Synthesis and crystal structure of ternary molybdate compound K<Subscript>5</Subscript>Pb<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>Hf<Subscript>1.5</Subscript>(MoO<Subscript>4</Subscript>)<Subscript>6</Subscript>

Single crystals of triple molybdate of composition 5:1:3 K₅Pb_0.5Hf_1.5(MoO₄)₆ have been grown and their crystal structure has been solved from X-ray diffraction data (an automated diffractometer X8 APEX, MoK _α -radiation, 2173 F(hkl), R = 0.0321). Trigonal unit cell parameters are: a = b = 10.739(2) Å, c = 37.933(9) Å; V = 3789(1) ų, Z = 6, ρ_calc = 4.014 g/cm³, space group \(R\bar 3\). Three-dimensional mixed framework of the structure is formed by two types of MoO₄ tetrahedra and Pb and Hf octahedra linking via common O-vertices. Potassium atoms of three types occupy large vacancies in the framework.     

Non planar silylium, germylium and stannylium ions

Quantum mechanical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) and MP2/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory reveal that higher congeners of the aromatic imidazolium ion, e.g. 2-E-imidazolium ions (E = Si, Ge, Sn), adopt either planar or pyramidal structures, depending on the substituent R ² attached to the element and on the group 14 element itsself. In the case of 2-silaimidazolium ions chemically significant energy differences in favour of non-planar cations are predicted only for strongly σ-electron withdrawing substituents R ² such as F or CF₃. The pyramidalization computed for the germanium and tin analogues are however significant for all investigated substituents R ² and are accompanied by a substantial stabilization compared to the corresponding planar structures. A detailed bonding analysis reveals that the non-planar cations are best described as complexes of monovalent group 14 element cations R ²E⁺ with the diazabutadiene ligand.     

Synthesis of model linear tetrablock quaterpolymers and pentablock quintopolymers of ethylene oxide

Multiblock copolymers of ethylene oxide, with four and five different blocks, were synthesized by the sequential anionic polymerization of styrene, isoprene, 2-vinyl pyridine, t-butyl methacrylate, and ethylene oxide with benzyl potassium as an initiator. The monomer sequence was based on the relative nucleophilicity of the active centers. Characterization of the multiblock copolymers by size exclusion chromatography (with refractive-index and UV detectors), membrane osmometry, and NMR spectroscopy confirmed that benzyl potassium is an efficient initiator for the synthesis of well-defined multiblock multicomponent copolymers of ethylene oxide. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 2166–2170, 2002     

β‐Peptidic Secondary Structures Fortified and Enforced by Zn2+ Complexation – On the Way to β‐Peptidic Zinc Fingers?

The correlation between β²‐, β³‐, and β^2,3‐amino acid‐residue configuration and stability of helix and hairpin‐turn secondary structures of peptides consisting of homologated proteinogenic amino acids is analyzed (Figs. 1–3). To test the power of Zn²⁺ ions in fortifying and/or enforcing secondary structures of β‐peptides, a β‐decapeptide, 1 , four β‐octapeptides, 2 – 5 , and a β‐hexadecapeptide, 10 , have been devised and synthesized. The design was such that the peptides would a) fold to a 14‐helix ( 1 and 3 ) or a hairpin turn ( 2 and 4 ), or form neither of these two secondary structures (i.e., 5 ), and b) carry the side chains of cysteine and histidine in positions, which will allow Zn²⁺ ions to use their extraordinary affinity for RS^? and the imidazole N‐atoms for stabilizing or destabilizing the intrinsic secondary structures of the peptides. The β‐hexadecapeptide 10 was designed to a) fold to a turn, to which a 14‐helical structure is attached through a β‐dipeptide spacer, and b) contain two cysteine and two histidine side chains for Zn complexation, in order to possibly mimic a Zn‐finger motif. While CD spectra (Figs. 6–8 and 17) and ESI mass spectra (Figs. 9 and 18) are compatible with the expected effects of Zn²⁺ ions in all cases, it was shown by detailed NMR analyses of three of the peptides, i.e., 2, 3, 5 , in the absence and presence of ZnCl₂, that i) β‐peptide 2 forms a hairpin turn in H₂O, even without Zn complexation to the terminal β³hHis and β³hCys side chains (Fig. 11), ii) β‐peptide 3 , which is present as a 14‐helix in MeOH, is forced to a hairpin‐turn structure by Zn complexation in H₂O (Fig. 12), and iii) β‐peptide 5 is poorly ordered in CD₃OH (Fig. 13) and in H₂O (Fig. 14), with far‐remote β³hCys and β³hHis residues, and has a distorted turn structure in the presence of Zn²⁺ ions in H₂O, with proximate terminal Cys and His side chains (Fig. 15).     

