One-step preparation of highly concentrated well-stable gold colloids by direct mix of polyelectrolyte and HAuCl4 aqueous solutions at room temperature

Highly concentrated, well-stable gold colloids can be prepared directly from an amine-bearing polyelectrolyte-HAuCl4 aqueous solution at room temperature. It is found that increasing molar ratio of polyelectrolyte to gold leads to increasing particle size. UV-vis spectra, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) were used to characterize the products thus formed.     

Structures formed by the chiral assembly of racemic mixtures of enantiomers: iodination products of elaidic and oleic acids

The self-assembled monolayer structure of the products of elaidic acid iodination (the racemic mixture of 9,10-(9S,10R)-diiodooctadecanoic acid and 9,10-(9R,10S)-diiodooctadecanoic acid) and the products of oleic acid iodination (the racemic mixture of 9,10-(9R,10R)-diiodooctadecanoic acid and 9,10-(9S,10S)-diiodooctadecanoic acid) are studied by high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy. For the iodination products of elaidic acid, the separation of enantiomers into distinct chiral domains during the formation of the 2-D crystal on the highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface is not observed. Instead, within the diiodooctadecanoic acid SAM, each row of molecules is composed of opposite racemates. The two opposite racemates pack alternately inside a row, using different faces to adsorb on the surface. The unit cell is composed of a pair of opposite racemates, forming a heterochiral structure. For the iodination products of oleic acid, the racemic mixture is observed to exhibit quasi-phase separation during the formation of the 2-D crystal on the HOPG surface. Each row is composed of homochiral acid molecules, either the 9,10-(9R,10R)-diiodooctadecanoic acid (R) or the 9,10-(9S,10S)-diiodooctadecanoic acid (S). The R row and the S row pack alternately, with a unit cell composed of four molecules. Two of the molecules in the unit cell are the 9,10-(9R,10R)-diiodooctadecanoic acid (R) molecules; two are the 9,10-(9S,10S)-diiodooctadecanoic acid (S) molecules. In the unit cell, the two molecules that have the same chirality pack antiparallel inside the homochiral row, using different faces to adsorb on the surface. These results suggest that several different types of chiral assembly are possible. Enantiomers with opposite chirality exhibit many chiral assembly patterns, forming heterochiral structures on the surface in addition to separation to form macroscopic chiral domains. By using different conformations, similar enantiomers with opposite chirality will display many chiral assembly patterns to form heterochiral structures on the surface.     

A solvothermal synthesis and the structure of K4Ag2Sn3S9 x 2KOH

A novel layered K(4)Ag(2)Sn(3)S(9) x 2KOH was synthesized solvothermally. A mixture of ethanol and HSCH(2)CH(SH)CH(2)OH was used for the synthesis. The HSCH(2)CH(SH)CH(2)OH plays an important role and appears to serve as a mineralizer for the solvothermal reaction. A layer comprises Sn(3)S(9)(6)(-) clusters linked by Ag(+) ions and possesses two types of 1D channels in which potassium ions are located. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic P2(1)/m space group [a = 7.8071(2) A, b = 27.3508(1) A, c = 10.5008(2) A, alpha = 90 degrees, beta = 103.874(1) degrees, gamma = 90 degrees, Z = 4]. Its crystal structure, composition analysis, and IR are presented.     

Direct observation of eta 2-imine formation through beta-H abstraction between amide ligands. Neutron and X-ray diffraction structure of a dihydride imine ditantalum complex

Reactions of Ta(NMe2)5 with D2SiR'Ph (R' = Me, Ph) were found to give a dideuteride eta 2-imine complex (Me2N)3Ta(mu-D)2(mu-N-eta 2-N,C-CH2NMe)Ta(NMe2)3(1-d2) through C-H activation of an amide ligand via beta-H abstraction, and the structure of 1 was confirmed by single crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction.