Thallium-205 NMR spectroscopy. Solvation of the thallous ion in dilute aqueous-amide and amide-amide binary solvent systems of formamide,N-methylformamide,andN-ethylformamide

Solvation of the thallous ion in dilute solutions of six binary solvent systems (formamide/water,N-methylformamide/water,N-ethylformamide/water, formamide/N-methylformamide, formamide/N-ethylformamide, andN-methylformamide/N-ethylformamide) was studied with²⁰⁵Tl NMR spectroscopy. An attempt was made to separate solvation effects related to the electrondonating ability (Lewis basicity) of the solvents from effects resulting from structural changes in the solvation sphere. Structural effects were found to be greatest in theN-methylformamide/water system and least in theN-methylformamide/formamide system.     

An efficient method to synthesize TNAD by the nitration of 1,4,5,8- tetraazabicyclo-[4,4,0]-decane with N20s and acidic ionic liquids

An experimental study was carried out on the direct nitration of 1,4,5,8-tetraaza-bicyclo-[4,4,0]-decane to synthesize 1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazabicyclo-[4,4,0]-decane(TNAD) with N2O5 catalyzed by acidic ionic liquids. Various ionic liquids, such as [HMim]X, [(CH2)4SO3HMim]X and [Capl]X(X = pTSO, NO3, HSO4), and various parameters such as equivalents of ionic liquid, molar ratio of N2O5 to the starting material, reaction time and temperature, and solvent were investigated. Ionic liquid [(CH2)4SO3HMim]HSO4 showed better catalytic activity. In the presence of 3% molar ratio of [(CH2)4SO3HMim]HSO4 ionic liquid to the staring material, the yield of 1,4,5,8-tetranitro-1,4,5,8-tetraazabicyclo-[4,4,0]-decane was improved by 6.2% compared to the system without ionic liquid.     

The Trace Conjecture – A Counterexample

In the paper Geometric K-Theory for Lie Groups and Foliations, Baum and Connes conjecture in a remark following Corollary 2 of their famous Isomorphism conjecture that for a finitely generated group with torsion, the trace map tr: K₀(C^*)R maps K₀(C^*) onto the additive subgroup of Q generated by all rational numbers of the form 1/n where n is the order of a finite subgroup of . We construct a counterexample to this conjecture.     

Thallium(III) coordination compounds: chemical information from 205Tl NMR longitudinal relaxation times

²⁰⁵Tl longitudinal relaxation rate measurements were performed on several thallium(III) complexes with the composition Tl(OH)_n(H₂O)_6?n^(3?n)+ (n = 1,2), Tl(Cl)_n(H₂O)_m?n^(3?n)+, Tl(Br)_n(H₂O)_m?n^(3?n)+ (m = 6 for n = 1–2, m = 5 for n = 3, m = 4 for n = 4), Tl(CN)_n(H₂O)_m?n^(3?n)+ (m = 6 for n = 1–2, m = 4 for n = 3–4) in aqueous solution, at different magnetic fields and temperatures. ¹³C and ²D isotopic labelling and ¹H decoupling experiments showed that the contribution of the dipolar relaxation path is negligible. The less symmetric lower complexes (n < 4) had faster relaxation rate dominantly via chemical shift anisotropy contribution which depended on the applied magnetic field: T₁ values are between 20 and 100 ms at 9.4 T and the shift anisotropy is Δσ = 1000–2000 ppm. The tetrahedral complexes, n = 4, relax slower; their T₁ is longer than 1 s and the spin–rotation mechanism is probably the dominant relaxation path as showed by a temperature dependence study. In the case of the TlCl₄^? complex, presumably a trace amount of TlCl₅^2? causes a large CSA contribution, 300 ppm. Since the geometry and the bond length for the complexes in solution are known from EXAFS data, it was possible to establish a correlation between the CSA parameter and the symmetry of the complexes. The relaxation behaviour of the Tl–bromo complexes is not in accordance with any known relaxation mechanism. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

EPR study of RLi2O.V2O5, RNa2O.V2O5, RCaO.V2O5, and RBaO.V2O5 modified vanadate glass systems

