Density rule

The structures of two polymorphs of pleconaril, enantiotropically related with a transition temperature of 35.7°C, have been reported [36], Form I was described as consisting of a network of dimers, while Form III was described as a three-dimensional network of monomers. The two forms contradicted the density rule, and the solid solid transition could occur only through a destructive-reconstructive mechanism. A quantitative differential scanning calorimetry method was also described that enabled the quantitative determination of Form I in bulk Form III to be made at levels as low as 0.1%. 

Another empirical rule is the Heat of Fusion Rule, which states that if the higher melting form has a lower heat of fusion relative to the lower melting form, then the two forms bear an enantiotropic relationship. Less well obeyed is the Density Rule, which states that the most dense form will be the most stable at absolute zero. Strictly speaking, the Density Rule is only properly applied to polymorphs of molecular solids where intramolecular hydrogen bonding is not a significant factor. 

Density rule If one form has a lower density than another, the first may be assumed to be less stable at absolute zero. 

The above conditions, that are implicit in the thermodynamic rules, are summarized in Table 4. The last two rules in Table 4, the infrared rules, and the density rule, were found by Burger and Ramberger [14] to be significantly less reliable than the heat of transition rule and the heat of fusion rule and are therefore not discussed here. 

It is apparent that exceptions to the density rule are possible, because energetically favorable hydrogen bonds may overcome the packing efficiency, and also compensate for the loss of van der Waals energy and thus stabilize the polymorph having a lower density. Hydroquinone, ritonavir, and acetazolamide are some of the well-known examples in which the more stable polymorph has lower density. 

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At pressures to a few bars, the vapor phase is at a relatively low density, i.e., on the average, the molecules interact with one another less strongly than do the molecules in the much denser liquid phase. It is therefore a common simplification to assume that all the nonideality in vapor-liquid systems exist in the liquid phase and that the vapor phase can be treated as an ideal gas. This leads to the simple result that the fugacity of component i is given by its partial pressure, i.e. the product of y, the mole fraction of i in the vapor, and P, the total pressure. A somewhat less restrictive simplification is the Lewis fugacity rule which sets the fugacity of i in the vapor mixture proportional to its mole fraction in the vapor phase the constant of proportionality is the fugacity of pure i vapor at the temperature and pressure of the mixture. These simplifications are attractive because they make the calculation of vapor-liquid equilibria much easier the K factors = i i ... 

At moderate densities. Equation (3-lOb) provides a very good approximation. This approximation should be used only for densities less than (about) one half the critical density. As a rough rule, the virial equation truncated after the second term is valid for the present range... 

Note that if we identify the sum over 8-fimctions with the density of states, then equation (A1.6.88) is just Femii s Golden Rule, which we employed in section A 1.6.1. This is consistent with the interpretation of the absorption spectmm as the transition rate from state to state n. 

If we consider the optical response of a molecular monolayer of increasing surface density, the fomi of equation B 1.5.43 is justified in the limit of relatively low density where local-field interactions between the adsorbed species may be neglected. It is difficult to produce any rule for the range of validity of this approximation, as it depends strongly on the system under study, as well as on the desired level of accuracy for the measurement. The relevant corrections, which may be viewed as analogous to the Clausius-Mossotti corrections in linear optics, have been the... 

Maurits, N.M., Altevogt, P., Evers, O.A., Fraaije, J.G.E.M. Simple numerical quadrature rules for Gaussian Chain polymer density functional calculations in 3D and implementation on parallel platforms. Comput. Theor. Polymer Sci. 6 (1996) 1-8. 

These density matriees are themselves quadratie funetions of the CI eoeffieients and they refleet all of the permutational symmetry of the determinental funetions used in eonstrueting F they are a eompaet representation of all of the Slater-Condon rules as applied to the partieular CSFs whieh appear in F. They eontain all information about the spin-orbital oeeupaney of the CSFs in F. The one- and two- eleetron integrals < I f I > and < (l)i(l)j I g I (l)ic(l)i > eontain all of the information about the magnitudes of the kinetie and Coulombie interaetion energies. 

Another related issue is the computation of the intensities of the peaks in the spectrum. Peak intensities depend on the probability that a particular wavelength photon will be absorbed or Raman-scattered. These probabilities can be computed from the wave function by computing the transition dipole moments. This gives relative peak intensities since the calculation does not include the density of the substance. Some types of transitions turn out to have a zero probability due to the molecules symmetry or the spin of the electrons. This is where spectroscopic selection rules come from. Ah initio methods are the preferred way of computing intensities. Although intensities can be computed using semiempirical methods, they tend to give rather poor accuracy results for many chemical systems. 

Transition structures are more dihicult to describe than equilibrium geometries. As such, lower levels of theory such as semiempirical methods, DFT using a local density approximation (LDA), and ah initio methods with small basis sets do not generally describe transition structures as accurately as they describe equilibrium geometries. There are, of course, exceptions to this, but they must be identihed on a case-by-case basis. As a general rule of thumb, methods that are empirically dehned, such as semiempirical methods or the G1 and G2 methods, describe transition structures more poorly than completely ah initio methods do. 

A simple method for predicting electronic state crossing transitions is Fermi s golden rule. It is based on the electromagnetic interaction between states and is derived from perturbation theory. Fermi s golden rule states that the reaction rate can be computed from the first-order transition matrix and the density of states at the transition frequency p as follows ... 

If the region FGH of the isotherm represents the filling of all the pores with liquid adsorbate, then the amount adsorbed along to plateau FGH, when expressed as a volume of liquid (by use of the normal liquid density) should be the same for all adsorptives on a given porous solid. This prediction is embodied in a generalization put forward many years ago by Gurvitsch and usually known as the Gurvitsch rule. 

Comparison of the pore volume obtained (a) by the Gurvitsch rule and (b) from the densities in mercury and in another fluid... 

In the discussion in Section 9.1.6 of harmonic generation of laser radiation we have seen how the high photon density produced by focusing a laser beam into certain crystalline materials may result in doubling, tripling, etc., of the laser frequency. Similarly, if a laser beam of wavenumber Vl is focused into a cell containing a material which is known to absorb at a wavenumber 2vl in an ordinary one-photon process the laser radiation may be absorbed in a two-photon process provided it is allowed by the relevant selection rules. 

During the adsorption or occlusion of various molecules, the micropores fill and empty reversibly. Adsorption in zeoHtes is a matter of pore filling, and the usual surface area concepts are not appHcable. The pore volume of a dehydrated zeoHte and other microporous soHds which have type 1 isotherms may be related by the Gurvitch rule, ie, the quantity of material adsorbed is assumed to fill the micropores as a Hquid having its normal density. The total pore volume D is given by... 

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