Phase formation in the Re-Se-Br-MBr systems (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs)

Phase formation in the Re-Se-Br-MBr systems (M = K, Rb, Cs) was studied by NMR spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The reactions taking place in alkali metal halide melts were found to give, among the series of cluster anions [{Re₆Se_{8 − n} Br _n }Br₆]^{(4 − n)}− (0 ≤ n≤ 4), polymeric complexes Re₆Se₈Br ₂ and M₂Re₆Se₈Br₄ (M = Cs, Rb) and salts containing cluster anions [Re₆Se₆Br₈]²⁻ and [Re₆Se₇Br₇]³⁻ as the major products. The effect of the alkali metal cation on the product composition and ratio was established. Original Russian Text ? S.S. Yarovoi, Yu.V. Mironov, S.V. Tkachev, V.E. Fyodorov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 344–349.     

Novel Ternary Alkali Metal Silver Acetylides M(I)AgC(2) (M(I)=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs)

Three different packings of (1)(infinity)[Ag(C(2))(2/2)(-)] chains (represented by rods in the picture) have been found in the crystal structures of the first ternary alkali metal silver acetylides, which were obtained by the reaction of M(I)C(2)H (M(I)=Li-Cs) with AgI in liquid ammonia and subsequent heating of the remaining residue to 120 degrees C.     

MZr2（AsO4）3（M=Na,K,Rb,Cs）的水热合成与结构表征

用水热晶化法合成了MZr_2(ASO_4)_3(M=Na,K,Rb,Cs)系列化合物。研究了反应物浓度、配比及不同砷源等水热晶化条件对产物物相的影响。用XRD、IR和Raman光谱对产物进行了表征。4种晶体的振动光谱由钠到铯呈现出规律性变化。     

Enthalpy of Phase Transitions and Heat Capacity of Stoichiometric Compounds in LaBr3-MBr Systems (M=K,Rb, Cs)

Molar enthalpies of solid-solid and solid-liquid phase transitions of the LaBr₃, K₂LaBr₅, Rb₂LaBr₅, Rb₃LaBr₆ and Cs₃LaBr₆ compounds were determined by differential scanning calorimetry. K₂LaBr₅ and Rb₂LaBr₅ exist at ambient temperature and melt congruently at 875 and 864 K, respectively, with corresponding enthalpies of 81.5 and 77.2 kJ mol^-1. Rb₃LaBr₆ and Cs₃LaBr₆ are the only 3:1 compounds existing in the investigated systems. The first one forms from RbBr and Rb₂LaBr₅ at 700 K with an enthalpy of 44.0 kJ mol^-1 and melts congruently at 940 K with an enthalpy of 46.7 kJ mol^-1. The second one exists at room temperature, undergoes a solid-solid phase transition at 725 K with an enthalpy of 9.0 kJ mol^-1 and melts congruently at 1013 K with an enthalpy of 57.6 kJ mol^-1. Two other compounds existing in the CsBr-based systems (Cs₂LaBr₅ and CsLa₂Br₇) decompose peritectically at 765 and 828 K, respectively. The heat capacities of the above compounds in the solid as well as in the liquid phase were determined by differential scanning calorimetry. A special method - 'step method' developed by SETARAM was applied in these measurements. The heat capacity experimental data were fitted by a polynomial temperature dependence. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Zintl-Verbindungen mit Gold: M3AuSn4 mit M = K,Rb, Cs und M3AuPb4 mit M = Rb,Cs

Zintl-Compounds with Gold: M₃AuSn₄ with M = K, Rb, Cs and M₃AuPb₄ with M = Rb, Cs Silver coloured, brittle single crystals of the compounds M₃AuSn₄ with M = K, Rb, Cs and M₃AuPb₄ with M = Rb, Cs were synthesized by reactions of alkali metal azides (MN₃) with gold sponge and tin (lead) powder at T = 923 K. The structures of the isotypic compounds (space group Pmmn, Z = 2) were determined from X-ray single-crystal diffractometry data (see ‘‘Inhaltsübersicht”︁”︁). The Zintl-compounds M₃AuE(14)₄ with E(14) = Sn, Pb contain [AuE(14)₄]-chains with P₄-analogous E(14)₄-tetrahedra which are connected by μ₂-bridging gold atoms.     

