The heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of some derivatives of ferrocene

The heat capacities of benzoylferrocene (BOF), C₅H₅FeC₅H₄COC₆H₅, and benzylferrocene (BF), C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CH₂C₆H₅, have been measured by the low-temperature adiabatic calorimetry in the temperature range from 6 K to 372 K. The purity benzylferrocene and thermodynamic properties – the triple point temperature and the enthalpy of fusion have been obtained. The ideal gas thermodynamic functions (changes of the entropy, enthalpy, and Gibbs free energy) of BOF and BF were derived at T = 298.15 K using the heat capacities and previously determined data on the saturation vapours pressures and the enthalpies of sublimation. The ideal gas enthalpy of formation and absolute entropy of BOF at T = 298.15 K have been obtained from quantum chemical calculations, where as the thermodynamic properties of BF have been estimated by empirical method of group equations. A good agreement between experimental and theoretical values provides an additional check of the reliability of the experimental data.     

The thermodynamic characteristics of ferrocene alkyl and acyl derivatives

The heat capacity of iso-butylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-C₄H₉-i was measured over the temperature range 7–372 K in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter. Substance purity and the thermodynamic characteristics of fusion (temperature, enthalpy, and entropy) were determined. Saturated vapor pressures and the enthalpies of vaporization of n-propylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-C₃H₇-n, propionylferrocene C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-COC₂H₅, and iso-butylferrocene were measured by the dynamic method of substance transfer in an inert gas flow. The entropy, enthalpy, and Gibbs energy of the substances in the ideal gas state at 298.15 K were calculated. The thermodynamic values obtained in this work and reported in the literature for ferrocene alkyl and acyl derivatives were critically analyzed. The mutual consistency of the data on both homologous series was checked.     

Synthesis,characterization and in vitro antitumor activity of some arylantimony ferrocenecarboxylates and crystal structures of C5H5FeC5H4CO2SbPh4 and (C5H5FeC5H4CO2)2Sb(4‐CH3C6H4)3

A series of arylantimony ferrocenecarboxylates with the formula (C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CO₂)_nSbAr_(5?n) (n = 1, 2; Ar = C₆H₅, 4‐CH₃C₆H₄, 3‐CH₃C₆H₄, 2‐CH₃C₆H₄, 4‐ClC₆H₄, 4‐FC₆H₄) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H NMR and mass spectra. The crystal structures of (C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CO₂)₂Sb(4‐CH₃C₆H₄)₃ and C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CO₂SbPh₄ were determined by X‐ray diffraction. Four human neoplastic cell lines (HL‐60, Bel‐7402, KB and Hela) were used to screen these compounds. The results indicate that these compounds at 10 µM show certain in vitro antitumor activities. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of ferrocenemethanol

The heat capacity (C _{p, m}) of ferrocenemethanol (FM) C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CH₂OH have been measured by the low-temperature adiabatic calorimetry method in the range 6–371 K. The triple point temperature, the enthalpy of fusion, and the purity of the substance under consideration have been determined. The ideal gas thermodynamic functions of FM—absolute entropy S _m(g) ⁰ and change in the enthalpy Δ ₀ ^T H _m at 298.15 K—have been derived from the heat capacity data and the known values of the saturation vapor pressure and enthalpy of sublimation. The ideal gas thermodynamic functions C _{p, m} ⁰ and S _m(g) ⁰ and the enthalpy of formation of FM have been calculated by the empirical difference method at T = 298.15 K. The experimental and calculated values of the thermodynamic functions are consistent within error limits, which proves their reliability.     

The thermodynamic properties of talyl-and phenylsilanes

The enthalpies of fusion of C₆H₅SiH₃, C₆F₅Si(CH₃)₃, and (C₆H₅)₄Si were obtained in scanning calorimetry measurements. Pressure over the condensed talylsilane 4-CF₃C₆F₄SiCH₃, phenylsilane C₆H₅SiH₃, and pentafluorophenylsilane C₆F₅SiCH₃, (C₆F₅)₂Si(CH₃)₂, and (C₆F₅)₄Si phases was measured by the static method with the use of membrane null manometers. Equations approximating the dependences of saturated vapor pressures on temperature and the enthalpy and entropy of vaporization were obtained.     

