3,5-Di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone complexes of lanthanides

Lanthanide semiquinolates Ln(SQ)₃ (SQ-3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-benzosemiquinone) were prepared by the reactions of Dy, Tm, Yb with 3 equiv of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone (Q). Crystallization of thulium product from DME yields structurally characterized cluster Tm₃(SQ)₄(Cat)₂(QH)(DME)₂ (1) (Cat-3,5-di-tert-butyl-catecholate, QH-o-hydroxyphenolate). The reactions of Q with excess of metal (Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb) afford catecholates Ln₂(Cat)₃. For samarium product Sm₄(Cat)₆(THF)₆ (2) X-ray diffraction study was performed. In the reaction of EuI₂ with Li₂(Cat) ate-complex EuLi₄(LiI)₂(SQ)₂(Cat)₂(THF)₆ (3) was isolated. X-ray analysis revealed that a molecule of the complex contains two semiquinone groups, two catecholate ligands, Eu²⁺ cation, four Li⁺ cations and two LiI species bonded by bridging O and I atoms. Catecholates of Eu(II), Sm(II) as well as trivalent Ce, Nd, Gd, and Tb were obtained by treatment of corresponding lanthanide silylamides Ln[N(SiMe₃)₂]_n (n = 2, 3) with the 3,5-di-tert-butyl-catechol. It was established that gadolinium product Gd₄(Cat)₆(THF)₆ (4) is isostructural to samarium complex 2. Terbium catecholate Tb₂(Cat)₃ in THF solution revealed photoluminescence typical for Tb³⁺ cation.     

An examination of the product-catalyzed reaction of trimethylgallium with arsine

The reaction of (CH₃)₃Ga with AsH₃ at 203°C and 259°C has been examined over the product surfaces which were (CH₃)₃- GaAsH₃-x where the average values of x were 1.1 and 2.2 203°C and 259°C respectively. The surface reaction (catalyzed by the product surface) forming (CH₃)₂GaAsH₂ occurred on the surface between adsorbed molecules of (CH₃)₃Ga and ASH₃. The surface coverages of the reactants (gas pressures between 18 and 36 mmHg) were clearly less than monomolecular and for AsH₃ possibly as low as 0.01. For AsH₃ at a surface coverage of 0.12, adsorption data were consistent with AsH ₃ bound to the surface as a mobile film. The formation of GaAs via CH₄ elimination from (CH₃)₂GaAsH₂ or CH₃GaAsH was hindered by deposition of films of (CH₃)₃-x GaAsH₃-x even at 420°C. This was most significant for formation of GaAs (or even CH₃GaAsH) from (CH₃)₂-GaAsH₂ formed at 203°C and then heated at 420°C. The product surfaces also served as a catalyst for decomposition of AsH₃ to form H₂ and decomposition of (CH₃)₃Ga to form CH₄.     

Suzuki-Miyaura and Hiyama reactions catalyzed by orthopalladated triarylphosphite complexes

Orthometallated, dimeric, and monomeric palladium complexes with triphenylphoshito ligands and square-planar complexes of the type PdCl₂[P(OR)₃]₂ (where R=Ph, m-MeC₆H₄, o-MeC₆H₄, C₆H₃-2,4-^tBu₂) were applied in the Suzuki-Miyaura and the Hiyama reactions leading to the same product, 2-Mebiphenyl. The desired product was obtained in high yield in reactions performed in ethane-1,2-diol with Cs₂CO₃ as a base. The optimized procedure was also applied to the synthesis of other biphenyl derivatives, and in most cases the Suzuki-Miyaura procedure led to higher yields of the product.     

Isothermal decomposition of urea nitrate

The kinetics of isothermal decomposition of urea nitrate, an organic secondary explosive with monoclinic structure and chemical formula CO(NH₂)₂ · HNO₃, which melts with decomposition at 152°C, was studied in open air in the temperature range 106-150°C, using a gravimetric method. Gas chromatographic analysis of product gases indicate CO₂, N₂O and traces of water vapor as product gases. A pasty amorphous product on the basis of wet chemical and infrared analysis was found to be cyanourea. The weight loss-time curve exhibited an acceleratory region extending almost to the end of the main reaction (35% decomposition) and followed a three-dimensional nucleation model obeying the relation x^1/3 = K(t—t₀ where α = fraction of sample reacted at time t, K = reaction rate constant, and t₀ = induction time. On the basis of this model, an enthalpy of activation of 27.6 ± 1.2 kcal/mole was calculated at 95% confidence range. The rate of decomposition was slightly accelerated in He atmosphere and slightly retarded in N₂O and CO₂ atmospheres, while water vapor drastically reduced the rate. The reaction 3CO(NH₂)₂ · HNO₃ → CNNHCONH₂ (cyanourea) + 6H₂O+3N₂O+CO₂ is presented as the most likely one for decomposition of urea nitrate in open air.     