Thermodynamic Properties of the MZr2(PO4)3 (M=Na,K, Rb or Cs) Compounds

The enthalpies of the solution of MZr₂(PO₄)₃(M=Na, K, Rb or Cs) compounds have been measured by the help of a differential automatic isothermal Calvet calorimeter and the standard enthalpies of formation have been derived. The temperature dependencies of the standard heat capacity of the samples of crystalline NaZr₂(PO₄)₃ and CsZr₂(PO₄)₃ were studied between 7 and 340 K in an automatic adiabatic vacuum calorimeter. The main thermodynamic functions H ⁰(T)–H ⁰(0), S ⁰(T) andG ⁰(T)–H ⁰(0) have been determined. The Gibbs energies of formation of the NaZr₂(PO₄)₃and CsZr₂(PO₄)₃ at 298.15 K were calculated on the basis of these experimental data and the enthalpy of formation data. Qualitative explanations for the results observed were presented. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Über Tetrabromothallate MTlBr4 (M = K,Rb, Cs,NH4)

On the Tetrabromothallates MTlBr₄ (M = K, Rb, Cs, NH₄) The tetrabromothallates MTlBr₄ (M = K, Rb, Cs, NH₄) were obtained by dehydratisation of the appropriate hydrates MTlBr₄ · nH₂O and by the reaction of TlBr, MBr, and Br₂ in closed glass tubes at 400°C. KTlBr₄ and NH₄TlBr₄ crystallize orthorhombic in the Ga[GaCl₄]-type with the following lattice constants a = 795.2(3), b = 1036.0(4), c = 1042.1(5) pm (KTlBr₄), and a = 812.6(3), b = 1070.1(13), c = 1110.6(10) pm (NH₄TlBr₄), respectively.     

Ionic Mobility, Phase Transitions, and Electric Conductivity in Ammonium Tetrafluoroantimonate and Heptafluorodiantimonate(III)

The dynamics of the fluoride and proton sublattices and the electrophysical properties of NH₄SbF₄ (I) and NH₄Sb₂F₇ (II) in the temperature range 210-435 K were studied by ¹⁹F and ¹H NMR and impedance spectroscopy. Types of ionic motion were determined and their activation energies were estimated. The structural phase transitions in I and II form the high-temperature modifications -NH₄SbF₄ and -NH₄Sb₂F₇, having high ionic (superionic) conductivity in the range 425-435 K (1.9-1.5×10^-3 S/cm).     

THF-solvated Heavy Alkali Metal Benzyl Compounds (Na,Rb, Cs): Defined Deprotonation Reagents for Alkali Metal Mediation Chemistry

The incorporation of heavy alkali metals into substrates is both challenging and essential for many reactions. Here, we report the formation of THF-solvated alkali metal benzyl compounds [PhCH₂M ⋅ (thf)_n] (M=Na, Rb, Cs). The synthesis was carried out by deprotonation of toluene with the bimetallic mixture n-butyllithium/alkali metal tert-butoxide and selective crystallization from THF of the defined benzyl compounds. Insights into the molecular structure in the solid as well as in solution state are gained by single crystal X-ray experiments and NMR spectroscopic studies. The compounds could be successfully used as alkali metal mediating reagents. The example of caesium showed the convenient use by deprotonating acidic C−H as well as N−H compounds to gain insight into the aminometalation using these reagents.     

Ion size influence on the Ar solvation shells of M(+)-C6F6 clusters (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs)

The size-specific influence of alkali metal ions in the gradual transition from cluster rearrangement to solvation dynamics is investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulations for alkali metal cation-hexafluorobenzene systems, M(+)-C(6)F(6) (M = Na, K, Rb and Cs), surrounded by Ar atoms. To analyze such transition, different small aggregates of the M(+)-C(6)F(6)-Ar(n) (n = 1, ..., 30) type and M(+)-C(6)F(6) clusters solvated by about 500 Ar atoms are considered. The Ar-C(6)F(6) interaction contribution has been described using two different formalisms, based on the interaction decomposition in atom-bond and in atom-effective atom terms, which have been applied to study the small aggregates and to investigate the Ar solvated M(+)-C(6)F(6) clusters, respectively. The selectivity of the promoted phenomena from the M(+) ion size and their dependence from the number of Ar atoms is characterized.     

