The electronic structure of the BrF3 and BrF5 molecules

Ionization potentials of the BrF₃ and BrF₅ molecules have been calculated by the SCF DV Xα method. The calculations hale been carried out in numerical Hartree-Fock basis sets, or, to be more specific, in bases that are extensions of these bases since “virtual” bromine 4d-functions are added to the numerical HF bases. The results are used for the interpretation of the experimental PDS of these compounds.     

Basis sets for molecular interactions. 2. Application to H3N?HF,H3N?HOH,H2O?HF, (NH3)2, and H3CH?OH2

Modifications of the standard 6-31G** basis set as recommended in the accompanying paper are found to markedly lower the basis set superposition error (BSSE) in the title complexes, in contrast to enlargement to a triple-ζ scheme or by addition of a diffuse sp shell or a second set of d-functions without prior optimization, all of which lead to BSSE increase. After appropriate correction for correlation and superposition effects, all basis sets (with the exception of the standard 6-31G** and 6-311G** with their very large BSSE) predict the cyclic geometry of NH₃ dimer to be more stable than the linear arrangement. Correlation and BSSE can shift the equilibrium intermolecular distance in H₃CH-OH₂ by up to 0.4 Å. Failure to correct for superposition error leads to a drastic exaggeration of both the SCF and MP2 components of the interaction energy in this complex. Much better estimates are furnished by our recommended basis sets with their smaller superposition errors.     

Ab initio MO study of selected aluminum and boron chlorides and fluorides: Comparison with 11B NMR spectra of a tetrachloroborate melt

Molecular geometries were fully optimized for AlCl₃, AlCl₄^-, Al₂Cl₆, Al₂Cl₇^-, AlF₃, AlF₄^-, Al₂F₆, Al₂F₇^-, BCl₃, BCl₄^-, B₂Cl₆, B₂Cl₇^-, BF₃, BF₄^-, B₂F₆, and B₂F₇^-, as well as a few mixed halogen species, at the Hartree-Fock (HF) level, using basis sets from STO-3G to 6–311 + G(d). In some cases geometries were also optimized at the MP2 level. Where possible, the computed geometries were compared to known structures from electron or X-ray diffraction. The agreement between these was quite good for the neutral species, and somewhat poorer for the anions. Vibrational frequencies were calculated for all species at the HF level with the largest basis set. The geometries were characterized as minima or transition structures. Various formation reaction enthalpies were calculated; these compare well with known values. More extensive calculations on the BF₃/BF₄^- system indicate the structures and enthalpies are nearly converged with respect to basis set size and level of correlation treatment. The previously unknown species B₂Cl₇^- is predicted to be energetically stable on the basis of the calculations. Some features of the ¹¹B NMR spectra of room temperature melts consisting of mixtures of boron trichloride with 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chloride are presented. These features suggest that these melts may contain small amounts of B₂Cl₇^- as an intermediate in an exchange reaction. © 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Donor and acceptor properties of the solvents tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydrothiophene

The donor and acceptor properties of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydro-thiophene were evaluated by means of electrochemical and spectroscopic methods. Polarographic and cyclovoltammetric data for LiClO₄, NaClO₄, KClO₄, RbClO₄, CsClO₄, Ba(ClO₄)₂, AgCF₃SO₃, TlClO₄, Zn(CF₃SO₃)₂, Cd(CF₃SO₃)₂, Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂, Pb(CF₃SO₃)₂, Mn(CF₃SO₃)₂, Co(CF₃SO₃)₂, Ni(ClO₄)₂·2H₂O, oxygen, perylene, ferrocene, and bis(biphenyl)chromium tetraphenylborate in tetrahydrofuran and of TlClO₄, CuCF₃SO₃, Pb(CF₃SO₃)₂, Cd(CF₃SO₃)₂, oxygen, ferrocene and bis(biphenyl)chromium tetraphenylborate in tetrahydrothiophene together with the potentials of the Ag/0.01 M Ag⁺-ion electrodes in these two solvents are given. Molar Gibbs (free) energies for the transfer from acetonitrile into tetrahydrofuran for Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Ag⁺, Tl⁺, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺, and for the transfer into tetrahydrothiophene for Ag⁺, Cu⁺, Tl⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺ were calculated from these data. Visible spectra were obtained for the solvatochromic dyes acetylacetonato(N,N,N,N,-tetramethylethylenediamine) copper(II) perchlorate and for 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-l-pyridinio)phenoxide, which served as secondary standards to obtain donor and acceptor numbers. The changes in half-wave potentials of the cations vs. bis(biphenyl)chromium(I)/(0) and the Gibbs energies of transfer are discussed on basis of hard and soft donor properties of these two solvents.     

