Entropy Calculations for Charged Spheres and the Entropy of Molten Salts

Abstract

We derive an expression for the entropy S of a system of charged hard spheres within the Mean Spherical Approximation (MSA). We study the behaviour of the coulombic contribution as a function of both the charging process and the ionic radii ratio. We find that the latter gives an important ordering contribution to S, which is greatly exaggerated in the MSA. We have also calculated S using the data appropriate for the molten alkali halides. The results compare poorly with the experimental entropies and therefore cast doubts on the MSA as a suitable reference system for molten salts.     

Viscosity of molten NaCI,NaBF4 and KBF4

Abstract

The viscosities of molten NaBF₄ and KBF₄ were determined over a 120°C interval and the viscosity of molten NaCl was redetermined over a 200°C interval by use of an oscillating cup viscometer. The viscosities of all three samples followed an Arrhenius type temperature dependence. The measured viscosity for NaCl agreed better with predicted values and the trend established by the other sodium and potassium halides than did previous determinations. The Batchinskii free volume concept of viscosity held for the sodium and potassium halides and the two MBF₄ salts. An equation based upon a hard-sphere model predicted viscosity values in agreement with experimental values for the alkali metal halides and KBF₄ but was not suitable for NaBF₄.     

Determination of the Thermal Conductivities of Several Molten Alkali Halides by Means of a Sheathed Hot-Wire Technique

Abstract

A modification of the transient hot-wire method has been used for the measurement of the thermal conductivities of electrically conducting fluids. Although the method is probably not as accurate as the concentric-cylinder method in similar applications, it avoids radiation problems which hamper studies with many molten salts. We report here hot-wire measurements of the thermal conductivity values for molten alkali halides. These results indicate that, as was noted by White and Davis⁽¹⁾ for alkali nitrates, the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivities for those substances is positive. Such a temperature dependence seems to be an intrinsic property of ionic liquids and is not associated with the internal degrees of freedom of the ions constituting a molten salt.     

The hall effect in molten salts

Abstract

The Hall Effect is measured in the molten ionic salts CuCl, AgCl and AgBr. Values of 0.023, 0.031 and 0.027 cm²/volt sec are obtained for the effective mobility. The values obtained are one or two orders of magnitude larger than drift mobilities and so indicate there can be no correspondence between Hall and drift mobilities in molten salts. These measurements appear to be the first of the Hall Effect in molten ionic salts     

Design and synthesis of some new thiophene and 1,3,4-thiadiazole based heterocycles

Abstract

The reaction of 3-oxopropanenitriles with phenyl isothiocyanate in DMF containing KOH afforded the corresponding potassium salts. The latter salts were converted into ketene N,S-acetals upon acidification with hydrogen chloride. The reaction of the ketene N,S-acetals with 2-bromo-1-[5-methyl-1-(p-tolyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]ethan-1-one or 3-(2-bromoacetyl)-2H-chromen-2-one gave novel thiophenes in good yields. Treatment of the ketene N,S-acetals with hydrazonyl halides afforded 1,3,4-thiadiazoles in good yields. The stereochemistry of the synthesized compounds was studied.     

The compressibility of molten salts

Values of the adiabatic and isothermal compressibility, κ_S and κ_T, of some 80 molten salts at the corresponding temperature of T = 1.1T_m (T_m is the melting point) are obtained from literature data either directly or re-calculated here. For some of the series of salts: alkali metal halides and nitrates, divalent metal halides, and alkali metal sulfates and carbonates the κ_T values are inversely proportional to the corresponding cohesive energy densities ced (internal energies per unit volume, separately for each class of compounds). The ced values for 1:2 and 2:1 salts not previously evaluated are presented here too.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of New Silylated Sulfur-Containing Heterocyles Through Thionation of Bis(Acylsilanes)

Abstract

The optimization of the synthesis of 2,6-bis(trialkylsilyl)4H-thiopyranes and some aspects of the reactivity of the corresponding lithium salts with alkyl halides and benzaldehyde are presented.     

Synthesis and characterization of 1-phenyl-3-alkylbenzimidazol-2-ylidene salts and their catalytic activities in the Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions

The synthesis and characterization of 1-phenyl-3-alkyl-substituted carbene precursors that were prepared from 1-phenyl substituted benzimidazole and various alkyl halides are reported. The new benzimidazolium salts (1a–e) were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT-IR spectroscopic methods and elemental analyses. New in situ generated palladium-benzimidazolium complexes were tested for catalytic activity in the Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions.     

