Azine bridged silver coordination polymers: Powder X-ray diffraction route to crystal structure determination of silver benzotriazole

In continuation of our interest in solid-state structures of silver complexes of photographic importance, the structure for silver benzotriazole (AgBZT), has now been obtained. The preferred method for solving crystal structures is via single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). However, for some materials, growing single crystals of appropriate size and quality is often difficult or even impossible. AgBZT is an example of such a silver complex with poor solubility. The usual routes to preparing single crystals using recrystallization from a cooperating solvent resulted in polycrystalline powder samples. We propose a crystal structure for AgBZT, solved from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, using a direct-space Monte Carlo simulated annealing approach. AgBZT crystals are monoclinic, (P2₁/c), with unit cell dimensions, a=14.8052(3) Å, b=3.7498(4) Å, c=12.3495(12) Å, and β=114.200(6)°. The AgBZT complex is constructed from all three of the Benzotriazole (BZT) nitrogens bonding to a separate silver atom. As a consequence of this bonding mode, the structure is a highly cross-linked, coordination polymer.     

2-Propanol oxidation on platinum and platinum–rhodium electrodeposits

The electrocatalytic oxidation of 2-propanol was investigated using on line differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) on electrodeposited Pt and an arrange of bimetallics: Pt_0.84Rh_0.16, Pt_0.70Rh_0.30, Pt_0.55Rh_0.45. It has been observed that the Pt_0.84Rh_0.16 bimetallic electrode presented the best catalytic activity for 2-propanol electrochemical oxidation. Since 2-propanol is a secondary alcohol, only acetone and CO₂ are produced. The total yield of CO₂ and acetone has been determined from the DEMS measurements. It is found that acetone is the major product, as reported before for other electrodes. The acetone and CO₂ yield depends on the electrode composition. High amount of rhodium in the electrode composition strongly diminish the reaction rate as indicated by the decrease of both the acetone and CO₂ yield. However, acetone inhibition is much more intense. The only bimetallic electrode that presents considerable mass spectroscopy signals intensity for CO₂ and acetone is the Pt_0.84Rh_0.16 electrode. This electrode shows a slight increase in CO₂ selectivity, compared to the other electrodes studied in this work. Only very low coverages of stable adsorbates were present during the reaction. Two and one carbon adsorbate were observed for all the electrodes. Three carbon adsorbates were detected only for the Pt_0.84Rh_0.16 electrode. Therefore, acetone production does not require a stable adsorbate.     

N-取代N′-苯基哌嗪类化合物与硫杂蒽酮体系光诱导电子转移引发聚合体系的研究

本工作对N-苯基-N'-乙基呱嗪作为酮/胺光引发体系中组分之一的作用机制进行了研究。发现该特殊的胺类化合物虽包括二甲基苯胺和三乙胺两个部分,但它和酮类相组合形成的光引发体系只有较低的尤引发速率。对上述现象进行了讨论,并通过加入酸类化合物使其中一个胺发生季胺盐化,用以改进光引发效率来进一步证实文中所讨论的机制。     

Cl/Ag体系研究 Ⅱ.Cl吸附引起的表面结构变化

运用LEED,UPS和HREELS等表面技术研究了氯吸附至(c)阶段的Ag(111)表面结构.结果表明,表面上有三维的AgCl(111)生成,其生长按修正的Stranski-Krastanov模式进行.伴随着AgCI(111)生长的同时,表面上产生缺陷.这种缺陷只有在氯吸附至(c)阶段时表面上形成三维AgCI的过程中才能产生,它一旦在表面上形成后,表面上氯的存在与否对其不产生影响.本文提出了一个(c)阶段时的Cl/Ag(111)体系的结构模型.     

硝酸氯冰溶胶水解反应过程的计算模拟

用二级微扰(MP2)和密度泛函理论(B3LYP),辅以不同的基组,对硝酸氯在冰表面上水解反应的机理进行了理论计算研究.根据关键部位化学键的松弛效应和关键原子的电荷分布,对冰表面催化的原因进行了深入分析.水分子一方面作为桥,辅助分子间质子发生迁移;另一方面作为连续介质,通过偶极相互作用加快硝酸氯的水解过程.     

2，6－二氨基吡啶与苦基氯的反应历程研究

对２，６－二氨基吡啶与苦基氯的反应历程进行了研究。通过二氨基吡啶与几种多硝基卤代苯的反应、溶剂效应、ＮａＦ的促进作用和紫外光谱吸收，证实该反应属于芳香族亲核取代反应类型，按加成－消除历程进行，反应过渡态涉及一个Ｍｃｉｓｅｎｈｅｉｍｅｒ络合物。     

LIGHT-SCATTERING STUDY OF POLYELECTROLYTE HOLLOW CAPSULES

Silver halide (AgX) microcrystal was used as template to synthesize hollow polyelectrolyte capsules. These hollow capsules were characterized by laser light scattering (LLS) used to measure the size of the capsules in solution. The ratio of hydrodynamic radius (Rh) from dynamic LLS to the radius of gyration (Rg) from static LLS is almost unity, revealing that the entities are hollow in solution. The results suggest that the LLS method can be regarded as a good complement to the confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) method for the characterization of small hollow capsules, and it possesses the advantage of not needing fluorescence labeling.     

Substituent effects on the kinetics for the chemiluminescence reaction of 6-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones (Cypridina luciferin analogues): support for the single electron transfer (SET)-oxygenation mechanism with triplet molecular oxygen

Kinetics of chemiluminescence reactions of 2-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-one (1c, Cypridina luciferin analogue) and substituent effects of the 6-aryl group of derivatives 1 strongly suggest that the rate-determining step is a single electron transfer from an anion derived from 1 to a triplet molecular oxygen (O₂) in the oxygenation process.     

Gradient extremals and valley floor bifurcations on potential energy surfaces

Gradient extremals are curves in configuration space denned by the condition that the gradient of the potential energy is an eigenvector of the Hessian matrix. Solutions of a corresponding equation go along a valley floor or along a crest of a ridge, if the norm of the gradient is a minimum, and along a cirque or a cliff or a flank of one of the two if the gradient norm is a maximum. Properties of gradient extremals are discussed for simple 2D model surfaces including the problem of valley bifurcations.