Calorimetric and structural studies of organic compound of tris(pentafluorophenyl)-4-pyridylethylgermane

In the present research, the temperature dependence of heat capacity of tris(pentafluorophenyl)-4-pyridylethylgermane (C₆F₅)₃Ge–CH₂–CH₂–C₅H₄N was studied by precise adiabatic vacuum calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry over the temperature range from 6 to 450 K. The temperature and enthalpy of fusion of tris(pentafluorophenyl)-4-pyridylethylgermane and the total mole fraction of impurities have been determined. The thermal stability of the sample was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis. The experimental data were used to calculate the standard thermodynamic functions: heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy, and the Gibbs energy over the range from T → 0 to 420 K for crystalline and liquid states. For the compound under study, the standard entropy of formation in the crystalline state was calculated at T = 298.15 K. In addition, the structure of the investigated compound was established, and corresponding structural parameters were determined.

     

The reactivity of cyclohexadienyl(cyclopentadienyl)iron derivatives

Oxidation of exo-substituted (cyclohexadienyl)cyclopentadienyliron derivatives, exo-RC₆H₆FeC₅H₅ (R = C₂H₅, C₆H₅CH₂ or C₅H₅), by (Ph₃C)BF₄ or bromosuccinimide proceeds by either of two routes, exo-R abstraction or endoH abstraction. Mixtures of [C₆H₆FeC₅H₅]⁺ and [RC₆H₅FeC₅H₅]⁺ axe formed in the reactions. The tendency for R-abstraction rises along the series C₅H₅ C₂H₅ < C₆H₅CH₂. When heated, the compounds (arene H) FeC₅H₅ axe transformed to ferrocene.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of poly-trivinyltinferrocenoate

Binuclear complexes of formula C₅H₁₅FeC₅H₄COOSn(CHCH₂)₃ (I), C₅H₅FeC₅H₄COOSnPh₃ (II) and Ph₃GeCOOSnPh₃ (III) have been prepared and characterized by IR spectra. The polymeric structure of solid C₅H₅FeC₅H₄COOSn(CHCH₂)₃ has been established by X-ray crystallography. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/a, with a 15.105(5), b 10.030(4), c 11.402(4) Å, and β 104.06(4)°. In this compound the tin atoms are five-coordinate trigonal bipiramidal, with the vinyl groups equatorial and two apical oxygen atoms from bridging carboxylato groups. The resulting structure is a linear polymer with SnO bond lengths of 2.12 and 2.42 Å. The spectra indicate that similar polymeric structure exist also for compounds II and III in the solid state, whereas an equilibrium monomer ? dimer seems to be present in CHCl₃ solution for the compound III.     

Nature of Fe—CH2 bonds in ferrocenylmethyl and ferrocenylenedimethyl cations

Quantum-chemical calculations of ferrocenylmethyl ([C₅H₅FeC₅H₄CH₂]⁺) and ferrocenylenedimethyl ([C₅H₅FeC₅H₃(CH₂)₂]²⁺) cations with full geometry optimization were carried out using the Hartree—Fock (HF) approximation, density functional theory (DFT), and at the second-order Møller—Plesset (MP2) level of perturbation theory in the 6-311G* basis set. The methods with inclusion of electron correlation in explicit form indicate that the CH₂groups deviate from the cyclopentadienyl ring planes toward the Fe atom due to formation of the Fe—CH₂bonds. According to Hartree—Fock calculations, ligands in these ions are virtually planar. The metallonium character of the ions studied was demonstrated based on the results of analysis of the electron density distribution and frontier orbitals.     

