Organische Phosphorverbindungen XXXVIII. Darstellung und Eigenschaften von Tris-(dialkoxyphosphonyl-methyl)-, Tris-(alkoxyphosphinyl-methyl)-und Tris-(oxophosphoranyl-methyl)-phosphinsäureestern sowie der entsprechenden Säuren [1]

Tris-chloromethyl-phosphine oxide, (ClCH₂₎₃ P?O(I), is obtained by chlorination of (HOCH₂₎₃P?O with PCl₅ or (C₆H₅₎₃PCl₂, and also by oxidation of (CICH₂₎₃P?O and (ClCh₂₎₂(CH₃)P?O. High yields of tris-(dialkyloxyphosphonly-methyl)-phosphine oxides, [RO₂(O)PCH_2]2P?O (II) (R?CH₃, C₂H₅, iso-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, 2- ethyl-hexyl), tris (alkyloxyphosphinyl-methyl)-phosphine oxides, [R₂(O)PCH_2]3P?O(R = C₆H₅, CH₃) are obtained by heating tris-chloromethyl-phosphine oxides, [(RO) (R′) (O)PCH_2]3P?O (R = C₄H₉, R′? C₆H₅) and tris-(oxophosphoranyl-phosphine oxides with phosphites, phosphonites and phosphinites, respectively, at 170–180°C for several hours. Compounds II possess an extraordinarily high absorption capacity. Thus a warm. 2% solution of II (R = C₂H₅) in benzene solidifies completely on cooling so that no benzene can be poured off. Tris-dihydroxyphosphonyl-methyl)-phosphine oxide, [(HO)₂(O)PCH_2]3P?O, obtained by hydrolysis of II (R ? C₂H₅) with refluxing conc. HCl or by thermal decomposition of II (R ? iso-C₃H₇) at 190°, titrates in aqueous solution as a hexabasic acid with breaks at pH = 4,4 (three equivalents) and pH = 10,7 (three equivalents). It forms crystalline salts with amines, alkali and alkaline earth metals, and is an excellent chelating agent. The ¹H- and ^31?P-NMR. spectra of all the compounds prepared are discussed.     

An investigation of the decomposition of the common intermediate ions produced by electron impact. IV—[C6H5CO]+ ions from several alkyl benzoates

The decomposition of the [C₆H₅CO]⁺ ions produced from eight alkyl benzoates by electron impact has been studied. By calculating the heat of formation of [C₆H₅CO]⁺ ions from the appearance potential value, it is shown that the ions from C₆H₅COOR when R?H, CH₃, C₂H₅ have some excess energy, and those where R = n-C₃H₇, iso-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, iso-C₄H₉, iso-C₅H₁₁ are produced with more excess energy. It is also shown that by taking this excess energy into account, there is a linear relationship between the heat of formation of the activated complex produced in the reaction [C₆H₅CO]⁺→[C₆H₅]⁺ + CO and the vibrational degree of freedom of the neutral fragment ? OR.     

The mass spectra of alkyl phenyl tellurides

The mass spectra of several alkyl phenyl tellurides, C₆H₅TeR (R = CH₃, CD₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇ and n-C₄H₉) have been studied with special emphasis on the fragmentation patterns involving cleavage of the alkyl and aryl tellurium–carbon bonds. Each compound exhibited intense parent ions. The rearrangement ions [C₆H₆Te]⁺? and [C₆H₆]⁺? were found in the spectra of phenyl ethyl and higher tellurides. Two other rearrangement ions [HTe]⁺ and [C₇H₇]⁺ were observed in the spectrum of each compound. Examination of the mass spectrum of phenyl methyl-d₃ telluride demonstrated that the [HTe]⁺ ions derive hydrogen from the phenyl group.     

