Donorstabilisierte Galliumdihalogenide Ga2X4·2D (X = Cl,Br; D = Donormolekül): Ein experimenteller Beitrag zu den Variationsmöglichkeiten der Ga‐Ga‐Einfachbindung

Donor‐stabilized Galliumdihalides Ga₂X₄·2D (X = Cl, Br; D = Donor): An Experimental Contribution on the Variation of the Gallium‐Gallium Single Bond During the disproportionation of metastable GaX‐solutions (X= Cl, Br) donor‐stabilized galliumdihalides are formed as oxidized products. According to X‐ray structure analyses they all exhibit dimeric entities DX₂Ga‐GAX₂D (D= THF, NHEt2, NEt3, 4‐^tButylpyridin or Br^‐), which means these compounds are isoelectronic with ethane and could schematically be regarded as representatives of catenulate or alkane‐like gallium subhalides: Ga_n(X, D)_2n+2. The gallium‐gallium bond in these compounds is shorter than in the organometallic compounds such as R₂Ga‐GaR₂. The comparison of the bonding situation in the galliumdihalides, particularly of the gallium‐gallium bond, shows clearly the influence by donor molecules as well as by halogen ligands.     

Bond orders and atomic properties of the highly deformed halogenated fullerenes C60F18 and C60Cl30 derived from their charge densities

The experimental charge densities of the halogenated C(60) fullerenes C(60)F(18) and C(60)Cl(30) were determined from high-resolution X-ray data sets measured with conventional Mo(Kalpha) radiation at 20 K for C(60)Cl(30) and with synchrotron radiation at 92 K for the fluorine compound. Bond topological and atomic properties were analyzed by using Bader's AIM theory. For the different C--C bonds, which vary in lengths between 1.35 and 1.70 A bond orders n between n=2 and significantly below n=1 were calculated from the bond topological properties at the bond critical points (BCP's). The low bond orders are seen for 5/6 bonds with each contributing carbon carrying a halogen atom. By integration over Bader's zero flux basins in the electron density gradient vector field atomic properties were also obtained. In contrast to free C(60), in which all carbon atoms have a uniform volume of 11 A(3) and zero charge, atomic volumes vary roughly between 5 and 10 A(3) in the halogenated compounds. Almost zero atomic charges are also found in the Cl derivative but a charge separation up to +/-0.8 e exists between C and F in C(60)F(18) due to the higher fluorine electronegativity, which is also seen in the electrostatic potential for which the electronegativity difference between carbon and fluorine, and the addition to one hemisphere of the fullerene cage leads to a strong potential gradient along the C(60)F(18) molecule. From the summation over all atomic volumes it follows that the halogen addition does not only lead to a dramatic distortion of the C(60) cage but also to a significant shrinkage of its volume.     

Double bond isomerization of 5-vinylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene to 5-ethylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene over alkaline earth oxides

All the alkaline earth oxides exhibit activities for double, bond isomerization of 5-vinylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (VBH) to 5-ethylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (EBH) at a reaction temperature of 273 K. The order of the activity on the basis of unit weight of catalyst was CaO>MgO>SrO>BaO when compared under optimum pretreatment conditions. The E/Z ratio in the products is determined by the reaction temperature regardless of the type of catalyst; the ratios were 82/18 and 88/12 for the reaction temperatures of 323 and 273 K, respectively.     

Crystal structures and hydrogen bonding schemes in four benzamide derivatives (2-hydroxy-benzamide, 2-hydroxy-thiobenzamide, 2-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-benzamide,and 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-thiobenzamide)

Summary 2-Hydroxy-benzamide, C₇H₇NO₂; monoclinic; I2/a-C _2h ⁶ ;a=12.901 (2),b=4.982 (1),c=20.987 (3) Å; =91.50 (2)°;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-thiobenzamide, C₇H₇NOS; monoclinic; P2₁/n-C _2h ⁵ ;a=13.508 (5),b=6.780 (2),c=15.878 (6) Å; =93.74 (5)°;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-benzamide, C₉H₁₁NO₂; orthorhombic; Pbca-D _2h ¹⁵ ;a=11.752 (2),b=16.680 (3),c=9.079 (2) Å;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-thiobenzamide, C₉H₁₁NOS; monoclinic; P2₁/c-C _2h ⁵ ;a=6.983 (1),b=11.652 (3),c=11.704 (3) Å; =100.02 (2)°;Z=4. The crystal structures of these four compounds were determined (respectively refined: 2-hydroxy-benzamide) by single crystal X-ray data. The refinements of the structure parameters by least squares methods yielded in all casesR<0.056. The hydrogen atoms were located by means of difference Fourier summations. The O-H ... O distances are 2.513 (1) Å in 2-hydroxy-benzamide (intramolecular) and 2.625 (1) Å in 2-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-benzamide (intermolecular). The two O-H ... S distances in 2-hydroxy-thiobenzamide are 2.904 (2) Å and 2.918 (2) Å (intramolecular, two molecules in the asymmetric unit) and 3.228 (2) Å in 2-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-thiobenzamide (intermolecular). Clear N-H ... O hydrogen bonds with 2.926 (1) Å and 3.006 (1) Å occur only in the structure of 2-hydroxy-benzamide (intermolecular).