Solute-solvent interactions in water-tert-butyl alcohol mixtures. VI. Enthalpies of solution for halo-para-substituted benzoates

Enthalpies of solution of sodium benzoate, potassium benzoate, and potassium halo-substituted benzoates are reported at 298.15°K in water and in nine water-tert-butyl alchol mixtures. Transfer enthalpies from water to the mixed solvent go through a maximum for about 0.055 mole fraction of alcohol. Additivity of ionic contributions in the enthalpies of transfer is verified. Substituent effects on the transfer enthalpies of benzoates are discussed in terms of size of the solutes and cohesion of the solvent mixtures. For Part V, see ref. 1.     

多孔二氧化硅中Gd3+ → Eu3+的能量传递

通过水热反应法，获得了单掺和双掺Eu³⁺，Gd³⁺的多孔二氧化硅组装体，研究了掺杂体系的光谱特性，观察到Gd³⁺ → Eu³⁺的能量传递。分析了能量传递过程，探讨了在多孔二氧化硅中Gd³⁺→Eu³⁺的能量传递的机理，其机理主要为电偶极-电偶极相互作用。     

4fN-15d组态自旋允许与禁戒跃迁能级的研究

通过稀土光谱理论，计算了三价稀土离子的4f^N-15d组态能级的f与d电子间的库仑相互作用，结果表明对于重稀土元素，其自旋允许跃迁能级位置高于自旋禁戒跃迁能级位置，并且两种能级间的能级差随f电子数的增加而依次减小。对于轻稀土元素,则自旋禁戒跃迁能级位置高于自旋允许跃迁能级位置。结果很好地解释了自旋禁戒跃迁能级的光谱现象。     

Protonation and sodium ion-pairing of the sulfite ion in concentrated aqueous electrolyte solutions

A protocol has been developed for the reliable titration of aqueous sulfite solutions which minimizes photodecomposition effects. This procedure has been used to measure the protonation constants of the sulfite ion in aqueous solution by glass electrode potentiometry at 25.0‡C and ionic strengths (I) from 0.1 to 5.0M in NaCI media and atI = 1.0M in KC1 and Me₄NCl media. These measurements provided evidence of weak but significant ionpairing between SO2/3 -and Na⁺ with a formation constant of logK _Na = 0.431 in 1.0M Me₄NCl. This was in very good agreement with the value logK _Na = 0.410 measured directly by Na⁺ ion-selective electrode potentiometry. Evidence is also presented for an extremely weak association of K⁺ and SO ₂ ³ -with logK _k = 0.22 in 1.0M Me₄NCl.     

Molar conductance of aqueous solutions of sodium, potassium, and nickel trifluoromethanesulfonate at 25‡C

The electrical conductivities of aqueous solutions of NaCF₃SO₃, KCF₃SO₃, and Ni(CF₃SO₃)₂ have been measured at 25‡C in the concentration range 1 to 25X 10^-3 mol-dm^-3 The data approach the Onsager limiting law at low concentrations, leading to a limiting molar ion conductivity for the CF₃SO ₃ ⁻ ion of 44.5±0.2 S-cm²-mol^-1, based on standard values for the cations. Using a simple size parameter for unsymmetrical polyatomic ions, based on the ion geometry, it is shown that the well known empirical relation between the molar conductivities of symmetrical ions and their radii can be extended to include certain polyatomic anions including CF₃SO ₃ ⁻ . The results suggest that the CF₃SO ₃ ⁻ ion is either a weak structure breaker in aqueous solution or neutral in this respect.     

Structure determination of zinc iodide complexes formed in aqueous solution

Structures of the complexes formed in aqueous solutions between zinc(II) and iodide ions have been determined from large-angle X-ray scattering, Raman and far-IR measurements. The coordination in the hydrated Zn²⁺ hexaaqua ion and the first iodide complex, [ZnI]⁺, is octahedral, but is changed into tetrahedral in the higher complexes, [ZnI₂(H₂O)₂], [ZnI₃(H₂O)]^– and [ZnI₄]^2–. The Zn-I bond length is 2.635(4)Å in the [ZnI₄]^2– ion and slightly shorter, 2.592(6)Å, in the two lower tetrahedral complexes. In the octahedral [ZnI(H₂O)₅]⁺ complex the Zn-I bond length is 2.90(1)Å. The Zn-O bonding distances in the complexes are approximately the same as that in the hydrated Zn²⁺ ion, 2.10(1)Å.