Trans-Strengthening in tin(IV) anionic complexes

X-Ray studies of (NMe₄)₂EtSnCl₅, (NMe₄)₂BuSnBr₅ and (NMe₄)₂SnBr₆ indicate octahedral geometry for all the tin atoms. In the first two complexes, under the influence of the alkyl group, the cis-Sn—Hal bonds are lengthened by 0.11 Å (Hal = Cl) and 0.09 Å (Hal = Br), while the trans-Sn—Hal bonds are shortened by 0.03 Å (Hal = Cl) and 0.05 Å (Hal = Br).     

Lasagna-type arrays with halide-nitromethane cluster filling. The first recognition of the Hal(-)···HCH2NO2 (Hal = Cl, Br, I) hydrogen bonding

The previously predicted ability of the methyl group of nitromethane to form hydrogen bonding with halides is now confirmed experimentally based on X-ray data of novel nitromethane solvates followed by theoretical ab initio calculations at the MP2 level of theory. The cationic (1,3,5-triazapentadiene)Pt(II) complexes [Pt{HN=C(NC(5)H(10))N(Ph)C(NH(2))=NPh}(2)](Cl)(2), [1](Hal)(2) (Hal = Cl, Br, I), and [Pt{HN=C(NC(4)H(8)O)N(Ph)C(NH(2))=NPh}(2)](Cl)(2), [2](Cl)(2), were crystallized from MeNO(2)-containing systems providing nitromethane solvates studied by X-ray diffraction. In the crystal structure of [1][(Hal)(2)(MeNO(2))(2)] (Hal = Cl, Br, I) and [2][(Cl)(2)(MeNO(2))(2)], the solvated MeNO(2) molecules occupy vacant spaces between lasagna-type layers and connect to the Hal(-) ion through a weak hydrogen bridge via the H atom of the methyl thus forming, by means of the Hal(-)···HCH(2)NO(2) contact, the halide-nitromethane cluster "filling". The quantum-chemical calculations demonstrated that the short distance between the Hal(-) anion and the hydrogen atom of nitromethane in clusters [1][(Hal)(2)(MeNO(2))(2)] and [2][(Cl)(2)(MeNO(2))(2)] is not just a consequence of the packing effect but a result of the moderately strong hydrogen bonding.     

H-coupled electron transfer in alkane C-h activations with halogen electrophiles

The mechanisms for the reactions of isobutane and adamantane with polyhalogen electrophiles (HHal(2)(+), Hal(3)(+), Hal(5)(+), and Hal(7)(+), Hal = Cl, Br, or I) were studied computationally at the MP2 and B3LYP levels of theory with the 6-31G (C, H, Cl, Br) and 3-21G (I) basis sets, as well as experimentally for adamantane halogenations in Br(2), Br(2)/HBr, and I(+)Cl(-)/CCl(4). The transition structures for the activation step display almost linear C...H...Hal interactions and are characterized by significant charge transfer to the electrophile; the hydrocarbon moieties resemble the respective radical cation structures. The regiospecificities for polar halogenations of the 3-degree C-H bonds of adamantane, the high experimental kinetic isotope effects (k(H)/k(D) = 3-4), the rate accelerations in the presence of Lewis and proton (HBr) acids, and the high kinetic orders for halogen (7.5 for Br(2)) can only be understood in terms of an H-coupled electron-transfer mechanism. The three centered-two electron (3c-2e) electrophilic mechanistic concept based on the attack of the electrophile on a C-H bond does not apply; electrophilic 3c-2e interactions dominate the C-H activations only with nonoxidizing electrophiles such as carbocations. This was shown by a comparative computational analysis of the electrophilic and H-coupled electron-transfer activation mechanisms for the isobutane reaction with an ambident electrophile, the allyl cation, at the above levels of theory.     

