Kinetics and kinetic isotope effect in pentavalent plutonium disproportionation activated by power ultrasound

A kinetic isotope effect in Pu(V) disproportionation has been observed in nitric acid solution under the effect of power ultrasound with intensity 0.9W·cm^–2 and frequency 22 kHz. The isotope separation coefficient for²⁴²Pu/²³⁹Pu isotopes was found to be 1.0081 at 20°C. Without sonication the k.i.e. was not observed. The rate constant of Pu(V) disproportionation was found to be accelerated under sonication. The rate constant determined was (5.7±0.6)·10^–3 1²·mol^–2·s^–1 atl=0.9 W·cm^–2,v=22 kHz, [HNO₃]=0.5 mol·l^–1 andT=20°C. It is supposed that the acceleration of Pu(V) disproportionation and the kinetic isotope effect are due to the activation of plutonoyl groups in the interface between the cavitation bubble and the bulk solvent.     

Pressure effects on aminonaphthalene dye fluorescence in H2O and D2O

The pressure dependence of excited-state proton transfer equilibria has been examined for aqueous solutions of several substituted napthalene dyes, in particular 1-dimethylaminonaphthalene-5-sulfonic acid (DANS). The pressure-induced shift in equilibrium is characterized by volume changes spanning the range V ^*=–18 cm³ mole^–1 to V ^*=+4 cm³-mole^–1. A deuterium oxide solvent isotope effect is evident in the pressure response of DANS, leading to a 35% smaller V_* in D₂O relative to H₂O.     

The position of plutonium/III/ in the lanthanide series in respect to thermodynamic functions of complex formation with nitrates and thiocyanates

The position of Pu/III/ within lanthanides in respect to G⁰, H⁰ and S⁰ of complex formation with nitrate and thiocyanate ligands was determined by the extraction method. It was found that in respect to G⁰, Pu/III/ is a light pseudolanthanide for nitrate ligands and a heavy pseudolanthanide for thiocyanate ligands. A comparison of the positions of Pu/III/ and Am/III/ in respect to G⁰, H⁰ and S⁰ shows that the radius of plutonium is greater than that of americium in the An/NO₃/ ₅ ^2– complex and smaller in the An/NCS/₃/TBP/_n complex. The increase in the radii between plutonium and americium in the thiocyanate complex points out to a contribution from 5f orbitals to bonding.     

Triterpene glycosides and their genins fromThalictrum foetidum. V. Structure of cyclofoetoside B

A new glycoside (cyclofoetoside B) (I) has been isolated from the epigeal part of the plantThalictrum foetidum L. (Ranunculaceae). On the basis of chemical transformations and with the aid of physicochemical characteristics it has been established that cyclofoetoside B is 24S-cycloartane-3, 16, 24, 25, 29-pentaol 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside 16-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranoside-(1 6)--D-glucopyranoside], C₄₇-H₈₀O₁₇, mp 194–197°C (methanol); [] _D ²⁴ +15.7 ± 2° (c 0.88; pyridine). The enzymatic hydrolysis of (I) has yielded cyclofoetigenin B (III), 24S-cycloartane-3,16,24,25,29-pentaol 16-O--D-glucopyranoside, (IV), C₃₆H₆₂O₁₀, mp 223–225°C (acetone), [] _D ²⁴ +37 ± 2° (c 0.97; methanol) and 24S-cycloartane-3,16,24,25,29-pentaol 16-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 6)--D-glucopyranoside, C₄₂H₇₂O₁₄, mp 229–231°C (methanol), [] _D ³⁰ +41 ± 2° (c 0.7; methanol). Details of the IR and¹H and¹³C NMR spectra of the compounds are given.Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Trashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 341–345, May–June, 1986.     

