Weitere Untersuchungen über Zinkoxydhydrat

Zusammenfassung Die Bildung l?slicher Zinkate wurde durch Dialysieren von L?sungen aus Zinkhydroxyd in Natronlauge untersucht. In einem solchen System existiert ein Gleichgewicht zwischen der Natriumzinkat- und der kolloidalen Zinkhydroxydkonzentration. Die Menge und Stabilit?t des ersten w?chst mit der Alkalikonzentration. Mit fortschreitender Dialyse verschiebt sich das Gleichgewicht. Schlie?lich entsteht auf Grund der Hydrolyse der Zinkat-Ionen eine kolloide L?sung.

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Summary The formation of soluble zincates has been investigated by dialysing a solution of zinc hydroxide in sodium hydroxide solution. It has been concluded that the system contains an equilibrium mixture of sodium zincate and colloidal zinc hydroxide and the proportion and stability of the former increase with the increase in the concentration of alkali. The equilibrium shifts with progressive dialysis and ultimately the system passes to a colloidal solution as a result of the hydrolysis of zincate ions.

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übersetzt von Dr. K. J?ckel, Marburg.

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Die Experimente für diese Arbeit wurden in den Chemical Laboratories of Meerut College ausgeführt. Die Verfasser danken dem Leiter dieses Institutes, Herrn Prof. Dr. S. S. Joshi, für seine Unterstützung.     

Micro-determination of Uranium using ammonium aurintricarboxylate as a colorimetric reagent

Summary The formation of a colored chelate between UO₂ ²⁺ and ammonium aurintricarboxylate has been used for the colorimetric determination of uranium on a microscale. The chelate has a maximum of absorbance at 540 nm (m). The stability of the color with time, temperature, and p_H has been studied. The interferences by a large number of cations and anions have been investigated, and the tolerance limit has been determined for each ion. It is recommended that a 50-fold molar excess of the reagent should be added, the p_H maintained at 5.5 ± 0.5, and the temperature held between 20° to 30° C.

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Zusammenfassung Die Bildung eines gefärbten Chelatkomplexes aus Uranylion und Ammoniumaurintricarboxylat (Aluminon) läßt sich mit Vorteil für die Mikrobestimmung von Uran verwenden. Dieser Komplex hat ein Absorptionsmaximum bei 540 nm. Die Beständigkeit der Farbe gegenüber Zeit, Temperatur und p_H wurde untersucht. Die störende Wirkung einer großen Zahl von Kationen und Anionen und deren Toleranzgrenze wurde quantitativ bestimmt. Es wird empfohlen, bei der Durchführung der Reaktion einen 50fachen Überschuß des Reagens zu verwenden, ein P_H von 5,5 ± 0,5 und eine Temperatur von 20 bis 30° einzuhalten.

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Résumé Il est possible d'utiliser avantageusement la formation d'un complexe chélaté coloré de l'ion uranyle et du tricarboxylate d'aurinammonium (Aluminon) pour le microdosage de l'uranium. Ce complexe présente un maximum d'absorption à 540 nm. On a étudié la stabilité de la couleur en fonction du temps, de la température et du P_H. L'action perturbatrice d'un grand nombre de cations et d'anions et les limites de tolérance correspondantes ont été déterminées quantitativement. Il est recommandé d'effectuer la réaction avec un excès de réactif 50 fois supérieur à la quantité nécessaire, à un Ph de 5,5 ± 0,5 et de maintenir une température de 20 à 30°.

     

Interplay between cation-pi, anion-pi and pi-pi interactions.

The interplay between three important noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings is studied by means of high level ab initio calculations. They demonstrate that very strong synergic effects are present in complexes where either cation–π or anion–π and π‐‐π interactions coexist. These strong synergic effects have been studied using the “atoms in molecules” theory and the physical nature of the interactions investigated by means of the molecular interaction potential with polarization (MIPp).     

