Phase Equilibria in the System CuO-Fe2O3-Sb2O4-O2

Results of X-ray phase analysis were used to construct the phase diagram of the system CuO-Fe₂O₃-Sb₂O₄-O₂ at 1000°C in air. Two Cu_2x Fe_4-3x Sb _x O₆ solid solutions (0 x 0.154 and 0.923 x 1) of, respectively, hematite and bixbyite structure were identified.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of a Reaction of Phenylacetylene with Carbon Monoxide and Butanol in Toluene Catalyzed by a Palladium(0) Complex in the Presence of Trifluoroacetic Acid and Triphenylphosphine

The reaction of phenylacetylene with CO and n-butanol in toluene (363 K) catalyzed by the Pd(dba)₂/m(CF₃COOH)/n(Ph₃P) system (dba is dibenzylideneacetone; 2 m 8; 10 n 30) is studied. The initial rate of the main product (butyl 2-phenylpropenoate) buildup is found to depend on the pressure of CO and the concentrations of reactants and system components. The state of the catalyst under reaction conditions is studied in situby IR spectroscopy. A kinetic model is developed based on the experimental results. This model corresponds to the mechanism that resembles the hydride mechanism in the type of main intermediates in the catalytic cycle.     

Some remarks on the solubility of gases in liquid long-chainn-alkanes andn-alkan-1-ols

The Ostwald coefficients L_2,1 of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, N₂, O₂, CH₄ CF₄ and SF₆ dissolved in several homologous_n-alkanes,_n-C₁H₂₁₊₂, 6l16, andn-alkan-1-ols,n-C₁H₂₁₊₁OH, 1l11, were recently measured at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure with a modified Ben-Naim/Baer apparatus. Altogether, 201 gas/liquid systems were investigated. For about half of these systems, both pressure control and measurement of the volume of gas dissolved in a given volume of solvent were achieved with a microprocessor. This improved medium-precision instrument (0.5% in most cases) combines easy handling with fully automated data retrieval, and is totallymercury-free. In this communication, the salient points of data reduction are presented, with the focus on the estimation of several important auxiliary quantities such as second virial coefficients and partial molar volumes at infinite dilution. The effect of the chain lengthl of then-alkane or then-alkan-1-ol upon solubility is demonstrated, and some correlations betweenL _2,1, or the derived Henry fugacitiesH _2,1, and appropriate molecular and/or bulk properties of the gases and the solvents are discussed.     

Diffusion–Migration Currents on Microelectrodes: Comparing Two Approximate Approaches

Two electroneutrality and constant-field solutions of the diffusion–migration problem in steady-state conditions on microelectrodes, where both approximations admit analytical solutions, are compared. Analytical equations for the potential drop across the diffusion layer ₀ in terms of RT/F and the migration factor Y are obtained for three- and four-component systems containing two and three types of electroactive ions, respectively, and one type of ions that takes no part in the reaction. Both methods yield virtually identical ₀. The migration coefficients at large absolute values of ₀ noticeably differ. The Y vs. ₀ dependences in the two approaches different. The Y values yielded by these methods are close only at |₀| 1. For real electrochemical reactions considered, the electroneutrality condition at the limiting current is fulfilled at electrode radii >1 m and electrolyte concentrations >0.1 mM.     

1A1⇔5T2 Spin Transition in Heterometallic Solid Phases FexNi1-x(Htrz)3(NO3)2 · H2O (Htrz = 1,2,4‐Triazole)

Solid phases Fe_xNi_1-x(Htrz)₃(NO₃)₂ · H₂O (0.4 x 0.8$) and Ni(Htrz)₃(NO₃)₂ · H₂O were synthesized and studied. The phases were studied by means of magnetochemistry, powder Xray difraction analysis, and electronic and IR spectroscopy. The heterometallic phases are described by the stoichiographic method of differentiating dissolution (DD). The values of x were determined by two methods — atomic absorption and DD. Magnetochemical data showed that the solid phases exhibit a hightemperature ¹A₁ ⁵T₂ 0.5 x 0.8 and disappears at x = 0.4. The spin transition is accompanied by thermochromism (color changed from pink to white at 0.6 x 1 and from pink to light lilac at x = 0.5). A decrease in x leads to a decrease in the temperature of the forward (under heating T_c ) and reverse (under cooling T_c ) transitions, a decrease in hysteresis value ( T_c), and a smearing of the spin transition.     

