Spectrophotometric extractive titrations-IV Determination of zinc in germanium dioxide and germanium chloride

A simple and selective determination of zinc in germanium chloride and germanium dioxide is described. The sample is dissolved in sodium potassium tartrate solution and zinc is titrated spectrophotometrically at 532 mug( with a dithizone solution in carbon tetrachloride without discarding the organic phase. Interfering ions such as Bi(III), Cu(II), Cd(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), Sn(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and T1(I) are masked with bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dithiocarbamate. The detection limit is 3-23 x 10(-5)% of zinc and this may be lowered by taking a larger sample and by performing the analysis in a closed system. A simplified technique, consisting of the simultaneous titration of the sample and blank, is described.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 1-[(1-Phenyl-4-cyano)pyrazol-5-yliminomethyl]- 2-nitroiminoimidazolidine

1　INTRODUCTIONNeonicotinoids[1～2]areanovelanddistinctclassofinsecticides.Theycombineselectiveactivityagainstinsectswithafavourablesafetyprofile.Neonicotinoidsactatthenicotinicacetylcholinereceptor(nAChR)[3～4].Sincethefirstneonicotinoid,imi-dacloprid(IMI)1wasintroducedtothemarketbyBayerin1991,alotofitsanalogswerereported.Thesecompoundshavethesamestructuralunit,asshowedindashedlineareainIMI.AccordingtothemodelproposedbyYamamotoetal[5],thedistancebetweenthetwonitrogenatomsofIMIisthe…     

Kinetochromic spectrophotometry-II Determination of sulphate by catalysis of the zirconium-methylthymol blue reaction

A direct spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination of sulphate, based on its ability to catalyse the slow reaction between Methylthymol Blue and zirconium in slightly aged solution. The procedure is operated in the same way as a normal spectrophotometric method but with stricter control of timing. The interference of 100-fold excesses of 40 other ions was studied. Of these, Ce(III), Sr, Fe(III), Th, Sn(II), U(V), Mn(II), Sb(III), Se(IV), Bi(III), Te(IV), SO(3)(2-), F(-), PO(4)(3-), AsO(4)(3-), S(2-), tartrate, oxalate and citrate interfered. Cationic interferences may be removed by cation-exchange. The interference of equimolar ratios of arsenate, fluoride and phosphate may be removed by preliminary treatment with magnesium oxide. Sulphate may be determined in the range 0.1-2.4 ppm by the recommended procedure with a net molar absorptivity of 2.0 x 10(4) at 586 nm. The colour development time is 60 min.     

The trans effect in square-planar platinum(II) complexes--a density functional study

The mechanism of substitution water exchange reactions in square planar trans-Pt[(NH(3))(2)T(H(2)O)](n+) complexes is studied (T = H(2)O, NH(3), OH(-), F(-), Cl(-), Br(-), H(2)S, CH(3)S(-), SCN(-), CN(-), PH(3), CO, CH(3)(-), H(-), C(2)H(4)). The trans effect is explained in terms of sigma-donation and pi-back-donation whose relative strengths are quantified by the changes of electron occupations of 5d platinum atomic orbitals. The sigma-donation strength is linearly correlated with the Pt-H(2)O (leaving ligand) bond length (trans influence). The kinetic trans effect strength correlates proportionally with the sigma-donation ability of the trans-ligand except the ligands with strong pi-back-donation ability that stabilizes transition state structure. The sigma-donation ability of the ligand is dependent on the sigma-donation strength of the ligand in the trans position. Therefore the trans effect caused by sigma-donation can be understood as a competition between the trans-ligands for the opportunity to donate electron density to the central Pt(II) atom. The influence of the trans effect on the reaction mechanism is also shown. For ligands with a very strong sigma-donation (e.g. CH(3)(-) and H(-)), the substitution proceeds by a dissociative interchange (I(d)) mechanism. Ligands with strong pi-back donation ability (e.g. C(2)H(4)) stabilize the pentacoordinated intermediate and the substitution proceeds by a two step associative mechanism. For ligands with weak sigma-donation and pi-back-donation abilities, the highest activation barriers have to be overcome and substitutions can be described by an associative interchange (I(a)) mechanism. The results are supported by the energy decomposition and the natural orbital analysis.     

