[4+2]-Cycloadditionen von 1,2-Dicyanocyclobuten und seine thermische Ringöffnung zum 2,3-Dicyanobutadien-1,3

Facile synthetic routes to 1,2-dicyanocyclobutene ( 3 ), cyclobutene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid ( 56 ) and derivatives thereof are presented, starting from 1,2-dicyanocyclobutane ( 1 ), a commercially available acrylonitrile cyclodimer. The favored mode of [4+2]-cycloadditions of 3 to cyclic dienes with sp³carbon atoms is the endo-addition (above 90% relative yields of adducts with endo-cyclobutane ring). Exo-cycloaddition, however, is preferred by dienes having no sp³-carbon atom (e.g. furane). Cyclisation reactions involving cis-vicinal substituents in [4+ 2]-cycloadducts afford (m.n. 2)-azapropellanes 18 , 74 and 77 . ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. spectra of the stereoisomeric adducts are discussed in detail. The structures of the furane adducts 14 and 15 were determined by ¹H-NMR. using the shift reagent Eu(dpm)₃. Reactive butadienes 32 , 53 - 55 are obtained in high yield and purity by gasphase thermolysis (380–420°) of the correspondingly substituted cyclobutenes. 2,3-Dicyanobutadiene-l, 3 ( 32 ) gives good yields of [4 + 2]-cycloadducts with strained cycloolefines, moderate yields with vinylethers and non-activated olefins, and no adducts at all with electrophilic dienophiles (8.g. maleic anhydride, fumaronitrile). Thus, reactions of 32 are typical Diels-Alder reactions with ‘inverse electron demand’. Some of these primary [4+2]-cycloadducts ( 38 , 39 and 45 ) were dehydrogenated to new aromatic ortho-dinitriles 46 - 48 .     

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-dien,reduktive und säurekatalysierte Ringöffnung

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-diene ( 1 ) is obtained from cycloheptatriene with commercial 40% peracetic acid. Upon catalytic and LiAlH₄ reduction the allylic CO-bond in 1 is cleaved. Acid catalised hydrolysis leads to a mixture of all six possible isomeric cycloheptadienediols. With BF₃ in the absence of water isomerization to 3,5-cycloptadienone is observed.     

Synthese,Struktur und Phasenumwandlung von Te4[AsF6]2·SO2

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Solid State Phase Transition of Te₄[AsF₆]₂·SO₂ The oxidation of tellurium with AsF₅ in liquid SO₂ yields Te₄²⁺[AsF₆^—]₂ which can be crystallized from the solution in form of dark red crystals as the SO₂ solvate. The crystals are very sensitive against air and easily lose SO₂, so handling under SO₂ atmosphere or cooling is required. The crystal structure was determined at ambient temperature, at 153 K, and at 98 K. Above 127 K Te₄[AsF₆]₂·SO₂ crystallizes orthorhombic (Pnma, a = 899.2(1), b = 978.79(6), c = 1871.61(1) pm, V = 1647.13(2)·10⁶pm³ at 297 K, Z = 4). The structure consists of square‐planar Te₄²⁺ ions (Te‐Te 266 pm), octahedral [AsF₆]^— ions and of SO₂ molecules which coordinate the Te₄ rings with their O atoms in bridging positions over the edges of the square. At room temperature one of the two crystallographically independent [AsF₆]^— ions shows rotational disorder which on cooling to 153 K is not completely resolved. At 127 K Te₄[AsF₆]₂·SO₂ undergoes a solid state phase transition into a monoclinic structure (P112₁/a, a = 866.17(8), b = 983.93(5), c = 1869.10(6) pm, γ = 96.36(2)°, V = 1554, 2(2)·10⁶ pm³ at 98 K, Z = 4). All [AsF₆]^— ions are ordered in the low temperature form. Despite a direct supergroup‐subgroup relationship exists between the space groups, the phase transition is of first order with discontinuous changes in the lattice parameters. The phase transition is accompanied by crystal twinning. The main difference between the two structures lies in the different coordination of the Te₄²⁺ ion by O and F atoms of neighbored SO₂ and [AsF₆]^— molecules.     

Synthese und Kristallstrukturen von [Ti(NPh2)4] und [Ti2(μ-O)(NPh2)6]

Crystal Structures of [Ti(NPh₂)₄] and [Ti₂(μ-O)(NPh₂)₆] [Ti(NPh₂)₄] has been prepared from TiCl₃(THF)₃ and LiNPh₂, the μ-oxo complex [Ti₂(μ-O)(NPh₂)₆] results from partial hydrolysis of [Ti(NPh₂)₄] in toluene solution. Both complexes are characterized by crystal structure determinations. In [Ti(NPh₂)₄] the titanium atom is coordinated by the four nitrogen atoms in a distorted tetrahedral fashion with Ti–N bond lengths of 193.8 pm in average. In [Ti₂(μ₂-O)(NPh₂)₆] the μ-oxo ligand forms a linear symmetric TiOTi bridge with rTiO = 181.2 pm and TiN = 193.4 pm in average.     

Synthese und Kristallstruktur von [Fe(MeCN)6][Fe2OCl6]

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [Fe(MeCN)₆][Fe₂OCl₆] [Fe(MeCN)₆][Fe₂OCl₆] ( 2 ) is obtained by passing dry air through a solution of FeCl₂ in acetonitrile in almost quantitative yield. 2 crystallises in the trigonal space group R 3 [a = b = 12.121(1), c = 29.875(6) Å, Z = 6]. The oxygen atom in the Fe₂OCl₆ anion occupies the 3 position and causes therefore an Fe–O–Fe angle of 180°. The refinement in the triclinic space group P1 leads to a slightly bent arrangement of the Fe–O–Fe fragment.     

Neues über K2[MnF6], Rb2[MnF6] und Cs2[MnF6]

News on K₂[MnF₆], Rb₂[MnF₆], and Cs₂[MnF₆] Cs₂[MnF₆] (a = 8.97₂ Å) and Rb₂[MnF₆] (a = 8.53₁ Å) as well as this with K₂[MnF₆] (a = 8.22₁ Å and hexagonal a = 5.72₂, c = 9.33₁ Å) form mixed crystals of the K₂PtCl₆ type of structure. Calculations of the Madelung Part of Lattice Energy, MAPLE, and Effective Coordination Numbers, ECoN, lead contrary to former assumptions to distances Mn? F of about 1.86 Å (CN 6).