Dissociation equilibrium between uncharged and charged local anesthetic lidocaine in a surface-adsorbed film

The dissociation equilibrium between uncharged local anesthetic lidocaine (LC) and charged local anesthetic LC (LCH⁺) in a surface-adsorbed film was investigated by measuring the surface tension and pH of aqueous solutions of a mixture of hydrochloric acid and LC. The surface tension values decreased slightly with increasing total molality m_t at 0X₂0.5, where X₂ is the mole fraction of LC in the mixture, while they decreased rapidly with increasing m_t at 0.5<X₂1. It was shown from the pH measurements that almost all LC molecules were changed into LCH⁺ ions by protonation at 0X₂0.5 and both forms coexisted only at 0.5<X₂1. The quantities of the respective LC and LCH⁺ transferred from the aqueous solution to the adsorbed film, i.e., their surface densities, were calculated by applying the thermodynamic equations derived to the surface tension and pH data. A greater quantity of LC than LCH⁺ existed in the adsorbed film at the coexisting composition. The partitioning behavior of LC and LCH⁺ in the adsorbed film was characterized by three composition regions: (1) slight partitioning of low surface-active LCH⁺ in the region at 0X₂0.5, (2) preferential partitioning of LC at 0.5<X₂<around 0.7, and (3) negative partitioning of LCH⁺ at around 0.7X₂1. The present results clearly indicate that uncharged local anesthetics transfer into hydrophobic environments such as cell membranes more than charged ones.     

A toxic reagent-free method for normal-phase matrix solid-phase dispersion extraction and reversed-phase liquid chromatographic determination of aldrin,dieldrin, and DDTs in animal fats

A method for the determination of aldrin, dieldrin, DDT, DDE, and DDD contamination in animal fats (beef tallow, lard, and chicken fat) without using toxic reagents is developed, that uses high-performance liquid chromatography after the sample has been prepared by matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) with acidic alumina oxide. A reversed-phase C₁-silica column with a mobile phase of 50% (v/v) ethanol solution (in water) and a photo-diode array detector were used for the determination. Average recoveries of the target compounds (0.2–5.0 g g^–1) ranged from 84–98%, with coefficients of variation of <5%. The limits of quantitation were 0.16 g g^–1 for AD, 0.10 g g^–1 for DD, 0.06 g g^–1 for DDT, 0.07 g g^–1 for DDE, and 0.05 g g^–1 for DDD. No toxic reagents were used at all.     

Effect of hydrolysis catalyst and thermal treatment on titania synthesis via sol-gel

The effect of acidic and basic catalysts and of thermal treatment on the preparation of TiO₂ by the sol-gel method has been studied. The resultant solids were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy. A displacement of the band due to a fundamental transition to lower energies was observed when acid catalysts were used.

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Entropy in dissimilarity and chirality measures

Within the prospect of quantifying the geometrical dissimilarity of molecular models on the basis of a thermodynamical formalism, the algebra of stereogenic pairing equilibria is reviewed and applied to molecular geometry: developing Rassat's proposition, an interaction energy of two figures F and F is taken as proportional tod _H ^Emphasis>/2 (F, F), whered _H denotes the Hausdorff distance. IfG is a group of rotations in E _n the geometrical version of the general equation (E) of the chemical algebra defines a distance extensionD _p(F,F) ofd _H(F,F), which is independent of the orientations of F and F, and where the coefficientp is interpreted as the reciprocal of a temperature-like parameter:p 1/T. At K (p = ), no formal entropy contributes to the definition of the uniform distanceD . At K (p = 0), the discrimination between homo- and hetero-pairing of figures by the harmonic distance Do is averaged over orientation states. Temperature-dependent chirality measuresc _p are derived fromD _p, andc is analogous to Mislow's chirality measure. If T and oT are normalized enantiomorphic triangles with coincident centroids inE ₂,c _p(T) =D _p (T, T) is calculated forp = 0 andp = , and discussed for 0 <p < . Finally, the Hausdorff interaction model is putatively related to energy profiles versus dihedral angle inmeso- anddl-molecules.     

