Temperature dependence of Kováts indices in gas chromatography revisited

The performance of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) detection coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography for the analysis of C₆₀ and C₇₀ fullerenes was investigated. The isocratic separation method involved an octadecylsilane (ODS) column and an acetonitrile–toluene (1:1) mobile phase. The hyphenated system was designed with a split valve to control eluent volume leading to the FT-IR detector; this allowed for additional coupling of the liquid chromatograph to ultraviolet–visible detection. On-line FT-IR spectra of C₆₀ and C₇₀ were matched with standard off-line FT-IR spectra from the literature. In addition, with band chromatograms individual fullerenes can be identified using FT-IR active modes known specifically for each fullerene. Few changes to a pre-existing HPLC–UV method were necessary for the HPLC–FT-IR method, and there was no need for fraction collection to identify the fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀.     

富勒烯(C60/70)-丙烯酸的自由基共聚

富勒烯及其衍生物在超导、光电、磁学等领域展现出奇特性能[1],富勒烯的化学修饰成为化学工作者们关注的热点之一,而其中合成含富勒烯的新型聚合物是一个非常重要的方面.     

基于二醛微晶纤维素功能化C18的反相/亲水色谱固定相的制备

通过十八烷基胺的氨基与二醛微晶纤维素的醛基共价键合,制备了基于二醛微晶纤维素(DMCC)官能化C₁₈的新型反相/亲水色谱固定相(C₁₈-DMCC/SiO₂),该色谱固定相被用于反相色谱(RPLC)和亲水相互作用色谱(HILIC)模式。C₁₈-DMCC/SiO₂色谱柱展现了良好的疏水选择性和芳香选择性,在反相色谱模式下可分离烷基苯和多环芳烃(PAHs)。苯胺类、酚类和糖苷类等极性化合物被用于评估该色谱柱在反相色谱模式下的极性选择性,商品C₁₈柱作对照柱,色谱评价结果令人满意。核酸碱基被用于评估C₁₈-DMCC/SiO₂色谱柱的亲水色谱性能。通过考察有机溶剂含量对分析物保留的影响,发现该新型色谱固定相具有反相/亲水色谱的典型特征。     

Microwave-assisted extraction of C60 and C70 from fullerene soot

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was examined as an alternative to the traditional Soxhlet method of extracting C₆₀ and C₇₀ from fullerene soot. MAE of 0.20 g of fullerene soot with 95:5 toluene–acetonitrile yielded greater than 7.8 mg of C₆₀ and greater than 0.54 mg of C₇₀ in 4 min with no further increase in yield after 30 min of irradiation. By comparison, exhaustive Soxhlet extraction of the same size sample with the same solvent yielded 7.1 mg of C₆₀ and 0.58 mg of C₇₀ in 340 min. Reextraction by MAE of soot initially extracted by Soxhlet increased the yield of Soxhlet alone. Although MAE was limited to less than 0.5-g sample per extraction vessel, multiple samples were extracted with minimal increased extraction time and no reduction in the amount of material recovered.     

CeO2对CuCl/活性炭吸附剂C2H4/C2H6吸附分离性能促进作用

通过等体积浸渍方法制备了添加CeO₂助剂的用于C₂H₄/C₂H₆吸附分离的CuCl/活性炭(AC)吸附剂,使用氮气吸附-脱附曲线、X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、能量分散X射线光谱(EDX)等分析方法对吸附剂进行了表征.结果表明,吸附剂表面Cu(II)在氮气气氛焙烧过程中被部分还原成Cu(I).重点研究了Ce元素的添加对于吸附剂的C₂H₄/C₂H₆吸附分离性能的影响,等温吸附曲线结果表明添加了CeO₂的吸附剂通过降低乙烷的吸附容量从而显著提高了吸附分离性能. XRD及XPS结果表明,和未添加助剂样品相比,其表面晶体团簇较小,分散性更好, Cu(II)还原程度更高.添加CeO₂的吸附剂样品5Ce50Cu(CeO₂和CuCl2的质量分数(w)分别为5%和50%)获得了最好的吸附分离效果,相对于未添加CeO₂的样品50Cu,其在660 kPa下的吸附选择性由4.2提升到8.7.     