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Die Kristallstrukturen und Wasserstoffbrücken-Bindungsschemata in vier Benzamid-Derivaten

Zusammenfassung 2-Hydroxy-benzamid, C₇H₇NO₂; monoklin; I2/a-C _2h ⁶ ;a=12.901 (2),b=4.982 (1),c=20.987 (3) Å; =91.50 (2)°;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-thiobenzamid, C₇H₇NOS; monoklin; P2₁/n-C _2h ⁵ ;a=13.508 (5),b=6.780 (2),c=15.878 (6) Å; =93.74 (5)°;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-benzamid, C₉H₁₁NO₂; orthorhombisch; Pbca-D _2h ¹⁵ ;a=11.752 (2),b=16.680 (3),c=9.079 (2) Å;Z=8. 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-thiobenzamid, C₉H₁₁NOS; monoklin; P2₁/c-C _2h ⁵ ;a=6.983 (1),b=11.652 (3),c=11.704 (3) Å; =100.02 (2)°;Z=4. Die Kristallstrukturen dieser vier Verbindungen wurden mittels Röntgen-Einkristalldaten bestimmt (bzw. verfeinert: 2-Hydroxy-benzamid). Die Verfeinerungen der Strukturparameter nach der Methode der kleinsten Quadrate ergab in allen FällenR<0.056. Die Wasserstoffatome konnten anhand von Differenz-Fourier-Summationen belegt werden. Die O-H ... O-Abstände haben folgende Werte: 2.513(1)Å in 2-Hydroxy-benzamid (intramolekular) und 2.625(1) Å in 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-benzamid (intermolekular). Die zwei O-H ... S-Abstände sind in 2-Hydroxy-thiobenzamid 2.904(2)Å und 2.918(2)Å (intramolekular, zwei moleküle in der asymmetrischen Einheit) und 3.228(2)Å in 2-Hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-thiobenzamid(intermollekular). Klar zuzuordnende N-H ... O-Wasserstoffbrücken mit 2.926(1)Å und 3.006(1)Å treten lediglich in der Struktur des 2-Hydroxy-benzamid auf (intermolekular).

     

Substituent effects on heats of formation, group interactions, and detonation properties of polyazidocubanes

We have calculated the heats of formation (HOFs) for a series of polyazidocubanes by using the density functional theory (DFT), Hartree-Fock, and MP2 methods with 6-31G* basis set as well as semiempirical methods. The cubane skeleton was chosen for a reference compound, that is, the cubane skeleton was not broken in the process of designing isodesmic reactions. There exists group additivity for the HOF with respect to the azido group. The semiempirical AM1 method also produced reliable results for the HOFs of the title compounds, but the semiempirical MINDO3 did not. The relationship between HOFs and molecular structures was discussed. It was found that the HOF increases 330-360 kJ/mol for each additional number of the azido group being added to the cubane skeleton. The distance between azido groups slightly influences the values of HOFs. The interacting energies of neighbor azido groups in polyazidocubanes are in the range of 2.3 approximately 6.6 kJ/mol, which are so small and less related to the substituent numbers. The average interaction energy between nearest neighbor --N3 groups in the most stable conformer of octaazidocubane is 2.29 kJ/mol at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. The relative stability related to the number of azido groups of the title compounds was assessed based on the calculated HOFs, the energy gaps between the frontier orbitals, and the bond orders of the C--N3 and C--C bonds. The predicted detonation velocity of hepta- and octa-derivatives is over 9 km/s, and the detonation pressure of them is ca. 40 GPa or over.     

