Cluster Models of Co2+ at the Cation Sites of Zeolite ZSM-5

The local structure of Co₂₊ at the -, , and -cation sites of zeolite ZSM-5 was calculated in terms of density functional theory using the cluster approach. The local geometry of the oxygen environment of Co₂₊ is characterized; it is found that the ion stabilization energy increases in the series .     

Ionic Mobility, Structure, Phase Transition, and Conductivity in (NH4)3Sb4F15

Fluoride and ammonium ion dynamics in (NH₄)₃Sb₄F₁₅ was studied by ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy in the range 180-440 K. Types of ionic motion were determined, and their activation energies were estimated. The crystal structure of a single crystal of (NH₄)₃Sb₄F₁₅ (space group ) was solved. In the range K, a reversible phase transition has been found. Based on the experimental values of conductivity of (NH₄)₃Sb₄F₁₅ ( S/cm at T = 440 K), this antimony(III) fluoride is classified as a superionic conductor.     

New Data on the Crystal Structures of Colusites and Arsenosulvanites

The crystal structures of three minerals (arsenosulvanite, V,As-germanite, and colusite) of the general crystal chemical formula (As, Ge, Sn, Sb, V)₆S₃₂, where Cu^M, V^M are cations at interstitial positions, 0.2 x 2.0, 2.7 y 0, (space group , a = 10.527; 10.600; 10.653 ; R = 0.066; 0.046; 0.033) have been determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The minerals are the two structural modifications of the compound with the ideal formula V₂Cu₂₄As₆S₃₂; they differ from each other in the occupancy of the interstitial position 2a. In colusite, this position is occupied by the V⁵⁺ cations; in arsenosulvanite and V,As-germanite, by Cu²⁺. A characteristic feature of the structures is the presence of octahedral [ S₄]Cu₆ ( = V, Cu) complexes not directly interacting with each other and lying inside the Laves polyhedra. In the structures of arsenosulvanite and V,As-germanite, a sulvanite framework consisting of interpenetrating Laves polyhedra T₃S₄ ( = V, Cu; T = Cu, As, Ge) has been found. The sulvanite framework is statistically distributed over the sphalerite matrix. The variable composition of the minerals is due to heterovalent isomorphism in the sphalerite position 6c. Charge disbalance arising from substitution of the pentavalent arsenic cations by cations of lower valence is compensated by the appearance of additional Cu²⁺ cations. The nonstoichiometry of the compositions is explained by the presence of vacancies in the interstitial and sphalerite positions.     

Critical evaluation of the effective resonance energy concept and the epithermal neutron spectrum shape-factorα for reactor NAA purposes

The epithermal reactor neutron spectrum shape-factor, and the associated effective resonance energy for a given nuclide, are examined theoretically in great detail. First the necessity, meaning and importance of the choice of a reference neutron energy in a non-ideal spectrum (0) are explained. Next, the definition and practical calculation of are discussed, showing that the relation between the reasonance integrals in ideal and non-ideal spectra cannot be described adequately by two independent parameters and . The exact meaning of the logarithmic expression defining an independent of is clarified, its limits of validity are established as a function of and, as a result, it follows that relatively large systematic errors on can be introduced by its use. It is shown that is dominated by the first lowest resonance energies for a given nuclide, making its vulnerability to literature updates of resonance parameters almost equal to those of individual resonances. The effect, on the epithermal and total activation of specific nuclides, of large systematic and statistical errors on and, is calculated for a series of nuclides (different I₀/₀ and ) and irradiation facilities (different and _the), and represented graphically.Finally, the effect of important errors on and is calculated for final NAA results in terms of concentrations, botained by a comparator technique based on the¹⁹⁷Au reference nuclide. Conclusions are drawn concerning the impact of the foregoing on the usefulness of comparator type reactor NAA as an alternative to classical NAA using multi-element standards.     