Halogenophilic and classical <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ad</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis></Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis> mechanisms in nucleophilic vinylic substitution reactions involving the anions of transition metal carbonyls

The mechanism of the reaction of carbonylate anions ([M(CO) _n L]^–) with highly activated vinyl halides (Hal = Cl, Br, I) was investigated by the method of “anion traps” – the effect of proton donors on the composition of the reaction products. It was demonstrated that the reactions with PhCHal=C(Z)₂ (Hal = Br, I;Z=CN, CO₂Et) and PhCN=CClI take place through initial attack by the carbonylate at the halogen atom, the reactions with PhCCl=C(CO₂Et)₂ and PhCOCH=CHHal (Hal = Cl, I) take place through attack by the carbonylate at the π bond (Ad_NE mechanism), and in the case of E-and Z-PhCN=CHI the two mechanisms operate concurrently. The main laws determining the reaction mechanisms are analyzed.     

Haloacyl complexes of boron, [(CF3)3BC(O)Hal]- (Hal=F, Cl, Br, I)

The haloacyltris(trifluoromethyl)borate anions [(CF3)3BC(O)Hal]- (Hal=F, Cl, Br, I) have been synthesized by reacting (CF3)3BCO with either MHal (M=K, Cs; Hal=F) in SO2 or MHal (M=[nBu4N]+, [Et4N]+, [Ph4P]+; Hal=Cl, Br, I) in dichloromethane. Metathesis reactions of the fluoroacyl complex with Me3SiHal (Hal=Cl, Br, I) led to the formation of its higher homologues. The thermal stabilities of the haloacyltris(trifluoromethyl)borates decrease from the fluorine to the iodine derivative. The chemical reactivities decrease in the same order as demonstrated by a series of selected reactions. The new [(CF3)3BC(O)Hal]- (Hal=F, Cl, Br) salts are used as starting materials in the syntheses of novel compounds that contain the (CF3)3B-C fragment. All borate anions [(CF3)3BC(O)Hal]- (Hal=F, Cl, Br, I) have been characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (11B, 13C, 17O, 19F) and vibrational spectroscopy. [PPh4][(CF3)3BC(O)Br] crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2/c (no. 13) and the bond parameters are compared with those of (CF3)3BCO and K[(CF3)3BC(O)F]. The interpretation of the spectroscopic and structural data are supported by DFT calculations [B3LYP/6-311+G(d)].     

Reactions of a stable silylene with halocarbons

An unusual product formation is observed for the insertion reaction of the thermally stable silylene Si[(NCH(2)Bu(t))(2)C(6)H(4)-1,2][abbrev. as Si(NN)] into the carbon-halogen bond of alkyl or aryl halides RHal (Hal=Cl, Br). In general, depending on the halogen, the reaction either results in a disilane of type (NN)Si(Hal)-(R)Si(NN) for Hal=Cl or a mixture of disilane and the monosilane (NN)Si(R)(Hal) for Hal=Br. The results are put into context to previously suggested mechanisms. The disilane (NN)Si(Hal)-(R)Si(NN)(Hal=Cl or Br) is thermally labile and mild thermolysis yields the corresponding monosilane (NN)Si(R)(Hal) and silylene 1. Additionally, strong evidence is presented for a radical pathway for the reaction of 1 and RHal.     

Na,Ba∥F,Br three-component reciprocal system and analysis of the Na,Ba∥F,Hal (Hal=Cl, Br, and I) series

A set of isopleths was studied using differential thermal analysis (DTA), the liquidus surface projection on the concentration square was plotted, and parameters were determined for the alloys corresponding to two ternary eutectics and one peritectic of the Na,Ba∥F,Br three-component reciprocal system. Solid-phase reactions in a sample containing 66.7% BaBr2+33.3% (NaF) ₂ were also studied by DTA. The results were used to analyze the entire series of the Na,Ba∥F,Hal (Hal = Cl, Br, and I) systems.     

