Tautomerism and Regioselectivity of the Protonation of 2-Pyrrolidone. Stereoselectivity of Complexation between Palladium(II), Chloride Ion,and 2-Pyrrolidone

According to the AM1, PM3, HF/6-31G(d,p), and MP2/6-31G(d,p)//HF/6-31G(d,p) calculations, it is the lactam tautomer of 2-pyrrolidone that is thermodynamically most stable in both the gas phase and an aqueous solution. Analysis of the PM3 data with consideration of the medium showed that the tautomeric equilibrium of 2-pyrrolidone (pyrroline-2-ol) in aqueous solution is shifted to the lactim form, which thus can be involved in complexation with palladium(II). 2-Pyrrolidone was found to be protonated at the O atom in both the gas phase and aqueous solution, in agreement with the concept of the mesomeric displacement of the electron density in the amide fragment. The aqueous medium stabilizes the lactim tautomer of 2-pyrrolidone more strongly than the lactam tautomer and the O-protonated cyclic amide than the N-protonated one. The stereoselectivity of complexation between palladium(II), chloride ion, and pyrroline-2-ol was explained. The initially formed tetragonal-pyramidal adduct with an axial organic ligand undergoes rearrangement into an intermediate with an extra axial Cl atom, which is a precursor of the cis-product. The thermodynamically less stable cis-isomer of the complex [PdCl₂(pyrrolin-2-ol)₂] is formed from the thermodynamically most favorable intermediate in associative nucleophilic substitution. At the supramolecular level, the cis-product can be stabilized by intermolecular dipole-dipole association in the crystal.__________Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 7, 2005, pp. 523–529.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Pankratov, Borodulin, Chaplygina.     

Beiträge zur Chemie der Pyrrolpigmente, 20. Mitt.: Untersuchungen über das Deprotonierungsgleichgewicht und die Bildung von Metallkomplexen von Gallenpigment-Partialstrukturen

By spectrophotometric measurements in the systemDMSO/H₂O/Me ₄NOH pK _a-values for several model compounds representing bile pigment partial structures were established. The acidic protons of pyrrole and lactame type nitrogen atoms are removed by bases governed by the electronic properties of the substituents on these ring systems. The pK _a-values for both types lie in the same region. In the pyrromethenones the lower one corresponds to the lactame type NH as was deduced by comparison with specifically methylated derivatives.The complexation of these ligands is determined by the possibility of removing an acidic proton and achieving a chelate structure by means of an adjacent pyrrolinone type nitrogen atom. Complexes are favoured in the series pyrromethenes > lactim ethers > pyrromethenones. With the latter there are two possibilities: one observed with BF₂-chelation where the lactime form becomes stabilized, the other one with zink where both acidic centers are involved in the bonding.

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19. Mitt.:H. Falk, A. Leodolter undG. Schade, Mh. Chem.109, 183 (1978).     

Quantum chemical modeling of nucleophilic substitution reactions in the complexes cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 and cis-Pd(NH3)2Cl2

The B3LYP/6-31G** method was used for the study of nucleophilic substitution reaction in platinum and palladium square-planar cis-diaminate complexes. The processes under consideration take place in two steps through pentacoordinated transition states. Activation barriers for both steps of these processes in gaseous phase and aqueous solution were calculated. A major role in the increase in the activation energies is played by the formation of the intermediate electrostatic Van der Waals’ complexes. For the complex cis-[Pd(NH₃)₂Cl₂], the activation barriers in the nucleophilic substitution reaction are considerably lower than those for the complex cis-[Pt(NH₃)₂Cl₂].     

AB initio study of thermodynamic stability and structure of cage molecules B4N4H8 and Be4O4H8

Stable molecular structures of heterocubane systems B₄N₄H₈ 2 and Be₄O₄H₈, isoelectronic to the cubane molecule, are investigated by ab initio (RHF/6-31G**, MP2(full)/6-31C**, and MP2(full)/6-311+ + G**) methods and are shown to be highly thetmodynamically stable. Decomposition of structure 2 into two 1,3,2,4-diazadiboroethidine molecules 6 or four iminobomne NBNH molecules 11 is an endothermal process taking 10.1 (RHF/6-31G**), 39.6 (MP2(full)/6-31G**) kcaUmole and 140.6 (RHF/6-31G**), 161.4 (MP2(full)/6-31G**) kcal/mole, respectively. Decomposition of structure 3 into two 1,3,2,4-dioxydi-beryllothidine molecules 12 or four molecules 13 is also an endothermal reaction taking 22.1 (RHF/6-31G**), 39.8 (MP2(full)/6-31G**) kcal/mole and 127.1 (RHF/6-31G**), 155.2 (MP2(full)/631G**) kcal/mole, respectively. The geometrical characteristics of simple molecules BeH₂ 15, Be₂ 16 and 17, Be₂H₂ 18, Be₂H₄ 19, BeO 20, and Be₂O₂ 21 are calculated. Translated from Zhumal Struktumoi Khim ii, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 3-13, January–February, 2000     