\pi -Electron Long-Range Spin–Spin Coupling in the Full Configuration Interaction Method

A technique for calculating spin perturbation effects in the framework of the previously developed matrix version of the full configuration interaction method is presented. The method is adapted to calculations of -electron atom–atomic spin polarizability defined as the -contribution to the indirect spin–spin nuclear coupling constant. Particular calculations show that pronounced long-range spin–spin coupling is actually possible in some characteristic conjugated systems such as polymethine dye carbocations or some nonalternant hydrocarbons. At the same time, spin–spin correlators appearing in McKonnel's theory are inapplicable in describing such long-range effects.     

Complexation of Carbamoylphosphine Oxide with Nitric and Perchloric Acids in Water-Dichloroethane Equilibrium Solutions

An IR spectroscopic study has established that in water-dichloroethane equilibrium solutions, carbamoylphosphine oxide forms only one complex with HNO₃, R'R₂P=O...HNO₃, whereas with HClO₄ it forms a number of solvation-separated ion pairs (IP). The structure and composition of the cation moiety of these IP depends on the molar ratio C_CMPO and the solution preparation temperature. A CMPO:HClO₄ = 2:1 complex is formed when C_CMPO/ > 2; for C_CMPO/C <2, 1:1 and 1:2 complexes and a complex with HClO₄ attached to the tertiary nitrogen of CMPO are formed. A detailed discussion is given for all complexes. It is shown for the first time that H⁺ can interact with three oxygen atoms of two P=O groups and one C=O group (or a water molecule) at once. In the absence of CMPO, dichloroethane extracts HNO₃ in the form of micelle-like associates, whose nucleus has a solubilized HNO₃ molecule in the form of a solvation-separated IP.     

Quantum-Chemical Study of Interactions between the Hydroxonium Cation and the Monomethyl Mercury Cation in Aqueous Media

The potential surface of the reaction between the polyhydrated monomethyl mercury cation and the hydroxonium cation is considered. An type reaction, resulting in solvate-separated products (mercury dication and methane molecule), was found to be thermodynamically probable. The thermal balance of the reaction is 132.3 kJ/mole. The activation energy of the limiting stage of the process is 56.7 kJ/mole.     

Symmetry breaking in HF wave functions of Fe(CH)2

HF and CAS calculations for linear geometry of Fe(CH)₂ with symmetry have been performed. The basis sets used were DZ and DZ + P with ECP on the iron atom. Two closedshell and one quintet RHF wave functions have been found, and . All of them are singlet and triplet unstable in the wide range of Fe–CH distances. Singlet instability leads to the Charge Density Wave (CDW) brokensymmetry wave function with two electrons on carbon or orbital in the dissociation limit. Triplet instabilities lead to two brokensymmetry HF wave functions of Axial Spin Density Wave (ASDW) type, ASDW₁ and ASDW₂. In the dissociation limit they give carbon atoms with two electrons on and orbitals coupled to singlet and triplet, respectively. The stability conditions for CDW, ASDW₁ and ASDW₂ instabilities have been derived. Other HF wave functions with spin symmetry unrestricted have been also found. CAS(8,8), CAS(10,10) and CAS(12,12) calculations for singlet, triplet and quintet states of Fe(CH)₂ have been carried out. In all CAS calculations the singlet state has the lowest energy. The Fe–CH equilibrium distances obtained from closedshell RHF wave functions are much shorter and from brokensymmetry wave functions are much longer than those obtained from CAS calculations.     

Thermodynamic characteristics of the system NaNO<Subscript>2</Subscript>-NaNO<Subscript>3</Subscript>

The activities and activity coefficients of the components of the system NaNO₂-NaNO₃, obtained from experimental saturated vapor pressures measured at 798, 823, and 848 K, were used to calculate the total and excess partial molar Gibbs energies , , entropies , , and total relative and excess thermodynamic properties G, G ^ex, S, S ^ex of the system.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1747–1749.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Glazov, Dukhanin, Dkhaibe, Losev.     

Vibrational spectra and structure of sulfonium nitroimides

Vibrational spectroscopy and x-ray structure analysis have been used to investigate three new types of sulfonium nitroimides: N-nitrosulfylimides, N-nitrosulfoximides, and N,N-dinitrosulfodiimides. Structural parameters have been determined for the molecules , , and .Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2489–2496, November, 1991.     

