The electric quadrupole transition L2M3(β17) in the X-ray emission spectrum of erbium

A new diagram line corresponding to the electric quadrupole transition L₂M₃(β₁₇) in the X-ray emission spectrum of erbium is reported at λ = 1658.25 X.U., using a 40 cm curved mica crystal spectrograph of transmission type.     

Hall current effect on Magnetohydrodynamic waves in rotating liquids

Summary The effect of the Hall current on the directional distribution and attenuation of waves created by a localised periodic source in ionized, incompressible, rotating liquids in the presence of a uniform externally applied magnetic field has been studied using a technique developed by Lighthill¹). It is found that the Hall current causes a radialexpansion of Alfvén waves and radialcontraction of Taylor waves). It also alters the modes of decay of these waves.     

Coordination and structure of some transition metal piperidinium pentamethylene dithiocarbamate complexes

Summary Cobalt(II), nickel(ll), and copper(II) complexes of piperidinum pentamethylene dithiocarbamate (pipmdte) have been prepared and studied by spectral (i.r. and absorption) and magnetic methods. The M(pipmdte)CI complexes are probably four coordinate and square planar, the tridentate ligand being coordinated via the two thiocarbamate sulphur atoms and the nitrogen atom of the piperidinium group.     

518—π-acid effect on electrode behaviour of ternary complexes in solution: Complex formation between copper(II)-1,10-phenanthroline complex and ligands containing oxygen and/or nitrogen donor atoms as secondary ligands. part II

The study of mixed-ligand complexes [Cu_x(phen)_yL_z] (where phen stands for 1,10-phenanthroline and L for aliphatic acids, aromatic acids, amino acids and phenols in the ratio of 1 : 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 : 1) has been made at three different temperatures, namely 30, 35 and 40°C. It is observed that all the complexes follow a partictiar reaction mechanism with temperature, and the half-wave potential shifts towards the more positive side with rise of temperature, indicating easier reduction. Besides the formal rate constant, the activation energy of diffusion, E_D, has been calculated for each system. The effect of activation energy and the energy of rearrangement of electronic configuration of the depolarizer has been discussed against availability of the redox orbital for the electroreduction process.     

Macropolyhedral boron-containing cluster chemistry. A synthetic approach via the auto-fusion of [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H12

In an attempt to build up borane-based multicluster assemblies, thermolysis of [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H12] 1 in inert hydrocarbon solution, followed by chromatographic separation, has resulted in the isolation not only of the previously established single-cluster product from this reaction, [5-(SMe2)-nido-B10H12] 2 (30%), but also the two two-cluster species [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H11-1-(6-nido-B10H13)] 3 (20%) and [1,6-(nido-B10H13)2] 6 (ca. 0.5%) and the two three-cluster species [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H10-1,5-(6-nido-B10H13)2] 4 (5%), characterized crystallographically, and [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H10-1,3-(6-nido-B10H13)2] 5 (<1%), identified by NMR spectroscopy. An improved crystallographic investigation of [5-(SMe2)-nido-B10H12] 2 is also presented. The feasibility of the stability of species resulting from multiple adjacent substitution of nido-decaboranyl units on the [6,9-(SMe2)2-arachno-B10H12] skeleton is tested by DFT calculations. In an extension, to attempt the use of pre--linked two-cluster compounds as starting substrates, two-cluster [5-(SMe2)-4-(2-nido-B10H13)-nido-B10H11] 7 (0.6%) has been isolated from the reaction of SMe2 with [1,5-(nido-B10H13)2], other identified products being compound 1 (39%) and compound 3 (10.5%).     

Reduction of Z-2-chlorostilbene with lithium aluminum hydride: evidence for an electron transfer radical mechanism

$\text{Z}$-2-Chlorostilbene undergoes uncatalyzed LiAlH₄ reduction giving phenanthrene and $\text{Z}$-stilbene. An electron transfer radical mechanism is proposed. LiAlH₄ induced isomerization of $\text{Z}$-stilbene produces $\text{E}$-stilbene.