Exit transition state of endohedral X@Si20H20 complexes (X=Li, Na, K, Be, Mg)

The kinetic stability of endohedral X@Si₂₀H₂₀ complexes (X=Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Be²⁺, Mg²⁺) has been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of density functional theory (DFT). The transition states (TS) are investigated by the QST3 method of Gaussian 98 package and demonstrated with Intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC). It is found that K⁺@Si₂₀H₂₀ cluster has the most stable structure kinetically, that the exit barrier heights (H_exit) for K⁺ expulsion from or insertion in the cage are 187.38 and 205.58 kcal/mol, respectively. However, the smallest Be²⁺ dication is not endohedrally encapsulated and the Be²⁺@Si₂₀H₂₀ cluster is expected to be the least stable structure kinetically. By comparison, other endohedral complexes have a moderate kinetic stability.     

Raman spectroscopic study of the conformational change of 12-crown-4 due to cation capture

Raman spectra of the Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, NH⁺₄, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺, Pb²⁺ complexes of 12-crown-4 and also 12-crown-4 in various states are observed. The spectra of 12-crown-4 change remarkably by complex formation with cations. Normal vibration calculations of various conformations of 12-crown-4 are carried out. On the basis of the observed spectra and the results of the calculations, the conformation of 12-crown-4 in the Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, NH⁺₄, Mg²⁺ complexes is found to have approximate D_2d symmetry, while that in the Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺ complexes is found to have approximate C_2V symmetry.     

Ab initio study on the structures, energies, and vibrational frequencies of acetone complexes with metal monocations and dications

The structures, interaction energies, and vibrational frequencies of acetone and its complexes with proton and various metal monocations/dications such as H⁺, Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺, Be²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and Zn²⁺ have been investigated from the ab initio calculations. The linear or bent structure for the cation-acetone complexes has been found to be deeply influenced by the amount of charge transfer. The amount of red-shift of CO stretching frequencies of acetone is almost equivalent regardless of the kind of alkali metal monocations. This behavior can be attributed to the electrostatic nature of the interactions rather than orbital interactions. This phenomenon has been supported by the highest occupied molecular orbitals of the acetone complexes investigated, charge transfer based on natural bond orbital (NBO) atomic charges, and the inversely proportional behavior of the interaction energies to the interatomic distances r(M⁺O).     

Spectroscopic, mass spectrometry, and semiempirical investigations of a new 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl ester of Monensin A and its complexes with monovalent cations

A new 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl ester of Monensin A (MON7) has been synthesized and its capability of complex formation with Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ cations has been studied by ESI MS, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, FT-IR, and PM5 semiempirical methods. ESI mass spectrometry indicates that MON7 forms complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ of exclusively 1:1 stoichiometry which are stable up to cv = 70 V. The formation of complexes between MON7 and Na⁺ cations is strongly favored. Starting from about cv = 90 V fragmentation of the respective complexes is observed, primarily characterized by several dehydration steps. The structures of the MON7 complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ cations are stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds in which the OH groups are always involved. The structures are visualized and discussed in detail. It has been proved that the formation of a pseudo crown ring structure formed by MON7 is preferred in complexes with Na⁺ cations.     

Theoretical Study of Stability and Electronic Characteristics in Various Complexes of Psoralen as an Anticancer Drug in Gas Phase,Water and CCl4 Solutions

The present research employs density functional theory(DFT) computations to analyze the structure and energy of complexes formed by psoralen drug with alkali(Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺) and alkaline earth(Be²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺) metal cations. The computations are conducted on M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory in the gas phase and solution. The Atoms in Molecules(AIM) and natural bond orbital(NBO) analyses are applied to evaluating the characterization of bonds and the atomic charge distribution, respectively. The results show that the absolute values of binding energies decrease with going from the gas phase to the solution. Furthermore, the considered complexes in the water(as a polar solvent) are more stable than the CCl₄(as a non-polar solvent). The DFT based chemical reactivity indices, such as molecular orbital energies, chemical potential, hardness and softness are also investigated. The outcomes show that the considered complexes have high chemical stability and low reactivity from the gas phase to the solution. Finally, charge density distributions and chemical reactive sites of a typical complex explored in this study are obtained by molecular electrostatic potential surface.     

