Fluorescence from the second excited singlet of aromatic thioketones in solution

The spectral characteristics and the quantum yield of the fluorescence from the second excited singlet state S₂ of the aromatic thioketone molecules xanthione (XS) and thioxanthione (TXS) have been determined in solution at room temperature and 77 K. In 3-methylpentane, the measured quantum yields are φ_f (295 K) = 5.1 × 10^?3 and φ_f(77 K) = 1.0 × 10^?2 for XS, and φ_f (295 K) = 1.5 × 10^?3 and φ_f (77 K) = 2.5 × 10^?3 for TXS. Using the Strickler-Berg expression for the radiative lifetime, the decay rate of S₂ is derived. It is concluded that internal conversion S₂ ? S₁ is the dominating deactivation channel of S₂ with k^{77 K}_nr(S₂ ? S₁) = 1.0 × 10¹⁰ s^?1 for XS and k^{77 K}_nr (S₂→S₁) = 2.2 × 10¹⁰ s^?1 for TXS. Between 295 and 77 K, φ_f increases by a factor of about 2 following an Arrhenius type expression. This temperature dependence of φ_f is considered to be intramolecular in nature and is attributed to a temperature sensitive rate constant k_nr(S₂?S₁) with an activation energy of 190 ± 20 cm^?1 and a frequency factor k′_nr = 3 × 10¹⁰ s^?1 for the XS molecule in 3-methylpentane.     

Theory of dynamic light scattering by polymers and gels

It is shown under very general conditions that the intermediate scattering function for the generalized Rouse—Zimm model always takes the simple form G(K, t) α exp[?K²(k_BT/f)t], when the scattering vector K becomes sufficiently large. (Here k_B is Boltzmann's constant, T is the absolute temperature and f is the individual bead friction factor.) A microscopic formulation for the bulk modulus and friction factor density of a gel network is incorporated into the viscoelastic continuum model of Tanaka et al. The resulting expression for the apparent long-wavelength diffusion coefficient of the gel is D_G = (k_BT/f)2(1 - 2/Φ), where Φ is the network functionality.     

The low-temperature (5 to 310 K) heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of cesium fluoroxysulfate (CsSO4F) and the standard potential at 298.15 K for the half-reaction: SO4F−(aq) + 2H+(aq) + 2e− = HSO4−(aq) + HF(aq)

The low-temperature (5 to 310 K) heat capacity of cesium fluoroxysulfate, CsSO₄F, has been measured by adiabatic calorimetry. At T = 298.15 K, the heat capacity C_p^o(T) and standard entropy S^o(T) are (163.46±0.82) and (201.89±1.01) J · K^?1 · mol^?1, respectively. Based on an earlier measurement of the standard enthalpy of formation ΔH_f^o the Gibbs energy of formation ΔG_f^o(CsSO₄F, c, 298.15 K) is calculated to be ?(877.6±1.6) kJ · mol^?1. For the half-reaction: SO₄F^?(aq)+2H⁺(aq)+2e^? = HSO₄^?(aq)+HF(aq), the standard electrode potential E at 298.15 K, is (2.47±0.01) V.     

Rate constants of substantial initiation in free-radical polymerization: A new method for determination of conversion dependences

A new method for determination of the conversion dependence of substantial initiation rate constants k _i = f(C) in free-radical polymerization processes has been developed. On the basis of the known data on k _i1 = f(C) dependences for initiator I₁ and the kinetic analysis of a single trivial and simple experiment, this method allows one to calculate k _i2 = f(C) function for any other initiator I₂ under the same conditions (monomer, temperature). The reference experiment includes measurements of polymerization rates in the presence of initiator I₁ in a wide conversion range from 0 to 100% and in the presence of I₂, on the condition that the rates of initiation are equal w _i1 = w _i2, thus ensuring equal initial rates of polymerization. The above-described approach has been approved for the polymerization of styrene, methyl methacrylate, and vinyl acetate initiated with AIBN and benzoyl peroxide.     

