Spectra of extremely reduced assemblages: Implications for Mercury
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Abstract— We investigate the possibility that Mercury's crust is very reduced with FeO concentrations of less than ˜0.1 wt%. We believe that such a surface could have a composition of enstatite, plagioclase, diopside, and sulfide, similar to the mineral assemblages found in aubritic meteorites. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the spectra of aubrites and their constituent minerals as analogs for the surface of Mercury. We found that some sulfides have distinctive absorption features in their spectra shortwards of ˜0.6 μm that may be apparent in the spectrum of such an object. Determination of the surface composition of Mercury using orbital x‐ray spectroscopy should easily distinguish between a lunar highlands and enstatite basalt composition since these materials have significant differences in concentrations of Al, Mg, S, and Fe. The strongest argument against Mercury having an enstatite basalt composition is its extreme spectral redness. Significant reddening of the surface of an object (such as Mercury) is believed to require reduction of FeO to nanophase iron, thus requiring a few percent FeO in the material prior to alteration.
Arylsulfonate-Based Nucleophile Assisting Leaving Groups
作者:Salvatore D. Lepore、Anjan K. Bhunia、Pamela Cohn
DOI:10.1021/jo051241y
日期:2005.9.1
synthesis and unique reactivity of a series of arylsulfonate-based nucleophile assisting leaving groups (NALG) containing oligomeric ether units (including crown ethers) attached to the arylsulfonyl ring in the ortho orientation are described. The reactions of a variety of these ether-containing alkyl sulfonates with metal halides proceeded at substantially greater rates than electronically similar
Sulfonate leaving groups include a cation chelating moiety, e.g. a polyether or crown ether. The chelating moiety stabilizes the sulfonate leaving group by forming a complex with a cation of a cation-nucleophile combination. The stabilized leaving group is more easily displaced under many conditions than are standard arylsulfonate leaving groups such as the toxyl group. The chelating moiety also favors certain cations depending on the identity of the moiety thereby enhancing the reaction rate with nucleophilic salts containing the preferred cation. Use of the inventive leaving groups results in improved yields, decreased reaction times and improved product purity.
作者:V. V. Smirnov、V. M. Zelikman、I. P. Beletskaya、E. N. Golubeva、D. S. Tsvetkov、M. M. Levitskii、M. A. Kazankova
DOI:10.1023/a:1020889209717
日期:——
Quantitative catalytic bromination of alkanes, cycloalkanes, and arylalkanes with carbon tetrabromide as brominating agent was accomplished for the, first time.
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