Effect of basic set quality and electron correlation on the scale factors of a harmonic force field

The completely optimized structure and harmonic force field of s-trans-buta-1,3-diene are reported at the MP2/6-31G and MP2/6-31G* levels of computation. Sets of empirical scale factors for the calculated force fields are derived and compared with the corresponding values computed at the RHF/4-31G and RHF/6-31G levels. Changes in the scale factors for this series of force fields are discussed. The vibrational frequencies are also reported for thirteen isotopomers of s-trans-buta-1,3-diene using the MP2/6-31G* force field. Some characteristics of the gauche and cis forms of buta-1,3-diene are also given.     

Structure and Conformational Stability of 1,3-Dihalo-2,2,4,4-tetrachloro-1λ3,3λ3-diphosphetidines

The optimal geometry of isomeric molecules of (XP-CCl₂)₂ with X = F, Cl, Br was determined by RHF/6-31G(d) calculations. With X = F and Cl, the electronic correlation was considered on the MP2/6-31G(d) level. The P₂C₂ ring is nonplanar. With X = Cl and Br, the trans conformation is energetically preferable compared to the two possible cis conformations: by 7.8 and 14.2 kJ mol^{- 1} for X = Cl and by 7.5 and 14.1 kJ mol^{- 1} with X = Br. respectively. With X = F, the calculated energies of the cis and trans forms are very close.     

Protolytic Equilibrium of the Isomeric Phenyl-1,2,4-triazines

The protonation constants for the first and second stages (pK_BH+, pK_BH2+) of a series of 1,2,4-triazines with a phenyl substituent at various positions in the ring were determined in aqueous solution by a spectrophotometric method. The values of the basicity constants characterizing the first protonation of the heterocycles investigated was in the range of acidity of the medium of pH 3.5 to H ₀ -2, and the second from H ₀ -7.3 to H ₀ -8.7. The position of the phenyl substituent proved to have a significant effect on the size of pK_BH+. According to the results of ab initio calculations using HF/6-31G** for the heterocycles investigated the 1H⁺ form is thermodynamically most stable among the monocations, with the exception of 6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazine for which the existence of the monocation in the 1H⁺ and 2H⁺ forms are equally probable. In the case of the dications of all the triazines the 2,4-H,H²⁺ tautomer is the most preferred. The aromaticity of the 1,2,4-triazine ring is changed insignificantly on mono- and diprotonation.     

Synthesis,structure, and properties of new palladium(II) <Emphasis Type="Italic">cis</Emphasis>-diaspartate complex

A new palladium(II) complex with L-aspartic acid (L-H₂Asp) was synthesized; its crystal structure consists of cis-isomer molecules according to X-ray diffraction data. Regardless of excess L-aspartic acid present in aqueous solution, this compound exists in the form of neutral chelate complex [Pd(HAsp)₂]. IR, UV-Vis, and NMR spectra and cyclic voltammograms were recorded from an aqueous solution of palladium(II) cis-diaspartate complex. The diffusion coefficients of [Pd(HAsp)₂] were calculated by the rotating-disk-electrode method.     

A quantum chemical consideration of ligand exchange in palladium(ii) aqueous and chloride complexes

The behavior of potassium tetrachloropalladate(II) in media simulating biological fluids has been studied. In aqueous solutions of NaCl, the aquation rate is higher than the rate of chloro ligand introduction into the internal coordination sphere of palladium. In HCl solutions, on the contrary, the process of palladium chloro complex formation predominates. The latter is apparently due to protonation of water molecules composing aqua complexes. By means of the ZINDO/1 method, the substitution of ligands – water molecules and hydronium ion – in planar complexes of palladium(II) by chloride ion has been investigated. All complexes containing H₂O and H₃O⁺ ligands, other than [Pd(H₂O)₄]²⁺, have intramolecular hydrogen bonds. In [Pd(H₂O)₃(H₃O)]³⁺ and trans-[Pd(H₂O)₂(H₃O)Cl]²⁺, a “non-classic” symmetric hydrogen bond O ··· H ··· O is established (ZINDO/1, RHF/STO-6G*). By the first three steps the substitution of hydronium ion in the internal sphere of palladium atom is more favorable thermodynamically, compared to water molecules. Logarithms of stepwise stability constants of palladium(II) chloride complexes correlate linearly to enthalpies (ZINDO/1, PM3) of water substitution by chloride ion.     

