Acid-Base Properties of Sterically Strained Tetraethyltetramethylporphyrin Derivatives

Acid dissociation constants in acetonitrile were determined for cationic forms of sterically strained tetraethyltetramethylporphyrin derivatives. These compounds are more basic than their unstrained analog because of deformations of the porphyrin macroring, that increase the electron density on tertiary nitrogen atoms of the reaction center and make them more accessible for reaction.     

A Flexible,Extremely Sterically Demanding Triazenide Ligand: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry

Seeking to further the investigation of extremely sterically congested main group metals, the synthesis of a new oligoaryl triazene (Dipp*₂N₃H) is reported. This was accessed by diazotization of Dipp*NH₂ to access both Dipp*I and Dipp*N₃ in high yield and with scalable preparations. These compounds are used as precursors to Dipp*₂N₃H, via a magnesium aryl, due to the difficulties in obtaining pure triazene via an aryl‐lithium species. Deprotonation of the triazene with both potassium and thallium tert‐butoxides gives the respective metal triazenides in high yield. The solid‐state structures of these complexes have been determined and three high hapticity metal arene‐π interactions, which sterically shield the metal centers, were observed in each case; spectroscopic C_2v symmetry suggests these interactions are fluxional in solution. The variability of these interactions in the solid state as well as the changes in calculated steric demand of the ligand between metals point to an adaptive, flexible coordination mode.     

手性锌卟啉的圆二色光谱研究

用圆二色光谱（CD）研究了三种新型手性卟啉锌[α,β,α,β－四－[邻（叔丁氧羰L－丙氨酸）氨基苯基]卟啉锌α,β,α,β,－ZnT(o-BocAla)APP1、α,β,α,β-四－[邻（叔丁氧羰L－脯氨酸）氨基苯基]卟啉锌α,β,α,β－ZnT(o-BocPro)APP2和α,β,α,β－甲－[邻（苯甲酰L－谷酰胺）氨基苯基]卟啉锌α,β,α,β－ZnT(o-BenzoylGln)APP3]在CH2Cl2 中的光谱行为,并研究了1作为主体识别手性客体分子氨基酸甲酯前后的光谱,提出了光谱形成机理。     

Synthesis and Antioxidative Properties of New Sulfur-Containing Derivatives of Sterically Hindered Phenols

3-(3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-chloropropane was converted into derivatives containing S(II) in various functional groups. The inhibiting power of the compounds with respect to thermal autooxidation of animal fat was evaluated.     

Sterically hindered phenols

Summary When acid agents act on quinobromides, a bromine cation is liberated and alkylphenols are formed.The authors thank N. M. Émanuél' for his constant interest in this work.     

New Metal Chelates with Sterically Hindered Azo Ligands: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties

Metal chelates based on 3,5-di-(tert-butyl)-2-hydroxyazobenzene are synthesized and their physicochemical properties were studied. Four alternative structures and isomeric transformations between these structures were suggested on the basis of NMR data, electric dipole and magnetic moments, X-ray diffraction and quantum-chemical data. The change in stereochemistry of a complex through introduction of tert-butyl substituents was found to give unusual (for metal chelates with azo ligands (MN₂O₂)) dome-shaped isomers with the trans-planar coordination core at a vertex or with a distorted cis-structure.__________Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 8, 2005, pp. 563–571.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kogan, Lyubchenko, Shcherbakov, Ionov, Tkachev, Shilov, Aldoshin.     