Preparation of nanocrystalline BiFeO3 and kinetics of thermal process of precursor

The Bi₂Fe₂(C₂O₄)₅·5H₂O was synthesized by solid-state reaction at low heat using Bi(NO₃)₃·5H₂O, FeSO₄·7H₂O, and Na₂C₂O₄ as raw materials. The nanocrystalline BiFeO₃ was obtained by calcining Bi₂Fe₂(C₂O₄)₅·5H₂O at 600 °C in air. The precursor and its calcined products were characterized by thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry, FT-IR, X-ray powder diffraction, and vibrating sample magnetometer. The data showed that highly crystallized BiFeO₃ with hexagonal structure [space group R3c(161)] was obtained when the precursor was calcined at 600 °C in air for 1.5 h. The thermal process of the precursor in air experienced five steps which involved, at first, the dehydration of an adsorption water molecule, then dehydration of four crystal water molecules, decomposition of FeC₂O₄ into Fe₂O₃, decomposition of Bi₂(C₂O₄)₃ into Bi₂O₃, and at last, reaction of Bi₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ into hexagonal BiFeO₃. Based on Starink equation, the values of the activation energies associated with the thermal process of Bi₂Fe₂(C₂O₄)₅·5H₂O were determined. Besides, the most probable mechanism functions and thermodynamic functions (ΔS ^≠, ΔH ^≠, and ΔG ^≠) of thermal processes of Bi₂Fe₂(C₂O₄)₅·5H₂O were also determined.     

Synthesis and mesomorphism of mixed ether-ester tail triphenylene discotic liquid crystals with long alkyloxy peripheral chains

Symmetrical and asymmetrical triphenylene discotic liquid crystals with two kinds of different peripheral chains, sym-TP(OC₁₁H₂₃)₃(O₂CR)₃ and asym-TP(OC₁₁H₂₃)₃(O₂CR)₃, (R=CH₂OC₂H₅, CH₂OC₃H₇, CH₂OC₄H₉, CH₂OC₅H₁₁, C₃H₇, C₄H₉, C₅H₁₁, C₆H₁₃, C₇H₁₅) were synthesized. Their thermotropic liquid crystalline properties were studied by polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results showed that the asymmetrical compounds had higher melting and clearing points than that of their corresponding symmetrical compounds. For the same series of compounds, TP(OC₁₁H₂₃)₃(O₂CR)₃, their melting points decrease and clearing points increase gradually with the lengthening of ester chains. Most of the β-oxygen containing esters of triphenylene derivatives, TP (OC₁₁H₂₃)₃(O₂CR)₃, (R=CH₂OC₂H₅, CH₂OC₃H₇, CH₂OC₄H₉, CH₂OC₅H₁₁), symmetrically or asymmetrically attached on triphenylene cores, have higher melting and clearing points than those of triphenylene derivatives, TP(OC₁₁H₂₃)₃(O₂CR)₃, (R=C₄H₉, C₅H₁₁, C₆H₁₃, C₇H₁₅), with the same length of peripheral chains. The triphenylene derivatives with longer peripheral chains have shown mesophase at room temperature. __________ Translated from Chemical Research and Application, 2007, 19(10) (in Chinese)     

Syntheses and molecular structures of new ferrocenylacetylide-bridged binuclear cobalt carbonyl cluster compounds

The reaction of ferrocenylacetylide compounds with Co₂(CO)₈ at room temperature affords four complexes bearing ferrocenyl units with approximately tetrahedral (μ-alkyne)dicobalt moieties [R–(C≡C) _n –R′] [Co₂(CO)₆] _{n ′} [R?=?C₅H₅FeC₅H₄-C(CH₃)₂-C₅H₄FeC₅H₄, R′?=?H, n?=?1, n′?=?1 (1); R?=?C₅H₅FeC₅H₄ [ferrocenyl (Fc)], R′?=?–CH=CHCl, n?=?1, n′?=?1 (2); R?=?Fc, R′?=?Fc, n?=?2, n′?=?1 (3), n′?=?2 (4)]. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H(¹³C) NMR, MS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The X-ray analyses show that coordination of the carbon–carbon triple bond and the dicobalt unit result in the formation of a Co₂C₂ tetrahedral core, and the substituents on the acetylenic units show a distortion from linearity that reflects this coordination mode.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of impurities of organic and chlorinated organic compounds and carbon monoxide and dioxide in high-purity hydrogen chloride

A gas-chromatographic procedure was developed for determining impurities (CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, C₅H₁₂, iso-C₅H₁₂, neo-C₅H₁₂, CH₃Cl, C₂H₅Cl, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₃, CO, and CO₂) in hydrogen chloride using two columns and a column switching technique in an isothermal mode with a flame ionization detector; the detection limits were 0.01–0.1 ppm. The matrix was separated in a precolumn packed with urea. CO and CO₂ were determined by reaction gas chromatography with their conversion into methane.     

