Recommended sublimation pressure and enthalpy of benzene

Recommended vapor pressures of solid benzene (CAS Registry Number: 71-43-2) which are consistent with thermodynamically related crystalline and ideal-gas heat capacities as well as with properties of the liquid phase at the triple point temperature (vapor pressure, enthalpy of vaporization) were established. The recommended data were developed by a multi-property simultaneous correlation of vapor pressures and related thermal data. Vapor pressures measured in this work using the static method in the temperature range from 233 K to 260 K, covering pressure range from 99 Pa to 1230 Pa, were included in the simultaneous correlation. The enthalpy of sublimation was established with uncertainty significantly lower than the previously recommended values.     

Cover Feature: Mechanism of Oxidative Activation of Fluorinated Aromatic Compounds by N-Bridged Diiron-Phthalocyanine: What Determines the Reactivity? (Chem. Eur. J. 63/2019)

The biodegradation of compounds with C−F bonds is challenging due to the fact that these bonds are stronger than the C−H bond in methane. In this work, results on the unprecedented reactivity of a biomimetic model complex that contains an N-bridged diiron-phthalocyanine are presented; this model complex is shown to react with perfluorinated arenes under addition of H₂O₂ effectively. To get mechanistic insight into this unusual reactivity, detailed density functional theory calculations on the mechanism of C₆F₆ activation by an iron(IV)-oxo active species of the N-bridged diiron phthalocyanine system were performed. Our studies show that the reaction proceeds through a rate-determining electrophilic C−O addition reaction followed by a 1,2-fluoride shift to give the ketone product, which can further rearrange to the phenol. A thermochemical analysis shows that the weakest C−F bond is the aliphatic C−F bond in the ketone intermediate. The oxidative defluorination of perfluoroaromatics is demonstrated to proceed through a completely different mechanism compared to that of aromatic C−H hydroxylation by iron(IV)-oxo intermediates such as cytochrome P450 Compound I.     

Second-Coordination Sphere Effects on Selectivity and Specificity of Heme and Nonheme Iron Enzymes

Mononuclear iron-containing enzymes are highly versatile oxidants that often react stereospecifically and/or regioselectively with substrates. Combined experimental and computational studies on heme monooxygenases, nonheme iron dioxygenases and halogenases have revealed the intricate details of the second-coordination sphere, which determine this specificity and selectivity. These second-coordination sphere effects originate from the positioning of the substrate and oxidant, which involve the binding of the co-factors and substrate into the active site of the protein. In addition, some enzymes affect the selectivity and reactivity through charge-stabilization from nearby bound cations/anions, an induced electric field or through the positioning of salt bridges and hydrogen-bonding interactions to first-coordination sphere iron ligands and/or the substrate. Examples of all of these second-coordination sphere effects in iron-containing enzymes and how these influence structure and reactivity are given.     

Impact of surface hydroxylation in MgO-/SnO-nanocluster modified TiO2 anatase (101) composites on visible light absorption,charge separation and reducibility

Anatase TiO₂ surfaces, whether oxidised or hydroxylated, can be modified by nanoclusters of SnO and MgO to give a red shift in light absorption, enhanced charge separation and high reducibility.     

Theoretical study of structures and properties of cyclobutadiene, cyclopentadiene and benzene and their nitrogen isoelectronic equivalents

B3LYP/aug-cc-pvDZ level of theory is applied to study the geometric structures, electronic topologies, heats of formation, hyperconjugations and steric repulsions of 27 kinds of compounds obtained by successive replacement of CH groups with nitrogen atoms in cyclobutadiene, cyclopentadiene and benzene. The results reveal that the total energy linearly decreases along with the replacement of CH groups by nitrogen atoms for the three systems. To estimate the potential of high nitrogen content high energy materials (HNC–HEMs), heats of formation are calculated by G3 method. With the increase of the number of nitrogen atoms in ring, heats of formation increase substantially. The four-membered ring system is found to have the greatest heat of formations, followed by the six-membered ring system, and then by the five-membered ring system. Especially, hexazine and tetraazacyclobutadiene have great heats of formation relative to the other compounds, which implies that they should be applicable as HNC–HEMs. In addition, our studies indicate that the relationship between the total energy or heats of formation of isomers and the position of nitrogen atoms is (ortho) meta < (ortho) para < ortho. NBO analysis shows that it is hyperconjugation, not steric repulsion that plays a key role in the relative stability of isomers.     

顶空单液滴微萃取-气相色谱法测定水中苯系物

采用顶空单液滴微萃取样品处理方法分离富集水中苯系物,用气相色谱法进行测定.考察了不同萃取剂、萃取条件对检测结果的影响.苯、甲苯、对二甲苯的检出限分别为0.05,0.05,0.03 μg·L-1,三种苯同系物的相关系数分别为0.999 2,0.998 5和0.997 2,回收率分别为98.3%,101.9%和97.3%.     

Quantitative analysis of trace‐level benzene,toluene, ethylbenzene,and xylene in cellulose acetate tow using headspace heart‐cutting multidimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometry

This study describes a method for the quantification of trace‐level benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene in cellulose acetate tow by heart‐cutting multidimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometry in selected ion monitoring mode. As the major volatile component in cellulose acetate tow samples, acetone would be overloaded when attempting to perform a high‐resolution separation to analyze trace benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. With heart‐cutting technology, a larger volume injection was achieved and acetone was easily cut off by employing a capillary column with inner diameter of 0.32 mm in the primary gas chromatography. Only benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene were directed to the secondary column to result in an effective separation. The matrix interference was minimized and the peak shapes were greatly improved. Finally, quantitative analysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene was performed using an isotopically labeled internal standard. The headspace multidimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry system was proved to be a powerful tool for analyzing trace volatile organic compounds in complex samples.     

C(10)取代苯磺酸盐的胆绿素类似物的合成

报道了C(10)位苯磺酸盐取代的胆绿素类似物的合成方法,并用光谱研究了该化合物及其与锌离子形成的配合物。