Sterically Stabilized Vesicles

After significant developments in liquid crystal and polymer research, scientists became interested in lyotropic systems containing polymers. These studies investigated, for instance, phase behavior and stability characteristics of suspensions of colloidal particles containing water-soluble or surface-adsorbed polymers or block copolymers. The most frequently studied were micelles, latex prticles, and lipid vesicles (liposomes). Liposomes aggregate and fuse in the presence of hydrophilic polymers but their properties were difficult to explain when block copolymers were adsorbed or surfactants with larger polymeric polar heads were inserted into the liposome membrane, because such systems are inherently ill defined. Liposomes containing diacyl surfactants with covalently linked, longer polymer chains display many new properties with very important consequences for both basic and applied research. They stimulate fundamental studies on phase behavior and polymer conformation, scaling laws, colloidal and surface properties, and cell function: applications deal predominantly with liposomes as drug delivery systems. While in basic research theory is currently more advanced than experiment, in medical applications theoretical understanding lags behind experimental achievements. It was discovered only relatively late that liposomes with an appropriate polymer coating are significantly more stable in a biological milieu, a necessary condition for their utility as drug carriers. In particular in medical applications, this practice has rejuvenated the field of anticancer therapy and targeted drug deliviery. All these advances were made possible by an effective and synergistic overlap of many different disciplines.     

Sterically hindered phenols

Summary The synthesis of 2,6-di-t-pentylphenol and of 2-t-butyl-6-t-pentylphenol are described.The authors thank N. M. Émanuel' for constant interest in this work.     

Sterically congested in-methylcyclophanes

The crowded in-methylcyclophane 9 was prepared by condensation of 1,8,13-tris(bromomethyl)-9-methyltriptycene and 1,3,5-tris(mercaptomethyl)benzene under high dilution conditions. Oxidation of 9 gave the highly crystalline trisulfone 10, and its X-ray structure was determined. The in-methyl carbon atoms of the two independent molecules in the structure are only 2.90 and 2.87 A from the centroid of the basal aromatic ring, the closest such contacts ever observed. In addition, the C-CH3 bonds in these cyclophanes are compressed; the two independent bond distances are 1.475 and 1.495 A, significantly shorter than the ca. 1.54 A distances found in similar but uncongested molecules.     

Sterically hindered phenols

Summary In the bromination of 3,5-dialkyl-4-ethylphenols in aqueous acetic acid: at 0° p-quinobromides are formed; and at 40° the corresponding 3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxyacetophenones are formed.The acetylation of sterically hindered 2,6-dialkylphenols leads to the formation of 3, 5-dialkyl-4-hydroxy-acetophenones in high yield.The author thanks N. M. Émanuél for his constant interest to the work.     

Basic and Coordination Properties of Tetraphenylporphine Derivatives

Basic and coordination properties of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-dibromophenyl)porphine and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methoxy-3-bromophenyl)porphine in acetonitrile have been investigated by means of spectrophotometry. The optimization of the geometry parameters of polysubstituted porphyrins has been performed using quantum-chemical method (РМ3). The relationship between geometric structure of the studied porphyrins and their coordination, basic, and spectral properties is discussed.     

On the Coordination Properties of New Bicyclophosphite-Carbohydrates

Summary. The coordination behavior of newly developed bicyclophosphite ligands toward Mo(0), Rh(I), and Pt(II) was studied.Reactions at different ratios of metal to ligand were done. It was found that the ligands act as monodentate ones and form with hexacarbonylmolybdenum(0) complexes with the general formula Mo(CO)₅L by replacing only one carbonyl ligand. Coordination experiments toward acetylacetonatodicarbonylrhodium(I) resulted in the formation of undefined compounds. Toward dichlorocyclooctadienylplatinum(II) the monomeric phosphorus ligands act as monodentate ligands forming complexes of the general structure cis-PtCl₂L₂. All the synthesized platinum-complexes possess cis-configuration (proven by ³¹P NMR). The corresponding coordination compounds were isolated and characterized by elemental analyses and ¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P NMR.     

Sterically Hindered o‐Quinone Annulated with Dithiete: A Molecule Comprising Diolate and Dithiolate Coordination Sites

A new stable sterically hindered o‐quinone annelated with a 1,2‐dithiete ring was prepared by using mild conditions. The skeleton of the compound comprises diolate and dithiolate functions that have the potential to bind metals leading to the corresponding complexes. The reactivity of this compound as a ligand with respect to both coordination sites was studied. Reactions with metals indicate that the o‐quinone function is reduced in the first stage to give semiquinonate and catecholate complexes. The dithiolate coordination site was involved in the reaction in a few cases only after diolate was bound. A trinuclear manganese complex with coordination on both sites was obtained and characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The electrochemical study of this quinone fused with dithiete is reported.