Preparation and reactivity of metal-containing monomers

Mono- and disubstituted cluster metal-containing monomers were obtained under mild conditions on interaction of Rh₆(CO)₁₆ with 4-vinylpyridine (4-ViPy) in the presence of N-trimethylaminoxide. These products were characterized by IR and¹H NMR spectroscopy and by elemental and X-ray analyses. Rh₆(CO)₁₅(4-ViPy) was found to be an octahedral cluster with eleven terminal and four ₃-bridging carbonyl ligands. 4-ViPy is linked with the Rh(3) atom through the N atom and occupies the coordination site of the twelfth CO terminal ligand. The mean value of the Rh-Rh bond length is 2.762 Å. The unsaturated ligand has little or no effect on the geometry of the starting cluster and its double bond retains the ability to undergo addition reactions.For part 28, seeRuss. Chem. Bull., 1993, 453.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 975–979, May, 1993.     

碳原子簇的结构与质谱的关联（Ⅱ）

根据出现在质谱中的各种大小的碳原子簇的相对丰度,分析了由激光产生的碳原子簇离子的统计分布,研究了这些统计分布与碳原子簇结构的关联。研究结果表明：相同构型的原子簇的相对丰度可以由同一条对数正态分布曲线来描述,由此能够获得碳原子簇构型的变化情况。质谱中分布曲线的数目对应于具有不同构型或不同结构稳定性的原子簇的数目。如果某些簇离子的谱峰明显地高出分布曲线,它们的结构应特别稳定,其成簇原子数就是所谓的“奇幻数”（ｍａｇｉｃｎｕｍｂｅｒ）,例如在石墨质谱中的Ｃ＿（６０）就属于这种情况。原子簇的统计分布还与它们的生成过程有关,由此可能揭示出原子簇的产生机理。     

铂锡双金属催化剂上丙烷脱氢反应研究

对比研究了Ｓｎ／Ｐｔ比为１；１，２，：１和５：１的原子簇担载于γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３上制成的Ｐｔ＝Ｓｎ原子簇催化剂，和用ＳｎＣｌ２和Ｈ２ＰｔＣｌ６浸渍制备的相应Ｓｎ／Ｐｔ比的催化剂对丙烷脱氢生成丙烯的催化性能。     

Linear silver clusters in aqueous solution (clusterites): radiation-induced chemical synthesis and properties

The formation and properties of the products of the radiation-induced chemical reduction of silver ions in aqueous solutions containing sodium polyacrylate were investigated. The absorption spectra of these species exhibit a band at 290 mn and a band in the visible region. The latter shifts from 470 nm to -800 nm with time or after the addition of silver ions. The species obtained (clusterites) arc linear silver clusters bound to the carboxyl groups of the ion exchanger. The red shift of the visible band is due to the increase in their size. The mechanism of the formation and the structure of the clusterites are discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1429–1435, June, 1996.     

Electrochemical behaviour of some polyoxo clusters

We describe the redox behaviour in non-aqueous solvents of some cyclopentadienyl(oxo)titanium derivatives. The derivative [Ti₄{η⁵-C₅H₄(SiMe₃)}₄(μ-O)₆] shows an electrochemically and chemically reversible le reduction process, followed by a multi-electron, chemically complicated reduction at a fairly cathodic potential. On the basis of the overall electrochemical features and the comparison with the redox behaviour of the quasi-planar compound [[Ti{η⁵-C₅H₄(SiMe₃)}Cl(μ-O)]₄] we propose an EECCEE mechanism for the first derivative, where the second electron-transfer induces a cascade of chemical reactions giving rise to irreversible cluster breakdown. The electrochemically induced fragmentation can be viewed as a retrosynthetic pathway. The heterometallic derivative [{Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Me)₂(μ₂-MoO₄)₂}₂] shows two consecutive reduction processes; the first is chemically reversible, and the second quasi-reversible. The molybdate bridges apparently increase the stability of the electrogenerated anions. However none of these poly-oxo clusters can be considered as good models of electron ‘sinks’.     