C-H bond activation over metal oxides: a new insight into the dissociation kinetics from density functional theory

The C-H activation on metal oxides is a fundamental process in chemistry. In this paper, we report a density functional theory study on the process of the C-H activation of CH(4) on Pd(111), Pt(111), Ru(0001), Tc(0001), Cu(111), PdO(001), PdO(110), and PdO(100). A linear relationship between the C-H activation barrier and the chemisorption in the dissociation final state on the metal surfaces is obtained, which is consistent with the work in the literature. However, the relationship is poor on the metal oxide surfaces. Instead, a strong linear correlation between the barrier and the lattice O-H bond strength is found on the oxides. The new linear relationship is analyzed and the physical origin is identified.     

Characterizing TiO2(110) surface states by their work function

The unreconstructed TiO(2)(110) surface is prepared in well-defined states having different characteristic stoichiometries, namely reduced (r-TiO(2), 6 to 9% surface vacancies), hydroxylated (h-TiO(2), vacancies filled with OH), oxygen covered (ox-TiO(2), oxygen adatoms on a stoichiometric surface) and quasi-stoichiometric (qs-TiO(2), a stoichiometric surface with very few defects). The electronic structure and work function of these surfaces and transition states between them are investigated by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and metastable impact electron spectroscopy (MIES). The character of the surface is associated with a specific value of the work function that varies from 4.9 eV for h-TiO(2), 5.2 eV for r-TiO(2), 5.35 eV for ox-TiO(2) to 5.5 eV for qs-TiO(2). We establish the method for an unambiguous characterization of TiO(2)(110) surface states solely based on the secondary electron emission characteristics. This is facilitated by analysing a weak electron emission below the nominal work function energy. The emission in the low energy cut-off region appears correlated with band gap emission found in UPS spectra and is attributed to localised electron emission through Ti(3+)(3d) states.     

Polarography of metal-gallic complexes

The polarographic behavior of metal ions in perchlorate media containing gallic acid is described. Tungsten(VI) forms a complex with gallic acid which yields a single wave in these media, useful in the polarographic determination of tungsten. Evidence for complexation of chromium(III), copper(II), iron(III), molybdenum(VI), uranium(VI), vanadium(V), tungsten(VI), praseodymium(III), samarium(III), neodymium(III) and gadolinium(III) is obtained and the behavior of these metal ions is summarized.     

配合物3AgNO3·2[C3H7S(CH2)2SC3H7]的晶体结构

本文测定了配合物3AgNO3·2BPrTE的晶体结构, 该晶体属三斜晶系, 空间各为PI,晶胞参数: a=0.8945(1), b=1.2355(2), c=1.3572(5)nm; α=98.69(2)°, β=92.74(2)°, γ=90.45(1)°; V=1.480nm^3; Z=2, 分子中三个Ag原子的配位数均为5, 但它们的配位多面体各不相同, Ag(3)为四方锥体, Ag(2)为三角双锥, Ag(1)则介于两者之间, NO3^-以单齿、不等长双齿和等长双齿两种形式配位于Ag原子。配体BPrTE也具有两种构象, 反式构象具有C1对称性, 并以两种形式和Ag原子配位, 偏转式构象不具有C4对称性, 与Ag原子形成五元螯合环, 分子为三维无限长链结构。     

A Three-Center Orbital Interaction in the Diels-Alder Reactions Catalyzed by Lewis Acids

Ab initio calculations were performed on title reactions between butadiene and acrolein with BCl(3), AlCl(3), GaCl(3), InCl(3), ZnCl(2), SnCl(2), and SnCl(4). A dimethyl ether molecule is explicitly considered in various reaction systems to examine solvent effects. First, the reaction path of an AlCl(3)-promoting reaction was examined thoroughly. This reaction has two channels. The first one involves a weak reactant-like complex (precursor) and a normal [4 + 2] addition. The second does three elementary processes, one-center addition, ring closing, and Claisen shift. The first channel is more favorable by 12.1 kcal/mol (B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,p) SCRF//B3LYP/6-31G SCRF) than the second one. Then the first channels with other Lewis acids were traced with and without an ether molecule. The ether molecule has an appreciable effect not on geometries but on activation energies. BCl(3) is desolvated and has extraordinarily strong catalytic ability. Even with the strongest catalyst, not a [2 + 4] but a normal [4 + 2] cycloaddition takes place. Except for BCl(3), SnCl(4) is the strongest Lewis acid with the ether molecule. The frontier orbital, LUMO, of acrolein is distorted in the course of the reaction so that the formation of two C-C covalent bonds is possible. The precursor formation and the one-center addition were discussed also by the frontier orbital theory.     

