Ion-ion recombination as a function of ion and gas densities

We present a basic theory of the link between the low and high gas-density limits to ion-ion recombination under a general interaction V which now depends on the ion density and which is determined self-consistently with the recombination. Increase in ion density up to 10¹⁴ cm⁻³ causes little change to the recombination rates in direct contrast to that obtained in recent computer simulations.     

Solvent-averaged potentials for alkali-, earth alkali-, and alkylammonium halide aqueous solutions

We derive effective, solvent-free ion-ion potentials for alkali-, earth alkali-, and alkylammonium halide aqueous solutions. The implicit solvent potentials are parametrized to reproduce experimental osmotic coefficients. The modeling approach minimizes the amount of input required from atomistic (force field) models, which usually predict large variations in the effective ion-ion potentials at short distances. For the smaller ion species, the reported potentials are composed of a Coulomb and a Weeks-Chandler-Andersen term. For larger ions, we find that an additional, attractive potential is required at the contact minimum, which is related to solvent degrees of freedom that are usually not accounted for in standard electrostatics models. The reported potentials provide a simple and accurate force field for use in molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations of (poly-)electrolyte systems.     

Ion-solvent and ion-ion interactions of sodium molybdate and sodium tungstate in mixtures of acetonitrile and water at 298.15, 308.15, and 318.15 K

The apparent molar volumes (V _ϕ) and viscosity B-coefficients of sodium molybdate and sodium tungstate in aqueous binary mixtures of acetonitrile were determined from solution density and viscosity measurements at 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15 K and various electrolyte concentrations. The experimental density and viscosity data were evaluated by the Masson and Jones-Dole equations, respectively, and the parameters derived were interpreted in terms of ion-solvent and ion-ion interactions. The activation parameters of viscous flow were also determined and discussed using transition state theory. The article is published in the original.     

Electromotive-force studies of mixed electrolytes in mixed solvents. HCl+NH4Cl in methanol+water solvents at 25°C

Electromotive-force measurements of the cell Pt, H₂(g, 1 atm)|HCl(m₁), NH₄Cl(m₂), methanol(X%), Water(100–X)%|AgCl|Ag have been made at 25°C for m₁+m₂=1 mole-kg^–1 and X=0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50% methanol by weight. Hydrochloric acid obeys Harned's rule in aqueous solutions, but a quadratic term is required in the mixed solvents. The Harned coefficients for the acid vary with solvent composition, and this invalidates the applicability of Harned's method for estimating activity coefficients for single electrolytes in mixed solvents. This method is described and the reason for the inapplicability of the method is discussed in terms of ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions.     

Activity coefficients of sodium,potassium, and nitrate ions in aqueous solutions of NaNO3, KNO3, and NaNO3+KNO3 at 25°C

Ion selective electrodes have been used to measure the activity coefficients at 25°C of individual ions in aqueous solutions of NaNO₃ up to 3.5 molal, KNO₃ up to 3.5 molal and mixtures of NaNO₃ and KNO₃ up to 2.4 molal total nitrate ion concentration. The experimental results confirm that the activity coefficient of anion and cation in aqueous single electrolyte solutions of NaNO₃ and KNO₃ were different from each other over the whole range of concentrations studied. These effects are attributed to the ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions. The results also show that the activity coefficients of nitrate ions in the presence of sodium and potassium counterions do not depend significantly on the nature of the counterions present in the solution. The experimental data obtained in this study were correlated by a model proposed previously.     

Existence of optical phonons in the room temperature ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate

The technologically important properties of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are fundamentally linked to the ion-ion interactions present among the constituent ions. These ion-ion interactions in one RTIL (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate, [C(2)mim]CF(3)SO(3)) are characterized with transmission FTIR spectroscopy and polarized attenuated total reflection (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy. A quasilattice model is determined to be the best framework for understanding the ionic interactions. A novel spectroscopic approach is proposed to characterize the degree of order that is present in the quasilattice by comparing the dipole moment derivative calculated from two independent spectroscopic measurements: (1) the TO-LO splitting of a vibrational mode using dipolar coupling theory and (2) the optical constants of the material derived from polarized ATR experiments. In principle, dipole moment derivatives calculated from dipolar coupling theory should be similar to those calculated from the optical constants if the quasilattice of the RTIL is highly structured. However, a significant disparity for the two calculations is noted for [C(2)mim]CF(3)SO(3), indicating that the quasilattice of [C(2)mim]CF(3)SO(3) is somewhat disorganized. The potential ability to spectroscopically characterize the structure of the quasilattice, which governs the long-range ion-ion interactions in a RTIL, is a major step forward in understanding the interrelationship between the molecular-level interactions among the constituent ions of an ionic liquid and the important physical properties of the RTIL.     