Theoretical studies on the BN substituted fullerenes C70−2x(BN)x (x=1–3)—isoelectronic equivalents of C70

The equilibrium structures and relative stabilities of BN-doped fullerenes C_70−2x(BN)_x (x=1–3) have been studied at the AM1 and MNDO level. The most stable isomers of C_70−2x(BN)_x have been found out and their electronic properties have been predicted. The calculation results show that the BN substituted fullerenes C_70−2x(BN)_x have considerable stabilities, though they are less stable than their all carbon analog. For C₆₈BN, the isomers whose BN is located in the most chemically active bonds of C₇₀ (namely B and A) are among the most stable species, of which B is predicted to be the ground state. The stabilities of C₆₈BN decrease and the dipole moments increase with increasing the distance between the heteroatoms. For C₆₆(BN)₂, the lowest energy species is the isomer in which the B–N–B–N bond is formed; For C₆₄(BN)₃, the most stable species should have three BN units located in the same hexagon to form B–N–B–N–B–N ring. The ionization potentials and the affinity energies of the most stable species of BN-doped C₇₀ are almost the same as those of C₇₀ because of the isoelectronic relationship. The ionization potentials and affinity energies depend on the relative position of the heteroatoms in C₆₈BN, the chemical reactivities of the isomers whose heteroatoms are well separated should differ significantly from their all carbon analog.     

Observation of difluorinated higher fullerene anions by Knudsen cell mass spectrometry and determination of electron affinities of C60F2 and C70F2

Difluorinated higher fullerenes have been studied by Knudsen cell mass spectrometry. Thermal negative ions C_nF₂⁻ (n=60, 70, 72, 74, 76 and 78) were produced inside the effusion cell as well as the neutral molecules C₆₀F₂ and C₇₀F₂. From the equilibrium constants for the electron exchange reactions between difluorinated fullerenes and their parents electron affinity values were derived for C₆₀F₂ (2.74 eV) and C₇₀F₂ (2.80 eV).     

CeO2担载Cu纳米粒子电催化CO2还原产乙烯：CeO2不同暴露晶面对催化性能的影响

Fossil fuels are expected to be the major source of energy for the next few decades. However, combustion of nonrenewable resources leads to the release of large quantities of CO₂, the primary greenhouse gas. Notably, the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere is increasing annually at an astounding rate. Electrochemical CO₂ reduction (ECR) to value-added fuels and chemicals using electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources is a carbon-neutral method to alleviate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. Despite the steady progress in the selective generation of C₁ products (CO and formic acid), the production of multi-carbon species still suffers from low selectivity and efficiency. As an ECR product, ethylene (C₂H₄) has a higher energy density than do C₁ species and is an important industrial feedstock in high demand. However, the conversion of CO₂ to C₂H₄ is plagued by low productivity and large overpotential, in addition to the severe competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) during the ECR. To address these issues, the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts are critical. Here, we demonstrate fine-tuning of ECR to C₂H₄ by taking advantage of the prominent interaction of Cu with shape-controlled CeO₂ nanocrystals, that is, cubes, rods, and octahedra predominantly covered with (100), (110), and (111) surfaces, respectively. We found that the selectivity and activity of the ECR depended strongly on the exposed crystal facets of CeO₂. The overall ECR Faradaic efficiency (FE) over Cu/CeO₂(110) (FE ≈ 56.7%) surpassed that of both Cu/CeO₂(100) (FE ≈ 51.5%) and Cu/CeO₂(111) (FE ≈ 48.4%) in 0.1 mol·L^-1 KHCO₃ solutions with an H-type cell. This was in stark contrast to the exclusive occurrence of the HER over pure carbon paper, CeO₂(100), CeO₂(110), and CeO₂(111). In particular, the FE toward C₂H₄ formation and the partial current density increased in the sequence Cu/CeO₂(111) < Cu/CeO₂(100) < Cu/CeO₂(110) within applied bias potentials from -1.00 to -1.15 V (vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode), reaching 39.1% over Cu/CeO₂(110) at a mild overpotential (1.13 V). The corresponding values for Cu/CeO₂(100) and Cu/CeO₂(111) were FE_C2H4 ≈ 31.8% and FE_C2H4 ≈ 29.6%, respectively. The C₂H₄ selectivity was comparable to that of many reported Cu-based electrocatalysts at similar overpotentials. Furthermore, the FE for C₂H₄ remained stable even after 6 h of continuous electrolysis. The superior ECR activity of Cu/CeO₂(110) to yield C₂H₄ was attributed to the metastable (110) surface, which not only promoted the effective adsorption of CO₂ but also remarkably stabilized Cu⁺, thereby boosting the ECR to produce C₂H₄. This work offers an alternative strategy to enhance the ECR efficiency by crystal facet engineering.     