Fluxional bonds in quasi-planar and half-sandwich (M = K,Rb, and Cs)

Detailed molecular orbital and bonding analyses reveal the existence of both fluxional σ- and π-bonds in the global minima C_s ( 1 ) and C_s MB₁₈ ( 3 ) and transition states C_s ( 2 ) and C_s ( 4 ) of dianion and monoanions (M = K, Rb, and Cs). It is the fluxional bonds that facilitate the fluxional behaviors of the quasi-planar and half-sandwich which possess energy barriers smaller than the difference of the corresponding zero-point corrections. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Heat Conductivity of Zirconium and Alkali Metal (Na,Cs) Phosphates of the NaZr2(PO4)3 Family

The heat conductivity of porous Zr₃(PO₄)₄, NaZr₂(PO₄)₃, CsZr₂(PO₄)₃, and Na₅Zr(PO₄)₃ samples was studied in the range 298-673 K. The heat conductivity coefficients of the zero-porosity phosphates under study were calculated and prospects for their application were considered.     

Enhanced water splitting activity of M-doped Ta(3)N(5) (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs)

We use a highly aligned Ta(2)O(5) nanochannel structure to fabricate alkali metal ion (Na, K, Rb or Cs) doped Ta(3)N(5)via solution seeding and thermal conversion in NH(3). Under optimized conditions the resulting doped structures show a strongly enhanced visible light water splitting performance in comparison to undoped Ta(3)N(5).     

Phase formation in the systems TiOCl2-H3PO4-MF(HF)-H2O (M = K, Rb, Cs)

From solutions containing 2–17 wt % TiO₂ at the molar ratios M/Ti = 1–4, F/Ti = 2–4, and PO ₄ ^3? /Ti = 0.5–10 under mild conditions, fluoro- and oxo(hydroxo) fluorophosphate titanates were isolated: crystalline M₂TiF₆ (M = K, Rb, Cs) and K₂Ti₂O_2.5F₂PO₄ · 2H₂O, and amorphous K₃Ti₄O(OH)F₇(PO₄)₃ · 5H₂O, Cs₂Ti₃O₂F₇PO₄ · 6H₂O, and CsTi₃O₃F₄PO₄ · 3H₂O. In a mixture with M₂TiF₆ and KCl, phosphate-ion-containing crystalline phases of unidentified composition were detected. The phases were studied by elemental, crystal-optical, X-ray powder diffraction, thermal, IR spectroscopic, and electron microscopic analyses. Annealing fluorophosphate titanates gives a mixture of MTiOPO₄ and TiO₂. All the mentioned alkali metal fluorophosphates contain the tetrahedral ion PO ₄ ^3? and titanium polyhedra with bonds Ti-F and Ti-O; some of them also contain bridging oxygen connecting titanium atoms: Ti-O-Ti; i.e., these substances are polymeric.     

Nuclear quadrupole resonance in MSbClF3 compounds (M=Na,K, Cs,NH4)

Conclusion A study of the temperature dependence of the¹²³Sb NQR parameters for MSbClF₃ complexes (M=K, Cs, NH₄) at from 77 to 390K shows temperature ranges with anomalous change in the electric field gradient asymmetry parameter for the antimony atoms.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1136–1139, May, 1987.The authors express their gratitude to G. K. Semin for a useful discussion of this work.     

Ab initio properties of MgAlk (Alk = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs)

High level ab initio calculations are performed on the ground electronic state of diatomic molecules MgAlk (Alk = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs). Potential energy curves and dipole moment functions are determined making use of the single-reference unrestricted and restricted coupled-cluster methods with large basis sets. Basic spectroscopic properties of the ground electronic states are derived from ro-vibrational bound state calculations.     

Internal Mobility, Phase Transitions, and Ionic Conductivity in Na(NH4)6Zr4F23 and Li(NH4)6Zr4F23

The dynamics of fluoride and ammonium ions in Na(NH₄)₆Zr₄F₂₃ (I) and Li(NH₄)₆Zr₄F₂₃ (II) was studied by ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR in the temperature range 170-440 K. Types of ionic motion were determined, and their activation energies were evaluated. In I, phase transitions were found in the temperature ranges 360-370 and 410-415 K. The experimental values of conductivity of Na(NH₄)₆Zr₄F₂₃ and Li(NH₄)₆Zr₄F₂₃ ( 4 × 10^-3 S/cm at T = 420 K) permit one to attribute these fluorides to the class of superionic conductors.     

Interrelation between the physicochemical properties of MnCl2-MCl (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) melts

Our own experimental studies of vapor pressure and surface tension were used to analyze isotherms of various types of the properties under consideration. The data obtained were processed using a mathematical model to calculate the molar surface and excess molar Gibbs energy, which clearly indicated that the surface properties obeyed the general rules that governed changes in these properties of solutions according to the position of alkali metals in the periodic table of the elements. The data on various physicochemical properties of the cesium chloride-manganese chloride system are evidence of the presence of singular extremum points on concentration dependence isotherms.