Host-guest interactions in aqueous media withp-tert.-butylcalix[4]arene bearing polyoxyethylene chains

The interactions ofp-tert.-butylcalix[4]arene bearing polyoxyethylene chains (C3) with pyrene (Py), 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonate (ANS) andN-phenyl-naphthylamine (NPN) in aqueous solution were studied by absorption and fluorescence measurements. Absorption spectral changes and fluorescence enhancements reveal that C3, which has a hydrophobic cavity, can include organic molecules and ions in aqueous solution and form 11 host-guest complexes with ANS and NPN. C3 forms inclusion complexes with Py at different stoichiometries depending on the host: guest molar ratio. Binding constants of 2.2×10⁴, 2.0×10⁴ and 3.6×10⁵ dm³ mol^–1 were calculated for the C3Py, C3ANS and C3NPN complexes (11), respectively, based on the Benesi-Hildebrand equation.Author for correspondence.     

Intermolecular hydroamination of vinyl arenes using tungstophosphoric acid as a simple and efficient catalyst

The intermolecular hydroamination of vinyl arene derivatives has been efficiently carried out using a tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) catalyst under solvent free and mild reaction conditions. The present protocol provides an environmentally benign, easy to handle and highly active solid acid catalyst for hydroamination of vinyl arenes. The catalyst yields both hydroamination and hydroarylation products and the selectivity mostly depends on the reaction conditions.     

Ni(phen)(H2O)(V2O6)的水热合成和晶体结构（英）

A novel compound Ni(phen)(H₂O)(V₂O₆) has been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally determined to be a two-dimensional compound, which contains {V₂O₆}_n^2n- chains interconnected by nickel(Ⅱ) complexes via oxygen atoms. The crystallographic data measured by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis are as follows: C₁₂H₁₀N₂NiO₇V₂, M_r=454.81, monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, a=0.784 6(3), b=2.103 6(8), c=0.942 3(4) nm, β=112.872(5)°, V=1.433 0(10) nm³, Z=4, D_c=2.104 Mg·m^-3, μ(Mo Kα)=2.615 mm^-1, F(000)=904, T=298(2) K, 4 480 reflections collected, 2 470 independent (R_int=0.032 2), the final R=0.058 4 and wR₂=0.145 7 for 2 303 observed reflections with I>2σ(I). CCDC: 192520.     

Stereospecific syntheses of sex pheromones of the californian red scale and white peach scale (Homoptera:Diaspididae) based on 1,4-cis-hydrogenation of dienes

Stereospecific syntheses of (±)-3-methyl-6-isopropenyl-3(Z),9-decadien-1-yl acetate and (±)-3,9-dimethyl-6-isopropenyl-3(Z),9-decadien-1-yl propionate (the Racemoc forms of the pheromones of the scalesAonidiella aurantii andPseudaulascaspis pentagona) with a geometrical purity of the (Z)-trisubstituted double bond not lower than 99 % were performed. The key step in both syntheses was the 1,4-cis-hydrogenation of the corresponding ethyl 3-methyl-6-(1, 1-ethylenedioxyethyl)-2,4,9-decatrienoates catalyzed with chromium carbonyl complexes. These 2,4-dienes were obtained in five conventional steps including the alkylation of ethyl acetoacetate by the appropriate 1-bromo-3-butenes and the Horner-Emmons olefination of the corresponding -branched aldehydes.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2026–2031, October, 1995.     

Solution and X-Ray Crystal Structures of the Di- and Tetra-allyl Ether of tert- utylcalix[4]arene

The di- and tetra-allyl ethers of tert-butylcalix[4]arene 1 and 2 have been prepared by alkylation of tert-butylcalix[4]arene with allyl bromide and K₂CO₃ using different reaction times. Solution ¹H NMR measurement of the di-allyl ether 1 and X-ray crystal structures of the complexes of 1 with chloroform (1a) or methanol (1b) indicate the cone conformation of 1 in which intramolecular hydrogen bonding can be maximized. The crystalline state conformers 1a and 1b are distorted in different grades depending on the solvent. While methanol is incorporated in the macrocycle, chloroform molecules do not occupy the cage. The solution ¹H NMR spectra of tetra-allyl ether 2 show the co-existence of the cone and partial cone conformation. The partial cone conformer of 2 was investigated by X-ray crystallography. In this compound hydrogen bonding is not existent. The conformer distribution is likely affected by steric and template effects.     

