Reaction products with internal energy beyond the kinematic limit result from trajectories far from the minimum energy path: an example from H + HBr --> H2 + Br

The importance of reactive trajectories straying far from the minimum energy path is demonstrated for the bimolecular reaction H + HBr --> H2(v', j') + Br at 53 kcal/mol collision energy. Product quantum state distributions are measured and calculated using the quasi-classical trajectory technique, and the calculations indicate that highly internally excited H2 products result from indirect reactive trajectories with bent transition states. A general argument is made suggesting that reaction products with internal energy exceeding a kinematic constraint can, in general, be attributed to reactive collisions straying far from the minimum energy path.     

Determinations of bond energies by time-of-flight single-collision chemiluminescence

A pulsed beam of metastable atoms traverses a scattering chamber filled with oxidant gas at low pressures (beam + gas arrangement); the resulting chemiluminescence is spectroscopically resolved as a function of time to yield a time-of-flight (TOF) spectrum for different internal states. From this data, the initial relative translational energy distribution is derived for the reactants that populate the excited internal state observed. Lower bounds are placed on the barium halide (BaX) dissociation energies, using the reactions Ba(³D) + X₂ → BaX* + X, where X = Br, I. Arguments are presented to show that these lower bounds represent measurements of the true bond energies: it is concluded that D₀⁰(BaBr) = 85.8 ± 2 kcal/mole and D₀⁰(BaI) = 72.9 ± 2 kcal/mole. The present work corrects previous determinations of bond energies from single-collision chemiluminescent studies which were in error because of unrecognized metastable contamination in the high-temperature atomic beam.     

Radiationless processes in a molecular beam: Time resolved emission from benzophenone

In order to study the radiative properties of the isolated benzophenone molecule, a molecular beam of benzophenone is excited by a pulsed nitrogen laser or a pulsed tunable dye laser and the subsequent emission intensity is measured as a function of time. We find the decay to be exponential with a lifetime of about O.5μs. This value is shorter than the radiative lifetime calculated from absorption measurements. As the background pressure in the molecular beam chamber is raised from 10^?6 torr to 10^?4 torr, the decay of the emission lengthens and becomes biexponential. An explanation involving giant self-collision-induced cross sections for intersystem crossing is advanced to reconcile these observations with results from previous studies of benzophenone emission decay.     

Electrochemistry and electrocatalytic activity of catechin film on a glassy carbon electrode toward the oxidation of hydrazine

A very stable electroactive film of catechin was electrochemically deposited on the surface of activated glassy carbon electrode. The electrochemical behavior of catechin modified glassy carbon electrode (CMGCE) was extensively studied using cyclic voltammetry. The properties of the electrodeposited films, during preparation under different conditions, and the stability of the deposited film were examined. The charge transfer coefficient (α) and charge transfer rate constant (k _s) for catechin deposited film were calculated. It was found that the modified electrode exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity toward hydrazine oxidation and it also showed a very large decrease in the overpotential for the oxidation of hydrazine. The CMGCE was employed to study electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine using cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk voltammetry, chronoamperometry, amperometry and square-wave voltammetry as diagnostic techniques. The catalytic rate constant of the modified electrode for the oxidation of hydrazine was determined by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and rotating disk voltammetry and was found to be around 10⁻³ cm s⁻¹ . In the used different voltammetric methods, the plot of the electrocatalytic current versus hydrazine concentration is constituted of two linear segments with different ranges of hydrazine concentration. Furthermore, amperometry in stirred solution exhibits a detection limit of 0.165 μM and the precision of 4.7% for replicate measurements of 40.0 μM solution of hydrazine.     

Optical-optical double resonance photoionization spectroscopy of nf Rydberg states of nitric oxide

The spectra of vibrationally excited nf Rydberg states of nitric oxide were recorded by monitoring the photoion current produced using two-photon double resonance excitation via the NO A (2)Sigma(+) state followed by photoexcitation of the Rydberg state that undergoes autoionization. The optical transition intensities from NO A state to nf Rydberg states were calculated, and the results agree closely with experiment. These results combined with circular dichroism measurements allow us to assign rotational quantum numbers to the nf Rydberg states even in a spectrum of relatively low resolution. We report the positions of these nf (upsilon,N,N(c)) Rydberg levels converging to the NO X (1)Sigma(+) upsilon(+) = 1 and 2 ionization limits where N is the total angular momentum excluding electron and nuclear spin and N(c) represents the rotational quantum number of the ion core. Our two-color optical-optical double resonance measurements cover the range of N from 15 to 28, N(c) from 14 to 29, and the principal quantum number n from 9 to 21. The electrostatic interaction between the Rydberg electron and the ion core is used to account for the rotational fine structure and a corresponding model is used to fit the energy levels to obtain the quadrupole moment and polarizability of the NO(+) core. Comparison with a multichannel quantum defect theory fit to the same data confirms that the model we use for the electrostatic interaction between the nf Rydberg electron and the ion core of NO well describes the rotational fine structure.     