二甲亚砜-二[4,4,4-三氟-1-(2-噻吩基)-1,3-丁二酮]合铜(II)的晶体结构

制备了标题化合物单晶,确定了它的分子和晶体结构,结果表明Cu(II)与五个氧原子配位,其中之一来自沿轴向(CH3)2SO.形成略为变形的四方锥结构.在配体上的噻吩基取顺式围绕差Cu(II)原子,这可以共轭效应来解释.     

Disodium-1,8-dihydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulphonate (chromotropic salt) as a reagent in inorganic analysis

Summary The compound disodium-1,8-dihydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulphonate (sodium salt of chromotropic acid) is employed as a colorimetric reagent for titanium. It is also known to produce coloured complexes with chromium(VI), vanadium and uranium. In the present paper the formation of colour with forty metallic ions has been studied qualitatively, in neutral as well as in alkaline and acidic media. It has been found that the reagent yields coloured complexes with mercury(I), tin(IV), platinum(IV), gold(III), tellurium(VI), molybdenum(VI), iron(III), aluminium(III), chromium(III), and uranyl(II) besides those recorded above.The colour reactions are particularly sensitive to uranyl(II), iron(III), mercury(I), tin(IV), gold(III) und molybdenum(VI).     

Study on Preconcentration of Trace Copper Using Microcrystalline Triphenylmethane Loaded with Malachite Green

The paper describes a novel method for copper preconcentration using microcrystalline triphenylmethane loaded with malachite green prior to the determination by the flame atomic absorption spectrometry （FAAS）. Under the optimum conditions, Cu（Ⅱ） can be totally adsorbed on the surface of microcrystalline triphenylmethane, and completely separated from Pb（Ⅱ）, Cd（Ⅱ）, Co（Ⅱ）, Cr（Ⅲ）, Ni（Ⅱ）, Mn（Ⅱ）, Fe（Ⅲ） and Al（Ⅲ） by controlling acidity. The preconcentration factor of this proposed method is 200. The recovery is in a range of 97.5%-105%. The relative standard deviation （RSD） is not beyond 3.0%. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace copper in various water samples with satisfactory results.     

钬与β-丙氨酸配合物的合成、表征及晶体结构

报道了稀土金属Ho与b丙氨酸配合物的合成、分子结构和晶体结构的测定, 具体结果如下: 化学式C18H50Cl6Ho2N6O41, 分子式{[Ho2(bala)6(H2O)4](ClO4)6H2O}n (bala = b丙氨酸), 三斜晶系, P空间群, 晶胞参数: a = 9.199(2), b = 12.870(2), c = 21.620(5) , a = 76.92(1), b = 81.15(1), g = 82.91(1), V = 2453.2(8) ?, Z = 2, Mr = 1549.2, = 3.649, F(000) = 1528, Dc = 2.097 g/cm3. 配合物为无限链状分子, Ho(III)离子为九配位的单帽四方反棱柱配位多面体。     

A continuous flow system design for simultaneous determination of heavy metals in river water samples

A new design of a continuous flow system applied to the simultaneous determination of the concentration of zinc(II), cadmium(II), lead(II), copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II) and chromium(VI) in river water is described. A flow cell made in the laboratory, which has been patented, based on a 'wall-jet' configuration with a three-electrode system is described. Optimum conditions for the determination of the metal ions are reported. The detection limits and relative standard deviation values were 4.01x10(-9) M and 0.078 for Zn(II), 1.76x10(-10) M and 0.056 for Cd(II), 4.69x10(-10) M and 0.134 for Pb(II), 2.29x10(-10) M and 0.138 for Cu(II), 1.61x10(-9) M and 0.093 for Ni(II), 1.91x10(-9) M and 0.113 for Co(II), and 1.35x10(-9) M and 0.081 for Cr(VI). The procedure was applied to a sample of water from the Arlanzón river and the results were compared with inductively coupled mass plasma spectrometry (ICP-MS) as reference method. The final aim of this work is to design a flow system, which can be automated.     

