The determination of lead and nickel by atomic-absorption spectrometry with a flameless wire loop atomizer

In an extension of studies of flameless atomizers for atomic-absorption spectrometry, an electrically heated tungsten-rhenium alloy wire loop was examined. Reduction of metallic salts to ground-state metal atoms was accomplished with the high temperature produced by the loop. Lead and nickel were investigated. Experimental parameters such as wavelength, slit width, atomization temperature and sheathing gas flow rate were optimized. Absolute detection limits of 6.6·10^?10 and 1.2·10^?10, and absolute sensitivities of 7·10^?10 and 8·10^?11 g of lead, were established for unenclosed and enclosed cells, respectively. The interferences of twenty cations and sixteen anions were studied; foreign cations generally enhanced the lead absorption by retarding its vaporization, allowing the slow detection system to respond more efficiently. Nickel was investigated as a representative less volatile metal; an absolute detection limit of 1.6·10^?9 and an absolute sensitivity of 9·10^?10 g of nickel were established.     

Über den Dissoziationszustand von geschmolzenem Natriumdiwolframat (Na2W2O7)

Kordes and Nolte are of the opinion that, on melting, Na₂W₂O₇ dissociates according to the reaction whereas Gelsing et al. assume a dissociation into Na⁺ ions and a mixture of chains of WO₄ tetrahedra (WO, W₂O, W₃O, etc.). In the present paper it is demonstrated that a dissociation according to the ideas of Gelsing et al. can excellently explain the cryometric results found by Kordes and Nolte themselves. The dissociation scheme proposed by Gelsing et al., is even more likely than that proposed by Kordes and Nolte when the results of surface tension measurements reported by Gossink and Stevels are taken into account.     

INDO-MO calculations of hyperfine splitting constants for pyridine anions

INDO-MO Calculations have been carried out on the anions of a variety of pyridine derivatives for which e.s.r. data have recently become available. The method gives reasonable results for proton hyperfine splitting constants but calculated nitrogen splitting constants are considerably larger than the experimental values. Some -only calculations are included for the pyridine anion. All methods overestimate the spin density at the nitrogen atom. The orbital populations and excess charges for the pyridine molecule are not in agreement with those of an ab initio calculation.     

Binding energy of lithium halide molecules

A semi-empirical open shell model of sigma bonded systems has been employed to calculate the binding energies for diatomic lithium halides. The repulsion between the atomic cores is taken as the Coulomb repulsion term $\text{1}\text{R}{}_{12}$ modified by the presence of electronic cores. This modification has been estimated from the repulsion term in the Rittner potential function. The agreement with the experimental values is quite satisfactory but the extension of the same method to alkali hydrides results in gross discrepancies. The results are discussed in the light of other results.     

Reactions of Titanium Alkoxides with N-Methylaminoalcohols

N-methylaminoalkoxides of titanium of the type Ti(OR)_4?n(O · CHR′ · CH₂ · NR″R?)_n where R = Et and Pr¹; n = 1–4; and R′ = R″ = H, R? = Me; R′ = H, R″ = R? = Me; R′ = R″ = R? = Me, synthesized by the reactions of titanium alkoxides with aminoalcohols, show interesting variations in their properties like physical state, volatility and molecular complexity. I.r. and p.m.r. spectra of these derivatives have been recorded. A few interchange reactions with methanol and tert-butanol have also been carried out. These aminoalkoxides get cleaved with acetyl chloride and undergo insertion reactions with phenylisocyanate, thus providing the first examples of insertion reactions in such derivatives.     

Ab initio MO-SCF calculation on a model of anomalous water

Ab initio calculations are carried out on the planar hexamer model of anomalous water using a variety of basis sets. The results are compared to results of similar calculations on free water and water in the ice I-like puckered ring configurations.

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Zusammenfassung Es werden ab initio-Rechnungen für das planare Hexamer-Modell von anomalem Wasser unter Verwendung mehrerer BasissÄtze durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse werden mit Resultaten Ähnlicher Rechnungen über freies Wasser und Wasser in der I-Eis Ähnlichen Konfiguration verzerrter Ringe verglichen.

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Résumé Calculs ab initio sur le modèle hexamérique plan de l'eau anormale en utilisant différentes bases. Les résultats sont comparés à ceux de calculs similaires sur l'eau libre et sur l'eau dans une configuration cyclique compacte analogue à celle de la glace I.

     

Simultaneous observation of coherent and incoherent resonant re-emission in the condensed phase

We report simultaneous observation of coherent resonance Raman scattering and incoherently broadened resonance fluorescence following excitation of cytochrome c in the α(0, 0) region. The influence of incoherent broadening processes on resonance Raman scattering experiments is considered.     

INTRAMOLECULAR EXCIPLEX FORMATION IN Nα-ACETYL-1-PYRENYLALANYL-1-METHYLTRYPTOPHAN METHYLESTER

Abstract— The synthesis, absorption and emission properties of erythro (e) and threo (t) Na-acetyl-1-pyrenylalanyl-1-methyltryptophan methylester (APTE) are reported. From the dependency of the exciplex emission maximum on the solvent polarity, the exciplex dipole moment of erythro and threo APTE were calculated. The evolution of the ratio of the quantum yield of exciplex emission and the quantum yield of emission from the locally excited state is correlated with solvent polarity and with the tendency of the solvent to interact with the peptide chain through hydrogen bonding. It is shown that solvents, inert towards the peptide function, shift the equilibrium between the two ground state conformations towards C₇, in which an exciplex geometry can be reached. Hydrogen accepting solvents shift the conformational equilibrium towards C₅, which cannot form an exciplex directly within the lifetime of excited pyrene.     

Gmelin handbook of inorganic chemistry, 8th edit., S — Sulfur-Nitrogen Compounds,Part 2: Compounds with Sulfur of Oxidation Number IV: Springer-Verlag,Berlin, Heidelberg,New York,Tokyo, 1985, xiv + 333 pages,DM 1144, ISBN 3-540-93512-6

A close examination of the ESR spectrum of a paramagnetic complex formed from bis(ethoxythiocarbonyl)sulfide and dimanganese decacarbonyl has revealed, for the first in this type of radical adduct, ₁₃C hyperfine coupling in natural abundance from the carbonyl ligands.     

Ta4P4S29: A new tunnel structure with inserted polymeric sulfur

Ta₄P₄S₂₉ was prepared from the elements heated together in stoichiometric proportions in an evacuated Pyrex tube for 10 days at 500°C. The crystal symmetry is tetragonal, space group P4₃2₁2, with the cell parameters: a = b = 15.5711(7) Å, c = 13.6516(8) Å, V = 3309.9(5) ų, and Z = 4. The structure calculations were conducted from 2335 reflections and 146 variables, leading to R = 0.033. The structure basic framework, corresponding to the chemical composition [TaPS₆], is made of biprismatic bicapped [Ta₂S₁₂] units (average d_TaS = 2.539 Å), including sulfur pairs (average d_SS = 2.039 Å), bonded to each other through [PS₄] tetrahedral groups (average d_PS = 2.044 Å) sharing sulfurs. This framework leaves large tunnels running along the c axis of the cell and in which (S₁₀)_∞ sulfur chains are found to be inserted (average d_SS = 2.052 Å and SSS = 105.75°). Diamagnetic and semiconducting Ta₄P₄S₂₉ can be formulated: Ta^V₄P^V₄(S^?II)₁₆(S^?II₂)₄(S⁰₅).