Thermal properties of hafnium(IV) and zirconium(IV) β-diketonates

Five volatile hafnium(IV) and zirconium(IV) β-diketonates: hafnium(IV) acetylacetonate, hafnium(IV) trifluoroacetylacetonate, hafnium(IV) pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate, hafnium(IV) 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionate and zirconium(IV) 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionate were obtained, purified and identified. Thermal behavior of solid compounds was investigated by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in helium atmosphere and in vacuum. DSC method was also used for definition of thermodynamic characteristics of melting processes. Using the static method with quartz membrane zero-manometer and the flow method the temperature dependencies of saturated vapor pressure for hafnium(IV) complexes was obtained. The standard thermodynamic characteristics ΔH _T⁰ and ΔS _T⁰ of sublimation and evaporation processes were calculated from the temperature dependences of saturated vapor pressure.     

Crystal structures of hafnium(IV) and zirconium(IV) complexes with β-diketones

Preparation methods are developed for a number of 7- and 8-coordinated derivatives of Hf(IV) and Zr(IV) with β-diketonate ligands (R¹-CO-CH-CO-R²). The complexes obtained are examined by IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography. All structures are molecular. The M-O distances fall within 2.09–2.28 Å. In the crystals, the molecules are joined only by van der Waals interactions. It is demonstrated that the series of hafnium(IV) and zirconium(IV) chelates with identical ligands are isostructural, and the introduction of CF₃- or tert-butyl groups in the terminal positions of the ligand as well as chlorine substitution for one of the ligands do not essentially affect the basic geometric characteristics of the ligand in the complexes.     

Photochemistry of tetramethyl(2,2′-bipyridine)platinum(IV)

It is shown that photolysis of [PtMe₄(bipy)] using incident radiation with λ 436 or 473 nm occurs with high quantum efficiency of 0.8–1.0 to give homolysis of a methylplatinum bond; this has allowed a study of the chemical reactions of the [PtMe₃(bipy)] radical.     

Copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV) complexes of α-hydroxymethylserine

Summary Potentiometric and spectroscopic measurements were used to characterize the binding ability of -hydroxy-methylserine (Hms) with copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV) ions. The ligand was found to be generally a more efficient chelating agent than serine. Both of the deprotonated hydroxyl groups of Hms can be involved in coordination to vanadyl ions, whereas copper(II) binds in the same way as with serine.     

Spectroscopic,electrocatalytic, and photoelectrochemical characteristics of mixed-ligand bis(β-dicarbonylato) phthalocyanine complexes of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV)

The electronic absorption (EAS) and fluorescence spectra and electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical characteristics of mixed-ligand complexes of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV) based on phthalocyanines in solutions and in thin films were investigated. It was established that a significant bathochromic shift of the Q band and redistribution of the intensities in the absorption bands are observed in the electronic absorption spectra. It was shown that films of the synthesized compounds are promising for use as photosensitizers and electrochemical sensors for oxygen in solution. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 133–137, May–June, 2008.     

Reactions of bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(IV) and zirconium(IV) chlorides with 1,1′-diacetylferrocenyl bis(hydrazones). Formation of trimetallic derivatives

Bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(IV) and zirconium(IV) chlorides react with bis(hydrazones) derived from 1,1-diacetylferrocene in anhydrous THF in the presence of base to give complexes of the type [(Cp₂MCl)₂L] [M = Ti or Zr; LH₂ = ferrocenyl bis(hydrazones)]. Tentative structures are proposed for these complexes based upon elemental analyses, electrical conductance, magnetic moment and spectroscopic data.     

Mössbauer study of sodium ferrates(IV) and (VI)

Sodium ferrates(IV) and (VI) were synthesized by the reaction between Fe₂O₃ and Na₂O₂ in a dry oxygen stream. The Mössbauer data for the obtained samples are presented (for Na₂FeO₃–=0.18(2) mm/s; for Na₄FeO₅–=–0.54(2) mm/s). It was shown that pure K₂FeO₄ and Cs₂FeO₄ can be obtained by heating Fe₂O₃ with apropriate alkali metal peroxides.     

Structural study of bis(η-cyclopentadienyl)dicarbonyliron (p-tolyl)tin(IV) bromide

The compound, [η-C₅H₅Fe(CO)₂]₂(p-CH₃C₆H₄)SnBr, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a 9.643, b 12.016, c 19.205 Å, β 98.68°, V 2225.9 ų, and Z = 4. The crystal and molecular structures have been solved by use of the Patterson method. A full-matrix least-squares refinement led to a final R value of 0.036 for 3260 independent observed reflections. The electronic structure was calculated by use of the EHMO quantum chemical method. The molecular features and the influence on the coordinate geometry, and the nature of the bonding of the central tin atom are discussed.     