K~+、Na~+、Ca~(2+)、Mg~(2+)对胜利褐煤平衡复吸水的影响

以胜利褐煤为研究对象,利用FT-IR等手段,用灰分、不同湿度下的平衡复吸水含量等,系统研究了不同相对湿度下K+、Na+、Ca2+、Mg2+的水合作用对胜利褐煤平衡复吸水含量的影响。结果表明,相同浓度不同类型的金属离子与煤样的交换能力的趋势为Ca2+Na+K+Mg2+。金属离子对胜利褐煤平衡复吸水含量影响力的顺序为Mg2+Ca2+Na+≈K+。相对湿度高时,平衡复吸水含量的主要控制因素为游离水分子之间的分子作用力;相对湿度中等时,平衡复吸水含量的主要控制因素为金属水簇与毛细管之间的毛细管作用力;相对湿度低时,平衡复吸水含量的主要控制因素为金属离子的水合作用。     

Neutron diffraction studies of ions in aqueous solution

The effect of ions on the structure of water is discussed in terms of results for ionic hydration as derived from neutron diffraction isotopic substitution experiments. Results are presented for alkali ions (Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺), alkaline earth ions (Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ and Sr²⁺) and for the anions Cl⁻, ClO⁻₄) and NO⁻₃, from which it is inferred that the water structure is disrupted more by cations with higher charge density.     

Gas-phase chemistry of nitrogen trifluoride NF3: structure and stability of its M–NF3 (M=H, Li, Na, K) complexes

The stationary points characterizing the potential energy profiles of the complex processes of the M⁺(M=H, Li, Na, K) and NF₃ were investigated by QCISD and B3LYP in conjunction with the 6-311+G(2d,2p) basis set. The optimized geometries and NBO analysis indicate that the complexes of M⁺(M=Li, Na, K) and NF₃ exist as ion-dipole molecules. But for H⁺ complexes, there are two stable isomers NF₃H⁺ and NF₂⁺–HF. The interaction distances of isomers follow the sequence H⁺< Li⁺< Na⁺< K⁺. The calculated affinity energies of the most stable isomers of H⁺, Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ complexes exceed 20.1 kJ/mol, and these values suggest that the M⁺–NF₃ (M=H, Li, Na, K) complexes could be observed as stable species in gas phase, which supports Fujii's proposal that Li⁺ ion attachment mass spectrometry can serve as a conceivable technique to quantify the emissions of the NF₃.     

ESI MS, spectroscopic and PM5 semiempirical studies of Colchicine complexes with lithium, sodium and potassium salts

The colchicine complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ cations have been synthesized and studied by ESI MS, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, FT-IR and PM5 semiempirical methods. It has been shown that colchicine forms stable complexes of 1:1 stoichiometry with monovalent metal cations. For Li⁺ cations also formation of the 2:1 stoichiometry complexes has been detected. The most stable structures of the complexes are those in which the acetamide groups are involved in the coordination process. The structures of the colchicine complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺ and K⁺ cations are visualized and discussed in details.     

Tripodal lipophilic ionophores: synthesis, cation binding and transport through liquid membranes

New C₃-symmetric lipophilic tripodal ionophores, Et(CH₂OCH₂COR)₃; R=NMePh (1), R=NEtPh (2), R=piperidyl (3), have been prepared and their binding abilities for alkali and alkaline earth metal cations evaluated by extraction equilibrium and cation transport through bulk liquid membranes. Experiments show that these ionophores have considerable potential for transporting lithium, sodium and calcium ions relative to potassium and magnesium ions. The cation transport rates by ionophores 1 and 2 decrease in the order Li⁺>Na⁺>Ca²⁺>Ba²⁺>K⁺>Mg²⁺, and the selectivities of Li⁺/K⁺, Na⁺/K⁺ and Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺ are 6.47–7.24, 6.05–6.19 and 9.39–16.13, respectively. The extraction selectivity sequences of the ionophores 1 and 2 are in agreement with the descending order of the cation transport rate, and the complexation constants in chloroform phase were estimated.     

