Comparable Ionicity of the Solutions of Aprotic and Protic Ionic Liquids by Anion Substitution

Temperature dependent molar conductances and fluidities of bisulfate and ethyl sulfate anion-based ionic liquids were measured. The extent of dissociation of the ionic liquids was estimated from the Walden plot in term of ionicity. The ionicity mainly depends on the magnitude of Coulombic forces, altered by the anion’s Lewis basicity. Aqueous solutions of aprotic ionic liquids, in general, possesses ionicity in the range of ≈70–99%. This article reveals that the substitution of the anion by bisulfate and ethylsulfate reduces the ionicity of aqueous solution of these ionic liquids to the range of 10–37%. This is very close to that exhibited by some of the protic ionic liquids and phosphonium based ionic liquids with sweetner anions. The concentration dependent molar conductance of these ionic liquids has been fitted to Mahiuddin and Ismail’s equation. To our surprise, the molar conductances of bisulfate-based aprotic ionic liquids are remarkably high, even though these ionic liquids possess lower ionicity.     

Carbon-13 substituent chemical shifts of 4-substituted bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl cyanides

The carbon-13 substituent chemical shifts of 4-substituted bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl cyanides are a linear function of the substituent inductive parameters.     

Extractive spectrophotometric determination of nitrite in polluted waters

Nitrite is diazotised with p-nitroaniline in hydrochloric acid and coupled with 8-quinolinol in alkaline medium to give a purple azo dye (λ_max = 550 nm, ? = 3.88 × 10⁴ l mol^-1 cm^-1). Extraction of the dye into 3-methyl-1-butanol shifts the absorption maximum to 570 nm and improves the apparent molar absorptivity to 5.852 × 10⁴ l mol^-1 cm^-1. Beer's law is obeyed for 0.01–0.06 ppm nitrite. The Sandell sensitivity is 0.00078 μg cm^-2. The method is applicable to polluted waters.     

Relation of coordination number to memory and threshold switching in chalcogenides

The paper reports a structural study of some memory and threshold chalcogenides in terms of coordination numberC, defined byC=8−N, and is the average coordination number for covalently bonded materials. The average number of nearest neighbours surrounding a central atom, obtained for As-Ge-Te (memory) and Se-Ge-Te (threshold) systems have been used to estimate the cohesive energies, assuming simple additivity of bond energies. The bonding pattern so obtained, explains certain properties of these glasses.     

Formation of diaryl(allyl)phosphine in π -allyl palladium(II) induced cleavage of triarylphosphines

A reverse migration of allylic group from palladium to phosphorus and the formation of diaryl(allyl)phosphine in the π -allyl palladium(II) induced cleavage of triarylphosphines has been demonstrated.     

The reaction of PPh3 with Di-μ-chlorobis(arylazooximato)dipalladium(II)

Summary Di--chlorobis(arylazooximato)dipalladiuni(II) compounds react with PPh₃ to give the four-coordinate complexes (5) and (4) in which the azooxime acts as a unidentate and bidentate ligand respectively. Hydrogen bonding in polar solvents such as MeOH or EtOHetc. stabilize (5) whereas, polar solvents such as Me₂CO, py and Et₂O convert (5) into (4). The equilibrium: (4) + PPh₃ (5) exists in PhH solution and equilibrium constants at 30°C have been calculated spectrophotometrically. The variation in equilibrium constants and the stabilities of (5) have been explained on the basis of electron-releasing and electron-withdrawing properties of substituents, R, in the azooxime ligand.     

Mössbauer study of a ferromagnetic metallic glass: Fe74Co10B16

Amorphous Fe₇₄Co₁₀B₁₆ (METGLAS 2605CO) has been studied in the temperature range of 77 K – 700 K by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Its crystallization temperature is found to be 665 ± 5 K and Curie temperature is estimated to be 760±10 K. The observed rapid decrease in reduced hyperfine fields can be explained well by Handrich's model for amorphous ferromagnets if one assumes a temperature dependent δ, a measure of fluctuations in the exchange interactions in such solids.     

Use of non-adiabatic geometric phase for quantum computing by NMR

Geometric phases have stimulated researchers for its potential applications in many areas of science. One of them is fault-tolerant quantum computation. A preliminary requisite of quantum computation is the implementation of controlled dynamics of qubits. In controlled dynamics, one qubit undergoes coherent evolution and acquires appropriate phase, depending on the state of other qubits. If the evolution is geometric, then the phase acquired depend only on the geometry of the path executed, and is robust against certain types of error. This phenomenon leads to an inherently fault-tolerant quantum computation. Here we suggest a technique of using non-adiabatic geometric phase for quantum computation, using selective excitation. In a two-qubit system, we selectively evolve a suitable subsystem where the control qubit is in state |1, through a closed circuit. By this evolution, the target qubit gains a phase controlled by the state of the control qubit. Using the non-adiabatic geometric phase we demonstrate implementation of Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm and Grover's search algorithm in a two-qubit system.     

Generation of Bianchi type V cosmological models with varying Λ-term

Bianchi type V perfect fluid cosmological models are investigated with cosmological term varying with time. Using a generation technique (Camci et al., 2001), it is shown that Einsteins field equations are solvable for any arbitrary cosmic scale function. Solutions for particular forms of cosmic scale functions are also obtained. The cosmological constant is found to be a decreasing function of time, which is supported by results from recent type Ia supernovae observations. Some physical aspects of the models are also discussed.