Die Kristallstruktur von AgCu3Cu(AsO4)3 und ihre strukturellen Beziehungen zu AgCo3H2(AsO4)3 bzw. AgZn3H2(AsO4)3

Crystal Structure of AgCu₃Cu(AsO₄)₃ and its Structural Relations to AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂ (AsO₄)₃ The compound AgCu₃Cu(AsO₄)₃ was synthesized and investigated by X-rays. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with a = 1 212.7(2), b = 1 249.0(2), c = 727.8(1) pm, β = 117.94(1)°, Z = 4. The structure is closely related to the structures of AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂(AsO₄)₃. Only two hydrogen atoms are replaced by an additional copper atom forming a copper coordination square instead of two hydrogen bridges. The remaining copper atoms are sixfold coordinated with the generally observed Jahn-Teller distortion. Whereas in AgCo₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ and AgZn₃H₂(AsO₄)₃ silver has a (4+4) coordination, it is in this compound distinctly eightfold coordinated.     

Über P–P-haltige cyclische Verbindungen. II

On P? P Containing Cyclic Compounds. II. Reaction of N,N'-dimethylthiourea with phenyl dichlorophosphane yields 1.4-dimethyl-2. 3-diphenyl-1.4.2.3-diazadiphospholidine-5-thione-2-sulfide ( II ). The compound is characterized by its nmr, vibration and mass spectra as well as the results of an X-ray structural analysis. Byproduct of the reaction is N-(N,N'-dimethylcarbamimidoyl)-N,N'-dimethyl thiourea hydrochloride ( III ), which crystallizes with pyridinium chloride. Molecular and crystal structure are reported. With methyl dichlorophosphane N,N'-dimethylthiourea forms 1.2.3.4-tetramethyl-1.4.2.3-diazadiphospholidine-5-thione-2-sulfide ( IV ), which is characterized by its nmr and vibration spectra.     

Reaction Engineering Aspects of α-l,4-D-Glucan Phosphorylase Catalysis

Some important process properties of α-l,4-D-ghican phosphorylases isolated from the bacteriumCorynebacterium callunae and potato tubers (Solatium tuberosum) were compared. Apart from minor differences in their stability and specificity (represented by the maximum degree of maltodextrin conversion) and a 10-fold higher affinity of the plant phosphorylase for maltodextrin (K _M of 1.3 g/L at 300 mM of orthophosphate), the performances of both enzymes in a continuous ultrafiltration membrane reactor were almost identical. Product synthesis was carried out over a time course of 300–400 h in the presence or absence of auxiliary pullulanase (increasing the accessibility of the glucan substrate for phosphorolytic attack up to 15–20%). The effect of varied dilution rate and reaction temperature on the resulting productivities was quantitated, and a maximum operational temperature of 40°C was identified.     

Insights into the structure of cyclohexane from femtosecond degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

In this paper, we report the use of femtosecond time-resolved degenerate four-wave mixing rotationally resolved spectroscopy to obtain very accurate structural information on the symmetric top cyclohexane. Apart from highlighting the versatility of this method in determining accurate structures of large and complex molecules without dipole moment, the present study also details the comparison of the experimentally determined rotational constant B(0) with that obtained from high-level ab initio calculations. The theoretical calculations, which were carried out at both the second-order M?ller-Plesset (MP2) and coupled-cluster with single, double, and perturbative triple substitutions [CCSD(T)] levels of theory, also take into account vibrational averaging effects. A detailed investigation of the vibrational averaging effects reveals that the corrections emerge from only the six highly symmetric A(1g) modes, a justification of which is provided by an analysis of these modes.     

X-Ray Study of the Deformation Density in Tetrafluoroterephthalodinitrile: Weak Bonding Density in the C,F-Bond

A careful deformation density study of tetrafluoroterephthalodinitrile at 98K has been made from X-ray diffraction measurements. Prominent ‘bonding density’ peaks are found at or near the mid-points of the C, C- and C, N-bonds but not for the C, F-bonds, which show only weak density. Similarly weak bonding densities for C, F-bonds are also found for 1, 1, 4, 4-tetrafluorocyclohexane. The possible significance of these results in terms of bonding theory is briefly discussed.     

Improved separation of palladium species in biological matrices by using a combination of gel permeation chromatography and isotachophoresis

The binding of palladium to high-molecular-mass compounds in palladium-treated lettuce is investigated as an example for a biological matrix. The total palladium concentration in lettuce leaves is 10.3 ng/g wet weight. After homogenization, high-molecular-mass compounds (> 10 kDa) are isolated by ultrafiltration. For separation of these palladium species a combination of preparative gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and preparative isotachophoresis (ITP) is used. Palladium is determined in separated fractions by using a highly sensitive total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) method after preconcentration. After GPC separation, four main fractions of palladium species are collected, each containing palladium in ng quantities (3-10 ng). Two of these fractions are further separated by ITP, yielding at least three main peaks per GPC fraction, each containing palladium in the range of 0.3-3 ng. These palladium containing peaks are characterized by high-performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and capillary isotachophoresis (cITP) in parallel. HPSEC enables the estimation of the molecular mass of six main palladium peaks, covering a molecular mass range of 69-200 kDa. It is also shown that the estimation of molecular mass after separation is more reliable than the respective estimation directly in the first GPC run. However, cITP reveals that each of the separated peaks is still a mixture of at least five different compounds.