3-BocNH-ABNO-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohol at room temperature and atmospheric pressure

A transition-metal-free catalytic system has been developed for selective transformation of alcohol to aldehydes or ketones. The reactions were performed with 3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane N-oxyl (3-BocNH-ABNO) as the catalyst, NaNO₂ as the co-catalyst, molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant, and AcOH as the solvent under room temperature. This catalytic system exhibited broad functional group tolerance. A series of alcohol substrates, including primary and secondary benzylic alcohols, heteroaromatic analogues, primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols, could be converted into their corresponding aldehydes and ketones in good conversions and selectivities.     

Evolution of the adsorbed water layer structure on silicon oxide at room temperature

The molecular configuration of water adsorbed on a hydrophilic silicon oxide surface at room temperature has been determined as a function of relative humidity using attenuated total reflection (ATR)-infrared spectroscopy. A completely hydrogen-bonded icelike network of water grows up to three layers as the relative humidity increases from 0 to 30%. In the relative humidity range of 30-60%, the liquid water structure starts appearing while the icelike structure continues growing to saturation. The total thickness of the adsorbed layer increases only one molecular layer in this humidity range. Above 60% relative humidity, the liquid water configuration grows on top of the icelike layer. This structural evolution indicates that the outermost layer of the adsorbed water molecules undergoes transitions in equilibrium behavior as humidity varies. These transitions determine the shape of the adsorption isotherm curve. The structural transitions of the outermost adsorbed layer are accompanied by interfacial energy changes and explain many phenomena observed only for water adsorption.     

常温常压D072树脂氧化吸附油品脱硫的研究

采用ODS方法,讨论了以D072树脂为催化剂,双氧水为氧化剂脱除汽油中含硫化合物的实验规律。实验采用14 mL汽油,5 g处理后的树脂,一定量H₂O₂,0.1 g Span 60充分搅拌,每30 min监测油品中硫含量,反应2 h后用NMP(N-甲基吡咯烷酮),剂油比为1/2萃取。主要考察反应温度(室温、40 ℃、60 ℃、80 ℃),氧化剂用量(O/S=0、O/S=17、O/S=34)对脱硫效果的影响。结果表明,常温常压下O/S为17时脱硫率最佳,达到75%。     

Rapid and controllable covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes at room temperature

We report a rapid and efficient procedure to functionalize SWNT where free radicals generated at room temperature by a redox reaction between reduced SWNT and diacyl peroxide derivatives were covalently attached to the SWNT wall.     

A study of the polymorphism of potassium nitrate starting from room temperature and at atmospheric pressure

We expose in this paper the results of the temperature and enthalpy change measurements for the transformations II → I, I → III, III → II and III → I. These results were obtained by the DTA technique and correspond to various thermal cycles that are characterized by the initial and final temperatures. The method used has clarified several points such as how the thermal treatment and the humidity in the sample influence the transition I → III and the conditional apparition of phase III on cooling.     

Practical Os/Cu-cocatalyzed air oxidation of allyl and benzyl alcohols at room temperature and atmospheric pressure

[reaction: see text] A new protocol for the oxidation of primary and secondary allyl and benzyl alcohols at room temperature and using 1 atm of air is described. The procedure uses low loadings of copper salts and osmium tetroxide, which is activated with quinuclidine and prereduced with an alkene. Chemoselectivity for allyl and benzyl alcohols is very high, no overoxidation is observed, and the reaction takes place under neutral conditions.     

Fabrication and functionalization of nanochannels by electron-beam-induced silicon oxide deposition

We report on the fabrication and electrical characterization of functionalized solid-state nanopores in low stress silicon nitride membranes. First, a pore of approximately 50 nm diameter was drilled using a focused ion beam technique, followed by the local deposition of silicon dioxide. A low-energy electron beam induced the decomposition of adsorbed tetraethyl orthosilicate resulting in site-selective functionalization of the nanopore by the formation of highly insulating silicon oxide. The deposition occurs monolayer by monolayer, which allows for control of the final diameter with subnanometer accuracy. Changes in the pore diameter could be monitored in real time by scanning electron microscopy. Recorded ion currents flowing through a single nanopore revealed asymmetry in the ion conduction properties with the sign of the applied potential. The low-frequency excess noise observed at negative voltage originated from stepwise conductance fluctuations of the open pore.     