C5~C7烃类组分在Al2O3毛细管色谱柱上的分离及应用

详细研究了54种常见的C₅~C₇烃类组分在S型、KCl型和M型3种类型Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱上的分离和定性,结果显示大部分C₅~C₇烃类组分在3种类型Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱上的分离效果良好,但也存在一些组分分离不完全或共流出的现象,3种类型Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱上的分离效果也存在一定的差异。共测定了15个C₅烃类组分,25个C₆烃类组分及14个C₇烃类组分在这3种类型Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱上的线性程序升温保留指数,为C₅~C₇烃类组分在Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱上的定性提供了依据。同时定量分析了某石化企业的裂解气样品中C₅~C₇烃类组分的含量。本研究拓展了Al₂O₃毛细管色谱柱的应用范围,可以为石化企业轻烃的分析提供参考。     

The Rule of the Separation Factor Changing with Carbon Number for Fullerenes in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

At present a big part of fullerenes are produced from high pure graphite electrode, and the products are mixtures of C₆₀, C₇₀ etc. Because they are of very similar structure, their physical and chemical properties are very similar,so the separation of the mixture is one of the most interesting subjects. Recently,HPLC is generally applied to do this work, and this method is now still in the phase of research and development. Based on the work of other people and on thermodynamic theory of chromatography, a quantitative relationship model between the separation factor and carbon number of fullerenes in HPLC is proposed in this paper,and verified successfully by different author's experimental data in different papers.     

[(CO)2(C5H5)Fe]2C60的合成与表征

有关 C6 0 取代的金属羰基化合物的研究方兴未艾 .C6 0 作为一个特殊的烯烃 ,以六元环间的碳碳双键提供电子对 ,与过渡金属羰基化合物形成诸如 η2 ,η4 ,η6等结构新颖的化合物约有 40多例 [1～ 5] ,但只有一例是以 Fe为中心原子的 C6 0 取代的金属羰基化合物 ( η2 - C6 0 ) Fe( CO) 4 [1] .本文报道了第一例 C6 0配位的 Fe的双核金属羰基化合物 [( CO) 2 ( C5H5) Fe]2 (η2 - C6 0 ) ,并通过元素分析 ,IR,1H NMR,13CNMR和 XPS进行表征 .1　实验部分[Fe( CO) 2 ( C5H5) ]2 购自 Aldrich公司 .C6 0 纯度为 99% .其余试剂均…     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法检测三苯乙烯基苯酚聚氧乙烯醚

建立了高效液相色谱-串联质谱检测三苯乙烯基苯酚聚氧乙烯醚(tristyrylphenol ethoxylates,TSPn EO)的分析方法,并对TSPn EO在反相色谱柱(XBridge C_(18),150 mm×2.1 mm,3.5μm)、亲水相互作用色谱柱(XBridge HILIC,150 m m×2.1 m m,3.5μm)、氨基色谱柱(XBridge Amide,150 m m×2.1 m m,3.5μm)、伪反相色谱柱(C18柱(XBridge C_(18),50 mm×2.1 mm,5μm)与硅胶柱(Nova-Pak Silica,150 mm×2.1 mm,4μm)串联)4种不同液相色谱分离模式下的分离效果进行了研究。实验比较了5 mmol/L乙酸铵水-乙腈、0.1%(v/v)甲酸水-乙腈、水-乙腈和水-甲醇4种流动相组成及3种梯度洗脱条件对分离效果和灵敏度的影响。探讨了TSPnEO在电喷雾离子(ESI)源内的离子化特征,结果表明,在ESI正离子模式下,TSPnEO在离子源内形成[M+NH4]+离子,其聚合度的分布特征符合泊松分布。利用伪反相色谱柱,水-乙腈作为流动相,实现了不同聚合度(n=5~18)TSPnEO的分离。     

