Vapor-liquid equilibria for the nitrogen-isobutane system

Vapor-liquid equilibria have been investigated experimentally for the nitrogen-isobutane system at temperatures from 120 K to 220 K and at pressures up to 150 bar. Below 126.5 K, two liquid phases were observed as pressure was increased to near the vapor pressure of pure nitrogen. The equilibrium ratio of nitrogen in the binary system and the Henry’s law constants for nitrogen in isobutane were determined from experimental data. The experimental phase equilibrium data were correlated by means of the Peng-Robinson equation of state.     

A new family of mixed-valence dinuclear rhodium complexes containing the two metal centers in different stereochemical environments

A series of dinuclear chelate complexes of the general composition [Rh2(kappa2-L)2(mu-CR2)2(mu-SbiPr3)] (R = Ph, p-Tol; L = CF3CO2-, acac-, acac-f3-) and [Rh2Cl(kappa2-L)(mu-CR2)2(mu-SbiPr3)] (R = Ph, p-Tol; L = acac-, acac-f3-) has been prepared by replacement of the chloro ligands in the precursors [Rh2Cl2(mu-CR2)2(mu-SbiPr3)] by anionic chelates. The lability of the SbiPr3 bridge in the rhodium dimers is illustrated by the reactions of [Rh2(kappa2-acac)2(mu-CR2)2(mu-SbiPr3)] (7, 8) with Lewis bases such as CO, CNtBu, and SbEt3 which lead to the formation of the substitution products [Rh2(kappa2-acac)2(mu-CR2)2(mu-L')] (13-16) in excellent yields. Treatment of 7 and 8 with sterically demanding tertiary phosphanes PR3 (R3 = iPr3, iPr2Ph, iPrPh2, Ph3) affords the mixed-valence Rh0-RhII complexes [(kappa2-acac)2Rh(mu-CPh2)2Rh(PR3)] (21-24) and [(kappa2-acac)2Rh(mu-C(p-Tol)2]2Rh(PiPr3)] (25) for which there is no precedence. The terminal PiPr3 ligand of 21 is easily displaced by alkynes, CNtBu, and CO to give, by preserving the [(kappa2-acac)2Rh(mu-CPh2)2Rh] molecular core, the related dinuclear compounds 26-31 in which the coordination number of the Rh0 center is 3, 4, or 5. The molecular structures of [Rh2Cl(kappa2-acac)(mu-CPh2)2(mu-SbiPr3)] (5), [Rh2(kappa2-acac)2(mu-CPh2)2(mu-CO)] (13), [(kappa2-acac)2Rh(mu-CPh2)2Rh(PiPr3)] (21), and [(kappa2-acac)2Rh(mu-CPh2)2Rh(CNtBu)2] (30) have been determined crystallographically.     

From microscopic to macroscopic nuclear collective dynamics

We apply smoothing procedures to response functions for isoscalar vibrations. For collective motion, we find a transition from a structured strength distribution to one corresponding to one incoherent, strongly overdamped mode. It is argued that the latter may be interpreted as macroscopic motion exhibiting, to some extent, features of the hydrodynamical model. We discuss the physical origin of this behaviour, in particular its relation to the disappearance of shell structure.Supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Investigation of the Crystallisation Behaviour of Lead Titanate (PT), Lead Zirconate (PZ) and Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) by EXAFS-Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction

Two solid solutions of lead zirconium titanates PbZr _x Ti_{1 – x} O₃ (x = 0.1 and 0.35) as well as the reference compounds lead titanate and lead zirconate were prepared from zirconium and titanium n-propoxide, dissolved in 2-methoxyethanol, by sol-gel process. The amorphous products after pyrolysis of the dried gels and the crystalline phases were studied by EXAFS spectroscopy to monitor the structural changes from the amorphous oxide mixture to the crystalline ceramics after calcination. Additionally, the crystalline phases were identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD).It follows from the analysis of the EXAFS data that the local order of the amorphous phases seems to be completely different from that of the crystalline phase. There is no indication of a preformation of the local order of the perovskite structure. The analysis of our EXAFS spectra can be interpreted very consistently with the assumption that in the amorphous samples a segregation exists on molecular level and the low crystallisation temperatures are a consequence of very short diffusion paths.     

Massenspektrometrische Untersuchung von Amiden: III—Intramolekulare Nucleophile Substitution bei der Methyl-Abspaltung aus Crotonsaurepiperidid und Vinylogen Derivaten

The methyl cleavage from piperidides of type CH₃(CH?CH)_nCONC₅H₁₀ with n = 1 to 3 does not proceed via ring contraction as shown earlier with n = 0. The fragmentation can be formulated with the concept of neighbouring group participation of the amide function which leads to a cyclic transition state. Investigations with a ²H-labelled compound in the case of n = 1 as well as energy measurements (AP, IP, E_k) agree with this assumption.     