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations for 3,6-dihydro-1,2-dithiin and 3,6-dihydro-1,2-dioxin

Optimized geometries and total energies for the conformers of 3,6-dihydro-1,2-dithiin ( 2 ) and 3,6-dihydro-1,2-dioxin ( 3 ) were calculated at several ab initio MO levels: RHF/3-21G(*), RHF/6-31G*, MP2/6-31G*, and MP2/6-31G*/ /RHF/3-21G(*). For the dioxin, in addition to the above levels the corresponding nonextended basis sets ab initio methods were also carried out. The dithiin results are compared with those of simple disulfanes, HSSH and (CH₃)₂S₂, whose optimized geometries agree closely with the observed structures, which is the gauche (C₂ symmetry). For the disulfanes, the gauche geometries from RHF/3-21G(*) are in good agreement with the observed structure while the RHF/3-21G results best fit the dioxin. Pertinent structural data at the RHF/3-21G(*) for the half-chair (C₂) dithiin are: bond lengths, ? SS? , ? CS? , ? CC?, and ? C?C? , 2.050, 1.817, 1.515, and 1.317 Å, respectively; bond angles, CSS, ?CCS, and C?CS, 98.0, 114.2, and 127.8°, respectively; CSSC dihedral angle of 63.2°; and twist angle of 36.5°. The total energy for half-chair dithiin at MP2/6-31G*//RHF/3-21G(*) is less than the planar (C_2v) and the half-boat (C_s) structures by 69.67 and 29.05 kJ/mol, respectively. The calculated structural data (vs. observed) at RHF/3-21G for the half-chair dioxin are: bond lengths, ? OO? , ? CO? , ? CC?, and C?C, 1.464 (1.463), 1.454, 1.509, and 1.313 Å (1.338 Å), respectively; bond angles, COO, ?CCO, and C?CO, 105.0, 109.8 (110.3), and 120.7° (119.9°), respectively; COOC dihedral angle of 79.7° (80 ± 2°); and twist angle of 39.0 (38.3°). The total energy for half-chair dioxin at MP2/6-31G//RHF/3-21G is less than the planar and the half-boat structures by 70.35 and 42.85 kJ/mol, respectively. The total energies calculated at the extended basis sets (*) ab initio levels for the C₂ symmetry dioxin are much lower than those of the nonextended basis sets. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Conformational Isomerism and Chlorotropy Mechanisms of Chloromethyl- and Trichloromethyldichlorophosphines

³⁵Cl NQR spectroscopy and MP2//RHF/6-31⁺⁺G(d,p) and MNDO-PM3 calculations were used to study the conformational and chlorotropic isomerism of chlorodimethyldichlorophosphine (I) and trichloromethyldichlorophosphine (II). The experimental ³⁵Cl NQR spectrum is in complete accord with the staggered conformation of phosphine II obtained using an RHF/6-31⁺⁺G(d,p) calculation. The rotational barrier of the CCl₃ group is 38.1 kJ/mol. On the other hand, the spectrum of phosphine I is in accord with a gauche conformation, which agrees with experiment only upon taking account of electron correlation (MP2). The ylide and phosphinic chlorotropic isomers for I and II are thermodynamically stable with greater stability found for II. The chlorotropic phosphine–ylide conversion in system I proceeds exclusively through a sigmatropic transition state in qualitative accord with nonempirical and semiempirical calculations. Such a conversion is theoretically possible in system II by means of dissociation of the P⁺—C^– ylide bond.     

HNNH3, a new possible isomer of N2H4: An ab initio study

Ab initio studies applying the 3-21G, 6-31G, and 6-31G** basis sets and also including the MP2 correction were carried out on H₂NNH₂, HNNH₃, and the transition state of the reaction H₂NNH₂(DOUBLE BOND)HNNH₃. First, the geometries of molecules were optimized using the theoretical methods mentioned in the restricted Hartree–Fock (RHF) scheme. The energies of the molecules corresponding to RHF/6-31G** geometries were subsequently calculated including electron-correlation effects at the level of the second-order Møller–Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory. The vibrational frequencies, net charges, and dipole moments were obtained from the theoretical calculations. The results of our calculations indicate unambiguously that H₂NNH₂ is thermodynamically more stable than is HNNH₃. On the other hand, an isolated HNNH₃ molecule once created would be stable since barriers for its unimolecular isomerization and decomposition are relatively high. But HNNH₃ is unlikely to be isolated in measurable amounts because of bimolecular tautomerization. Nevertheless, HNNH₃ can be considered as an intermediate in chemical processes involving N₂H₄. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 64 : 447–452, 1997     