Electron Spin Resonance Spectra of Some Free Radical in Pure C60 and Mixture of C60/C70

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Evaluation of an on-line coupled continuous flow liquid membrane extraction and precolumn system as trace enrichment technique by liquid chromatographic determination of bisphenol A

An on-line coupled continuous flow liquid membrane extraction (CFLME) and C₁₈ precolumn system was developed for sample preconcentration in liquid chromatography determination. After preconcentration by CFLME, which is based on the combination of continuous flow liquid–liquid extraction and supported liquid membrane, bisphenol A (BPA) was enriched in 960 μl of 1 mol l⁻¹ NaOH used as acceptor. This acceptor was on-line neutralized and transported onto the C₁₈ precolumn where analytes were absorbed and focused. Then the focused analytes were injected onto a C₁₈ analytical column for separation and detected at 220 nm with a diode array detector. CFLME related parameters such as flow rates, pH of donor and acceptor, and enrichment time were optimized. The proposed method presents a detection limit of 0.03 μg l⁻¹ (S/N=3) when 60 ml samples was enriched with an enrichment time of 30 min. Compared with C₁₈ based column-switching procedure, this proposed procedure presents similar sample throughput and lower detection limits. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine BPA in tap water, river water, and municipal sewage effluent samples.     

Fast separation and quantification of C60 and C70 fullerenes using thermostated micro thin-layer chromatography.

Thermostated micro planar chromatography was applied for systematic separation studies of C60 and C70 fullerenes using n-alkanes as mobile phases on TLC and HPTLC plates coated with polyamide, silica gel, aluminum oxide as well as two types of octadecylsilica (C18) sorbents. Retention data were collected at constant temperature at 20 degrees C (+/-0.05 degrees C) using an unsaturated chamber mode with an eluent, such as n-pentane, n-hexane and n-heptane. The separation results under both saturated and unsaturated chamber modes for selected mobile/stationary phases were also examined, and several parameters, including separation factor (alpha) and resolution (R(S)), were compared with data obtained with high-performance liquid chromatography conditions. Interestingly, C60/C70 fullerenes separation performed on HPTLC plates with a developing distance of 45 mm was better for those observed on a 25 cm length analytical HPLC column under similar conditions to that on carbon coverage of the stationary phase, n-hexane as the mobile phase and separation temperature (R(S) = 1.84 and 1.68 for HPTLC, and HPLC, respectively). Moreover the advantage of the planar chromatographic separation of fullerenes studied is a short elution time of less than 6 min. Furthermore, the reported separation protocol shows a capability for the evaluation of fullerenes quantity in commercial samples.     

Semiempirical molecular dynamics studies of C60/C70 fullerene oxides: C60O, C60O2 and C70O

The spectral analysis indicates that all isomers of C₆₀O, C₇₀O and C₆₀O₂ have an epoxide-like structure (an oxygen atom bridging across a C–C bond). According to the geometrical structure analysis, there are two isomers of fullerene monoxide C₆₀O (the 5,6 bond and the 6,6 bond), eight isomers of fullerene monoxide C₇₀O and eight isomers of fullerene dioxide C₆₀O₂. In order to simulate the real reaction conditions at 300 K, the calculation of the different isomers of C₆₀O, C₆₀O₂ and C₇₀O fullerene oxides was carried out using the semiempirical molecular dynamics method with two different approaches: (a) consideration of the geometries and thermodynamic stabilities, and (b) consideration of the ozonolysis mechanism. According to the semiempirical molecular dynamic calculation analysis, the probable product of this ozonolysis reaction is C₆₀O with oxygen bridging over the 6–6 bond (C_2v). The most probable product in this reaction contains oxygen bridging across in the upper part of C₇₀ (6–6 bond in C₇₀O-2 or C₇₀O-4) an epoxide-like structure. C₆₀O₂-1, C₆₀O₂-3 and C₆₀O₂-5 are the most probable products for the fullerene dioxides. All of these reaction products are consistent with the experimental results. It is confirmed that the calculation results with the semiempirical molecular dynamics method are close to the experimental work. The semiempirical molecular dynamics method can offer both the reaction temperature effect by molecular dynamics and electronic structure, dipole moment by quantum chemistry calculation.     