Surface Fluorination of Carboxylated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber: An XPS Study

Because of their exceptional reactivity, fluorine and fluorinated gases are of primary importance for the modification of the surface properties of materials. This study is devoted to surface treatment of thin nitrile gloves, made of carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber latex, using either direct fluorination (10% F₂gas diluted in N₂) or plasma-enhanced fluorination in radio-frequency cold plasmas using fluorinated gases (CF₄, CHF₃). Mechanisms of fluorination of these co-elastomers have been proposed on the basis of the assignment of the different components of the XPS spectra. Several mechanisms have been observed depending on the fluorination conditions. Although the modification of nitrile gloves is already effective for fluorination reactions at room temperature, an important activation is observed for experiments carried out at 90°C. When the treatments are carried out at room temperature, a gradual fluorination occurs: in the case of 10% diluted F₂ gas, monofluorinated C—F groups are the species most found at the surface and perfluoro groups CF _n are present in lower amount. An addition reaction takes place at the CH=CH double bonds of the polybutadiene entities, leading to CHF=CHF units. Whatever the fluorination method, thermal activation yields a more massive fluorination of the surface that finally leads to perfluorinated CF₂ groups and terminal —CF₃ groups.     

Structural Specifics of the Concentration Dependence of Sound Velocity in Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes

The concentration dependences of sound velocity in aqueous solutions of electrolytes are analyzed over a wide range of concentrations (with extrapolation to 100% salt). For many systems, the concentration dependence of the square of sound velocity is linear up to the values corresponding to overcooled salt melts. For these solutions, an expression for partial molar compressibility of salts in infinitely dilute solutions is derived based on the additivity of the squares of sound velocities of the solution components, where the salt component is an overcooled melt. For alkali halides, there is good agreement between the values of calculated in this way and the values obtained by extrapolation of the apparent molar compressibility in the low-concentration region using the concentration dependences of density and the solution compressibility coefficient. For systems of this type, where hydration is the dominant process, sound velocity in hydration shells and complex ion groups is constant (i.e., independent of concentration). The effects are interpreted in terms of the concept of redistribution of the fixed structural groups in two concentration zones of a solution, where 1) the hydration groups are built in the structure of water in a complementary way; 2) the fragments of hydration spheres and the ionic clusters are united with each other in a complementary way.     

Determination of the relative signs of the spin-spin interaction constants in some N15-substituted organonitrogen compounds

Conclusions The determination of the absolute values and signs of the SSIC has great value both for investigating the electronic structure of organonitrogen compounds and for verifying and developing the theory of spin-spin interaction. It has been recently disclosed [8–10] that the magnitudes of the direct, geminal, and vicinal SSIC depend on the dielectric constant of the solvent on its protonation. In addition, the sign of the geminal SSIC in oximes depends on the configuration of the latter [8, 9].The signs of the SSIC that we determined agree with those found earlier for some organonitrogen compounds [6, 8, 11–15] and add to those mentioned above the instance when one of the protons, which is directly bonded to the nitrogen, froms an intramolecular hydrogen bond. It is interesting that the geminal SSIC in compound II is zero. This agrees with the fact that the geminal SSIC changes sign upon passing through zero. At the same time, the vicinal SSIC J_H-H differs from zero and is larger than the geminal SSIC J_H-H in compound I.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 716–718, July–August, 1971.     

Synthesis and CH-acidity of N,N-disubstituted aminotriphenylphosphonium salts

Several substituted methylaminotriphenylphosphonium salts (APS) of general formula have been synthesized. The CH-acidities of some of the prepared APS have been measured by the indicator method in DMSO, with K⁺ counterion and 9-phenylfluorene (pK 18.5) as standard, showing a pK range of 14.7–24.8. The acidification effect of and groups has been evaluated. The results obtained suggest that there is an effective charge on the nitrogen atom in the APS studied and an increased multiplicity of the N-P bond.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1598–1604, July, 1991.     