Complete supramolecular self-assembled adlayer on a silicon surface at room temperature

The engineering of a complete adlayer of organic nanolines by supramolecular self-assembly has been achieved for the first time on a silicon-based surface at room temperature and has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. This complete adlayer has been successfully obtained thanks to the combination of a specific Si(111)-B square root 3x square root 3R30 degrees semiconductive surface and of strong hydrogen bonds between a pair of dipolar molecules.     

A polar corundum oxide displaying weak ferromagnetism at room temperature

Combining long-range magnetic order with polarity in the same structure is a prerequisite for the design of (magnetoelectric) multiferroic materials. There are now several demonstrated strategies to achieve this goal, but retaining magnetic order above room temperature remains a difficult target. Iron oxides in the +3 oxidation state have high magnetic ordering temperatures due to the size of the coupled moments. Here we prepare and characterize ScFeO(3) (SFO), which under pressure and in strain-stabilized thin films adopts a polar variant of the corundum structure, one of the archetypal binary oxide structures. Polar corundum ScFeO(3) has a weak ferromagnetic ground state below 356 K-this is in contrast to the purely antiferromagnetic ground state adopted by the well-studied ferroelectric BiFeO(3).     

Ion trapping at atmospheric pressure (760 Torr) and room temperature with a high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometer

A method for the confinement of ions at 760 Torr and room temperature is described. We have recently shown that a cylindrical-geometry high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS), which utilizes an ion separation technique based on the change in ion mobility at high electric fields, focuses ions in two dimensions. This article describes a FAIMS device in which the focusing is extended to three dimensions (i.e. ion trap). Characterization of the ion trap was carried out using a laboratory-constructed time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The half-life of a m/z 380 ion in the trap was determined to be 5 ms.     

One-step synthesis of stoichiometrically defined metal oxide nanoparticles at room temperature

A great variety of metal oxide nanoparticles have been readily synthesized by using alkali metal oxides, M(2)O (M is Na or Li) and soluble metal salts (metal chlorides) in polar organic solutions, for example, methanol and ethanol, at room temperature. The oxidation states of the metals in the resulting metal oxides (Cu(2)O, CuO, ZnO, Al(2)O(3), Fe(2)O(3), Bi(2)O(3), TiO(2), SnO(2), CeO(2), Nb(2)O(5), WO(3), and CoFe(2)O(4)) range from 1 to 6 and remain invariable through the reactions where good control of stoichiometry is achieved. Metal oxide nanoparticles are 1-30 nm and have good monodispersivity and displayed comparable optical spectra. These syntheses are based on a general ion reaction pathway during which the precipitate occurs when O(2-) ions meet metal cations (M(n+)) in anhydrous solution and the reaction equation is M(n+) + n/2 O(2-) --> MO(n/2) (n=1-6).     

Emission spectra of nitrous oxide supported acetylene flames at atmospheric pressure

The emission spectra of a premixed flame of acetylene supported by nitrous oxide have been recorded under different fuel-gas mixture conditions. The emission spectra in these flames of a series of metals, for which it is difficult to obtain a significant population of ground state atoms for atomic absorption spectroscopy in more conventional flames, have also been studied. The red secondary zone which is present in the fuel-rich flames shows emission attributable to long-lived CN and NH species which form a strongly reducing atmosphere to inhibit refractory oxide formation from elements such as molybdenum, titanium and aluminium introduced into the flame. An attempt has also been made to explain some of the reactions which may occur between the flame species above the primary reaction zone.     

Temperature profiles in nitrous oxide supported acetylene flames at atmospheric pressure

Temperature profiles have been established at three mixture strengths of the nitrous oxide-acetylene flame used in atomicabsorption spectroscopy. Measurement of the electronic excitation temperature of the red-feather zone by the sodium line-reversal and iron two-line methods yields average maximum temperatures of 3070 and 3025 +/- 50 degrees K respectively. This is significantly lower than the only previously reported value, 3228 degrees K. Other temperature measurements obtained by studying intensity distribution of NH rotational fine structure and CN vibrational structure yielded less precise results, but suggest a state of thermal equilibrium in the flame. The temperature gradient within the flame shows a steady decrease with height above the primary zone. A study of CN spectra and the zones of persistence of free atoms and of metal oxide species suggests a mechanism of free atom production within the cyanogen zone whereby the removal of oxidizing radicals by CN promotes dissociation of metal oxide species previously formed in the primary zone of the flame.     

