Lanthanide nitrate complexes with 2-azacyclononanone

Thermal behavior of rare earth nitrate complexes with 2-azacyclononanone (AZA) with Ln(NO₃)₃·3(AZA) composition (where Ln=Gd, Er and Ho) was analyzed in kinetic point of view. Kinetic parameters were calculated from thermogravimetric data. All obtained results were similar. The first decomposition step was representative to the loss of ligand and the residue was essentially Ln₂O₃. Furthermore, a reaction path was proposed for the thermal decomposition of the Ln(NO₃)₃·3(AZA).     

Elastic scattering cross sections for 160<Superscript>°</Superscript> and 170<Superscript>°</Superscript>backscattering of 1.40-2.64 MeV protons from natural vanadium

Summary The elastic scattering cross sections of natural vanadium for protons have been measured for beam energies below 2.64 MeV in steps of 10 keV and in the angular 160° and 170°. The overall standard error (Δσ_Exp/σ_Exp) in the measured cross sections is estimated to be better than ±3% at all the beam energies and angles. The results are presented in graphical and tabular forms that should be useful for those who wish to use the cross sections for material analysis.     

RESEARCH ON CATALYSTS OF ANTI-CARBON DEPOSITION FOR CH_4 REFORMING WITH CO_2

IntroductionMethaneandcarbondioxidearetWomaincompositionsforthegreenhouseeffectandtheworldglobewanningll].ItisbeneficialtoourlivingenviroIUnenttocontrolthereleaseofthesetwogases.Theconversionofmethanetothecommonfeedstocksynthesisgas(carbonmonoxideandhydro…     

About compensation effect by thermal decomposition of some catalyst precursors

Summary In order to obtain catalysts, the thermal decomposition of the precursors is a compulsory step. However, kinetic analysis of the decomposition data obtained under non-isothermal conditions lead very seldom to the intimate reaction mechanism. There is also a lack of information because in non-isothermal kinetics, the compensation effect, is rather a rule and unfortunately a source of debate. In order to discriminate between these processes, and the influence of conversion, respectively temperature on the reaction rate, the NPK (non-parametric kinetic - Sempere and Nomen) method was used. This method is based on the singular value decomposition algorithm (SVD) applied on the matrix of reaction rate at corresponding conversion and temperature. This method allows a less speculative determination of the conversion functions and of the kinetic parameters.     

贫水电解质体系制备多孔阳极氧化铝模板的研究

在有机溶剂为主的含草酸电解质中,研究了大孔径有序度高的阳极氧化铝(AAO)的一步法电化学制备.实验证实,电解质中水含量的降低能够有效抑制铝的电氧化速率和溶解速率,使得其氧化膜孔道的生长能够稳定进行,所得到的六方孔道排列有序度明显高于纯水溶剂制备的电解质体系下的产物.考察了水含量、有机溶剂种类以及电解质浓度对AAO模板孔道形貌的影响.结果表明,有机溶剂贫水电解质体系使得电氧化电压的选取范围比水溶液电解质体系更宽,孔径连续可调,反应条件温和.该方法适合于制备均匀大孔径的AAO模板.     

Solid state a.c. conductivity and FT-IR spectral analyses for the conflicting effects of proton mobility and association in some azophenol derivatives of cyclic phosphazene

Variable strength H-bonding affects the mobility and so electric conduction of protons differently. Also, variable extent mesomerism modifies electric conduction with varying dielectric features. Both these molecular modifiers are properly cited using azophenol derivatives as model compounds for discussion of their consequences in the varying features of electric conduction. The electric permittivity shows low-frequency dispersion characteristic of ionic conduction over mobile charge carries; the mobility shifts at a critical temperature T _c, being structure dependent. The frequency-dependent Z′′-Z′ layout changes with temperature from linear at low temperatures to semicircular above T _c within a frame of temperature-sensitive dipole-ionic mediated conduction. The a.c. conductivity, σ_ac, increases with frequency and temperature and becomes frequency insensitive, like d.c. conductivity, σ_dc, above the T _c because of the escalating contribution from the d.c. conduction. The mesomeric structure seems to prompt a dipole-based electric conduction of high relaxation energy over the strongly associated phenolic protons that may be thermally activated above the T _c into a much lower relaxation energy protonic conduction of up to two orders higher conductivity. The protonic conduction emerges at a T _c that falls with a drop in the relaxation energy following a similar order of increasing proton mobility and mesomerism in the azophenol derivatives: azocatechol>azoquinol>azoresorcinol. On the molecular level, variable temperature infrared spectroscopy reveals higher proton mobility and mesomerism for the azocatechol derivative that demonstrates its higher protonic conductivity at lower T _c and relaxation energy, compared to the azoquinol and azoresorcinol derivatives. This is well verified in the light of conflicting intramolecular H-bonding that assists the proton mobility in azocatechol whereas it associates the protons in azoresorcinol more than in azoquinol. Electronic Publication     

