 and 240 K with a ΔC_p of 9.4 J/K mol. The room-temperature transitions at 292 and 303 K have a combined heat of transition of 850 J/mol and an entropy of transition of 2.90 J/K mol. The equilibrium melting temperature is 605 K with transition enthalpy and entropy of 4.10 kj/mol and 6.78 J/K mol, respectively. The high-temperature crystal from is shown to be a condis crystal (conformationally disordered), and for the samples discussed, the crystallinity model holds.     

2-噻吩乙酸的低温热容和热力学性质

用精密自动绝热量热计测定了2-噻吩乙酸在78～343 K温区内的摩尔热容. 实验结果表明, 在78～314和337～343 K温区内, 该化合物无相变及其他热异常现象发生, 将实验数据拟合得到了该化合物热容随温度变化的多项式方程; 在314～337 K温区内, 该物质发生固-液熔化相变, 其熔化温度、熔化焓、熔化熵及样品纯度分别确定为: 335.745 K, 16.260 kJ•mol^－1, 48.415 J•K^－1•mol^－1和98.555%. 根据热力学函数关系式, 由热容数据计算出了2-噻吩乙酸在80～340 K温区内相对于标准参考温度298.15 K的热力学函数值.     

2-氨基-4，6-二甲氧基嘧啶的低温热容和热力学性质研究

通过精密自动绝热量热计测定了自行合成并提纯的2-氨基-4，6-二甲氨基嘧啶 在78-394 K温区的摩尔热容。实验结果表明，该化合物有一个固-液溶化相变，其 熔化温度、摩尔熔化焓以及摩尔熔化熵分别为：（370.97 ± 0.02）K，（29853. 91 ± 9.25） J·mol~(-1)和（80.45 ± 0.03）J·mol~(-1) · K~(-1)。通过分 步熔化法得到样品的纯度为0.9984 (摩尔分数)和绝对纯样品的熔点为371.031 K。 在热容测量的基础上计算出了该物质每隔5K的热力学函数值。DSC技术对基固-溶熔 化过程作了进一步研究，结果与热容试验相一致。     

Alkyl group as entropy reservoir in an MMX chain complex, Pt2(n-PenCS2)4I

Heat capacity of halogen-bridged one-dimensional binuclear metal complex (so-called MMX chain) having four n-pentyl groups, Pt2(n-PenCS2)4I, was measured by adiabatic calorimetry. A first-order phase transition was observed at 207.4 K when measurement was made after cooling from room temperature. The enthalpy and entropy of transition were determined to be 10.19 kJ mol(-1) and 49.1 J K(-1) mol(-1), respectively. A monotropic phase transition was observed at 324 K on heating, and the entropy of transition was essentially null. The sample once heated above 324 K never returned to the initial phase at room temperature and underwent a higher-order phase transition at 173 K and a first-order phase transition at 220.5 K. The enthalpy and entropy of the first-order phase transition were estimated to be 11.6 kJ mol(-1) and 52.4 J K(-1) mol(-1), respectively. The magnitude of the entropy gain at the phase transition from the initial room-temperature phase to the high-temperature phase at 324 K shows that in Pt2(n-PenCS2)4I a large amount of entropy reserved in alkyl chain is transferred to dithiocarboxylato groups upon the phase transition, as in the cases of Pt2(n-PrCS2)4I and Pt2(n-BuCS2)4I.     

4-羟甲基吡啶的热力学性质

用精密自动绝热量热计测定了4-羟甲基吡啶在79～380 K温区的摩尔热容. 实验结果表明, 该化合物在79～301 K温区无相变和热异常现象发生, 在301～331 K, 发生固-液相变, 其熔化温度、摩尔熔化焓及摩尔熔化熵分别确定为：325.12 K, 11.78 kJ•mol^-1 和36.23 J•K^-1•mol^-1. 根据热力学函数关系式, 从热容值计算了4-羟甲基吡啶在80～380 K温区以标准状态（298.15 K）为基准的热力学函数值. 用热重法(TG)对该化合物的热稳定性作进一步考察, 从TG曲线上观察到该化合物在490 K有最大的蒸发失重速率.     

