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Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

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First published: February 20, 1947

Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year

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Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung B (ZNB) publishes novel research in all areas of inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and analytical chemistry. In particular, the journal focuses on solid state chemistry, coordination chemistry, main group element chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, natural product chemistry and, to a lesser extent, on analytical chemistry. For more than 65 years Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung B has been open to contributions from all fields of experimental and theoretical chemistry. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung B publishes 12 issues per volume/year. Sometimes double issues occur.

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Alfred Klemm, then working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry in Tailfingen, founded the Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung together with Hans Friedrich-Freksa in 1946. In 1947 the Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung was divided into two parts which were devoted to the physical sciences (Section A) and the chemical and biological sciences including biophysics (Section B). It was then only in 1973, that Section C was established for the biological sciences while Section B concentrated on chemistry. In Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung B – A Journal of Chemical Sciences, as it is fully referred to now, papers are presented which describe the results of preparative, spectroscopic and structural studies in chemistry with a distinct element of novelty.

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Flower-like assembly of single-phase V–TiO₂ microneedles for sustainable water remediation

January 1, 2000

Tehzeeb Sawaira, Amna Jamil, Zuraiz Ahmad Khan, Ahsan Sharif, Maha Alruwaili, Asghar Ali, Adeel Afzal

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Designing efficient photocatalysts that operate under sunlight is critical for sustainable water remediation. This work presents the synthesis of flower-like assemblies of single-phase vanadium-doped titanium dioxide (V–TiO 2 ) microneedles via a simple sol-gel method. The engineered microneedle architecture offers enhanced surface area and light-scattering properties, while the substitutional doping of V 5+ ions into the TiO 2 structure results in significant bandgap narrowing (3.13 eV) and suppressed electron-hole recombination. Comprehensive structural and surface analyses were performed using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared, and UV/vis spectroscopy. Photocatalytic studies under UV and sunlight conditions reveal that thermally annealed V–TiO 2 (ΔV-TiO 2 ) achieves 80 % degradation of methylene blue (MB), markedly outperforming undoped TiO 2 . The photocatalytic reaction follows pseudo-first-order kinetics with a rate constant of 1.7 × 10 −2  min −1 , approximately four times higher than that of annealed pristine TiO 2 (ΔTiO 2 ). The enhanced activity is attributed to improved charge separation and redox dynamics introduced by vanadium incorporation. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of ΔV-TiO 2 microneedles as highly active, sunlight-driven photocatalysts for the degradation of organic contaminants in wastewater.
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Co₆W₆N: mechanochemical synthesis, crystal structure, and catalytic activity for ammonia decomposition

January 1, 2000

Eva Maria Heppke, John Carl A. Camayang, Liqun Kang, Yves Kayser, Jan Folke, Sophie Hund, Holger Ruland, Serena DeBeer, Martin Lerch

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Co 6 W 6 N has been prepared by a mechanochemical synthesis route and characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), hot gas extraction analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). In addition, group-theoretical methods were used to demonstrate the structural relation of Co 6 W 6 N to the rock salt type. Furthermore, the catalytic activity with regard to ammonia decomposition was investigated. It was confirmed that Co 6 W 6 N remains intact during ammonia decomposition.
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The synthesis and application of pyrrolidine-based supported catalysts

January 1, 2000

Shuyi Wang, Chaoxing Chen, Chonglong Li

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A helical polymer (poly- 2 200 ) is synthesized which contains a pyrrolidine structure using ( S )-(aminomethyl)-1-boc-pyrrolidine as the starting material. The catalyst demonstrates significant solvent-dependent stereoselectivity in asymmetric aldol reactions, with chloroform emerging as the optimal medium achieving enantiomeric excess ( ee ) of 68.4 % and a diastereomeric ratio ( dr ) of 73:27 for the cyclohexanone-4-nitrobenzaldehyde coupling. The catalyst exhibits broad substrate compatibility, processing electron-deficient aromatic aldehydes (4-CN, 4-NO 2 , 2-CF 3 ) with distinct stereochemical outcomes. Particularly noteworthy is the catalyst’s ability to maintain moderate enantiocontrol (46.8 % ee ) even with sterically demanding 2-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde. This indicates that the catalyst has relatively good catalytic activity and shows excellent application prospects in asymmetric catalysis.
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Sigmoidal decrease of the Curie temperature in the solid solutions Eu_1–xCa_xPtIn₂