碳纳米管促进的Co-Mo-K硫化物基催化剂用于合成气制低碳混合醇

 以自行制备的多壁碳纳米管(CNT)作为添加剂,制备共沉淀型CNT促进的Co-Mo-K硫化物基催化剂. 实验发现,与未添加CNT的催化剂相比,添加少量CNT可显著提高CO的加氢转化活性和生成低碳醇的选择性. 在5.0 MPa, 623 K, V(CO)∶V(H2)∶V(N2)=45∶45∶10, GHSV=3600 ml/(g·h)的反应条件下, Co1Mo1K0.3-10%CNT催化剂上CO的转化率达21.6%, 相应的总醇(C1～4醇)时空产率为241.5 mg/(g·h), 产物中C2+醇/C1醇=1.39 (C基选择性比). 添加少量CNT并不会导致Co1Mo1K0.3硫化物基催化剂上CO加氢反应表观活化能发生明显变化,但却导致工作态催化剂表面催化活性Mo物种(Mo4+)的摩尔百分率有所提高; 另一方面, CNT促进的催化剂对H2有更强的吸附活化能力,并能在相当大程度上抑制水煤气变换副反应的发生. 这些因素有利于提高催化剂的活性和选择性.     

The nucleation study on the cationic miniemulsion polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4)

The nucleation of the cationic miniemulsion polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D₄) has been investigated in detail in this work. The particle size was traced by dynamic laser scattering in the polymerization process using different concentration of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) as both the initiator and surfactant. The results reveal the progressively decreasing particle sizes with the steadily increasing monomer conversion. The descending particle sizes can be explained by the existence of homogeneous nucleation of hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) oligomers in addition to the primary droplet nucleation. A linear relationship between the natural logarithm of the average particle diameter (lnd(t)) and the natural logarithm of the monomer conversion (lnf(t)) is then deduced based on the theory, which has been validated by the experimental data. The slope of lnd(t)~lnf(t) line relies on the parameter of K which is the ratio of PDMS oligomers entering water phase to all PDMS oligomers produced. The influence of DBSA concentration on the K and the fraction of homogeneous nucleation (F(H)) has been then obtained. Both of the values of K and F(H) increase with the increasing DBSA concentrations.     

CF bond activation in the reaction of BiCl3 with sodium 2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenoxide

BiCl₃ reacts with sodium 2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenoxide (NaOR_4f) in ether solution to produce an unusual condensation product in which three OR_f functions have been coupled with the elimination of three fluorine atoms. The product is R_fOC₆H₂(CF₃)₂C(O)OR_f, which has been characterized spectroscopically and by X-ray crystallography (triclinic space group P 1; a = 8.958(1), b = 12.652(2), c = 13.722(2)Å, α = 89.596(8)°, β = 75.92(1)°, γ = 71.412(7)°, V = 1425.6(3)ų, Z = 2). Bi(OR_f)₃ is believed to be an intermediate in this process. The carbonfluorine bond activation is not observed in the absence of BiCl₃.     

Temperature behavior of the protonic conductor K4LiH3(SO4)4

The results of the X-ray structural study for the K₄LiH₃(SO₄)₄ single crystal are presented at a wide temperature range. The thermal expansion of the crystal using the X-ray dilatometry and the capacitance dilatometry from 8 to 500 K was carried out. The crystal structures data collection, solution and refinement at 125, 295, 443 and 480 K were performed. The K₄LiH₃(SO₄)₄ crystal has tetragonal symmetry with the P4₁ space group (Z=4) at room temperature as well as at the considered temperature range. The existence of a low-temperature, para-ferroelastic phase transition at about 120 K is excluded. The layered structure of the crystal reflects a cleavage plane parallel to (001) and an anisotropy of the protonic conductivity. The superionic high-temperature phase transition at T_S=425 K is isostructural. Nevertheless, taking into account an increase of the SO₄ tetrahedra libration above T_S, a mechanism of the Grotthus type could be applied for the proton transport explanation.     

Addition of ethyl radicals to carbon monoxide. Kinetic and thermochemical properties of the propionyl radical

Azoethane was irradiated in the presence of carbon monoxide in the temperature range of 238 to 378 K. Kinetic parameters for the addition of ethyl radicals to carbon monoxide and for the decomposition of propionyl radicals were determined. The rate constants were found to be log k(cm³ mol^?1 sec^?1) = 11.19 - 4.8/θ and log k(sec^?1) = 12.77 - 14.4/θ, respectively. Estimated thermochemical properties of the propionyl radical are ΔH_f⁰ = -10.6 ± 1.0 kcal mol^?1, S⁰ = 77.3 ± 1.0 cal K^?1 mol^?1, and D(C₂H₅CO? H) = 87.4 kcal mol^?1.     

