Magnetism of metal cyanide networks assembled at interfaces

Studies of metal cyanide thin films prepared directly at interfaces are reviewed. The systems range from monolayers, single-layer analogs of Prussian blue-like networks, to bulk powders prepared as thin films. Monolayer networks are prepared at the air/water interface and transferred to solid supports using Langmuir-Blodgett film methods. Films of bulk materials are prepared directly on solid surfaces using a templated sequential deposition procedure. The magnetic properties of the films have been explored, and in some cases, these monolayers and surface films give rise to new behavior that is only possible because of the fabrication method or thin film architecture. The methods of synthesis can generate oriented samples, even when the materials are poorly crystalline. Furthermore, the interface-assembled networks are inherently anisotropic, leading to phenomena not present in the solid-state analogs, such as anisotropic photomagnetism in a thin film of Rb_jCo_k[Fe(CN)₆]_l·nH₂O.     

NaAg3S2, ein Thioargentat mit dem Clusteranion [Ag6S4]2−

NaAg₃S₂, a Thioargentate Containing the Anionic Cluster [Ag₆S₄]^2? . Dark-red octahedrally shaped crystals of NaAg₃S₂ could be obtained by the reaction of NaAg(CN)₂ and NaCN in a stream of hydrogen sulfide at 630 K. NaAg₃S₂ crystallizes cubic, a=12.358(1) Å, space group Fd3 m, Z=16. The structure was determined from four-circle diffractometer data. NaAg₃S₂ contains the anionic cluster [Ag₆S₄]^2?. The structure can be traced back to the spinel structure typ. An extended Hückel calculation for the cluster anion, which is considered to be isolated, shows weak bonding silver-silver interactions. NaAg₃S₂ is diamagnetic at room temperature.     

Synthesis and structural characterisation of [(Ph3P)AuCo(CO)3(PPh3)]

Summary [(Ph₃P)AuCo(CO)₃(PPh₃)] has been synthesised from [(Ph₃P)AuCo(CO)₄], PPh₃v and Me₃NO in acetonitrile. Its molecular structure, determined by single-crystal x-ray crystallography, consists of an almost linear P-Au-Co-P arrangement in which the Co atom is in a slightly distorted trigonalbipyramidal geometry, with the Au and P atoms occupying the apical sites. The Au-Co bond length of 2.450(1) ? is shorter than that reported for [(Ph₃P)AuCo(CO)₄]. The carbonyl ligands are bent towards the Au atom and the mean Au-Co-C angle is 81(1)°.     

Peak recognition technique by a computer program copying the human judgement

Summary It is still difficult to determine peaks and peak boundaries properly, though peak recognition is very important for the precision of quantitative data. A new computer program overcomes these problems using a method which is adapted from human judgements. The algorithm was developed for HPLC but can also be used in other fields of analytical chemistry.     

Flow-through particles for the high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of biomolecules: perfusion chromatography

This paper reports a new technique for reducing resistance to stagnant mobile phase mass transfer without sacrificing high adsorbent capacity or necessitating extremely high pressure operation. The technique involves the flow of liquid through a porous chromatographic particle, and has thus been termed "perfusion chromatography". This is accomplished with 6000-8000 A pores which transect the particle. Data from electron microscopy, column efficiency, frontal analysis and theoretical modelling all suggest that mobile phase will flow through these large pores. In this manner, solutes enter the interior of the particles through a combination of convective and diffusional transport, with convection dominating for Peclet numbers greater than one. The implications of flow through particles on bandspreading, resolution and dynamic loading capacity are examined. It is shown that the rate of solute transport is strongly coupled to mobile phase velocity such that bandspreading, resolution of proteins and dynamic loading capacity are unaffected by increases in mobile phase velocity up to several thousand centimeters per hour. The surface area of this very large-pore diameter material is enhanced by using a network of smaller, 500-1500 A interconnecting pores between the throughpores. Scanning electron micrographs show that the pore network is continuous and that no point in the matrix is more than 5000-10,000 A from a through-pore. As a consequence, diffusional path lengths are minimized and the large porous particles take on the transport characteristics of much smaller particles but with a fraction of the pressure drop. Capacity and resolution studies show that these materials bind and separate an amount of protein equivalent to that of conventional high-performance liquid chromatography as well as low performance agarose-based media at greater than 10-100 times higher mobile phase velocity with no loss in resolution.     

Erratum zu: Stöchiometrie und Kinetik der Karl-Fiseher-Reaktion in Methanol als Reaktionsmedium

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Preparation of polysiloxane stationary phases for capillary column chromatography: A New methoxyphenyl phase

Contemporary methods for the synthesis of alkyl- and arylsubstituted polysiloxane stationary phases are reviewed. A new, moderately polar phase containing the 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propyl group is reported.     

Configurational assignment of fragment ions by CID. Stereochemistry and mechanism of retro-Diels–Alder fragmentation accompanied by hydrogen transfer in gas-phase cations

Low energy CID mass spectra of m/z 173, C₈H₁₃O₄⁺, obtained from the diethyl ester of cis,syn,cis-l,2,3,3a,4,5,5a,6,7,8-decahydroindacene-4,5-dicarboxylic acid and cis,syn,cis-l,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,8a,9,10,10a-dodecahydrophenanthrene-9,10-dicarboxylic acid indicate they have the structure of protonated diethyl maleate. This finding together with previous deuterium labelling results suggest that the formation of this ion from both precursors takes place by migration of a hydrogen atom from an allylic δ-position followed by the concerted cleavage of two allylic C? C bonds in analogy to the ground state retro-Diels–Alder fragmentation.