Experimental and quantum‐chemical studies of 1H, 13C and 15N NMR coordination shifts in Au(III), Pd(II) and Pt(II) chloride complexes with picolines

¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR studies of gold(III), palladium(II) and platinum(II) chloride complexes with picolines, [Au(PIC)Cl₃], trans‐[Pd(PIC)₂Cl₂], trans/cis‐[Pt(PIC)₂Cl₂] and [Pt(PIC)₄]Cl₂, were performed. After complexation, the ¹H and ¹³C signals were shifted to higher frequency, whereas the ¹⁵N ones to lower (by ca 80–110 ppm), with respect to the free ligands. The ¹⁵N shielding phenomenon was enhanced in the series [Au(PIC)Cl₃] < trans‐[Pd(PIC)₂Cl₂] < cis‐[Pt(PIC)₂Cl₂] < trans‐[Pt(PIC)₂Cl₂]; it increased following the Pd(II) → Pt(II) replacement, but decreased upon the trans → cis‐transition. Experimental ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR chemical shifts were compared to those quantum‐chemically calculated by B3LYP/LanL2DZ + 6‐31G**//B3LYP/LanL2DZ + 6‐31G*. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical study of intermolecular proton transfer reaction in isolated 5-hydroxyisoxazole–water complexes

A systematic investigation in isolated 5-hydroxyisoxazole–water complexes (5-HIO · (H₂O)_nn = 1–3) is performed at the DFT level, employing B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) basis set. Single-point energy calculations are also performed at the MP2 level using B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) optimized geometries and the 6-311++G(d, p) basis set. The computational results show that the keto tautomer K₂ is the most stable isomer in the gas phase, and the tautomer K₁ to be the next most stable tautomer. Hydrogen bonding between HIO and the water molecule(s) will dramatically lower the barrier by a concerted multiple proton transfer mechanism. The proton transfer process of 3WE_cis ↔ 3WK₁ and 2WE_trans ↔ 2WK₂ is found to be more efficient in two tautomerization, and the barrier heights are 7.03 and 14.15 kcal/mol at B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) level, respectively. However, the proton transfer reaction between E_cis and K₁ cannot happen without solvent-assisted.     

Ab Initio Study of the Conformational and Geometrical Isomerism in Heteroallyl and Heteropropenyl Systems

Conformational isomerism has been studied by ab initio methods (RHF/6-31+G*, MP2/6-31+G*) for CH₂=CHCH₂X heteroallyl and CH₃CH=CHX heteropropenyl systems (X = H, Me, NMe₂, OMe, PMe₂, SMe, ONCH₂). In 3-heteroprop-1-enes, substituents preferably occupy the AC position relative to the C=C double bond. The E isomers of 1-methylthio- and 1-methoxyprop-1-enes, which are thermodynamically more stable, have two stable forms, SP and AC; for 1-dimethylamino- and 1-imethylphosphinoprop-1-enes, the stable forms are AP and SC. The molecule of the E isomer of formoxime propenyl ether exists in two stable rotamer forms, SC and AP, the latter being predominant. The Z isomers preferably exist in the form of AC (X = CH₃O, CH₃S) and AP (X = (CH₃)₂N, (CH₃)₂P, CH₂=NO) conformations. Migration of the double bond toward an heteroatom in formoxime allyl ether, forming the E and Z isomers, is energetically favorable, the Z isomer being thermodynamically preferable.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">AB initio</Emphasis> quantum chemical study of the reaction mechanism of ethynide ion formation in the C<Subscript>2</Subscript>H<Subscript>2</Subscript>/MOH/DMSO system (M = Li,Na, K)

The reaction mechanism of the formation of alkali metal ethynides C₂H₂ + MOH → C₂HM + H₂O (M = Li, Na, K) is studied for the gas phase (MP2/6-311++G**//RHF/6-31+G*) and also with regard to the solvent effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) included within the continuum model. Among all acetylene complexes with alkali metal hydroxides considered (C₂H₂·MOH (M = Li, Na, K)), only the complex with KOH is thermodynamically stable in DMSO solution. The formation of this structure results in activation of the acetylene molecule towards electrophilic attack. The formation of alkali metal ethynide in solution is also thermodynamically favorable only in the system with potassium hydroxide of a whole series of metals considered. Further, the ethynide ion can interact in KCCK·HOH systems.     