Homogeneous decomposition of vinyl ethers. The heat of formation of ethanal-2-yl

The thermal unimolecular decomposition of three vinylethers has been studied in a VLPP apparatus. The high-pressure rate constant for the retro-ene reaction of ethylvinylether was fit by log k (sec^?1) = (11.47 + 0.25) - (43.4 ± 1.0)/2.303 RT at <T> = 900 K and that of t - butylvinylether by log k (sec^?1) = (12.00 ± 0.27) - (38.4 ± 1.0)/2.303 RT at <T> = 800 K. No evidence for the competition of the higher energy homolytic bond-fission process could be obtained from the experimental data. The rate constant compatible with the C? O bond scission reaction in the case of benzylvinylether was log k (sec^?1) = (16.63 ± 0.30) - (53.74 ± 1.0)/2.303 RT at <T> = 750 K. Together with ΔH_f,300⁰(benzyl·) = 47.0 kcal/mol, the activation energy for this reaction results in ΔH_f,300⁰(CH₂CHO) = +3.0 ± 2.0 kcal/mol and a corresponding resonance stabilization energy of 3.2 ± 2.0 kcal/mol for 2-ethanalyl radical.     

RBaCuCoO<Subscript>5 + δ</Subscript> (R = Nd,Sm, Gd) layered cuprocobaltites: Synthesis,structure, and properties

Cuprocobaltites RBaCuCoO_{5 + gd}(R = Nd, Sm, Gd) were prepared. Their unit cell parameters were determined, and thermal expansion, electrical conductivity (σ), and Seebeck coefficient (S) were studied in air in the range 300–1100 K. The compounds have tetragonal structures (space group P4/mmm, Z = 1). Their unit cell parameters are a = 0.3906(2) nm, c= 0.7648(7) nm for NdBaCuCoO_5.21; a = 0.3904(2) nm, c = 0.7609(6) nm for SmBaCuCoO_5.06; and a = 0.3891(2), c = 0.7592(6) nm for GdBaCuCoO_5.02. The RBaCuCoO_{5 + δ} cuprocobaltites at room temperature are p-type semiconductors, whose electrical conductivity and linear thermal expansion coefficient (LTEC) increase with increasing R³⁺ ionic radius, whereas the Seebeck coefficient decreases. The LTECs of RBaCuCoO_{5 + δ} phases in the range 500–575 K increase by a factor of 1.2–1.5 because of the elimination of weakly bound oxygen. S = f(T) curves for RBaCuCoO_{5 + δ} (R = Nd, Sm, Gd) feature maxima at 510 K for R = Sm and 365 K for R = Gd, probably, due to the change in the spin state of cobalt cations in these phases.     

Enantioselective, (−)-sparteine-mediated deprotonation of geranyl and neryl N,N-diisopropylcarbamate: configurational stability of the intermediate lithium compounds

(E)/(Z)-Isomeric allylic carbamate esters were deprotonated by n-butyllithium/(−)-sparteine in toluene. Trapping experiments with chlorotrimethylsilane afforded the α-substitution products, with (R)-configuration, revealing that the pro-S proton is removed predominantly to form the corresponding (S)-lithium·(−)-sparteine derivatives; k_S/k_R>15:1 and >7:1, respectively. A slow (S)→(R)-epimerization occurs at −78 °C (T_1/2>60 min). The allylic double bond is stable to (Z)-(E) isomerization under these conditions.     

Über die Si-N-bindung: XLI. Kinetische untersuchungen zur hydrolyse von trimethylsilylurethanen des typs Me3Si(p-XC6H4)NCOOEt

Hydrolysis reactions of silylurethanes Me₃Si(p-XC₆H₄)NCOOEt (I) with X = Cl, H or Me in aqueous buffer solutions, with pH values from 1.94 to 10.00 were studied.The catalytic rate constants for the acid and base catalysed reactions and for the “non-catalysed” reaction k(H₃O⁺), k(CH₃COO^?), k(H₂PO₄^?), k(HPO₄^2?), k(NH₃), k(OH^?) and k₀ were evaluated from the pseudo first-order rate constants k_exp determined by UV spectroscopy.The Brönsted coefficients for the base-catalysed reactions were obtained from the catalytic rate constants found and the known constants of dissociation K(HB⁺).The ρ values of the reactions could be derived from the σ constants given by Jaffé.The kientical results obtained are interpreted mechanistically and are believed to also have model character for other nucleophilic substitution reactions with silicon compounds.     

