Ab initio MRD-CI study of the rydberg states of methylene

Potential curves have been calculated for the low-lying Rydberg states of CH₂ as well as for a number of its valence-shell species by employing the ab initio MRD-CI method. The first Rydberg transition is found to occur with a vertical energy of 6.38 eV (1b₁ → 3s), but the corresponding upper state is believed to be strongly predissociated since it correlates directly with the CH(²II) + H(²S_g) ground state fragments at lower energy. The assignment of the first observed Rydberg transition at 8.757 eV by Herzberg as 1b₁ → 3dπ is confirmed almost quantitatively in the calculations, while the corresponding minimum 1P value is computed to be 10.21 eV compared to the experimental result of 10.3 ± 0.1 eV. The dissociation energy of methylene in its ground state is calculated to be 4.47 eV, and this result also fits in well with experimental evidence, which determines a lower limit for this quantity of D₀ > 4.23 eV. Finally, it is found that none of the Rydberg states nor any of the higher-lying valence-shell species of methylene are of sufficiently low energy to play a significant role in the experimental determination of the ¹A₁-³B₁ splitting of this system.     

The ground state of the CN+ ion: a multi-reference Ci study

An extensive configuration-interaction study employing an AO basis including f polarization functions is undertaken for the ¹Σ⁺ and ³Π states of the CN⁺ ion at their respective equilibrium geometries. The importance of a multi-reference set for configuration generation is thereby exemplified in detail; all calculations in which the reference configurations contribute more than 90^~c to the final CI vectors (and similar amounts to both states) place the ¹Σ⁺ state lower than ³Π by ΔE_e = 0.10–0.20 eV at all stages. i.e. for a selected (large) subset, after extrapolation to the entire MRD CI space of up to 176000 configurations, and also at the estimated full CI level of treatment.     

Definition der Spinornorm nach Zassenhaus

Ohne ZusammenfassungHerrnGottfried Köthe zu seinem 60. Geburtstag am 25. Dezember 1965 gewidmet     

Molekülabsorptionsspektrometrie bei elektrothermischer verdampfung in einer graphitrohrküvette: IV. Bestimmung von jodidspuren durch tlj-molekülabsorption

Molecular absorption, spectrometry with electrothermal volatilization in a graphite tube. Part 5. Determination of iodide traces by molecular absorption of TlI.The molecular absorption of thermally stable TlI, generated by evaporation in a normal graphite cuvette, is suitable for the determination of traces of iodide in small samples. Optimal conditions are described, and interferences are discussed. The reciprocal sensitivities relative to 0.01 absorbance are 80 ng of iodide at 202 nm and 160 ng of ng ^J- (380.4 nm).     

Concerted molecular displacements in a thermally-induced solid-state transformation in crystals of DL-norleucine

Martensitic transformations are of considerable technological importance, a particularly promising application being the possibility of using martensitic materials, possibly proteins, as tiny machines. For organic crystals, however, a molecular level understanding of such transformations is lacking. We have studied a martensitic-type transformation in crystals of the amino acid DL-norleucine using molecular dynamics simulation. The crystal structures of DL-norleucine comprise stacks of bilayers (formed as a result of strong hydrogen bonding) that translate relative to each other on transformation. The simulations reveal that the transformation occurs by concerted molecular displacements involving entire bilayers rather than on a molecule-by-molecule basis. These observations can be rationalized on the basis that at sufficiently high excess temperatures, the free energy barriers to concerted molecular displacements can be overcome by the available thermal energy. Furthermore, in displacive transformations, the molecular displacements can occur by the propagation of a displacement wave (akin to a kink in a carpet), which requires the molecules to overcome only a local barrier. Concerted molecular displacements are therefore considered to be a significant feature of all displacive transformations. This finding is expected to be of value toward developing strategies for controlling or modulating martensitic-type transformations.     

On pair correlation and discrepancy

We say that a sequence \(\left( x_n\right) _{n \ge 1}\) in [0, 1) has Poissonian pair correlations if

$$\begin{aligned} \lim _{N \rightarrow \infty } \frac{1}{N} \# \left\{ 1 \le l \ne m \le N{:}\,\left||x_l-x_m\right|| < \frac{s}{N} \right\} = 2s \end{aligned}$$

for all \(s>0\). In this note we show that if the convergence in the above expression is—in a certain sense—fast, then this implies a small discrepancy for the sequence \(\left( x_n\right) _{n \ge 1}\). As an easy consequence it follows that every sequence with Poissonian pair correlations is uniformly distributed in [0, 1).