January 1, 2000

Julia Kireev, Jasper Arne Baldauf, Joshua Wiethölter, Rainer Pöttgen

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The MgCuAl 2 -type intermetallic phases CaPtIn 2 and EuPtIn 2 form a complete set of solid solutions Eu 1– x Ca x PtIn 2 with a Vegard-type, almost linear decrease of the cell volume with increasing calcium content. The structure of Eu 0.579(16) Ca 0.421 PtIn 2 was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data: Amm 2, a = 783.09(2), b = 442.91(6), c = 1,055.54(4) pm, w R = 0.0356, 1054 F 2 values and 33 variables. This subgroup refinement yielded a europium accumulation on site 2 a and a calcium accumulation on site 2 b , pointing to an ordered arrangement. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility studies showed Curie-Weiss paramagnetism for all Eu 1– x Ca x PtIn 2 samples. Ferromagnetic ordering is detected at low temperature with a decrease of the Curie temperature from 32.8(1) K for EuPtIn 2 to 2.0(1) K for Eu 0.1 Ca 0.9 PtIn 2 . The decrease in T C proceeds in a sigmoidal manner with the inflection point close to the ordered composition Eu 0.5 Ca 0.5 PtIn 2 . The stable divalent europium ground states are corroborated by 151 Eu Mössbauer spectroscopy.
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Rapid and solvent-free synthesis of thiadiazoles using hypervalent oxidizing reagents: spectroscopic characterization and analysis

January 1, 2000

Ihsan Ullah Khan, Azhar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Ahtaram Bibi, Shaukat Shujah, Naeem Khan

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A rapid and environmentally benign method for the synthesis of thiadiazole derivatives has been developed using both cyclic and acyclic iodine-based oxidizing reagents under solvent-free conditions. The procedure offers a simple and efficient route, avoiding the use of hazardous solvents and lengthy reaction times. Various substituted precursors have been easily transformed into the corresponding thiadiazole derivatives within 1–2 min and affording high yields of the target products (79–82 %). The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectroscopic techniques, including 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, and by comparison with the reported literatures. The operational simplicity and eco-friendly nature of this approach highlight its potential as a valuable contribution to sustainable heterocyclic synthesis.
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The cerium(III) fluoride oxoselenate(IV) CeF[SeO₃]

January 1, 2000

Sheng-Chun Chou, Stefan Greiner, Ralf J. C. Locke, Thomas Schleid

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The new fluoride oxoselenate(IV) CeF[SeO 3 ] was synthesized from cerium dioxide (CeO 2 ), cerium metal (Ce), cerium trifluoride (CeF 3 ) and selenium dioxide (SeO 2 ) at 700 °C in appropriate stoichiometric ratios with a surplus of fluxing cesium bromide (CsBr) by utilizing corundum-embedded silica tubes. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2 1 / c with the lattice parameters a = 1805.14(9) pm, b = 707.83(4) pm, c = 838.26(5) pm and β = 97.049(3)° for Z = 12. Its crystal structure comprises three crystallographically independent Ce 3+ cations, which are surrounded by both oxide and fluoride anions in different ratios within polyhedra described as [(Ce1)O 6 F 4 ] 13− , [(Ce2)O 4 F 7 ] 12− and [(Ce3)O 10 ] 17− . The fluoride-bearing ones share common edges and faces to erect corrugated { ∞ 2 ${}_{\infty }{}^{2}\left\{\right.$ [Ce 2 O 5 F 3 ] 7– } sheets and so do the fluoride-free ones according to { ∞ 2 ${}_{\infty }{}^{2}\left\{\right.$ [(Ce3)O 5 ] 7– }. The alternating interconnection via common oxygen vertices leads to a three-dimensional { ∞ 3 ${}_{\infty }{}^{3}\left\{\right.$ [Ce 3 O 9 F 3 ] 15− } framework, whose structural stability is further enhanced by charge-compensating Se 4+ cations through connectivity via three distinct types of oxoselenate(IV) groups [SeO 3 ] 2– , easily identified by Raman spectroscopy depicting the four expected modes of these discrete ψ 1 -tetrahedral [SeO 3 ] 2– anions. Another structure description for CeF[SeO 3 ] highlights cationic { ∞ 2 ${}_{\infty }{}^{2}\left\{\right.$ [Ce 2 F 3 ] 3+ } compartments with (Ce1) 3+ and (Ce2) 3+ as well as anionic { ∞ 2 ${}_{\infty }{}^{2}\left\{\right.$ (Ce[SeO 3 ] 3 ) 3– } compartments with (Ce3) 3+ in alternating stacking along [100], which resemble very much the pure CeF 3 - and Ce 2 [SeO 3 ] 3 -structure sections to explain the large number of formula units ( Z = 12) for this rather simple composition (CeF[SeO 3 ]).
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High-pressure/high-temperature syntheses of the new borate NiB₆O₈(OH)₄

