Modeling of Al12N12, Mg12O12, Ca12O12, and C23N nanostructured as potential anode materials for sodium-ion battery

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - The rising costs of lithium and other versatile metals which are of electrochemical importance have sprouted concerns in the electrochemical world. Sodium...     

A Multifunctional,Charge-Neutral,Chiral Octahedral M12L12 Cage

A chiral, octahedral M₁₂L₁₂ cage, which is charge neutral and contains an internal void of about 2000 ų, is reported. The cage was synthesised as an enantiopure complex by virtue of amino-acid-based dicarboxylate ligands, which assemble around copper paddlewheels at the vertices of the octahedron. The cage persists in solution with retention of the fluorescence properties of the parent acid. The solid-state structure contains large pores both within and between the cages, and displays permanent porosity for the sorption of gases with retention of crystallinity. Initial tests show some enantioselectivity of the cage towards guests in solution.     

Investigation of solution‐grown,chain‐folded lamellar crystals of the even‐even nylons: 6 6, 8 6, 8 8, 10 6, 10 8, 10 10, 12 6, 12 8, 12 10, and 12 12

Chain‐folded lamellar crystals of the ten even‐even nylons: 6 6, 8 6, 8 8, 10 6, 10 8, 10 10, 12 6, 12 8, 12 10, and 12 12 have been grown from solution and their morphologies and structures studied using transmission electron microscopy, both imaging and diffraction. Sedimented mats were examined using X‐ray diffraction. The solution‐grown crystals are lath‐shaped lamellae and diffraction from these crystals, at room temperature, reveals that three crystalline forms are present in differing ratios. The crystals are composed of chain‐folded, hydrogen‐bonded sheets, the linear hydrogen bonds within which generate a progressive shear of the chains (p‐sheets). The sheets are found to stack in two different ways. Some p‐sheets stack with a progressive shear, to form the “α_p structure”; others sheets stack with an alternate stagger, to form the “β_p structure”. Both the α_p and β_p structures give two strong diffraction signals at spacings of 0.44 nm and 0.37 nm; these signals represent a projected intrasheet interchain distance (actual value 0.48 nm) and the intersheet spacing, respectively. Preparations of nylons 6 6, 8 6, 8 8, 12 6, and 12 8 consisted almost entirely of α_p‐structure material, with only a trace of β_p‐structure material being present. In contrast, nylons 10 6, 10 8, 10 10, 12 10, and 12 12 contained substantial quantities of both α_p‐ and β_p‐structure material, with α_p‐structure material always being in the majority. Preparations of nylons 10 8, 12 10, and 12 12 also showed an additional diffraction signal at 0.42 nm; this signal is characteristic of the pseudohexagonal (high temperature) structure. The melting temperature of solution‐grown lamellae of these even‐even nylons decreases with decreasing linear amide density. On heating, the strong diffraction signals (0.44 nm and 0.37 nm) gradually moved together and merge at the Brill temperature to form a single diffraction signal (0.42 nm), characteristic of the pseudohexagonal structure. This single diffraction signal remained until melting. For nylons 6 6, 8 6, 8 8, 10 6, and 12 6, the Brill temperatures were substantially below the respective melting temperatures and the single 0.42 nm diffraction signal was stable over temperature ranges of 14 °C to 56 °C, depending on the nylon. Conversely, nylons 10 8, 10 10, 12 8, 12 10, and 12 12 had coincident melting and extrapolated Brill temperatures. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 1209–1221, 2000     

Polymerization of methyl 12-acryloxystearate,N,N-dimethyl 12-acryloxystearamide,and methyl 14-acryloxyeicosanoate

Several homopolymers and copolymers of the title compounds have been prepared by radical initiation with potassium persulfate or diethyl azobisisobutyrate. The copolymers exhibit a combination of the properties of the homopolymers of the monomers. The homopolymers are adhesive, very slightly elastic, and show cold flow. Several of the copolymers show possible promise for use as adhesives.     

Editorial board page for “Synthetic Communications”, Volume 12, Number 12

This is a scanned image of the original Editorial Board page(s) for this issue.     

The Synthesis of 12-Methyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12B-Octahydroindolo [2,3-A]Quinolizine (1), 1-Benzoyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12B-Octahydroindolo[2, 3-A]Quinolizine (2), and 1-Phenylcarbinol-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12B-Octahydroindolo[2, 3-A]Quinolizine (3)

12-Methyl-l, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12b-octahydroindolo[2, 3-a]quinolizine (1) is synthesized through a new route developed in our laboratory. The most important step in this synthesis is the condensation of I-methyltryptophyl bromide (4) with 2-piperidone (5) to give N -(2-(1-methylidol)-3-ylethyl)-2-piperidone (6) in good yield (70%). The synthesis of 1-benzoyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12b-octahydroindolo(2, 3-a]quinolizine (2) and 1-phenylcarbinol-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 12b-octahydroindolo[2, 3-a]quinolizine (3) follow the method developed by Wenkert. But the yield of tetrahydropyridine 9 from partial hydrogenation of pyridinum bromide 8 with 10% palladium-charcoal is 84% which is much higher than the best yield (40%) in the literature, since the phenyl group contribute additional stability.     

