Unprecedented Five‐Coordinate Iron(IV) Imides Generate Divergent Spin States Based on the Imide R‐Groups

Three five‐coordinate iron(IV) imide complexes have been synthesized and characterized. These novel structures have disparate spin states on the iron as a function of the R‐group attached to the imide, with alkyl groups leading to low‐spin diamagnetic (S=0) complexes and an aryl group leading to an intermediate‐spin (S=1) complex. The different spin states lead to significant differences in the bonding about the iron center as well as the spectroscopic properties of these complexes. Mössbauer spectroscopy confirmed that all three imide complexes are in the iron(IV) oxidation state. The combination of diamagnetism and ¹⁵N labeling allowed for the first ¹⁵N NMR resonance recorded on an iron imide. Multi‐reference calculations corroborate the experimental structural findings and suggest how the bonding is distinctly different on the imide ligand between the two spin states.     

Interface effects in spin-polarized metal/insulator layered structures

Recent advances in thin-film deposition techniques, such as molecular beam epitaxy and pulsed laser deposition, have allowed for the manufacture of heterostructures with nearly atomically abrupt interfaces. Although the bulk properties of the individual heterostructure components may be well-known, often the heterostructures exhibit novel and sometimes unexpected properties due to interface effects. At heterostructure interfaces, lattice structure, stoichiometry, interface electronic structure (bonding, interface states, etc.), and symmetry all conspire to produce behavior different from the bulk constituents. This review discusses why knowledge of the electronic structure and composition at the interfaces is pivotal to the understanding of the properties of heterostructures, particularly the (spin polarized) electronic transport in (magnetic) tunnel junctions.     

Crystal structure of a spirophosphonium compound,C24H18ClN2P,CH3OH

10,10-(5H,5H)-spirobiphenophosphazinium chloride is one of the few examples of a spirophosphonium salt reported in the literature. This compound crystallized in space groupP2₁/c witha = 12·293(7),b = 13·279(8),c = 17·56(1) Å, = 130·43(3) ° andZ = 4. The finalR index was 0·057. The results of the X-ray analysis indicated that this phosphorus heterocycle may indeed possess aromatic character. This contention was supported in solution by a³¹ P nmr study.Taken in part from the thesis submitted by R. N. Jenkins for the Ph.D. degree, August 1972.     

Synthesis and X-ray structural analysis of (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>)-3(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-pyridin-4-ylacrylonitrile and (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>)-3-(3,5-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)2-pyridin-4-ylacrylonitrile

Synthesis and X-ray structural investigations have been carried out for the two title compounds C₁₄H₁₀N₂O (3a) and C₂₂H₂₆N₂O (3b). Compound 3a crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with a = 3.843(1) Å, b = 24.618(5) Å, c = 11.318(2) Å, = 92.61(3), V = 1069.7(4) Å,³ and Z = 4. Compound 3b crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1, with a = 9.004(2) Å, b = 9.447(2) Å, c = 11.713(2) Å, = 76.70(3), = 83.12(3), = 82.16(3), V = 956.5(3) Å,³ and Z = 2. Both stilbazole derivatives have Z-geometry about the ethylene bridge which links the heterocyclic and aromatic rings. The molecular skeleton of 3a is slightly non-planar: the dihedral angles between the acrylonitrile linkage and the pyridine ring, and between this linkage and the p-hydroxyphenyl ring are 7.2(2) and 4.1(2), respectively. The molecular skeleton of 3b is less planar: the values of similar dihedral angles are 17.0(2) and 20.8(2), respectively. In the crystal of 3a, the molecules are packed in stacks along the a axis with head-to-head orientation. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds O=H s N and C=H s N link molecules into sheets parallel to (100) plane. In the crystals of 3b, the molecules have a head-to-tail orientation and intermolecular hydrogen bonds O=H s N link the molecules into infinite chains along [01-1] direction.     

Selective mono reduction of bis-phosphine oxides under mild conditions

Bis-phosphine oxides can be selectively reduced to bis-phosphine monoxides under exceptionally mild conditions using triflic anhydride and a thiol.     