Acylation of N-p-toluenesulfonylpyrrole under Friedel-Crafts conditions: evidence for organoaluminum intermediates

The Friedel-Crafts acylation of N-p-toluenesulfonylpyrrole under Friedel-Crafts conditions has been reinvestigated. Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that when AlCl₃ is used as the Lewis acid, acylation proceeds via reaction of an organoaluminum intermediate with the acyl halide. This leads to the production of the 3-acyl derivative as the major product. With weaker Lewis acids (EtAlCl₂, Et₂AlCl) or less than 1 equiv of AlCl₃ the relative amount of 2-acyl product is increased. A mechanistic rationalization is presented to explain these data.     

Synthesis of ACAT inhibitors through substitution using allylic picolinate and copper reagent

Amide of an octanoic acid possessing an aryl group at C3 position is a highly potent ACAT inhibitor. In this paper, we describe a synthetic access to this class of compounds as optically active forms. The key reaction is substitution of the allylic picolinate of (S,Z)-8-(benzyloxy)oct-5-en-4-ol with a copper reagent derived from (benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-4-yl)MgBr and CuBr·Me₂S to produce anti S_N2′ product regio- and stereo-selectively. The product was hydrogenated to afford (S)-3-benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-4-yloctan-1-ol, which upon oxidation furnished the octanoic acid. Finally, the acid was converted with 2,6-(i-Pr)₂C₆H₃NH₂ to the target amide via acid chloride. In a similar way, the one-carbon long homolog was synthesized.     

MnIIILx/t-BuOOH-induced activation of dioxygen for the oxygenation of cyclohexene

Several manganese (III) complexes (Mn^IIIL_x) in combination with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH) activate dioxygen (O₂) to oxygenate cyclohexene (c-C₆H₁₀) to its ketone, alcohol, and epoxide. The product profiles depend on the ligand and solvent matrix. With picolinate (PA), bipyridine (bpy), or triphenylphosphine oxide (OPPh₃) as the ligand in py/HOAc (2:1 molar ratio) dominant product is the ketone [c-C₆H₈(O)] whereas Schiff–base complexes produce c-C₆H₈(O), c-C₆H₉(OH) and the epoxide in almost equal yields. However, in MeCN c-C₆H₈(O) is the dominant product for all of the complexes.     

Solid state reactions in the system Nb2O5·WO3: An electron microscopic study

Lattice imaging electron microscopy has been used to study the mechanism of solid state reactions of the type: A_s → B_s + C_s, in which the product B is able to intergrow coherently with the starting material A, but the product C cannot do so. C must be formed by a fully reconstructive, heterogeneous process; formation of B is only partially reconstructive, and essentially homogeneous. Reactions were the reversible phase reactions in the system Nb₂O₅WO₃: disproportionation of the (5 × 4)₁ block structures of 8Nb₂O_5·5WO₃, to form (4 × 4)₁ blocks of 7Nb₂O_5·3WO₃ as coherent product, and that of 9Nb₂O_5·8WO₃ (with (5 × 5)₁ blocks), forming (5 × 4)₁ blocks of 8Nb₂O_5·5WO₃ as coherent product. The coherent product structure is formed in isolated rows of blocks, or small packets of such rows, running across each crystal. The reaction does not work in progressively from some surface initiating step, with an interface between unchanged and converted material, but represents a block-by-block conversion, linearly propagated. Nb₂O₅ and WO₃ must be abstracted, in appropriate stoichiometric ratio, from each block but must ultimately reach and react at the surface, to form the incoherent product (a pentagonal tunnel network structure, in both cases). Some homogeneous transport process involving lattice diffusion must be invoked. Domains of highly anomalous structure, regarded as relicts of transient conditions, are occasionally observed. From reactions at relatively low temperatures, these have structures that can be regarded as partially ordered nonstoichiometric solid solutions; after prolonged heating, and at higher temperatures they form well ordered strips of metastable block structures. Both types represent strong, spontaneous fluctuations of composition, which impose a corresponding structure locally. These fluctuations may be associated with the transport of WO₃ and Nb₂O₅ away from the locus of reaction. Evidence about the mechanism of the reactions, the role of dislocations and the nature of cooperative processes is considered.     

