The Saunders-Bell Analysis of Tunnel Effects in Reactions with Kinetic Isotope Effects

The primary kinetic isotope effects of deuterium were investigated in 22 hydrogen and deuterium transfer reactions, including enzymatic and nonenzymatic hydride transfer reactions, elimination reactions, and reactions catalyzed by enzymes lipooxygenase, amine dehydrogenase, and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. In each case, the Saunders-Bell analysis was applied to calculate the tunnel effects and the corresponding thermodynamic parameters. The Saunders-Bell analysis was effective in 14 cases out of 22. A high degree of correlation was found between the barrier factor, the tunnel factor, and the entropy factor among all reactions studied. From this, a general relationship between the three factors was derived, based on the Saunders-Bell analysis of the Bell equation; the Saunders-Bell analysis is valid within certain limits of the barrier factor. This general relationship is universally valid for all hydrogen/deuterium transfer reactions in nature with moderate tunneling, when the Saunders-Bell analysis applies.     

catena-Poly­[[(2-methyl-1,3-benzo­thia­zole-N)­mercury(II)]-di-μ-chloro]

The reaction of 2-methyl-1,3-benzo­thia­zole (mebta) with mercury(II) chloride in methanol in a 1:1 molar ratio resulted in the formation of single crystals of the title compound, [HgCl₂(C₈H₇NS)]_n. The mol­ecules exist as continuous chlorine-bridged chains in which Hg atoms lie in distorted trigonal bipyramidal environments. The equatorial positions are occupied by an N atom from the ligand [2.236 (8) Å] and two Cl atoms [2.428 (3) and 2.459 (3) Å]. The two axial Hg—Cl contacts to two neighbouring mol­ecules [2.874 (3) and 2.964 (3) Å] are significantly shorter than the sum of the respective van der Waals radii, and form close to linear Cl—Hg—Cl sequences [177.80 (7)°].     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saunders-Bell</Emphasis> Analysis of Tunnel Effects in Reactions with Kinetic Isotope Effects

Summary. The primary kinetic isotope effects of deuterium were investigated in 22 hydrogen and deuterium transfer reactions, including enzymatic and nonenzymatic hydride transfer reactions, elimination reactions, and reactions catalyzed by enzymes lipooxygenase, amine dehydrogenase, and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. In each case, the Saunders-Bell analysis was applied to calculate the tunnel effects and the corresponding thermodynamic parameters. The Saunders-Bell analysis was effective in 14 cases out of 22. A high degree of correlation was found between the barrier factor, the tunnel factor, and the entropy factor among all reactions studied. From this, a general relationship between the three factors was derived, based on the Saunders-Bell analysis of the Bell equation; the Saunders-Bell analysis is valid within certain limits of the barrier factor. This general relationship is universally valid for all hydrogen/deuterium transfer reactions in nature with moderate tunneling, when the Saunders-Bell analysis applies.     

Convenient Synthesis 1H, 13C NMR Study and X-Ray Crystal Structure Determination of Some New Disubstituted Thiophenes

2,5-, 3,4- and 2,3-Thienylenediacrylic (1, 4 and 7 respectively) were synthesized in one step reaction by catalytic vinylation of the corresponding dibromothiophenes in the presence of cyclohexylamine salt of acrylic acid. 2,4-Thienylenediacrylic acid 10 was prepared by catalytic vinylation of 3-(4-bromo-2-thienyl)acryilic acid.     

Molecular structures and ab initio molecular orbital calculations of the optically active derivatives of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

