The 1 (2)A(1), 1 (2)B(2), and 1 (2)A(2) states of the SO(2) (+) ion studied using multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory

The 1 (2)A(1), 1 (2)B(2), and 1 (2)A(2) electronic states of the SO(2) (+) ion have been studied using multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) and two contracted atomic natural orbital basis sets, S[6s4p3d1f]/O[5s3p2d1f] (ANO-L) and S[4s3p2d]/O[3s2p1d] (ANO-S), and the three states were considered to correspond to the observed X, B, and A states, respectively, in the previous experimental and theoretical studies. Based on the CASPT2/ANO-L adiabatic excitation energy calculations, the X, A, and B states of SO(2) (+) are assigned to 1 (2)A(1), 1 (2)B(2), and 1 (2)A(2), respectively, and our assignments of the A and B states are contrary to the previous assignments (A to (2)A(2) and B to (2)B(2)). The CASPT2/ANO-L energetic calculations also indicate that the 1 (2)A(1), 1 (2)B(2), and 1 (2)A(2) states are, respectively, the ground, first excited, and second excited states at the ground-state (1 (2)A(1)) geometry of the ion and at the geometry of the ground-state SO(2) molecule. Based on the CASPT2/ANO-L results for the geometries, we realize that the experimental geometries (determined by assuming the bond lengths to be the same as the neutral ground state of SO(2)) were not accurate. The CASPT2/ANO-S calculations for the potential energy curves as functions of the OSO angle confirm that the 1 (2)B(2) and 1 (2)A(2) states are the results of the Renner-Teller effect in the degenerate (2)Pi(g) state at the linear geometry, and it is clearly shown that the 1 (2)B(2) curve, as the lower component of the Renner splitting, lies below the 1 (2)A(2) curve. The UB3LYP/cc-pVTZ adiabatic excitation energy calculations support the assignments (A to (2)B(2) and B to (2)A(2)) based on the CASPT2/ANO-L calculations.     

Inner-valence photoionization of O((1)D): experimental evidence for the 2s(2)2p(4)((1)D)-->2s(1)2p(5)((1)P) transition

Photoionization and autoionization of electronically excited atomic oxygen O((1)D) are investigated in the energy range between 12 and 26 eV using tunable laser-produced plasma radiation in combination with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. A broad, asymmetric, and intense feature is observed that is peaking at 20.53+/-0.05 eV. It is assigned to the 2s(2)2p(4)((1)D)-->2s(1)2p(5)((1)P) transition, which subsequently autoionizes by a Coster-Kronig transition, as predicted by the previous theoretical work [K. L. Bell et al., J. Phys. B 22, 3197 (1989)]. Specifically, the energy of the unperturbed transition occurs at 20.35+/-0.07 eV. Its shape is described by a Fano profile revealing a q parameter of 4.25+/-0.8 and a width of gamma=2.2+/-0.15 eV. Absolute photoionization cross section sigma is derived, yielding sigma=22.5+/-2.3 Mb at the maximum of the resonance. In addition, weak contributions to the O((1)D) yield from dissociative ionization originating from molecular singlet oxygen [O(2)((1)Delta(g))] are identified as well. Possible applications of the 2s(2)2p(4)((1)D)-->2s(1)2p(5)((1)P) transition as a state-selective and sensitive probe of excited oxygen in combination with photoionization mass spectrometry are briefly discussed.     

S(1)-C(2)-secocephems

Preparation of acetylenic-S(1)-C(2)-secocephems from the reaction of Grignard reagents on $\text{cis}$-α-vinylhalo sulfoxides.     

Low-temperature magnetic behavior of perovskite compounds PbFe(1/2)Ta(1/2)O3 and PbFe(1/2)Nb(1/2)O3

The isostructural perovskite compounds PbFe(1/2)Ta(1/2)O3 and PbFe(1/2)Nb(1/2)O3 have been known for long time, and they are part of the important class of materials called multiferroic, where ferroelasticity, ferroelectricity, and ferromagnetism coexist. In the literature regarding PbFe(1/2)Ta(1/2)O3 and PbFe(1/2)Nb(1/2)O3, an "anomaly" of their low-temperature magnetic behavior has not always been reported. Moreover, both the origin of this behavior, and the cause for which it was not always observed, were never completely explained. In this paper, the magnetic behavior of the two compounds at low temperature has been extensively studied and explained as the occurring of a spin-glasslike transition.     

Synthesis and properties of 1-(2-bromoethyl)-, 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)- and 1-(2-dialkylaminoethyl)2-alkylpyrroles

The reaction of 3-chloropropenyl alkyl ketones or 2,3-dichloropropyl alkyl ketones with 2-substituted ethylamine derivatives leads to the formation of the hitherto unknown 1-(2-R-ethyl)-2-alkylpyrroles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1047–1049, August, 1990.     

5,6-Dihydropyridin-2(1H)-ones and 5,6-dihydropyridine-2(1H)-thiones (review)

Data on methods for the production of 5,6-dihydropyridin-2(1H)-ones and 5,6-dihydropyridine-2(H)-thiones and their biological activity are reviewed.Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 147–167, February, 1999.     

Synthesis of 6-Methyl-4-(1-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)-2-(2-cyclohexen-1-yl)- and 6-Methyl-4-(1-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)-2-(1-cyclohexen-1-yl)anilines

Alkenylation of 6-methyl-2-(2-cyclohexen-1-yl)- and 2-(1-cyclohexen-1-yl)anilines with piperylene in the presence of AlCl₃ and transformation of the resulting cyclohexenylanilines into carbazole structures were studied.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 78, No. 3, 2005, pp. 441–443.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Gataullin, Ishberdina, Sotnikov, Abdrakhmanov.