Hydrogen for fluorine exchange in CH4-xFx by monomeric [1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2CeH: experimental and computational studies

The monomeric metallocenecerium hydride, Cp'(2)CeH (Cp' = 1,2,4-tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl), reacts instantaneously with CH(3)F, but slower with CH(2)F(2), to give Cp'(2)CeF and CH(4) in each case, a net H for F exchange reaction. The hydride reacts very slowly with CHF(3), and not at all with CF(4), to give Cp'(2)CeF, H(2), and 1,2,4- and 1,3,5-tri-tert-butylbenzene. The substituted benzenes are postulated to result from trapping of a fluorocarbene fragment derived by alpha-fluoride abstraction from Cp'(2)CeCF(3). The fluoroalkyl, Cp'(2)CeCF(3), is generated by reaction of Cp'(2)CeH and Me(3)SiCF(3) or by reaction of the metallacycle, [(Cp')(Me(3)C)(2)C(5)H(2)C(Me(2))CH(2)]Ce, with CHF(3), and its existence is inferred from the products of decomposition, which are Cp'(2)CeF, the isomeric tri-tert-butylbenzenes and in the case of Me(3)SiCF(3), Me(3)SiH. The fluoroalkyls, Cp'(2)CeCH(2)F and Cp'(2)CeCHF(2), generated from the metallacycle and CH(3)F and CH(2)F(2), respectively, are also inferred by their decomposition products, which are Cp'(2)CeF, CH(2), and CHF, respectively, which are trapped. DFT(B3PW91) calculations have been carried out to examine several reaction paths that involve CH and CF bond activation. The calculations show that the CH activation by Cp(2)CeH proceeds with a low barrier. The carbene ejection and trapping by H(2) is the rate-determining step, and the barrier parallels that found for reaction of H(2) with CH(2), CHF, and CF(2). The barrier of the rate-determining step is raised as the number of fluorines increases, while that of the CH activation path is lowered as the number of fluorines increases, which parallels the acidity.     

具有局部松散配位的三核钼簇合物研究:{Mo3(μ3-S)(μ-S)3[S2P(OEt)2]4.P(C6H5)3}.(O86CH2Cl2)的合成和晶体结构

本文报道了具有局部松散配位的三核钼原子簇{Mo3(μ3-S)(μ-S)[S2P(OEt)2]4.P(C6H5)3}.(0.86CH2Cl2)的合成和晶体结构.在CAD-4四圆衍射仪上用Mo Kα射线收集到I≥2σ(I)的衍射点4840个.采用重原子法和差电子密度法解出结构,并用全矩阵最小二乘法修正,最终偏离因子为0.058.簇分子的Mo-Mo键为2.731(1),2.748(1),2.753(1)A,Mo原子和三苯基膦的P原子配位键长为Mo-P2.647(3)A,显著长于一般的Mo-P共价单键.三苯基膦基团在Mo的配位多面体中处于三重桥S原子的对位,表现出与其他此类簇合物的松散配位体配位位置不同.文中概括了此类簇合物的Mo-Mo键和Mo-L的成键情况.     

Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Photoluminescence Properties of Cadmium(Ⅱ) and Nickel(Ⅱ) Complexes with 2-(2-Benzimidazolyl)quinoline

Two novel complexes, [Cd2(BMQU)2Cl4] (1) and [Ni(BMQU)2HPO4]·1.5H2O (2) (BMQU = 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)quinoline), were synthesized by the hydrothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, and TG-DTG. The crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both 1 and 2 crystallize in the triclinic system, space group P . The data for 1: a = 0.8342(7), b = 0.9226(9), c = 1.0646(8) nm, α = 90.819(2), β = 97.466(2), γ = 98.280(2)°. The Cd(Ⅱ) is coordinated with three chlorine atoms and two nitrogen atoms of a BMQU molecule, generating a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The dinuclear Cd(Ⅱ) complex is formed by two chlorine bridge bonds, and the one-dimensional chain structure is constructed with the hydrogen bond N-H…Cl and π-π stacking interaction. The data for 2: a = 1.2251(1), b = 1.2451(1), c = 1.2868(1) nm, α = 107.510(2), β = 98.630(1), γ = 109.921(2)°. The Ni(Ⅱ) is coordinated with four nitrogen atoms of two BMQU molecules and two oxygen atoms of a HPO42-, forming a distorted-octahedral geometry. The two-dimensional layer structure is formed by the hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking interaction between neighboring molecules. Complex 1 shows a strong blue fluorescence emission (λmax= 456 nm) at solid state.     