Palladium catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck and Suzuki–Miyaura reactions using naphthalenomethyl-substituted imidazolidin-2-ylidene ligands in aqueous media

Naphthalenomethyl-substituted imidazolidinium salts (1a-g) were prepared and characterized by conventional spectroscopic methods, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FTIR, and elemental analysis techniques. The in situ prepared three component systems naphthalenomethyl-substituted imidazolidinium salts, Pd(OAc)₂, and K₂CO₃ catalyzed quantitatively the Mizoroki–Heck and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of aryl halides under mild conditions in aqueous media.     

Chronopotentiometric Study of the Reaction Am (III) + 3e → Am(o) in Molten Licl-KCl Eutectic

Abstract

A chronopotentiometric study of the reaction Am(III) + 3e → Am(O) in molten LiCl-KCL is reported. The diffusion coefficient ^DAm(III) increases from 3.5 to 26.0 10^?6 cm² sec^?1 when the temperature was raised from 400 to 650°C. The mechanism of the diffusion is discussed on the base of the hole theory for molten salts.     

Small Angle Scattering from Liquids

Abstract

A short review is given of the current interests in small angle scattering from liquids; condensed rare gases, liquid metals and molten salts being considered in turn.     

Phosphine-Free Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction Using an Efficient and Reusable Pd Catalyst in an Aqueous Medium Under Microwave Irradiation

Abstract

We report here an improved, highly efficient, and general method for the ligand-free Suzuki cross-coupling reaction to the synthesis of biaryls, bipyridyls, thienylpyridine, and allylphenols. Microwave irradiation of (het)aryl halides and (hetaryl, allyl)arylboronic acid N-methyl-iminodiacetic acid (MIDA) ester, using polyurea microencapsulated palladium catalyst (Pd EnCat 30), gave the coupling adducts 1a–x in excellent yields in just 10–18 min.     

Asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbene benzimidazolium salts and their silver(I) complexes: potential as ionic liquid crystals

The synthesis and characterisation of a homologous series of monodentate benzimidazolium salts, 1–4 and their mononuclear silver(I)–NHC (where NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes, 5–8, are reported. The benzimidazolium salts were prepared from the N-alkylation of 1-methyl-benzimidazole with alkyl halides of varying carbon chain lengths. The mono silver(I)-NHC complexes, 5–8, were prepared by the reaction of the benzimidazolium salts with Ag₂O. All the synthesised compounds were fully characterised by ¹H-nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR), ¹³C-NMR and fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The molecular structures of compounds 3·PF₆, 4·PF₆, 7 and 8 were elucidated through single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. We postulate that the attachment of long alkyl chains to the heterocyclic core of 1-methyl benzimidazole could induce mesophase formation. The liquid crystalline behaviour of the benzimidazolium salts was investigated by polarised optical microscope and differential scanning calorimetry. Salts 3 and 4 were found to be thermotropic liquid crystals which exhibited a smectic A phase. However, upon complexation with silver(I) ions, all the Ag(I)–NHC complexes are found to be non-mesogenic.     

THE SYNTHESIS OF DISODIUM O-n-ALKYLTHIOPHOSPHATES

Abstract

The disodium O-alkylthiophosphates were synthesized by reaction of PSCl₃ with the corresponding alcohols to the O-alkylphosphorodichloridothioates (1), which were hydrolyzed in aqueous triethylamin–sodium acetate solution.¹ The O-alkylthiophosphates (2) were isolated as barium salts and converted to the disodium salts by Na₂SO₄.

Because the barium salts of O-ethyl- and O-n-propyl-thiophosphate were soluble in water, the corresponding dichlorido compounds were hydrolyzed directly to the disodium salts in aqueous sodium hydroxide plus dioxane according to Gray and Hamer.²

Further purification was achieved by column chromatography on Sephadex LH20 using water as an eluant. Pure products, which were not contaminated by either inorganic thiophosphate or O-alkylphosphates, were thus obtained.     

SYNTHESIS OF ALKYL N-CYANO-N-SUBSTITUTED CARBAMATES AND N,N-DISUBSTITUTED CYANAMIDES1

Abstract

The reactions of S,S' methyl cyanodithioimidocarbonate with potassium hydroxide in alkyl or benzyl alcohol furnished the O-alkyl and benzyl O-potassium cyanoimidocarbonates (1–5). The reaction of the potassium salts (1,3, or 4) with a 10% excess of alkyl, allyl or benzyl halides afforded the unknown titled carbamates (6–17). The reaction of 2 with 10% excess benzyl bromide or 5 with 10% excess methyl iodide gave the same product, N-benzyl-N-methyl cyanamide (18). The reactions of 2 with 10% and 55% excess allyl bromide afforded N-allyl-N-methyl cyanamide (19) and N,N-diallyl cyanamide (20), respectively. The reaction of 3 with 28% excess of allyl iodide furnished N-allyl-N-propyl cyanamide (21).