Development and Validation of an HPTLC–Densitometric Method for Determination of ACE Inhibitors

A high-performance thin layer chromatographic method coupled with densitometric analysis has been developed for measurement of benazepril and cilazapril, both pure and in their commercial dosage forms. The active substances were extracted from tablets with methanol (mean recovery 102%) and chromatographed on silica gel 60 F₂₅₄ HPTLC plates in horizontal chambers with ethyl acetate–acetone–acetic acid–water, 8:2:0.5:0.5 (v/v), as mobile phase. Chromatographic separation of these ACE inhibitors was followed by UV densitometric quantitation at 215 nm. Calibration plots were constructed in the range 0.4 to 2.0 g L^–1 for benazepril (2.0–10.0 g spot^–1) and from 0.5 to 1.5 g L^–1 for cilazapril (4.0–12.0 g spot^–1) with good correlation coefficients (r 0.990). The method was used to determine benazepril and cilazapril in pharmaceutical preparations with satisfactory precision (1.4% < RSD < 5.6%) and accuracy (1.7 < RE < 5.1).     

Calorimetric study of the BrO3?/Ce4+/cyclohexanone and BrO3?/Ce4+/cyclopentanone oscillating systems

The heat output (Q) during the induction period of a Belousov-Zhabotinskii oscillating reaction usually evolves at a constant rate /6/; we observe in the BrO ₃ ^– /Ce⁴⁺/Cyclohexanone system a sudden change in the slope of the function Q=f(t), which corresponds to the beginning of the quasistationary phase /3/.

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(Q) - ; BrO ₃ ^– /Ce⁺⁴/ Q=f(t), .

     

Triterpene Glycosides of Astragalus and Their Genins. LXI. Occurrence of Cycloartane 6-O-Monodesmosides

Cyclosiversigenin 6-O--L-rhamnopyranoside and 6-O--D-glucopyranoside were isolated fromAstragalus coluteocarpusBoiss. (Leguminosae) andAstragalus dissectusB. Fedtsch. et N. Ivanova, respectively. Cyclosiversigenin 5-O--L-rhamnopyranoside was shown to be an artifact forAstragalus coluteocarpus.Thus, the cyclosiversigenin 6-O--D-glucopyranoside that was isolated from certainAstragalusspecies is hypothesized also to be an artifact. Glycosylation of the 6 -hydroxyl group of cycloartanes by D-glucose and D-xylose, in contrast with other substituents, does not change the low-field position of the PMR signal of the 4-CH ₃ group (1.65 2.01 ppm) that is caused by the influence of deuteropyridine directly on the 6 -hydroxyl. Obviously one of the hydroxyls of the -D-glucopyranoside or -D-xylopyranoside residues has the same effect in this instance.     

The antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic properties of iron selenides with NiAs-type structure

The magnetic properties of the NiAs-type iron selenides have been investigated by susceptibility measurements between 100 and 450 K. Hexagonal -Fe_1-x Se exhibits both antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism depending on composition. For antiferromagnetic alloys with 0.02x0.10 (50.5 to 52.5 at % Se) the transition to the paramagnetic state is assumed to occur in the unstable range between room temperatur and about 573K. Ferrimagnetism is observed at compositions near Fe₇Se₈ (0.10x0.16; 52.5 to 54.3 at % Se) withCurie temperatures varying only slightly with composition. In Fe₇Se₈ the ferriparamagnetic transition is observable at 453 K. The characteristic discontinuities in the magnetization curves of Fe₇Se₈ in both superstructures (3c, 4c) are related to the rotation of the magnetic moments from a direction close to [001] into (001).The antiferromagnetism of Fe_0.89Se (52.8 at % Se) changes abruptly into ferrimagnetism when the temperature is raised above 160 K. The similar abrupt changes of the magnetic susceptibilities in the antiferromagnetic region are possibly associated with a crystallographic transformation. In the range of monoclinic -Fe_1-x Se with 0.24x0.36 (56.8 to 61.0 at % Se) only Fe₃Se₄ is ferrimagnetic above room temperature; alloys containing more selenium are ferrimagnetic far below room temperature. In Fe_0.69Se (59.1 at % Se) the transition from ferrimagnetism to paramagnetism was observed at 145 K. The saturation magnetization and the magnetic moments obtained from neutron diffraction are compared with values calculated from a simple ionic model.