     

Influence of molecular geometry on the adsorption orientation for oligophenylene-ethynylenes on Au(111)

The adsorption structures formed from a class of oligophenylene-ethynylenes on Au(111) under ultrahigh vacuum conditions is compared based on high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements. The molecules consist of three or four benzene rings connected by ethynylene spokes and are all functionalized identically with an aldehyde, a hydroxyl, and a bulky tert-butyl group. Compounds with the conjugated spokes placed in the para, meta, and threefold configurations were previously found to exclusively form molecular layers with flat-lying adsorption geometries. In contrast, the associated compound with spokes in the ortho configuration surprisingly differs in its adsorption by forming only structures with an upright adsorption orientation. The packing density for the structures formed by the compound with the ortho configuration is less dense than that in conventional self-assembled monolayers while still keeping the conducting backbone in an upright orientation. These structures are thus interesting from the perspective of performing single-molecule conduction measurements on the oligophenylene-ethynylene backbones.     

Chemical stability of midazolam injection by high performance liquid chromatography

The chemical stability of midazolam hydrochloride injection, undiluted or diluted with dextrose sterile solution, was studied at different storage conditions by LC. The study was performed at room temperature (23 +/- 2 degrees C) under light exposure and light protection, +8 +/- 1 degrees C and -20 +/- 0.5 degrees C, in glass and plastic containers over 14 days with midazolam hydrochloride injection, undiluted or diluted with 5% dextrose sterile solution. Chromatographic separation was carried out on a RP-18(e) column, using a mobile phase consisting of ACN-phosphate buffer (pH 3.3; 0.1 M) (30:70 v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and UV detection at 220 nm. The concentrations of all samples remained greater than 90% of the original concentration. The chromatographic assay exhibited an adequate linearity (r(2) >0.999), selectivity, precision (RSD <3.1), and accuracy (recoveries from 100.46 to 101.40%). Injectable midazolam hydrochloride was chemically stable in all conditions that were studied.     

A sub-two minutes method for monoclonal antibody-aggregate quantification using parallel interlaced size exclusion high performance liquid chromatography

In process development and during commercial production of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) the monitoring of aggregate levels is obligatory. The standard assay for mAb aggregate quantification is based on size exclusion chromatography (SEC) performed on a HPLC system. Advantages hereof are high precision and simplicity, however, standard SEC methodology is very time consuming. With an average throughput of usually two samples per hour, it neither fits to high throughput process development (HTPD), nor is it applicable for purification process monitoring. We present a comparison of three different SEC columns for mAb-aggregate quantification addressing throughput, resolution, and reproducibility. A short column (150 mm) with sub-two micron particles was shown to generate high resolution (~1.5) and precision (coefficient of variation (cv)<1) with an assay time below 6 min. This column type was then used to combine interlaced sample injections with parallelization of two columns aiming for an absolute minimal assay time. By doing so, both lag times before and after the peaks of interest were successfully eliminated resulting in an assay time below 2 min. It was demonstrated that determined aggregate levels and precision of the throughput optimized SEC assay were equal to those of a single injection based assay. Hence, the presented methodology of parallel interlaced SEC (PI-SEC) represents a valuable tool addressing HTPD and process monitoring.     

Investigation into the enantioselection mechanism of ruthenium-arene-diamine transfer hydrogenation catalysts using fluorinated substrates

The effects of both steric and electronic properties of ketones on the selectivity in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation have been studied with aryl alkyl/fluoroalkyl ketones using four ruthenium based catalysts and two different media. The 1-arylethanones, 1-aryl-2-fluoroethanones and 2,2-difluoroacetophenones could be reduced with medium to high ee (86-99%), while the 1-aryl-2,2,2-trifluoroethanones were reduced with low selectivity in most systems. The change in enantioselectivity upon structural variation has been rationalised aided by regression analysis with substituent constants and the partial charge of the carbonyl carbon as predictors. The steric bulk of the alkyl/fluoroalkyl chain was found to be the major factor in determining selectivity in formic acid/triethylamine, while for reduction of a series of substituted 1-arylethanones and 1-aryl-2-fluoroethanones, the selectivity was found to depend on the electronic properties of the aromatic ring, supporting previous evidence that π-π interaction between the substrate and catalyst is important in determining the selectivity. For reductions in water using sodium formate as the hydrogen donor, altered and more complex selectivity mechanisms were observed. Experiments and regression focused on the variation of the alkyl/fluoroalkyl group of phenyl and 1-naphthyl ketones, showed that the selectivity correlated with the size of the substituent, but also the partial charge of the carbonyl carbon.