Darstellung,Charakterisierung und Reaktionsverhalten von Natrium‐ und Kaliumhydridosilylamiden R2(H)Si—N(M)R′ (M = Na,K) — Kristallstruktur von [(Me3C)2(H)Si—N(K)SiMe3]2·THF

Preparation, Characterization and Reaction Behaviour of Sodium and Potassium Hydridosilylamides R₂(H)Si—N(M)R′ (M = Na, K) — Crystal Structure of [(Me₃C)₂(H)Si—N(K)SiMe₃]₂ · THF The alkali metal hydridosilylamides R₂(H)Si—N(M)R′ 1a‐Na — 1d—Na and 1a‐K — 1d‐K ( a : R = Me, R′ = CMe₃; b : R = Me, R′ = SiMe₃; c : R = Me, R′ = Si(H)Me₂; d : R = CMe₃, R′= SiMe₃) have been prepared by reaction of the corresponding hydridosilylamines 1a — 1d with alkali metal M (M = Na, K) in presence of styrene or with alkali metal hydrides MH (M = Na, K). With NaNH₂ in toluene Me₂(H)Si—NHCMe₃ ( 1a ) reacted not under metalation but under nucleophilic substitution of the H(Si) atom to give Me₂(NaNH)Si—NHCMe₃ ( 5 ). In the reaction of Me₂(H)Si—NHSiMe₃ ( 1b ) with NaNH₂ intoluene a mixture of Me₂(NaNH)Si—NHSiMe₃ and Me₂(H)Si—N(Na)SiMe₃ ( 1b‐Na ) was obtained. The hydridosilylamides have been characterized spectroscopically. The spectroscopic data of these amides and of the corresponding lithium derivatives are discussed. The ²⁹Si‐NMR‐chemical shifts and the ²⁹Si—¹H coupling constants of homologous alkali metal hydridosilylamides R₂(H)Si—N(M)R′ (M = Li, Na, K) are depending on the alkali metal. With increasing of the ionic character of the M—N bond M = K > Na > Li the ²⁹Si‐NMR‐signals are shifted upfield and the ²⁹Si—¹H coupling constants except for compounds (Me₃C)(H)Si—N(M)SiMe₃ are decreased. The reaction behaviour of the amides 1a‐Na — 1c‐Na and 1a‐K — 1c‐K was investigated toward chlorotrimethylsilane in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and in n‐pentane. In THF the amides produced just like the analogous lithium amides the corresponding N‐silylation products Me₂(H)Si—N(SiMe₃)R′ ( 2a — 2c ) in high yields. The reaction of the sodium amides with chlorotrimethylsilane in nonpolar solvent n‐pentane produced from 1a‐Na the cyclodisilazane [Me₂Si—NCMe₃]₂ ( 8a ), from 1b‐Na and 1‐Na mixtures of cyclodisilazane [Me₂Si—NR′]₂ ( 8b , 8c ) and N‐silylation product 2b , 2c . In contrast to 1b‐Na and 1c‐Na and to the analogous lithium amides the reaction of 1b‐K and 1c‐K with chlorotrimethylsilane afforded the N‐silylation products Me₂(H)Si—N(SiMe₃)R′ ( 2b , 2c ) in high yields. The amide [(Me₃C)₂(H)Si—N(K)SiMe₃]₂·THF ( 9 ) crystallizes in the space group C2/c with Z = 4. The central part of the molecule is a planar four‐membered K₂N₂ ring. One potassium atom is coordinated by two nitrogen atoms and the other one by two nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Furthermore K···H(Si) and K···CH₃ contacts exist in 9 . The K—N distances in the K₂N₂ ring differ marginally.     

Synthesis of Chiral 12-Phenyl(2H)dodecanoic Acids: Useful metabolic probes for the biosynthesis of 1-alkenes from fatty acids

The synthesis of chiral 12-phenyi(²H)dodecanoic acids as metabolic probes for the evaluation of the stereo-chemical course of the biosynthesis of 1-alkerses from fatty acids in plants and insects is described. The diastereoisomeric (2R, 3R)- or (2S, 3S)-12-phenyl(2,3?²H₂)dodecanoic acids 11 are obtained in high chemical and optical yield (>97% e.e.) from the readily available (E)-12-phenyl(2,3-²H₂)dodec-2-enoic acid ( 10 ) or (E)-12-phenyldodec-2-enoic acid ( 10a ) by microbial reduction with wet packed cells of Clostridium tyrobutyricum in either ²H₂O or H₂O buffer. (2R)- and (2S)-12-phenyl(2?²H)dodecanoic acids 9 (>97% e.e.) are accessible from the allylic alcohol 6 via Sharpless epoxidation with (+)-L- or (?)-D-diethyl tartrate, Synthetic routes to the (E)- and (Z)-11-phenyl(1?²H) undec-1-enes 16 and 16a as reference compounds are also included.     

A Facile Conversion of Tertiary Amines into [2-(dialkylamino)vinyl]triphenylphosphonium salts

Halogenation of Et₃N, (i-Pr)₂EtN, and N-ethylmorpholine or of enamines with dichlorotriphenylphosphorane gives in up to 75% yield the corresponding [2-(dialkylamino)vinyl]triphenylphosphonium chlorides, which can be readily converted into the corresponding stable crystalline tetraphenylborates (Schemes 2 and 3).     

Elektronische effekte in cyclopentadienyl-chrom-komplexen,die mehrere akzeptorliganden enthalten

The coordinative properties of the acceptor ligand CS are discussed on the basis of the new thiocarbonyl complexes CpCr(CO)(CS)(NO) (I), [CpCr(CS)(NO)₂]PF₆ (II), CpCr(CS)(L)(NO) (L = pyridine (III) or trimethylphosphane (IV) and related carbonyl complexes. The IR and NMR spectra (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P) of the complexes indicate ligand—ligand interactions between CS and both the nitrosyl group and the cyclopentadienyl ring. An attempt is made to compare CS with other sulphur-containing acceptor ligands such as NS (in CpCr(CO)₂(NS)) and CS₂ (in CpCr(CS₂)(PMe₃)(NO)).