Crystal and molecular structures of new fullerides, (Ph4P)2C60Hal (Hal=Br or I) and (Ph4As)2C60Cl

New air-stable fullerides, (Ph₄P)₂C₆₀Hal (Hal=Br or I) and (Ph₄As)₂C₆₀Cl, were synthesized, and their crystal structure were determined. A comparative crystal-chemical analysis of the fullerides under study demonstrated that they are isostructural, described by the general formula (Ph₄X)₂C₆₀Hal (X=P or As, and Hal=Cl, Br, or I), and crystallize in the triclinic system. The C₆₀ ⁻ and Hal⁻ anions occupy special centrosymmetric positions. The (Ph₄P)⁺ and (Ph₄As)⁺ cations occupy general positions. The principal parameters of the molecular structures are reported. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1982–1986, November, 1997.     

Quantum Chemical Calculation of Conformations and Rotation Barriers of Functional Groups in Arylsulfonyl Halides

The semiempirical PM3 method is used to calculate the potential functions of internal rotation of the functional groups –SO₂Cl, –NO₂, –CH₃, –OCH₃, and –NH₂ of benzenesulfonyl halide molecules (PhSO₂Hal, Hal = F, Cl, Br, I) and twelve substituted derivatives of benzenesulfonyl chloride. Molecular conformations have been determined and internal rotation barriers of the functional groups have been calculated. For meta- and para-substituted benzenesulfonyl chlorides, the projection of the S–Hal bond is perpendicular to the plane of the benzene ring. The rotation barriers of the –SO₂Hal group of benzenesulfonyl halides increase in the series Hal = F, Cl, Br, I. The rotation barriers of the –SO₂Cl group of benzenesulfonyl chloride with meta- and para-substituents slightly increase with the electron-donor properties of the substituent. The rotation barriers of the functional groups of ortho-substituted benzenesulfonyl chlorides are 3 or 4 times as high as those of the meta- and para-isomers. For para-substituted benzenesulfonyl chlorides, the rotation barriers of the functional groups increase in the order –CH₃, –NO₂, –SO₂Cl, –OCH₃, –NH₂.     

Synthesis, structure and reactions of seven-coordinate, phosphine-supported, halide-activated carbonyl- and alkyne-complexes of niobium(I)

The complexes (Hal)Nb(CO)₃(PR₃)₃ (PR₃ = PEt₃, Hal = I; PR₃ = PMe₂Ph, Hal = Cl, Br, I) and (Hal)Nb(CO)_4/2(dppe)_1/2 (Hal = Br, I) have been prepared by oxidative halogenation of carbonylniobate with pyridinium halides (Hal = Cl, Br) or iodine (Hal = I). In the tricarbonyls, one CO and one PR₃ are labile and can be displaced by a four-electron donating alkyne to give all-trans-[(Hal)Nb(CO)₂(RCCR′)(PR₃)₂] (PR₃ = PMe₂Ph; Hal = Cl, Br, I: R, R′ = H, Et, Ph; R = H, R′ = Ph. PR₃ = PEt₃, Hal = I: R, R′ = Pr; R = H, R′ = Bu, Ph; R = Me, R′ = Et). In the case of acetylene, INb(CO)(HCCH)₂(PEt₃)₂ is also formed. PR₃ can be displaced by P(OMe) ₃. In the tetracarbonyls, two CO ligands are replaced by two isonitriles to form INb(CO)₂(CNR)₂dppe (R = ^tBu, Cy), or by one alkyne to form (Hal)Nb(CO)₂(PhCCPh)dppe (Hal = Br, I). In these complexes, the remaining CO ligands occupy cis positions. The structure of BrNb(CO)₂(dppe)₂·THF, INb(CO)₂(dppe)₂·hexane and INb(CO)₂(PEt₃)₂(MeCCEt) have been determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The alkyne complexes are best regarded as octahedral with the centre of the alkyne ligand occupying the positions trans to the halide and the CC axis aligned with the OC---Nb---CO axis. The complexes (Hal)Nb(CO)₂(dppe)₂ adopt a trigonal prismatic structure with the halide capping the tetragonal face spanned by the four phosphorus functions. The crystal structure of a by-product, Br₂Nb(CO)(H₂CPhPCH₂CH₂PPh₂)₂·1/2THF has also been determined. The geometry is pentagonal bipyramidal, with one of the bromine atoms and the CO on the axis. Some ⁹³ Nb NMR data for the Nb^I complexes are presented, and preliminary observations on the reactions between the π-alkyne complexes and H₂ or H⁻ are reported.     