Beta-octafluorocorroles

The one-pot corrole synthesis first reported by the Gross and Paolesse groups appears to have evolved into a remarkably general and predictable self-assembly based synthetic reaction. Gross's solvent-free procedure (refs 8 and 9) has proven particularly effective in our hands and, in fact, more general than originally claimed. In earlier work (ref 17), we showed that the reaction works for a variety of aromatic aldehyde starting materials and was not limited to relatively electron-deficient aldehydes, as reported by Gross and co-workers. Here, we show that the pyrrole component is also variable in that 3,4-difluoropyrrole undergoes oxidative condensation with four different p-X-substituted benzaldehydes to yield the corresponding beta-octafluoro-meso-tris(para-X-phenyl)corroles (X = CF3, H, CH3, and OCH3). Further, we have prepared the Cu and FeCl derivatives of the beta-octafluorocorrole ligands. The XPS nitrogen 1s ionization potentials of these fluorinated ligands are some 0.7 eV higher than those of the corresponding beta-unfluorinated ligands. The oxidation half-wave potentials of the Cu and FeCl complexes of the fluorinated corroles are also positively shifted by 300-400 mV relative to their beta-unsubstituted analogues, demonstrating the strongly electron-deficient character of the fluorinated ligands. 1H NMR spectroscopy suggests that like their beta-unfluorinated counterparts, the new beta-octafluorinated triarylcorroles act as substantially noninnocent ligands, i.e., exhibit corrole pi-cation radical character, in the FeCl complexes. Quantitatively, however, NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations indicate that the beta-octafluorinated corroles are somewhat less noninnocent (i.e., carry less radical character) than their beta-unfluorinated counterparts in the FeCl complexes. Temperature-dependent 19F NMR spectroscopy suggests that the Cu octafluorocorroles have a thermally accessible paramagnetic excited state, which we assign as a Cu(II) corrole pi-cation radical. We have previously reported that the electronic absorption spectra, particularly the Soret absorption maxima, of high-valent transition metal triarylcorroles are very sensitive to the nature of the substituents in the meso positions. In contrast, the Soret absorption maxima of free-base triarylcorroles are not particularly sensitive to the nature of the meso substituents. This scenario also holds for the fluorinated corroles described here. Thus, although the four free-base fluorinated triarylcorroles exhibit practically identical Soret absorption maxima, the Soret bands of the Cu derivatives of the same corroles red-shift by approximately 35 nm on going from the p-CF3 to the p-OCH3 derivative.     

A modified ring electrographic method for the non-destructive analysis of metallic artefacts

Summary The utility of the ring electrographic technique as a non-destructive method of analysis of metallic artefacts of archeological importance is sufficiently accurate to give archeological meaningful results The electrographic sampling technique has been modified to give easier and more reliable sampling. The method is of particular value in the analysis of copper and silver coins.

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Eine modifizierte elektrograpbische Ring-Methode zur Analyse metallischer Kunstgegenstände ohne deren Verletzung

Zusammenfassung Die Verwendbarkeit der elektrographischen Ring-Technik für die Analyse metallischer Gegenstände von archäologischem Interesse wurde erwiesen. Die elektrographische Probenahme wurde modifiziert. Das Verfahren ist für die Analyse von Kupfer- und Silbermünzen von besonderem Wert.

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Presented at the 8th International Microchemical Symposium, Graz, August 25–30, 1980.     

An NMR and quantum mechanical investigation of solvent effects on conformational equilibria of butanedinitrile

Vicinal proton-proton NMR couplings and ab initio quantum mechanics have been used to investigate solvent effects on conformational equilibria of butanedinitrile. The trans and gauche conformations are about equally favored at room temperature in solvents of low dielectric constant while the equilibrium is essentially the statistical proportions of one-third trans and two-thirds gauche in water with a high dielectric constant. The coupling assignments were confirmed with the aid of stereospecific deuterium-labeled (R,R or S,S)-1,2-dideuteriobutanedinitrile. The calculations support the observed trends. Similar results were observed for 1,2-dibromo- and dichloroethanes.     

