Generation and IR spectra of ionic and molecular complexes of aluminum chloride with <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>- and <Emphasis Type="Italic">sec</Emphasis>-butyl chlorides

Sec-butyl and tert-butyl cations were first stabilized upon cocondensation of aluminum chloride and haloalkanes (2-chlorobutane and 2-chloro-2-methylpropane, respectively) and their IR spectra and thermal stability investigated. Aluminum chloride anions participating in stabilization of carbenium ions were revealed. Ionic complexes and both 1:1 and 2:1 molecular complexes of reagents were detected and their IR spectra studied. Quantum-chemical calculations at the PBE level of density functional theory with inclusion of electron correlation were employed to optimize the geometric parameters and to determine the vibrational frequencies of aluminum chloride, butyl chlorides, and their complexes of various compositions. The structures of the associates observed were determined on the basis of comparison of the experimental and calculated vibrational spectra.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 147–155, January, 2005.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Ab initio</Emphasis> study of aniline and <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-propylamine associates with nitrobenzene and <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-cresol

An ab initio (6-31G**) study of binary associates of aniline and n-propylamine with nitrobenzene and m-cresol has been carried out. The structures corresponding to the total energy minimum of the system have been found for the associates, and their geometrical and energy characteristics have been determined. Basic types of intermolecular interactions have been established, and their effects on the reactivity of the amino group have been investigated.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by I. A. Novakov, V. V. Korolkov, A. I. Pavlyuchko, B. S. Orlinson, and L. A. GribovTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 595–601, July–August, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

The Study of <Emphasis Type="Italic">cis-trans</Emphasis> Equilibrium and Complexation with DNA of <Emphasis Type="Italic">meso</Emphasis>-Substituted Carbocyanine Dyes

The effect of DNA was studied on cis-trans equilibrium and spectral and fluorescent properties of a number of meso-substituted carbocyanine dyes: 3,3′-diethyl-9-thiomethylthiacarbocyanine iodide (K1), 3,3′-diethyl-9-methoxythiacarbocyanine iodide (K2), 3,3′-9-triethylthiacarbocyanine iodide (K3), 3,3′-dimethyl-9-ethyloxacarbocyanine iodide (K4), 3,3′-9-triethyl-5,5′-dimethyloxacarbocyanine iodide (K5), and 3,3′,9-triethyl-6,6′-dimethoxyoxacarbocyanine iodide (K6). Equilibrium between the cis and trans isomeric forms was detected for the thiacarbocyanine dyes in a number of organic solvents, with a shift of the equilibrium toward the cis-isomer caused by an increase in the solvent polarity. The oxacarbocyanines are present only in the form of trans-isomers in both polar and nonpolar solvents. Interaction of the dyes with DNA leads to the formation of stable noncovalent complexes. The complexation of the thiacarbocyanine dyes results in a shift of the isomeric equilibrium and occurs predominantly via the cis-form of the dye. The oxacarbocyanine dyes produce complexes with DNA in the initial trans-form.__________Translated from Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2005, pp. 280–286.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Pronkin, Tatikolov, Anikovskii, Kuz’min.     

Quantum-chemical modeling of photoelectron spectra and electronic structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tris</Emphasis>-β-diketonates of 3<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-metals Sc,Ti, V

The electronic structure and ionization energies of chelate complexes were calculated for transition metals Sc, Ti, and V using the Hartree-Fock (HF)SCF ab initio approximations. As the number of d electrons increases in the series of these compounds, the sequence of HF orbitals does not agree any longer with the PES bands and with the data obtained in the density functional theory approximation. Using the configuration interaction (CI) method considerably improves agreement with experiment. For the vanadium complex containing an odd d electron in the ionized state, the HF orbitals become a rough approximation for the CI decomposition, hindering the interpretation of the ionic states.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by V. I. Vovna and I. S. OsmushkoTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 651–659, July–August, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-Semiquinone metal complexes as derivatives of sterically hindered di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-quinone

ESR spectroscopy was used to study a series of mono- and binuclear o-semiquinone metal complexes, viz., derivatives of sterically hindered di-o-quinone 1,2-bis(2,5-di-tert-butylcyclohexadiene-1,5-dion-3,4-yl)ethane (1). Hindered rotation was found in the o-semiquinone moiety of the generated complexes. Magnetochemical measurements for polymeric bis(o-semiquinolate)copper(II) based on di-o-quinone 1 showed two antiferromagnetic channels of interaction between the paramagnetic centers. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1580–1584, July, 2005.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">peri</Emphasis>-Naphthylenediamines: XXXIX. Synthesis and Structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N′,N′</Emphasis>-Trimethyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-nitrosonaphthalene-1,8-diamine Derivatives

The corresponding N-nitroso derivatives were synthesized by the action of nitrous acid on N,N,N′-trimethylnaphthalene-1,8-diamine, N,N,N′-trimethyl-5-nitronaphthalene-1,8-diamine, and N,N,N′-trimethylacenaphthene-5,6-diamine, and molecular structure of the products was studied.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2005, pp. 1020–1027.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Koroleva, Dyablo, Pozharskii, Sennikova, Starikova.     

