Was ist „Molybdänsäure”︁ oder „Polymolybdänsäure”︁?

What is “Molybdic Acid” or “Polymolybdic Acid”? According to a comparative study of the literature, supplemented by well-aimed experimental investigations and equilibrium calculations, the terms “molybdic acid” or “polymolybdic acid”, used for many substances, species, or solutions in the literature, are applicable to a species, a solution, and two solids:

• a) The monomeric molybdic acid, most probably having the formula MoO₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂(? H₂MoO₄, aq), exists in (aqueous) solution only and never exceeds a concentration of ≈ 10^?3 M since at higher concentrations it reacts with other monomemeric molybdenum (VI) species to give anionic or cationic polymers.
• b) A concentrated (>0.1 M Mo^VI) aqueous molybdate solution of degree of acidification P = 2 (realized, e. g., by a solution of one of the Mo^VI oxides; by any molybdate solutions whose cations have been exchanged by H₃O⁺ on a cation exchanger; by suitable acidification of a molybdate solution) contains 8 H₃O⁺ and the well-known polyanion Mo₃₆O₁₁₂(H₂O)₁₆^8? exactly in the stoichiometric proportions.
• c) A glassy substance, obtained from an alkali metal salt-free solution prepared according to (b), refers to the compound (H₃O)₈[Mo₃₆O₁₁₂(H₂O)₁₆]·xH₂O, x = 25—29.
• d) A solid having the ideal composition [(H₃O)Mo₅O₁₅(OH)H₂O·H₂O]∞ consists of a polymolybdate skeleton (the well-known ?decamolybdate”? structure), in the tunnels of which H₃O⁺ and H₂O are intercalate. The structure is very unstable if only H₃O⁺ cations are present, but it is enormously stabilized by a partial exchange of H₃O⁺ by certain alkali or alkaline earth metal cations.

For the compounds MoO₃, MoO₃·H₂O, and MoO₃·2H₂O the term ?molybdic acid”? is unjustified. The commercial product ?molybdic acid, ≈85% MoO₃”? is the well-known polymolybdate (NH₄)₂O·4 MoO₃ with a layer structure of the polyanion.     

Physicochemical Principles of Extraction with Supercritical Gases

The present review considers some physicochemical properties of fluid mixtures that are of importance for fluid extraction and supercitical fluid chromatography (SFC). Firstly, the important types of phase diagrams are treated, the occurrence of solid phases also being considered in some simple cases. Specific examples are given of mixtures of a highly volatile component I (e.g. CO₂, C₂H₆) with a relatively involatile component II (e.g. squalane) of very different molecular size, shape, structure, and/or polarity, and it is shown how the rather complicated types of phase diagrams can be calculated and correlated. The importance of fluid mixtures extends far beyond the fields of science and technology reviewed.     

Nachweis,Strukturaufklärung und Synthese bisher unbekannter Aminosäurekonjugate aus menschlichem Harn I

The conjugates of glycine with furan 2,5-dicarboxylic acid and of picolinic acid as well as a conjugate of pyroglutamic acid with phenylacetic acid, previously unknown as natural metabolites, were detected to be normal metabolites in human urine.     

New aspects in the reaction of azomethines with cyclic CH-acidic compounds

Summary Treatment of substituted benzylidene anilines1 a – df with cyclic CH-acidic compounds2a–m in ethanol at room temperature yields in additon/elimination reactions the corresponding arylidene derivatives4 and the 2:1 adducts5. The addition products3, which are formed as intermediates, could not be isolated in any case. The donor/acceptor effect of the substituents on the benzylidene moiety influences to a significant extent the reactivity towards the azomethine carbon.

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Neue Aspekte der Reaktion von Azomethinen mit cyclischen CH-aciden Verbindungen

Zusammenfassung Bei der Umsetzung der substituierten Benzylidenaniline1 a – f mit den cyclischen CH-aciden Verbindungen2 a – m in Ethanol bei Raumtemperatur erhält man in Additions/Eliminierungsreaktionen die Arylidenderivate4 und die 2:1-Addukte5. Die als Intermediat gebildeten Additionsprodukte3 konnten in keinem Fall isoliert werden. Die Donor-bzw. Acceptorwirkung der Substituenten am Benzylidenrest beeinflußt maßgebend die Reaktivität am Azomethinkohlenstoff.