Reduction and Oxidation of Simple Oxocuprates

Oxidation-reduction reactions were studied for the following oxocuprates: LiCuO, Li₂CuO₂, SrCu₂O₂, Sr₂CuO₃, SrCuO₂, BaCu₂O₂, BaCuO₂,LaCuO₂, La₂CuO₄, Ca₂CuO₃ and Bi₂CuO₄. Transformation schemes have been proposed for the anionic sub-lattices of these salts and the effect of cations on the properties of the anionic sub-lattices in oxidation-reduction reactions was determined. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Synthesis and characterization of Me3Ga and Me3In: Adducts of secondary amines

The reactions of trimethylgallium and trimethylindium with a variety of secondary amines [HNMe₂, HNEt₂, HNPr₂ⁿ, HNPr₂ⁱ, HNBu₂ⁱ, HNBu₂^s, HN(CH₂Ph)₂, HN(c-C₆H₁₁)₂, HNC₄H₈, HNC₅H₁₀, HNC₆H₁₂ and HN(CH₂CH₂)₂NMe], produce a series of room-temperature stable liquid or solid adducts. These were characterized by ¹H and ¹³C NMR, IR, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. Spectroscopic comparisons are made between these and the corresponding trimethylaluminum derivatives. ¹H and ¹³C NMR data for all three series of adducts indicate a correlation between the chemical shifts of the methyl groups on the metal and the relative steric requirements of the amines. The data show a general downfield movement of these chemical shifts with increasing steric bulk.     

Determination of molar ratio of primary secondary and tertiary amines in polymers by applying derivatization and NMR spectroscopy

A trifluoroacetic acid derivatization combined with ¹H NMR spectroscopy method for determining the molar ratio of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines in small molecules and polymers was discussed. Amines reacted with trifluoroacetic acid to form their salts RNH₃⁺, R₂NH₂⁺, and R₃NH⁺. The ¹H NMR signals of these protonated amines (NH₃⁺, NH₂⁺, and NH⁺) were separated well in the spectra. Based on the integration of these protonated amine signals, the molar ratio of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines can be calculated.     

Homopolymerization of propylene oxide and copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide with metal salts of acetic acid

The homopolymerization of propylene oxide was first conducted at 80°C in the absence of any solvent by using various metal salts of acetic acid and it was found that Mg(OAc)₂, Cr(OAc)₃, Mn(OAc)₂, Co(OAc)₂, Ni(OAc)₂, Zn(OAc)₂, and Sn(OAc)₂ were effective for the polymerization. The copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide was next examined by using these effective metal salts of acetic acid as catalysts. Most of these were effective also for the copolymerization. The nature of the polymer obtained was strongly dependent on the catalyst used. Co(OAc)₂ and Zn(OAc)₂ gave an alternate copolymer of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide, Mg(OAc)₂, Cr(OAc)₃, and Ni(OAc)₂ gave a random copolymer, while Sn(OAc)₂ gave a homopolymer of propylene oxide. Then the copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide was kinetically investigated in some detail by using Co(OAc)₂ as a catalyst. On the basis of the results obtained, a plausible mechanism was proposed for both the homopolymerization of propylene oxide and copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide.     

Molecular structure of trichlorophosphazo compounds from ab initio calculation and chlorine-35 NQR spectroscopy data

The molecular structures of trichlorophosphazo compounds Cl₃P=NR with R = C(CH₃)₃, C(C₂H₅)₃, C(CF₃)₃, CCl(CF₃)₂, CCl₂CF₃, CCl₃, CCl₂CCl₃, and CCl(CCl₃)₂ were analyzed by combined consideration of the results of ab initio MP2/6-31G* calculations and previously measured ³⁵Cl NQR frequencies. The conformational peculiarity of these molecules caused by the relative spatial orientations of the P-Cl and N-C bonds is reflected in the calculated geometric parameters of the Cl₃P=NC fragments and in the pattern of ³⁵Cl quadrupole resonance spectra for PCl₃ groups. For these atomic groups, the ³⁵Cl NQR frequencies were brought in correlation with the charges of the chlorine atoms found by quantum-chemical calculations.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the addition of trichloromethyl radicals to chloroethylenes. The addition to CIS-C2Cl2H2, trans-C2Cl2H2, and C2Cl3H

The addition reactions of CCl₃ radicals with cis-C₂Cl₂H₂, trans-C₂Cl₂H₂, and C₂Cl₃H in liquid cyclohexane–CCl₄ mixtures were studied between 323 and 448 K. The Arrhenius parameters of these reactions were competitively determined versus H-atom transfer from cyclohexane and addition to C₂Cl₄. The present data and the data obtained in previous liquid and gas phase studies show that the reactivities displayed in addition reactions of different radicals with chloroethylenes reflect primarily variations in activation energies rather than in A factors. The activation energies for the addition of CCl₃, CF₃, and CH₃ radicals to chloroethylenes appear, to a large extent, to be determinedby the stability of the adduct radicals. Comparison of the reactivity trends in the addition reactions of chloro- and fluoro-substitutedethylenes indicates that these two electron-withdrawing substituentshave a converse effect on the reactivity of electrophilic radicals. This behavior is ascribed to the strong mesomeric effect of vinylic chlorosubstituents.     