Triorganoantimon- und Triorganobismutderivate von Carbonsäuren fünfgliedriger Heterocyclen Kristall- und Molekülstruktur von (C6H5)3Sb(O2C-2-C4H3S)2

Inhaltsübersicht. Triorganoantimon- und Triorganobismutdicarboxylate R₃M[O₂C(CH₂)ⁿ-2-C₄H₃X]₂ (M = Sb, R = CH₃, C₆H₁₁, C₆H₅, 4-CH₃OC₆H₄; M = Bi, R = C₆H₅, 4-CH₃C₆H₄; n = 0, X = O, S, NH, NCH₃. M = Sb, R = CH₃, C₆H₅; M = Bi, R = C₆H₅; n = 1, X = O, S. M = Sb, R = C₆H₁₁, n = 1, X = S; R = 4-FC₆H₄, n = 0, X = O, S, NCH₃; R = 2,4,6-(CH₃)₃C₆H₂, n = 0, X = O, S, NH) wurden durch Reaktionen von R₃Sb(OH)₂ (R = CH₃, C₆H₁₁, 2,4,6-(CH₃)₃C₆H₂), R₃SbO (R = C₆H₅, 4-CH₃OC₆H₄, 4-FC₆H₄) bzw. R₃BiCO₃ mit den entsprechenden fünfgliedrigen heterocyclischen Carbonsäuren 2-C₄H₃X(CH₂)_nCOOH dargestellt. Auf der Basis schwingungsspektroskopischer Daten wird für alle Verbindungen eine trigonal bipyramidale Umgebung vom M (zwei O-Atome von einzähnigen Carboxylatliganden in den apikalen, drei C-Atome von R in den äquatorialen Positionen) vorgeschlagen, ferner eine schwache Wechselwirkung zwischen O(=C) jeder Carboxylatgruppe und M. Die Kristallstrukturbestimmung von (C₆H₅)₃Sb(O₂C–2-C₄H₃S)₃ stützt diesen Vorschlag. Die Verbindung kristallisiert triklin [Raumgruppe P$1; a = 891,8(14), b = 1058,2(12), c = 1435,6(9) pm, α = 68,53(8), β = 85,47(9), γ = 85,99(11)°; Z = 2; d(ber.) = 1,607 Mg m^–3; V(Zelle) = 1255,6 ų; Strukturbestimmung anhand von 3947 unabhängigen Reflexen (F_o > 3σ(F²_o)), R(ungewichtet) = 0,037]. Sb bindet drei C₆H₅-Gruppen in der äquatorialen Ebene [mittlerer Abstand Sb–C: 211,1(5)pm] und zwei einzähnige Carboxylatliganden in den apikalen Positionen einer verzerrten trigonalen Bipyramide [mittlerer Abstand Sb–O: 212,0(4) pm]. Aus den relativ kurzen Sb – O(=C)-Abständen [274,4(4) und 294,9(4) pm] und aus der Aufweitung des dem O(=C)-Atom nächsten äquatorialen C–Sb–C-Winkels auf 145,9(2)° [andere C-Sb-C-Winkel: 104,4(2), 109,5(2)°] wird auf schwache Sb–O(=C)-Koordination geschlossen. Schließlich wird eine Korrelation zwischen dem (+, –)I-Effekt des Organoliganden R an M (M = Sb, Bi) und der Stärke der M–O(=C)-Koordination in den Dicarboxylaten R₃M[O₂C(CH₂)_n–2-C₄H₃X]₂ vorgeschlagen. Triorganoanümony and Triorganobismuth Derivatives of Carbonic Acids of Five-membered Heterocycles. Crystal and Molecular Structure of (C₆H₅)₃Sb(O₂C–2-C₄H₃S)₂ Triorganoantimony- and triorganobismuth dicarboxylates R₃M[O₂C(CH₂)_n–2-C₄H₃X]₂ (M = Sb, R = CH₃, C₆H₁₁, C₆H₅, 4-CH₃OC₆H₄; M = Bi, R = C₆H₅, 4-CH₃C₆H₄; n = 0, X = O, S, NH, NCH₃. M = Sb, R = CH₃, C₆H₅; M = Bi, R = C₆H₅; n = 1, X = O, S. M = Sb, R = C₆H₁₁, n = 1, X = S; R = 4-FC₆H₄, n = 0, X = O, S, NCH₃; R = 2,4,6-(CH₃)₃C₆H₂, n = 0, X = O, S, NH) have been prepared by reaction of R₃Sb(OH)₂ (R = CH₃, C₆H₁₁; 2,4,6-(CH₃)₃C₆H₂), R₃SbO (R = C₆H₅, 4-CH₃OC₆H₄, 4-FC₆H₄) or R₃BiCO₃ with the appropriate five-membered heterocyclic carboxylic acid. From vibrational data for all compounds a trigonal bipyramidal environment around M (two O atoms of unidendate carboxylate ligands in apical, three C atoms (of R) in equatorial positions) is proposed and also an additional weak interaction of O(=C) of each carboxylate group and M. The crystal structure determination of Ph₃Sb(O₂C–2-C₄H₃S)₂ gives additional prove to this proposal. It crystallizes triclinic [space group P$1; a = 891.8(14), b = 1058.2(12), c = 1435.6(9) pm, α = 68.53(8), β = 85.47(9), γ = 85.99(11)°; Z = 2; d(calc.) = 1.607 Mg m^–3; V_cell = 1255.6 ų; structure determination from 3 947 independent reflexions (F_o > 3σ(F²_o)), R(unweighted) = 0.037]. Sb is bonding to three C₆H₅ groups in the equatorial plane [mean distance Sb–C: 211.1(5) pm] and two unidentate carboxylate ligands in the apical positions of a distorted trigonal bipyramid [mean distance Sb–O: 212.0(4) pm]. From the relatively short Sb–O(=C) distances [274.4(4) and 294.9(4) pm] and from the enlarged value of the equatorial C–Sb–C angle next to the O(=C) atom [145.9(2)°; other C–Sb–C angles: 104.4(2), 109.5(2)°] additional weak Sb–O(=C) coordination is inferred. Finally a correlation between the (+, –) I-effect of the organic ligands It at M and the strength of the M–O = C interaction is suggested.     