Modification of the Falkenhagen equation to fit conductimetric data for concentrated electrolyte solutions

A modification of the Falkenhagen equation is proposed, which fits correctly data of 29 different 1:1 aqueous electrolyte solutions up to very high concentrations. The concept of activity is used to account for deviations from ideality appearing at higher concentrations. A discussion about trends in the value of the ‘distance of closest approach between two ions’, a, and novel conductivity data for several concentrated electrolyte solutions estimated by the proposed model are also provided.     

Ion-solvent and ion-ion interactions of NaCl aqueous and aqueous maltose solutions at 298–323 K on viscosity data

Viscosities of sodium chloride in concentration range 1 × 10^?2 to 9 × 10^?2 ± 0.001 mol dm^?3, have been determined in aqueous and aqueous maltose systems (1.0 to 9.0 wt %) at different temperatures (298 to 323 K). The viscosity data have been analyzed by using Jones-Dole equation and the derived parameters A and B coefficients were also calculated. The data obtained from viscometric studies has been used to investigate the ion-solvent interaction and ion-ion interaction. Thermal effects on the ionic interactions were also examined under the light of transition state theory.     

Ion-ion proton transfer reactions of bio-ions involving noncovalent interactions: Holomyoglobin

Multiply protonated horse skeletal muscle holomyoglobin and apomyoglobin have been subjected to ion-ion proton transfer reactions with anions derived from perfluoro-1,3-dimethylcyclohexane in a quadrupole ion trap operated with helium as a bath gas at 1 mtorr. Neither the apomyoglobin nor holomyoglobin ions show any sign of fragmentation associated with charge state reduction to the 1 + charge state. This is particularly noteworthy for the holomyoglobin ions, which retain the noncovalently bound heme group. For example, no sign of heme loss is associated with charge state reduction from the 9 + charge state of holomyoglobin to the 1 + charge state despite the eight consecutive highly exothermic proton transfer reactions required to bring about this charge change. This result is consistent with calculations that show the combination of long ion lifetime and the high ion-helium collision rate relative to the ion-ion collision rate makes fragmentation unlikely for high mass ions in the ion trap environment even for noncovalently bound complexes of moderate binding strength. The ion-ion proton transfer rates for holo- and apomyoglobin ions of the same charge state also were observed to be indistinguishable, which supports the expectation that ion-ion proton transfer rates are insensitive to ion structure and are determined primarily by the attractive Coulomb field.     

Explanation of Ionic Sequences in Various Phenomena. III. Salting-in and -out of Amino Acids

Abstract

Previous developed theories were applied in explaining the mechanism for the salting-in and -out of various amino acids. Glycine is salted-in according to the cationic sequences Li⁺ > Na⁺ > K⁺ > Rb⁺ and Ca²⁺ > Ba²⁺ > Sr²⁺. The ability of a cation to increase the solubility of an amino acid therefore corresponds to the destruction of the ion-ion bond between the - CO-₂and the -NH_{+ 2}group of the amino acid by forming an insoluble ion-ion bond between the added cation and the - CO?² group. This insolubilizing effect produces a positive charge on the amino acid. If, however, the anion of the added salt forms a relatively insoluble ion-ion bond with the -NH₊₂ group of the amino acid, then the effect is minimized because now both charges on the amino acid are reduced. Consequently, the more insoluble the cation amino acid salt and the more soluble the anion amino acid salt (or vice versa), the greater will be the salting-in effect. Titration of either charged group on the amino acid zwitterion has the same effect, since now the ion-ion bond of the amino acid is again destroyed. Aliphatic and carboxylic acid groups also effect the salting-in sequence, since these groups are salted-out by addition of salt when D^± < D_H2o. These mechanisms explain how leucine is first salted-out, then salted-in (at 4 M) and finally salted-out again (at 9 M) in LiCl solutions. Urea salts-in hydrophobic amino acids by increasing the dielectric constant and salts-out polar amino acids by increasing the interaction between the two charge groups on the amino acid. Glycine reverses the salting-in effect of NaCl on asparagine by competing for the Na⁺ ion.     

Volumetric,rheological, and optical properties of hydroxylamine hydrochloride aqueous solutions containing NaCl,KCl, and NH4Cl at 30°C

Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices of aqueous solutions of hydroxylamine hydrochloride containing 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15 mol/dm³ NaCl, KCl, and NH₄Cl were measured at different concentrations of hydroxylamine hydrochloride at 30°C. Viscosity coefficients A and B representing ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions were determined from Jones-Dole equation. Experimental properties and viscosity coefficients have been interpreted in terms of ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions. Ion-solvent interactions were found to be dominating over the ion-ion interactions in studied systems.     

Comment on "Model of saturated lithium ammonia as a single-component liquid metal" [J. Chem. Phys. 124, 074702 (2006)

We demonstrate in this Comment that the theory of simple metals applied to the saturated Li-NH3 solution in the titled paper [U. Pinsook and S. Hannongbua, J. Chem. Phys.124, 074702 (2006)] should account for the peculiarities of the solution, namely, the high solvent polarizability and different energy scales for ion-ion and electron-electron interactions. Calculations not taking into account these peculiarities contradict the experimental phase diagram of the Li-NH3 solution.     

Measurement of the Diffusivity of Cesium Ion in Aqueous Rubidium Chloride Solution

For the first time cesium diffusivity in aqueous solutions of rubidium chloride is being reported here in the concentration range from 0.001 to 4.00 mol⋅dm⁻³. The measurement use a radioactive tracer technique employing a sliding cell mechanism. These diffusivity values were utilized to understand the transport mechanism of Cs ion in the RbCl–H₂O system using the Onsager-Gosting-Harned equation and the extended Debye-Hückel equation. The observed deviation between the theoretical and experimental diffusivities are explained by introducing the concept of Field-Dielectric-Gradient forces and energies that exist around an ion, which takes care of the finite size of the ion, ion-water interaction and the ion-ion interaction in a continuum basis.     

Ion-ion reactions in the gas phase: Proton transfer reactions of protonated pyridine with multiply charged oligonucleotide anions

Isolated triply and doubly charged anions of the single-stranded deoxynucleotide 5′-d(AAAA)-3′ were allowed to undergo ion-ion proton transfer reactions with protonated pyridine cations within a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Sufficiently high ion number densities and spatial overlap of the oppositely charged ion clouds could be achieved to yield readily measurable rates. Three general observations were made: (1) the ion-ion reaction rate constants were estimated to be 10^{? (7 ? 8)} cm³ ion^?1 s^?1; (2) the ion-ion reaction rates were found to be dependent on the reactant ion number density, which could be controlled by both the reactant ion number and the pseudopotential well depth, and (3) very little fragmentation, if any, was observed, as might normally be expected with highly exothermic proton transfer reactions.     

Vibrational spectral studies of solutions at elevated temperatures and pressures. IX. Acetic acid

Raman spectra of glacial acetic acid from 350 to 3700 cm^–1 have been measured at temperatures up to 275°C and at a pressure of 9 MPa. Raman spectra of aqueous solutions of acetic acid from 3.9 to 16 molar have been measured up to 200°C at a pressure of 7 MPa. The spectral region 800 to 1850 cm^–1 for both glacial acetic acid and its aqueous solutions have been studied in detail since this region is significantly affected by variations in temperature and concentration. An interpretation of the bands in this spectral region was made with the aid of factor analysis, difference spectroscopy, band resolution techniques and the existing extensive literature. The results suggest that the major equilibrium in glacial acetic acid is between cyclic and linear dimers; however, in aqueous solutions in the concentration range studied, mono- and di-hydrated dimers and cyclic dimers are the predominant species.     