Film-Forming Capacity of Sn(II), Zr(IV), and Hf(IV) Acetylacetonates

Zr(acac)₄, Hf(acac)₄, and SnHacacCl₂ · 2H₂O were prepared in the solid state and in enthanol solutions. The film-forming capacity and thermal stability of these compounds were studied. Films of ZrO₂, HfO₂, and SnO₂ were prepared from film-forming solutions of the corresponding acetylacetonates.     

Separating Behaviors of Heavier Rare Earth Metal Ions in Centrifugal Partition Chromatography with Di(2-Ethylhexyl) Phosphoric Acid

Abstract

The separating behaviors of SmCl₃, EuCl₃, GdCl₃, TbCl₃, DyCl₃, HoCl₃, ErCl₃, TmCl₃, YbCl₃, and LuCl₃ in Centrifugal Partition Chromatography with the stationary phase containing a separator, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA), are examined. The separation trends of these heavier rare earth metal ions were found to be almost as expected from the observations reported for the lighter rare earth metal ions. And the separator is also useful for mutual separation of these heavier rare earth metal ions.     

Single‐Site Zeolite‐Anchored Organoiridium Carbonyl Complexes: Characterization of Structure and Reactivity by Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry

A family of HY zeolite‐supported cationic organoiridium carbonyl complexes was formed by reaction of Ir(CO)₂(acac) (acac=acetylacetonate) to form supported Ir(CO)₂ complexes, which were treated at 298 K and 1 atm with flowing gas‐phase reactants, including C₂H₄, H₂, ¹²CO, ¹³CO, and D₂O. Mass spectrometry was used to identify effluent gases, and infrared and X‐ray absorption spectroscopies were used to characterize the supported species, with the results bolstered by DFT calculations. Because the support is crystalline and presents a nearly uniform array of bonding sites for the iridium species, these were characterized by a high degree of uniformity, which allowed a precise determination of the species involved in the replacement, for example, of one CO ligand of each Ir(CO)₂ complex with ethylene. The supported species include the following: Ir(CO)₂, Ir(CO)(C₂H₄)₂, Ir(CO)(C₂H₄), Ir(CO)(C₂H₅), and (tentatively) Ir(CO)(H). The data determine a reaction network involving all of these species.     

过渡金属取代的钨铝杂多配合物的制备、表征和性质

用分步设计法合成了以铝为中心原子的过渡元素与钨的三元杂多配合物,经ICP、TG分析确定其化学式为K_4，6，7[AlM(OH₂)W₁₁O₃₉]·xH₂O(M=V⁵⁺、Cr³⁺、Mn²⁺、Fe³⁺、Co²⁺、Ni²⁺、Cu²⁺、Zn²⁺、Cd²⁺)。采用IR、UV、XRD、¹⁸³W和²⁷Al NMR等对配合物的结构进行了表征,表明配合物具有Keggin结构；循环伏安法对该系列配合物的氧化还原性质研究表明,其氧化还原过程为不可逆的两电子还原,配合物的磁化率测试均表现为顺磁性,还对其热稳定性进行了讨论。     

Theoretical investigations on structure,density, detonation properties,and sensitivity of the derivatives of PYX

The ? NH₂, ? NO₂, ? N₃, ? NHNO₂, and ? ONO₂ substitution derivatives of PYX (2,6‐bis(picrylamino)‐3,5‐dinitropyridine) were studied at the B3LYP/6‐31G** level of density functional theory. The sublimation enthalpies and heats of formation (HOFs) in gas phase and solid state of these compounds were calculated. The theoretical predicted density (ρ), detonation pressure (P), and detonation velocity (D) showed that these derivatives have better detonation performance than PYX. The effects of substituent groups on HOF, ρ, P, and D were discussed. The order of contribution of various groups to P and D was ? ONO₂ > ? NO₂ > ? NHNO₂ > ? N₃ > ? NH₂. Sensitivity was evaluated using the frontier orbital energies, bond orders, bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs), and characteristic heights (h₅₀). The trigger bonds in the pyrolysis process for these PYX derivatives may be Ring‐NO₂, NH? NO₂, or O? NO₂ varying with the substituents. The h₅₀ of most compounds are larger than that of CL‐20, and those of ? NH₂, ? NO₂, and most ? ONO₂ derivatives are larger than that of RDX. The BDEs of the trigger bonds of all but the ? ONO₂ derivatives are sufficiently large. Taking both detonation performance and sensitivity into consideration, some derivatives of PYX may be good candidates of explosives. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