Reductive Acylamination of Pyridine <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Oxide with Aminopyridines and Their <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Tolylsulfonyl Derivatives

Pyridine N-oxide reacts with 2- and 3-aminopyridines and their N-p-tolylsulfonyl derivatives in alkaline medium in the presence of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride to give N-p-tolylsulfonyl-2,2′- and 2,3′-dipyridylamines, respectively, as a result of reductive acylamination. In the reactions with 4-aminopyridine and 4-p-tolylsulfonyl-aminopyridine, their N-p-tolylsulfonyl- and N,N-bis(p-tolylsulfonyl) derivatives are formed, while reductive acylamination does not occur.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 128–130.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Solekhova, Kurbatov.     

The coordination polyhedra PrO<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript> in the crystal structure

The oxygen environment of the Pr atoms in the crystal structures of 235 complexes containing 331 crystallographically nonequivalent types of PrO_n polyhedra was analyzed using Voronoi-Dirichlet (VD) polyhedra and the method of intersecting spheres. It was found that the C.Ns. of Pr(III) and Pr(IV) atoms coordinating O atoms vary from 5 to 12 and from 5 to 9, respectively. The volumes of the VD polyhedra increase, on average, by 1.2 ų when going from Pr(IV) to Pr(III). For the same oxidation state of the Pr atom, the volume of its VD polyhedron remains virtually independent of the C.N., although the Pr-O bond length changes by 0.86 Å in Pr(III) complexes and by 0.77 Å in Pr(IV) complexes.Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2005, pp. 55–61.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Vologzhanina, Pushkin, Serezhkin.     

Electrical Properties of Iodine Complexes of Pyridine <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Oxide Derivatives

Solid equimolar complexes of pyridine, 2-picoline, and 2,6-lutidine N-oxides with iodine are studied. External pressure can induce a first-order phase transition in the latter complex. The solid-phase dipole moments of neighboring molecules of complexes have an antiparallel orientation, and much high-polarity intermediates are formed in certain cases. The mechanism of the solid-phase dielectric relaxation at radio frequencies involves activated translations both of these associates and of free polar molecules. The mechanism of electrical conductivity is primarily electronic in the solid phase and primarily ionic in melt. More mobile in most crystal phases are holes, and electron-hole pairs is generated by long-wave intracomplex transitions.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 2, 2005, pp. 205–210.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ponomarenko, Borovikov, Sivachek, Vovk.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">meso</Emphasis>-Quinolyl-substituted Tetrabenzoporphins. Synthesis and Properties

Prolonged heating of phthalimide with 2-methylquinoline in the presence of zinc oxide afforded zink complexes of meso-tri-, di- and monoquinolyltetrabenzoporphins. Alternative preparation methods were developed for some among these compounds. The corresponding porphins were prepared by treating complexes with hydrochloric acid. The spectral characteristics of compounds synthesized were investigated.__________Translated from Zhumal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2005, pp. 306–311.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Galanin, Kudrik, Lebedev, Aleksandriiskii, Shaposhnikov.     

Norditerpene Alkaloids from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Delphinium cuneatum</Emphasis>

A mixture of two new norditerpene alkaloids consisting of two regioisomers was isolated from the total alkaloids of Delphinium cuneatum roots. Their structures were proposed as 16-demethoxydelavaine (2a and b) on the basis of PMR, ¹³C NMR, IR, and mass spectra. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 467–468, September–October, 2005.     

A Study on the Photochemical Transformations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>- and <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-Nitrosonitrobenzenes

Photochemical oxidation of p- and m-nitrosonitrobenzenes to corresponding dinitrobenzenes was studied. The reaction was described by a scheme involving two successive steps, with the rates of photochemical decomposition of isomeric nitrosonitrobenzenes being much higher than those of dinitrobenzenes. Oligomeric azo and azoxy compounds and the products of hydroxylation of the reaction medium were found as final products of the reaction upon long-term irradiation with UV light.__________Translated from Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2005, pp. 287–292.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Zelentsov, Logunov.     

Stereochemical Features of the Condensation of Lithiated (<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-Dimethyl-1-phenylethylamine with <Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-Methoxybenzophenones

The condensation of lithiated (S)-N,N-dimethyl-1-phenylethylamine with o-methoxybenzophenones occurs in a nonstereoselective fashion due to possible coordination of lithium not only at the carbonyl group but also at the oxygen atom of the ortho-methoxy group.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2005, pp. 567–570.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dem’yanovich, Shishkina, Gritsyuk, Potekhin, Chesnova, Ashkinadze.     

Functionalization of sterically hindered <Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-benzoquinones: amino-substituted 3,6-di(<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">o</Emphasis>-benzoquinones

New sterically hindered functionalized o-quinones were synthesized by the 1,4-nucleophilic addition of secondary cyclic amines to 3,6-di(tert-butyl)-o-benzoquinone. The ability of these o-quinones to form o-semiquinone complexes with transition and main-group metals was studied by ESR spectroscopy in solution. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1786–1793, September, 2007.     

