The title complex, [LiBr(C3H6N2)] n , is the unexpected product of a reaction beteween (Dipp)N(Li)SiMe3 (Dipp = 2,6-diiso-propyl-phen-yl), Me2NCN and CuBr. The compound is a one-dimensional polymer with a step structure derived from the association of inversion dimers, formed by bromido ligands bridging two Li(+) cations, each of which carries a di-methyl-cyanamide ligand. The planar (LiBr)2 un...

Using large samples of estate tax returns, we construct new series on wealth concentration in Paris and France from 1807 to 1994. Inequality increased until 1914 because industrial and financial estates grew dramatically. Then, adverse shocks, rather than a Kuznets-type process, led to a massive decline in inequality. The very high wealth concentration prior to 1914 benefited retired individual...

Two approaches to improve the convergence of the multipole series were considered 1) an increase in the order of the expansion; 2) decomposition of the molecular charge density into smaller distributions. New decompositions of the molecular electronic density and a computational procedure to generate high-order moments are presented. The accuracy and timing of test calculations on the H2O ... H...

the structural and energetic characteristics of o3–h2o complexes have been investigated by means of b3lyp, mp2, mp4(sdtq), ccsd(t) and qcisd(t) methods in conjunction with the aug-cc-pvdz and aug-cc-pvtz basis sets. six conformers were found for the o3–h2o complex. two different intermolecular interactions were expected to participate in the formation of complexes, namely conventional o∙∙∙h hyd...

We studied the effect of sulfurous water thermal therapy on the phenotype and the proliferative response of peripheral lymphoid cells from ten subjects affected by chronic upper respiratory disease and from six suffering from articular and periarticular disorders. Sulfurous water (S-H2O) therapy did not modify the phenotype and function of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) nor did it mo...

After a decade of research and development, digital libraries are becoming operational systems and services. This paper briefly summarizes some of the challenges in building such library services. In building the Semantic Web enabled digital library sytem, the interoperability and scalability will be definitely the most important problem to be solved. To make clear the present status, I concise...

[Zn(H2O)4][Zn2Sn3Se9(MeNH2)] has an open polar framework based on supertetrahedral clusters with a unique double connectivity mode and exhibits a strong second harmonic generation response, excellent acid stability and proton exchange capacity.

Four thorium sulfate compounds have been synthesized and characterized. [Th(SO4)2(H2O)7] 2H2O (ThS1) crystallizes in space group P21/m, a1⁄47.2488(4), b1⁄412.1798(7), c1⁄48.0625(5) Å, b1⁄498.245(1); Na10[Th2(SO4)9(H2O)2] 3H2O (ThS2), Pna21, a1⁄417.842(2), b1⁄46.9317(8), c1⁄427.550(3) Å; Na2[Th2(SO4)5 (H2O)3] H2O (ThS3), C2/c, a1⁄416.639(2), b1⁄49.081(1), c1⁄425.078(3) Å, b1⁄4 95.322(2); [Th4(SO...

We present the IR-UV double resonance spectrum of guanine monohydrate in the region 3100 cm(-1) to 3800 cm(-1) along with the energies and frequencies of these structures calculated at the non-empirical correlated ab initio RI-MP2/cc-pVDZ level. We assign the structures of guanine-water clusters by comparing the experimental spectra with the ab initio calculations and with the IR spectra of the...