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AUTHOR
Daniel Beltran‐porter
New trends in V–P–O solids
On the basis of the industrial interest of the oxovanadium phosphate catalysts, current research effort in this field is focused mainly on the development of synthetic strategies directed towards obtaining open-framework materials. There is a growing body of work describing preparations using hydrothermal procedures under a diversity of conditions. A great number of new solids, whose nets range from lamellar arrays to micro- and mesostructured organizations, has been prepared in last years. In this context, the applicability of concepts and procedures from the zeolites chemistry to systems involving transition elements is critically analyzed.
ChemInform Abstract: Enhanced Surface Area in Thermally Stable Pure Mesoporous TiO2.
Abstract We describe here for the first time the surfactant-assisted synthesis of thermally stable mesoporous pure TiO 2 having a high surface area. Our synthetic approach to the chemistry of this system is based on the equilibrium between the hydrolysis and condensation reactions of the inorganic species and the organic–inorganic self-assembling processes. The use of titanatrane complexes helps to retard the hydrolysis and condensation reactions, thus allowing us to overcome the difficulties in preparing titanium dioxide mesoporous materials starting from highly reactive Ti-alkoxides. The mesoporous material has been characterized by TEM, XRD and N 2 adsorption–desorption isotherms and dis…
Enhanced surface area in thermally stable pure mesoporous TiO2
Abstract We describe here for the first time the surfactant-assisted synthesis of thermally stable mesoporous pure TiO 2 having a high surface area. Our synthetic approach to the chemistry of this system is based on the equilibrium between the hydrolysis and condensation reactions of the inorganic species and the organic–inorganic self-assembling processes. The use of titanatrane complexes helps to retard the hydrolysis and condensation reactions, thus allowing us to overcome the difficulties in preparing titanium dioxide mesoporous materials starting from highly reactive Ti-alkoxides. The mesoporous material has been characterized by TEM, XRD and N 2 adsorption–desorption isotherms and dis…
Crystal structure and spectroscopic studies of bis(N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato)copper(II) monohydrate. Local bonding effects
Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of bis(N-2- pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato)copper(II) monohydrate, Cu(BPCA)2·H2O, has been determined from single crystal X-ray data. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with four formula units in a cell of dimensions: a = 8.917(1), b = 8.932(1), c = 28.794(17) A, β= 95.49(2)°.Least- squares refinement of 2754 reflections with I > 2.5σ(I) and 379 parameters gave a final R = 0.037 (Rw = 0.036). The structure consists of discrete neutral Cu(BPCA)2 entities linked two by two through water molecules hydrogen bonded to ligand carbonyl groups. The coordination geometry around copper ions can approximately be described as orth…
New Family of Ruddlesden−Popper Strontium Niobium Oxynitrides: (SrO)(SrNbO2-xN)n (n = 1, 2)
The new family (SrO)(SrNbO2-xN)n (n = 1, n = 2) constitutes the first example of strontium niobium Ruddlesden−Popper oxynitrides and provides layered structures to obtain mixed valence niobium comp...
A new intermediate intercalate in superconducting sodium-doped hafnium nitride chloride
Anew phase has been observed during the sodiumintercalation of hafnium nitride chloride as intermediate between the host β-HfNCl and the already reported Na 0.29 HfNCl with Tc of 24 K; the new intermediate shows interlayer spacings ranging from 9.48 to 9.67 A°, corresponds to a second stage intercalate of HfNCl and is superconducting with a critical temperature of 20 K. Beltran Porter, Daniel, Daniel.Beltran@uv.es
Synthesis and crystal structure of the α polytype of HfNBr
Abstract α-HfNBr has been prepared at 760 °C in a sealed evacuated fused silica tube by reaction between NH4Br and Hf followed by purification through chemical vapour transport under a temperature gradient. The crystal structure of this compound at room temperature has been determined for the first time by Rietveld refinement of X-ray powder diffraction data, electron diffraction and high resolution electron microscopy. It crystallises in the orthorhombic space group Pmmn with the unit cell parameters a=4.1165(2), b=3.5609(2), c=8.6440(3) A. α-HfNBr is isotypic to FeOCl and is built from layers of composition BrHfNNHfBr stacked along c that are separated by a Van der Waals gap. The haf…
Anion ordering and defect structure in Ruddlesden-Popper strontium niobium oxynitrides
The crystal structure of the n = 1 member of the Ruddlesden-Popper family (SrO)(SrNbO(2)N)(n) was refined by the Rietveld method using neutron powder diffraction data. This complex crystallizes in the I4/mmm space group with cell parameters a = 4.0506(2) and c = 12.5936(9) angstroms. The refined composition was Sr(2)NbO(3.28)N(0.72), which corresponds to a formal oxidation state for Nb of +4.72, meaning 72% Nb(V) and 28% Nb(IV). The nitrogen atoms order in the equatorial sites of the niobium octahedra according to Pauling's second crystal rule as the more charged anion occupies the site showing the larger bond strength sums. Pauling's second crystal rule is shown to be able to predict the d…
Crystal structure of Bi_{6}Sr_{8-x}Ca_{3+x}O_{22}(-0.5\leq x\leq1.7)$: a mixed valence bismuth oxide related to perovskite
Abstract: The crystal structure of BiSr8-xCa3+xO22 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. This phase is the same as Bi9Sr11Ca5Oy that was previously studied by several authors as a secondary phase in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system and coexists in thermodynamic equilibrium with the superconductors Bi2Sr2CuO6 and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, with cell parameters a 11.037(3) Angstrom, b = 5.971(2) Angstrom, c = 19.703(7) Angstrom, beta = 101.46(3)degrees Z = 2. The structure was solved by direct methods and full-matrix least-squares refinement. It is built up by perovskite-related blocks of composition [Sr8-xBi2Ca3+xO16] that intergrow with d…
ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Structure and Spectroscopic Studies of Bis(N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato)copper(II) Monohydrate. Local Bonding Effects
Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of bis(N-2- pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato)copper(II) monohydrate, Cu(BPCA)2·H2O, has been determined from single crystal X-ray data. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with four formula units in a cell of dimensions: a = 8.917(1), b = 8.932(1), c = 28.794(17) A, β= 95.49(2)°.Least- squares refinement of 2754 reflections with I > 2.5σ(I) and 379 parameters gave a final R = 0.037 (Rw = 0.036). The structure consists of discrete neutral Cu(BPCA)2 entities linked two by two through water molecules hydrogen bonded to ligand carbonyl groups. The coordination geometry around copper ions can approximately be described as orth…
ChemInform Abstract: New Trends in V-P-O Solids
On the basis of the industrial interest of the oxovanadium phosphate catalysts, current research effort in this field is focused mainly on the development of synthetic strategies directed towards obtaining open-framework materials. There is a growing body of work describing preparations using hydrothermal procedures under a diversity of conditions. A great number of new solids, whose nets range from lamellar arrays to micro- and mesostructured organizations, has been prepared in last years. In this context, the applicability of concepts and procedures from the zeolites chemistry to systems involving transition elements is critically analyzed.