Peculiarities of interaction of dual-band fluorophores with manganese halides

Formation of coordination complexes of DMABA and DMAP with MnHal₂ (Hal = Cl, Br, I) in ethanol is accompanied by a bathochromic shift of the absorption spectra and quenching of the LE and CT fluorescence bands. Complexation of DMABA with MnHal₂ (Hal = F, Cl, Br) in acetonitrile results in enhancement of the LE fluorescence band with no changes in the CT band. The fluorescence rise at the LE band is explained by the blocking of internal conversion in the rigid complex molecule. The complex formation constants have been calculated, and probable structures of the complexes are presented.     

Selective surface decoration of corannulene

The reaction of corannulene (C(20)H(10)) with 1,2-C(2)H(4)Hal(2) (Hal = Cl or Br) in the presence of AlCl(3) affords stable nonplanar carbocations C(20)H(10)CH(2)CH(2)Hal(+) (Hal = Cl (1) and Br (2)) with an -CH(2)CH(2)Hal moiety attached to the interior carbon atom of the bowl. In the analogous reaction with 1-bromo-2-chloroethane, the selective (up to 98%) abstraction of chloride is observed with the formation of cation 2. The molecular structures of bowl-shaped carbocations 1 and 2 crystallized as salts with AlCl(4)(-) counterions are revealed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The reaction of 2 with methanol or ethanol provides further decoration of the nonplanar polyarene upon the nucleophilic addition of alkoxy groups to the exterior carbon atom of the corannulene moiety. The (1)H NMR investigation of the corresponding products, C(20)H(10)(CH(2)CH(2)Br)(OCH(2)R) (R = H (3) and CH(3) (4)), shows the formation of intramolecular H···O and H···Br hydrogen bonds.     

Layer polymeric Cu(II) complexes with enaminoketone derivatives of 3-imidazoline nitroxide. First structurally defined CuBr2 complex with imidazoline zwitterion

Crystal stmctures of two layer polymeric hetcrospin complexes Cu(L^Hal,R )₂ , where L are deprotonated enaminoketone derivatives of a stable radical 3-imidazoline nitroxide (Hal = Cl, R = CF₃ and Hal = Br, R = COOC₂H₅), are described. In the solid state, both compounds have a layer polymeric structure with Cu(11) ions coordinating the O atoms of the nitroxyl groups of the neighboring molecules. The stmcture of the product of decomposition of Cu(L^Br,COOC ₂H_{5 2} — Cu(L′)₂Br₂ · 2H₂O—which is a rare example of a complex with a coordinated zwitterion (4-carboxy-2,255-tetramethyl-3-imidazoline zwitterion), is analyzed. Translated fromZhumal Struktunoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 349–358, March–April, 2(XX).     

Spectroscopic and structural studies on polyfluorophenyl tellurides and tellurium(IV) dihalides

Bis(fluorophenyl) tellurides R2Te (R = C6F2H3 (1), CF3C6F4 (2), CF3C6F4OC6F4 (3), and C6F5 (4)) are synthesized by the facile reaction of Na2Te with bromo-fluorobenzenes, RBr. The corresponding bis(fluorophenyl)tellurium(IV) dihalides, R2TeHal2 (Hal = F, Cl, and Br) (5-16), are obtained by the oxidation of 1-4 with mild halogenating agents (XeF2, SO2Cl2, and Br2). The dihalides show temperature-dependent NMR spectra. On the basis of the 19F NMR spectra of the two series, (C6F2H3)2TeHal2 (Hal = F (5), Cl (9), and Br (13)) and R2TeCl2 (R = C6F2H3 (9), CF3C6F4 (10), CF3C6F4OC6F4 (11), and C6F5 (12)), the coalescence temperatures, T(c), and free enthalpies, DeltaG, of rotation of the TeC bonds are determined. The activation enthalpies for the dichlorides/dibromide 9-13 are in the range of 14.4-15.2 kcal mol(-1) and that for the difluoride 5 is considerably lower at 10.7 kcal mol(-1). In addition to thorough spectroscopic characterization of 1-16, the crystal structures of the monotellurides 2 and 4 as well as of the tellurium(IV) dihalides 5, 6, 9, 10, and 13 were determined. The dihalides show interesting intermolecular Te...Hal contacts, significantly shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii, leading to different networks of association.     

