Co-crystallization of glycine anhydride with the hydroxybenzoic acids: Controlled formation of dimers via synthons cooperation and structural characterization

The results of crystallographic analyses on 1:1 and 1:4 well-defined co-crystals formed between glycine anhydride and each of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid are described. Neutral molecules are connected via heteromeric O-H···O and N-H···O contacts leading to different packing arrangements of supramolecular chains. On the basis of the molecular structures of glycine anhydride and carboxylic acid guests, the hydrogen bonds are arranged to give centrosymmetric synthons V and VII which are noteworthy for their robustness. Hydrogen-bond interactions between glycine anhydride and aromatic acid provide sufficient driving force to direct molecular recognition and crystal packing. Utilization of the orientation of functional groups of the building blocks, the acidity, and weak interactions provides a route for the creation of novel supra- molecular architectures in the crystal lattice. Both two co-crystals contain the expected hydrogen-bonded motifs, and there has been no proton transfer from either of the two carboxylic acids to the aza compound moiety. This demonstrates that glycine anhydride is very capable of affecting the construction of binary co-crystals in a predictable and rationale manner. It is noted that synthons VⅢ and IX are fairly large, but the real challenge in crystal engineering is to find a big enough synthon that occurs often enough. Thermal stability of these compounds has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of mass loss.     

Multi-component hydrogen-bonding salts formed between imidazole and aromatic acids: Synthons cooperation and crystal structures

Imidazole base was crystallized with different aromatic carboxylic acids 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 5-chlorosalicylic acid, and 1,8-naphthalic acid, affording three new binary molecular organic salts of [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + )·(C 7 H 5 O 4 )] (1), [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + )·(C 7 H 4 O 3 Cl )] C 7 H 5 O 3 Cl (2), and [(C 3 H 5 N 2 + ) (C 12 H 7 O 4 )] (3). Proton transfer occurs from the COOH of carboxylic acid to nitrogen of imidazole in all complexes (1-3), leading to the hydrogen bond N-H…O in all structures. To our knowledge, the recognition pattern between the carboxylic acid group and imidazole (acid-imidazole synthon) is less well-studied so far. The cooperation among COOH, COO and imidazolium cation functional groups for the observed hydrogen bond synthons is examined in the three structures. Generally, the strong N-H…O and O-H…O hydrogen bonds define supramolecular architecture and connectivity within chains, while weaker C-H…O hydrogen bonds play the dominant role in controlling the interactions between layers in these novel organic salts. Thermal stability of these compounds has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of mass loss.     

Vapor-liquid equilibrium properties for confined binary mixtures involving CO2, CH4, and N2 from Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations

The effects of solid-fluid interactions on the vapor-liquid phase diagram,coexistence density,relative volatility and vaporization enthalpy have been investigated for confined binary systems of CO 2-CH 4,CO 2-N 2 and CH 4-N 2.The Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo(GEMC) simulation results indicate that the confinement and the solid-fluid interaction have significant influences on the vapor-liquid equilibrium properties.The confinement and the strength of the solid-fluid interaction make the p-x i phase diagram move to higher pressure regions.They also make the two-phase region become narrower for each binary mixture.The strength of the solid-fluid interactions can cause increases in the coexistence liquid and vapor densities,and cause the decrease of the relative volatility and the vaporization enthalpy for the systems studied.As the pore width is decreased,the two-phase region of the binary mixture becomes narrower.     

Nonlinear optical material of a low-dimensional coordination polymer: Synthesis, structure, NLO and fluorescence properties

Employing unsymmetrical 2-mercapto-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole and 2,2′-bipyridine as mixed ligands, a new low-dimensional coordination polymer [Zn(MMTA) 2 (2,2′-bipy)] n (MMTA = 2-mercapto-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole, 2,2′-bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine), has been synthesized under solvothermal condition and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This compound crys- tallizes in the noncentrosymmetric space group Cc, with cell parameters: a = 8.291(4) , b = 15.483(9) , c = 15.620(6) , = 96.00(5)°, V = 1994.1(2) 3 , and Z = 4. The mixed ligands link the zinc center into a mononuclear unit, which is futher linked by weak C-H···N and C-H···S hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional noncentrosymmetric framework. The compound exhibits intense photoluminescence and distinct NLO properties at room temperature. The intensity of the green light produced by the powder sample of the compound is about 3.2 times that produced by KDP powder. On the basis of the results of TG analysis, the structure is thermally stable up to ～260 °C.     

(EC+β+) Decay of 130Pm and 128Pr

¹³⁰Pm and ¹²⁸ Pr were produced by irradiation of ⁹⁶Ru with 171MeV ³⁶Ar beam,and a He-jet recoil tape transport system transported radioactivities to shielded reigon. Based on X-γ-t and γ-γ-t coincidence measurements ,the (EC+β⁺)decay scheme of ¹³⁰Pm was proposed for the first time and the (EC+β⁺)decay scheme of ¹²⁸Pr was revised.     

Identification of Newβ-Delayed γ Rays and a Low-Spin Isomer in^176Ir

The β＋/EC decay of doubly odd nucleus ^176Ir has been studied via the ^146Nd（^35Cl, 5n7） heavy ion fusion evaporation reaction at 210MeV bombarding energy. With the aid of a helium-jet recoil fast tape transport system, the reaction products were transported to a low-background location for measurement. Based on the data analysis, the previously known γ rays from the decay of ^176Ir are proven. Moreover, three new excited levels and ten new γ rays are assigned to ^176Os. The time spectra of typical γ rays clearly indicate a long-lived low-spin isomer in ^176Ir.     

受限狭缝中CO_2-CH_4体系的汽液相平衡性质

受限条件下CO2-CH4体系的相平衡性质对化工工艺过程的设计具有非常重要的意义.采用Gibbs系综Monte Carlo模拟,对220K下CO2-CH4体系在主体相和受限狭缝中的相平衡性质进行了系统地研究.通过主体相模拟与实验结果比较,验证了流体分子势能参数的合理性;通过改变狭缝壁面原子的能量参数,研究了受限环境对CO2-CH4体系汽液相平衡性质的影响.与主体相相比,在硬壁狭缝中,CO2-CH4体系的露点压力增加,泡点压力降低,压力-组成相图变窄,且体系更容易达到超临界状态;在吸引狭缝中,随壁面原子能量参数的增大,CO2-CH4体系的压力-组成相图上移,临界点处CH4的摩尔分数减小,相图变窄.在体系汽液相总组成相同情况下,硬壁狭缝内体系的汽液相密度均比主体相中小;随壁面原子能量参数增大,气相密度变大、液相密度在CH4的摩尔分数较小时变大而当CH4的摩尔分数达到一定值后反而减小.在体系汽液相总组成相同时,受限环境下的汽化热比主体相的汽化热小且随壁面吸引势的增强越来越小;在主体相和硬壁狭缝中体系的汽化热随CH4含量的增加单调减小,而当壁面势能参数较大时汽化热随CH4含量增加先增大后减小.     

缺中子130Pm和128Pr核的EC/β+衰变研究

171MeV³⁶Ar束轰击⁹⁶Ru靶由熔合蒸发反应生成了¹³⁰Pm和¹²⁸Pr核.由氦喷嘴快速带传输系统将反应产物送到低本底区.基于X-γ-t,γ-γ-t符合测量,首次建立了¹³⁰Pm的(EC+β⁺)衰变纲图.重新研究了¹²⁸Pr核的衰变,订正和补充了γ射线,建立了新的(EC+β⁺)衰变纲图.