     

New SbS2 strings in the BaSb2S4 structure

The new compound BaSb₂S₄ crystallizes in the monoclinic system (space group: $\text{P2}{}_1\text{c}$, No. 14) with a = 8.985(2) Å, b = 8.203(3) Å, c = 20.602(5) Å, β = 101.36(3)°. SbS₃ ψ tetrahedra and ψ-trigonal SbS₄ bipyramids are connected by common corners and edgers to infinite strings. These are arraged cross-wise in sheets perpendicular to the c axis.     

Eine neue photometrische Eisenbestimmung mit Äthylendiamintetraessigsäure

Zusammenfassung Es wird gezeigt, daß man mit Hilfe von Komplexon-III Eisen-III-Verbindungen nach Überführung in gelbgefärbte Komplexverbindungen, deren Absorptionsmaximum unterhalb 366 m liegt, photometrisch bestimmen kann. Die Extinktion ist bei gleicher Eisenkonzentration vomph-Wert abhängig und in denph-Bereichen zwischen 0,80 und 2,80 sowie zwischen 3,92 und 5,10 konstant, so daß beide Bereiche zur Bestimmung geeignet sind. Es ist beachtlich, daß die komplexe Bindung erst oberhalbph 10,5 zerfällt und Eisenhydroxyd ausflockt. DasLambert-Beersche Gesetz ist in dem Konzentrationsbereich zwischen 4g und 500g Eisen/ml streng erfüllt. Die Bestimmung ist vielen anderen bisher bekannten photometrischen Eisenbestimmungsverfahren überlegen, da schwächere Komplexbildner (z. B. Weinsäure) und sonstige Lösungspartner nicht stören.

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Summary It was found that iron (III) compounds can be determined photometrically by the aid of complexone III. The yellow complex compound has an absorption maximum below 366 m. The extinction, at equal iron concentration, is dependent on theph value. It is constant inph ranges between 0.80 and 2.80 and also between 3.92 and 5.10, so that either of these ranges is suitable for this determination. It should be noted that the complex decomposes only aboveph = 10.5; iron hydroxide separates. TheLambert-Beer law is strictly followed in the concentration range 4g and 500g iron/ml. This method of determination is far superior to many familiar photometric procedures for iron because weaker complex-formers (e. g. tartaric acid) and other cosolutes do not interfere.

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Résumé On montre que les composés du fer-III peuvent être dosés photométriquement à l'aide de la complexone-III après transformation en un complexe coloré en jaune dont l'absorption maximum se trouve au-dessous de 366 m. L'extinction dépend duph pour des concentrations égales en fer et se montre constante entre 0,80 et 2,80, de même qu'entre 3,92 et 5,10, de sorte que ces deux domaines conviennent pour le dosage. Il faut remarquer que le complexe ne se détruit qu'au-dessus deph 10,5 et l'hydroxyde ferrique flocule. La loi deLambert-Beer est satisfaite dans le domaine de concentration entre 4 g et 500 g de fer/ml. La méthode de dosage est de beaucoup supérieure aux méthodes connues jusqu'ici pour la détermination colorimétrique du fer du fait que les complexants les plus faibles, comme l'acide tartrique, ne gênent pas.

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Electron-transfer polymers. XXXIV. Redox polyurethanes from p-benzoquinone-2,5-diols and diisocyanates

It is possible to prepare polyurethanes from p-benzoquinone-diols and diisocyanates by using dibutyltin diacetate catalyst at room temperature or below, since the benzoquinone group does not react with isocyanate under these conditions. This permits preparation of new redox polymers. In preparing the polyurethanes excess isocyanate groups must be destroyed at the end of the reaction time in order to prevent crosslinking during work-up. These polymers are readily reduced by aqueous hydrosulfite. Good viscosity numbers are obtained; and, in general, upon reduction the viscosity increases over that of the oxidized form. There is no evidence of crosslinking. When oxidized and reduced forms of these polymers are mixed there is no evidence of charge transfer.