Rate coefficients for the OH + acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) reaction between 204 and 373 K

The rate coefficient, k₁, for the gas‐phase reaction OH + CH₃CHO (acetaldehyde) → products, was measured over the temperature range 204–373 K using pulsed laser photolytic production of OH coupled with its detection via laser‐induced fluorescence. The CH₃CHO concentration was measured using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV absorption at 184.9 nm and gas flow rates. The room temperature rate coefficient and Arrhenius expression obtained are k₁(296 K) = (1.52 ± 0.15) × 10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1 and k₁(T) = (5.32 ± 0.55) × 10^?12 exp[(315 ± 40)/T] cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. The rate coefficient for the reaction OH (ν = 1) + CH₃CHO, k₇(T) (where k₇ is the rate coefficient for the overall removal of OH (ν = 1)), was determined over the temperature range 204–296 K and is given by k₇(T) = (3.5 ± 1.4) × 10^?12 exp[(500 ± 90)/T], where k₇(296 K) = (1.9 ± 0.6) × 10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. The quoted uncertainties are 2σ (95% confidence level). The preexponential term and the room temperature rate coefficient include estimated systematic errors. k₇ is slightly larger than k₁ over the range of temperatures included in this study. The results from this study were found to be in good agreement with previously reported values of k₁(T) for temperatures <298 K. An expression for k₁(T), suitable for use in atmospheric models, in the NASA/JPL and IUPAC format, was determined by combining the present results with previously reported values and was found to be k₁(298 K) = 1.5 × 10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, f(298 K) = 1.1, E/R = 340 K, and Δ E/R (or g) = 20 K over the temperature range relevant to the atmosphere. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 40: 635–646, 2008     

On the conjoint gradient correction to the Hartree—Fock kinetic and exchange energy density functionals

The kinetic and the exchange energy functionals are expressed in the form T[ρ] = C_TF∫ drρ^5/3(r)f_t(s) and K[ρ] = C_D∫ drρ^4/3(r)f_K(s), where C_TF = (3/10)(3π²)^2/3 and C_D = −(3/4)(3/π)^4/3 are the Thomas-Fermi and the Dirac coefficients, respectively, and s = |∇ρ(r)|/C_sρ^4/3(r), with C_s = 2(3π²)^1/3. These expressions are used to perform a comparison of f_T(s) and f_K(s) in terms of their generalized gradient expansion approximations. It is shown that f_κ(s) and is congruent to f_T(s) in the range characteristic of the interior regions of atoms and many solids and that the second-order gradient expansion of the kinetic energy provides a rather reasonable approximation to the generalized gradient expansion approximation of both the kinetic and the exchange energy functionals. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Calculating the acidity constants of homologues and isomers of organic acids by means of recurrence relations

It is noted that the pK _a values of organic acids can be calculated using the unique recurrence relation pK _a(n + 1) = apK _a(n) + b from the pK _a values of other (usually the simplest and, consequently, better characterized) homologues of the same series. It is shown that this relation is valid within two taxonomic groups: insertion homologues of the ω-substituted acids X(CH₂) _n CO₂H (n ≥ 1) and isomers that differ in the position of substituents X in their alkyl fragments, k-X(C _n H_2n )CO₂H (n ≥ 1, 1 ≤ k ≤ n + 1). It is concluded that this algorithm is a consequence of the unique mathematical properties of recurrence relations.     

Analysis of isothermal kinetic data from solid-state reactions

In most solid state reactions the reaction velocity can be described as a product of two functionsK(T) andf(1?α) whereT is the temperature and α the degree of conversion of the solid reactant. The physical interpretation of these functions is discussed, and a systematic method is described by whichf(1?α) of a reaction is identified from its kinetic data.K(T) and the reaction mechanism are then determined. This method has been successfully applied to analyse the kinetics of the thermal decomposition of silver azide.