A doubly deprotonated form of calix[6]arene: Crystal and molecular structure of (calix[6]arene-2H)2−·(HNEt 3 + )2

The doubly deprotonated form of calix[6]arene, with two protonated triethylamines as counter-ions, crystallizes in the monoclinic system: space groupP2₁/n,a=8.465(4),b=17.822(8),c=15.182(6) Å,=90.18(4)°,V=2291(2) ų,Z=2. Refinement led to a final conventionalR value of 0.063 for 1046 reflections. The macrocycle conformation is not apinched cone, usual for freeR-calix[6]arene, but a distorted 1,2,3-alternate cone, since the molecule lies on a symmetry center. Furthermore, one of the torsion angles defined by the methylene bridges is near to zero, which is unusual in calixarene structures. Supplementary Data relating to this article (atomic coordinates for hydrogen atoms, anisotropic displacement parameters for oxygen and nitrogen atoms, and observed and calculated structure factors) are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82182 (7 pages).     

Investigation of the Cu-Zr-Y oxides activity in the carbon black catalytic oxidation by differential thermal analysis and temperature programmed reduction

Different copper/zirconium-yttrium catalysts have been tested in carbon black oxidation reaction. Supported mainly on differential thermal analysis and temperature programmed reduction, two different mechanisms have been proposed to explain the catalytic results. In the absence of copper, it has been shown that Zr³⁺ ions and associated anionic vacancies are responsible to the catalytic enhancement observed in the mixed oxides, oxygen species being activated on these sites. Among mixed zirconia-yttria solids, ZrO₂-5 mol%Y₂O₃ is the most active catalyst. Copper impregnation on these oxides leads to the formation of different copper species. Small particles of CuO in low interaction with the support, induce a catalytic improvement due to the highest reducibility of these species. Moreover, in order to be more efficient, CuO species should have some interactions with the support, since impregnated samples are more active than the simple mechanical mixtures.     

Thermal decomposition study of the coordination compound [Fe(urea)6](NO3)3

The thermochemical behavior of the coordination compound [Fe(urea)₆](NO₃)₃ was studied by simultaneous CG–TG–DTG–DTA and mass spectrometry methods non-isothermal conditions. The compound decomposes at 200 °C into a mixture of spinel-type oxides and hematite. The nature and particle size of the final decomposition products are strongly associated with the conditions during the thermal treatments, in particular the heating rate and the calcination temperature. A certain fraction of the products are formed as nanometric particles; they show superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature. The comparably low temperature of the calcination treatments of this compound is a promising perspective to attain small sized magnetic powders.     

Phase separation and disorder in half metallic ferromagnetic manganite thin films: A theoretical study looking forward low noise nano-devices

The resistivity of thin La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ films was first investigated in a wide temperature (T) range (10–750 K). Films grown by different techniques and on several substrates enabled to analyze samples with different amounts of disorder. The aim of this work was to elucidate the nature of the metal–insulator (M–I) transition occurring at T = T_p in these films and its relation with the different kinds of inhomogeneities they could present like intrinsic electric disorder and co-existence of two different electrical and/or magnetic phases. The low-temperature resistivity state was described mostly by a law which scales as T with  ≈ 2.5. This supports the theoretical proposal of single magnon scattering in presence of minority spin states localized by the disorder. In the whole range of temperatures the experimental data are found to be consistent with a phase separation (PS) scenario. In order to go through the origin of the characteristic length scale of inhomogeneity found, preliminarily low frequency noise measurements as a function of T in a range of temperature around the M–I transition were made. The samples used were patterned using photolithography into bridges with various widths and lengths. No clear sign of separation phase dynamic has been observed in our noise measurements. Unexpectedly the normalized Hooge parameter _H/n was found not to be volume (Ω) independent. The LSMO electrical properties may strongly be driven by disorder and new design for magnetoresistance sensors may have to take into account their intrinsic PS.     

Improved relativistic energy-consistent pseudopotentials for 3d-transition metals

Energy-consistent relativistic pseudopotentials for 3d-transition metals Sc to Ni based on modified valence energies are proposed. The pseudopotentials are adjusted at the finite difference level within the intermediate coupling scheme with respect to multi-configuration Dirac–Hartree–Fock data based on the Dirac–Coulomb Hamiltonian with an estimate of the Breit contributions in quasidegenerate perturbation theory. Typically a few hundred to thousand J levels arising from about 35 to 40 configurations ranging from the anion down to the highly charged cation are considered as references. It is shown that introducing a small common energetic shift of all valence energies reduces the errors in the parameter adjustment considerably. Results of highly correlated atomic and molecular test calculations using large basis sets and basis set extrapolation techniques are presented. To be submitted to Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (special volume on the occasion of Prof. Dr. H. Stoll's 60th birthday)