Microwave-assisted extraction of zearalenone from wheat and corn

A microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) method has been developed for determination of zearalenone in wheat and corn by LC-MS with an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization interface (APCI). Matrix effects were minimized by use of matrix-matched standard curves for quantification of the analyte. The limit of quantification (LOQ) of the method was 30 ng g(-1) in wheat and 20 ng g(-1) in corn. The rapid LC-MS method enabled analysis of the extracts without clean-up, thereby reducing analyte losses, the time required for the analytical procedure, and costs. A factorial design approach was used to examine the effect on extraction efficiency of the main extraction conditions - time, temperature, and solvent. On the basis of results from statistical assessment extraction was performed with 1:1 (v/v) methanol-acetonitrile at 80 degrees C for 5 min. When these extraction conditions were applied to a wheat sample from a recently conducted international proficiency test, 92% (103 ng g(-1)) of the assigned zearalenone concentration (112 ng g(-1)) in the test material was obtained. This result was within the uncertainty (u) range of the assigned value of the test material (u=+/-15.8 ng g(-1), alpha=0.05) thereby demonstrating the accuracy of the method was sufficient. The precision of the whole method was also confirmed to be adequate, because the observed relative standard deviation (RSD) of 12% (n=10) also fulfils the quality criteria recommended by European guidelines for in-house method validation.     

“逐步偶联聚合反应”在研制有序交联高分子及复合物中的应用

用“逐步偶联聚合反应”这一新的合成方法可制备不同等级的微观结构可控的有序交联网状高分子,包括可溶性的一维梯形或管状高分子、不溶性的二维或三维筛板状高分子,新型的反应性梯形聚硅氧烷包括氢梯、乙烯基或丙烯基梯、乙氧基梯及其共聚物是功能性梯形高分子的前体,由此衍生出“鱼骨形”和“划艇形”液晶和非线性高分子、盘状金属络合物液晶高分子以及管状聚硅氧烷。对功能化梯形降硅氧烷进行了有趣的应用探索,包括用于稳定液     

Mathematical studies of Kekulé structures

The perfect matching vector and forcing and the Kekulé-vector of cata-benzenoids are defined. Two theorems are given which set the sufficient and necessary conditions for HKZ-vector (Harary et al. J Math Chem 6:295, 1991) and Kekulé-vector in cata-benzenoids. Additional two theorems are obtained which give sharp bounds for the modules of HKZ- and Kekulé vectors. Dedicated to Professor Tadeusz Marek Krygowski on the happy occasion of his 70th birthday.     

DFT study and Monte Carlo simulation on proton transfers of 2-amino-2-oxazoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline in the gas phase and in water

Density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation with free energy perturbation (FEP) techniques have been used to study the tautomeric proton transfer reaction of 2-amino-2-oxazoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline in the gas phase and in water. Two reaction pathways were considered: the direct and water-assisted transfers. The optimized structures and thermodynamic properties of stationary points for the title reaction system in the gas phase were calculated at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d, p) level of theory. The potential energy profiles along the minimum energy path in the gas phase and in water were obtained. The study of the solvent effect of water on the proton transfer of 2-amino-2-oxozoline, 2-amino-2-thiazoline, and 2-amino-2-imidazoline indicates that water as a solvent is favorable for the water-assisted process and slows down the rate of the direct transfer pathway.