Group VIII metal phosphine complexes-catalyzed addition of disilanes to allenic compounds: Formation of new organosilicon compounds containing both vinylsilane and allylsilane units

Addition of chloromethyl- and methoxymethyldisilanes, X₃-_mMe_mSiSiMe_n-X₃-_n (X - Cl and OMe;m, n - 0-2), as well as hexamethyldisilane, to allene and 1, 2-butadiene in the presence of Pd(PPh₃)₄ catalyst gave regioselectively new functionalized organosilicon compounds, 2, 3-bis(organosilyl)prop-1-enes and 2, 3-bis(organosilyl)but-1-enes, respectively. Other group VIII metal-phospine complexes also affected the reaction, but results were found to be less satisfactory. Also, the reaction of any unsymmetrical disilane with an allenic compound gave only a single product; e.g., the addition of chloropentamethyldisilane to 1, 2-butadiene in the presence of Pd(PPh₃)₄ gave CH₂-C(SiMe₃)CH(SiMe₂Cl)Me in 93% yield.     

Transition metal mediated selective C vs N arylation of 2-aminonaphthoquinone and its application toward the synthesis of benzocarbazoledione

Selective C vs N-arylation of 2-aminonaphthoquinone was achieved using different transition metal salts and arylboronic acids. Mn(OAc)₃·2H₂O provided C-arylated product whereas NiCl₂·6H₂O and Cu(OAc)₂·H₂O provided N-mono arylated and N,N-diarylated products respectively. Usefulness of the C and N arylated product was demonstrated by converting it into benzocarbazoledione.     

Reactions of alanes and aluminates with tri-substituted epoxides. Development of a stereospecific alkynylation at the more hindered carbon

The addition of 4 equiv of phenyl ethynyl dimethyl alane (formed by treatment of phenyl acetylene with n-BuLi followed by Me₂AlCl) to 2,3-epoxy geraniol results in the formation of the C-3 alkynyl addition product and the Yamamoto rearrangement/addition product, in 53 and 18% yield, respectively. Replacing the alane reagent with an aluminate (formed by treatment of phenyl acetylene with n-BuLi followed by Me₃Al) and adding BF₃·OEt₂ result in formation of the C-3 addition product in 73% yield.     

Hydroxylammonium fluorometalates: Synthesis and characterisation of a new fluorocuprate and fluorocobaltate

The first layered hydroxylammonium fluorometalates, (NH₃OH)₂CuF₄ and (NH₃OH)₂CoF₄, were prepared by the reaction of solid NH₃OHF and the aqueous solution of copper or cobalt in HF. Both compounds crystallize in monoclinic, P2₁/c, unit cell with parameters: a = 7.9617(2) Å, b = 5.9527(2) Å, c = 5.8060(2) Å, β = 95.226(2)° for (NH₃OH)₂CuF₄ and a = 8.1764(3) Å, b = 5.8571(2) Å, c = 5.6662(2) Å, β = 94.675(3)° for (NH₃OH)₂CoF₄, respectively. Magnetic susceptibility was measured between 2 K and 300 K giving the effective Bohr magneton number of 2.1 for Cu and 5.2 BM for Co. At low temperatures both complexes undergo a transition to magnetically ordered phase. The thermal decomposition of both compounds was studied by TG, DSC and X-ray powder diffraction. The thermal decomposition of (NH₃OH)₂CuF₄ is a complex process, yielding NH₄CuF₃ as an intermediate product and impure Cu₂O as the final residue, while (NH₃OH)₂CoF₄ decomposes in two steps, obtaining CoF₂ after the first step and CoO as the final product.     

Anionic clays as hosts for anchored synthesis: Interlayer bromination of maleate and fumarate ions in nickel–zinc layered hydroxy double salt

Anionic clay-like nickel zinc hydroxyacetate, Ni₃Zn₂(OH)₈(OAc)₂·2H₂O was ion exchanged with maleate and fumarate ions. While the maleate enters as monoanion, fumarate enters as dianion. Also these anions take up different orientations in the interlayer region. The intercalated organic species could be reacted with bromine water in such a way that the brominated product remains intercalated making the reaction a true intracrystalline reaction. The stereochemistry of the reaction of the intercalated fumarate was identical to that of the free fumarate ion – both yielding only the anti addition product. While free maleate ion yielded only the anti addition product, the intercalated maleate ion yielded a small percentage of the syn addition product along with the anti addition product. The organic products could be quantitatively recovered by anion exchange with oxalate ions.     