Effective internal rotation potential energy function of acryloyl fluoride,CH2  CH ? CF O

The geometry of acryloyl fluoride was optimized completely at the RHF/6-31G* level of theory at 10 points on the theoretical potential energy curve for internal rotation. The energies obtained were used to determine a six term cosine expansion of the torsional potential energy function. This function was then refined using the experimental torsional transition frequencies in the s-trans and s-cis wells in conjunction with the geometrical parameters optimized at the RHF/6-31G* level. The effective potential function obtained is compared with previous results. The necessity of accounting for relaxation of the geometry upon internal rotation is stressed. © 1992 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Theoretical investigation of solvent effects on tautomeric equilibrium of 2‐diazo‐4,6‐dinitrophenol

The density functional theory has been used to study the tautomeric equilibrium of 2‐diazo‐4,6‐dinitrophenol(DDNP) in the gas phase and in 14 solvents at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level. The solvent effects on the tautomeric equilibria were investigated by the self‐consistent reaction field theory (SCRF) based on conductor polarized continuum model (CPCM) in apolar and polar solvents and by the hybrid continuum‐discrete model in protic solvent, respectively. Solvent effects on the computed molecular properties, such as molecular geometries, dipole moments, E_LUMO, E_HOMO, total energies for DDNP tautomers and transition state, tautomerization energies and solvation energies have been found to be evident. The tautomeric equilibrium of DDNP is solvent‐dependent to a certain extent. The tautomer I (cyclic azoxy form) is preferred in the gas phase, while in nonpolar solvents tautomer I and II (quinold form) exist in comparable amounts, and in highly polar solvents, the tautomeric equilibrium is shifted in favor of the more polar tautomer II . © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2011     

Quantum chemical study of silicon pentacoordination in (Aroyloxymethyl)trifluorosilanes and their analogs

Pentacoordinated silicon compounds of the series 4-XC₆H₄C(O)O(CH₂)_mSi(CH₃)_3-nF_n (m = 1, 2; n= 1,2,3) with an intramolecular 0→Si bond are studied by ab initia and semiempirical (AMI) quantum chemical methods. The results are compared with published experimental data. The C₆H₅C(O)OCH₂SiF₃ molecule is calculated in an RHF approximation using the 6–31G*basis set. The total energy of the molecule for its geometry optimization is calculated by the MP2 method including electron correlation. This leads to considerably improved agreement between the calculated coordination energy (25.3 kJ/mole) and the experimental value (28.5 kJ/mole). The geometry and the dipole moment calculated by both ab initio (HF/6-31G*//HF/6-31G*, MP2/6-31G*//MP2/6-31G*) methods and by the AMI method are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data.     

Mismatch base pairing of the mutagen 8‐oxoguanine and its derivatives with adenine: A theoretical search for possible antimutagenic agents

Molecular geometries of 8‐oxoguanine (8OG), those of its substituted derivatives with the substitutions CH₂, CF₂, CO, CNH, O, and S in place of the N7H7 group, adenine (A), and the base pairs of 8OG and its substituted derivatives with adenine were optimized using the RHF/6‐31+G* and B3LYP/6‐31+G* methods in gas phase. All the molecules and their hydrogen‐bonded complexes were solvated in aqueous media employing the polarized continuum model (PCM) of the self‐consistent reaction field (SCRF) theory using the RHF/6‐31+G* and B3LYP/6‐31+G* methods. The optimized geometrical parameters of the 8OG‐A base pair at the RHF/6‐31+G* and B3LYP/6‐31+G* levels of theory agree satisfactorily with those of an oligonucleotide containing the base pair found from X‐ray crystallography. The pattern of hydrogen bonding in the CF₂‐ and O‐substituted 8OG‐A base pair is of Watson–Crick type and that in the unsubstituted and CH₂‐, CNH‐, and S‐substituted base pairs is of Hoogsteen type. In the CO‐substituted base pair, the hydrogen bonding pattern is of neither Watson–Crick nor Hoogsteen type. The CF₂‐substitution appears to introduce steric hindrance for stacking of DNA bases. On the basis of these results, it appears that among all the substituted 8OG molecules considered here, the O‐substituted derivative may be useful as an antimutagenic drug. It is, however, subject to experimental verification. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005