Dielectric investigations of associate formation process in thin nitrobenzene interlayers formed between metal substrates

Studies of thickness and temperature dependencies of the dielectric susceptibility of nitrobenzene interlayers formed on conductive substrates were carried out. The obtained data were processed under the assumption of the existence of dimers (with opposite directions of molecular dipole moments) in orientationally ordered wall-adjacent layers. The results were treated on the basis of Lifshits theory.     

硝基苯在离子液体BMimBF4-H2O中的电还原

采用循环伏安法和恒电位电解法研究了离子液体BMimBF4-H2O 中硝基苯在微铂电极上的电还原特性. 实验表明, 在BMimBF4中, 随着硝基苯和水的浓度变化, 循环伏安曲线的峰电位和峰电流呈现复杂的变化规律; 硝基苯在铂电极上的电还原反应为双分子8 电子3 步骤电化学过程, 第一步反应为准可逆单分子单电子转移步骤, 产生阴离子自由基, 第二步为2 电子转移步骤, 并伴有随后的双分子不可逆自由基偶合化学反应, 主要产物为氧化偶氮苯, 第三步是2 电子转移产生偶氮苯的过程.     

Surface Properties of Cu Doped La-Ni Intermetallic Compounds

A series of Cu-doped La-Ni intermetallic compounds(LaN5-xCux, x = 0-4) was studied. The bulk structure and surface composition of the samples were detected before and after they were used as catalyst for nitrobenzene hydrogennation. The catalytic properties of the intermetallic compounds depend on the surface region composition, especially on the valence of the metal ions.     

Nuclear quadrupole resonance in 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene

A study of the spin lattice relaxation (T₁) and the nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency (ν_Q) gives an important information about the dynamics of molecular groups in molecular solids. In the present paper, we analyze the contributions of the reorientational motion of nitro groups of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene to the NQR parameters of the chlorine nucleus in the molecule.

We found two contributions to T₁ and ν_Q due to the onset of the reorientation of nitro groups in the molecule; one of these contributions is mostly due to intermolecular effects in the crystal. For the chlorine nuclei, the efficiency of the modulation mechanism is usually provided by the change of the electric field gradient due to the moving molecular group; this gives us a way of how to assign each contribution to T₁ from the ortho and para positions of the NO₂ groups in the molecule. It is observed that there are two different potential barriers depending on the position of the nitro groups in the molecule. The behavior in the temperature dependence of the line width shows a thermal history dependence of the molecular crystal.     

Preparation of both enantiomers of β-(3,4-dihydroxybenzyl)-β-alanine, higher homologues of Dopa

β²-(3,4-Dihydroxybenzyl)-β-alanine [β²-Homo-Dopa, 1] is a novel β-amino acid homologue of Dopa, the most successful therapeutic agent in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Enantioenriched (R)-1 and (S)-1 were obtained via the diastereoselective alkylation of enantiopure pyrimidinone (R)- and (S)-3, chiral derivatives of β-alanine, with veratryl iodide. The major diastereomeric products (2S,5R)-4 and (2R,5S)-4 were hydrolyzed with 57% HBr, and the desired β-amino acids were purified by silica gel chromatography. Alternatively, enantioenriched (R)- and (S)-1 were prepared by means of the highly diastereoselective alkylation (3,4-dimethoxybenzyl iodide) of open-chain β-aminopropionic acid derivatives (R,R,S)-8 and (S,S,R)-8 containing the chiral auxiliary α-phenylethylamine. Finally, nearly enantiopure (R)- and (S)-1 were obtained by resolution of racemic N-benzyloxycarbonyl-2-(3,4-dibenzyloxybenzyl)-3-aminopropionic acid, rac-12, with (R)- or (S)-α-phenylethylamine, followed by catalytic hydrogenolysis.     

A Silyliumylidene Cation Stabilized by an Amidinate Ligand and 4‐Dimethylaminopyridine

The synthesis and reactivity of a silyliumylidene cation stabilized by an amidinate ligand and 4‐dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) are described. The reaction of the amidinate silicon(I) dimer [ L Si:]₂ ( 1 ; L =PhC(NtBu)₂) with one equivalent of N‐trimethylsilyl‐4‐dimethylaminopyridinium triflate [4‐NMe₂C₅H₄NSiMe₃]OTf and two equivalents of DMAP in THF afforded [ L Si(DMAP)]OTf ( 2 ). The ambiphilic character of 2 is demonstrated from its reactivity. Treatment of 2 with 1 in THF afforded the disilylenylsilylium triflate [ L′ ₂( L )Si]OTf ( 3 ; L′ = L Si:) with the displacement of DMAP. The reaction of 2 with [K{HB(iBu)₃}] and elemental sulfur in THF afforded the silylsilylene [ L SiSi(H){(NtBu)₂C(H)Ph}] ( 4 ) and the base‐stabilized silanethionium triflate [ L Si(S)DMAP]OTf ( 5 ), respectively. Compounds 2 , 3 , and 5 have been characterized by X‐ray crystallography.     

Analysis of nitrobenzene compounds in water and soil samples by graphene composite-based solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

In this work, solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was developed to determine trace levels of nitrobenzene compounds in water and soil samples. Graphene was chosen as the extraction material and its composite was coated on a stainless steel wire through sol–gel technique for the solid phase microextraction. The key parameters influencing the extraction efficiency were optimized. Under the optimal conditions, the linearity for the compounds was observed in the range of 0.02–15.0 mg/L for water samples, and 0.2–60.0 mg/kg for soil samples, with the correlation coefficients（r） of 0.9966–0.9987. The limits of detection of the method were 0.0025–0.005 mg/L for water samples, and 0.02–0.04 mg/kg for soil samples. The recoveries for the spiked samples were in the range of 72.0%–113.2%, and the precision, expressed as the relative standard deviations, was less than 12.1%.     

二氧化钛纳米粒子和纳米管的合成、表征及对硝基苯的光催化性能研究

采用水热合成法, 通过改变反应条件, 控制反应参数, 成功地合成了粒径可控的球形TiO2纳米粒子和长径比、比表面积均比较大的纳米管. 用XRD, TEM, SAED和BET等手段对产物进行了表征. 为了测试产物的光催化性能, 以高浓度的硝基苯(NB)溶液为模拟水样, 进行了一系列提高降解效率的优化实验和光催化降解的对比实验. 通过对硝基苯溶液初始浓度、TiO2加入量和降解体系pH值等条件的考察, 得出硝基苯溶液的质量浓度为300 mg/L, TiO2的加入量为0.4 g/L, 体系的pH值为6~7时, 降解效果最好; 通过对比实验发现, 由于纳米管的大比表面积, 使得其光催化性能明显优于球形纳米粒子, 3 h后的降解率达到90%以上, 3.5 h左右硝基苯几乎被完全降解.     

Active Pd/Fe(OH)x catalyst preparation for nitrobenzene hydrogenation by tracing aqueous phase chlorine concentrations in the washing step of catalyst precursors

By tracing the chlorine concentrations in the aqueous solutions containing the catalyst precursors, Pd/Fe(OH)_x catalysts with different activities can be controllably prepared. For the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, the active Pd/Fe(OH)_x catalysts were obtained from aqueous solutions with chlorine concentrations below 18 ppm and above 8 ppm.