Combination and disproportionation of methyl and 2-propyl radicals with 1,1,2-trimethylallyl radicals

The combinations and disproportionations of the CH₃ and 2-propyl (iP) radicals with the 1,1,2-trimethylallyl (TMA) radical have been studied in the gas phase in the temperature interval of 389–451 K and 490–540 K, respectively. For the ratios of the terminal (t) and non-terminal (n) combinations of the CH₃ and iP radicals with the TMA radical, values of 1.9±0.1 and 2.84±±0.10 were obtained, respectively. The ratios of the tt and tn and nn to tn combinations of the TMA radical were 1.59 and 0.46, respectively. The disproportionation-combination rations were (CH₃ , TMA)=0.022±±0.012 and (iP, TMA)=0.026±0.011.

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CH ₃ 2- (iP) 1,1,2- (TMA) : 389–451 K 490–540 K. (t) (n) TMA 1,9±0,1 2,84±0,10, . tt tn nn tn TMA 1,59 0,46, . (CH ₃ , TMA)=0,022±0,012 (iP, TMA)=0,026±0,011.

     

Electron-transfer induced change of direction of interannular haptotropic isomerization of fluorenyltricarbonylchromium anions

It has been shown by cyclic voltammetry in a THF medium in the temperature range from –70 °C to +20 °C that one-electron electrochemical reduction of (⁶-C¹³H¹⁰)Cr(CO)₃ (1) to the corresponding 19-electron anion radical (1 ^–) is accompanied by splitting off of a H atom to form the 18-electron carbon-centered anion (⁶-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃ (^–2 ), which at room temperature undergoes intramolecular haptotropic isomerization to the metal-centered (⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃ ^– (^– 3) anion. The reversible one-electron reduction of3 ^– to the corresponding 19-electron radical dianion3 ^2.– induces ^{5 6} interannular isomerization. In contrast to the equilibrium shift to the ⁵-isomer in 18-electron complexes 2 and 3, in their 19-electron analogs the equilibrium is shifted to the ⁶-isomer.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 48–53, January, 1994.This work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (no. 93-03-5209)     

Determination of the regime in the reverse wilson chamber at critical supersaturation measurements

The pressure in the Reverse Wilson Chamber (RWC) was directly measured at different rates of compression of the gas mixture. It was shown that at compression time in the range from 0.06 to 0.3 s an intermediate, between adiabatic and isothermal, process took place in the chamber. To obtain the relative pressure increase P _m /P _at from the values of the relative gas compression V/V, a calibration of the experimental set-up was carried out. The calibration showed that the values of critical supersaturationSc for water condensation on hexadecane, estimated for intermediate regime of the gas compression, were reduced with respect to the values calculated when the adiabatic regime was assumed. This fact confirmed the conclusions made earlier [1–3] that the classical theory was not applicable in this case of heterogeneous phase formation and that the line tension < 0 should be taken into account. Moreover, in an atmosphere of very pure argon (instead of room air [1–3]) the critical supersaturation turned out to be independent of the initial state of undersaturationS _o . The more accurate values obtained for condensation of water on hexadecane were: lnS _c =0.204 (instead of the maximum value obtained earlier: lnS _c =0.26) and=–1.9×10^–5 dyne (instead of=–1.5×10^–5 dyne).     

Superionic conductivity in (BEDT-TTF)AgXiY

We have synthesized the organic conductor (BEDT-TTF)Ag_XI_Y (X 1.8 and Y 2.9). This compound has, in addition to high electronic conductivity (_{300 k} 5–10 ^–1 · cm^–1), significant ionic conductivity connected with the motion of silver ions. The value of this ionic conductivity at room temperature is 10^{–3 –1} · cm^–1. The activation energy for diffusion of Ag ions is equal to 0.2 eV.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 247–249, March–April, 1989.     

Heating and quenching of metastable superconducting compounds with a plasma jet

Superconducting compounds, such as cubic -MoC_1–x, cubic -WC_1–x, hexagonal MoB₂, and cubic -TaN, which are metastable at room temperature, have been formed by heating and quenching of their respective equilibrium phases, such as hexagonal -MoC_1–x, hexagonal WC, rhombohedral Mo₂B₅, and hexagonal -TaN in a plasma jet. From calculations based on a simple model, the quenching rate of particles has been estimated to be 10⁵ deg s^–1.     

