NMR studies of uranyl benzenesulfonate solvation and phase diagram of uranyl benzenesulfonate-water-tributyl phosphate system

Uranyl hydration and solvation numbers of uranyl benzenesulfonate (BSU) aqueous-organic solutions have been determined by means of dynamic NMR spectroscopy technique. Three aqua-complexes have been found to exist in aqueous-acetone solution: [UO₂ (U₆H₅SO₃)₂·4H₂O] and [UO₂(C₆H₅SO₃)₂·(H₂O)_n] where n=1 or 2 and anions are bridging bidentate. Transition from [UO₂ (C₆H₅SO₃)₂·4H₂O] to the higher aqua complexes begins at P>40. There is a disolvate in the non-aqueous solution of BSU in tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP). Composition of aqueous and organic phase of the BSU-water-TBP ternary system has been determined at room temperature, allowing to produce the phase diagram of the system. The binodale position is related to the anion amphiphilicity. The solvation number determined for BSU in the organic phases corresponds exactly to the low temperature data and allows to observe BSU dehydration and desolvation in the region of mutual dissolution of water and the organic phase, as well as TBP and the aqueous phase.     

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and Rifampicinum destruction over carbon-modified TiO2

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Carbon-modified TiO2 using a sol–gel method (TiO2/CSG) and mechanochemical treatment (TiO2/CMC) was obtained. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning...     

Synthesis of new spiropyranes and study of the effect of the nature of substituents on their photochromism and complexation

A series of new hydrazones based on 3,3-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-8-formyl-[2H]-1-benzopyran-2,1-[2]-oxaindane] with the substituents of different nature in the hydrazone moiety was synthesized. A comparative study of photochromism and complexation of the synthesized spiropyrans with a number of metal cations was carried out. Spectral and kinetic differences in photochromism and complexation of these compounds were revealed.     

Construction and testing of the ALICE TRD chambers at LHE,JINR

The current status of construction and testing of Transition Radiation Detectors (TRD) for ALICE at LHE, JINR, is presented. The main purpose of this detector is electron identification at intensive pion background. The whole ALICE TRD system is comprised of 540 wire chambers of total sensitive area ∼750 m². Each chamber consists of drift and amplifying gaps and a radiator. One hundred such TRD chambers will be constructed at LHE, JINR. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

The effect of the medium polarity on the mechanism of the reaction of hydroxybenzenes with hydrazyl radical in aprotic solvents

Mechanisms of the reaction of di- and trihydroxybenzenes with 2,2′-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (stable radical) in aprotic media of different polarity have been elucidated by experimental and quantum-chemical methods. Kinetic, stoichiometric, and activation parameters of the reaction have been determined. In benzene (nonpolar solvent), the studied reaction occurs via the hydrogen atom transfer mechanism; in the polar solvent with weak ionizing ability (i.e. DMSO), the reaction predominantly occurs via the faster mechanism of coupled electron and proton transfer.     

Synthesis,Structure, and Properties of Novel Enamine Containing Coumarin and Phosphonium Fragments

Condensation of 4-hydroxy-3-formylcoumarin with 4-aminobenzyl(triphenyl)phosphonium bromide has led to the formation of a phosphonium salt existing in DMSO solution as a mixture of two enamine forms, Z and E, according to NMR spectroscopy and quantum-chemical simulations data. Basing on the obtained salt, the ML₂ metal chelates of zinc(II), copper(II), and nickel(II) have been synthesized. Luminescence properties of the ligand and its complex with zinc have been studied.

     

Synthesis and structures of silicon-, germanium- and tin-containing tungsten imido alkyl complexes (ArN)2W(CH2EMe3)2 (E = Si, Ge, Sn)

The novel silicon-, germanium- and tin-containing imido alkyl complexes of tungsten of the type (ArN)₂W(CH₂EMe₃)₂ (; E = Si (1), Ge (2), Sn (3)) have been prepared by the reactions of (ArN)₂WCl₂(dme) (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) with heteroelement-containing alkyllithium or Grignard reagents Me₃ECH₂Li (E = Si, Ge), Me₃ECH₂MgCl (E = Ge, Sn). The title compounds were isolated in high yields as crystalline solids and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H, ¹³C, ²⁹Si and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies. The geometry of the W atoms in the compounds can be described as a distorted tetrahedron.     

Investigation of superconductivity and magnetism in ceramic YBa2Cu3O6+x

In this work the magnetic and superconducting properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x , ceramic samples are studied with regard to there preparations technology and oxygen content. It is shown that at 0.41≤x≤0.45 the magnetic and superconducting states coexist.