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Die antiferromagnetischen und ferrimagnetischen Eigenschaften von Eisenseleniden mitNiAs-Struktur

Zusammenfassung Die magnetischen Eigenschaften von Eisenseleniden mit NiAs-Struktur wurden mittels Suszeptibilitätsmessungen zwischen 100 und 450 K untersucht. Hexagonales -Fe_1-xSe zeigt abhängig von der Konzentration sowohl Antiferromagnetismus als auch Ferrimagnetismus. In antiferromagnetischen Legierungen mit 0,02x0,10 (50,5 bis 52,5 At % Se) verläuft die Umwandlung in den paramagnetischen Zustand im nichfstabilen Bereich zwischen Raumtemperatur und 573 K. Ferrimagnetismus wurde in der Nähe von Fe₇Se₈ (0,10x0,16; 52,5 bis 54,3 At % Se) beobachtet mitCurietemperaturen, die sich nur wenig mit der Konzentration ändern. Fe₇Se₈ zeigt die ferri-paramagnetische Umwandlung bei 453 K. Die charakteristischen Diskontinuitäten der Magnetisierungskurven von Fe₇Se₈ in beiden Überstrukturen (3fache und 4fachec-Achse) hängen mit der Drehung der magnetischen Momente aus einer [001]-nahen Richtung in die (001)-Ebene zusammen. Der Antiferromagnetismus von Fe_0,89Se (52,8 At % Se) geht bei 160 K sprunghaft in Ferrimagnetismus über. Ähnliche sprunghafte Änderungen der magnetischen Suszeptibilitäten im antiferromagnetischen Bereich sind möglicherweise mit einer kristallographischen Umwandlung verbunden. Im Phasenbereich von monoklinem -Fe_1-x Se mit 0,24x0,36 (56,8 bis 61,0 At % Se) ist einzig Fe₃Se₄ oberhalb Raumtemperatur ferrimagnetisch; Legierungen mit mehr Selen sind weit unterhalb Raumtemperatur ferrimagnetisch. In Fe_0,69Se (59,1 At % Se) wurde der Übergang von Ferri- zu Paramagnetismus bei 145 K beobachtet. Die Sättigungsmagnetisierung und die magnetischen Momente aus Neutronenbeugungsexperimenten wurden mit Werten verglichen, die mit einem einfachen ionischen Modell berechnet wurden.

     

K β /K α X-ray intensity ratio in the region of 15≤Z≤22

The X-ray intensity ratioK /K has been measured by using a 10 mCi⁵⁵Fe source (MnK X-rays) and high resolution Si(Li) detector system coupled to a computer-controlled multichannel analyzer over the range of 15Z22. Corrections have been made to the measured relative intensities (K andK X-rays) for self-absorption in the sample, air, Be-window absorption and detection efficiency. The results are compared with those of other experiments and with the Scofield calculations.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of the Polyiodohalides of Organic Nitrogen-Containing Cations

The following biologically active diiodohalides of organic cations were studied: N-cetylpyridinium, trimethylbenzylammonium, triethylbenzylammonium, and N,N-dimethylmorpholinium diiodochlorides; N-cetylpyridinium, tetramethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, and N,N-dimethylmorpholinium diiodobromides; and N,N-dimethylmorpholinium and butyroylcholinium triiodides. A simple and rapid procedure was proposed for the determination of the above compounds; it is based on the conversion of organic diiodohalides into the corresponding triiodides (_{300 nm} 4 × 10⁴; _{370 nm} 2 × 10⁴) in the presence of excess potassium iodide (RSD 2%). An extraction–spectrophotometric method was developed for the quantitative determination of the biologically active compounds in pharmaceutical dosage forms based on their ion associates with anionic dyes, erythrosine (m _min = 1.25–3.30 g; RSD 3%) and Bromothymol Blue (m _min = 3.85 g; RSD = 3%), or a cationic dye—1,3-dimethyl-2-(4-morpholinophenyl)azobenzimidazolium phenylsulfate (m _min = 2.32–8.26 g; RSD 4%). The developed procedures were used for monitoring drug substances in model pharmaceutical preparations (RSD 4%).     

Benzene hydrogenation on platinum-tin bimetallic catalysts

Various catalysts were prepared by impregnating a commercial alumina with solutions containing the complex dichlorobis(trichlorostannato)platinate (II). [Pt Cl₂ (SnCl₃)₂]^2–. After reduction, 1–20 fold variations in the catalytic activity in benzene hydrogenation were observed in direct proportion to the stability of the complex in the impregnating solution.

