A new series of titanium(IV) and zirconium(IV) amides have been prepared from the reaction between M(NMe(2))(4) (M = Ti, Zr) and chiral ligands, (R)-2,2'-bis(p-toluenesulfonylamino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (1H(2)), (R)-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphinoylamino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (2H(2)), (R)-2,2'-bis(mesitoylamino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (3H(2)), (R)-5,5',6,6',7,7',8,8'-octahydro-2,2'-bis(pyrrol-2-ylmethyleneamino)-1,1...

The electron-impact widths for 30 Zr III lines were calculated using the modified semi-empirical (MSE) method. For two Zr II and four Zr III astrophysically important UV lines, only electron-impact widths are given, since for their calculation the experimental oscillator strengths were used and consequently the accuracy of the parameters is lower than in the case of other lines. The influence o...

Dedicated to Prof. Dr. h. c. H. Behrens on his 65th birthday The interaction of (^-CsHsfeMC^ (M = Zr, Hf) with excess CH2-PPh3 in THF gives (??5-C5H5)2MCl(CH-PPh3) as yellow orange needles. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra show hindered rotation about the P-C bond with = 8.6 kcal/mole for M = Zr and 8.3 kcal/mole for M — Hf, respectively. The X-ray molecular structure of the zirconium complex...

Zirconium(IV) dilanthanum(III) penta-sulfide, ZrLa(2)S(5), crystallizes with four formula units in the space group Pnma in the U(3)S(5) structure type. The asymmetric unit comprises one Zr, one La and four S atoms. The Zr and three S atoms are situated on mirror planes. The structure consists of LaS(8) face-sharing bicapped distorted trigonal prisms and ZrS(7) edge-sharing monocapped octa-hedra.

Catalytic hydrophosphination of alkenes using a chiral, air-stable primary phosphine, (R)-[2'-methoxy(1,1'-binapthalen)-2-yl]phosphine, (R)-MeO-MOPH2, proceeds under mild conditions with a zirconium catalyst, [κ(5)-N,N,N,N,C-(Me3SiNCH2CH2)2NCH2CH2NSiMe2CH]Zr (1), to selectively furnish anti-Markovnikov, air-stable secondary phosphines or tertiary phosphines with slight modification of the proto...

Zirconium (Zr) is an important alloying element to Mg-Zn-based alloy system. In this paper, we report the formation of the β-type precipitates on the nanoscale Zr-rich particles in a Mg-6Zn-0.5Cu-0.6Zr alloy during ageing at 180°C. Scanning transmission electron microscopy examinations revealed that the nanoscale Zr-rich [0001]α rods/laths are dominant in the Zr-rich core regions of the as-quen...

The neutron-rich zirconium isotopes are a key testing ground for nuclear models due to their sensitivity to shape changes, and the crossing of the r-process path of explosive nucleosynthesis. Furthermore, recent experimental data have revealed a high-spin isomer in Zr. Here we report the results of configuration-constrained potential-energy-surface calculations of ground states and high-K state...

Two new intercalates of tris[4-(pyridin-4-yl)phenyl]amine (TPPA) with zirconium hydrogen phosphate and zirconium 4-sulfophenylphosphonate having formulae Zr(HPO4)2·0.21(C33H24N4)·2.5H2O and Zr(HO3SC6H4PO3)(1.3)(C6H5PO3)(0.7)·0.35(C33H24N4)·2.5H2O were prepared and characterized by thermogravimetry, IR spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction. The TPPA molecule has been selected as a model tri...

Structures operating at high temperatures and exposed to aggressive gaseous media are made of low-alloy molybdenum TsM-10 of the system Mo-Al-B, TsM-6 of the system Mo-Zr-B and TsM-12 of the system Mo-Zr-Hf-B [1, 2]. Alloy TsM-10 is commercially pure molybdenum deoxidized by aluminium and boron. Alloy TsM-6 is alloyed with up to 0.2 wt. % zirconium and TsM-12, is alloyed with up to 0.03 wt. % z...

A series of montmorillonite-(Ce or Zr) phosphate crosslinked compounds has been synthesized by reaction of a cerium or zirconium cation exchanged montmorillonite (diameter ~2 pm) with phosphoric acid under appropriate conditions of concentration, addition rate and temperature. The materials thus obtained were characterized by chemical and thermal analyses, X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy and...