V4S9Br4: a novel high-spin vanadium cluster thiobromide with square-planar metal core

The novel vanadium thiobromide, V4S9Br4, with a square-planar metal cluster core was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, measurements of magnetic properties and the heat capacity, and DFT calculations of the electronic structure. At the room temperature, the compound displays paramagnetic properties with an independent spin on each V atom and with a weak exchange constant (J approximately 10 cm(-1)). The paramagnetic state is transformed into a low-spin state (AF-type ordering) at low temperatures. This change is accompanied by a heat-capacity anomaly. The observed magnetic and heat-capacity anomalies can be explained by the thermal excitation of electrons on the closely spaced molecular energy levels in the presence of the Jahn-Teller effect.     

Synthesis of Aryl Ethers by Nonactivated Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions

The results of a kinetic study of model reactions between substituted phenols and bromobenzene in the presence of potassium carbonate and the copper(I) chloride–8-hydroxyquinoline catalytic complex in N,N-dimethylformamide are presented. The reactions were found to obey a first-order rate law. Both orbital and charge interactions should be taken into account in a consideration of the effect of the structural characteristics of reactants on the rate of reaction. The kinetics of substitution of the phenoxide anion for an aromatically bound halogen atom in activated and nonactivated systems with the formation of practically valuable aryl ethers were comparatively studied. The results presented provide an opportunity to distinguish the common features and regularities of activated and nonactivated aromatic substitution in the test systems.     

Reaction of trihalo(phenylenedioxy)phosphoranes with acetylenes: X. specific features of the reactions of substituted 2,2,2-trichloro-1,3,2λ5-benzodioxaphospholes with 3-chloro(bromo, iodo)propynes

It was shown for the first time that 3-chloro-, 3-bromo-, and 3-iodopropynes can react with 2,2,2-trichloro-, 2,2,2-trichloro-5-methyl-, and 5,6-dibromo-2,2,2-trichloro-1,3,2λ⁵-benzodioxaphospholes to give derivatives of 4-(halomethyl)-2-chloro-2H-1,2λ⁵-benzoxaphosphinin-2-ones. The reaction involves nonselective chlorination of the phenylene substituent in different positions, and the resulting isomer ratio is temperature-dependent. In the reactions of 3-bromo-and 3-iodopropynes with 2,2,2-trichloro-1,3,2λ⁵-benzo-dioxaphosphole, a side process takes place, viz. nucleophilic substitution of bromine and iodine with chlorine. The structure of some of the prepared 4-(chloromethyl)-1,2-benzoxaphosphinines was studied by means of X-ray diffraction.     

Synthetic studies in the field of the porphyrins. synthesis of a mesoporphyrin and of a diacetyldeuteroporhyrin

A method is proposed for the synthesis of porphyrins based on the cyclization of a tetrapyrrole system with methyl and formyl groups at the ends of the molecule. The synthesis of mesoporphyrin IX and diacetyldeuteroporphyrin IX has been effected.     

Reaction of 2-Tetrafluoropropoxy-5,6-benzo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-4-one with Pyruvonitrile

The reaction of pyruvonitrile with 2-tetrafluoropropoxy-5,6-benzo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-4-one results mainly in the enlargement of the starting heteroring to form 4-cyano-4-methyl-2-tetrafluoropropoxy-6,7-benzo-1,3,2⁵-dioxaphosphepin-5-one 2-oxide as a mixture of two diastereomers (14:1) along with minor amounts of 3-cyano-3-methyl-2-tetrafluoropropoxy-6,7-benzo-1,4,2⁵-dioxaphosphepin-5-one 2-oxide.     

Synthesis and investigation of the electronic structure of molybdenum tetrasulfide and its lithium intercalates

An X-ray amorphous phase of molybdenum tetrasulfide with the analytical formula MoS₄ has been sythesized. Quantum chemical modeling of the suggested local structure of MoS₄ and EHT calculation of the electronic structure of the basic (Mo₂S₄)⁴⁺ fragment are reported. The electronic structure of molybdenum tetrasulfide and its lithium intercalates was investigated by X-ray emission and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is shown that the change in the electronic structure of the starting molybdenum tetrasulfide to four lithium atoms per formula unit in the intercalate may be considered in the rigid band model. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 727–734, July–August, 1996. Translated by L. Smolina     

Photophysical properties of a C6 hydrocarbon linked porphyrin dimer

The synthesis and characterisation of a C₆ hydrocarbon linked porphyrin dimer and its zinc complex is described. From fluorescence quantum yields and excited singlet and triplet state lifetimes, recorded for the dimers and the corresponding monomer species, it is suggested that the dimeric porphyrins exist in solution in open and closed conformations. The open conformations retain photophysical properties similar to those of the relevant monomeric species but the closed conformations do not fluoresce.     

519—Reduction of hydrophobic porphyrin at the octane/water interface controlled by the specific adsorption of halogen anions

The redox reaction between the ferric complex of hydrophobic porphyrin and sodium dithionite in two different phases occurring at the interface between two immiscible liquids has been investigated by Volta potential measurements and spectroscopy. The reduction of the ferric complex of hydrophobic porphyrin adsorbed at the interface was found to be accompanied by a potential shift in the negative direction and to depend significantly on the nature of the anion and the ionic strength of the supporting electrolyte. Specifically adsorbed halogen anions inhibited the redox reaction in the sequence: Cl^?, Br^?, I^?. Depending on pH, the ferric complex of hydrophobic porphyrin exists in the uncharged (FeP-O-PFe) form or in the cation FeP⁺ form. The interaction between the ferric complex hydrophobic porphyrin and water has also been investigated.