Unusual η1-Coordinated Alkyne and Alkene Complexes

This mechanistic study demonstrates that an unusual η¹-coordinated alkyne complex is critical for the 1-pentyne 1,1-diboration reaction. The comparative studies suggest the “pull–push” antagonistic effect arising from Lewis acidity and steric congestion as the reason for the existence of η¹-coordinated alkyne complexes. Analogous η¹-coordinated alkene complexes are also predicted and seem to be promising for their application to the important olefin polymerization reaction.     

The Structures and Stability of HNOS Isomers

Potential energy surface of HNOS system is investigated by means of MP2 method with 6-311 G(d,p) basis set.The energy for each minimum and saddle point on the potential energy surface is corrected at the QCISD(T)/6-311 G(3df,2p) level of theory with zero-point vibrational energy included.As a result ,eighteen isomers are theoretically predicted and cis-HNSO is found to be global minimum on the potential energy surface,Wherein,fourteen isomers are considered as kinetically stable species,and should be experimentally observed.Comparisons are made for HNOS system with its analogues,HNO2 and NHS2.The nature of bonding and isomers‘ stability of HNOS system are similar to HNS2.The obvious similarities and discrepancies among HNOS,HNO2 and HNS2 are attributed to the hypervalent capacity of sulfur,oxygen and nitrogen atoms.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of the First Stable λ5-Phosphaacetylene

Abstract

The synthesis and reactivity of he P-bis(diisopropylamino) trimethylsilylphosphaacetylene (bp 75–80°C/10^?2) is reported. Addition of trimethylsilyltriflate to this compound leads to a stable methylenephosphonium salt which has been characterized by an X-ray diffraction study.     

The interconversion of η5 and η3 hapticities in cycloheptadienyl complexes of molybdenum and tungsten

[Mo(CO)₄(η⁵-C₇H₉)]⁺ (1) reacts with acetonitrile to give [Mo(CO)₂(NCMe)₃(η³-C₇H₉)]⁺ (3), which is precursor of a wide reange of η⁵-cycloheptadienyl complexes [Mo(CO)₂L₂(η⁵-C₇H₉)]⁺ [6, L = PPH₃; 7, L₂ = Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂; 8, L₂ = 1,3-cyclohexadiene; 9, L₂ = 2,2′-dipyridyl]; 9 reacts reversibly with NCMe to give [Mo(CO)₂(NCMe)(dipy)(η³-C₇H₉)]⁺ (10).     

The First Total Synthesis of Triprenylquinone and Hydroquinones

Marine natural products have received much attention for their attractive structural features and biological activities1. Since the isolation of the moritoside, about 10 related triprenylquinones and hydroquinones were isolated. Some of these natural products exhibit interesting biological effects including inhibit cell division of fertilized starfish eggs2 and anti-HIV3. Triprenylquinone and hydroquinones 1, 2 and 3 were recently isolated from endemic nudibranch Leminda millecra collected i…     

Synthesis of Some Polymer‐Metal Complexes and Elucidation of their Structures

In this study, the nine coordination polymers of Fe(III), Co(II) and Ni(II) salts have been synthesized using polyacrylamide (PAA), polt(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and their structures were characterized by magnetic and conductivity measurements, ultraviolet‐visible (UV‐VIS), FTIR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The structures of Fe(III) complexes in the all coordination polymers were found as tetrahedral. The structures of PAA‐Co(II) coordination polymer was determined as octahedral geometry whereas PEG‐Co(II) and PVA‐Co(II) complexes showed as tetrahedral structure. PAA‐Ni(II) and PEG‐Ni(II) complexes have octahedral geometry, whereas PVA‐Ni(II) has a square planar structure. Besides, the stress‐strain experiments of PVA‐metal coordination polymers obtained rubber‐like structure were carried out and the value of breaking‐strain of PVA‐Ni(II) complex was found to be about 17% of vulcanized natural rubber. The conductivities of the resulting polymer‐metal complexes were measured by four‐probe technique and were found in the range 10^?5?10^?6 Scm^?1. Thus, it was suggested that they can be used in the field potential application of conducting polymers. TGA results revealed that among the complexes PEG‐Fe(III) and PVA‐Fe(III) complexes have the highest thermally stable.     

The Solvation of Carbenes: π and O-Ylidic Complexes of p-Nitrophenylchlorocarbene

p-Nitrophenylchlorocarbene (PNPCC) was studied by laser flash photolysis with UV-vis detection in solution at ambient temperature. The π → p (316 nm) and σ → p (628 nm) absorptions of PNPCC were replaced in π- or O-donor solvents by absorptions due to π- or O-ylidic complexes or O-ylides. Donors included anisole, 1,3-dimethoxybenzene, 1,3,4,5-tetramethoxybenzene, diethyl ether, 18-crown-6, and dibenzo-18-crown-6. Suggestive evidence was also obtained for weak π-complexation of PNPCC by benzene. Computational studies aided in understanding the carbene complex and O-ylide absorption spectra, and they provided structures and energetics for these species.     