Acid association quotients of bis-tris in aqueous sodium chloride media to 125°C

The ionic strength and temperature dependencies of the molal acid association quotients of 2,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,2-nitrilotriethanol (also abbreviated as bis-tris) were determined potentiometrically in a concentration cell fitted with hydrogen electrodes. The emf was recorded for equimolal bis-tris/bis- trisHCl buffer solutions from 5 to 125°C at approximately 25°C intervals, and at nine ionic strengths from 0.05 to 5.0m (NaCl). The molal association quotients, combined with infinite dilution values from the literature, are described precisely by a seven parameter equation which yielded the following thermodynamic quantities at infinite dilution and 25°C: logK=6.481±0.003, H ^o =–28.5±0.2 kJ-mol ^–1 , S ^o =28.5±0.8 J-K ^–1 -mol ^–1 , and C _P ^o =–22±5 J-K ^–1 -mol ^–1 . The equation incorporates a simple three term expression for logK, but requires four terms to describe the rather complex ionic strength dependence despite the reaction being isocoulombic. The molal association quotients from this study and the literature were also subjected to the Pitzer ion interaction treatment.     

Alkaloids ofRhinopetalum stenantherum. II. The structure of stenanthine and stenanthidine

From a methanolic extract of the epigeal part ofRhinopetalum stenantherum have been isolated -chaconine (I) and the new glucoalkaloids stenanthine with mp 262–264°C []_D 46.5°, C₄₅H₇₃NO₁₅ (II), and stenanthidine with mp 269–271°C, []_D –47.5°, C₃₉H₆₃NO₁₁ (III). On the basis of the facts that partial hydrolysis of the trioside (II) formed the biosides (I) and (III), and that on the hydrolysis of the latter the monoside -chaconine was found, it may be assumed that stenanthine has the structure of solanidine 3-0-{[0--D-glucosyl-(1 6)]-[0--L-rhamnosyl-(1 4)]-D-glucoside}, and stenanthidine that of solanidine 3-0-[0--D-glucosyl-(1 6)-D-glucoside].Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 349–356, May–June, 1981.     

The substitution kinetics of the aqua ligand by cyanide ions in [Ru(TPPS)(CO)(H2O)]4−

Summary The reaction between the title compound, ,,,-tetra(p-sulphonatophenyl)porphynatoaquacarbonylruthenate(II), [Ru(TPPS)(CO)(H₂O)]^4–, and CN^- revealed that only the aqua ligand is substituted even in the presence of a large excess of the nucleophile. The pK _a1 was spectrophotometrically determined as 13.4(5) (at 33.2 °C) and kinetically as 13.44(5) (at 33.6 °C). The rate of aqua substitution was determined as 89(4)m ^–1 s ^–1 at 35.1 °C and the activation enthalpy and entropy as 55.44(1) kJ mol^–1 and-27.90(4) J K^–1 mol^–1, respectively.     

Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Processes in the System SiO2 + CH4: III. Products of >Si

Permenov  D. G.  Radzig  V. A. 《Kinetics and Catalysis》2004,45(2):273-278

Décomposition thermique du sulfite de fer(II) anhydre

Résumé Sous azote ou sous vide, le sulfite ferreux anhydre se décompose vers 210° en magnétite, pyrite et dioxyde de soufre. Concurremment une réaction de dismutation intervient avec formation de FeSO₄, Fe₃O₄ et FeS₂. Lorsque la température atteint 320°, la pyrite et le sulfate réagissent ensemble pour donner Fe_1–xS, Fe₃O₄ et SO₂. Au-delà de 370° le sulfure ferreux non-stchiométrique commence à réagir à son tour avec le sulfate restant pour former de la magnetite et du dioxyde de soufre.