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Some Pharmaceutical Properties of a New Branched Cyclodextrin, 6-O-α-(4-O- α-D-Glucuronyl)-D-glucosylβ-cyclodextrin

Some physicochemical and biological properties of a new branched cyclodextrin, 6-O--(4-O--d-glucuronyl)-d-glucosyl--cyclodextrin GUG--CyD) were investigated. Further, theinteraction of GUG--CyD with several drugs was studied by the solubility and spectroscopic methods, and compared with those of parent -CyD and 6-O--maltosyl--CyD(₂--CyD).The hemolytic activity of GUG--CyD on rabbit erythrocytes was lower than those of -CyD and ₂--CyD. GUG--CyD and ₂--CyD showed negligible cytotoxicity on Caco-2 cells up to at least 0.1 M. The inclusion ability of GUG--CyD to neutral and acidic drugs was comparable to or slightly smaller than those of -CyD and ₂--CyD, probably because of a steric hindrance of the branched sugar. On the other hand, GUG--CyD showed greater affinity for the basic drugs, compared with -CyD and ₂--CyD, owing to the electrostatic interaction of its carboxylate anion with positive charge of basic drugs. Thus GUG--CyD may be useful as a safe solubilizing agent particularly for basic drugs.     

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.     

Ferromagnetische Phase in Produkten des Kochprozesses von Cd(OH)2/Fe(OH)3

In the system CdO·xFe₂O₃ formed from co-precipitated and boiled hydroxides of Cadmium(II) and Iron(III) the following can be identified by X-ray study: atx0.8-besides the Cd(OH)₂ phase--Fe₂O₃, at 1.5x0.8 fine crystalline -Fe₂O₃ and traces of -Fe₂O₃, at 4>x>1.5 both modifications, i.e. -Fe₂O₃ and -Fe₂O₃, and atx>4 only -Fe₂O₃.The course of specific magnetisation as a function of composition confirms the X-ray findings.

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The thermal decomposition temperatures of ionic metal oxalates

Previous investigations linking the thermal decomposition properties of metal oxalates to the nature of the bonding have been successful only in establishing qualitative relationships. A quantitative relation is now revealed permitting prediction of the thermal decomposition temperaturesT _d (°C) of metal oxalates:T _d =516–1.4006r _c /r _i I wherer _c /r _i is the ratio of the Pauling covalent radius and the ionic radius of the metal atom in hexacoordination, andI _i is the sum of the ionization potentials of the metal atom in kJ mol^–1.

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Zusammenfassung Frühere Untersuchungen über Beziehungen der Eigenschaften thermischer Zersetzung von Metalloxalaten in Bezug auf Bindungseigenschaften, waren nur hinsichtlich der Feststellung qualitativer Zusammenhänge erfolgreich. Es wurde ein quantitativer Zuhammenhang gefunden, welcher die Voraussage der thermischen ZersetzungstemperaturenT _d (°C) der Metalloxalate gestattet:T _d =516–1.4006r _c /r _i , I _i wobeir _c /r _i das Verhältnis der Pauling'schen kovalenten Radiusen und des Ionenradius des Metallatoms in sechsfacher Koordination ist undI _i die Summe des Ionisierungspotentials des Metallatoms in kJ·mol^–1.

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Résumé Les études antérieures qui reliaient les caractéristiques de la décomposition thermique des oxalates métalliques à la nature de la liaison sont restées limitées à des relations qualitatives. Une relation quantitative qui permet de prédire les températures de décomposition thermiqueT _d (°C) des oxalates de métaux est présentée ici:T _d =516–1.4006r _c /r _i , I _i oùr _c /r _i est le rapport du rayon covalent de Pauling au rayon ionique de l'atome métallique hexacoordonné etI _i la somme des potentiels d'ionisation de l'atome de métal en kJ·mol^–1.

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, , . , T _d (°) :T _d =516–1.4006r _c /r _i ,I _i r _c /r _i — , aI _i — , · ^–1.

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Excerpt from a Dissertation by I. A. Kahwa, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of M. Sc. at the University of Dar es Salaam.

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The authors wish to thank the University Research and Publications Committee for grants which enabled carrying out of the preliminary studies, and the Staff Development Committee of the University of Dar es Salaam for financial support to I. A. Kahwa.