Boron nitride synthesized at ambient pressure and room temperature by plasma electrolysis

A mixture of cubic boron nitride (c-BN) and extra-diamond boron nitride (E-BN) has been synthesized at ambient pressure and room temperature by plasma electrolysis. The formation of c-BN was characterized by FTIR and TEM measurements. This method may not only offer a facile technique for c-BN production, but also provide a new research field in c-BN thermodynamics.     

Modified Markó’s aerobic oxidation of alcohols under atmospheric pressure with air or molecular oxygen at room temperature

A modified version of Markó’s aerobic oxidation procedure, using highly pure (99.995+%) CuCl with 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dpPhen), DBAD, and Cs₂CO₃ (98% purity) successfully oxidized primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones in excellent yield at room temperature with either air or molecular oxygen under atmospheric pressure.     

不同载体稳定的纳米金催化剂室温催化氧化甲醛研究

甲醛是一种常见的室内空气污染物,人们针对其消除已经做了大量的研究工作.催化氧化法是脱除挥发性有机物的一种重要方法,能在较低温度下通过催化剂作用将甲醛完全氧化为无毒的CO2和H2O.所用催化剂主要为负载型贵金属催
　　化剂和非贵金属催化剂,但只有担载贵金属Pt或Pd的催化剂可在室温下将甲醛完全氧化,而非贵金属一般则需要较高的温度. Au催化剂是近年来催化领域的一个研究热点,但是关于纳米Au催化剂室温消除甲醛的研究较少.本课题组前期研究发现,以可还原性氧化物(CeO2, FeOx)为载体负载的Au催化剂具有优异的室温氧化甲醛活性;并且突破以可还原性载体负载金的传统思路,首次发现“惰性载体”γ-Al2O3,负载的金催化剂在室温、有水条件下具有优异的甲醛氧化活性.本文对比了还原性氧化物(CeO2, FeOx)和非还原性氧化物(Al2O3, SiO2和HSZM-5)载体负载金催化剂,研究了载体氧化还原性质对负载金催化剂在高空速(600000 ml/(g·s))条件下室温催化氧化甲醛的活性和稳定性影响.结果表明,在室温、高空速且相对湿度为50%的条件下, Au/Al2O3催化剂的初活性最高,且较为稳定. Au/SiO2和Au/HZSM-5催化剂的初活性虽然较高,但很快失活.而还原性氧化物载体(CeO2, FeOx)负载的金催化剂初活性较低,但是稳定性较好.通过电镜对负载金催化剂表面Au粒子大小的表征,并将粒子尺寸与负载金催化剂室温氧化甲醛初活性相关联,它与催化氧化甲醛反应速率成线性关系. Au粒子尺寸较小的催化剂(Au/Al2O3和Au/SiO2),在高空速条件下具有更高的氧化甲醛活性,而Au粒子尺寸较大的Au/FeOx催化剂活性较差.载体的氧化还原性质虽然不直接影响Au催化剂初活性,但直接影响催化剂稳定性.由于Au与SiO2或HZSM-5载体的相互作用较弱,导致反应过程中Au粒子聚集长大,使其失活较快;而Au/Al2O3催化剂表面则富含羟基物种,能够与Au形成配体或产生锚定作用,因此反应过程中金粒子没有明显长大.而表面中间物种的沉积并覆盖活性位是负载金催化剂缓慢失活的主要原因.     

Capacitive porous silicon sensors for measurement of low alcohol gas concentration at room temperature

Capacitive alcohol gas sensors using a porous silicon (PS) layer were fabricated and investigated for the measurement of breath alcohol concentration. Since the PS layer shows high adsorption against ethanol along with a large internal surface area, detecting low alcohol gas concentrations without any heating may be realized in comparison with metal oxide sensors. In this work, we measured the capacitance for the range of 0–0.5% alcohol concentrations using the proposed sensors, and observed how illumination of UV light affected the sensitivity. In addition, the effect of CO₂ and N₂ gases involved commonly in exhaling breath was estimated, and the same experiment for methanol gas was executed to compare qualitatively with ethanol gas. Received: 23 July 1999 / Accepted: 15 October 1999     

室温光致发光含钒硅胶的制备和研究

钒掺杂的硅胶显示出有广阔应用前景的催化和光催化特性,引起了人们在其催化机理和应用方面的研究热潮[1-6]。硅胶中氧化钒的微观分子结构和电子状态与它的催化特性密切相关,而荧光谱和磷光谱是研究分子结构,电子状态和光反应的重要工具,目前关于发光机制的研究已经取得巨大进展