Effect of solvents on propene epoxidation catalyzed by titanium silicalite

Titanium silicalite was prepared using tetrapropylammonium bromide as a template. Propene epoxidation was studied on this catalyst using the mixtures of methanol with water or 2-propanol or acetone and the solvent effect was investigated systematically. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The kinetics of electron transfer reaction of methylene green and titanium trichloride in different solvents

The kinetics of the electron transfer reaction of methylene green and titanium trichloride was investigated in different solvents by spectrophotometry at different temperatures. The the reaction rate was determined by monitoring the absorbance as a function of time at λ_max 655 nm. The reaction is pseudo-first order, dependent only on the concentration of titanium trichloride at a fixed concentration of methylene green.     

Synthesis and characterization of antimony trichloride and bismuth trichloride complexes with valine

Two compounds of antimony trichloride and bismuth trichloride with valine are synthesized by solid phase synthesis at room temperature. Their compositions, determined by element analysis, are Sb(C₅H₁₀O₂N)₃·2H₂O and Bi(C₅H₁₀O₂N)₂Cl·0.5H₂O. The crystal structure of antimony complex with valine belongs to triclinic system and its lattice parameters are: a=0.9599 nm, b=1.5068 nm, c=1.9851 nm, α=92.270, β=95.050, γ=104.270. The crystal structure of bismuth complex with valine belongs to monoclinic system and its lattice parameters are: a=1.6012 nm, b=1.8941 nm, c=1.839 nm, β=99.73°. The far-infrared spectra and infrared spectra show that the amino group and carboxyl of valine may be coordinated to antimony and bismuth, respectively, in two compounds. The TG-DSC results also reveal that the complexes were formed.     

A novel Birch reduction of aromatic compounds using aqueous titanium trichloride: anions of trans-10b,10c-dimethyl-2,7,10b,10c-tetrahydropyrene

The Birch reduction of 10b,10c-dimethyl-10b,10c-dihydropyrene 1 and anthracene could be predicted on the basis of their reduction potentials and achieved readily with aqueous titanium trichloride in near quantitative yields. Controlled reduction of a nitro group could be achieved under these conditions with the aromatic hydrocarbon remaining intact. The anion derived from the hexane obtained from reduction of 1 provided synthetic routes to derivatives of 1 inaccessible from direct substitution reactions of 1. Oxidative dimerization of the anion led to the formation of a series of interesting products.     

Wet-chemical synthesis of crystalline BaTiO3 from stable chelated titanium complex: formation mechanism and dispersibility in organic solvents

Crystalline barium titanate nanoparticles were synthesized in solution at low temperature (70 degrees C) from acetylacetone chelated titanium complex and barium hydroxide. Very fine crystalline solids were characterized to cubic phase of BaTiO(3) by X-ray diffraction studies of the air-dried samples. It was observed that the crystalline barium titanate was formed in solution at Ba/Ti molar ratio > or =2.5. The dependence of the reaction temperature and the Ba(OH)(2) concentration (in terms of Ba/Ti molar ratio) on formation of crystalline BaTiO(3) in solution-phase was studied, and a plausible mechanism toward the formation of crystalline BaTiO(3) was also proposed. Crystallite sizes of the BaTiO(3) were found to be in the range 33-50 nm, while the average particle sizes, measured by dynamic light scattering method were in the range 70-100 nm. The crystalline BaTiO(3) prepared from acetylacetone chelated titanium complex was highly dispersible in organic medium such as N-methyl-2-pyrillidone (NMP) and N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF).     

The structuredness of solvents

The parameterization of the structuredness of a solvent as the difference between its molar heat of vaporization, Δ_vap H ^° and the sum of its internal donor-acceptor interactions (in terms of DN and AN) and its vdW interactions (in terms of Δ_vap H ^° of n-alkanes of the same molar volume) is criticized. As an alternative, the excess of the reduced Trouton constant, Δ_vapS^°/R over 12 and of Kirkwood's dipole correlation parameter g over 1.7 are suggested as criteria for the decision of whether a solvent is structured, both having to be met. Conversely, if either Δ_vapS^°/R is less than 11.6 or g is less than 1.3, then the solvent is to be considered unstructured. Exceptions are discussed.     