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In nitrogen or under vacuum, anhydrous iron(II) sulfite decomposes near 210° to magnetite, pyrite and sulfur dioxide. A parallel disproportionation reaction occurs with formation of FeSO₄, Fe₃O₄ and FeS₂. When the temperature reaches 320°, pyrite and sulfate react together to give Fe_1–xS, Fe₃O₄ and SO₂. Above 370° the non-stoichiometric ferrous sulfide begins to react with the remaining sulfate to give magnetite and sulfur dioxide.

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Zusammenfassung Unter Stickstoff oder im Vakuum zersetzt sich das wasserfreie Eisen(II)-sulfit in der Nähe von 210 °C zu Magnetit, Pyrit und Schwefeldioxid. Parallel hierzu findet eine Disproportionierung unter Bildung von FeSO₄, Fe₃O₄ und FeS₂ statt. Wenn die Temperatur 320 °C erreicht, reagieren Pyrit und Sulfat unter Bildung von Fe_1–xS, Fe₃O₄ und SO₂ Oberhalb von 370 °C beginnt das nichtstöchiometrische Eisensulfit seinerseits mit dem restlichen Sulfat zu reagieren um Magnetit und Schwefeldioxid zu ergeben.

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(II) 210° , . FeSO₄, Fe₃O₄ FeS₂. 320°, , Fe_1–xS, Fe₃O₄ SO₂. 370° .

     

The phenomenon of conglomerate crystallization. XX. Spontaneous resolution in coordination compounds. XVIII.

The title compound, [cis-Co(en)₂(NO₂)₂](NO₂) (1), crystallizes in the polar, nonenantiomorphic, monoclinic space group, Cc, with lattice constants:a=9.198(2) Å,b=12.444(2),c=9.963(3), and=96.76(2)°;V=1132.39 ų andd(calc;Z=4) =1.860 g cm^–3. Thus, with NO_2– as the counteranion, [cis-Co(en)₂(NO₂)₂] crystallizes in a heterochiral lattice containing racemic pairs of cations. A total of 2699 data were collected over the range of 4°270°; of these, 1859 (independent and withI3(I)) were used in the structural analysis. Data were corrected for absorption (=15.465 cm^–1) and the relative transmission coefficients ranged from 0.9934 to 0.7112. Refinement was carried out for both lattice polarities and the finalR(F) andR _w (F) residuals were, respectively, 0.0242 and 0.0202 for (–––) and 0.0264 and 0.0243 for (+++). Thus, the former was selected as correct for our specimen.Unlike all previous X-ray diffraction studies of the structural properties of the cation [cis-Co(en)₂(NO₂)₂]⁺, which are found to have a pair of oppositely configured en rings [i.e., () or ()], we find that in1 the cations are in the lowest energy conformation and configuration; i.e., () or (). We attribute this change in configuration to the formation of strong interionic hydrogen bonds between nitrite anion oxygens and the axial—NH₂ hydrogens, which markedly weaken the intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds between ligand—NO₂ oxygens and the hydrogens of those same amine moieties. Thus, the nitrite anions behave exactly as nitrate anions, except that the hydrogen bonds found here are stronger than those formed by the latter. This is as expected since the negative charge is delocalized over two, instead of three, oxygens.     

Dissociation constants of the ampholyte glycine in 50 mass % methanol-water from 5 to 55°C,with related thermodynamic quantities

The two thermodynamic dissociation constants of glycine at 11 temperatures from 5 to 55°C in 50 mass % methanol-water mixed solvent have been determined from precise emf measurements with hydrogen-silver bromide electrodes in cells without liquid junction. The first acidic dissociation constant (K ₁)for the process HG⁺H⁺+G^± is expressed as a function ofT(^oK) by the equation pK ₁ = 2043.5/T – 9.6504 + 0.019308T. At 25°C, pK ₁is 2.961 in the mixed solvent, as compared with 2.350 in water, with H°=1497 cal-mole^–1, G°=4038 cal-mole^–1, S°=–8.52 cal-°K^–1-mole^–1, and C _p ^o =–53 cal-°K^–1-mole^–1. The second acidic dissociation constant (K ₂)for the process G^±H⁺+G^– over the temperature range studied is given by the equation pK ₂ = 3627.1/T – 7.2371 + 0.015587T. At 25°C, pK ₂is 9.578 in MeOH–H₂O as compared with 9.780 in water, whereas H° is 10,257 cal-mole^–1, G° is 13,063 cal-mole^–1, S° is –9.41 cal-°K^–1-mole^–1, and C _p ^o is –43 cal-°K^–1-mole^–1. The protonated glycine becomes weaker in 50 mass % methanol-water, whereas the second dissociation process becomes stronger despite the lower dielectric constant of the mixed solvent (=56.3 at 25°C).     