Thermodynamics of Formation of Ru(III) and Ru(IV)-μ-Peroxo Complexes

Abstract

Reaction of one half and one equivalents of H₂O₂ with K[Ru^III(pdta-H)Cl].2H₂O gives rise to the μ-peroxo complexes [Ru^III (pdta-H)]₂H₂O₂ and [Ru^IV(pdta-H)]₂O₂, respectively. Equilibrium constants for the formation of the various peroxo species were determined between pH 3-11, in the temperature range 283-313 K and with μ = 0.10 M in KC1. The existence of the various peroxo species was substantiated by potentiometry, spectrophotometry and electrochemical studies. Thermodynamic quantities associated with the formation of the (pdta)Ru^III and (pdta)Ru^IV-μ-peroxo species and their hydrolysis products are reported.     

X-ray structural study of fluorinated β-diketonate complexes of zirconium(IV)

Three novel complexes of zirconium(IV) are prepared and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction: zirconium(IV) pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate Zr(ptac)₄, zirconium(IV) trifluoroacetylacetonate Zr(tfac)₄, and zirconium(IV) hexafluoroacetylacetonate Zr(hfac)₄. Crystal data for C₃₂H₄₀F₁₂ZrO₈: a = 19.9842(6) Å, b = 11.8417(3) Å, c = 16.4831(5) Å; β = 95.2880(10)°, monoclinic, space group Cc, Z = 4, d _calc = 1.491 g/cm³, R = 0.061. Crystal data for C₂₀H₁₆F₁₂ZrO₈: a = 21.5063(15) Å, b = 7.9511(5) Å, c = 16.0510(10) Å; β = 113.736(4)°, monoclinic, space group C2/c, Z = 4, d _calc = 1.860 g/cm³, R = 0.047. Crystal data for C₂₀H₄F₂₄ZrO₈: a = 15.3533(13) Å, b = 20.2613(15) Å, c = 19.6984(17) Å; β = 95.828(2)°, monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, Z = 2, d _calc = 2.004 g/cm³, R = 0.078. All the structures are molecular and include isolated mononuclear Zr(β-dik)₄ complex molecules. Coordination environment of zirconium atom is made by eight oxygen atoms of four β-diketonates; the coordination polyhedron is an almost regular square antiprism. The Zr-O distances fall within 2.14–2.23 Å. Complexes in the structures are joined by van der Waals interactions. Using the structural data, the van der Waals energies of crystal lattices of the studied compounds are calculated by the atom-atom potential method.     

Spectrophotometric Investigation of Ti(IV) Complex of N-Pyridyl-N′ β-naphthylthiourea

The intense yellow colored complexes of Ti(IV) and N-pyridy1-N′-β-naphthylthiourea are extractable into isoamyl alcohol. The spectrophotometric studies following Job's and molar ratio methods have shown that 1:2 and 1:3 (meta1:ligand) complexes predominate in the acidity ranges of 2.5–6 and 7–9.5 N HCl, respectively. The values of the stability constants, sepwise and overall, have been calculated following extended Leden's, Yatsimirskii's, and Harvey-Manning's methods. The analytical suitability of the reagent for microdetermination of titanium has also been investigated.     

P(IV)-P(V) Coordinational Isomerism of Phosphorus N-α-Haloethylimines

The semiempirical MNDO-PM3 method in supramolecular approximation was used to study the structure of (N--haloethylimino)chloro(o-phenylenedioxy)phosphoranes R¹ ₃CR²X-N-P(Cl)O₂C₆H₂(R³-m)₂, where R¹ = H, Cl, F, R² = R³ = H, Cl, and X = F, Cl, Br, and of their 1:2 solvates with chloroform, as well as alternative mechanisms of the P(IV)-P(V) holotropic rearrangement. It was found that the activation barrier of the sigmatropic rearrangement increases in the order Br < Cl < F, in parallel with increasing thermodynamic stability of a more stable phosphorane isomer with an axial-equatorial arrangement of the dioxaphos- phole ring. It was shown that the most favorable pathway of the phosphorus-carbon halotropic rearrangement of a phosphorus N--haloethylimine, both nonsolvated and solvated with two molecules of chloroform, is the sigmatropic transformation.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Chlorobis(cyclopentadienyl) Titanium(IV) and Zirconium(IV) O,O’-Dialkyl and Alkylene Dithiophosphates

