Raman and Infrared Studies of Hexa-, Tetra-, and Dihydrates of Crystalline Magnesium Nitrate

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tien-Chung Godfrey Chang ◽  
Donald E. Irish

Raman and infrared spectra of Mg(NO3)2•6H2O, Mg(NO3)2•6D2O and partially dehydrated products have been obtained and assigned. As the water content is reduced a different set of lines appears and maximizes at the composition Mg(NO3)2 4H2O On further dehydration a third set of lines characteristic of Mg(NO3)2•2H2O appears. The existence of the metastable tetrahydrate had not been confirmed since it was reported in 1932. The spectra suggest that four equatorial sites aroung Mg2+ in the tetrahydrate are occupied by four water molecules and two axial sites by nitrate ions, oriented in monodentate fashion. The spectra suggest that in the dihydrate approximately octahedral coordination is maintained by having two nitrate ions oriented in bidentate fashion and two water molecules trans to each other on the remaining sites.

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1413-1424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Holzbecher ◽  
Osvald Knop ◽  
Michael Falk

Infrared spectra of polycrystalline Na2[Fe(CN)5NO] 2H2O at different degrees of deuteration were studied as a function of temperature. The single peaks observed for the bending fundamentals of isotopically dilute H2O and D2O show that all the water molecules are equivalent, as required by Manoharan and Hamilton's structure determination; the doublets observed for the three fundamentals of isotopically dilute HDO show that the water molecules are asymmetric. Doublet separation decreases gradually with increasing temperature, indicating decreasing asymmetry. The water molecule appears to orient itself so as to maximize the strength of one [Formula: see text] bond, while the other OH group interacts only very weakly with another CN group. The hitherto unknown extent to which the nitroprusside ion deviates from the ideal C4v symmetry has been estimated from the 13C14N stretching spectrum. The 15N16O and 14N18O stretching spectrum was used to confirm that only one type of NO group is present in the crystal, and hence that all nitroprusside ions are equivalent.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 691-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Webb ◽  
J. S. Bhorjee

Ultraviolet and polarized infrared spectra of oriented films of bacterial DNA have been recorded over a range of relative humidities (R.H.) between 10 and 84%. The films were made from a DNA gel in H2O or D2O with and without 5% (w/v) myo-inositol. In the absence of inositol a large decrease in the dichroic ratio at 1670 cm−1 occurred as the R.H. was lowered between 70 and 30%, indicating the occurrence of considerable disorganization. This was not observed when the DNA was dehydrated in the presence of myo-inositol. A marked increase in absorbance at 2600 Å which occurred on lowering the R.H. from 70 to 50% was prevented also by inositol.These results indicate that myo-inositol can replace water molecules and maintain the DNA in the B configuration during dehydration. The possible significance of these observations in the explanation of certain biological phenomena is discussed.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Falk ◽  
Chung-Hsi Huang ◽  
Osvald Knop

Infrared spectra of M2[FeCl5(H2O)] (M = K, Rb, NH4) at different degrees of deuteration were recorded, between 4000 and 300 cm−1, at 30 and −160 °C. The spectra of the three compounds were closely similar, as was that of natural K2[FeCl5(H2O)] (erythrosiderite). They indicate the existence of only one type of water molecule in the structure. The water molecules are symmetric, well separated from one another, and engage in O—H … Cl bonds with O … Cl distances of about 3.22 Å, as estimated from the OH and OD stretching frequencies. These conclusions support the structure proposed for K2[FeCl5(H2O)] by Bellanca and lead to approximate location of the H atoms. The observed mixing of the librational and translational modes, which occurs when the frequencies of translational modes are high, may be characteristic of H2O molecules coordinated to cations of high charge.