Regiospecific, enantiospecific total synthesis of the 12-alkoxy-substituted indole alkaloids, (+)-12-methoxy-Na-methylvellosimine, (+)-12-methoxyaffinisine, and (-)-fuchsiaefoline

[reaction: see text] The enantiospecific synthesis of 7-methoxy-d-tryptophan was completed by combination of the Larock heteroannulation process with a Sch?llkopf-based chiral auxiliary in good yield. This ester was then employed in the first total synthesis of (+)-12-methoxy-Na-methylvellosimine, (+)-12-methoxyaffinisine, and (-)-fuchsiaefoline in regiospecific, stereospecific fashion in excellent overall yield. The asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction and enolate-driven palladium-catalyzed cross coupling processes served as key steps.     

The electronic structure ofα-B12, B12P2 and B12AS2

The electronic band structures of the rhombohedral-based boron compounds -B₁₂, B₁₂P₂ and B₁₂ As₂ have been investigated along all symmetry directions. The calculations show that the band gap, in all cases, is of the order of 2 eV, which correlates with the known color of -rhombohedral boron. The materials should be intrinsic semi-conductors, as has recently been shown experimentally. The states around the band gap in -B₁₂ are dominated by the boron 2p atomic states. The bonding in the icosahedra, as illuminated by cluster calculations, is shown to be rather similar to that in the isolated B₁₂ icosahedron. Of the intericosahedron interactions, those between B(2) and B(2) atoms are the strongest and have a bond index just above unity. In B₁₂P₂ the orbitals of the P₂ moiety make a significant contribution to the valence band edge states and the conduction band edge states also incorporate considerable (55%) phosphorus 3d orbital character. In B₁₂As₂ the arsenic 4d orbitals do not have as much effect in that crystal as do the 3d orbitals in B₁₂P₂.     

Inversed stability order in Keggin polyoxothiometalate isomers: a DFT study of 12-electron reduced alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon [(MoO4)Mo12O12S12(OH)12]2- anions

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to investigate 12-electron reduced alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon Keggin-like [(MoO4)Mo12O12S12(OH)12]2- polyoxothiometalates (POTMs), which show that the stability order is alpha < beta < gamma < delta < epsilon that is perfectly inverse to the well-known trend of the classical Keggin polyoxometalates. Energy decomposition analysis reveals that the enhanced stabilities of gamma, delta, and epsilon isomers originate the favorable arrangements of their Mo12O12S12(OH)12 shell, in which the edge-sharing [MoV2(mu-S)2O2] fragment plays a fundamental role in stabilizing the overall structure. Both frontier orbital analysis and Mayer indexes exhibit that a Mo-Mo single bond is formed inside the [MoV2(mu-S)2O2] fragment, which leads to the localization of the two reduced electrons. As compared with experimentally discovered cyclic [(C9H3O6)@Mo12O12S12(OH)12]3-, all Keggin POTM structures are less stable due to their disfavored cage framework and the disadvantageous host-guest interaction. However, the epsilon-type Keggin POTM that has the largest similarity to the cyclic species is possibly available in the presence of appropriate templates.     

A quantum chemical study of silsesquioxanes: H8Si8O12, Me8Si8O12, H@Me8Si8O12, He@Me8Si8O 12 + , and He@Me8Si8O12

Quantum chemical PBE0 and B3LYP/cc-pVTZ, PBE0, B3LYP, RHF and MP2/6-31G(d,p) methods are employed to calculate the structural parameters of octa(silsesquioxane) H₈Si₈O₁₂ and octa(methylsilsesquioxane) Me₈Si₈O₁₂. These molecules and complexes H@Me₈Si₈O₁₂, He@Me₈Si₈O ₁₂ ⁺ , and He@Me₈Si₈O₁₂ have highly symmetric (O _h ) equilibrium configurations. With the use of the PBE0 method and a cc-pVTZ multicenter basis set common for the complex and its components coincidence is achieved between the calculated polarizability of a free He atom and the experimental value of 0.21 ų and the polarizability depression of 0.17 ų was found for He@Me₈Si₈O₁₂. In order to avoid the false conclusion about molecular symmetry the calculations of the structure of silsesquioxanes must be performed with sufficiently high accuracy (Int = ultrafine and Opt = tight in the use of the GAUSSIAN program).