Theoretical study of the complex reaction of O(3P) with cis-2-butene

The complex triplet potential energy surface for the reaction of the triplet oxygen atom O(³P) with cis-2-butene is investigated at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. The different possible isomerization and dissociation pathways, including both O-additions and H-abstractions, are thoroughly studied. Our calculations show that as found for the trans-2-butene reaction, in the high-pressure limit, the major product is CH₃CHC(O)H + CH₃ (P1), whereas in the low-pressure limit the most thermodynamically stable product forms CH₃CO + CH₃CH₂ (P4). The experimental negative activation energy reported for the addition step is very well reproduced at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. Various thermodynamic and kinetic values of interest for these reactions are predicted for the first time. A discussion on the negative activation energy for the addition step of the trans- and cis-2-butene reactions with O(³P) focussing on the addition reactant complexes is presented.     

Preparation and characterization of some mixed ligand complexes of platinum(II)

The mixed ligand complexes PtX₂(ER₃)L and PtXY(ER₃)L (where ER₃ = PR₃ or AsMe₃; L = phosphine, arsine; X = Cl; Y = Cl, H or Me) have been prepared and characterized. Reaction of PtMe₂(ER₃)L with HCl yields PtMeCl(ER₃)L, in exclusively one of three possible isomeric forms. Excess tetramethyltin reacts with Pt₂Cl₂(μ-Cl)₂(PMe₂Ph)₂ giving both cis and trans Pt₂(μ-Cl)₂(PMe₂Ph)₂, as identified from the NMR spectra. Cleavage of Pt₂(μ-Cl)₂Me₂(PMe₂Ph)₂ with donor ligands such as AsPh₃, PMe₂ or pyridine, was useful as a synthetic route to the unsymmetrical methylchloro Pt^II derivatives. The reaction of cis-[PtMe₂(PPh₃)(AsPh₃)] with excess dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate (DMA) yielded only one product, which was of the formula trans-[Pt{C(COOCH₃)C(COOCH₃)CH₃}₂(PPh₃)(AsPh₃)], with the alkenyl groups having the same geometry about the CC bond. The use of diethylacetylene-dicarboxylate (DEA) rather than DMA gave a similar product. However, when cis-[PtMe₂(PEt₃)(AsPh₃)] was allowed to react with DMA, two products of the formula trans-[Pt{C(COOCH₃)C(COOCH₃)CH₃}₂(PEt₃)(AsPh₃)] were obtained, with the stereochemistry of both alkenyl groups being either cis or trans.     

CF bond activation in the reaction of BiCl3 with sodium 2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenoxide

BiCl₃ reacts with sodium 2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenoxide (NaOR_4f) in ether solution to produce an unusual condensation product in which three OR_f functions have been coupled with the elimination of three fluorine atoms. The product is R_fOC₆H₂(CF₃)₂C(O)OR_f, which has been characterized spectroscopically and by X-ray crystallography (triclinic space group P 1; a = 8.958(1), b = 12.652(2), c = 13.722(2)Å, α = 89.596(8)°, β = 75.92(1)°, γ = 71.412(7)°, V = 1425.6(3)ų, Z = 2). Bi(OR_f)₃ is believed to be an intermediate in this process. The carbonfluorine bond activation is not observed in the absence of BiCl₃.     

A novel hydrogen peroxide-dependent oxidation pathway of dopamine via 6-hydroxydopamine

In the presence of excess H₂O₂, oxidation of dopamine was diverted from the usual pigment-forming pathway to afford 6-hydroxydopamine and then a colorless reaction mixture comprising a polar non-extractable product. The latter was obtained in 20% yield by oxidation of 6-hydroxydopamine and was tentatively formulated as the novel 5-(2-aminoethyl)-2-hydroxy-5-(3-hydroxy-2-oxotetrahydro-1aH-oxireno[2,3]cyclopenta[1,2-b]pyrrol-3a(4H)-yl)cyclohex-2-ene-1,4-dione by extensive spectral analysis and conversion to a tetraacetyl derivative. Mechanistic experiments suggested that formation of the product proceeds via 6-hydroxydopamine by H₂O₂-dependent epoxidation and cyclization steps followed by dimerization and ring contraction with decarboxylation.     