Effect of solvents having different dielectric constants on reactivity: A conceptual DFT approach

Conceptual density functional theory is exploited to understand the reactivity in a medium of solvents with increasing dielectric constants. Aprotic as well as protic solvents are used for this study. It is found that the global parameters, such as chemical potential and hardness, decrease from gas phase to solvent phase with increasing dielectric constant. However, it is observed that the Fukui functions of the reactive atoms increase significantly with the dielectric constants of the aprotic solvents while for the protic solvents the variation of the reactivity indices is insignificant. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

The Photokinetics of Electron Transfer Reaction of Methylene Blue with Titanium Trichloride in Aqueous–Alcoholic Solvents

The kinetics of photoinduced electron transfer reaction of methylene blue (MB) and titanium trichloride was investigated in water and different aqueous–alcoholic solvents. The reaction is pseudo‐first order, dependent only on the concentration of titanium trichloride at a fixed concentration of MB. The effect of water and aqueous–alcoholic solvents was studied in the acidic pH range (4–7). It was observed that the quantum yield (ϕ ) of the reaction increased with increase in polarity of the reaction medium. The quantum yield was high under acidic conditions and decreased with further increase in acidity. The addition of ions and increase in temperature increased the rate and quantum yield of the reaction. The absence of any reaction intermediate was confirmed by spectroscopic investigations. A mechanism for the reaction has been proposed in accordance with the kinetics of the reaction. The activation energy (E _a) was calculated by the Arrhenius relation. Thermodynamic parameters such as E _a, enthalpy change (ΔH ), free energy change (ΔG ), and entropy change (ΔS ) were also evaluated.     

Photochemistry of benzimidazolocyanine dyes in solvents of different polarity

The effect of ion pair formation on the kinetics of the decay of the photoisomers and triplet states of cationic benzimidazolocyanine dyes is studied by flash photolysis. An increase in the rate constant of the reversecis-trans isomerization of the photoisomers is observed when ion pairs are formed (in nonpolar solvents). In the case of benzimidazolocyanine dyes with the I^– anion, ion-pair formation causes an increase in the rate constant of decay of the triplet state. Acceleration of S₁ S₀ internal conversion is discovered for the dyes with I^–1 Translated fromIvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 507–512, March, 1993.     

钛醇盐电化学合成的研究

采用钛金属为“牺牲”阳极,首次在无隔膜电解槽中,电化学一步法制备了纳米TiO~2前驱体钛醇盐Ti(OEt)~4,Ti(OPr-i)~4,Ti(OBu)~4。产物通过元素分析、红外光谱(FT-IR)、拉曼光谱进行表征。电化学一步法直接制备纳米材料前驱体钛醇盐,克服了传统化学方法合成金属醇盐步骤多、产率低、纯度达不到要求及后续分离繁琐等缺点。本文同时讨论了影响电合成钛醇盐的关键因素及可能的反应机理,实验表明钛在醇溶液中呈点蚀行为,钛醇盐卤化物Ti(Ⅲ)(OR)~nBr~m在阳极形成,然后被氧化为Ti(Ⅳ)(OR)~nBr~m,这种物质在阴极上ROH参与下被还原生成钛醇盐Ti(OR)~4,钛阳极表面拉曼光谱证实了上述观点。防止阳极钝化,温度控制在50～60℃之间,彩有机胺溴化物为导电盐,可以提高电合成收率。     

Theoretical Study on the Reaction Mechanism of SiCl_4 with H in the Gas Phase

1 INTRODUCTION Semiconductor silicon materials are vital for mi- croelectronic and information industry. Silicon has many advantages, for example, rich resource, out- standing quality and sophisticated processing tech- nology. So it has been widely used in semiconduc- tor industry. One of the key techniques of mo- dern microelectronic industry is epitaxial growth of single crystal thin film on single crystal silicon and its ba- cking materials. In the chemical vapour deposition of Si, g…     

Acid-base dissociation constants of 2,2'-bipyridyl in mixed protic solvents

The acid dissociation constants (K_a), base dissociation constants (K_b) and the autoprotolysis constants (K_s) for 2,2′-bipyridyl in water and in water+alcohol(methanol, ethanol, iso-propanol) mixed solvents have been determined at 25°C and an ionic strength of 0.1 mol l⁻¹, from a direct potentiometric method based on the treatment of the data of a single pH titration. It has been shown that K_a increases, whereas K_b and K_s decrease, with increasing proportion of the alcohol in the mixed solvents. Linear relations between pK_a, pK_b, pK_s and the mole fraction of the alcohol were observed in the composition range investigated. These results are discussed in terms of the properties of solvent and the interactions of the different species existing in dissociation equilibrium with solvents. It is concluded that the higher stabilization of both 2,2′-bipyridyl and its protonated form by dispersion forces and of the proton by its interaction with solvent molecules in the mixed solvents compared with that in water are largely responsible for the observed changes of pK_a with composition. On the other hand, the low stabilization of OH⁻ in the mixed solvents relative to that in water and the electrostatic effect are the main factors in determining the solvent effect on pK_b.     

