1H, 13C, and 73Ge NMR spectral analysis of substituted aryltrimethylgermanes

NMR chemical shifts of 1H, 13C, and 73Ge are reported for a series of monosubstituted aromatic trimethylgermanes of the type XC6H4Ge(CH3)3; X = p-N(CH3)2, p-OCH3, p-OC2H5, p-C(CH3)3, p-Si(CH3)3, p-Ge(CH3)3, p-Sn(CH3)3, p-CH3, m-CH3, -H, m-OCH3, p-Cl, p-Br, m-F, m-CF3, p-CF3, o-OCH3, and o-CH3. The relatively narrow 73Ge resonances show a strong correlation with Hammett sigma constants, with a correlation coefficient of 0.976 and 0.876 for 73Ge chemical shifts in meta- and para-substituted derivatives, respectively. The 13C chemical shifts of the methyl carbons bonded to germanium also display a relationship, with correlation coefficients of 0.904, 0.993, and 0.911 for para-, meta- and all derivatives, respectively. Comparisons of the Hammett plots for the homologous series XC6H4M(CH3)3; M = C, Si, Ge, Sn, show that, in general, correlation coefficients decrease while slopes increase significantly down the group, presumably reflecting the corresponding increase in chemical shift range of the group 14 atom. The Hammett constant derived for the p-Ge(CH3)3 group of +0.13 compares with the NMR-derived constants of -0.12 for p-C(CH3)3, +0.14 for p-Si(CH3)3, and -0.14 for p-Sn(CH3)3. The indication of electron release by carbon and tin can be rationalized through traditional hyperconjugative arguments for carbon and by the low electronegativity and consequent inductive effect of tin. The small electron attraction suggested by the positive constants for silicon and germanium can be simply, and perhaps naively, attributed to pi-acceptor interactions with the benzene ring.     

高聚合度Ⅱ-型聚磷酸铵的合成

用聚合反应-热处理两段工艺合成了高聚合度的聚磷酸铵（APP）阻燃材料,其结构经XRD,粒度及平均聚合度表征。优化反应条件为：磷酸氢二铵1mol,n（磷酸氢二铵）：n（五氧化二磷）：n（脲）：1．0：1．0：0．3．干燥氨气氛下于290℃反应30min,再经250℃-280℃后处理100min-110min。APP的平均聚合度大于150,粒度小于50μm。     

A new model for the rationalization of the thermal behavior of carbonated apatites

A new model for the location and distribution of carbonate ions in carbonated apatite was used to assign the IR spectra of A- and AB-carbonated apatites. The percentage of total carbonate as measured by the mass loss in the TGA of these compounds is in good agreement with the percentage obtained by combustion analysis. The decomposition of pure A-type carbonate appears at temperatures of 985–1123 °C, whereas the decomposition of AB-type carbonated apatites occurs in the range of 600–800 °C. This difference is attributed to changes in the environment of channel carbonate brought about by B-type substitution of carbonate for phosphate. In the presence of sodium ions, the channel is changed by substitution of sodium for calcium in order to accommodate the difference between the charge of the carbonate and phosphate ions. A thermodynamic cycle is introduced to rationalize the differences in decomposition temperatures of A- and B-type carbonate. Preferential loss of B-type carbonate upon heating to 600 °C also suggests the migration of B-type carbonate to A-sites.

     

Phosphineborane analogs of trimethylsilyl amides

The reaction of (CH₃)₂(BH₃)PCl with the lithium salts of acetamide, N-methyl acetamide, and N-methyl formamide produced the N(CH₃)₂(BH₃)P-monosubstituted amides. Attempts to employ the same procedure for the preparation of the bis-acetamide, the acetanilide and the N-methyl benzamide derivatives were unsuccessful. Variable temperature NMR spectroscopy revealed the presence of rotational isomers for the formamide with a population of 0.85 for the major rotamer which on the basis of the ³¹P-formyl proton coupling constants was assigned the structure where the (CH₃)₂(BH₃)P group is trans to carbonyl oxygen. The free energies of activation were determined to be 16.2 and 17.3 kcal/mol. For the other derivatives only one isomer could be detected down to—60°C. The compounds are similar to the trimethylsilyl analogs in structure and rotational populations, but the lower rotational barrier in the phosphineborane formamide derivative suggests a greater destabilization of the polar ground state amide resonance structure by the formal positive charge on phosphorus.     

Structure and dynamics of t-butyldimethylsilyl amides

A series of N-alkyl- and N-aryl-t-butyldimethylsilyl amides have been prepared by amination and their structures determined by IR and NMR spectroscopy. Like their trimethylsilyl counterparts, the N-alkyl derivatives exist as amides while the N-aryl derivates exist as amide/imidate mixtures. The percentage of imidate and the free energies of activation for the imidate/amide exchange in the aryl derivatives are greater than those in the trimethylsilyl derivatives. The barriers to rotation in the amide form of the aryl derivatives are similar to those of the trimethylsilyl derivatives. The barrier for rotation in t-butyldimethylsilyl-N-methyl formamide, however, is lower than that of the trimethylsilyl derivative. Isomer ratios and free energies of activation are rationalized in terms of the steric effect of the t-butyl group.     

Chain epimerization during propylene polymerization with metallocene catalysts: mechanistic studies using a doubly labeled propylene

The mechanisms of chain epimerization during propylene polymerization with methylaluminoxane-activated rac-(EBTHI)ZrCl(2) and rac-(EBI)ZrCl(2) catalysts (EBTHI = ethylenebis(eta(5)-tetrahydroindenyl); EBI = ethylenebis(eta(5)-indenyl)) have been studied using specifically isotopically labeled propylene: CH(2)=CD(13)CH(3). These isospecific catalysts provide predominantly the expected [mmmm] pentads with [minus signCH(2)CD(13)CH(3)(-)] repeating units ((13)C NMR). Under relatively low propylene concentrations at 50 and 75 degreesC, where stereoerrors attributable to chain epimerization are prevalent, (13)C NMR spectra reveal (13)C-labeled methylene groups along the polymer main chain, together with [CD(13)CH(3)] units in [mmmr], [mmrr], and [mrrm] pentads and [CH(13)CH(3)] units in [mmmmmm] and [mmmmmr] heptads, as well as [mrrm] pentads. The isotopomeric regiomisplacements and stereoerrors are consistent with a mechanism involving beta-D elimination, olefin rotation and enantiofacial interconversions, and insertion to a tertiary alkyl intermediate [Zr-C(CH(2)D)((13)CH(3))P] (P = polymer chain), followed by the reverse steps to yield two stereoisomers of [Zr-CHDCH((13)CH(3))P] and [Zr-(13)CH(2)CH(CH(2)D)P], as well as unrearranged [Zr-CH(2)CD((13)CH(3))P]. The absence of observable [-CH(2)CH(13)CH(2)D-] in the [mrrm] pentad region of the (13)C NMR spectra provides evidence that an allyl/dihydrogen complex does not mediate chain epimerization.