Structures and Stability of NHS2 Isomers

Potential energy surface of HNS2 is investigated by means of second-order Moller-Plesset Perturbation theory(MP2) and QCISD(T) (single-point)methods,At final QCISD (T)/6-311 G(3df,2p)//MP2/6-311 G(d,p),level with zero-point vibrational energies included,cis-NHSS is found to be global minimum on the potential energy sufrace,followed by low-lying trans-HNSS ,HN(S)S(C2v).cis-HSNS,cis-NSSN,trans-HSNS,trans-NSSN,and HN(S)S(Cs) by 13.46,66.92,78.25,80.38,81.22,81.38 and 86.40 kJ/mol,respectively.A new high-lying HS(N)S isomer with Cs symmetry is located on the potential energy surface ,The kinetic stabilities of all isomers are predicted.Comprisons are made for HNS2 with its analogues,NHO2,HPS2 and HPO2,The causes that lead to the differences between HNS2 and its analogues are hypervalent capacity of phosphorus and distinct electronegativities of hydrogen,nitrogen and phosphorus.     

The First Hyperpolarizabilities of Merocarbocyanines

IntroductionPhotorefractive(PR)materialscanbeusedinvariousaPplications,suchasimageprocessing,highdensityopticaldatastorage,opticalinterconnects,andopticalphaseconjugations.However,mostofthereportedPRcomPositesaredopingsystems.ThephaseseparationofcomPonentshaslimitedtheirinvestigation.Toovercomethisdisadvantage,theuseofthemulti-propertieschromophoresmaybeoneoftheeffectiveapproaches.Merocyaninesarenotonlygoodphotoconductivedyes,butalsowidelyusedaschromophoresinnonlinearopticalLBfilmsduetothe…     

Structures and Stability of HNS_2 Isomers

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First synthesis of α-(3-R-1-adamantyl)sulfoacetic acids and their derivatives

By sulfonation of 3-R-1-adamantylacetic acids 1 with H₂SO₄ in trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA), the previously unknown α-(3-R-adamantyl)sulfoacetic acids 2 were obtained. In the case of 1-adamantylacetic acid 1a, the use of ～1 equiv of H₂SO₄ led to only 1-adamantylacetic acid 2a, while with an excess of the reactant the hydroxylation of the adamantane tertiary C–H bond also occurred. It is assumed that the bis(trifluoroacetyl)sulfate generated in situ from H₂SO₄ and TFAA is responsible both for sulfonation and oxidation steps. The adamantylated sulfoacetic acids were used for the preparation of a series of derivatives by modifications of carboxylic, sulfonic acid, and tertiary adamantane OH-groups. Due to the use of TFAA as a medium, a series of derivatives of sulfoacetic acids was obtained directly from acids 1 within one-pot procedures. Some of the synthesized compounds possess anti-HSV activity.     

The First and Facile Synthesis of (±) Syringaresinol

The first and facile synthesis of (±)syringaresinol was described.     

Investigations into the Formation and Stability of Cationic Rhodium Diphosphane η(6) -Arene Complexes

Rhodium-η(6) -arene complexes can be generated in the presence of arenes following the hydrogenation of the diolefin in rhodium catalyst precursors of the type [Rh(PP*)(diolefin)]X (PP*=chelating diphosphane, X=noncoordinating anion). In this paper we report the characterization of such arene complexes with the ligands DuPhos, dipamp, dppe, Tangphos, dppf, and diop by means of NMR spectroscopy ((31) P, (103) Rh) and X-ray analysis. A procedure that follows the approach to equilibrium as a function of time monitored by using an UV/Vis diode array was used to determine 20 stability constants. Analyses were accomplished directly from the spectra by either a numeric and/or a new analytic solution of the underlying system of differential equations. Additionally thermodynamic parameters were determined in the temperature range between 278 and 318?K.     

The reaction of N-phenyldialkynylimines with η5-cyclopentadienyldicarbonylcobalt

N-Substituted dialkynylimines react with η⁵-cyclopentadienyldicarbonylcobalt to give a mixture of η⁴-cyclobutadiene cobalt complexes, the structures of which have been determined by X-ray crystallography.     