January 1, 2000

Anastasiia Shagova, Michael Seidl, Hubert Huppertz

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Explorative high-pressure/high-temperature syntheses (9 GPa, 1,200 °C) starting from NiO and H 3 BO 3 yielded a product mixture containing single crystals of NiB 6 O 8 (OH) 4 , a new orthorhombic borate (space group Fdd 2) with the lattice parameters a = 39.097(4) Å, b = 4.3880(4) Å, c = 7.5899(8) Å, V = 1,302.1(2) Å 3 , and eight formula units per cell. This compound is the third one in the structural class of borates with the general formula M (B 6 O 9– x )(OH) 3+ x ( M = In 3+ , Sc 3+ ( x = 0), Ni 2+ ( x = 1)). The reaction product has been studied by means of powder X-ray diffraction, and an infrared spectrum of a single crystal has been recorded. Results of BLBS and CHARDI calculations are presented.
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Edge-sharing T2 supertetrahedra in Li_11.2(1)Ba₂Al_3.6(1)O₁₃, Li_10.0(1)Ba₂Al_4.0(1)O₁₃, and Li_7.9(1)Ba₂Al_4.7(1)O₁₃ – syntheses, crystal structures, luminescence of Eu(II)-activated materials

January 1, 2000

Johannes G. Volpini, Daniel Bichler, Christiane Stoll, Markus Seibald, Thorsten Schröder, Frauke Philipp, Gina M. Achrainer, Johanna Strube-Knyrim, Mark Vorsthove, Simon W. Dallmeir, Gudrun T. Plundrich, Christian Koch, Hubert Huppertz

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The structurally related compounds with the empirical formulæ Li 11.2(1) Ba 2 Al 3.6(1) O 13 ( 1 ), Li 10.0(1) Ba 2 Al 4.0(1) O 13 ( 2 ), and Li 7.9(1) Ba 2 Al 4.7(1) O 13 ( 3 ) have been synthesized by conventional solid-state synthesis. The crystal structures were solved and refined in the trigonal space group P 3‾ m 1 (no. 164) with the chemical compositions derived from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The lattice parameters have been refined to a = 6.0399(1) Å, c = 10.1264(4) Å, V = 319.92(2) Å 3 for 1 , a = 6.0505(2) Å, c = 10.1272(4) Å, V = 321.07(2) Å 3 for 2 , and a = 6.0436(1) Å, c = 10.1762(3) Å, V = 321.89(2) Å 3 for 3 . A common structure with a three-dimensional tetrahedron substructure is constructed from (Li/Al)O 4 and AlO 4 tetrahedra, coined by edge-sharing T2 supertetrahedra and sechser -rings. Upon blue-light excitation ( λ exc = 448 nm), broad-band emissions are observed for the Eu 2+ -activated compounds with a peak wavelength of λ em ∼ 563 nm and a full width at half maximum of FWHM ∼ 141 nm (0.56 eV, 4,534 cm −1 ) for 1 , λ em ∼ 526 nm with a FWHM ∼ 98 nm (0.45 eV, 3,637 cm −1 ) for 2 , and λ em ∼ 549 nm with a FWHM ∼ 151 nm (0.63 eV, 5,052 cm −1 ) for 3 .
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Chiral copper(II) and palladium(II) complexes of oxazolyl-containing ligands: syntheses, structural characterization and properties

January 1, 2000

Hai-Wei Kuai, Hai-Ming Zhang, Ya-Xin Gu, Wei Zhou

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Two new complexes of formulas [Cu(L 1 )Cl 2 ] ( 1 ) and [Pd(L 2 )Cl 2 ]·(H 2 O) 0.5 ( 2 ) have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR, elemental and thermogravimetric analyses. L 1 and L 2 are 3,3′-bis[( S , S )-4-isopropyl-2-oxazolyl]-4-chloro-2,2′-bipyridine and 2-[( S )-4-phenyl-2-oxazolyl]quinoline], respectively. Complexes 1 and 2 exhibit discrete mononuclear structures. The non-linear optical properties of 1 and 2 were investigated.

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