Synthesis of 3-alkyl-6-phenyl-4(3H)-pteridinones and their 8-oxides. Potential substrates of xanthine oxidase

Synthetic routes for the preparation of 3-alkyl-6-phenyl-4(3H)-pteridinones 6 and their corresponding 8-oxides 5 (R = CH₃, C₂H₅, (CH₂)₂CH₃, (CH₂)₃CH₃, CH(CH₃)C₂H₅, CH(CH₃)₂ and CH(C₂H₅)CH₂OCH(OC₂H₅)₂ are described and their reactivities towards xanthine oxidase from Arthrobacter M-4 are determined. Only the 3-methyl derivative of 6-phenyl-4(3H)-pteridinone and its 8-oxide i. e. 6a and 5a are found to be substrates although their reactivities are still very low. Oxidation takes place at C-2 of the pteridinone nucleus. All the 3-alkyl derivatives are less tightly bound to the enzyme than 6-phenyl-4(3H)-pteridinone. Introduction of the N-oxide at N-8 considerably lowers the binding of the substrates. Inhibition studies have revealed that 3-methyl-6-phenyl-4(3H)-pteridinone ( 6a ) is a non-competitive inhibitor with a Ki-value of 47 μM and the 3-ethyl derivative ( 6b ) an uncompetitive one with a Ki-value of 19.6 μM.     

Conversion kinetics of ozone complexes with arenes

The kinetics of conversion of ozone complexes with a series of substituted benzene ArX.O₃ (ArX=C₆H₅CH₃, C₆H₅C₂H₅, C₆H₅CH(CH₃)₂, C₆H₅C(CH₃)₃, C₆H₅F, C₆H₅Cl,m-BrC₆H₄CH₃, C₆H₅CH₂Cl have been studied by spectrophotometry. The rate of ArX.O₃ consumption in CH₂Cl₂-ArX solutionis W=k₀ [ArX. O₃]+k₁ [ArX. O₃] [ArX].     

Transition-metal mediated heteroatom removal by reactions of FeL+ [L=O,C4H6, c-C5H6, c-C5H5, C6H6, C5H4(=CH2)] with furan,thiophene, and pyrrole in the gas phase

Reactions of Fe⁺ and FeL⁺ [L=O, C₄H₆, c-C₅H₆, C₅H₅, C₆H₆, C₅H₄(=CH₂)] with thiophene, furan, and pyrrole in the gas phase by using Fourier transform mass spectrometry are described. Fe⁺, Fe(C₅H₅)⁺, and FeC₆H ₆ ⁺ yield exclusive rapid adduct formation with thiophene, furan, and pyrrole. In addition, the iron-diene complexes [FeC₄H ₆ ⁺ and Fe(c-C₅H₆)⁺], as well as FeC₅H₄(=CH₂)⁺ and FeO⁺, are quite reactive. The most intriguing reaction is the predominant direct extrusion of CO from furan by FeC₄H₆ ⁺, Fe(c-C₅H₆)⁺, and FeC₅H₄(=CH₂)⁺. In addition, FeC₄H ₆ ⁺ and Fe(c-C₅H₆)⁺ cause minor amounts of HCN extrusion from pyrrole. Mechanisms are presented for these CO and HCN extrusion reactions. The absence of CS elimination from thiophene may be due to the higher energy requirements than those for CO extrusion from furan or HCN extrusion from pyrrole. The dominant reaction channel for reaction of Fe(c-C₅H₆)⁺ with pyrrole and thiophene is hydrogen-atom displacement, which implies D^O(Fa(N₅H₅)⁺-C₄H₄X)>D^O(Fe(C₅H₅)⁺-H)=46±5 kcal mol^?1. D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₄S) and D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₅N)=D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₆)=48±5 kcal mol^?1. Finally, 55±5 kcal mol^?1=D^O(Fe⁺-C₆H₆)>D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₄O)>D^O(Fe⁺-C₂H₄)=39.9±1.4 kcal mol^?1. FeO⁺ reacts rapidly with thiophene, furan, and pyrrole to yield initial loss of CO followed by additional neutral losses. D^O(Fe⁺-CS)>D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₄S)≈48±5 kcal mol^?1 and D^O(Fe⁺-C₄H₅N)≈48±5 kcal mol^?1>D^O(Fe⁺-HCN)>D^O(Fe⁺-C₂H₄)=39.9±1.4 kcal mil^?1.     