Author(s):  
Gligor Jovanovski ◽  
Adnan Kahil ◽  
Orhideja Grupče

A b s t r a c t: The Fourier transform (FT) infrared spectra of thiosaccharinates of cadmium and lead in the 4000–400 cm–1 region were studied. Although the observed resemblance between the spectra recorded in KBr pellets suggests a possible similarity between their structures as well, the powder X-ray diagrams show that these two compounds are not isomorphous. The presence of broad and intense bands in the region of the HOH stretchings shows that thiosaccharinate of cadmium is a crystalline hydrate and the spectral picture in the region of the O-D stretchings of the isotopically isolated HOD molecules in the partially deuterated analogue indicates that present in its structure are at least two types of crystallographically different water molecules involved in the formation of weak hydrogen bonds. The room temperature (RT) spectrum of lead thiosaccharinate in the region of the ν(HOH) modes differs significantly from the spectrum recorded at the boiling temperature of liquid nitrogen (LNT), which may perhaps be interpreted as an indication that a phase transition is taking place on lowering the temperature. The spectrum of lead thiosaccharinate was recorded in a Nujol mull as well. While the KBr and Nujol spectra are essentially identical in the region below 1600 cm–1, no bands are observed in the HOH stretching region of the mull spectra. In fact, it was shown that the appearance of the spectra of lead thiosaccharinates depends on the emulsion preparation rate. A comparison of the spectral characteristics of the thiosaccharinates of cadmium and lead with those of the corresponding saccharinates (their crystal structures are known) was made, special attention being paid to the analysis of the SO2 stretching region in the saccharinate and thiosaccharinate compounds.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (17) ◽  
pp. 2642-2645 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Bertie ◽  
Marco Solinas

The far infrared spectra of four isotopic modifications of the partially orientationally ordered clathrate hydrate hexamethylenetetramine hexahydrate at 95 K are reported. The spectra are assigned to absorption allowed under the diffraction factor group, and to disorder-allowed absorption, following the theory for absorption by translational vibrations in orientationally disordered solids. Three phases formed primarily by hydrogen-bonded water molecules are known to be significantly, but only partially, orientationally ordered, hexamethylenetetramine hexahydrate, ice V, and ice VI. Of these phases, only ice VI fails to show sharp absorption in its far infrared spectrum in addition to the broad, disorder-allowed absorption.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. m227-m228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aymen Yangui ◽  
Walid Rekik ◽  
Slim Elleuch ◽  
Younes Abid

In the title compound, [Ni(C3H10N2)3]2[Ni(C3H10N2)2(H2O)2]Br6·2H2O, one Ni2+cation, located on an inversion centre, is coordinated by four N atoms from two ligands and by two water O atoms. The other Ni2+cation, located in a general position, is coordinated by six N atoms from three ligands. In both cases, the Ni2+cation has an octahedral coordination environment. The overall structural cohesion is ensured by three types of hydrogen bonds, N—H...Br, O—H...Br and O—H...O, which connect the two types of complex cations, the bromide counter-anions and the lattice water molecules into a three-dimensional network.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohsuke Nikawa ◽  
Seiji Tsuzuki ◽  
Hiroyuki Ohno ◽  
Kyoko Fujita

We investigated the hydration states of cholinium phosphate-type ionic liquids (ILs) in relation to ion structure, focusing on the influence of the hydroxyl group of the cation and the alkyl chain length of the anion. Water activity measurements provided information on the macroscopic hydration states of the hydrated ILs, while NMR measurements and molecular dynamics simulations clearly showed the microscopic interactions and coordination of the water molecules. The hydrogen bonding networks in these ILs were influenced by the anion structure and water content, and the mobility of water molecules was influenced by the number of hydroxyl groups in the cation and anion.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 306-309
Author(s):  
H.-J. Hennig ◽  
H. Lechert

Measurements of the temperature behaviour of the transverse relaxation of the protons of water molecules in native potatoe starch show two sorption states and an exchange of protons between these states. From model calculations of Woessner and Zimmermann the occupation of the states and the exchange rate can be evaluated. The portion of more tightly bound water molecules comes out to be about 17%. The energy of activation of the exchange decreases with increasing water content and lies with values in the range of 26 to 31 kJ/mol distinctly below the values observed usually for proton-exchange processes in similar systems.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 2077-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Huston ◽  
I. C. Hisatsune ◽  
Julian Heicklen

Low-temperature infrared spectroscopy has been used to examine the systems NH3 + H2O, NH3 + HCl, H2O + HCl, NH3 + HNO3, and NH2OH + HNO3. Hydrogen-bonding in the solid states greatly reduces the reactivities in these systems. Temperatures where reactions initiated in the systems NH3(s) + HCl(g), HNO3(s) + NH3(g), H2O(s) + HCl(g), and NH2OH(s) + HNO3(s) were, respectively, −145, −130, −127, and −125 °C. Infrared spectra of 2NH3•H2O, NH3•H2O, NH4Cl•3NH3, NH4NO3•3NH3, NH4NO3•2HNO3, NH2OH2+NO3−, NH3OH+NO3−, H3O+Cl−, H5O2+Cl−, and H5O2+Cl−•H2O have been identified in these reaction systems.


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