Recent studies on phosphorus-bridging carbonyl derivatives: organophosphorus analogs of aldehydes and ketones

Reactions of disodium tetracarbonylferrate, Na₂Fe(CO)₄, with sterically hindered dialkylaminodichlorophosphines, R₂NPCl₂ (R₂N=diisopropylamino, dicyclohexylamino, and 2,2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidino) in diethyl ether lead to the air-stable phosphorus-bridging carbonyl derivatives (R₂NP)₂COFe₂(CO)₆ as the major products. The phosphorus-bridging carbonyl group in (i-Pr₂NP)₂COFe₂(CO)₆ has been found to undergo the following types of reactions: 1)Reduction, 2)Acylation, 3)Extrusion of the carbonyl group. The mechanisms of the reactions have been considered.This work was presented at the Workshop «The Modern Problems of Heteroorganic Chemistry» held on the ship «Nikolai Bauman» during the period May 8–13, 1993.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1858–1867, November, 1993.     

Water bridges are essential to neonicotinoids: Insights from synthesis,bioassay and molecular modelling studies

To identify the detailed roles of water bridges in neonicotinoids recognition, twenty-four neonicotinoids compounds were designed, synthesized, bioassayed and modelled. Of all nine fragments mimicking water bridges, cyano group was the optimal one. The insecticidal activities indicated that the water bridge might be stable in the active site and was not suitable to be replaced by other groups, which highlighted the significance of water bridges for neonicotinoids.     

2-(3-吡唑基)咪唑并[4,5-f]邻菲咯啉的合成

以邻菲咯啉-5,6二-酮和3醛-基吡唑为原料,合成了一种新的配体——2-(3吡-唑基)咪唑并[4,5-f]邻菲咯啉(1),其结构经1H NMR,IR及MS表征。研究了1的电子吸收和荧光性质。     

Ferromagnetically coupled heterobinuclear Cu(Ⅱ)-Ln(Ⅲ) complexes with N,N''''-bis(2-aminoethyl)-oxamido dianion as a bridged ligand

Six novel μ-oxamido heterobinuclear complexes, namely Cu(oxae)Ln(Me2bpy)2-(ClO4)3 (Ln=La, Nd, Gd, Tb, Ho, Er), where oxae denotes N, N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)oxamido dian-ion, Me2bpy is 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridyl, have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, conductivity measurements and electronic spectra. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of Cu(oxae)Gd(Me2bpy)2(ClO4)3 has been meaured over the range 4-300 K. The least-squares fit of the experimental susceptibilities yielded J - 1.87 cm-1.The observed Gd(Ⅲ)-Cu(Ⅱ) coupling is ferromagnetic. One plausible mechanism that can cause a ferromagnetic coupling between Gd(Ⅲ) and Cu(Ⅱ) is discussed in terms of spin-polarization.     

Novel Cyanide-Bridged Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Derived from an Octahedral Rhenium Cluster [Re6Te8(CN)6]4?: Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [{Mn(H2O)2(DMF)} 2Re6Te8(CN)6]·2H2O

The reaction of a water solution of K₄Re₆Te₈(CN)₆ with a solution of Mn(NO₃)₂ in 0.02M hydrochloric acid in the presence of DMF gave crystals of a cluster rhenium complex [{ Mn(H₂O)₂(DMF)}₂Re₆Te₈(CN)₆]·2H₂O. The structure of the compound was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction (a = 12.6679(9) Å, b = 17.4524(12) Å, c = 9.7882(6) Å, β = 105.570(6)°, V = 2084.6(3) ų, Z = 2, space group P2₁/n, R = 0. 0389). In the complex, the [Re₆Te₈(CN)₆]⁴⁻ cluster anions are linked to Mn²⁺ cations by the cyanide bridges, the manganese cations being additionally coordinated by the DMF molecule and two water molecules. The neighboring clusters are joined by Re-C-N-Mn bridges into a three-dimensional framework possessing cavities filled with doubly disordered water molecules.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Yu. V. Mironov, S. F. Solodovnikov, V. E. Fedorov, and Yu. V. Gatilov__________Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 918–922, September–October, 2004.     

Studying dispersoid systems

Summary Measurements of energy transformation in mitochondria are done on a capillary differential titration calorimeter CTD2156. It is important to mention that a sediment is quickly formed by the mitochondria suspension without mixing by means of a vibrating needle. During the measurements, the vibrating needle is located inside the working volume of the chamber. The design of the calorimeter is substantiated theoretically. It provides a new mode of a reagent input in the measuring volume of the calorimetric chambers. It expands the spectrum of tasks that can be solved using this instrument. In the capillary calorimeter the calorimetric chambers unit is simple and small in size. These advantages of capillary chambers provide an opportunity to unite 20 capillary calorimetric chambers in one calorimetric block. It allows designing a multi-channel titration calorimeter. There are obvious advantages of such a calorimeter over other instruments in screening researches and in researches of objects maintaining stability only for a short time.     

Geometric indices and the Alexander polynomial of a knot

It is well-known that any Laurent polynomial satisfying and is the Alexander polynomial of a knot in . We show that can be realized by a knot which has the following properties simultaneously: (i) tunnel number 1; (ii) bridge index 3; and (iii) unknotting number 1.

     

Bonding of the chain structure for novel boranes B3k+pH−5k+p+3

The molecular orbitals obtained from conventional quantum chemistry calculations, are expressed in terms of symmetrized valence bond functions of fragment, and a direct picture of chemical bonding can be drawn easily. This method is utilized, together with extended Huckel calculations, to interpret the bonding properties of a centipede-like chain structure for novel laser-producing boranes B_3k+pH^?_5k+p+3 which is constructed from the repeated unit B₃H₅ halted to each other by three B—H—B bonds.     

Theory of electron tunneling through a bridge molecule with two electronic levels at low temperatures

A theory of electron tunneling through a single-center bridge redox group that has two electronic levels participating in the electron transfer process is presented. The temperature is presumed to be low enough to ignore activation redox conversions of the bridge group. Salient features of this system are due both to the presence of two electroactive states of the bridge group and to relaxation processes along the reaction coordinate. The processes in question make the tunneling current time-dependent at fixed potentials and can bring about hysteresis in current-voltage curves when cycling the bias potential. Effects of inelastic tunneling with excitation of vibrations of a local quantum degree of freedom are considered.     

Density Functional Theory Study on the Adsorption of Dioxygen on Small Pt-Pd Clusters

1 INTRODUCTION The bimetallic nanoclusters are of standing inte- rest since they can exhibit catalytic, electronic and optical properties distinct from those of corre- sponding pure nanoclusters[1～4]. Palladium and pla- tinum, well known for their catalytic properties, are often used as the catalyst in different fuel cells[5～8]. Several experimental results illustrate that for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which is one of the primary reactions taking place in many fuel cells and…