More spherical large fullerenes and multi-layer fullerene cages

According to the experimental investigation, the carbon nano-particles have spherical multi-layer structure (also called onion-like carbon structure). Theoretically, the optimum structures of these large fullerenes contain highly faceted shapes with icosahedral symmetry. This discrepancy in structure may be attributed to the formation mechanism. Thus, a method is devised to construct spherical large fullerenes (C₂₄₀, C₅₄₀, C₉₆₀, C₂₁₆₀, C₂₉₄₀, C₃₈₄₀, C₄₈₆₀) by using the triangular motif. The 5–7–5–7 shape defect is applied in this method for assembling the large spherical fullerenes which could transform the graphene sheet to a spherical motif via SW rearrangement. The geometry-optimized structures of large spherical fullerenes have been generated by molecular mechanics calculation. Then, the average radius and standard deviation of these large fullerenes were obtained to verify the spherical shape. The multi-layer fullerene with spherical shape was confirmed by the TEM observation. According to the structure analysis, the distance between two neighboring encapsulating carbons is about 3.5 Å, which approximately coincides with the distance between two layers of graphite. The van der Waals force per carbon atom and of multi-layer fullerene with the spherical shape generated by force field calculation, predict their relative stability.     

Yield of fullerenes generated by contact arc method under He and Ar: dependence on gas pressure

The yields of toluene-soluble material from carbon soot depend on the buffer gas as well as the pressure. Helium was more effective for yielding fullerenes than argon, and the optimum pressure was 20 Torr, under which a maximum yield of about 13 wt% was obtained. C₆₀ showed a maximum abundance at 20 Torr, while C₇₀ and higher fullerenes (C₇₆, C₇₈ and C₈₄) at a slightly higher pressure between 20 and 50 Torr. Raw soot was also studied by electron microscopy. The pressure dependence of the fullerene yield is discussed in terms of the cooling rate and diffusion of carbon vapor around the evaporation source.     

基于曲率和电子结构的掺杂C50和C70富勒烯的稳定性研究

使用密度泛函理论(DFT)-B3LYP/6-31G^*方法研究了B、N、Si、P和Co在C₅₀和C₇₀中的掺杂能和电子结构, 并基于曲率理论和电子结构探讨了掺杂富勒烯的结构稳定性. 计算结果表明, 掺杂能随着原子曲率的增大而减小, 随着掺杂物种原子半径的增大而增大, B、N、P和Co的掺杂有利于C₅₀结构的稳定, 而B和N的掺杂不利于C₇₀结构的稳定; 除了用于反映原子活性的曲率主要决定掺杂反应性, 各不等价碳原子在C₅₀和C₇₀的最高占据分子轨道(HOMO)中所占成分对掺杂能的影响也很大, 且其成分越大越有利于掺杂. 此外, 掺杂原子得失电子情况与其电负性有关. 本工作将为富勒烯结构稳定性的研究提供理论依据.     

Surface-enhanced vibrational Raman spectroscopy of C60 and C70 on rough silver surfaces

The observation of the surface-enhanced vibrational Raman spectra of vapor-deposited C₆₀ and C₇₀ on rough silver films is reported. Both near-monolayer and multilayer films of pure C₆₀ and of C₆₀/C₇₀ mixtures are studied. The films are obtained by evaporating fullerene samples at temperatures of 683–875 K in ultra-high vacuum. Mixed fullerene samples were greatly enriched in C₇₀ by making use of the slightly different vapor pressures of the two major components at the low end of this temperature range. The spectra contain all the lines of the normal Raman spectra as well as several additional lines caused by a reduction in the stringency of the normal Raman selection rules. These results demonstrate the potential of this technique for detecting small quantities of fullerenes and obtaining their vibrational spectra.