New high-energy luminescence bands from Co2+ in ZnSe

Three sharp absorption features in the energy range 2.36–2.55 eV have been detected in the transmission spectrum of Co-diffused ZnSe, and a number of luminescence transitions originating from the lowest of these states at 2.361 eV have been observed. Photoluminescence excitation spectra prove that these are high energy excited states of the Co²⁺_Zn impurity, a conclusion confirmed by comparison of measured and predicted luminescence energies. This represents the first identification of luminescence branching from a higher excited state of a transition metal ion in any semiconductor. The sharp, weakly phonon-coupled transitions involve either intra-impurity excitation or transitions from the impurity to localised states split off from a minimum in the conduction band. The implications of these observations for the mechanism of host-impurity energy transfer and for the nature of the excited state wavefunctions are discussed.     

Spin-independent three-body effective valence-shell operators: Application to molecular oxygen

A mathematical construction is presented that uniquely defines a set of spin-independent effective valence-shell Hamiltonian (H^v) three-body matrix elements. These spin-independent H^v matrix elements separate direct and exchange portions of the three-body H^v matrix elements and therefore provide the most natural form for comparisons with parameterization schemes of semiempirical electronic structure methods in which the three-body matrix elements are incorporated into semiempirical one- and two-body Hamiltonian matrix elements in an averaged manner. Ab initio H^v three-body matrix elements of O₂ are computed through third order of quasidegenerate perturbation theory and are analyzed as a function of internuclear distance and atomic orbital overlap to aid in understanding how these three-body matrix elements may be averaged into semiempirical one- and two-body matrix elements. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Regioselective amidation of allylic α-hydroxyphosphonates with Nitriles: A convenient route to (3-acetylamino-1-alkenyl)-phosphonates

Summary Reaction of dialkyl (1-hydroxy-2-alkenyl)- and (1-hydroxy-2-cycloalkenyl)phosphonates (1) with acetonitrile in the presence of trifluoromethane sulfonic acid (TfOH) affords regiospecifically and with high (E)-stereoselectivity the 1,3-transposed acetamides3 in modest to good yields.

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Regioselektive Amidierung von allylischen -Hydroxyphosphonaten mit Nitrilen: Ein einfacher Weg zu (3-Acetylamino-1-alkenyl)phosphonaten

Zusammenfassung (1-Hydroxy-2-alkenyl)- und (1-Hydroxy-2-cycloalkenyl)phosphonate (1) reagieren mit Acetonitril in Gegenwart von Trifluormethansulfonsäure (TfOH) in mäßigen bis guten Ausbeuten regiospezifisch und mit hoher (E)-Stereoselektivität zu den 1,3-umgelagerten Acetamiden3.