Synthesis and Characterization of the Isocyanide Ligated Centered Zirconium Halide Cluster [(Zr6Be)Cl12(CNXyl)6]

The first isocyanide ligated hexanuclear zirconium halide cluster is reported. The unoxidized [(Zr₆Be)Cl₁₂(CNXyl)₆] (CNXyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide) was obtained from the solid state precursor K₃Zr₆Cl₁₅Be by dissolution in CH₃CN in the presence of CNXyl. The CNXyl ligands occupy all the axial positions on the cluster. The compound was recrystallized from CH₂Cl₂ and Et₂O. [(Zr₆Be)Cl₁₂(CNXyl)₆].2CH₂Cl₂ crystallizes in the space group (#2) with a = 12.092(5) Å, b=12.728(5) Å, c = 14.102(8) Å, = 104.98(4)°, =107.11°, = 100.94°, V = 1919(2) ų, Z = l, R = 11.3% and R _W = 27.0%. For the bound isocyanide ligands, v _CN increases to 2140 cm^–1.     

Determination of enzyme kinetic parameters of cyclic CMP-specific phosphodiesterase by quantitative fast atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry

The determination of cytidine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase activity by means of fast-atom bombardment (FAB) mass Spectrometry with mass-analysed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) spectrum scanning is described. Initial efforts to determine the activity of the enzyme by this method were unsuccessful owing to the obfuscation of sample-related peaks by peaks emanating from the incubation buffer and cation adducts; dilution of buffer and a desalting procedure overcame these difficulties. In the resulting positive-ion FAB mass spectra, characteristic peaks of the enzyme substrate and product could be readily identified and the protonated molecular ions selected for MIKE scanning. By spiking enzyme incubates with known amounts of substrate and product, and measuring peak heights in the MIKE spectra of both spiked and unspiked samples, the substrate/product ratio at the end of a series of phosphodiesterase incubations was determined. From the data obtained, the K_m and V_max of the phosphodiesterase were calculated as 6.08 mM and 11 μmol min^?1 mg^?1, respectively, showing good agreement with the analogous values of 8.06 mM and 5.8 μmol^?1 min^?1 mg^?1 obtained by radioactive assay.     

Ammonium cyanate shows N-H...N hydrogen bonding, not N-H...O

The transformation of ammonium cyanate into urea, first studied over 170 years ago by W?hler and Liebig, has an important place in the history of chemistry. To understand the nature of this solid state reaction, knowledge of the crystal structure of ammonium cyanate is a prerequisite. Employing neutron powder diffraction, we demonstrate conclusively that, in the structure of ammonium cyanate, the NH(4)(+) cation forms N-H...N hydrogen bonds to four cyanate N atoms at alternate corners of a distorted cube, rather than our previously proposed alternative arrangement with N-H...O hydrogen bonds to cyanate O atoms at the other four corners.     

A simple sum rule in raman theory

It is shown that in the limit of large detuning energy and in the absence of coordinate dependence of the transition moment, the resonance Raman amplitude for a 0 → n transition on a harmonic potential surface is proportional to (δ²_? + δ²₊)^?1 × ?^∞_?∞ exp (?q²) · [?ⁿΔV(q)/?q¹¹] dq< where ΔV(q) is the difference between the arbitrary excited-state surface and the initial harmonic potential. The resonant and non-resonant detuning energies are given by δ_? = E ? hv and δ₊ = E + hv, where v is the incident laser frequency and E is the minimum separation between the potential surfaces.     

Highly accurate evaluation of atomic three-electron integrals of lowest orders

Calculations of three-electron atomic systems in Hylleraas coordinates require integrals involving all the interparticle distances r(ij), which have usually been evaluated by introducing series expansions. For integrals with the smallest powers of r(ij) these expansions do not converge at a satisfactory rate, leading some investigators to introduce convergence-acceleration procedures. This paper recommends the alternative of evaluating these integrals in closed form and presents stable explicit formulas for so doing. Some of the formulas are more compact versions of those in the literature; others have not been previously reported. It is also shown that finite-difference methods can be used with advantage to obtain additional low-order integrals. Sample integral values have been provided for test purposes.     

Low spin ferric hemoglobin complexes

A caloulation has been made of the energy eigenfunotions and eigenvalues of low spin ferric ion in complexes with a strong cubic crystal field including the effects of tetragonal and rhombic distortions and of spin-orbit coupling among the ground state components and with excited states. Using the resultant, spin-orbit coupled eigenfunotions as a basis set, the magnetic susceptibility, the components of magnetic field energy, and the lattice and valence contributions to an electric field gradient at the iron nucleus were all calculated as a function of rhombic, tetragonal, and spin-orbit coupling strength used as parameters: R, u and . All of the calculated results agree reasonable well with experiment for the values of parameters R=1000 cm^–1, u=2000 cm^–1 and the free ion value (=420 cm^–1. These values of parameters were selected for the excellent fit they gave of the calculated values of g _x, g_y and g _z compared with the experimental ones obtained from single crystal electron spin resonance of ferrihemoglobin azide. With them, a value of 2.29 Bohr magnetons was calculated for the effective magnetic moment compared to the experimental value of 2.35. The total field gradient calculated under the same conditions, predicts a nuclear quadrupole moment Q in the range of. 107 –127. Barns, which is smaller than the range predicted from the high spin ferric ion results. Reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.

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Zusammenfassung Ausgehend von einem starken kubischen Ligandenfeld und unter Berücksichtigung tetragonaler (R) und rhombischer (u) Verzerrung sowie der Spin-Bahn-Kopplung () werden Eigenfunktionen und Energien fur Low-Spin-Ferrihämoglobinkomplexe berechnet. Mit den Parametern R=1000 cm^–1, u=2000 cm^–1, =420 cm^–1 erhält man für Suszeptibilität, elektrischen Feldgradienten am Fe und g-Werte gute Übereinstimmung mit experimentellen Daten. Aus dem berechneten Feldgradienten folgt ein Quadrupolmoment des Fe⁵⁷ von 0.107–0.127 Barn, im Gegensatz zu den viel höheren Resultaten bei High-Spin-Fe(III)-Verbindungen; diese Diskrepanz wird diskutiert.

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Résumé Les fonctions propres et les énergies du complexe Ferrihémoglobine «low spin» sont calculées pour un fort champ de ligandes à symétrie cubique, en tenant compte des distortions tétragonale (R) et rhomboédrique (u), ainsi que du couplage spin-orbite (). Avec les parametres R=1000 cm^–1, u=2000 cm^–1, =420 cm^–1, on trouve pour la susceptibilité, le gradient du champ électrique à l'emplacement de Fe et le facteur g des valeurs en bon accord avec les données expérimentales. On déduit du gradient de champ calculé un moment quadrupolaire de Fe⁵⁷ de 0,107 à 0,127 Barn, en désaccord avec les résultats beaucoup plus élevés obtenus à partir des associations Fe (III) «high spin». Ce désaccord fait l'objet d'une discussion.