Mechanochemical effect in the iron(III) spin crossover complex [Fe(3-MeO-salenEt2]PF6 as studied by heat capacity calorimetry

Magnetic and thermal properties of the iron(III) spin crossover complex [Fe(3MeO-salenEt)(2)]PF(6) are very sensitive to mechanochemical perturbations. Heat capacities for unperturbed and differently perturbed samples were precisely determined by adiabatic calorimetry at temperatures in the 10-300 K range. The unperturbed compound shows a cooperative spin crossover transition at 162.31 K, presenting a hysteresis of 2.8 K. The anomalous enthalpy and entropy contents of the transition were evaluated to be Delta(trs)H = 5.94 kJ mol(-1) and Delta(trs)S = 36.7 J K(-1) mol(-1), respectively. By mechanochemical treatments, (1) the phase transition temperature was lowered by 1.14 K, (2) the enthalpy and entropy gains at the phase transition due to the spin crossover phenomenon were diminished to Delta(trs)H = 4.94 kJ mol(-1) and Delta(trs)S = 31.1 J K(-1) mol(-1), and (3) the lattice heat capacities were larger than those of the unperturbed sample over the whole temperature range. In spite of different mechanical perturbations (grinding with a mortar and pestle and grinding in a ball-mill), two sets of heat capacity measurements provided basically the same results. The mechanochemical perturbation exerts its effect more strongly on the low-spin state than on the high-spin state. It shows a substantial increase of the number of iron(III) ions in the high-spin state below the transition temperature. The heat capacities of the diamagnetic cobalt(III) analogue [Co(3MeO-salenEt)(2)]PF(6) also were measured. The lattice heat capacity of the iron compounds has been estimated from either the measurements on the cobalt complex using a corresponding states law or the effective frequency distribution method. These estimations have been used for the evaluation of the transition anomaly.     

水合烟酸钡的合成、±结构表征和热化学性质

选择烟酸和氢氧化钡作为反应物, 利用室温固相合成方法, 借助于球磨技术, 合成了一种新的化合物——水合烟酸钡. 利用化学分析、元素分析、FTIR和X射线粉末衍射等方法确定了它的组成和结构为Ba(Nic)2·3H2O(s). 利用精密自动绝热热量计直接测定了此化合物在78-400 K温区的摩尔热容. 在热容曲线上出现了一个明显的吸热峰, 通过对热容曲线的解析, 得到了相变过程的峰温、相变焓和相变熵分别为(327.097±1.082) K、(16.793±0.084) kJ·mol-1和(51.340±0.164) J·K-1·mol-1. 将该温区的摩尔热容实验值用最小二乘法拟合得到摩尔热容(Cp,m)对温度(T)的多项式方程, 并且在此基础上计算出了它的舒平热容值和各种热力学函数值. 另外, 依据Hess定律, 通过设计合理的热化学循环, 选择体积为100 mL、浓度为0.5 mol·L-1的盐酸作为量热溶剂, 利用等温环境溶解-反应热量计分别测量固相反应的反应物和产物在所选溶剂中的溶解焓, 利用溶解焓确定固相反应的反应焓为⊿rH0m=-(84.12±0.38) kJ·mol-1. 最后, 利用固相反应的反应焓和其它反应物和产物已知的热力学数据计算出水合烟酸钡的标准摩尔生成焓为⊿fH0m[Ba(Nic)2·3H2O(s)]=-(2115.13±1.90) kJ·mol-1.     

镨甘氨酸高氯酸盐的低温热容和标准生成焓的测定

The rare-earth perchlorate complex compound with DL-α-Glycin was synthesized. Its structure was characterized as Pr2(DL-α-Gly)6(H2O)4(ClO4)6·5H2O by TG, DTA and chemical analysis, and the purity was 99.63 %. The melting point analysis experiment indicates that the complex has no stable melting point. The heat capacity of the complex was measured by a high-precise fully-automated adiabatic calorimeter from 79 to 371 K. No obvious abnormal heat capacity was observed within this low temperature range. The thermal decomposition temperature range of the complex was near 333 K. Its decomposition temperature, decomposition enthalpy and entropy were 320.010 K, 40.714 kJ/mol and 127.227 J/molK, respectively. The polynomial equation of heat capacity of this compound was simulated by the computer within the temperature range of 78.939~301.295 K. The standard enthalpy of formation was -8022.802 kJ/mol measured by isoperable reaction calorimeter at 298.15 K.     

