Bis[N,N′‐diisopropylbenzamidinato(−)]silicon(II): Lewis Acid/Base Reactions with Triorganylboranes

Reaction of the donor‐stabilized silylene 1 (which is three‐coordinate in the solid state and four‐coordinate in solution) with BEt₃ and BPh₃ leads to the formation of the Lewis acid/base complexes 2 and 3 , respectively, which are the first five‐coordinate silicon compounds with an Si?B bond. These compounds were structurally characterized by crystal structure analyses and by multinuclear NMR spectroscopic studies in the solid state and in solution. Additionally, the bonding situation in 2 and 3 was analyzed by quantum chemical studies.     

Impurity diffusion of 114In in Cu

Using the tracer-standard sectioning technique the impurity diffusion of indium in copper has been investigated in the temperature range from 798.1 to 1081.0°C. For the frequency factor and the activation energy, respectively, the following values were determined: D₀₂ = 1.87 cm² · s⁻¹; Q₂ = 2.034 eV. The results are compared with predictions of theoretical models of the impurity diffusion in metals.     

Zur Charakterisierung von Boden-Huminstoffen

Summary Humic acids prepared from four horizons of a Podzol in the Segeberger Forest as well as different fractions of humic substances (fulvi acid, humic acid, and humin) of the Ahe horizon were characterized by a combination of analytical methods. As basis served the data from elemental analyses, UV/VIS-, FTIR-, and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography using Fractogel TSK, and vapor pressure osmometry. Utilizing pyrolysis in direct coupling with field ionization mass spectrometry, more detailed information about structural features of the humic substances in soils could be obtained. In this manner, the different importance of carbohydrates, aromatic, and lipidic components in the various fractions is observed. The characteristic temperature dependence of the averaged molecular weights of the pyrolyzates indicates a basic structural skeleton, which is quite similar for the humic acids isolated from the different horizons. By degradation of the carbohydrates and increasing incorporation of lipidic components an enhanced biotransformation takes place with increasing depth of the soil profile.

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Gewidmet Herrn Professor Dr. W. Fresenius zum 75. Geburtstag