On the affinities of ammonia and water for Li, Na and K

The affinities of ammonia for Na⁺ and K⁺, recently determined experimentally, have been computed by the ab initio SCF method using ended polarized gaussian basis sets and shown to be satisfactory Furthermore, the corresponding values computed at the same level of accuracy for the three cations Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ and the two ligands NH₃ and H₂O are shown to yield the order Li⁺ > Na⁺ > K⁺ for each ligand and NH₃ > H₂O for each ion, in agreement with experiment. An analysis of the factors involved in the binding provides a consistent rationalization of these regularities and of some observed correlations.     

Ion-exchange properties of hypercrosslinked polystyrene impregnated with methyl orange

A novel bipolar stationary phase (HCPS–MO) was prepared by impregnation of hypercrosslinked polystyrene (HCPS) with methyl orange (MO; 4-dimethylamino-4′-sulfoazobenzene) and its ion-exchange properties were studied. Simultaneous separation of cations and anions on HCPS–MO is possible, although it behaves preferentially as a cation-exchanger. Unusual selectivity of HCPS-MO for alkali and alkaline-earth metal cations: Na⁺+K⁺+4⁺+ and Mg²⁺2+2+2+ was observed. The effect of temperature on retention of alkali and alkaline-earth metal cations was studied. Separation of Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, NH₄⁺, Cs⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ on HCPS–MO with diluted cerium(III) nitrate solution as an eluent in single run is presented.     

Ion chromatography of organic-rich natural waters from peatlands II. Na, NH4, K, Mg and Ca

Organic rich natural waters from peat bogs in continental (Switzerland) and maritime (Shetland Islands, Scotland) environments were analysed for Na⁺, NH₄⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ using ion chromatography. These cations were determined simultaneously in surface and pore water samples from the continental bogs using a 250-μl injection loop in an isocratic separation. Using this loop, detection limits of the order of 1 ng/g were achieved. An organics-removal cartridge (Dionex OnGuard P) was used to remove humic materials. Analyses of deionized water filtered through these cartridges showed acceptably low blank values (e.g., ca. 5 ng/g) and appeared to have no significant effect on the measured cation concentration. For the maritime bog waters, the low concentrations of NH₄⁺ (ca. 1 μg/g) compared with Na⁺ (ca. 100 μg/g) required improved peak separation. This was accomplished using a gradient separation beginning with 40 mM HCl—1 mM , -2,3-diaminopropionic acid monochloride (DAP) and switching to 40 mM HCl-12 mM DAP after 2 min. Using a 25 μl injection loop, Na⁺, NH₄⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ were determined simultaneously in less than 25 min. In this instance, even with Na⁺/NH₄⁺ > 100, there was no interference from Na⁺ in the determination of NH₄⁺ (baseline separated).     

Synthesis and fluorescence behaviour of crown and azacrown ethers carrying the dansyl fluorophore as a pendant in acetonitrile solution

The influence of Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Cs⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Al³⁺ ions on the spectroscopic properties of the dansyl group covalently linked to crown ether or diazacrown ethers was investigated by means of absorption and emission spectrophotometry. Interaction of the alkali metal ions with all fluoroionophores studied is weak, while alkaline earth metal ions interact strongly causing about 50% quenching of dansyl fluorescence of A21C5-Dns and A₂18C6-Dns. The Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Al³⁺ cations interact very strongly with dansyl chromophore regardless the crown ether type, causing a major change in absorption spectrum of the chromophore and forming non-fluorescent complexes. The Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn², Mg²⁺ and Ag⁺ cations interact moderately with all fluoroionophores studied causing about 20% of fluorescence quenching of dansyl, except for a strong dansyl fluorescence quenching of 15C5-Dns by Co²⁺ ion. The quenching efficiency of didansylated fluoroionophores by the alkali metal ions and alkaline earth metal ions is weaker than monodansylated ones.     

