(Arene)ruthenium complexes with the monoanionic carborane ligand [9-SMe2-7,8-C2B9H10]–

The ruthenium arene complexes [(-arene)Ru(-9-SMe₂-7,8-C₂B₉H₁₀)]⁺ (arene = C₆H₆ (3a); arene = 1,3,5-C₆H₃Me₃ (3b)) with the monoanionic carborane ligand were synthesized by the reactions of the [9-SMe₂-7,8-C₂B₉H₁₀]^– anion with [(-arene)RuCl₂]₂. The structure of the compound [3a]BPh₄ was established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Diastereoselective synthesis of (R*,R*)-ethyl 2-[1H-indol-3-yl(phenyl)methyl]-3-oxobutanoate

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Structural characteristics of different types of nanoparticles synthesised in mesomorphic metal alkanoates

The class of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals (LCs) of the metal alkanoates possesses a number of unique properties, such as intrinsic ionic conductivity, high dissolving ability and ability to form time-stable mesomorphic glasses. These ionic LCs can be used as nanoreactors for the synthesis and stabilisation of different types of nanoparticles (NPs). Thus, some semiconductors, metals and core/shell NPs were chemically synthesised in the thermotropic ionic liquid crystalline phase (smectic A) of the cadmium octanoate (CdC₈) and of the cobalt octanoate (CoC₈). By applying the scanning electron microscopy, the cadmium and cobalt octanoate composites containing CdS, Au, Ag and core/shell Au/CdS NPs have been studied. NPs’ sizes and dispersion distribution of the NPs’ size in the nanocomposites have been obtained.     

Polymorphism and design of noncentrosymmetric crystals of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde-4-nitrophenylhydrazone and N′-(2-phenyl-1H-indole-3-aldehyde)-4-nitrophenylhydrazone

The products of crystallization of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde-4-nitrophenylhydrazone (I) and N′-(2-phenyl-1H-indole-3-aldehyde)-4-nitrophenylhydrazone (II) from different solvents are studied by X-ray diffraction with the aim of examining the polymorphism of hydrazone derivatives. The structural features of the crystals prepared are analyzed. It is shown that, in the case when molecules of organic compounds with a high molecular hyperpolarizability are capable of forming stable acentric supramolecular associates in the crystal, knowledge of their polymorphism offers strong possibilities for designing the noncentrosymmetric crystal structure necessary for a manifestation of the nonlinear optical activity.     

Aminomethylation by Formaldehyde and Primary Amines of Anionic σσ-Adduct Obtained from 2,4-Dinitrophenol and Acetophenone Carbanion

By condensation of 2,4-bis(aci-nitro)-3-(2-phenyl-2-oxoethyl)cyclohex-5-en-1-one with formaldehyde and primary amines a series of N-substituted 9-(2-phenyl-2-oxoethyl)-1,5-dinitro-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-7-en-6-ones was synthesized. With the use of X-ray analysis the cyclohexenone fragment in the 3-(2-bromoethyl)-1,5-dinitro-9-(2-phenyl-2-oxoethyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-7-en-6-ones was established to exist in sofa conformation, and the nitrogen-containing ring to have the chair conformation with equatorial orientation of substituents in 3 and 9 positions. The regio- and stereoselectivity of the reaction under study was interpreted relying on the quantum-chemical calculations by AM1 and PM3 procedures.