Optical and photochemical properties of N-benzalaminophenylpyridinium perchlorates

The electronic spectra of a number of benzylidene derivatives of N-aminoarylpyridinium perchlorates are associated with absorption localized on the individual pyridinium and azomethine fragments and with intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the azomethine fragment to the pyridinium ring. The luminescence is associated with the latter process. The photochromism is due to proton transfer in the excited state of the azomethine fragment, which competes with ICT, and is also due to structural factors.     

Parakristalline Gitterstörungen in Kettenrichtung von Cellulose I und II

Zusammenfassung Röntgenweitwinkelmessungen an Ramie sowie an einer Viskosefaser zeigen, daß in Kettenrichtung parakristalline Störungen vong=1,1% bzw.g=1,5% vorliegen. Die mittleren Kristallitgrößen in Kettenrichtung betragen¯D ₀₁₀=485 Å bzw.¯D ₀₁₀=112 Å, senkrecht dazu etwa¯D=52 Å bzw.¯D=41 Å. Aus Röntgenkleinwinkelmessungen ergeben sich kleinste Fibrillendurchmesser von 2R=52 Å bzw. 2R=45 Å. Die gefundenen Fibrillendurchmesser verhalten sich wie 1248.Für die Viskosefaser wird eine Langperiode vonP=168 Å gemessen, woraus mit¯D ₀₁₀=112 Å folgt, daß die ungeordneten Bereiche in Kettenrichtung eine Länge von etwa 56 Å haben.

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Summary Wide angle X-ray diffraction studies on ramie and on a viscose fibre show that paracrystalline distortions exist in chain direction havingg-values ofg=1.1% andg=1.5%, respectively. The mean crystallite sizes in chain direction are¯D ₀₁₀=485 Å and¯D ₀₁₀=112 Å, respectively. Perpendicular to the chain direction mean crystallite sizes of approximately¯D=52 Å and¯D=41 Å, respectively, are measured.Small angle X-ray diffraction studies give the diameters of the cellulose fibrils, the smallest of which are 2R=52 Å and 2R=45 Å, respectively. The diameters of the fibrils are in the ratio of 1248.A long period ofP=168 Å is measured for the viscose fibre implying a length of 56 Å for the disordered domains in chain direction.

     

The activation energy as guiding factor in the fragmentation of substituted diphenylmethanes

The mass spectra of a series of substituted diphenylmethanes were obtained. The mass spectral features were compared with those of the corresponding 1,2 diphenylethanes and discussed in terms of the factors which influence the electron-impact fragmentation. In the series examined, it is shown that the activation energy is the most important factor in determining cracking patterns. The meaning of the averaged rate constants is criticised.     

Electrical Resistivity and Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements on Copper Arsenides

Electrical resistivity (4.2–800°K) and magnetic susceptibility (4.2–500°K) measurements are carried out on Cu_3–xAs, Cu_5–xAs₂ and the recently obtained, tetragonal Cu₂As. All three compounds appear to be metallic conductors, but have high residual resistances because of the large defect concentrations (resulting from non-stoichiometry and preparation method). Cu_3–xAs is diamagnetic; Cu_5–xAs₂ is Pauli-paramagnetic; Cu₂As has a very small, constant, positive susceptibility above room temperature and a more pronounced Curie-Weiss behaviour at lower temperatures. The Pauli-paramagnetic contributions have been estimated. A slight anomaly in the electric and magnetic behaviour of Cu_3–xAs is observed at 220°K. To clarify the high-temperature phenomena, a series of D.T.A. and X-ray experiments has also been carried out.