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The article reports the synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of the trans-anti [CR(Me,2tn)2(OH)(H2O)]-CIO4)2 to elucidate the influence of O-donor ligands occupying the axial positions and counter anion. It shows that chromium atom is in a distorted octahedral environment coordinated by 2 biidetate, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine ligands and 2 O atoms of hydroxy group and water molecule in trans position.

The aim of the present study is to explore the possibility of utilizing loess for the adsorption of total phosphorous (T-P) and total nitrogen (T-N) in water. Batch adsorption studies were performed to evaluate the influences of various factors like initial concentration, contact time and temperature on the adsorption of T-P and T-N. The adsorption data showed that loess is not effective for the adsorption of T-N. However, loess exhibited much higher adsorption capacity for T-P. At concentration of 1.0 mg L-1, approximately 97% of T-P adsorption was achieved by loess. The equilibrium data were fitted well to the Langmuir isotherm model. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model appeared to be the better-fitting model because it has higher R² compared with the pseudo-first-order and intra-particle kinetic model. The theoretical adsorption equilibrium qe,cal from pseudo-second-order kinetic model was relatively similar to the experimental adsorption equilibrium qe,exp. The thermodynamic parameters such as free energy ρG, the enthalpy ρH and the entropy ρS were also calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the title compound, [Cu(ClO4)2(C20H40N4)], the CuII ion has a tetragonally distorted octahedral environment, with the four N atoms of the macrocyclic ligand in equatorial positions and the O atoms of two perchlorate groups in axial positions. The CuII ion is situated on an inversion centre. The macrocyclic ligand adopts its most stable trans-III conformation. The long axial Cu—O bond is the result of the Jahn–Teller effect. The crystal structure is stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds between secondary N—H and the O atoms of the perchlorate groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]