Optical and photochemical properties of N-benzalaminophenylpyridinium perchlorates

The electronic spectra of a number of benzylidene derivatives of N-aminoarylpyridinium perchlorates are associated with absorption localized on the individual pyridinium and azomethine fragments and with intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the azomethine fragment to the pyridinium ring. The luminescence is associated with the latter process. The photochromism is due to proton transfer in the excited state of the azomethine fragment, which competes with ICT, and is also due to structural factors.     

The activation energy as guiding factor in the fragmentation of substituted diphenylmethanes

The mass spectra of a series of substituted diphenylmethanes were obtained. The mass spectral features were compared with those of the corresponding 1,2 diphenylethanes and discussed in terms of the factors which influence the electron-impact fragmentation. In the series examined, it is shown that the activation energy is the most important factor in determining cracking patterns. The meaning of the averaged rate constants is criticised.     

Electrical Resistivity and Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements on Copper Arsenides

Electrical resistivity (4.2–800°K) and magnetic susceptibility (4.2–500°K) measurements are carried out on Cu_3–xAs, Cu_5–xAs₂ and the recently obtained, tetragonal Cu₂As. All three compounds appear to be metallic conductors, but have high residual resistances because of the large defect concentrations (resulting from non-stoichiometry and preparation method). Cu_3–xAs is diamagnetic; Cu_5–xAs₂ is Pauli-paramagnetic; Cu₂As has a very small, constant, positive susceptibility above room temperature and a more pronounced Curie-Weiss behaviour at lower temperatures. The Pauli-paramagnetic contributions have been estimated. A slight anomaly in the electric and magnetic behaviour of Cu_3–xAs is observed at 220°K. To clarify the high-temperature phenomena, a series of D.T.A. and X-ray experiments has also been carried out.