Spin–Spin Relaxation in the 17O NMR Spectra of Na+ and K+ Water Clusters

Relaxation characteristics of Na⁺ and K⁺ water clusters were studied by ¹⁷O NMR spectroscopy. The influence of viscosity and pH of solution was taken into account; for both electrolytes in the concentration range -4 M, spin–spin relaxation times are greater than those for pure water. For K⁺ clusters, maxima of the concentration dependence of ¹⁷O spin–spin relaxation time have been found.     

Dissociation Constants of Protonated Cysteine Species in NaCl Media

The sulfur-containing biomolecule, cysteine has a role in physiological and natural environment because of its strong interactions with metals. To understand these interactions of metals with cysteine, one needs reliable dissociation constants for the protonated cysteine species [ CH(CH₂SH)COOH; H₃B⁺]. The values of dissociated constants, p , for protonated cysteine species (H₃B⁺ H⁺ + H₂B, K ₁; H₂B H⁺ + HB^–,K ₂; HB^– H⁺ + B^2–,K ₃) were determined from potentiometric measurements in NaCl solutions as a function of ionic strength, 0.5–6.0 mol-(kgH₂O)^–1 and between 5, and 45°C. The equations

Thermodynamics of Solutions of Trimethyl Aluminum and Trimethyl Gallium with Tetramethyl Tin

The enthalpies and entropies of evaporation of Al(CH₃)₃–Sn(CH₃)₄and Ga(CH₃)₃–Sn(CH₃)₄solutions were determined. It was established that solvates are formed in these systems and that the dissociation energies of specific interactions in them change in the following order: (10.3) > > > (4.08 kJ mol^–1), (6.52) > (5.14) > > (4.08 kJ mol^–1).     

Mixed-Ligand Complexes Zn(2,2′-Bipy)(ROCS2)2 with Mono- and Bidentate Ligands {\text{ROCS}}_{\text{2}}^ - (R = i-Pr, i-Bu)

The mixed-ligand complexes Zn(2, -Bipy)(i-PrOCS₂)₂ (I) and Zn(2, -Bipy)(i-BuOCS₂)₂ (II) were synthesized. Their structures were solved using the X-ray diffraction data (CAD-4 diffractometer, MoK radiation, 1873 and 1948 F _hkl , R = 0.0357 and 0.0338). The crystals are triclinic with unit cell dimensions a = 10.002(2), b = 11.080(2), c = 11.756(2) , = 78.46(3), = 75.49(3), = 63.50(3)°, V = 1122.9(4) ³, Z = 2, space group (for complex I) and a = 8.760(2), b = 12.520(3), c = 13.252(3) , = 63.93(3), = 71.10(3), = 88.01(3)°, V = 1225.2(5) ³, Z = 2, space group (for II). The structures are based on discrete monomeric molecules. The polyhedra of Zn atoms are tetragonal pyramids (ZnN₂S₃, c.n. 4+1, both bidentate and monodentate ligands coordinated to the Zn atom). The packing of molecules and the character of their interaction in the structures are considered.     

Structure of products of the addition of methane- and ethane-sulfenyl chlorides to acrylic acid derivatives

Conclusions When alkanesulfenyl chlorides are added to acrylic derivatives CH₂=CHR (R=COOH, COOCH₃, COOCH₃ CN, CONH₂ a mixture of the isomers and is formed and the proportions of these depend on the nature of the substituent R.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1069–1075, June, 1966.     

Syntheses of Functionalized Pyrimidines from the Products of Addition of Triphenylphosphoranylideneacetonitrile to Acyl Isothiocyanates

The products of addition of accessible phosphorus-containing ylide Ph₃ - HCN to acyl and alkoxycarbonyl isocyanates readily cyclize under the action of methanolic HCl. This reaction was used for preparing a broad range of new 5-phosphonium derivatives of di- and trifunctionalized pyrimidine bases. Among them, the corresponding tertiary phosphonium salts containing no labile hydrogen atoms are especially important. Under mild conditions, they undergo dephosphorylation in the presence of alkalis to give 4-mercapto, 4,6-dimercapto-, and 2,4,6-trimercaptopyrimidine derivatives which are difficult or impossible to prepare by traditional routes.