The novel optically active derivatives of 2,2′-disubstituted-1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (−)-2 and (+)-3 were synthesised from the spiro-azlactone (+)-1. Oxidation of the diol moiety of (+)-3 gave by ring enlargement the racemic mixture of 2,3-dihydrofuran derivative (±)-6. This conversion is explained by stepwise rearrangement of the initially formed tetrasubstituted cyclopropanecarbaldehyde 4 through zwitterionic's reactive intermediate 5. The formation of (±)-6 is preferred energetically as established by ab initio calculations of the ground states and possible intermediates for that rearrangement. The crystal structure and absolute configuration of the compounds (+)-1, (−)-2, (+)-3 and (−)-7 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. All four compounds possess Z-configuration of the cyclopropane ring. The dioxolane ring in the structures (+)-1 and (−)-2 adopts half-chair conformation, while the cyclopropane ring and geminally substituted groups in the structures (−)-2, (+)-3 and (−)-7 possess the anticlinal conformation. The molecules of the compound (+)-1 are connected by very weak intermolecular hydrogen bond of C-H?O type. In the compounds (−)-2, (+)-3 and (−)-7inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonds of N-H?O type were observed. The spiro-compound (+)-1 exhibited a more pronounced inhibitory activity against the proliferation of murine leukemia and human T-lymphocytes cells than other type of tumor cell lines and normal human fibroblast cells.     

A new complex of HgBr2 and pyrimidine‐2‐thione: (pyrimidine‐2‐thionato‐κS)(pyrimidinium‐2‐thionato‐κS)mercury(II) tetrabromomercury(II)

The title compound, [Hg(C₄H₄N₂S)(C₄H₃N₂S)]₂[HgBr₄], con­sists of [Hg(pymt)(pymtH)]⁺ complex cations (pymtH is pyrimidine‐2‐thione) lying across twofold rotation axes in space group Fddd, with linearly coordinated mercury at an Hg—S distance of 2.357 (3) Å, and [HgBr₄]²⁻ anions lying at sites of 222 symmetry. The Hg atom is additionally coordinated by two N and two Br atoms, forming a 2+4 effective coordination sphere. The protonated ligand is connected via N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds to the neighbouring unprotonated ligand, thus forming infinite chains of cations.     

Mercury(II) Compounds with 1,3-Benzothiazole-2-thione. Spectral, Thermal, and Crystal Structure Studies

Mercury(II) halides, HgX₂ (X = Cl^–, Br^–, I^–) react with 1,3-benzothiazole-2-thione (btztH) in methanol solutions giving the HgX₂(btztH) and HgX₂(btztH)₂ types of compounds. Mercury(II) acetate gives the thiolato compound Hg(btzt)₂ because of the deprotonation of btztH. Hg(btzt)₂ reacts with 2,2-bipyridine (bipy) giving a 1:1 complex. IR, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR spectral studies indicate that btztH acts as a monodenatate ligand through the S thione donor atom in all complexes. The X-ray crystal structure determinations of [HgI₂(btztH)]₂, HgBr₂(btztH)₂, Hg(btzt)₂, and Hg(btzt)₂(bipy) have been carried out revealing tetrahedrally coordinated mercury atom in [HgI₂(btztH)]₂ and HgBr₂(btztH)₂, while in Hg(btzt)₂(bipy) 2 + 2 coordination is achieved through strong Hg (N(bipy) contacts. A linear coordination in Hg(btzt)₂ is not affected by the Hg N contacts, which are longer than in Hg(btzt)₂(bipy), but still shorter than the van der Waals sum of mercury and nitrogen covalent radii. [HgI₂(btztH)]₂ exists as centrosymmetrical dimer with a Hg₂I₂ bridging core. The dimeric molecules are linked by the intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the terminal iodine atom and the NH group [3.63(1) Å] into infinite chains along the z-axis. There are N–H Br(bridging) intermolecular hydrogen bonds in HgBr₂(btztH)₂ joining molecules into endless chains along the x-axis. The Br(bridging) atom acts as double proton acceptor and two NH groups as proton donors [NH Br(bridging) 3.278(9) and 3.338(7) Å]. The mercury to sulfur and mercury to halogen bond distances in [HgI₂(btztH)]₂ and HgBr₂(btztH)₂ are discussed in relation to the analogous compounds, revealing strong influence of hydrogen bonds on their relative strengths as well as crystal packing requirements of the ligand. The sulfur and halogen atoms are more tightly bound to mercury implicating severe distortion of the coordination polyhedron in the structures in which they do not take part in hydrogen bonds formation. The influence of steric requirements of the ligands in Hg(btzt)₂ and Hg(btzt)₂(bipy) on the distortion of the mercury coordination polyhedra accompanied with the relative strength of Hg N contacts is considered.