Oxidation of isomeric η6- and η5-fluorenylchromiumtricarbonyl anions

The oxidation of the carbon-centered [(⁶-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃]^– anion (1 ^–) results in formation of (-⁶:⁶-9,9-bifluorenyl)bis-chromiumtricarbonyl (3) due to coupling of the intermediate carbon-centered radical (1^.). The oxidation of the metal-centered anion [(⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃]^– (2 ^–), which is isomeric to the 1^– anion, gives an equilibrium mixture of the chromium-centered radical {(⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃}^. (2 ^.) and its dimer [(⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃]₂ (6). Radical2 ^. readily reacts with MeI and the solvent (THF); the resulting derivatives, (⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃R (R=Me (10); R=H (7)), undergo fast ricochet inter-ring ⁵⁶ rearrangements into (⁶-9R-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃ (R=CH₃ (9); R=H (4)).Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1354–1358, July, 1995.The authors are grateful to D. V. Zagorevskii who recorded the mass spectra. This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 94-03-05209) and the International Science Foundation (Grant Nos. MQ 4000 and REV 000).     

Study of novel η-cyclopentadienyl and η-arene platinum group metal complexes containing a N4-type ligand and their structural characterization

The mononuclear η⁵-cyclopentadienyl complexes [(η⁵-C₅H₅)Ru(PPh₃)₂Cl], [(η⁵-C₅H₅)Os(PPh₃)₂Br] and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl complex [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ru(PPh₃)₂Cl] react in the presence of 1 eq. of the tetradentate N,N′-chelating ligand 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazole (bpp-H) and 1 eq. of NH₄PF₆ in methanol to afford the mononuclear complexes [(η⁵-C₅H₅)Ru(PPh₃)(bpp-H)]PF₆ ([1]PF₆), [(η⁵-C₅H₅)Os(PPh₃)(bpp-H)]PF₆ ([2]PF₆) and [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ru(PPh₃)(bpp-H)]PF₆ ([3]PF₆), respectively. The dinuclear η⁵-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl complexes [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Rh(μ-Cl)Cl]₂ and [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ir(μ-Cl)Cl]₂ as well as the dinuclear η⁶-arene ruthenium complexes [(η⁶-C₆H₆)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]₂ and [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]₂ react with 2 eq. of bpp-H in the presence of NH₄PF₆ or NH₄BF₄ to afford the corresponding mononuclear complexes [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Rh(bpp-H)Cl]PF₆ ([4]PF₆), [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ir(bpp-H)Cl]PF₆ ([5]PF₆), [(η⁶-C₆H₆)Ru(bpp-H)Cl]BF₄ ([6]BF₄) and [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)Ru(bpp-H)Cl]BF₄ ([7]BF₄). However, in the presence of 1 eq. of bpp-H and NH₄BF₄ the reaction with the same η⁶-arene ruthenium complexes affords the dinuclear salts [(η⁶-C₆H₆)₂Ru₂(bpp)Cl₂]BF₄ ([8]BF₄) and [(η⁶-p-ⁱPrC₆H₄Me)₂Ru₂(bpp)Cl₂]BF₄ ([9]BF₄), respectively. These compounds have been characterized by IR, NMR and mass spectrometry, as well as by elemental analysis. The molecular structures of [1]PF₆, [5]PF₆ and [8]BF₄ have been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies and some representative complexes have been studied by UV–vis spectroscopy.     

The Activation and Carbonylation of the C-Cl Bond Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Complexes

Thecarbonylationoforganichalides,catalyzedbytransition-metalcomPlexes,isareactionofindustrialinterestleadingtoawiderange0fproductslilieesters,aldehydes,awhdesandacids.Formanyyears,catalyticactivationandfunctionalisationofthecarbonthalogenbondsinorganichalideshavebeenoneofthemostchallengingproblemsanddesirablegoalsforchendsts.Oforganichalides,0rgancchlorideisthemodrmaforeundiDexPdrieerefD1thepeDfu3efulboinboLalindusny.However,because0ftheinertness0ftheirC-Clbonds,organicchloridesexhibitl0wre…     

Binding Site Switch by Dispersion Interactions: Rotational Signatures of Fenchone–Phenol and Fenchone–Benzene Complexes

Non-covalent interactions between molecules determine molecular recognition and the outcome of chemical and biological processes. Characterising how non-covalent interactions influence binding preferences is of crucial importance in advancing our understanding of these events. Here, we analyse the interactions involved in smell and specifically the effect of changing the balance between hydrogen-bonding and dispersion interactions by examining the complexes of the common odorant fenchone with phenol and benzene, mimics of tyrosine and phenylalanine residues, respectively. Using rotational spectroscopy and quantum chemistry, two isomers of each complex have been identified. Our results show that the increased weight of dispersion interactions in these complexes changes the preferred binding site in fenchone and sets the basis for a better understanding of the effect of different residues in molecular recognition and binding events.     

The Fallacy of Using Chiral Shift Reagents to Differentiate d，l and meso Isomers

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