Alkane oxygenation with H2O2 catalysed by FeCl3 and 2,2′-bipyridine

The H₂O₂-FeCl₃-bipy system in acetonitrile efficiently oxidises alkanes predominantly to alkyl hydroperoxides. Turnover numbers attain 400 after 1 h at 60 °C. It has been assumed that bipy facilitates proton abstraction from a H₂O₂ molecule coordinated to the iron ion (these reactions are stages in the catalytic cycle generating hydroxyl radicals from the hydrogen peroxide). Hydroxyl radicals then attack alkane molecules finally yielding the alkyl hydroperoxide.     

烷基和烷基苯磺酸钠系列的反相高效液相色谱法

用移动相中含有磷酸二氢钠的反相高效液相色谱法分析了烷基磺酸钠和烷基苯磺酸钠。对前者用电导检测器直接进行检测(无抑制柱),后者用紫外检测器检测。对几种商品十二烷基苯磺酸钠的组分和微乳液中十二烷基磺酸钠的含量进行了测定。得到了满意的结果。     

Study of modified silicas by inverse gas chromatography. Influence of chain length on the conformation of n-alcohols grafted on a pyrogenic silica

Summary A fumed silica surface was systematically modified by the grafting of n-alkyl chains with increasing carbon numbers. The samples were characterized by the dispersive component of the surface energy, their specific interaction potential and enthalpies of adsorption of polar, in particular, alcohol probes. It is shown that the variation of the surface properties and adsorption capacities depend on the chain length of the graft. For instance, minimum values are recorded when the surface coverage by methylene groups corresponds either to one or two CH₂ surface layers. This behaviour is related to the mobility of the grafted alkyl chains, mobility which was examined by solid state NMR.     

Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl and alkyl halides using palladium/imidazolium salt protocols

A simple new protocol for the high yielding Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings of aryl chlorides with aryl boronic acids using a palladium/imidazolium salt catalytic system is presented. The first examples of a palladium/imidazolium salt protocol for sp³-sp³ Suzuki-Miyaura couplings of alkyl halides are also disclosed.     

Thermodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Micellar Aggregates of Nonionic Surfactants with Short Hydrophobic Tails

The densities and viscosities of binary aqueous mixtures of poly(ethylenoxide)hexanols [C₆H₁₃(OCH₂CH₂)_mOH, C₆E_m] (m= 3, 4, and 5) have been studied in the micellar composition range. For the same surfactants the self-diffusion coefficients in mixtures with heavy water have been determined by the spin-echo pulsed field gradient method. The volumetric data are interpreted by means of the phase separation model, and values of the CMC, volume change, and standard free energy change of micellization are obtained. From the viscosity data the hydration numbers of the surfactant hydrophilic head in the micellar state are computed; they are in agreement with those obtained from HDO self-diffusion data. The surfactant self-diffusion data are used to calculate the apparent micelle radius and the aggregation number. The micellization parameters obtained for the different surfactants are compared and discussed.     

Chemical composition of “AKD vapour” and its implication to AKD vapour sizing

Alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) sizing of paper involves the redistribution of the wax over the fibre surface upon heating. The two major mechanisms widely studied so far are the spreading of an autophobic precursor of molten AKD and AKD vapour transport and re-deposition on the fibre surface. All previous work assumed that the transport of AKD vapour could be expressed by the change of water contact angle with substrates that were exposed to the vapour. Information regarding the chemical composition of the vapour phase above the AKD wax has not been found in the literature. In this work, a simple method for analysing the chemical composition of the vapour is established. Our preliminary results indicated that the chemical composition of AKD vapour in the temperature range of 75–80 °C is dominantly fatty acids. This suggests that the sizing effect by actual AKD molecules via the vapour deposition mechanism is likely to be insignificant in this temperature range. This also implies that fatty acids play a positive role in AKD sizing. The chemical stability of AKD in this temperature range is also studied.     

Magnetic Structure of CsPd2F5

The structure of CsPd₂F₅ has been confirmed from neutron diffraction data on powdered sample. CsPd₂F₅ crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imma space group. At 100 K, the unit-cell constants are a = 6.473(2) Å, b = 7.853(5) Å, c = 10.718(3) Å and the calculation carried out using the Rietveld method leads to R₁ = 0.020. The network is formed of PdF₆ octahedra chains containing half of Pd in high-spin configuration, connected one to each other by square planes containing the other half of Pd in low-spin configuration. CsPd₂F₅ orders antiferromagnetically below T_N = 38 K. In the ordered state a weak ferromagnetic component occurs (σ₀ = 0.098 μ_B at 2 K). The magnetic structure determined at 4 K is consistent with the magnetization data and can be described in the Im′m′a′ magnetic group without any doubling of the unit-cell parameters. Within the chains, Pd²⁺ are coupled antiparallel. The magnetic moments are located in the (x0z) plane, the angle between the moments and the z axis being 18°.     

Organophosphorus chemistry,XII. Reaction of furil with alkyl phosphites and ylide-phosphoranes

Summary The reaction of furil (1) with trialkyl phosphites2 yielded caged phosphorane derivatives of types3a-c. Dry hydrogen chloride gas converted3a-c into the respectivea-hydroxyvinyl-phosphates8a-c which are equally produced by reacting furil with the appropriate dialkyl phosphite7. The reaction of furil with ylide-phosphoranes10 proceeded according to the Wittig reaction mechanism to give the respective ethylenes11a-c. The new compounds have been characterized by their spectroscopic data (IR, PMR,³¹P-NMR, MS) and elementary analyses.Dedicated to Prof. M. Sidky on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Diorganogalliumfluoride. Die Kristallstruktur des Mischkristalls [B(CH2Ph)3]0,92[Ga(CH2Ph)3]0,08 · NCMe

Diorganogallium Fluorides. The Crystal Structure of the Mixed Crystal [B(CH₂Ph)₃]_0.92[Ga(CH₂Ph)₃]_0.08 · NCMe The reaction of GaR₃ with BF₃ · OEt₂ in diethylether leads to the diorganogallium fluorides R₂GaF [R = i-Pr ( 1 ), CH₂Ph ( 2 ), Mes ( 3 )]. Compound 1 is also available by the reaction of i-Pr₂GaBr ( 6 ) with KF at ?20°C in acetonitrile. The by-product B(CH₂Ph)₃, formed together with 2 during the first reaction, crystallizes with ca. 8% Ga(CH₂Ph)₃ in acetonitrile as [B(CH₂Ph)₃]_0.92[Ga(CH₂Ph)₃]_0.08 · NCMe ( 4 ) in the space group P2₁/n with a = 1050.32(7) pm, b = 1159.5(2) pm, c = 1591.6(1) pm and β = 96.931(6)°.     

Dependence of the methylene selectivity on the composition of hydro-organic eluents for reversed-phase liquid chromatographic systems with alkyl bonded phases

Summary A theoretical treatment is presented which considers differences between the composition of the mobile phase and solvents that are incorporated into the bonded phase via preferential sorption. Equations are derived and used to analyze retention data for various homologs chromatographed under reversed-phase conditions using alkyl bonded phases and combinations of water-methanol, water-acetonitrile and watertetrahydrofuran as mobile phases. In the case of water-methanol the surface phase and bulk mobile phase compositions are similar. However, significant differences in composition between the two phases are observed when binary combinations of water-acetonitrile and water-tetrahydrofuran are used as the cluents.