Gradient elution isotachophoresis with direct ultraviolet absorption detection for sensitive amino acid analysis

This work demonstrates coupling of the newly described electrophoretic enrichment technique of gradient elution isotachophoresis (GEITP) to a low-cost, conventional ultraviolet absorbance detector to realize sensitive measurements with a universal detector, eliminating the need for fluorescent analytes or derivatization. The effects of various parameters on enrichment were studied, including current density varied by leading electrolyte concentration, current density varied by applied electric field, and counter-flow acceleration across varying capillary inner diameters. Optimized parameters were applied to the enrichment and separation of the amino acids tryptophan (Trp) and tyrosine (Tyr). Limits of detection for Trp and Tyr were 51 and 215 nM, respectively, reflecting sensitivity enhancements of 860- and 1900-fold. Analysis times were less than 6 min, and peak height RSDs were less than 4%. A demonstration of enrichment and separation of these amino acids from artificial cerebrospinal fluid is additionally shown as a first step to realizing biochemical monitoring by GEITP.     

Further reductions of Poincaré-Dulac normal forms in

In this paper, we will consider (germs of) holomorphic mappings of the form , defined in a neighborhood of the origin in . Most of our interest is in those mappings where is a germ tangent to the identity and for , and possess no resonances, for these are the so-called Poincaré-Dulac normal forms of the mappings . We construct formal normal forms for these mappings and discuss a condition which tests for the convergence or divergence of the conjugating maps, giving specific examples.

     

Insight into the reduction of pyruvic acid to lactic acid over Cu{110}: the crucial role of intramolecular tunneling in direct hydrogenation

This work presents results from density functional theory calculations which are used to elucidate the reduction of pyruvic acid to lactic acid by direct hydrogenation over Cu{110} in vacuo. We propose a plausible pathway from reactants to products that crucially relies upon an intramolecular tunneling step to circumvent energetically unfavorable hydrogen exchange with the surface. The conclusions are further augmented by analyzing the electron density and frontier orbitals of key reaction intermediates. This reveals the origin of the predicted activity to be intimately linked to the electronic structure, which in turn is dependent upon the asorption geometry of pyruvic acid. Through the use of equilibrium thermodynamics, we are able to show the influence of temperature and pressure on the reaction profile. Importantly showing, that as the temperature is raised at low pressure (1 x 10(-10) mbar), so the rate-determining step switches from being the carbonyl reduction to the reprotonation of the carboxylate group (leading to the desorption of lactic acid). At ambient pressure of 1 bar, the influence of temperature on the relative barrier heights is much less significant. This is an important step in attempting to bridge the so-called "pressure gap" and opens up the possibility of understanding the reactivity of small biologically relevant molecules at metal surfaces.     

On the Asymptotic Stability of {N}-Soliton Solutions of the Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

We consider the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation for finite density type initial data. Using the \({\overline{\partial}}\) generalization of the nonlinear steepest descent method of Deift and Zhou, we derive the leading order approximation to the solution of NLS for large times in the solitonic region of space–time, \({|x| < 2 t}\), and we provide bounds for the error which decay as \({ t \rightarrow \infty}\) for a general class of initial data whose difference from the non vanishing background possesses a fixed number of finite moments and derivatives. Using properties of the scattering map of NLS we derive, as a corollary, an asymptotic stability result for initial data that are sufficiently close to the N-dark soliton solutions of NLS.     

Diversity through isosterism: the case of boron-substituted 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborines

The first general synthesis of boron-substituted 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborines is described. The versatile 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine precursor 4 is synthesized through a ring-closing metathesis-oxidation sequence. Treatment of 4 with a wide range of anionic nucleophiles furnishes the desired adducts 5 in good yields. The scope includes hydrogen- and a variety of carbon- and heteroatom-based nucleophiles. Furthermore, the boron-containing isostere (7) of the potent hypolipidemic agent, methyl 2-ethylphenoxyacetate (8), is readily prepared through our method.