X-ray crystallographic study of crystalline products of interaction of lanthanum(III) nitrate, ammonium tetra(isothiocyanato)diamminechromate(III) and dimethyl sulfoxide in an aqueous solution

A new complex [La(Dmso)₉][Cr(NH₃)₂(NCS)₄]₃ · 4DMSO (I) was synthesized by the reaction of lanthanum(III) nitrate, ammonium tetra(isothiocyanato)diamminechromate(III), and dimethyl sulfoxide and structurally characterized. The crystals are monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 14.5550(4) ?, b = 25.8826(7) ?, c = 25.5262(6) ?, ?? = 96.5180(10)°, V = 9554.1(4) ?³, Z = 4, ??_calc = 1.467 g/cm³. A freshly precipitated fine crystalline powder corresponds to compound I according to X-ray powder diffraction. However, long-term crystallization leads to formation of at least another four crystalline products: two of them were not characterized because of the poor quality of crystals, the third product was identified as the known complex La(NO₃)₃(Dmso)₄, and the fourth product was identified by X-ray crystallography as the mixed-ligand complex [La(Dmso)₆(NO₃)(NCS)][Cr(NH₃)₂(NCS)₄] · 3Dmso (II) with an island structures. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 18.8026(8) ?, b = 14.9453(5) ?, c = 20.4411(9) ?, ?? = 99.2720(10)°, V = 5669.1(4) ?³, Z = 4, ??_calc = 1.500 g/cm³.     

Tris(acetonitrile)tricarbonylchromium(0) catalyzed 1,4-addition of hydrogen to 1,3-dienes

The Cr(CO)₃(CH₃CN)₃ complex is found to catalyze the 1,4-addition of hydrogen to 1,3-dienes such as 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, trans-1,3-pentadiene, and trans, trans-2,4-hexadiene at low temperature (40°) and low H₂ pressure (20 psi). For trans, trans-2,4-hexadiene the only product obtained when D₂ is used is 2,5-dideuterio-cis-3-hexene. The catalytic 1,4-hydrogenation can be carried out in neat dienes, and turnover numbers for the catalyst of greater than 3000 have been observed.     

Characterization of Bi5Nb3O15 by refinement of neutron diffraction pattern, acid treatment and reaction of the acid-treated product with n-alkylamines

The structure of Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅ was investigated by refinement of the powder neutron diffraction pattern as well as by structural change through acid treatment and subsequent treatments of an acid-treated product with n-alkylamines. Rietveld refinement suggests that Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅ adopts a mixed-layer Aurivillius-related phase structure, [Bi₂O₂]+[NbO₄]+[Bi₂O₂]+[BiNb₂O₇] [Pnc2 (space group No. 30)] with a=2.1011(4), b=0.5473(1) and c=0.5463(1) nm. After the acid treatment of Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅ with 3 mol/L HCl, a new reflection (at 2.25 nm after drying at room temperature or at 1.89 nm after drying at 120 °C) appeared in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern in addition to the reflections due to Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅. Upon acid treatment, a part of the Bi ions were lost and essentially no Nb ions were dissolved during acid treatment to give a Bi/Nb molar ratio of 1.4. The TG curves of the acid-treated product showed mass loss (ca. 4 mass%) in the range of 300-600 °C. It was also demonstrated that the particle shapes did not change upon acid treatment. The reaction of the acid-treated product (after drying at room temperature) with n-alkylamines led to a shift of the newly appearing reflection to a lower angle, and the d-value of the low-angle reflection increased linearly in accordance with the increment of the number of carbon atoms in n-alkylamines. These results indicate that the [Bi₂O₂] sheet in Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅ was partially leached by acid treatment to form a layered compound H₄BiNb₃O₁₁·xH₂O, capable of accommodating n-alkylamines in the interlayer space, and its anhydrous form, H₄BiNb₃O₁₁, upon drying. Based on the variation in the interlayer distance upon intercalation of n-alkylamines into the acid-treated product, the structure of the acid-treated product can be suggested to comprise alternately stacked protonated [BiNb₂O₇] and [NbO₄] sheets, a result consistent with the Rietveld refinement of Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅.