Synthesis of Schiff bases and benzylamino derivatives containing [1-B<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>9</Subscript>NH<Subscript>3</Subscript>]<Superscript>−</Superscript> anion

Reactions of an amino derivative of the closo-decaborate anion [1-B₁₀H₉NH₃]^– with aromatic aldehydes afforded Schiff bases [1-B₁₀H₉NH=CHAr]^– (Ar=Ph, C₆H₄-2-OMe, or C₆H₄-4-NHCOMe). The reduction of the latter with sodium borohydride gave the corresponding benzylamino derivatives [1-B₁₀H₉NH₂CH₂Ar]^–.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2004–2007, September, 2004.     

Oxidation of aromatic compounds: XII. Regio- and stereoselective oxidative dimerization of alkyl 3-arylpropynoates in the system CF<Subscript>3</Subscript>CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>H-CH<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript>-PbO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Regio- and stereoselective oxidative dimerization of alkyl 3-arylpropynoates in the system CF₃CO₂H-CH₂Cl₂-PbO₂ (1–30 h, 0–20°C) leads to dialkyl (E)-2,3-bis(arylcarbonyl)-2-butene-1,4-dioates with trans arrangement of the substituents at the double bond.Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 40, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1329–1333.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Savechenkov, Vasilev, Rudenko.For communication XI, see [1].     

A kinetic stability study of <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>N<Subscript>5</Subscript> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>=Li,Na, K,and Rb)

A structure and kinetic stability study on some complexes with the general formula MN₅, where M are the alkali-metal atoms, Li, Na, K, and Rb, has been carried by using hybrid density functional methods. Complex B (C_2v) with two points of attachment to the N₅ ring is the most energetically favored for all metals considered here. Pyramidal structures A (C_5v) are kinetically unstable and they rapidly rearrange to the most stable planar structures B. At the QCISD(T)/6-311 + G*//B3LYP/6-311 + G* + ZPE (B3LYP/6-311 + G*) level, the decomposition barrier heights of LiN₅-B, NaN₅–B, KN₅-B, and RbN₅-B are predicted to be 19.9, 22.0, 22.5, and 23.0 kcal/mol, respectively. In addition, the rate constants of the decomposition reaction MN₅-B MN₃ + N₂ (M + Li, Na, K, and Rb) are also predicted using conventional transition state theory and canonical variational transition state theory, respectively.     

Synthesis of nonequilibrium Ir<Subscript>x</Subscript>Re<Subscript>1-x</Subscript> solid solutions. Crystal structure of [Ir(NH<Subscript>3</Subscript>)<Subscript>5</Subscript>Cl]<Subscript>2</Subscript>[ReCl<Subscript>6</Subscript>]Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Synthesis of five binary complex salts with an [Ir(NH₃)₅Cl]²⁺ complex cation is described. The counterions are [ReCl₆]^2–, [IrCl₆]^2–, [ReBr₆]^2–, and Cl^–. A polycrystal X-ray diffraction study has been performed for [Ir(NH₃)₅Cl]₂[ReCl₆]Cl₂, and its crystal structure has been determined. A series of Ir _x Re_1–x phases (0.5 x > 1) were obtained by reductive thermolysis. For the Ir-Re system, the history of the V/Z(x) dependence has been refined.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by S. A. Gromilov, S. V. Korenev, I. V. Korolkov, K. V. Yusenko, and I. A. BaidinaTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 508–515, May–June 2004.     

Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Study of the Spatial Structure and Isomerism of Acetone Azine and Its Cyclization to 3,5,5-Trimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-pyrazole

An ab initio (RHF/6-31G*and MP2/6-31G*) study has been undertaken to investigate the spatial structure and relative stability of the acyclic isomers of acetone azine (acetone N-(1-methylethylidene) hydrazone (CH₃)₂C=N-N=C(CH₃)₂), differing in the position of multiple bonds, and of the cyclic isomer 3,5,5-trimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole. In the series of structures under study, the latter possesses the greatest thermodynamic stability so that formation of acyclic isomers such as 1-isopropenyl-2-isopropyldiazene, acetone N-isopropenylhydrazone, and 1,2-diisopropenylhydrazine from acetone azine is thermodynamically unfavorable. For each structure, stable conformations have been found, and the internal rotation barriers of molecules relative to the N-N, C-N, and C-C single bonds have been estimated. The noncoplanar goshconformer of acetone azine was found to possess the greatest thermodynamic stability. The acetone azine molecule is considered in comparison with model hydrazine, butadiene, and vinylamine molecules. Acetone azine is conformationally preferable not only because of steric factors, but also due to the interaction of the lone electron pair (LEP) of nitrogen atoms with adjacent N=C multiple bonds.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by V. B. Kobychev, N. M. Vitkovskaya, N. V. Pavlova, E. Yu. Schmidt, and B. A. Trofimov__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 792–799, September–October, 2004.     

[1-B<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>9</Subscript>N<Subscript>2</Subscript>]<Superscript>−</Superscript> and [1-CB<Subscript>9</Subscript>H<Subscript>10</Subscript>]<Superscript>−</Superscript> anions: an attempt of quantum chemical calculations

Comparative quantum chemical calculations of structural parameters, chemical shifts of ¹¹B NMR spectra, and atomic charges in 10-vertex boron hydride anions [1-CB₉H₁₀]⁻ and [1-B₁₀H₉N₂]⁻ were performed using the restricted Hartree-Fock method with the 6-31++G(D,P) basis set. Dedicated to Academician G. A. Abakumov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1853–1855, September, 2007.     

Quantum-chemical study of organoxenon molecules Xe(CF<Subscript>3</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript> and FXeCF<Subscript>3</Subscript>

Charges on the atoms and structural parameters of the Xe(CF₃)₂, FXeCF₃, and XeF₂ molecules were calculated by the MP2(full)/MIDI(d₆)&6-311G(d ₆) quantum-chemical methods. The calculated energy of Xe(CF₃)₂ is greater by 113 kcal/mol than the overall energy of C₂F₆ and Xe, and the energy of FXeCF₃ is greater by 108 kcal/mol than the overall energy of CF₄ and Xe, the barrier to the decomposition being estimated at 40 kcal/mol. Both Xe(CF₃)₂ and FXeCF₃ molecules are stable with respect to spontaneous decomposition with elimination of difluorocarbene.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2004, pp. 1808–1810.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Semenov, Sigolaev.     

Structure of Zn<Subscript>3</Subscript>P<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The structure of Z_n3P₂ (P 4₂/nmc, a = b = 8. 0785 Å, c = 11. 3966 Å) was solved and refined to R = 3. 2% in a precision X-ray diffraction experiment (λ-MoK _a, graphite monochromator on a primary beam, 27,496 reflections) . Interatomic distances and bond angles have been determined. The fcc lattice of the structure is built from phosphorus atoms, and the zinc atoms occupy 3/4 of all tetrahedral voids; the structure is described by two equivalent models where 1/4 occupied (by zinc atoms) and 1/4 vacant voids change places. The zinc atoms that occupy the voids following the diamond principle do not change places.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by I. E. Zanin, K. B. Aleinikova, M. M. Afanasiev, and M. Yu. Antipin__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 889–892, September–October, 2004.     

Crystal structure of Ba(VUO<Subscript>6</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The crystal structure of Ba(VUO₆)₂ was determined by X-ray diffraction at 243 K: monoclinic crystal system, space group P2₁/c, unit cell parameters a=6.4992(6) Å, b=8.3803(8) Å, c=10.4235(9) Å, =104.749(2) °, Z=2. The structure contains close-packed [VUO₆] ₂ ^- layers formed by the dimers of the flattened U₂O₁₂ pentagonal bipyramids and by the dimers of V₂O₈ square pyramids. The neighboring layers are bound by the statistically distributed barium atoms.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by E. V. Alekseev, E. V. Suleimanov, E. V. Chuprunov, and G. K. FukinTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 544–548, May–June 2004.     

Searching blue-shifted O–H···Y hydrogen bond in CH<Subscript>3</Subscript>OH complexes with CF<Subscript>4</Subscript>, C<Subscript>2</Subscript>F<Subscript>2</Subscript>, OC,Ne, and He: a theoretical study

The hydrogen-bonded structures of the CH₃OH complexes with CF₄, C₂F₂, OC, Ne, and He are designated as the starting points for geometry optimizations without and with counterpoise (CP) correction at MP2 level of theory with the basis sets 6-31+G*, 6-31++G**, and 6-311++G**, respectively. Tight convergence criteria are applied throughout all geometry optimizations in order to reduce the computational errors. According to the optimizations without CP correction, a blue-shifted O–H···Y (where Y = F, O, Ne, or He) hydrogen bond exists in all these five complexes. The magnitudes of blue shifts of ν(O–H) of the former four complexes with respect to that of CH₃OH are reduced greatly when the polarization and diffuse functions of the hydrogen atoms are added (results from 6-31+G* versus those from 6-31++G**). However, for the complexes CH₃OH–CF₄ and CH₃OH–C₂F₂, our optimizations using the CP corrections did not find the hydrogen-bonded structure to be a stationary point. The energy minimum of both the complexes corresponds to a non-hydrogen-bonded structure.     

<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.     

Insights into amine-based CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> capture: an ab initio self-consistent reaction field investigation

Ab initio many-body perturbation theory (MP2/6-311++G(,dp)), density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p)) and self-consistent reaction field (IEF-PCM UA HF/6-31G(d)) calculations have been used to study the CO₂ capture reagents NH₃, 2-hydroxyethylamine (MEA), diaminoethane (EN), 2-amino-1-propanol (2A1P), diethanolamine (DEA), N-methyl-2-hydroxyethylamine (N-methylMEA), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP), trishydroxymethylaminomethane (tris), piperazine (PZ) and piperidine (PD). This study involved full conformational searches of the capture amines in their native and protonated forms, and their carbamic acid and carbamate derivatives. Using this data, we were able to compute Boltzmann-averaged thermodynamic values for the amines, carbamates and carbamic acid derivatives, as well as equilibrium constants for a series of ‘universal’ aqueous capture reactions. Important findings include (i) relative pK _a values for the carbamic acid derivatives are a useful measure of carbamate stability, due to a particular chemical resonance which is also manifest in short computed N–CO₂H bonds at both levels of theory, (ii) the computational results for sterically hindered amines such as AMP and tris are consistent with these species forming carbamates which readily hydrolyse and (iii) the amine-catalysed reaction between OH⁻ and CO₂ to generate bicarbonate correlates with amine pK _a. Thermodynamic data from the ab initio computations predicts that the heterocycles PD and PZ and the acyclic sorbent EN are good choices for a capture solvent. AMP and tris perform poorly in comparison.     

Molecular Structure of Tetrahydroxycalix[4]arene [-(C<Subscript>6</Subscript>H<Subscript>3</Subscript>OH)-CH<Subscript>2</Subscript>-]<Subscript>4</Subscript> in the Gas Phase

Gas-phase electron diffraction and HF/6-31G*, HF/6-31G**, and B3LYP/6-31G* ab initio calculations were used to find that in the gas phase at 242°C the calix[4]arene [-(C₆H₃OH)-CH₂-]₄ molecule possesses a C₄ conformation. Geometric parameters of the molecule were determined, and the energies of C-H?O hydrogen bonds (7.3 kcal mol^?1) were estimated by the AM1 method.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Ab initio</Emphasis> structural study of M(mda)<Subscript>2</Subscript> complexes (M = Be,Mg, Ca; mda = C<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript>H<Subscript>3</Subscript>)

The structure of M(mda)₂ (M = Be, Mg, Ca; mda = C₃O₂H₃) bis-complexes was investigated by the ab initio Hartree-Fock method and by including electron correlation in terms of second order Möller-Plesset perturbation theory; for calculations we used triple-zeta valence basis sets complemented with polarization functions. Two most probable geometrical nuclear configurations (D _2h and D _2d ) are considered for each molecule. The structure with two mutually orthogonal chelate ligands (D _2d symmetry) corresponds to the potential energy surface (PES) minimum. The planar D _2h configuration corresponds to the first order saddle point on PES; consequently, its relative energy determines the height of the barrier to the D _2d D _2h D _2d intramolecular rearrangement. Correlation equations that relate the calculated values of equilibrium internuclear distances, force constants, and rearrangement barrier heights to the value of the ionic radius of the metal atom have been obtained. These correlations were employed to evaluate the molecular constants for Sr(mda)₂ and Ba(mda)₂. The theoretical data are compared with the available experimental literature data.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by V. V. Sliznev, S. B. Lapshina, and G. V. GirichevTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 611–623, July–August, 2004This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Synthesis and structure of the polymeric complex [Ag<Subscript>2</Subscript>(Ph<Subscript>3</Subscript>P)<Subscript>2</Subscript>B<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>10</Subscript>]<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript>

A method for the synthesis of the silver(I) complex with the closo-decaborate anion and triphenylphosphine [Ag₂(Ph₃P)₂B₁₀H₁₀] _n was developed and the structure of this complex was studied. The polymeric chain of the complex is formed with participation of Ag(I) atoms, which coordinate the B₁₀H₁₀²⁻ anions through the apical (B(1)–B(2), B(9)–B(10)) and equatorial (B(3)–B(6), B(5)–B(8)) edges, the metalligand bonding occurring through three-center two-electron bonds (MHB). The P atoms of two triphenylphosphine molecules are also incorporated in the inner coordination sphere of the metal: the CN of the silver atom is 4 + 1.     

Molecular structure and decomposition mechanism of peracetic acid esters AcOOR (R = Me,Bu<Superscript>t</Superscript>)

The molecular structure and conformational mobility of methyl and tert-butyl esters of peracetic acid AcOOR (R = Me (1), Bu^t (2)) were studied by the ab initio MP4(SDQ)//MP2(FC)/6-31G(d,p) method and density functional B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) approach. The B3LYP calculated equilibrium conformations of the molecules are characterized by the C-O-O-C torsion angles of 93.6° (1) and 117.0° (2). Structural features of the molecules under study and a distortion of tetrahedral bond configuration at the C_α atom were explained using the natural bonding orbital approach. The standard enthalpies of formation of AcOOMe (−328.5 kJ mol⁻¹) and AcOOBu^t (−440.4 kJ mol⁻¹) were determined using the G2 and G2(MP2) computational schemes and the isodesmic reaction approach. The transition state of AcOOMe decomposition into AcOOH and formaldehyde was calculated (E _a = 122.8 kJ mol⁻¹). The thermal effects of homolytic decomposition of the peroxy esters following a concerted mechanism (Me^· + CO₂ + ^·OR) and simple homolysis of the peroxide bond (AcO^· + ^·OR) were found to be 97.5±0.3 and 155.1±0.3 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. At temperatures below 400 K, the most probable decomposition mechanism of peroxy esters 1 and 2 involves simple homolysis of the O-O bond.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2021–2027, October, 2004.     