A new method for the activation of ethyl benzenesulfenate in electrophilic addition reactions

Reactions of unsaturated compounds with the PhSOEt-SOHal₂ and PhSOEt-Me₃SiHal systems (Hal = Cl or Br) were proposed as a new route to haloalkyl phenyl sulfides. With acyclic and mono- and bicyclic alkenes and dienes as examples, the regio- and stereoselectivity of the reactions were studied.     

Synthesis of 1,3-dihalo-1,3-dioximino-2-propanones

1,3-Dihalo-1,3-dioximino-2-propanones (Hal=Cl or Br), which had been difficult to prepare or unreported, were obtained by the nitrosation of 1,3-dihalo- and 1,3-dihalo-1-oximino-2-propanones by nitrosylsulfuric acid in concentrated H₂SO⁴.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 506–509, February, 1991.     

Electrophilic addition to norbornene derivatives containing CF<Subscript>3</Subscript> and NO<Subscript>2</Subscript> groups

Electrophilic sulfenylation, selenenation, and halogenation of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes containing CF₃ or NO₂ group in position endo-5 were studied. The sulfenylation and selenenation were accomplished by arylsulfene- and arylselenenamides activated by POHal₃ (Hal = Br, Cl), and iodination was performed by KICl₂. The reactions are regiospecific and involve an exo-attack of the electrophilic fragment (arylthio or arylseleno group or iodine) on the C=C bond atom located closer to the CF₃ or NO₂ group. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1445–1448, June, 2005.     

New Routes to (E)-Halophosphaalkenes

Abstract

Starting from dihalophosphaalkenes Mes?P=CHal₂ (Hal = Cl, Br, I) we have been developing methodologies for the synthesis of (E)-Mes?P=CHHal, which can be converted to reactive phosphaalkenyl metal reagents. Dibromophosphaalkene 1 was reacted with n-butyllithium at -120 °C, furnishing 2 after chlorination of the intermediate carbenoid. Compound 2 was transformed to the (E)-chlorophosphaalkene 3 as shown (SCHEME 1).     

One-dimensional polymers based on [{CpMo(CO)2}2(mu,eta2-P2)]: solid-state conformation analysis by NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations

Reaction of the complex [{CpMo(CO)2}2(mu,eta2-P2)] (1) with CuI halides leads to the quantitative formation of the novel one-dimensional linear polymers [CuX{Cp2Mo2(CO)4(mu,eta2:eta1:eta1-P2)}](infinity) (X=Cl (4), Br (5), I (6)). The same products 4 and 5 were obtained when 1 was treated with CuCl2 and CuBr2, respectively. The solid-state structures are compared and their remarkable influence on the respective (31)P magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra is interpreted with the help of density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the model compounds [{(CuX)2{Cp2Cr2(CO)4(mu,eta(2):eta1:eta1-P2)}2}3] (X=Cl (4 a), Br (5 a)) in which the molybdenum atoms are replaced by their lighter homologue chromium.     

On the Reaction of Triphenyltrithiophosphites with Copper (I) and Copper(II) Halides

Abstract

Reactions of triphenyltrithiophosphite (PhS)₃P with copper (I) and copper (II) halides (CuHal, CuHal₂, where Hal=Cl, Br) have been investigated.