Thermal analysis of heterocyclic thione donor complexes. Part 1

The thermal decomposition of the Co(II) complexes of 1-methylimidazoline-2(3H)-thione (MImt), general formula Co(MImt)₂X₂ (X=Cl, Br & I), have been studied in air and argon by means of TG and DTG as well as in nitrogen by DTA. Quantitative DTA has been used to derive reaction enthalpies (H _R) from the melting and decomposition endotherms in nitrogen. Decomposition processes have been proposed for the complexes in air and in inert atmospheres. A mean coordinate bond dissociation energy (¯D) has been estimated for the Co-MImt bond in Co(MImt)₂Cl₂.Reaction end products in air have been identified by X-ray powder diffraction.

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Zusammenfassung Die thermische Zersetzung von Kobaltkomplexen des 1-Methylimidazolin-2(3H)-thions (IMmt) der allgemeinen Formel Co(MImt)₂X₂ (X=Cl, Br, J) wurde in Luft und Argon mittels TG und DTG und in Stickstoff mittels DTA untersucht. Reaktionsenthalpien (H_r) wurden durch quantitative DTA aus den in Stickstoffatmosphäre erhaltenen endothermen Schmelz- und Zersetzungspeaks erhalten. Es wurden Mechanismen für die Zersetzungsprozesse der Komplexe in Luft und inerter Atmosphäre vorgeschlagen. Die mittelere Dissoziationsenergie (¯D) der koordinativen Bindung Co—MImt in Co(MImt)₂Cl₂ wurde bestimmt.In Luft erhaltene Reaktionsendprodukte wurden durch Röntgenpulverdiffraktometrie identifiziert.

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1- -2()- () ()₂₂, X=l, I, , . (H _R) . . - ()₂l₂. , , - .

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The author is grateful to Mr. J. R. Creighton, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, for technical assistance with this work and to Dr. F. Buttler, Teesside Polytechnic for mass spectral data and helpful discussion.     

Thermal analysis of heterocyclic thione donor complexes. Part V. Nickel(II) complexes of imidazolidine-2-thione

The thermal decomposition of the nickel(II) complexes of imidazolidine-2-thione (Imdt), Ni(Imdt)₄X₂ (X = Cl and Br), have been studied in air and in argon by means of TG and DTG, as well as in nitrogen by DTA. Decomposition schemes have been proposed for the complexes in air and inert atmospheres. End-products have been identified for the reactions in air by means of X-ray powder diffraction. Quantitative DTA has been used to derive reaction enthalpies (ΔH_R) from the melting and decomposition endotherms of Imdt and the complexes in nitrogen. The factors which govern the reaction enthalpies of these complexes have been discussed.     

High-spin structure of yrast-band in 78Kr

Lifetime of levels up to 22⁺, have been measured in ⁷⁸Kr and an oblate shape is assigned to the ground state using the CSM and the configuration dependent shell correction calculations. Calculations further show that ⁷⁸Kr is highly γ-soft nucleus. The experimental Q _t values coupled with theoretical calculations indicate an oblate shape for ⁷⁸Kr at low spins and triaxial shape at higher spins     

Routine analysis by high precision gas chromatography/mass selective detector/isotope ratio mass spectrometry to 0.1 parts per mil

Stable isotope methods are potentially quite useful for validating natural or enhanced mineral degradation of contaminants. For this reason, a continuous flow gas chromatograph (GC), isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) has been coupled with a quadrupole mass selective detector (MSD) to allow simultaneous mass spectral and stable carbon isotope ratio data to be obtained from a single chromatographic analysis. This allows the target contaminant and any extra-cellular degradation intermediates to be both qualified and quantified. Previously acceptable limits of precision (0.3 parts per mil) are undesirable given the small fractionation observed during aerobic degradation. To further understand the fate of organic contaminants and to gain information about the metabolic degradative pathway employed by a microorganism, routine isotopic analyses on a range of analytes have been performed. Quantities of sample producing mass-44 ion beam signal (I(44)) of 2 x 10(-10) to 1 x 10(-8) A were analysed. When the IRMS was tuned for high sensitivity, ion source nonlinearities were overcome by peak height correction from an algorithm that was produced using known isotopic standards of varying concentrations. This led to sample accuracy of <0.01 per thousand and sample precision of 0.1 per thousand. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Investigation of the quantitative properties of the quadrupole orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer with electrospray ionisation using 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine

This paper describes the investigation of the potential of a quadrupole orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer (Q-TOF) equipped with an atmospheric pressure ionisation interface for quantitative measurements of small molecules separated by reversed phase liquid chromatography. To this end, the detection limits and linear dynamic range in particular were studied in an LC/MS/MS experiment using 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine standards and 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine for internal standardisation. In a second phase, the experiment was repeated with real biological extracts (whole blood, serum, and vitreous humour). A calibration for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and its metabolite 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine was prepared in each of these matrices again using 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine as internal standard. The resulting quantitative data were compared with those obtained by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection for the same extracts. The Q-TOF results revealed excellent sensitivity and a linear dynamic range of nearly four decades (2-10 000 pg on-column, r(2) = 0.9998, 1/x weighting). Furthermore, all the calibration curves prepared in biological material were superimposable, LC/MS/MS and LC-fluorescence, and the quantitative results for actual samples compared very favourably. It was concluded that the Q-TOF achieves a linear dynamic range for quantitative LC/MS/MS work exceeding that of fluorescence detection and at much better absolute sensitivity. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Thermal analysis of heterocyclic thione donor complexes. Part III. Cobalt(II) complexes of imidazolidine-2-thione

The thermal decomposition of the cobalt(II) complexes of imidazolidine-2-thione (Imdt), Co(Imdt)₂X₂ (X = Cl, Br, and I) have been studied in air and argon by means of TG and DTG as well as in nitrogen by DTA. Decomposition schemes have been proposed for the complexes in both air and inert atmospheres. Reaction enthalpies have been derived from the melting and decomposition endotherms by means of quantitative DTA. A mean coordinate bond dissociation energy, D?, has been estimated for the Co-Imdt bond in the chloro complex. Reaction products in air have been identified by X-ray powder diffraction.     

Structure of 72,74Se at high spin

Lifetimes of high spin states up to { }=22⁺ in the yrast positive parity bands have been measured to investigate the shape evolution with increasing spin in ^{72, 74}Se. The Q _t values derived from these measurements indicate that prolate shape stabilizes for ⁷²Se, while a triaxial shape develops for ⁷⁴Se at higher spins. Comparison of the observed trend in Q _t with spin for ^{72, 74}Se with that of the corresponding kryptones isotones emphasizes the stability provided by N=38 prolate shell gap even at high rotational frequency.