Studies on coordination compounds : Formation constants of some metal salts of the nitrosonaphthols

Formation constants of various metal derivatives of I-nitroso-2-naphthol and 2-nitroso-1-naphthol have been measured in 50 and 75 volume per cent dioxan. The anomalies of the nickel and cobalt compounds are considered and explanations offered.     

Nitrate ion photolysis in thin water films in the presence of bromide ions

Nitrate ions commonly coexist with halide ions in aged sea salt particles, as well as in the Arctic snowpack, where NO(3)(-) photochemistry is believed to be an important source of NO(y) (NO + NO(2) + HONO + ...). The effects of bromide ions on nitrate ion photochemistry were investigated at 298 ± 2 K in air using 311 nm photolysis lamps. Reactions were carried out using NaBr/NaNO(3) and KBr/KNO(3) deposited on the walls of a Teflon chamber. Gas phase halogen products and NO(2) were measured as a function of photolysis time using long path FTIR, NO(y) chemiluminescence and atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry (API-MS). Irradiated NaBr/NaNO(3) mixtures show an enhancement in the rates of production of NO(2) and Br(2) as the bromide mole fraction (χ(NaBr)) increased. However, this was not the case for KBr/KNO(3) mixtures where the rates of production of NO(2) and Br(2) remained constant over all values of χ(KBr). Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations show that the presence of bromide in the NaBr solutions pulls sodium toward the solution surface, which in turn attracts nitrate to the interfacial region, allowing for more efficient escape of NO(2) than in the absence of halides. However, in the case of KBr/KNO(3), bromide ions do not appreciably affect the distribution of nitrate ions at the interface. Clustering of Br(-) with NO(3)(-) and H(2)O predicted by MD simulations for sodium salts may facilitate a direct intermolecular reaction, which could also contribute to higher rates of NO(2) production. Enhanced photochemistry in the presence of halide ions may be important for oxides of nitrogen production in field studies such as in polar snowpacks where the use of quantum yields from laboratory studies in the absence of halide ions would lead to a significant underestimate of the photolysis rates of nitrate ions.     

Conformational structure of tyrosine, tyrosyl-glycine, and tyrosyl-glycyl-glycine by double resonance spectroscopy

We investigated the variation in conformation for the amino acid tyrosine (Y), alone and in the small peptides tyrosine-glycine (YG) and tyrosine-glycine-glycine (YGG), in the gas phase by using UV-UV and IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. For tyrosine we found seven different conformations, for YG we found four different conformations, and for YGG we found three different conformations. As the peptides get larger, we observe fewer stable conformers, despite the increasing complexity and number of degrees of freedom. We find structural trends similar to those in phenylalanine-glycine-glycine (FGG) and tryptophan-glycine-glycine (WGG); however, the effect of dispersive forces in FGG for stabilizing a folded structure is replaced by that of hydrogen bonding in YGG.     

NMR Studies of Hindered Rotation. The Diels-Alder Adduct of Phencyclone with p-Benzoquinone: Restricted Motion of Bridgehead Phenyls

The Diels-Alder adduct of phencyclone with p-benzoquinone has been examined by ¹H NMR at 300 MHz in CDCl₃ at ambient temperatures for evidence of hindered rotation of the unsubstituted bridgehead phenyl groups. The nearly first-order spectrum exhibits four approximate doublets and five approximate triplets in the aromatic region, of roughly equal intensity (ca. 2H). This is consistent with a slow-exchange limit (SEL) spectrum of the hindered phenyls. For rapidly rotating phenyls, the predicted fast-exchange limit (FEL) spectrum would have shown two 2H doublets and one 4H doublet, in addition to three 2H triplets and one 4H triplet, in the aryl region. Full ¹H assignments have been made, based on the two-dimensional ¹H-¹H homonuclear chemical shift correlation spectrum (COSY) and expected magnetic anisotropy effects.     

Polyhedral rearrangements involving five- and six-coordinate carbon

Polyhedral carboranes and metallocarboranes characteristically contain C atoms having coordination numbers of 5 and 6 within the polyhedral surface. Thermal carbon and metal atom migration reactions are observed in these species and we here report results obtained with polyhedra containing 10, 11, 12 and 13 vertices. Thermodynamic activation parameters have been measured for several representative rearrangement reactions and their mechanistic significance is discussed. General rules which appear to govern carbon and metal atom migration reactions are advanced.     

Isomerization of Keggin Al13 Ions Followed by Diffusion Rates

The solution chemistry of aluminum has long interested scientists due to its relevance to materials chemistry and geochemistry. The dynamic behavior of large aluminum–oxo‐hydroxo clusters, specifically [Al₁₃O₄(OH)₂₄(H₂O)₁₂]⁷⁺ ( Al₁₃ ), is the focus of this paper. ²⁷Al NMR, ¹H NMR, and ¹H DOSY techniques were used to follow the isomerization of the ?‐Al₁₃ in the presence of glycine and Ca²⁺ at 90 °C. Although the conversion of ?‐Al₁₃ to new clusters and/or Baker–Figgis–Keggin isomers has been studied previously, new ¹H NMR and ¹H DOSY analyses provided information about the role of glycine, the ligated intermediates, and the mechanism of isomerization. New ¹H NMR data suggest that glycine plays a critical role in the isomerization. Surprisingly, glycine does not bind to Al₃₀ clusters, which were previously proposed as an intermediate in the isomerization. Additionally, a highly symmetric tetrahedral signal (δ=72 ppm) appeared during the isomerization process, which evidence suggests corresponds to the long‐sought α‐Al₁₃ isomer in solution.     

A discriminant based charge deconvolution analysis pipeline for protein profiling of whole cell extracts using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

A discriminant based charge deconvolution analysis pipeline is proposed. The molecular weight determination (MoWeD) charge deconvolution method was applied directly to the discrimination rules obtained by the fuzzy rule-building expert system (FuRES) pattern classifier. This approach was demonstrated with synthetic electrospray ionization-mass spectra. Identification of the tentative protein biomarkers by bacterial cell extracts of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium strains A1 and A19 by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) was also demonstrated. The data analysis time was reduced by applying this approach. In addition, this method was less affected by noise and baseline drift.     

Development and characterization of a titanosilicate ETS-10-coated optical fiber reactor towards the photodegradation of methylene blue

An optical fiber reactor (OFR) system containing uniformly distributed quartz fibers coated with titanosilicate ETS-10 crystals was investigated. Optimum ETS-10 film thickness (～1.5 μm) and coating length (15 cm) were determined from the light propagation analysis in a single ETS-10-coated fiber. The nearly constant value of the attenuation coefficient (α ≈ 0.10 cm^?1) for films with different thickness indicated uniform fiber surface coverage with these films. The extinction coefficient, ?, decreased from ～1.6 to ～1.0 μm^?1 with ETS-10 film thickness increasing from ～0.5 to ～1.5 μm, which suggested less contact per unit film thickness between light and ETS-10 crystals inside thicker films, likely due to their lower crystal packing density. Photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) conducted in the OFR showed higher photocatalytic activity for thicker ETS-10 films. Although higher MB photodegradation rates were obtained at higher light intensity, the apparent quantum efficiency, Φ, decreased with increasing light intensity. This is consistent with the charge separation mechanism for MB photodegradation in the UV light range investigated. All ETS-10 samples investigated showed ～4–5 times higher Φ values in the OFR than in the slurry reactor, likely due to the unique light/photocatalyst/reactant contact and high fiber packing density in the OFR.