Experimental EPR spectra in several modified vanadate glass systems reveal hyperfine structure (hfs) lines whose widths vary with the molar ratio of modifier to vanadium pentoxide, R. In the RNa₂O.V₂O₅ system, for example, hfs lines show no resolution at low R values (near 0.1); by contrast, these lines exhibit dramatic narrowing as R approaches 0.5. In the model proposed here, this narrowing is due to an increase in hopping time for small polarons associated with V⁴⁺ ions in these systems. Increases in polaron hopping times are accompanied by increases in electron spin-spin relaxation times T₂'s, and, an associated narrowing of EPR linewidths. Experiments confirm that spectral widths are limited by electron T₂'s due to the fact that EPR linewidths do not vary with temperature down to 4.2 K. Resolved spectra in RNa₂O.V₂O₅ at R = 0.5 reveal a hyperfine coupling parameter of 0.0177 ± 0.0008 T, corresponding to an upper-limit polaron hopping frequency of 487 ± 20 MHz. By similar analyses, the systems of RCaO.V₂O₅, RBaO.V₂O₅, and RLi₂O.V₂O₅ exhibit comparable polaron hopping frequencies limits of 480 ± 20 MHz, 469 ± 20 MHz, and 468 ± 20 MHz, respectively, when R is near 1.0. In addition to the relaxation effects discussed here, results of modeling of resolved spectra to obtain hyperfine coupling constants A_|| and A_┴, and g_┴ values g_|| and g_┴ are presented and discussed.     

205T1-NMR and UV-Visible spectroscopic determination of the formation constants of aqueous thallium(I) hydroxo-complexes

The hydrolysis of T1(I) has been studied at 25°C using²⁰⁵T1-NMR spectroscopy and UV-Vis spectrophotometry in aqueous solutions with ionic strengths maintained by NaC10₄ at 2, 4, 6, and 8M. The formation constant and the spectral characteristics for the hydroxo complex, T10Hℴ have been determined. At high hydroxide ion concentrations there is clear evidence from the UV-Vis data for the formation of a T1(OH)₂-species. The spectrum and an estimated formation constant for this second hydroxo complex are also reported.     

Theoretical studies on the conformational change of adenosine kinase induced by inhibitors

Adenosine kinase (AK) is a two‐domain protein that catalyzes the phosphorylation of adenosine to adenosine monophosphate. Inhibitors of AK could increase adenosine to levels that activate nearby adenosine receptors and produce a wide variety of therapeutically beneficial activities. To get insight into the interaction mechanism between inhibitors and AK, we chose two kinds of novel inhibitors, alkynylpyrimidine inhibitor (APy) and aryl‐nucleoside inhibitor (AN), and used docking and molecular dynamics simulation methods to study the conformational changes of human AK on binding inhibitors. The calculation results revealed that both APy and AN could induce conformational changes of AK and stabilize AK at different semiopen conformations. On binding APy, the small lid‐domain rotated 14°, and the binding pocket rearranged after MD simulation. But in AK‐AN complex, the rotation of small domain is 22°, and the sugar ring of AN is mobile in the binding pocket. Further docking calculations on APy analogues indicate that the semiopen conformation could well explain the SAR of AK inhibitors. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2011     

Kerr-effect magnetometry of the single monolayer Co/Cu(001)

Experimental evidence is given for a four-fold in-plane magnetic anisotropy of the p(1×1) Co monolayer epitaxially grown on a Cu(001) substrate. Temperature dependent hysteresis curves show the magnetization remaining almost constant up to 400 K and the coercive field drastically increasing as the temperature is decreased.     

205Tl NMR studies: Ion pairing of Tl+ and (CH3)2Tl+ with NO 3 − and ClO 4 − in various solvents

The concentration dependence of the²⁰⁵Tl chemical shifts of Tl⁺ and of (CH₃)₂Tl⁺ ions was determined in several solvents with NO ₃ ^– and ClO ₄ ^– counterions. In general, increased ion pairing caused a low-frequency shift of the²⁰⁵Tl resonance, with the exceptions of (CH₃)₂TlNO₃ inn-butylamine and TlNO₃ in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and in hexamethylphosphorotriamide (HMPA). In HMPA,²⁰⁵Tl linewidths of both Tl⁺ and (CH₃)₂Tl⁺ increased dramatically with dilution below 0.1M. Analysis of the data allowed ion-pair formation constants and²⁰⁵Tl chemical shifts for the ion-paired cation and for the free (solvated) cation to be estimated for some of the solvents.     

Light scattering simulations relevant to crystallization of lithiumdisilicate glass

The virtual microstructures relevant to lithiumdisilicate glass crystallization have been created as an environment to compute the light scattering. The input data in computations include the number density of crystals, refractive indices of involved glassy and crystalline phases, the wavelength of the incident beam radiation, and the virtual sample slab thickness. The computations are performed under a number of simplifying conditions. They treat cases with proposed constant number densities of crystals, assuming their random volume distribution. The shape of the crystals is approximated by spheres. The results are expressed graphically in the form of theoretical optical transmission (OT) patterns, as they evolve on the crystal size axis. They reveal an influence of input data on computed OT. As evident from computations, some sets of input data will favor the real OT method's detection limits. The opposed sets of data will aid following the crystallization to the higher sample crystallinity degree α.