Low-temperature heat capacity of room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide

Heat capacities of liquid, stable crystal, and liquid-quenched glass of a room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL), 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluromethylsulfonyl)imide were measured between 5 and 310 K by adiabatic calorimetry. Heat capacity of the liquid at 298.15 K was determined for an IUPAC project as (631.6 +/- 0.5) J K(-1) mol(-1). Fusion was observed at T(fus) = 272.10 K for the stable crystalline phase, with enthalpy and entropy of fusion of 28.34 kJ mol(-1) and 104.2 J K(-1) mol(-1), respectively. The purity of the sample was estimated as 99.83 mol % by the fractional melting method. The liquid could be supercooled easily and the glass transition was observed around T(g) approximately 183 K, which was in agreement with the empirical relation, T(g) approximately ((2)/(3)) T(fus). The heat capacity of the liquid-quenched glass was larger than that of the crystal as a whole. In the lowest temperature region, however, the difference between the two showed a maximum around 6 K and a minimum around 15 K, at which the heat capacity of the glass was a little smaller than that of crystal.     

Thermodynamic properties of the aqueous solution of potassium salts of some 4-((alkylcarbonyl)amino)-2-hydroxybenzoic acids at 298 and 313 K

To understand the aggregation behavior of surface-active ligands with a salycilic polar head, we undertook a systematic study of some classes of anionic surfactants where the presence and the position of the -OH and the carboxylic group differ. This paper reports the dilution heats at 298 and 313 K of aqueous solutions of potassium 4-((alkylcarbonyl)amino)-2-hydroxybenzoate (KPAS-C(n) where n stands for the number of carbon atoms in the chain) in KOH at 0.1 m, measured as a function of concentration. From the experimental data, apparent and partial molar enthalpies vs concentration were obtained. By using a pseudo-phase-transition approach, the enthalpy changes upon micelle formation (DeltaH(m)) and assuming that in the restricted range of temperature examined heat capacities are constant, the heat capacity changes have been obtained. Micelle formation enthalpies are seen to be additive with a group contribution for the methylene group of -1.5+/-0.1 kJ mol(-1) per group at 298 K and -2.3+/-0.1 kJ mol(-1) per group at 313 K, comparable with that obtained for similar anionic compounds in the same experimental conditions and for N-alkylnicotinamide chlorides (cationic surfactants). The -CH(2)- group contribution to the micelle formation heat capacities is -53+/-1 J K(-1) mol(-1).     

The thermal properties of poly(oxy-1,4-benzoyl), poly(oxy-2,6-naphthoyl), and its copolymers

The thermal properties, i.e., heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs function, and the transition behavior of the copolymer system of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 2,6-hydroxynaphthoic acid have been studied based on differential scanning calorimetry. The heat capacities of the glass, crystal, and anisotropic melt are shown to be largely additive on a molar basis. Additivity is lost in the two transition regions, glass transition and disordering transition. Isothermal crystallization experiments on the copolymers revealed the existence of two types of crystals which melt at high temperature (fast-grown crystals) and low temperature (slowly grown crystals). The ATHAS computation method is used to bring heat capacities of the solid state into agreement with approximate frequency spectra. The changes in heat capacity at the glass transitions occur at 434°K for the poly(oxy-1,4-benzoyl) [33.2 J/(K mol)] and at 420°K for poly(oxy-2,6-naphthoyl) [46.5 J/(K mol)]. The copolymers have a transition range of above 100°K. The anisotropic melt is linked to the well-known condis state of poly(oxy-1,4-benzoyl) by a continuous changes in disorder and mobility without an additional first-order transition.     