Determination of mercury(II) ion by electrochemical cold vapor generation atomic absorption spectrometry.

A technique for determination of mercury is described; it is based on electrolytic reduction of Hg(II) ion on a graphite cathode, the trapping of mercury vapor and its volatilization into a quartz tube aligned in the optical path of an atomic absorption spectrometer. The electrochemical cell consisted of a graphite cathode and an anode operating with constant direct current for the production of mercury atoms. A pre-activated graphite rod was used as the cathode material. The optimum conditions for electrochemical generation of mercury cold vapor (the electrolysis time and current, the flow rate, the type of electrode and electrolyte) were investigated. The characteristic electrochemical data with chemical cold vapor using NaBH4-acid were compared. The presence of cadmium(II), arsenic(III), antimony(III), selenium(IV), bismuth(III), silver(I), lead(II), lithium(I), sodium(I) and potassium(I) showed interference effects which were eliminated by suitable separation techniques. The calibration curve is linear over the range of 5-90 ng ml(-1) mercury(II). The detection limit is 2 ng ml(-1) of Hg(II) and the RSD is 2.5% (n = 10) for 40 ng ml(-1). The accuracy and recovery of the method were investigated by analyzing spiked tap water and river water.     

Tuning of optical band gaps: syntheses, structures, magnetic properties, and optical properties of CsLnZnSe(3) (Ln = Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Y)

Eight new quaternary selenides CsSmZnSe(3), CsTbZnSe(3), CsDyZnSe(3), CsHoZnSe(3,) CsErZnSe(3), CsTmZnSe(3), CsYbZnSe(3), and CsYZnSe(3) have been synthesized with the use of high-temperature solid-state experimental methods. These compounds are isostructural with KZrCuS(3), crystallizing with four formula units in the orthorhombic space group Cmcm. The structure of these CsLnZnSe(3) compounds is composed of [LnZnSe(3)(-)] layers separated by Cs atoms. The Ln atom is octahedrally coordinated by six Se atoms, the Zn atom is tetrahedrally coordinated by four Se atoms, and the Cs atom is coordinated by a bicapped trigonal prism of eight Se atoms. Because there are no Se-Se bonds in the structure, the oxidation state of Cs is 1+, that of Ln is 3+, and that of Zn is 2+. CsYbZnSe(3) exhibits an antiferromagnetic transition at 11 K, whereas CsSmZnSe(3) does not follow a Curie-Weiss law. The remaining rare-earth compounds are paramagnetic, and the calculated effective magnetic moments of the rare-earth ions agree well with their theoretical values. Optical absorption data on face-indexed single crystals of CsSmZnSe(3), CsErZnSe(3), CsYbZnSe(3), and CsYZnSe(3) demonstrate that the optical band gap changes by more than 0.75 eV with the composition and by as much as 0.20 eV with the crystal orientation. The optical band gaps range from 2.63 eV (CsSmZnSe(3), CsErZnSe(3)) to 1.93 eV (CsYbZnSe(3)) for the (010) crystal face and 2.56 eV (CsErZnSe(3)) to 1.88 eV (CsYbZnSe(3)) for the (001) crystal face. The difference in the optical band gap of the (010) face vs the (001) face varies from +0.05 eV (CsYbZnSe(3)) to +0.20 eV (CsSmZnSe(3)).     

Electronic absorption spectra and acid-base and ligand properties of alkyl-substituted biladiene-a,c

The influence of the nature of a solvating medium on the chromophore properties and stability of alkyl-substituted biladiene-a,c dihydrobromide, a synthetic analogue of a bile pigment bilirubin, was analyzed. The results of the spectrophotometric study of the protonation of a tetrapyrrol ligand and of the complex formation with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) acetates in DMF at 298.15 K were considered. Depending on the nature of a complex-forming cation and concentrations of reagents in solution the formation of complexes of three various types is possible: porphyrin-like (1:1), binuclear with different ligands (2:1), and binuclear biligand (2:2). The nature of metal cation renders essential influence on the formation of coordination polyhedra of the metal chelates with various structure.