Sulfur K-edge XAS and DFT calculations on P450 model complexes: effects of hydrogen bonding on electronic structure and redox potentials

Hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) is generally thought to play an important role in tuning the electronic structure and reactivity of metal-sulfur sites in proteins. To develop a quantitative understanding of this effect, S K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has been employed to directly probe ligand-metal bond covalency, where it has been found that protein active sites are significantly less covalent than their related model complexes. Sulfur K-edge XAS data are reported here on a series of P450 model complexes with increasing H-bonding to the ligated thiolate from its substituent. The XAS spectroscopic results show a dramatic decrease in preedge intensity. DFT calculations reproduce these effects and show that the observed changes are in fact solely due to H-bonding and not from the inductive effect of the substituent on the thiolate. These calculations also indicate that the H-bonding interaction in these systems is mainly dipolar in nature. The -2.5 kcal/mol energy of the H-bonding interaction was small relative to the large change in ligand-metal bond covalency (30%) observed in the data. A bond decomposition analysis of the total energy is developed to correlate the preedge intensity change to the change in Fe-S bonding interaction on H-bonding. This effect is greater for the reduced than the oxidized state, leading to a 260 mV increase in the redox potential. A simple model shows that E degrees should vary approximately linearly with the covalency of the Fe-S bond in the oxidized state, which can be determined directly from S K-edge XAS.     

Synthesis of Some Octahedral Nickel(II) Complexes of One Isomer of Isomeric Me8[14]anes: X-ray Structure of Diisothiocyanato(3,10-C-meso-3,5,7,7,10,12,14,14-octamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, LC)nickel(II), [NiLC(NCS)2]

One isomer, L_C of the isomeric Me₈[14]anes, L_A, L_B and L_C; on reaction with Ni(NCS)₂ produces a six coordinate octahedral diisothiocyanato complex, [NiL_C(NCS)₂]. This complex undergoes axial substitution reactions with the small ligands to yield corresponding monosubstituted derivatives having general formula [NiL_C(NCS)X] whereas X = Cl, Br, I, NO₂ or NO₃. The complexes have been characterized on the basis of analytical, spectroscopic, magnetic and conductance data. The structure of [NiL_C(NCS)₂] (triclinic, space group P?1, α = 8.0421(17) Å, β = 8.9085(18) Å, χ = 9.687(2) Å, α = 67.561(3) Å, β = 82,896(4) Å, ζ = 598.7(2) Å³, Z = 2, Dc = 1.352 mg/m³, μ(Mo Kα) = 1.003 mm^?1) was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.     

Design of Peptides with α,β-Dehydro Residues: Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Molecular Conformation of a Peptide N-Boc-Phe-ΔPhe-Ile-OCH<Subscript>3</Subscript>

To develop a complete set of design rules with α,β-dehydro residues, a tripeptide N-Boc-Phe-ΔPhe-Ile-OCH₃ was synthesized. The synthesis was carried out in solution phase using azlactone procedure. The three-dimensional structure of the peptide was determined by X-ray diffraction method and refined to an R-factor of 0.085. The structure contains three peptide molecules in the asymmetric unit. In all the three crystallographically independent molecules ΔPhe residue adopts one of the three conformations that have been reported for a ΔPhe residue. The overall conformations of three peptide molecules in the asymmetric unit are not similar. Two out of three crystallographically independent molecules adopt type II β-turn conformations whereas the third molecule is found having the characteristic S-shaped conformation in which the values of dihedral angles φ, ψ have opposite signs alternately. One of these two types of conformations has been observed when a ΔPhe is introduced at (i+2) position of a tetrapeptide. The β-turn conformation is stabilized by a 4→1 hydrogen bond where the hydrophobic side chains of residues at (i+1) and (i+3) positions stabilized the unfolded conformation with van der Waals interactions. The three independent molecules are locked together by three hydrogen bonds between molecules A and B and two hydrogen bonds between molecules B and C.     

Reactions of platinum(II) dipicolinate complex with amino acids—chelation and isomerization

The kinetic course of the reactions of [Pt(dipic_tr)Cl]^? (where H₂dipic = pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylic acid; bonded in tridentate mode) with glycine, β‐alanine, and L‐histidine was followed at 25°C in aqueous medium at pH 3.00–10.73 at I = 0.5 mol dm^?3 (LiClO₄) spectrophotometrically and through ¹H NMR spectral analysis. The selectivity of platinum(II) toward the amino acids with regard to chelation and isomerization is controlled by donor atoms and steric properties. The aquation equilibrium of the designated platinum(II) complex also affects the binding rate in the case of glycine and β‐alanine. The reaction products have been isolated and characterized through ¹H NMR spectra. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 34: 262–270, 2002