Alkali metal salts M′[(η5-C5H5)M(CO)n] (M′ = alkali metal, M(CO)n = e. g. Fe(CO)2, Ru(CO)2, Mo(CO)3, W(CO)3) [1 – 7] are important starting materials for a wide range of half-sandwich complexes with covalent metal-metal and metal-element bonds. However, since these highly reactive anionic species are commonly prepared and reacted in situ, little is known about their solid-state structures, and ...

The first examples of Group 1 metal complexes of tris(2-dimethylaminoethyl)amine (Me(6)TREN) are reported including monomeric sodium complexes containing eta(4)-bound ligands, suggesting their potential use in alkali-metal-mediated synthetic applications.

The gas-phase structures of alkali-metal cationized glutamine are investigated by using both infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) action spectroscopy, utilizing light generated by a free electron laser, and theory. The IRMPD spectra contain many similarities that are most consistent with glutamine adopting nonzwitterionic forms in all ions, but differences in the spectra indicate that ...

The extraction-separation of alkali, alkaline earth, and rare earth metal ions could be improved by using macrocyclic ligands as ion size selective masking reagents. By adding a macrocyclic ligand to the aqueous phase of a conventional chelate extraction system, the extraction of metal ions with larger ionic radii was shifted to a higher pH region. Consequently, the separation among the metal i...

Previous work reported from JPL has included characterization of eleetrode kinetics and alkali atom transport from electrodes including MO) W, WRhX, WPtX(Mn), in sodium AMTEC cells and vapor exposure cells; and Mo in potassium vapor exposure cells. [Williams, cl al., 1990a, 1991, 1992] These studies were generally performed in cells with small area electrodes (about 1 to 5 cm2), and device geom...

Alkali metal tricyanoborates M2B(CN)3 (M = Na, K) are accessible by the reaction of tricyanofluoroborates with alkali metals (i) in liquid NH3 or (ii) in THF-naphthalene. The M2B(CN)3 are versatile starting materials for the synthesis of K[RB(CN)3] (R = Et, C6F5, CH2=CHCH2).

The kinetics of catalyst deactivation and coke formation during dehydrogenation of propane over supported Pt–based catalysts and, in particular, the effect of alkali metal promoters on catalyst activity and stability were studied. The analysis of propane conversion data showed that there is an optimum level of alkali metal promoter loading for both catalyst activity and stability.A model ba...