Carbon-13 chemical shifts of bicyclic compounds

¹³C NMR absorption spectra of 50 bicyclic hydrocarbons, alcohols and ketones have been measured, in addition to some terpenes. The ¹³C chemical shifts are approximately additive for similar compounds and can be used for the determination of molecular structure; they differ for endo- and exo-isomers, just as in proton spectra. These quite regular and predictable ¹³C shift differences are much larger and are caused by the 1,4-nonbonded interaction between atoms heavier than hydrogen, not by magnetic anisotropy effects.     

An in situ transport measurement of interfaces between SrTiO3(1 0 0) surface and an amorphous wide-gap insulator

We have explored the transport properties of the interface between a SrTiO₃(1 0 0) single crystal and a CaHfO₃ wide-gap insulator layer deposited by pulsed laser deposition. The electrical transport measurements were done in situ during the heterojunction fabrication and consistently showed an enhancement of interface conductivity. A conducting interface was always obtained, independent of deposition parameters (laser pulse rate, laser fluence, oxygen pressure, and substrate termination). The conduction was attributed to plume-induced photocurrent in SrTiO₃. The current decay rate after insulator film fabrication was strongly influenced by substrate termination. An exponential relaxation-type photocurrent decay was clearly seen on SrO-termination, whereas a nearly constant conductivity was seen for up to 24 h on TiO₂-terminated surfaces.     

Carbon-13 chemical shifts of α,β-unsaturated acids

Carbon-13 spectra of 59 α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids have been measured. Large differential shieldings of ethylenic carbons in the cis and trans isomers of acrylic acid derivatives were found (altogether 15 isomeric Z- and E-pairs of acids were investigated). The origin of differential shieldings is complex and both molecular ground states as well as changes in excited states appear to be involved. All measured ¹³C chemical shifts can be described by additive parameters that provide a straightforward new technique by which structural assignments can be made for a wide variety of isomeric mono-, di- and tri- substituted α,β-unsaturated acids.     

In situ photoemission study of Pr1-xCaxMnO3 epitaxial thin films with suppressed charge fluctuations

We have performed an in situ photoemission study of Pr1-xCaxMnO3 (PCMO) thin films grown on LaAlO3 (001) substrates and observed the effect of epitaxial strain on the electronic structure. We found that the chemical potential shifted monotonically with doping, unlike bulk PCMO, implying the disappearance of incommensurate charge fluctuations of bulk PCMO. In the valence-band spectra, we found a doping-induced energy shift toward the Fermi level (EF) but there was no spectral weight transfer, which was observed in bulk PCMO. The gap at EF was clearly seen in the experimental band dispersions determined by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and could not be explained by the metallic band structure of the C-type antiferromagnetic state, probably due to localization of electrons along the ferromagnetic chain direction or due to another type of spin-orbital ordering.     

Study of the dimethyl ester of nitromalonic acid and some of its derivatives by the NMR method on13C and14N nuclei

Conclusions The data of the¹³C and¹⁴N NMR spectra testify to the strong delocalization of the charge in the anion of the dimethyl ester of nitromalonic acid, and to the averaging of the NO bonds in the trimethylsilyl ether of biscarbomethoxymethanenitronic acid.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 188–190, January, 1972.