Separation of Biological Pyridines by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

The separation of the six pyridine compounds which comprise the pyridine nucleotide cycle, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate and para-aminobenzoic acid, a compound biologically related to these pyridines, can be achieved rapidly utilizing high pressure liquid chromatography. Optimum separation is accomplished using ion-ion pairing in reverse phase chromatography with a C₁₈ stationary phase and an aqueous mobile phase of 5mM pentanesulfonic acid and 25 mM KH₂PO₄. The effect of temperature on the separation is minimal. As little as 10 ng of these compounds is detected via absorption of ultraviolet light at a wavelength of 254 nm.     

Computer simulation of dissociative equilibrium in aqueous NaCl electrolyte with account for polarization and ion recharging. Ionization mechanism

The Monte Carlo method in a system with periodic boundary conditions was used within the model with explicit account for many-bod interactions to calculate ion-water correlation functions and the mean force ion-ion potential for extremely dilute aqueous electrolyte. Many-body interactions result in a decrease in the first coordination number of ions by approximately one molecule. The same effect is observed in the case of hydration in water vapors. Partial displacement of molecules from the lower layer into the higher hydrate layers occurs mainly by means of interactions of dipoles induced on molecules. Many-body interactions enhance the stability of unrecombined ion pairs separated by solvent molecules (SSIP states). The depth of the minimum in the dependence of the ion-ion mean force potential with account for many-body interaction forces is several times higher than in primitive interaction models. The value of effective relative dielectric permeability of the solvent at short distances from the ions grows faster than 1/R. Due to solvent polarization, counterions are strongly repelled at distances corresponding to overlapping of their hydrate shells and are weakly attracted at large distances. Stability of ion pair SSIP states in liquid electrolyte is due to rearrangement of the molecular structure of the solvent in the interion space and is an entropy effect. This mechanism differs qualitatively from that observed under hydration in water vapor and the depth of the minimum corresponding to SSIP states is by an order of magnitude lower in liquid electrolyte as compared to that in saturated water vapor.     

Effect of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate on thermodynamic properties of glycine and l-alanine in aqueous solutions at different temperatures

Densities, ρ, speed of sound, u for glycine, l-alanine have been measured in aqueous solutions of dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (DKHP) ranging from 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mol·kg⁻¹ at temperatures T = (288.15, 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15) K. The different parameters such as apparent molar volume, limiting apparent molar volume, transfer volume, partial molar expansibility have been derived from density data. Experimental speeds of sound data were used to estimate apparent molar adiabatic compressibility, limiting apparent molar adiabatic compressibility, transfer parameter and hydration number. These parameters have been discussed in the light of ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions.     

A new organocatalyst derived from abietic acid and 4-hydroxy-l-proline for direct asymmetric aldol reactions in aqueous media

Enantioselective direct aldol reactions were carried out in aqueous media with a new organocatalyst that was derived from 4-hydroxy-l-proline and abietic acid via a simple and convenient synthetic protocol with a high overall yield (75%). The new organocatalyst was used for aldol reactions between substituted aromatic aldehydes and various ketones in the presence of several acid additives in aqueous media. The corresponding aldol products were obtained in high isolated yields (up to 99%) and with high anti-diastereoselectivities (up to 94%) and enantioselectivities (>99.9%). The catalyst loading can be efficiently reduced to only 1 mol %. The aldol reactions were found to be extremely fast which is very unusual in organocatalyzed reactions in water.     

High-Pressure Liquid-Liquid Immiscibility in Aqueous Solutions of Tetra-n-butylammonium Bromide Studied by a Diamond Anvil Cell Technique

By use of a diamond anvil cell, we show that at high pressures aqueous solutions of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide form a closed liquid–liquid immiscibility loop with a critical concentration of about 2.0 mol-kg^–1. We report data for a near-critical isopleth, which describes the pressure dependence of the upper and lower consolute points. At about 700 MPa and 373 K both consolute points coincide to form a hypercritical point, which characterizes the minimum pressure to achieve immiscibility. We show that this immiscibility can be rationalized in terms of Pitzer's ion-interaction theory. We determine the ion-interaction parameters of Pitzer's theory up to 423 K at normal pressure. Inclusion of volumetric data gives the correct trend toward a high-pressure immiscibility. We discuss the results in terms of the interplay between ionic and hydrophobic forces in this system.