A molecular dynamics study of the thermodynamic properties of calcium apatites. 1. Hexagonal phases

Structural and thermodynamic properties of crystal hexagonal calcium apatites, Ca10(PO4)6(X)2 (X = OH, F, Cl, Br), were investigated using an all-atom Born-Huggins-Mayer potential by a molecular dynamics technique. The accuracy of the model at room temperature and atmospheric pressure was checked against crystal structural data, with maximum deviations of ca. 4% for the haloapatites and 8% for hydroxyapatite. The standard molar lattice enthalpy, delta(lat)H298(o), of the apatites was calculated and compared with previously published experimental results, the agreement being better than 2%. The molar heat capacity at constant pressure, C(p,m), in the range 298-1298 K, was estimated from the plot of the molar enthalpy of the crystal as a function of temperature, H(m) = (H(m,298) - 298C(p,m)) + C(p,m)T, yielding C(p,m) = 694 +/- 68 J x mol(-1) x K(-1), C(p,m) = 646 +/- 26 J x mol(-1) x K(-1), C(p,m) = 530 +/- 34 J x mol(-1) x K(-1), and C(p,m) = 811 +/- 42 J x mol(-1) x K(-1) for hydroxy-, fluor-, chlor-, and bromapatite, respectively. High-pressure simulation runs, in the range 0.5-75 kbar, were performed in order to estimate the isothermal compressibility coefficient, kappaT, of those compounds. The deformation of the compressed solids is always elastically anisotropic, with BrAp exhibiting a markedly different behavior from those displayed by HOAp and ClAp. High-pressure p-V data were fitted to the Parsafar-Mason equation of state with an accuracy better than 1%.     

Structural Characterization and Thermal Properties of 1-Amino-1-ethylamino-2,2-dinitroethylene

1-amino-1-ethylamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (AEFOX-7) was synthesized by the reaction of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) and ethylamine aqueous solution at 92 oC. The the-oretical investigation on AEFOX-7 was carried out by B3LYP/6-311++G^**method. The IR frequencies and NMR chemical shifts were performed and compared with the experi-mental results. The thermal behavior of AEFOX-7 was studied with differential scanning calorimetry and thermal gravity-derivative thermogravimetry methods, and can be divided into a melting process and an exothermic decomposition process. The enthalpy, apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor of the exothermic decomposition reaction were obtained as 374.88 kJ/mol, 169.7 kJ/mol, and 10^19.24 s^-1, respectively. The critical temper-ature of thermal explosion of AEFOX-7 is 145.2 oC. The specific heat capacity of AEFOX-7 was determined with micro-DSC method and theoretical calculation method, and the molar heat capacity is 214.50 J/(mol K) at 298.15 K. The adiabatic time-to-explosion of AEFOX-7 was calculated to be a certain value between 1.38-1.40 s. The thermal stability of AEFOX-7 is much lower than that of FOX-7.     

Metal dilution effects on the spin-crossover properties of the three-dimensional coordination polymer Fe(pyrazine)[Pt(CN)4

The 1A1 left arrow over right arrow 5T2 spin transition has been investigated in the solid solutions of Fe(x)M(1-x)(pyrazine)[Pt(CN)4] (M = Ni or Co, 0 < or = x < or = 1) having a three-dimensional polynuclear structure. Both Ni and Co dilutions tend to decrease the hysteresis width and smooth the transition curves. The enthalpy (entropy) change associated with the spin transition was found to decrease from 26 kJ mol(-1) (84 J K(-1) mol(-1)) for x = 1 to 12 kJ mol(-1) (47 J K(-1) mol(-1)) for 47% Co dilution and to 15 kJ mol(-1) (54 J K(-1) mol(-1)) for 59% Ni dilution. Raman spectroscopy revealed a mixed one- and two-mode behavior in the solid solutions. For the first time, a correlation between vibrational frequencies exhibiting one-mode behavior and the entropy change, which drives the spin crossover, is established.     

