A theoretical study of the electromagnetic properties of ferrocene and the ferrocenium ion

An iterative extended Hückel molecular orbital calculation was used to obtain wave functions for the ground state of ferrocene and several low lying states of the ferrocenium ion. Photoemission spectra in terms of relative ionization potentials and the electric field gradient at the iron nucleus were calculated for ferrocene andg values and the electric field gradient were calculated for the ferrocenium ion. These values are in good agreement with experiment. The nature of the molecular orbitals was compared with results of previous semi-empirical andab initio calculations.     

Zur infrarotspektroskopischen Erfassung kleiner Wassergehalte in Benzylalkohol, 1,4-Dioxan, Glykol und Glykolderivaten

Zusammenfassung Die bereits an aliphatischen Alkoholen und Ketonen mit Hilfe eines selbstregistrierenden Infrarotspektralphotometers durchgeführten Untersuchungen zur infrarotspektroskopischen Erfassung kleiner Wassergehalte wurden an den mit Wasser mischbaren organischen Lösungsmitteln Äthylenglykol, Äthylenglykolmonomethyläther, Äthylenchlorhydrin, Glycerin, 1,4-Dioxan und Benzylalkohol fortgesetzt. Für Wasserbestimmungen in diesen Lösungsmitteln erwies sich besonders die OH-Kombinationsschwingung des Wassers im Spektralbereich um 5200 cm^–1 geeignet. Mit Hilfe dieser OH-Absorptionsbande, die Messungen in Küvetten mit Glasfenstern gestattet, können im Direktverfahren Wassergehalte von etwa 1,0–10,0 Vol-% mit guter Genauigkeit, besser als 0,1 Vol-% bestimmt werden; im Kompensationsverfahren sind noch Konzentrationen von 0,1–2,0 Vol-% erfaßbar.Bei dem nicht hydroxylhaltigen 1,4-Dioxan lassen sich mittels dieser Bande Wassergehalte von 0,1–10,0 Vol-% im Direktverfahren bestimmen. Für die quantitative Erfassung sehr kleiner Wassergehalte im Dioxan eignet sich infolge günstiger Eigenabsorptionsverhältnisse besonders gut die OH-Valenzschwingung bei 3600 cm^–1, die hier Wasser-bestimmungen bis herab zu 0,02 Vol-% im Direktverfahren mit hinreichender Genauigkeit ermöglicht.Auch die OH-Deformationsschwingung bei 1600 cm^–1 erweist sich für Wassergehalte von 0,5–10 Vol-% zum qualitativen Nachweis und zur quantitativen Bestimmung verwendbar, soweit bei den betreffenden Lösungsmitteln nicht Fehler durch die Löslichkeit der Steinsalz-Küvettenfenster auftreten.Frühere Mitt.: Wiegel, E., u. H. H. Kirchner: diese Z. 178, 241 (1960/61).     

Lattice wave emission from moving cracks

Antiplane shear cracks moving in square lattices have been studied in a molecular dynamics simulation. They become unstable when a critical stress intensity at the tip is reached. Within picoseconds they accelerate to steady state velocity, which can be supersonic or not, depending on the interatomic potential. If the surface energy is low, they become supersonic; if the surface energy is high, they reach only subsonic speeds before the crystal reaches the theoretical shear strength. A simple modification of the interatomic potential switches the crystal behaviour from brittle to ductile, substituting dislocations to daughter cracks. The steady state velocities are the same, whether the model crystal is brittle or ductile. The steady state velocity is a function of the applied stress, not the stress intensity.     

Nuclear moments and the change in the mean square charge radius of neutron deficient thallium isotopes

The hyperfine structure, isotope and isomeric shifts in the atomic transition 6p ² P _3/2–7s ² S _1/2, =535 nm have been measured for theI=7 andI=2 states of^{190, 192, 194, 196}Tl; theI=1/2 andI=9/2 states of¹⁹¹Tl and the I=7 isomer of¹⁸⁸Tl. The thallium isotopes were prepared as fast atomic beams at the GSI on-line mass separator following fusion reactions and — in some cases — subsequent-decay. The nuclear dipole moments, electric quadrupole moments and the change in the nuclear mean square charge radius are evaluated. Theuu-isotopes show an isomeric shift which changes sign between¹⁹²Tl and¹⁹⁴Tl.Dedicated to P. Armbruster on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Ring inversion process for a series of 3,5‐dialkyl‐1‐oxa‐3,5‐diazacyclohexanes: 1H DNMR study and semiempirical calculations

The ring inversion process for a series of 3,5‐dialkyl‐1‐oxa‐3,5‐diazacyclohexanes was studied using proton dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H DNMR) spectroscopy in conjunction with semiempirical calculations. At low temperature, the ring methylene protons decoalesced into two AB spin systems in a 2:1 ratio. Lineshape simulations of the DNMR spectra provided first‐order rate constants for magnetic exchange. The energy barrier for each inversion reaction was calculated from the respective rate constants. In general, as the size of the N‐alkyl group increased, the barrier to ring inversion decreased. A similar trend was seen in semiempirical calculations that modeled the ring inversion process. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nuclear charge radii of 8,9Li determined by laser spectroscopy

The 2s-->3s transition of (6,7,8,9)Li was studied by high-resolution laser spectroscopy using two-photon Doppler-free excitation and resonance-ionization detection. Hyperfine structure splittings and isotope shifts were determined with precision at the 100 kHz level. Combined with recent theoretical work, the changes in the nuclear-charge radii of (8,9)Li were determined. These are now the lightest short-lived isotopes for which the charge radii have been measured. It is found that the charge radii monotonically decrease with increasing neutron number from 6Li to 9Li.     

Beta decay of 101Sn

The β decay of the very neutron-deficient isotope ¹⁰¹Sn was studied at the GSI on-line mass separator using silicon detectors for recording charged particles and germanium detectors for γ-ray spectroscopy. Based on the β-delayed proton data the production cross-section of ¹⁰¹Sn in the ⁵⁰Cr + ⁵⁸Ni fusion-evaporation reaction was determined to be about 60nb. The half-life of ¹⁰¹Sn was measured to be 1.9(3)s. For the first time β-delayed γ-rays of ¹⁰¹Sn were tentatively identified, yielding weak evidence for a cascade of 352 and 1065keV transitions in ¹⁰¹In. The results for the ¹⁰¹Sn decay as well as those from previous work on the ¹⁰³Sn decay are discussed by comparing them to predictions obtained from shell model calculations employing a new interaction in the ⁸⁸Sr to ¹³²Sn model space.