Aryltetralin Lignans from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Linum mucronatum</Emphasis> Bertol. ssp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">mucronatum</Emphasis>

The dried and aerial part of Linum mucronatum ssp. mucronatum was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Two aryltetralin lignans, podophylloyoxin, 6-methoxypodophylloyoxin, and β-peltatin, were identified. This is the first report of the analysis of L. mucronatum ssp. mucronatum.__________Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 24–25, January–February, 2005.     

Building up of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">peri</Emphasis>-Hydroxynaphthoyl Fragment on the Core of 2<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-Naphtho[1,8<Emphasis Type="Italic">-bc</Emphasis>] furan

The reaction of 2-aryl-5-acetoxy-4,8-di-tert-butyl-2H-naphtho[1,8-bc]furan with dichloromethyl ethyl ether in the presence of aluminum chloride gave rise to 6-formyl derivatives of the title heterocyclic system, and at the use of aliphatic acids anhydrides in the presence of perchloric acid 6-acyl derivatives were obtained. The target products with a peri-hydroxycarbonyl group were obtained by the ester group elimination.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2005, pp. 237-242.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Tyurin, Antonov, Minyaeva, Mezheritskii.     

A new method for modification of <Emphasis Type="Italic">CN</Emphasis>-palladacycles

The reaction of benzylaminate CN-palladacycle with chlorine dioxide was found to produce the 3-chlorine-substituted analog through the formal insertion of chlorine into the Pd-C bond followed by repeated ortho-palladation of the modified ligand. The structure of the resulting dimeric complex was confirmed by X-ray diffraction study of its triphenylphosphine derivative. A comparison of the ¹H NMR spectra of the phosphine adducts of the starting and chlorinated complexes shows high conformational stability of the new palladacycle. Advantages of the new route to conformational stabilization of labile palladacycles are discussed. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2010–2019, September, 2005. Dedicated to Academician N. S. Zefirov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2010–2019, September, 2005.     

Nickel(II), palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-allyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-pyrimidin-2-ylthiourea

Platinum(II), palladium(II) and nickel(II) complexes with N-allyl-N′-pyrimidin-2-ylthiourea were synthesized in 1:1 and 1:2 [metal:ligand] stoichiometric ratios and characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductivities, magnetic susceptibilities and by i.r., u.v.-vis., ¹H- and ¹³C-n.m.r. and mass spectra. The ¹H- and ¹³C- n.m.r. chemical shifts reveal coordination of one pyrimidine-N and sulphur atoms to Pt^II and Pd^II. The i.r. spectra indicate that the ligand behaves as a neutral monodentate towards Ni^II; coordinates via a pyrimidine-N and as a bidendate towards Pd^II and Pt^II coordinates via thione-S and a pyrimidine-N. The magnetic moments and electronic spectral data suggest a square-planar geometry for Pt^II and Pd^II complexes, a mixture of square-planar and tetrahedral geometries for the tetracoordinate Ni^II complex and octahedral for the six-coordinate one. The E.I. mass spectra of the complexes showed some isotope ion peaks of [M]⁺ and fragments containing metals; assignments of fragments containing metal ions were supported by the appearance of their peaks among isotope clusters.     

3,3,3-Trifluoro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,2-propanediamine and its <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-mono-and <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-dicarboxyethyl derivatives: synthesis,protolytic and complexation properties

3,3,3-Trifluoro-N′-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,2-propanediamine (5) was synthesized by the reaction of 2-diazo-1,1,1-trifluoro-3-nitropropane or 3,3,3-trifluoro-1-nitropropene with 3-aminobenzotrifluoride followed by the reduction of the nitro group. The Michael 1,4-addition of diamine 5 to acrylic acid occurs only at the N(1) atom and affords N-mono-or N,N-dicarboxyethyl derivatives 6 and 7, depending on the reactant ratio. Protolytic equilibria 5–7 in aqueous solutions were studied by pH-potentiometry and UV spectroscopy. Only the aliphatic amino group can be protonated in an aqueous solution, while the aromatic amino group remains unprotonated even in 12 M HCl. The stability constants of transition metal (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) complexes with ligands 5–7 were determined by pH-potentiometric titration. The stability of the complexes and selectivity of the ligands toward Cu²⁺ ions increase with an increase in the number of N-carboxyethyl groups. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2465–2469, November, 2005.     

Synthesis,spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of bis(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-aryl-3,5-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">t</Emphasis>-butyl-salicylaldiminato)cobalt(II) complexes

The synthesis and characterization (elemental analysis, i.r., u.v., magnetic measurements and cyclic voltammetry) of some new Co^II complexes with bidentate bulky salicylaldimines derived from 3,5-di-t-butylsalicylaldehyde and o- or p-substituted (X = Cl, Me, OMe, Bu^t) aniline derivatives are reported in this paper. The presented ligands show very low complexation ability in respect of Ni^II, VO^II, Mn^II, Zn^II and Cd^II metal ions. Electrochemical studies on the complexes, though revealing a dependence of the metal centered redox potentials on electronic and steric effects of the aniline substituents X, the potentials of the ligand-centered oxidation do not correlate with the electronic effects of X.