Electrochemical characterization and application of Ni-RuO2 as a pH sensor for determination of petroleum oil acid number

Electrochemical characterization and application of nickel ruthenium dioxide (Ni-RuO₂) as a pH sensor for the determination of petroleum oil acid number is described. The sensor consists of RuCl₃ thermally decomposed onto the upper side of a polycrystalline nickel electrode at 400 °C in an open furnace. The advantages of the sensor are: (i) easy preparation, (ii) fast response in a large pH range, (iii) high physical and chemical stability, and (iv) excellent reproducibility as determined by the reproducible linear variation of charge transfer resistance (R_ct) as a function of overpotential (η) obtained by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and the Nernstian slope of the electrode potential in a wide range of pH (1.5–12.5) obtained by potentiometric measurements. The potentiometric selectivity coefficients of the sensor toward some anions and cations were evaluated in aqueous solution. The characterized Ni-RuO₂ pH sensor was successfully tested for the determination of petroleum oil acid number.     

Synthesis,Characterization and Crystal Structure of Novel Mixed Bridged Trinuclear Oxo‐Centered Iron(III), Chromium(III) Complexes Containing Terminal Unsaturated Carboxylato and Acrylic Acid Dimer Anion Ligands

Three new oxo‐centered trinuclear mixed‐bridged carboxylate complexes with terminal unsaturated ligands ([M₂M′(μ₃‐O)(μ‐O₂C₃H₃)₅(μ‐O₄C₆H₇)(O₂C₃H₃) (H₂O)₂]·2H₂O [M = Fe, M′ = Fe ( 1 ); M = Fe, M′ = Cr ( 2 ); M = Cr, M′ = Fe ( 3 )]) have been synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analyses, IR spectra and crystal structure analyses. The compounds crystallize isotypically in the orthorhombic space group type Pbcn with a = 24.622(3) Å, b = 16.304(2) Å, c = 17.491(2) Å, V = 7021.5(15) ų ( 1 ), a = 24.708(5) Å, b = 16.290(2) Å, c = 17.394(2) Å, V = 7001.0(18) ų ( 2 ), a = 24.611(4) Å, b = 16.300(3) Å, c = 17.359(3) Å, V = 6964(2) ų ( 3 ), and Z = 8. The infrared spectra show resolved bands arising from ν_asym(OCO) and ν_sym(OCO) vibrations of monodentate and bridging carboxylate ligands along with those of ν_asym(M₂M′O) vibrations in the complexes.     

Synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives via condensation of aryl-1,2-diamines with 1,2-Diketones using (NH4)6Mo7O24.4H2O as an efficient, mild and reusable catalyst

Ammonium heptamolybdate tetrahydrate [(NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄.4H₂O] efficiently catalyzes the condensation of aryl-1,2-diamines with 1,2-diketones in EtOH/H₂O as a green media at room temperature to afford quinoxaline derivatives as biologically interesting compounds. Ease of recycling of the catalyst is one of the most advantages of the proposed method.     

Sulfate-selective electrode based on a complex of copper.

A new sulfate-selective electrode based on the complex N,N'-bis(2-amino-1-oxo-phenelenyl)phenylenediamine copper(II) (CuL) as the membrane carrier was developed. The electrode exhibited a good Nernstian slope of -29.5 +/- 0.5 mV/decade and a linear range of 1.0 x 10(-7) - 1.0 x 10(-1) M for sulfate. The limit of detection was 1.0 x 10(-8) M. It has a fast response time of 10 s and can be used for more than three months. The selective coefficients were determined by the fixed interference method (FIM). The electrode could be used in the pH range 3.5 - 8.0. It was employed as an indicator electrode for direct determination of sulfate in pharmacy and cement samples.