Proton dynamics in an extended array of hydrogen bonds: normal coordinates, proton transfer and macroscopic quantum entanglement in the ground state

After a brief introduction to neutron scattering techniques, illustrated with the scattering function for harmonic oscillators, some new aspects of proton dynamics in the KHCO₃ crystal are presented. The full scattering function for the proton modes measured on single crystals provides a graphic view of proton dynamics. Vibrational states are fully characterized with three quantum numbers. The effective oscillator mass of 1 amu confirms the decoupling of protons from the lattice. Combining infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering techniques, the double minimum potential for the transfer of a single proton along hydrogen bonds is totally determined. Elastic neutron scattering techniques probe dynamics in the fully degenerate ground state. Quantum entanglement arising from normal coordinates gives rise to quantum interference. With diffraction techniques, the dynamical structure arising from large-scale quantum coherence is observed as ridges of intensity, well separated from Bragg's peaks. The vibrational wave function in the ground state must be regarded as a superposition of non-factorable macroscopic wave function.     

NMR studies of solid state—solvent and H/D isotope effects on hydrogen bond geometries of 1:1 complexes of collidine with carboxylic acids

¹H and ¹⁵N NMR spectra of 10 complexes exhibiting strong OHN hydrogen bonds formed by ¹⁵N-labeled collidine and different proton donors, partially deuterated in mobile proton sites, have been observed by low-temperature NMR spectroscopy using a low-freezing CDF₃/CDF₂Cl mixture as polar aprotic solvent. The following proton donors have been used: HCl, formic acid, acetic acid, various substituted benzoic acids and HBF₄. The slow hydrogen bond exchange regime could be reached below 140 K, which allowed us to resolve ¹⁵N signal splittings due to H/D isotopic substitution. The valence bond order model is used to link the observed NMR parameters to hydrogen bond geometries. The results are compared to those obtained previously [Magn. Reson. Chem. 39 (2001) S18] for the same complexes in the organic solids. The increase of the dielectric constant from the organic solids to the solution (30 at 130 K) leads to a change of the hydrogen bond geometries along the geometric correlation line towards the zwitterionic structures, where the proton is partially transferred from oxygen to nitrogen. Whereas the changes of spectroscopic and, hence, geometric parameters are small for the systems which are already zwitterionic in the solid state, large changes are observed for molecular complexes which exhibit almost a full proton transfer from oxygen to nitrogen in the polar liquid solvent.     

The Inverted Bond in [1.1.1]Propellane is a Charge‐Shift Bond

Bonded or not bonded? An ab initio valence bond study of [1.1.1]propellane shows that the two bridgehead carbons are linked by a strong and direct σ bond that is neither classically covalent nor classically ionic, but rather a charge‐shift bond, in which the covalent–ionic resonance energy plays the major role. As such, the central bond of [1.1.1]propellane closely resembles the single bond of difluorine.

     

Rh(I)-catalyzed Pauson-Khand reaction of 1-phenylsulfonyl-1,2-octadien-7-yne derivatives

The Rh(I)-catalyzed PKR of 1-phenylsulfonyl-1,2-octadien-7-ynes and their aza derivatives exclusively produced the corresponding 9-phenylsulfonylbicyclo[4.3.0]nona-1,6-dien-8-ones and no 4-(phenylsulfonylmethylidene)bicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1-en-3-ones could be detected. Thus, the ring-closing pattern was found to be the same as those of the previously reported 3-phenylsulfonyl-1,2-octadien-7-yne derivatives. However, the formation of 4-(phenylsulfonylmethylidene)-7-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1-en-3-ones was observed as a minor product when the 5-oxa congeners were used. In addition, a larger ring-sized product, 10-phenylsulfonyl-5-azabicyclo[5.3.0]deca-1,7-dien-9-one derivative, was obtained from the 6-aza derivative of 1-phenylsulfonyl-1,2-nonadien-8-yne.     

ELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF PROTEIN-LIKE SINGLE CHAIN

The conformational properties and elastic behaviors of protein-like single chains in the process of tensile elongation were investigated by means of Monte Carlo method. The sequences of protein-like single chains contain two types of residues: hydrophobic (H) and hydrophilic (P). The average conformations and thermodynamics statistical properties of protein-like single chains with various elongation ratio λ were calculated. It was found that the mean-square end-to-end distance r increases with elongation ratio,λ. The tensor eigenvalues ratio of : decreases with elongation ratio λ for short (HP)x protein-like polymers, however, the ratio of : increases with elongation ratioλ,especially for long (H)x sequence. Average energy per bond increases with elongation ratioλ, especially for(H)x protein-like single chains. Helmholtz free energy per bond also increases with elongation ratioλ. Elastic force (f), energy contribution to force (fU) and entropy contribution to force (fs) for different protein-like single chains were also calculated.These investigations may provide some insights into elastic behaviors of proteins.