Studies of Permeabilities of Metallic Ions Through Crosslinked Chitosan Membranes

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12-钨磷酸及其盐的酸性与催化性能的研究

红外法研究结果表明12-钨磷酸Fe³⁺、Mg²⁺和Na⁺盐都具有L酸点和B酸点。用Benesi法测得10种12-钨磷酸盐的酸强度顺序为(Al³⁺、Fe³⁺、La³⁺、Cu²⁺、Cd²⁺>Zn²⁺>(Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺>(Na⁺、Li⁺,其酸量与抗衡阳离子的离子势和电负性大体成线性关系。还看出酸量与所含结晶水量有关。催化剂的酸量与其对异丙醇脱水反应和丁烯-1异构化反应的催化活性的关系表现出不同的特征,这可用“体相型”和“表面型”催化作用的不同特点来解释。     

A study on copper(II)-Schiff base-azide coordination complexes: Synthesis, X-ray structure and luminescence properties of [Cu(L)(N3)]X (L = Schiff bases; X = ClO4, PF6)

Two Schiff bases N,N′-(bis(pyridin-2-yl)benzylidene)propane-1,3-diamine (pbpd) and N,N′-(bis(pyridin-2-yl)formylidene)butane-1,4-diamine (pfbd) have been prepared and used to synthesize copper(II) complexes. Four complexes of the type [Cu(L)(N₃)]X (1–4) [L = pbpd; X = ClO₄ (1); L = pbpd; X = PF₆ (2); L = pfbd; X = ClO₄ (3); L = pfbd; X = PF₆ (4)] have been synthesized and characterized on the basis of microanalytical, spectroscopic, magnetic, electrochemical, luminescence and other physicochemical properties. Two representative complexes of the series, 2 and 3, have been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction measurements which reveal that in each complex the copper(II) ion assumes a distorted trigonal bipyramidal environment through coordination of the metal centre by two pyridine N atoms and two imine N atoms of the Schiff base with the fifth position occupied by a N atom of a terminal . They display intraligand ¹(π–π^*) fluorescence at room temperature and intraligand ³(π–π^*) phosphorescence in glassy solutions (MeOH at 77 K). A band (492 nm) observed for the complexes in their solid-state emission spectra is an excimeric emission arising due to an aromatic π–π interaction. Electrochemical electron transfer study reveals Cu^II–Cu^I reduction in methanolic solutions.     

新型类沸石金属-有机骨架材料用于天然气中CO2的分离

研究了在usf型类沸石金属-有机骨架材料(usf-ZMOF)中不同金属离子(Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Al³⁺)对天然气分离(以CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/H₂, CO₂/N₂为研究对象)的不同影响. 结果表明, 此类材料对于3种体系的分离选择性均高于现有材料. 其中性能最好的是Al-usf-ZMOF, 其对CO₂/CH₄, CO₂/N₂和CO₂/H₂的分离选择性分别为290, 1700和16800. 同时, 对于经不同的离子交换后的usf-ZMOF, 吸附选择性随着离子电荷值的增加而增大; 对于同一主族的离子, 选择性随着原子序数的增加而减小. 而上述现象的产生是由阳离子和CO₂间的强静电作用所致.     

Two-centre model potential energy calculations for the Σ and Π states of Li2, Na2, K2, Rb2 and Cs2

Two-centre model potential calculations have been carried out for the ²Σ⁺_g,u and ²Π_g,u states of Li⁺₂, Na⁺₂, K⁺₂, Rb⁺₂ and Cs⁺₂. Comparison with other model potential calculations suggests that reliable potential curves have been obtained. The results indicate the usefulness of calculating diatomic energies by the method proposed.     

Simultaneous separation of common mono- and divalent cations on a zirconium-modified silica gel column by ion chromatography with non-suppressed conductimetric detection and tartaric acid–15-crown-5 as eluent

The application of laboratory-made zirconium-modified silica gels (Zr-silicas) as cation-exchange stationary phases to ion chromatography with conductimetric detection (IC–CD) for common mono- and divalent cations (Li⁺, Na⁺, NH₄⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺) was carried out. Zr-silicas were prepared by the reaction of the silanol group on the surface of silica gel with zirconium tetrabutoxide (Zr(OCH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃)₄) in ethanol. Zr-silica adsorbed on 10 mg zirconium g⁻¹ silica gel was a suitable cation-exchange stationary phase in IC–CD for the separation of these mono- and divalent cations. Excellent simultaneous separation and highly sensitive detection for these cations were achieved in 10 min by IC–CD using a Zr-silica column (150×4.6 mm I.D.) and 10 mM tartaric acid containing 10 mM 15-crown-5 (1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane) as the eluent. The proposed IC–CD method was successfully applied to the determination of major mono- and divalent cations in natural water samples.