四氯合金属(II)酸烷铵在280-500K间的热力学性质和相变:III.四氯合镉(II)酸n-十二烷铵

在280-500K温度范围内用自动绝热量热计测量了(n-C~1~2H~2~5NH~3)~2CdCl~4的热容。在所研究的温度范围内发现一个固-固相转变, 其相变温度, 相变焓和相变熵分别为(332.4±0.1)K,(48.35±0.33)kJ.mol^-^1和(145.5±1.0)J.K^-^1.mol^-^1。结合已发表的(n-C~1~2H~2~5NH~3)~2MCl~4(M=Mn, Zn)的相变参数讨论了此类配合物的中心原子对其相变的影响。[MCl~4]^2^-配位方式的不同被认为是该类配合物的相变热参数产生差异的主要原因。     

Molecular energetics of cytosine revisited: a joint computational and experimental study

A static bomb calorimeter has been used to measure the standard molar energy of combustion, in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K, of a commercial sample of cytosine. From this energy, the standard (p degrees = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpy of formation in the crystalline state was derived as -(221.9 +/- 1.7) kJ.mol(-1). This value confirms one experimental value already published in the literature but differs from another literature value by 13.5 kJ.mol(-1). Using the present standard molar enthalpy of formation in the condensed phase and the enthalpy of sublimation due to Burkinshaw and Mortimer [J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1984, 75], (155.0 +/- 3.0) kJ.mol(-1), results in a value for the gas-phase standard molar enthalpy of formation for cytosine of -66.9 kJ.mol(-1). A similar value, -65.1 kJ.mol(-1), has been estimated after G3MP2B3 calculations combined with the reaction of atomization on three different tautomers of cytosine. In agreement with experimental evidence, the hydroxy-amino tautomer is the most stable form of cytosine in the gas phase. The enthalpies of formation of the other two tautomers were also estimated as -60.7 kJ.mol(-1) and -57.2 kJ.mol(-1) for the oxo-amino and oxo-imino tautomers, respectively. The same composite approach was also used to compute other thermochemical data, which is difficult to be measured experimentally, such as C-H, N-H, and O-H bond dissociation enthalpies, gas-phase acidities, and ionization enthalpies.     

稀土高氯酸盐-甘氨酸配合物[Sm2(Gly)6(H2O)4](ClO4)6·5H2O单晶 体的低温热 容及标准生成焓

合成了稀土高氯酸盐-甘氨酸配合物晶体。经热重、差热、化学化析及有关文献对比,确定其组成是[Sm2(Gly)6(H2O)4](ClO4)6·5H2O,单晶结构,纯度是99.0%.熔点分析仪分析知其没有固定熔点,在79～370K温区,用高精密全自动绝热量仪对单晶配合物进行了热容测定,发现该配合物在低温段没有反常热容。348.07K附近是该配合物的分解温区,配合物的分解温度、分解熵和分解焓分别是346.89K,44.669kJ/mol和128.77J/K·mol。计算机拟合了热容对温度的多项式方程,在79～318K温区,Cp=1294.56+624.17K-11.893X^2+75.075X^3+23.762X^4.在常压,298.15K下用具有恒温环境的反应热量计测定了配合物的标准生成焓值为-8022.405kJ/mol。     

Reversible Melting of Thermally Fractionated Polyethylene

Different grades of linear low density polyethylenes (LLDPEs) have been quenched cooled step-wise and crystallised isothermally at (a series of increasing) temperatures in a DSC (thermal fractionated samples). These samples have been investigated by temperature modulated DSC (MDSC). The heat flow curves of the thermal fractionated materials were compared with those obtained from samples crystallised at a relatively slow cooling rate of 2 K min^-1(standard samples). The melting enthalpy obtained from the total heat flow of the thermal fractionated samples was 0-10 J g^-1higher than those of standard samples. The melting enthalpy obtained from the reversing heat flows was 13-31 J g^-1lower in the thermal fractionated samples than in the standard samples. The ratio of the reversing melting enthalpy to the total melting enthalpy increased with decreasing density of the PE. The melting temperature of the endotherms formed by the step-wise cooling was 9 K higher than the crystallisation temperature. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.