Molar heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic anhydride [C8H10O3]

The molar heat capacity C _p,m of 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic anhydride was measured in the temperature range from T=80 to 390 K with a small sample automated adiabatic calorimeter. The melting point T _m, the molar enthalpy Δ_fus H _m and the entropy Δ_fus S _m of fusion for the compound were determined to be 303.80 K, 14.71 kJ mol⁻¹ and 48.43 J K⁻¹ mol⁻¹, respectively. The thermodynamic functions [H _T-H _273.15] and [S _T-S _273.15] were derived in the temperature range from T=80 to 385 K with temperature interval of 5 K. The thermal stability of the compound was investigated by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG), when the process of the mass-loss was due to the evaporation, instead of its thermal decomposition.     

The role of intermolecular vibrations and reorganization of a reaction system in tunneling reactions with H atom transfer. A Debye model for the medium

Mechanisms of temperature dependence of the rate constants for two types of solid-state tunneling chemical reactions, namely, transfer of an H atom between two molecules and intramolecular transfer, are analyzed. To this end, an analytical expression for the rate constant for tunneling atom transfer in solids is derived in the framework of a modified theory of nonradiative transitions. The mechanisms of the temperature dependence of the rate constant considered in this work include oscillations of the potential barrier to chemical reaction in intermolecular fluctuations and reorganization of the medium. The effect of pressure on the distance between reactants and on the frequency of intermolecular vibrations is taken into account. The theory developed is used to interpret experimental data on tunneling transfer of an H atom in two reactions: a) intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a matrix-isolated formic acid molecule entrapped in an argon crystal and b) H atom transfer from a fluorene molecule to an excited acridine molecule in a fluorene crystal. Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the L. Ya. Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1073–1085, June, 2008.     

Effects of Electronic Correlations for Adiabatic Electrochemical Reactions of Electron Transfer in Electrode Models with Nearly Empty and Nearly Filled Conduction Bands: Diagram of Kinetic Modes

A diagram of kinetic modes (DKM), whose parts correspond to different electron transfer types, for any electrode's Fermi energy _F and any finite value of its conduction band's width B is studied. Important differences between DKM for any _F and B and DKM in a model of a surface molecule for an electrode-reactant system are pointed out. DKM for electrode models with nearly empty and nearly filled conduction bands proposed earlier are discussed. Expressions for outermost curves of DKM are derived for some special cases within these models.     

Catalytic Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid on 2D and 3D Monolayers of 4‐Hydroxythiophenol

Monolayers of 4‐hydroxythiophenol (4‐HTP) immobilized on gold electrode (2D SAMs) or gold nanoclusters (3D SAMs) lead to catalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid (AA). The catalytic role of the modified clusters was revealed by comparing the electrodes covered by 1,9‐nonanedithiol and the same nonanedithiol monolayer decorated by 4‐HTP protected clusters. The 4‐HTP protected gold nanoclusters supported on a metal surface using a monolayer of 1,9‐nonanedithiol as the bridge, transferred charge to ascorbic acid (AA) molecule in the solution more efficiently than when the same 4‐HTP monolayer was formed directly on the gold electrode.     

Cr掺杂ZnO(10(¯1)0)表面的原子结构和电子性质研究

多相催化中ZnO基催化剂广泛应用于甲醇合成、水汽变换和合成气转化等诸多领域.近期发展的ZnCrOx-分子筛双功能催化剂(OX-ZEO)打破了传统合成气转化的ASF分布,能够高选择性地实现CO加氢转化为低碳烯烃.其中CO在ZnCrOx表面活化被认为是OX-ZEO催化的关键基元过程,但是ZnCrOx表面的活性位组成和结构目...     

La0.67Ba0.33MnO3中Bi掺杂产生的低场磁电阻增强效应

将Bi2O3掺杂到溶胶-凝胶法制备的La0.67Ba0.33MnO3(LBMO)微粉中, 结果发现随着Bi的掺杂, 材料的磁化强度和居里温度基本不变, 但电阻率发生明显变化, 在0～10% (摩尔分数)的掺杂范围内, 电阻率先急速上升后缓慢降低. 掺Bi可以使低温下的低场磁电阻得到显著增强, 但并不改变与双交换作用有关的本征磁电阻; 掺Bi也使室温下的磁电阻得到明显增强.     

The Host/Guest Type of Excited‐State Proton Transfer; a General Review

Contemporary progress regarding guest/host types of excited‐state double proton transfer has been reviewed, among which are the biprotonic transfer within doubly H‐bonded host/guest complexes, the transfer through a solvent bridge relay, the intramolecular double proton transfer and solvation dynamics coupled proton transfer. Of particular emphases are the photophysical and photochemical properties of excited‐state double proton transfer (ESDPT) in 7‐azaindole and its corresponding analogues. From the chemical aspect, two types of ESDPT reaction, namely the catalytic and non‐catalytic types of ESDPT, have been classified and reviewed separately. For the case of static host/guest hydrogen‐bonded complexes both hydrogen‐bonding strength and configuration (i.e. geometry) play key roles in accounting for the reaction dynamics. In addition to the dynamical concern, excited‐state thermodynamics are of importance to fine‐tune the proton transfer reaction in the non‐catalytic host/guest type of ESDPT. The mechanisms of protic solvent assisted ESDPT, depending on host molecules and proton‐transfer models, have been reviewed where the plausible resolution is deduced. Particular attention has been given to the excited‐state proton transfer dynamics in pure water, aiming at its future perspective in biological applications. Finally, the differentiation in mechanism between solvent diffusive reorganization and solvent relaxation to affect the host/guest ESPT dynamics is made and discussed in de tail.     

Effect of electron-electron correlations on the activation free energy of adiabatic electrochemical reactions of dissociative electron transfer

Adiabatic free energy surfaces for adiabatic electrochemical reactions of dissociative electron transfer are calculated with exact allowance for the effects of electron-electron correlations in a model of an electrode with an infinitely broad conduction band. The role of correlation effects in these reactions is discussed. It is shown that, as in common adiabatic electrochemical reactions of electron transfer, correlation effects play a substantial role and lead to a considerable decrease in the activation free energies.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2005, pp. 412–418.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kuznetsov, Medvedev, Sokolov.