Abstract

Reactions of O,O′-dialkyl and alkylene dithiophosphoric acids with bis (cyclopentadienyl) titanium(IV) and zirconium (IV) dichloride in a 1:1 molar ratio in refluxing benzene proceeds with elimination of HCl and formation of the substituted derivatives, Cp₂MCl[S₂P(OR)₂] (where R = Et, Pr-n, Pr-i, Bu-i and Ph), Cp₂MCl[S₂POGO] (where G = ?CH₂CMe₂CH₂?, ?CH₂CEt₂CH₂? and ?CMe₂CMe₂?), (M = Ti and Zr). The complexes are dark red and yellow solids, soluble in common organic solvents and monomeric in nature. These have been characterized on the basis of elemental analyses, molecular weight determinations, IR, and NMR (¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P).

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Oxidative bisdecarboxylation of α-alkoxymalonic acids with cerium(IV)

Ceric ammonium nitrate is an excellent reagent for preparing carboxylic esters from α-alkoxymalonic acids by oxidative bisdecarboxylation.     

Selective Sorption–Spectrometric Determination of Nanogram Amounts of Vanadium(IV) and Vanadium(V)

Conditions of the selective sorption–spectrometric determination of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) using sulfonitrophenol M were found. The determination of vanadium (visual test (RSD = 30%) using a reference color scale or quantitative determination (RSD < 10%) by diffuse reflectance spectra is performed immediately after the dynamic-mode sorption of its colored complexes with sulfonitrophenol M at pH 3.5 (vanadium(IV)) or with sulfonitrophenol M and hydroxylamine at pH 1.5 (vanadium(V), 650 nm) at the surface of polyamide membrane disks (d= 1 cm, l= 0.1 mm, m= 2.7 mg). The flow rate is 10–20 mL/min. The detection limit is 5–7 ng of vanadium in the support zone or 0.2–0.5 ng/mL. The determination of 0.5–5 ng/mL vanadium(V) at pH 1.5 does not interfere with 20-fold amounts of V(IV) and 1000-fold amounts of Ni, Zn, Cd, Mg, Co, Cr(III), Mn, PO^3- ₄, and F^–.     

Study of temperature dependence of saturated vapour pressure of zirconium(IV) β-diketonates

By means of a tensiometric flow method and a static method with a silica-membrane zero gauge, the dependences of saturated vapour pressure on temperature were obtained for the complexes of zirconium(IV) with acetylacetone, trifluoroacetylacetone, hexafluoroacetylacetone, dipivaloylmethane and pivaloyltrifluoroacetone. The thermodynamic characteristics of the evaporation and sublimation of these complexes were determined.     

焦磷酸盐水溶液中稳定Pr(IV)和Tb(IV)的研究

本文报道了在焦磷酸盐的碱性水溶液中用O~3氧化Pr(III)和Tb(III),从而得到Pr(IV)-P~2O~7^4^-和Tb(IV)-P~2O~7^4^-的配合物溶液,通过对溶液进行化学分析及吸收光谱的研究,证明了溶液中有Pr(IV)和Tb(IV)的存在,其持征吸收分别为λmax=365nm,摩尔消光系数ε=1205L/mol.cm;/.pr(iv)=257nm,ε=929L/mol.cm.在碱性条件下,Pr(IV)和Tb(IV)的还原反应均为拟一级反应.用动力学方法测定了不同条件下Pr(IV)和Tb(IV)的还原速率常数和半衰期,从而探讨了稳定Pr(IV)和Tb(IV)的条件.同时还测定了在反应条件下Pr(IV)/Pr(III)和Tb(IV)/Tb(III)电对的克式电位。     

Sequence-specific Hydrolysis of Single-stranded DNA by PNA-Cerium (IV) Adduct

Sequence-specific recognition and site-specific cleavage of DNA are studied and applied in various fields, such as DNA sequence determinations, chromosome analysis, gene therapeutics, and recombinant DNA manipulation1. Many sequence-specific cleavage reagents, which consist of transitional metals or polynuclear metal complex as “scissors” moiety and DNA as sequence-recognizing moiety, are developed. However, most of these “scissors”, such as Fe2+, Cu2+ and dinuclear iron (III) comple…