Hydrolysis of methyltin(IV) trichloride in aqueous NaCl and NaNO3 solutions at different ionic strengths and temperatures

The hydrolysis of methyltin(IV) trichloride (CH₃SnCl₃) has been studied in aqueous NaCl and NaNO₃ solutions (0 < I/mol dm⁻³ ≤ 1), at different temperatures (15 ≤ T/°C ≤ 45) by­potentiometric measurements (H⁺‐glass electrode). By considering the generic hydrolytic <?tw=97.2%>reaction pCH₃Sn³⁺ + qH₂O = (CH₃Sn)_p(OH)_q^3p−q<?tw>­+ qH⁺ (logβ_pq), we have the formation of five species and logβ₁₂ = −3.36, logβ₁₃ = −8.99, logβ₁₄ = −20.27 and logβ₂₅ = −7.61. The first hydrolysis step is measurable only at very low pH values and was not determined: a rough estimate of the hydrolysis constant is logβ₁₁ = −1.5 (± 0.5). The dependence on ionic strength of logβ_pq is quite different in NaNO₃ and NaCl solutions, and the formation at low pH values of the species CH₃Sn(OH)Cl⁺ has been found with logβ = −1.40. Hydrolysis constants strongly depend on temperature and from the relationships logβ_pq = f(T), ΔH ° values have been calculated. Speciation problems of CH₃Sn³⁺ in aqueous solution are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The interaction of anionic azo dyes with hen egg-white lysozyme: 2

In continuation of our preceding study, this report describes pH and ionic strength dependences of the binding constants of six anionic azo dyes to lysozyme, the competitive binding of the dyes with the substrate analogues of lysozyme and the change in the circular dichroism of lysozyme by the dye binding. The binding constants were obtained from the difference spectra of visible absorption. With an increase in pH from 5.0 to 7.0 the constants for the dyes (1st of the two modes of the binding of a dye named D3) are reduced. The increase in ionic strength from 0.1 to 0.2 also reduces the values of the constant. Competitive binding was found between D3 and the analogues, but not for the other dyes. The change in the circular dichroism due to the electronic perturbation of tryptophyl residues in lysozyme was found. From these evidences, Lys 33 in lysozyme is pinpointed as the most credible binding site for the dyes (1st mode binding of D3). An unspecified location near the subsiteB in lysozyme is addressed for 2nd mode binding of D3.     

The rate of the disproportionation reaction of iodous acid at different acidity values in aqueous sulfuric acid solution

The dependence of disproportionation reaction kinetics of iodous acid, HOIO, in aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid on the solution acidity is examined. The rate constants of the disproportionation reaction are determined at temperatures of 18, 25 and 30 °C, based on kinetic data obtained under stationary conditions. The average value of the activation energy is determined to be 42 kJ/mol.     

活性钛与芳基丙酮的还原偶合反应

羰基化合物还原偶合是形成碳-碳键的一种重要方法。本文首次发现此类反应的产物不仅与反应物本身的结构和还原试剂体系有关，还与操作次序有很大关系，且在活性钛表面反应。     

The interaction of anionic azo dyes with hen egg-white lysozyme: 1

The interactions between seven anionic azo dyes and hen egg-white lysozyme were investigated by means of visible absorption spectroscopic and lytic activity measurements. The dyes, for which no report on the interaction has appeared so far, were bound with lysozyme to different extents as a result of the differences in their chemical structures. Although most of the dyes formed 11 complex with lysozyme, two of them behaved differently. From the measurements of the absorption, lytic inhibition toward cell walls and competitive binding with substrate analogues, it was concluded that a major binding site of these dyes on lysozyme is a charged lysine residue in the vicinity of the subsitesD, E andF, and, in the case of a dye that forms 21 complex with lysozyme, and additional binding site is in the vicinity of the subsite B.     

Theoretical study of aminoalkylation in the Mannich reaction of furan with methyleneimminium salt

The potential energy surface for the reaction of furan and methyleneimminium cation with formation of a Mannich base has been studied using AM1 and PM3 semiempirical calculations. Nonspecific solvent effects were taken account of in the framework of the multicavity self-consistent reaction field approach. Characteristics of the reaction path elucidated for various media are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 67: 359–366, 1998     

Formation of gaseous intermediates in titanium(IV) chloride plasma oxidation

A number of experiments were made to study tire gas phase reactions that precede TiO₂ aerosol formation from TiCl₄ in an O₂/Ar plasma. The gaseous .species from the plasma-aerosol reactor were detected by a high-resolution QP mass spectrometer. The feed ratio of Ar: O₂: TiCl₄ was typically 4. l: 0.1. Under such conditions both titanium oxychlorides and oxides of chlorine could be recognized. In the reactor the decay of oxychlorides from the reactions it-as fast, compared to the decay of chlorine. A rough estimate of the quantities of both ClO(g) and Ti0Cl_x(g) metastable species present is given. TiCl₄ oxidation reaction mechanisms with mentioned oxychlorides as intermediates are discussed The theoretical calculations were conducted in tire temperature range from 800 to 3500°C.