Synthesis of the mixed oxide catalysts based upon the nickel-copper hydrotalcites of the type Ni<Subscript>x</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>6-x</Subscript>Cr<Subscript>2</Subscript>(OH)<Subscript>16</Subscript>(CO<Subscript>3</Subscript>)×4H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O

Summary High resolution TG coupled to a gas evolution mass spectrometer has been used to study the thermal properties of a chromium based series of Ni/Cu hydrotalcites of formulae Ni_xCu_6-xCr₂(OH)₁₆(CO₃)×4H₂O where x varied from 6 to 0. The effect of increased Cu composition results in the increase of the endotherms and mass loss steps to higher temperatures. Evolved gas mass spectrometry shows that water is lost in a number of steps and that the interlayer carbonate anion is lost simultaneously with hydroxyl units. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to determine the heat flow steps for the thermal decomposition of the synthetic hydrotalcites. Hydrotalcites in which M²⁺ consist of Cu, Ni or Co form important precursors for mixed metal-oxide catalysts. The application of these mixed metal oxides is in the wet catalytic oxidation of low concentrations of retractable organics in water. Therefore, the thermal behaviour of synthetic hydrotalcites, Ni_xCu_6-xCr₂(OH)₁₆CO₃×nH₂O was studied by thermal analysis techniques in order to determine the correct temperatures for the synthesis of the mixed metal oxides.     

Quadrupole coupling constants of deuterons in molecular clusters Ca<Superscript>2+</Superscript>(D<Subscript>2</Subscript>O)<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Subscript> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> = 6, 8, 10, 18)

Characteristic features of the structure of Ca²⁺ hydration shells were considered. The results of quantum chemical calculations were compared with experimental data obtained from the study of nuclear magnetic relaxation of deuterons in aqueous solutions of calcium salts. The influence of the basis set and computational procedure on the calculated ²D quadrupole couling constants (QCC) in isolated water molecule was investigated. The ²D QCC in molecular clusters (D₂O)₅ and Ca²⁺(D₂O) _n (n =6, 8, 10, 18) were calculated using the B3LYP/6-31++G** density functional method.     

Theoretical study of metal tetrahydroborates and alanates L(MH<Subscript>4</Subscript>)<Subscript>3</Subscript>, HL(MH<Subscript>4</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>, and H<Subscript>2</Subscript>L(MH<Subscript>4</Subscript>)(L = Be,Mg, Al,Sc, Ti,V, Zn; M = B,Al)

The structural and energetic characteristics of the lowest-lying structures for isolated molecules and ions of light-metal boro-and aluminohydrides L (MH₄)₃, HL(MH₄)₂, and H₂L(MH₄)(L = Be, Mg, Al, Sc, Ti, V, Zn; M = B, Al) with different coordination modes of and groups were calculated by the perturbation theory (MP2), coupled cluster (CCSD(T)), and density functional theory (B3LYP) methods using the 6-31G*, 6-311+G**, and 6-311++G** basis sets. The preferable coordination modes of the ligands in these complexes, as well as the differences and trends in the behavior of the structural parameters and dissociation energies for the loss of BH₃ (AlH₃) molecules and BH ₄ ^? (AlH ₄ ^? ) ions were analyzed in various related series of hydroborates and hydroaluminates.     

Molecular Structure and Conformational Preferences of Trimethyl Phosphorotrithioite,P(SMe)<Subscript>3</Subscript>, Evaluated by Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction and Quantum Chemical Calculations

Free P(SMe)₃ molecule was studied by gas electron diffraction (GED) and by B3PW91/6-311+G* (DFT) and MP2/6-31+G* calculations. Each conformer is characterized by three dihedral angles τ(CSPlp), where lp denotes the direction of the lone electron lone pair on the P atom. DFT calculations indicate that the most stable conformer is an anti,gauche+,gauche- (ag+g-) conformer of C _s symmetry; the next are the ag+g+ (ΔE = 2.5 kJ mol⁻¹), g+g+g+ (ΔE = 5.2 kJ mol⁻¹), and aa+g+ (Δ E = 12.5 kJ mol⁻¹) conformers. The MP2 calculations give the similar order, with the relative energies of 0.3, 4.3, and 10.6 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. The experimental GED data agree well with the presence of only two conformers: χ(ag+g+) = 80(20)% and χ(ag+g-) = 20(10)%.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 5, 2005, pp. 742–750.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Belyakov, Khramov, Baskakova, Naumov.