Mass spectrometry of transition metal π-complexes. XV—The effect of substituents on the fragmentation of benchrotrenyls under electron impact

Mass spectra of substituted benchrotrenyls RC₆H₅Cr(CO)₃ where R?H, F, CI, I, CH₃, OCH₃, COOCH₃, C₂H₅, N(CH₃)₂, NH₂, C₆H₅, C(CH₃)₃, p-C₆H₄NH₂, CH₂C₆H₅, CH₂CH₂C₆H₅), 1,3,5-(CH₃)₃C₆H₃Cr(CO)₃ and 1,2,3,5-(CH₃)₄C₆H₂Cr(CO)₃ have been studied. It has been found that for monosubstituted benchrotrenyls there is a linear dependence of the parameter log [Cr]⁺/[RC₆H₅Cr]⁺) on the number of degrees of freedom of the [RC₆H₅Cr]⁺ ion. Decarbonylation of the molecular ions is not affected by the nature of the substituent R. The results are interpreted in terms of the quasi-equilibrium theory of mass spectra.     

(Diphenylphosphinoethyl)cyclopentadienyl complexes of yttrium and lutetium: synthesis and structure

The reaction of LnCl₃·xTHF with Na(C₅H₄CH₂CH₂PPh₂) followed by the in situ reaction with Na₂(C₁₄H₁₀) afforded the (C₅H₄CH₂CH₂PPh₂)Ln(C₁₄H₁₀)L complexes (Ln = Y or Lu and L = THF or DME). The structure of (C₅H₄CH₂CH₂PPh₂)Lu(C₁₄H₁₀)(DME) was established by X-ray diffraction. In solution, there is an equilibrium between the complexes with the coordinated and uncoordinated phosphorus atom. Dedicated to Academician G. A. Abakumov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1687–1689, September, 2007.     

Synthesis reactivity and electrochemical properties of substituted cyclopentadienyl cobalt (III) complexes

Cyclopentadienyl cobalt complexes (η⁵‐C₅H₄R) CoLI₂ [L = CO,R=‐COOCH₂CH=CH₂ (3); L=PPh₃, R=‐COOCH₂‐CH=CH₂ (6); L=P(p‐C₆H₄O₃)₃, R = ‐COOC(CH₃) = CH₂ (7), ‐COOCH₂C₆H₅ (8), ‐COOCH₂CH = CH₂ (9)] were prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, ¹H NMR, ER and UV‐vis spectra. The reaction of complexes (η⁵‐C₅H₄R)CoLI₂ [L= CO, R= ‐COOC(CH₃) = CH₂ (1), ‐COOCH₂C₆H₅(2); L=PPh₃, R=‐COOC (CH₃) = CH₂ (4), ‐COOCH₂C₆H₅ (5)] with Na‐Hg resulted in the formation of their corresponding substituted cobaltocene (η⁵‐C₅H₄R)₂ Co[R=‐COOC(CH₃) = CH₂ (10), ‐COOCH₂C₆H₅ (11)]. The electrochemical properties of these complexes 1–11 were studied by cyclic voltammetry. It was found that as the ligand (L) of the cobalt (III) complexes changing from CO to PPh₃ and P(p‐tolyl)₃, their oxidation potentials increased gradually. The cyclic voltammetry of α,α′‐substituted cobaltocene showed reversible oxidation of one electron process.