Organische Phosphorverbindungen XXXVII. Darstellung und Eigenschaften von Bis-(dialkoxyphosphonyl-methyl)-, Bis-(alkoxyphosphinyl-methyl)-und Bis-(oxophosphoranyl-methyl)-phosphinsäureestern sowie der entsprechenden Säuren [1]

Bis-chloromethyl-alkyl-and - aryl-phosphine oxides, (CICH₂₎₂P(O)R, which are obtained by reaction of (CICH₂₎₂P(O)Cl with GRIGNARD reagents, undergo a MICHAELIS -ARBUSOV reaction when heated for several hours with trivalent phosphorus esters (phosphites, phosphonites, or phosphinites) at 170–180°C. The reaction affords bis-(dialkyloxyphosphonyl-methyl)-, bis (alkyloxyphosphinyl-methyl)-, and bis-(oxophosphoranyl-methyl)-, -alkyl- or -aryl-phosphine oxides, R(O)P[CH₂P(O)R′R″]₂ R = CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₈H₁₇, n-C₁₂H₂₅, C₆H₅; R′ and R″ = C₂H₅O, C₄H₉O, C₆H₅, CH₃ in good yields. Conversion of the compounds containing alkyloxy groups to the free acids is achieved by refluxing with conc. HCl. Bis-(dihydroxyphosphonyl-methyl)-dodecylphosphine oxide, n-C₁₂H₂₅(O)P[CH₂P(O) (OH)_2]2, obtained by hydrolysis of the all-ethyl ester, titrates in aqueous solution as a tetrabasic acid with breaks at pH = 4 (two equivalents), pH = 6,9 (one equivalent) and pH = 9,6 (one equivalent). This acid, its disodium salt (m. p. 405–410°) and its tetrasodium salt (m.p. > 460°) are surface active and are excellent chelating agents. The ¹H- and ³¹P-NMR. spectra of all the compounds prepared are discussed.     

Wasserstoffumlagerungen bei der elektronenstoßinduzierten Fragmentierung von Aminoäthern

Due to neighbouring group effects the behaviour under electron impact of amino ethers of the type RO(CH₂)_nNR₁R₂ is distinctly different from that of both simple ethers and amines. In addition to α-cleavages two further primary fragmentations can often be observed, one leading to [M–aldehyde]^+. or [M–ketone]^+. ions, the other (with n≥3) giving [M–R]⁺ ions. Both processes involve hydrogen rearrangements which were investigated by means of deuterium labelling. Their importance is strongly dependent upon the nature of the substituents R, R₁, R₂ and upon the length (n) of the carbon chain between the heteroatoms. This dependence can easily be explained by the fragmentation mechanisms put forward.     

MASSENSPEKTROMETRISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN AN ORGANOPHOSPHORVERBINDUNGEN I Zum Massenspektrometrischen Fragmentierungsverhalten von Dithio- und Thiophosphonsäureanhydriden

Abstract

70 eV electron impact mass spectra of dimeric dithiophosphonic acid anhydrides [RP(S)S]₂ (R = CH₃, C₆H₅, p-CH₃OC₆H₄, p-C₂H₅OC₆H₄, 2-Thienyl, 2-Naphthyl) and trimeric thiophosphonic acid anhydrides [RP(S)O]₃ (R = CH₃, C₆H₅, Cyclohexyl) are reported and discussed. General fragmentation patterns which are consistent with DADI metastable spectra are suggested for both classes of compounds. Molecular ions are observed in all cases. While in the earlier class ring fission followed by migration of R from phosphorus to sulphur is dominating, the –P–O–P– ring in the latter seems to be rather stable.

Elektronenstoß induzierte 70 eV Massenspektren der dimeren Dithiophosphonsäureanhydride [RP(S)S]₂ (R = CH₃, C₆H₅, p-CH₃OC₆H₄, p-C₂H₅OC₆H₄, 2-Thienyl, 2-Naphthyl) und trimeren Thiophosphonsäureanhydride [RP(S)O]₃ (R = CH₃, C₆H₅, Cyclohexyl) werden aufgeführt und diskutiert. Allgemeine Fragmentierungsschemata, die durch Metastabilenspektren nach der Methode DADI erhärtet worden sind, werden für beide Verbindungsklassen vorgeschlagen. Molekülionen werden in allen Fällen beobachtet. Während für die erste Verbindungsklasse Ringspaltung, gefolgt von einer Wanderung des Substituenten R vom Phosphor zum Schwefel, der dominierende Zerfallschritt ist, besitzt der –P–O–P– Ring der zweiten Verbindungsklasse eine ziemliche Stabilität.     

Alkane loss from collisionally activated alkylmethyleneimmonium ions

The collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra of five alkylmethyleneimmonium ions (H₂C-N⁺R¹R², (a) R¹ = R² = C₂H₅, (b) R¹ = n-C₃H₇, R² = H, (c) R¹ = n-C₃H₇, R² = CH₃, (d) R¹ = n-C₃H₇, R² = C₂H₅, (e) R¹ = R² = n-C₃H₇) are reported and discussed in terms of the mechanism of alkane loss. The most abundant alkane losses result from 2-azaallylic bond cleavages within R¹ and R² leading to daughter ions of m/z 84. Ion d (R¹ = n-C₃H₇, R² = C₂H₅) was chosen for a deuterium-labelling study because it exhibited methane loss nearly free from interferences with other fragmentations. The methane lost consists to a great extent (95%) of the methyl moiety of R². Whereas the methyl moiety obviously stays intact during the fragmentation process, the hydrogen additionally needed originates from all positions of R¹ and the double-bonded methylene in an approximately random distribution, suggesting extensive hydrogen migrations preceding the transfer step.     

Mass spectrometry of transition metal π-complexes. XV—The effect of substituents on the fragmentation of benchrotrenyls under electron impact

Mass spectra of substituted benchrotrenyls RC₆H₅Cr(CO)₃ where R?H, F, CI, I, CH₃, OCH₃, COOCH₃, C₂H₅, N(CH₃)₂, NH₂, C₆H₅, C(CH₃)₃, p-C₆H₄NH₂, CH₂C₆H₅, CH₂CH₂C₆H₅), 1,3,5-(CH₃)₃C₆H₃Cr(CO)₃ and 1,2,3,5-(CH₃)₄C₆H₂Cr(CO)₃ have been studied. It has been found that for monosubstituted benchrotrenyls there is a linear dependence of the parameter log [Cr]⁺/[RC₆H₅Cr]⁺) on the number of degrees of freedom of the [RC₆H₅Cr]⁺ ion. Decarbonylation of the molecular ions is not affected by the nature of the substituent R. The results are interpreted in terms of the quasi-equilibrium theory of mass spectra.     

13C n.m.r. studies of organosilanes: II—substituent chemical shift parameters for alkoxysilanes

The ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of forty alkoxysilanes of the general type X_nSi(OR)_4–n (X = CH₃, C₆H₅, H; R = CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, i-C₄H₉, s-C₄H₉, n-C₅H₁₁, CH(CH₃)(C₆H₅), C₆H₅) have been recorded and assigned. The chemical shifts of the α-carbon resonances of the alkoxy groups are shown to depend on both the nature of the alkoxy group and the number and type of substituents on the silicon. Regression analyses of the data give empirical substituent chemical shift (SCS) parameters for the silyl substituents. The β-carbon resonances are shown to be dependent on the presence of the silyl group, but not the specific silyl substituents.     

Mass spectra of some neopentylphosphorus derivatives

The fragmentation patterns and major metastable ions of the mass spectra of the neopentyl-phosphorus derivatives [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₃P, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂P(O)H, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]_nPX_3-n (n = 1 and 2; X = H, Cl, C₆H₅ and CH = CH₂), [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₃PS, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]_nP(S)R_3-n (n = 1 and 2; R = C₆H₅ and CH = CH₂), [(CH₃)₃ CCH₂]₂PCH₂CH₂P[CH₂C(CH₃)₃]₂, ([CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂PCH₂PCH₂-CH₂P(H)C₆H₅ and [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂PCH₂CH₂P(S)(CH₃)₂ are described. Fragmentation of a neopentyl group by elimination of either C₄H₈ or CH₃ is very favourable when the neopentyl group is bonded to either a tricoordinate or tetracoordinate phosphorus atom. In neopentylphosphines with two or three neopentyl groups, stepwise elimination of C₄H₈ from all of the neopentyl groups occurs very readily. The resulting [(CH₃)_nPX]^+._3-n ions are often the most intense ions in the mass spectra.     

SYNTHESIS OF THE FIRST BENZODISELENAGERMOLES AND ONE SPIROBISDISELENAGERMOLE

Abstract

The first examples of compounds R¹R²GeSe₂C₆H₄R³ (R¹,R²=CH³ C₂H₅, C₃H₂, n-C₄H₉, i-C₅H₁₁, Ph, p-CH₃Ph. R³=H, CH₃, OCH₃) were easily obtained (40–80% yield) from electrophilic cleavage of diselenophenylene zirconocenes by dialkyl or diaryl dichlorogermanes. The synthesis of a spirodi-selenagermole was achieved in the same way using germanium tetrachloride. Analytical data, ¹H and ⁷⁷Se NMR. mass spectra are perfectly consistent with the expected structures.     

Polymerization of cyclic esters of phosphoric acid. VI. Poly(alkyl ethylene phosphates). Polymerization of 2-alkoxy-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphospholans and structure of polymers

Five-membered cyclic esters of phosphoric acid of the general formula: ? CH₂CH(R)OP(O)-(OR′)O? polymerize readily to solid, soluble polymers of high molecular weight without any rearrangement known for various tri- and pentavalent organophosphorus monomers. ¹H-, ¹³C-, and ³¹P-NMR spectra of polymers confirmed their linear structure: where R is H, with R′ = CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇; n-C₄H₉, CCl₃CH₂, or C₆H₅, or R is CH₂Cl and R′ is C₂H₅. The use of n-C₄H₉Li, (C₅H₅)₂Mg, or (i-C₄H₉)₃Al as initiators leads to polymers with M _n = 10⁴–10⁵.     

Structural Organization of Symmetrical Dialkylthiuram Disulfides and Their Cyclic Analogs: X-Ray Diffraction and CP/MAS (13C, 15N) NMR Studies

High-resolution ¹³C and ¹⁵N solid-state NMR spectra were recorded for seven crystalline tetraalkyl-thiuram disulfides and their cyclic analogs of the general formula [R₂NC(S)S]₂ (where R = CH₃, C₂H₅, C₃H₇, and i-C₃H₇ or R₂ = (CH₂)₅, (CH₂)₆, and (CH₂)₄O). The ¹⁵N and ¹³C NMR resonances were assigned to the particular atoms in the compounds studied. Different isotropic ¹⁵N chemical shifts for both dialkyldithiocarbamato groups were interpreted while considering the inductive effects of the alkyl substituents combined with the mesomeric effect of the dithiocarbamato group. X-ray diffraction data were used to refine the molecular structure of bis(cyclohexamethylene)thiuram disulfide and to quantitatively characterize the conformations of the seven-membered N(CH₂)₆ heterocycles.     

Photochemistry of methyl- and n1-benzyl-n5-cyclopentadienyltricarbonyltungstein(II)

Irradiation of solutions of n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃R (R  CH₃n1-CH₂C₆H₅) in cyclohexane at ca. 310490 nm leads to the formation of [n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃]₂ and methane and of n⁵-C₅H₅W₅(CO)₂(n³-CH₂C₆H₅) and some [n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃]₂, respectively. When the irradiation is carried out in the presence of excess P(C₆H₅)₃, the photoproducts are n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂[P(C₆H₅)₃]CH₃ (R  CH₃) and n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂(n₃-CH₂C₆H₅) and trace [n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃]₂ (R  n¹-CH₂C₆H₅). Photolysis of the n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃R in the presence of benzyl chloride affords n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃Cl (R  CH₃) and both n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂(n³-CH₂C₂H₅) and n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃Cl (R  n¹-CH₂C₆H₅), the relative amounts of the latter products depending on the quantity of added C₆H₅CH₂Cl. Irradiation of n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃-CH₃ in the presence of both P(C₆h₅)₃ and C₆H₅CH₂Cl affords n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂-[P(C₆H₅)₃]CH₃, but no n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃Cl. It is proposed that the primary photo-reaction in these transformations is dissociation of a CO group from n⁵-C₅H₅W-(CO)₃R to generate n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂R, which can either combine with L to form a stable 18 electron complex, n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₂(L)R (L  CO, P(C₅H₅)₃; LR  n³-CH₂C₆H₅), or lose the group R in a competing, apparently slower step. This proposal receives support from the observation that, light intensifies being equal, n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃CH₃ undergoes a considerably faster photoconversion to [n⁵-C₅H₅W(CO)₃]₂ under argon than under carbon monoxide.     

Mass spectrometric fragmentation of isomeric 2-alkyl-substituted 1,3-indandiones and 3-alkylidenephthalides: a seven-step consecutive isomerization of regular and distonic molecular radical cations

The electron impact-induced fragmentation of 2,2-dimethyl- and 2-ethyl-1,3-indandione, 1 and 2, and their isomers, 3-isopropylidene- and 3-propylidenephthalide, 3 and 4, respectively, was studied in detail by mass-analysed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) and collision-induced dissociation (CID-MIKE) spectrometry, including ²H and ¹³C. labelled analogues of 1 and 2. In all regimes of internal energy, the molecular ions 1^+. ? 4^+. interconvert by up to seven consecutive, reversible isomerization steps prior to the main fragmentation processes, viz. loss of CH₃^. and C₂H₄. 1,3-Indandione and 3-methylenephthalide ions with identical alkylidene moieties (i.e. 1^+.?3^+. and 2^+.?4^+.) equilibrate rapidly and completely prior to fragmentation, whereas these pairs of isomers interconvert only slowly via a five-step rearrangement of the indandione ions 1^+.?2^+.. Distinct from the behaviour of simpler ionized carbonyl species, a 1,2-C shift of a (formally) neutral carbonyl group is found to occur along with that of a protonated one. Also distinct from simpler cases, methyl loss does not take place from the ionized enol intermediates formed within the interconversion 1^+.?2^+. of the diketone ions but rather from the n-propylidenephthalide ions 4^+.. This follows from CID-MIKE spectrometry of the [M ? CH₃]⁺ ions of 1–4 and two reference C₁₀H₇O₂⁺ (m/z 159) ions of authentic structures (protonated 2-methylene-1,3-indandione and protonated 1,4-naphthoquinone). The characteristic CID fragmentation of the C₁₀H₇O₂⁺ ions is rationalized. Finally, the multistep isomerization of ionized 1,3-indandiones apparently also extends to higher homologues [e.g. 5^+. from 2-ethyl-2-methyl-1,3-indandione (5) and 6^+. from 2,2-diethyl-1,3-indandione (6)]: the ionized phthaloyl group of 1,3-indandione radical cations 1^+., 2^+., 5^+. and 6^+., originally attached with its two acyl functionalities to the same carbon of the aliphatic chain, performs, in fact, a ‘multi-step migration’.     

Isomere η2-Acyl- und σ-Alkyl(carbonyl)-Komplexe von Molybdän und Wolfram. Eine Studie zum Bildungs-mechanismus,zur Isomerisierungsgeschwindigkeit und zur Steuerung der Gleichgewichtslage

η²-Acyl and σ-Alkyl(carbonyl) Coordination in Molybdenum and Tungsten Complexes: Synthesis and Studies of the Isomerization Equilibria and Kinetics The anionic molybdenum and tungsten complexes [L_RM(CO)₃]^? (L_R^? = [(C₅H₅)Co{P(O)R₂}₃]^?, R = OCH₃, OC₂H₅, O-i-C₃H₇; M = Mo, W) have been alkylated with the iodides R′ I, R′ = CH₃, C₂H₅, i-C₃H₇, and CH₂C₆H₅. The reactivity pattern of the alkylation is in accord with a S_N2 mechanism. Depending on M, R′, reaction temperature, and time the η-alkyl (carbonyl) compounds [L_RM(CO)₃R′] and/or the isomeric η²-acyl compounds [L_RM(CO)₂(η²-COR′)] can be obtained. 8 new σ-alkyl(carbonyl) compounds and 15 new η²-acyl compounds have been isolated and characterized. The ¹H NMR and the IR spectra give conclusive evidence that the σ-alkyl(carbonyl) compounds [L_RM(CO)₃R′] are formed as the primary products of the alkylation and that they isomerize partly or completely to give the η²-acyl compounds [L_RM(CO)₂(η²-COR′)]. The position of the equilibrium σ-alkyl(carbonyl)/η²-acyl is controlled by the steric demands of the groups R′ and the ligands L_R^?. The molybdenum compounds isomerize much more readily than the tungsten compounds. The rate constants of the isomerization processes [L_RMo(CO)₃CH₃] → [L_RMo(CO)₂(η²-COCH₃)], R = OCH₃, OC₂H₅, and O-i-C₃H₇, measured at 305 K in acetone-d₆, are 6–8 x 10^?3 s^?1.     

