Rational Development of Guanidinate and Amidinate Based Cerium and Ytterbium Complexes as Atomic Layer Deposition Precursors: Synthesis,Modeling, and Application

Owing to the limited availability of suitable precursors for vapor phase deposition of rare-earth containing thin-film materials, new or improved precursors are sought after. In this study, we explored new precursors for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of cerium (Ce) and ytterbium (Yb) containing thin films. A series of homoleptic tris-guanidinate and tris-amidinate complexes of cerium (Ce) and ytterbium (Yb) were synthesized and thoroughly characterized. The C-substituents on the N-C-N backbone (Me, NMe₂, NEt₂, where Me=methyl, Et=ethyl) and the N-substituents from symmetrical iso-propyl (iPr) to asymmetrical tertiary-butyl (tBu) and Et were systematically varied to study the influence of the substituents on the physicochemical properties of the resulting compounds. Single crystal structures of [Ce(dpdmg)₃] 1 and [Yb(dpdmg)₃] 6 (dpdmg=N,N'-diisopropyl-2-dimethylamido-guanidinate) highlight a monomeric nature in the solid-state with a distorted trigonal prismatic geometry. The thermogravimetric analysis shows that the complexes are volatile and emphasize that increasing asymmetry in the complexes lowers their melting points while reducing their thermal stability. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to study the reactivity of amidinates and guanidinates of Ce and Yb complexes towards oxygen (O₂) and water (H₂O). Signified by the DFT calculations, the guanidinates show an increased reactivity toward water compared to the amidinate complexes. Furthermore, the Ce complexes are more reactive compared to the Yb complexes, indicating even a reactivity towards oxygen potentially exploitable for ALD purposes. As a representative precursor, the highly reactive [Ce(dpdmg)₃] 1 was used for proof-of-principle ALD depositions of CeO₂ thin films using water as co-reactant. The self-limited ALD growth process could be confirmed at 160 °C with polycrystalline cubic CeO₂ films formed on Si(100) substrates. This study confirms that moving towards nitrogen-coordinated rare-earth complexes bearing the guanidinate and amidinate ligands can indeed be very appealing in terms of new precursors for ALD of rare earth based materials.     

Insights into the Decomposition of Olefin Metathesis Precatalysts

The decomposition of a series of benzylidene, methylidene, and 3‐phenylindenylidene complexes has been probed in alcohol solution in the presence of base. Tricyclohexylphosphane‐containing precatalysts are shown to yield [RuCl(H)(H₂)(PCy₃)₂] in isopropyl alcohol solutions, while 3‐phenylindenylidene complexes lead to η⁵‐(3‐phenyl)indenyl products. The potential‐energy surfaces for the formation of the latter species have been probed using density functional theory studies.     

β-环糊精键合改性介孔硅胶的表征和吸附性能评价

β-环糊精键合改性介孔硅胶的表征和吸附性能评价;酚类化合物     

邻硝基乙酰苯胺衍生物的XPS振起伴峰及其价带谱的研究

研究了一组邻硝基乙酰苯胺衍生物的X射线光电子能谱(XPS).观察到硝基的N1s光电子谱有明显分裂,可认为是N1s振起伴峰的反映,而且苯环上的取代基对该振起伴峰强度有影响,按照Pignataro等关于振起伴峰与主峰的能量分离以及分子内电荷转移有关的观点,计算了振起伴峰与主峰的面积比.结果表明,峰间距与面积比的趋势一致.因此二者都可作为分子内电荷转移的粗略估计.     

Bi4V2O11/石墨烯异质结光催化剂的制备及其在降解抗体污染物中应用

发展和设计高效、廉价和稳定的光催化剂用于抗生素污染物降解仍然存在巨大的挑战。 本文通过一种便捷的水热方法制备了Bi₄V₂O₁₁/石墨烯复合材料并用于可见光下抗生素污染物光催化降解。 通过自由基追踪实验,确认了光催化降解过程中活性物质为h⁺和·OH基团。 根据实验结果,提出了相应的反应机理。 石墨烯的引入可以有效地促进光生电子-空穴对的分离,从而增强光催化活性。 该复合催化剂展现出良好的活性和稳定性。 该方法以石墨烯为载体制备了光催化降解材料,为高性能光催化剂的制备提供了参考。     

Passive ranging of a moving sound source using three-dimensional measured information

To solve the problem of passive ranging of a moving sound source,a method of estimating the initial distance of target is presented by using the measured inform...     

Herbarumin Ⅲ的立体选择性全合成

以正丁醛和1,5-戊二醇为起始原料, 以不对称烯丙基化、改良的Julia成烯反应和Yamaguchi内酯化为关键步骤, 通过13步反应, 立体选择性地合成了具有植物毒性的天然十元内酯化合物Herbarumin Ⅲ(3)及其差向异构体22.     

Characterisation of the ester-substituted products of the reaction of p-t-butyl calix[4]arene and ethyl bromoacetate using LC-UV-MS and LC-DAD

A series of derivatisation reactions between p-t-butyl calix[4]arene and ethyl bromoacetate were carried out in order to prepare 1,3 diester substituted calix[4]arene. Mass spectral data, obtained from direct injection of samples, indicated that the reactions were rich in the desired product. Since the ultra violet (UV) spectra of the desired product and possible impurities are very similar, liquid chromatography (LC) chromatographic data seemed to corroborate these results. However, when on-line LC-UV-MS was carried out and each LC peak subjected to MS analysis as it eluted, a very different picture emerged. It was found that many of these reactions actually contained high levels of the monoester product which, having less affinity for sodium in the MS, is therefore seriously underestimated in any direct injection assay. LC-diode array detection (DAD) methods were also used to help successfully identify and characterise the compounds being formed in these complex reactions. The overall results obtained in this paper allowed the optimal reaction conditions to be determined for this reaction. LC-MS analysis of the chromatographic peaks also identified the presence of two isomers of the diester substituted calix[4]arene (1,3 and 1,2 diesters). The combination of LC and UV/MS detection is required for accurate analysis of the products of such reactions.     

Synthesis and structure of a heptanuclear nickel(II) complex uniquely exhibiting four distinct binding modes,two of which are novel,for a hydroxamate ligand

The reaction of 2-(dimethylamino)phenylhydroxamic acid (2-dmAphaH) with NiSO(4).6H2O gives the complex [Ni7(2-dmAphaH-1)2(2-dmApha)8(H2O)2]SO(4).15H2O uniquely exhibiting four distinct hydroxamate binding modes, two of which are novel, and showing both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions in contrast to [Cu5(2-dmAphaH-1)4(HSO4)2(MeOH)2].2MeOH, a strongly antiferromagnetic metallacrown formed with CuSO(4).5H2O.     

Metal complexes of ethylenediaminetetraacetamide

Summary A convenient synthesis of the ligand ethylenediaminetetraacetamide (L) is described, and a number of metal complexes of the general formula MLCl_n · xH₂O (Mⁿ⁺=Ca^II, Mn^II, Fe^II, Co^II, N^II, Cu^II, Zn^II, Mg^II, Ba^II, Cd^II, Hg^II and La^III) prepared. The deprotonated Cu(L-H)₂ · 2 H₂O complex has been characterised and the associated pK values determined. I.r., conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and electronic spectral data are discussed.