Effect of substituents at silicon on the oxidative addition of trisubstituted silanes to [RhCl(cod)PPh3]

Summary Trisubstituted silanes, HSiR_3–n X _n (R = Me, Et, Pr or Bu; X = Cl, OEt or Ph; and n = 0–3) readily undergo oxidative addition to complex [RhCl(cod)PPh₃] (where cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene).The quantitative correlation between rate constants, k ₁, of the reaction, followed spectrophotometrically at 20 °C in benzene solutions, and the structure of tri-substituted silanes represented by stereoelectronic parameters , and E of the substituents, was established: logk ₁ = a + b + c + dE. The reaction rate is accelerated by electron-withdrawing substituents at silicon and retarded by the bulk and pd donation of nonalkyl substituents.Author to whom all correspondence should be directed.     

Reaction of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate with TRIS

Kinetic and equilibrium studies are presented on the reaction of pyridoxal 5-phosphate withTris. Upon raising thepH from 7.3 to 9.3 at 25°C, the second-order rate constant increases from 1.05 M^–1 s^–1 to 3.79 M^–1 s^–1, whereas the apparent dissociation constant varies from 2 to 8 mM. These results demonstrate the significance of this reaction whenTris buffer is used in studies of pyridoxal 5-phosphate-dependent enzymes.

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Reaktion von Pyridoxal-5-phosphat mit TRIS

Zusammenfassung Es werden Untersuchungen über die Kinetik und das Gleichgewicht der Reaktion von Pyridoxal-5-phosphat mitTRIS vorgelegt. Wenn derpH bei 25°C von 7,3 auf 9,3 erhöht wird, steigt die Geschwindigkeitskonstante zweiter Ordnung von 1,05 M^–1 s^–1 auf 3,79 M^–1 s^–1, während die scheinbare Dissoziationskonstante sich im Bereich von 2 bis 8 mM verändert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, welche Bedeutung diese Reaktion für Untersuchungen von Pyridoxal-5-phosphat-abhängigen Enzymen bei Verwendung vonTRIS-Puffer hat.

     

Steroid glycosides XXI. The structure of polygonatoside E′ and protopolygonatoside E′ from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium

Summary The chemical structures of two new steroid glycosides from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium have been shown. Polygonatoside E is 3-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-0--d-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-spirost-5-ene, and protopolygonatoside E is 26--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-furost-5-en-22-ol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishenev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 350–354, May–June, 1978.     

A calorimetric study of the ultrasound-stimulated hydrolysis of solventless TEOS-water mixtures

The kinetics of ultrasound-stimulated and HCl-catalyzed hydrolysis of solventless TEOS-water mixtures was studied as a function of temperature ranging from 10°C up to 65°C by means of flux calorimetry measurements. A specially designed device was utilized for this purpose. The exothermic peak arising few minutes after sonication began has been attributed mainly to the hydrolysis reaction. The overall hydrolysis process, which was measured through the irradiation time up to the hydrolysis peak, was found to be thermally activated, with an apparent activation energy E=36.4 kJ/mol. The alcohol produced at the early hydrolysis due to sonication seems to further enhance the reaction, via a parallel autocatalytic path, which is controlled by a faster pseudo second order rate constant (k). Our modeling yielded k=6.3×10^–2M^–1min^–1 at 20°C, which is in a reasonable agreement with the literature, and an activation energy E=40.4 kJ/mol for the specific process of hydrolysis in presence of alcohol.