An intermolecular perturbation approach to hydrogen bondings in systems in the ground and excited electronic states

The intermolecular interaction energy for binary systems in the ground and excited electronic states was partitioned into the Coulomb, exchange-repulsion, induction, dispersion and charge-transfer interaction terms by the perturbation expansion method. The various interaction terms were evaluated for the hydrogen bondings in (HF)₂, (H₂O)₂, (CH₃OH)₂, (RCOOH)₂, and HF·H₂O in various geometrical configurations. It has been found that the Coulombic interaction plays a dominant role in the stability of these hydrogen bonded systems. The method was further applied to the HCOOH·H₂O codimer in both the ground and excited singlet electronic states. The results were in accord with the well-known water solvent effects on the shifts of absorption spectral bands.     

Synthesis of new functionalized 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline 1-oxides and their investigation as spin traps

The reactions of 5,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-1-pyrroline 1-oxide (3-oxo-DMPO, 1) with NH₂OH and N₂H₄ afforded oxime (2a) and hydrazone (2b), respectively. The reaction products were studied as spin traps for the short-lived radicals HO^·, Ph^·, PhCO₂ ^·, NC(Me₂)C^·, and NC(Me₂)CO^·. The nitroxides generated in the reactions of the above-mentioned short-lived radicals with nitrones 1 and 2a,b were characterized by ESR spectroscopy. Of these nitrones, oxime 2a is the most effective radical trap.     

Profiling Metal Oxides with Lipids: Magnetic Liposomal Nanoparticles Displaying DNA and Proteins

Metal oxides include many important materials with various surface properties. For biomedical and analytical applications, it is desirable to engineer their biocompatible interfaces. Herein, a phosphocholine liposome (DOPC) and its headgroup dipole flipped counterpart (DOCP) were mixed with ten common oxides. Using the calcein leakage assay, cryo‐TEM, and ζ‐potential measurement, these oxides were grouped into three types. The type 1 oxides (Fe₃O₄, TiO₂, ZrO₂, Y₂O₃, ITO, In₂O₃, and Mn₂O₃) form supported bilayers only with DOCP. Type 2 (SiO₂) forms supported bilayers only with DOPC; type 3 (ZnO and NiO) are cationic and damage lipid membranes. Magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were further studied for conjugation of fluorophores, proteins, and DNA to the supported DOCP bilayers via lipid headgroup labeling, covalent linking, or lipid insertion. Delivery of the conjugates to cells and selective DNA hybridization were demonstrated. This work provides a general solution for coating the type 1 oxides with a simple mixing in water, facilitating applications in biosensing, separation, and nanomedicine.     

Pseudo-spectral dipole oscillator-strength distributions for SO2, CS2 and OCS and values of some related dipole—dipole and triple-dipole dispersion energy constants

Pseudo-spectral dipole oscillator strengths and excitation energies, which are discrete representations of the original continuous dipole oscillator-strength distributions (DOSDs), are presented for the ground-state SO₂, CS₂ and OCS molecules. These pseudo-DOSDs, together with previously published pseudo-DOSDs, are used to evaluate the dipole—dipole and triple-dipole dispersion-energy coefficients for all the two- and three-body interactions between SO₂, CS₂ and OCS and between these molecules and H₂, N₂, O₂, NO, N₂O, H₂O, NH₃, CO, CO₂, CH₄, C₂H₆, C₄H₁₀ and C₆H₁₄, with an estimated uncertainty of 1–2%. The importance of results of this type is discussed briefly.     

Comparative study of the electronic structure of alkaline-earth borides (MeB2; Me=Mg, Al, Zr, Nb, and Ta) and their normal-state conductivity

By means of density functional theory the electronic structure of the MgB₂ superconductor was characterized and compared with that of the related iso-structural systems: AlB₂, ZrB₂, NbB₂, and TaB₂. Using the full potential-linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method and the generalized gradient approximation, the electronic density distribution, density of states, and band structures were obtained for these compounds. The electrical conductivity, which cannot be easily measured in the c-direction, was calculated, in the relaxation time approximation using band structure results. It was found that the two-dimensional (2D) crystal structure character of these metallic diborides is also reflected in the electronic charge distribution. This 2D pattern is not reproduced in the electrical conductivity as it is, for instance, in the superconductor high T_c cuprates. The calculations indicate a bulk, yet anisotropic, conductivity for all these compounds.