Detection of ethanol in human body fluids by headspace solid-phase micro extraction (SPME)/capillary gas chromatography

Summary Ethanol has been found extractable from human whole blood and urine samples by headspace solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) with a Carbowax/divinylbenzene-coated fiber. After heating a vial containing the body fluid sample with ethanol, and isobutanol as internal standard (IS) at 70°C in the presence of (NH₄)₂SO₄, a Carbowax/divinylbenzene-coated SPME fiber was exposed in the headspace of the vial to allow adsorption of the compounds. The fiber needle was then injected into a middle-bore capillary gas chromatography (GC) port. The headspace SPME-GC gave intense peaks for both compounds; a small amount of background noises appeared, but did not interfere with the detection of the compounds. Recoveries of ethanol and IS were 0.049 and 0.026% for whole blood, respectively, and 0.054 and 0.085% for urine, respectively. The calibration curves for ethanol showed excellent linearity in the range of 80–5000 mg L^–1 for whole blood and 40–5000 mg L^–1 for urine; the detection limits for both samples were 20 and 10 mg L^–1, respectively. The data on actual determination of ethanol after the drinking of beer are also presented for two subjects.     

定标粒子理论预测乙醇－水体系汽液平衡盐效应

测定了７０℃下３个１－１型电解质（ＮａＣｌ、ＮａＢｒ、ＫＣｌ）在各种不同浓度的乙醇－水体系中的汽液平衡盐效应参数，并给出用定标粒子理论计算盐效应参数的方法。硬球作用项采用Ｍａｓｔｅｒｔｏｎ－Ｌｅｅ方程，软球作用项采用胡英的径向分布函数。分子间力在Ｌｅｎｎａｒｄ－Ｊｏｎｅｓ位能函数基础上计入偶极－偶极、偶极－诱导偶极、电荷－偶极、电荷－诱导偶极的贡献，其中离子－分子间的静电作用项仅限于规则排列的第一配位圈之内。将混合溶剂的局部介电常数视为液相浓度的函数，函数关系由实验拟合。在乙醇浓度变化的很大范围内，３个体系的预测与实验结果基本相符。     

Pair Correlations and Magnetic Susceptibility of Small Al-Grains

Pair correlations and the magnetic susceptibility of electrons in a spherical cavity are studied both for grand canonical and the canonical ensemble. The coupling constant of the BCS Hamiltonian is adjusted to experimental values of the gap parameter. The gap parameter is found to increase for small grains as a consequence of the pronounced shell structure in the spectrum of the spherical cavity. The sharp phase transition at Tc is smeared out for the canonical ensemble. The strong paramagnetic susceptibility of the normal electrons in the cavity is reduced by the superconductivity, but it remains positive.     

An ab initio study on the vibrational and electronic spectra of the molybdenum–sulfur clusters with Mo2OnS4−n(n=0–4) core

Using the ab initio method, the vibrational and electronic spectra of binuclear molybdenum clusters which contain Mo₂O_nS_4−n(n=0–4) core were investigated. The main absorption bands in the IR spectra of these clusters are assigned and compared with each other, especially for the case of the trans isomers. The electronic spectra were studied by performing the CIS calculations. The ground state and the first excited state of the clusters were discussed by using the natural bond orbital method. It is shown that the band corresponding to the longest wavelength can be assigned to three kinds of transition types. Two transitions, σ(Mo–Mo)→π*(Mo–X_t)(X=S,O) and σ(Mo–Mo)→σ*(Mo–Mo), can be seen in most cases.     

Volcano relationships in metal cluster catalysis: An infrared spectroscopic monitor of site character

Active osmium cluster catalysts (derived from Os₃(CO)₁₂, H₂Os₃(CO)₁₀, H₄Os₄(CO)₁₂, Os₆(CO)₁₈ and H₂Os₁₀C(CO)₂₄ supported on silica, alumina, titania, and ceria) contain, in their infrared spectra, a band in the region 1930–1985 cm⁻¹ that is characteristic of the cluster/support combination. The activities of these catalysts for reactions of hydrogen with ethene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and ethane, relate to their characteristic CO stretching frequencies, giving ‘volcano’ curves. Evidence from ethene hydrogenation kinetics confirms that the characteristic CO-frequency is a monitor of strength of adsorption at the catalytically active site. Dedicated to Professor Pál Tétényi on the occasion of his 70th birthday