Possible mechanisms and supporting NMR, IR and mass spectra data are discussed.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 1-methyl-2-dimethylaminoethyl-substituted benzimidazolium salts and N-heterocyclic carbene–silver complexes

The synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 1-methyl-2-dimethylaminoethyl-substituted carbene precursors and silver complexes are reported. The carbene precursors (1a–d) have been prepared from 1-methyl-2-dimethylaminoethyl-substituted benzimidazole and various alkyl halides. The silver–NHC complexes (2a–d) were synthesized from the benzimidazolium salts and Ag₂O in dichloromethane at room temperature. The new compounds were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, and elemental analyses. The new carbene precursors and Ag-complexes were tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activity against a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as for their antifungal activities against Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis.     

Synthesis and spectral characterization of new benzimidazolium compounds containing sulfur

Abstract

N-heterocyclic carbene (compound b) was synthesized from reaction of 1-(3-phenylpropyl)-3-methylbenzimidazolium iodide (a) and a strong base in an argon atmosphere. Then, 1-(3-phenylpropyl)-3-methylbenzimidazolium-2-carbodithioate (c) was prepared with carbene and CS₂. Finally, a group of alkyl 1-(3-phenylpropyl)-3-methylbenzimidazolium-2-carbodithioate halides was synthesized with alkyl halides and compound c, occurring products 1-6. Structural characterization of compounds was performed ¹H, and ¹³C NMR, IR, and MS spectroscopy and elemental analysis.     

Gas-Phase Generated Phosphinidenes as a Route to Phosphorus Heterocycles - Formation of the First 3H-Phosphindole

Abstract

Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) over freshly resublimed magnesium on glass wool is a convenient and powerful dehalogenating procedure for a wide range of organic halides. We have now applied this system to the generation of phosphinidenes from the corresponding dichlorophosphines. As shown below, the production of phospholane from 1 and the interesting pyrophoric polymer 3 from 2 are readily explained by intramolecular insertion of the phosphinidenes. Under similar conditions 4 gives not only the expected phosphinidene insertion product, the phosphaindane 5, but also as a minor product, the 3-H-phosphaindene (“phosphindole”) 6 - the first example of a new heterocyclic system and the first 3-H-phosphole of any type.     

Metal complexation induced supramolecular gels for the detection of cyanide in water

ABSTRACT

The role of metal salts in inducing supramolecular gel network formation was analysed by reacting two pyridyl-N-oxide amides with various diamagnetic zinc(II) and cadmium(II) salts. Metal induced supramolecular gelation was observed for zinc(II) and cadmium(II) chloride complexes in water and the morphologies of the xerogels were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The relative gel strength was corroborated with various non-bonding interactions observed in the solid-state structures of zinc(II) complexes using X-ray diffraction. The non-bonding interactions of the pyridyl-N-oxide amides and the metal complexes were compared to find the key interactions responsible for metallogel formation. The anion induced stimuli-responsive property of the metallogels was studied in the presence of halides and cyanide anions. The cadmium(II) gels were stable in presence of two equivalents of halides but the network collapsed in presence of cyanide anion in water and this property can be used to detect cyanide anions in water.     

Critical Solution Temperatures for Two Phase Solvent Systems with Halide Salts,Carboxylic Acids,Surfactants, and Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds

Upper critical solution temperatures (UCST) of water‐phenol systems are reported with 0.1 mol kg^?1 halide salts, carboxylic acids, 1.0% PEG 200 in water, and 0.01 mol kg^?1 surfactants and polynuclear aromatic compounds namely benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, chrysene; and benzene derivatives solutions in phenol. The valence electrons and shell numbers, bascity, ‐CH₃ and ‐CH₂‐, hydrophilic, hydrophobic and π conjugated electrons of respective additives have been noted to affect the UCST values and mutual solubilities of the water and phenol. The surfactants decrease the UCST values with higher mutual solubilities due to effective hydrophilic as well as hydrophobic interactions with aqueous and organic phases, respectively. The stronger structure breaking action of the 3(‐OH) of the glycerol outweighs than those of the 3(‐COO^?) and 1(‐OH) of the citric acid and the urea does produce almost equal UCST values as compared to glycerol. A decrease in the UCST values is noted with number of conjugated π electrons of the benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, and chrysene. In general, the dTc/dx₂ values of salts for 0.20–0.16 mole fractions of phenol are found positive while for 0.055–0.052 mole fractions, the negative.