Reactions of ionized dibutyl ether

The reactions of ionized di-n-butyl ether are reported and compared with those of ionized n-butyl sec-butyl and di-sec-butyl ether. The main fragmentation of metastable (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. is C₂H₅? loss (?85%), but minor amounts (2–4%) of CH₃?, C₄H₇?, C₄H₉?, C₄H₁₀ and C₄H₁₀O are also eliminated. In contrast, C₂H₅? elimination is of much lower abundance (20 and 4%, respectively) from metastable CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+. and [CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CH]₂O^+., which expel mainly C₂H₆ and CH₃? (35–55%). Studies on collisional activation spectra of the C₆H₁₃O⁺ oxonium ions reveal that C₂H₅? loss from (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. gives the same product, (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂ ⁺O?CHCH₃) as that formed by direct cleavage of CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+.. Elimination of C₂H₅? from (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. is interpreted by means of a mechanism in which a 1,4-H shift to the oxygen atom initiates a unidirectional skeletal rearrangement to CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+., which then undergoes cleavage to CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂⁺O?CHCH₃ and C₂H₅?. Further support for this mechanism is obtained from considering the collisional activation and neutralization-reionization mass spectra of the (C₄H₉)₂O^+. species and the behaviour of labelled analogues of (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+.. The rate of ethyl radical loss is suppressed relative to those of alternative dissociations by deuteriation at the γ-position of either or both butyl substituents. Moreover, C₂H₅? loss via skeletal rearrangement and fragmentation of the unlabelled butyl group in CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH₂CH₂CD₂CH₃^+. occurs approximately five times more rapidly than C₂H₄D? expulsion via isomerization and fission of the labelled butyl substituent. These findings indicate that the initial 1,4-hydrogen shift is influenced by a significant isotope effect, as would be expected if this step is rate limiting in ethyl radical loss.     

Dissociations of positively charged aliphatic epoxides. I. Structure elucidation of the γ-cleavage products

Dissociative ionization of 1,2-epoxy n-alkanes gives rise to abundant [C₄H₇O]⁺ ions of structure [CH₃OCHCHCH₂]⁺. This conclusion is drawn from metastable ion analysis and from collisional activation spectra. This fragmentation involves the C? C ring opening and a 1,4-H migration leading to the corresponding enol ether [CH₃OCHCHCH₂R]^+. precursor of [CH₃OCHCHCH₂]⁺ fragment. The same isomerization scheme applies to 1,2-epoxy methyl substituted alkanes and 2,3-epoxy n-alkanes.     

Reactions of nucleophilic addition of primary amines to the nitrilium derivative of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">closo</Emphasis>-decaborate anion [2-B<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>9</Subscript>(N≡CCH<Subscript>3</Subscript>)]<Superscript>−</Superscript>

Compounds (Bu₄N)[2-B₁₀H₉{NH=C(NHR)CH₃}]⁻ are obtained by reactions of the tetrabutylammonium salt of the [2-B₁₀H₉(N≡CCH₃)]⁻ anion with aliphatic and aromatic primary amines RNH₂ (R = n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, cyclo-C₅H₉, C₆H₅, cyclo-C₆H₁₁, n-C₆H₁₃, C₇H₇, C₈H₈NH₂, C₆H₄NO₂, and C₁₈H₃₇) and identified by IR, ESI/MS, and NMR (¹H, ¹¹B, and ¹³C) spectroscopy. The structures of the amidine-type derivatives [2-B₁₀H₉{Z-NH=C(NH-cyclo-C₅H₉)CH₃}]⁻ and [2-B₁₀H₉{Z-NH=C(NH-C₇H₇)CH₃}]⁻ are determined by X-ray diffraction.