Proof of the Existence of a Linear,Centrosymmetric Polyiodide Ion I: the crystal structure of Cu(NH3)4 I4

Tetrammine-copper(II)-tetraiodide Cu(NH₃)₄I₄ crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C 2/m. The crystal structure has been determined from X-ray diffractometer data and refined to R_w = 2.2%. Four coplanar nitrogen atoms and two axial iodine atoms form an octahedral coordination around Cu(II) with a pronounced 4 + 2 tetragonal distortion. A connection of the Cu(II) atoms by linear, centrosymmetric I polyiodide ions results in infinite chains of [Cu(NH₃) I]-units. The central I-I-bond distance in I is 2.802(1) Å; a considerable amount of I-I bonding is indicated by the distance of 3.342(1) Å found for the terminal bonds. These intramolecular bond distances correspond to calculated I-I-bond orders of 0.80 and 0.43.     

The Crystal Structure of the NH4NCS Complex of Nonactin

The NH₄NCS complex of the macrotetrolide antibiotic nonactin crystallizes in the space group P1 , a = 12.565, b = 13.115, c = 14.999 Å, α= 91.22, β= 90.10, γ= 104.97°. The X-ray crystal structure analysis shows that the NH ion is coordinated by hydrogen bonds to the four ether oxygen atoms (NH … O, 2.86 Å). These four atoms and the four carbonyl oxygen atoms (N … O, 3.08 Å) enclose the NH ion in a somewhat distorted cube.     

Mehrkernige Kobaltkomplexe. III. Über meso-[(en)2Co(OH)2Co(en)2] (NO3)4

Polynuclear Cobalt Complexes. III. On meso-[(en)₂Co(OH)₂Co(en)₂] (NO₃)₄ The structure of the title compound has been determined by X-ray analysis and refined to R = 0,060. The crystals are monoclinic, space group very probably C2/m, with cell dimensions a = 16,113(3), b = 10,946(2), c = 7,193(2) Å, β = 113,22(2)° and Z = 2. The configuration of the cation is ΔΛ IR. and UV./VIS. spectroscopic data are given.     

Photoelectrochemistry with Colloidal Semiconductors; Laser Studies of Halide Oxidation in Colloidal Dispersions of TiO2 and α-Fe2O3

Aqueous sols of TiO₂ (anatase, particle radius 25 Å) were excited with (347.1 nm)-laser light and the reaction of valence-band holes with halide ions (X = I^?, Br^?, Cl^?) was investigated. Hole transfer takes place within the duration of the (10 ns)-laser pulse and results in the formation of anion radicals according to the sequence: The quantum yield of X increases in the order Cl < Br < I, attaining 0.8 for I at pH 1. It is affected by pH, halide concentration and the presence of a protective agent for the sol. RuO₂ deposited onto TiO₂ enhances markedly Cl and Br -formation, but has no effect on the yield of I. Laser-photolysis investigation of halide oxidation were also carried out with colloidal Fe₂O₃ (particle radius 600 Å). For I_2?formation, the quantum yield exceeds 0.9 indicating almost quantitative hole scavenging by iodide.     

63Cu-NMR.-Untersuchungen von Kupfer (I)-Tetrapyridin-und Kupfer (I)-Tetraacetonitrilsolvaten

⁶³Cu-NMR.-Spectra of Cu(CH₃CN)₄X (X = ClO, BF, PF) and Cu(C₅H₅N)₄X (X = ClO, BF) in solution are reported at different temperatures and concentrations. The influence of temperature on the linewidth and chemical shift indicates an equilibrium of Cu(CH₃CN) and Cu(C₅H₅N) with another complex of lower symmetry. The preferential solvation of Cu (I) by pyridin in a mixture acetonitrile/pyridine is clearly shown.     

Réactions de substitution dans l'anion tétrachloropalladate(II) avec des diamines. I. Ethylènediamine

The replacement of Cl^? by ethylenediamine (en) in PdCl has been followed spectrophotometrically at 25°C and μ = 1 (NaClO₄); it proceeds in two steps leading to Pd(en)Cl₂ and Pd(en), respectively. The observed rate constants are discussed in terms of the mechanism proposed by Reinhardt [1] for the successive ammination reactions of PdCl.     

Ternäre Komplexe in Lösung IV. Einfluss von 2,2′-Bipyridyl auf Stabilität und Acidität des Cu2+-Adenosin-5′-monophosphat-N(1)-oxid-1:1-Komplexes

The ternary Cu²⁺?2,2′-bipyridyl-adenosine-5′-monophosphate-N(1)-oxide complex was investigated and compared with the binary Cu²⁺-adenosine-5′-monophosphate-N(1)-oxide complex (I) (cf. [2]). In both complexes Cu²⁺ is bound to the o-amino-N-oxide group of adenosine-5′-monophosphate-N(1)-oxide (HL). The stabilities of the complexes monoprotonated at the phosphate group are of the same order: log K = 11,20, and log K = 11,19. The acidity constants for the deprolonation of the phosphate group in these complexes are slightly different (pK = 5,55, and pK = 5,88), but as expected both values are lower than the corresponding value pK = 6,12 of the ligand.     

Zur Stabilität der Metallkomplexe von Methantriessigsäure und cis,cis-1,3,5-Cyclohexantricarbonsäure

The stabilities of the Mn²⁺-, Co²⁺-, Ni²⁺-, Cu²⁺- and Zn²⁺-complexes with 2-(carboxymethyl)glutaric acid ( 2 ) and cis,cis-1,3,5-cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid ( 3 ) were measured potentiometrically at 25° and I = 0.5 (KNO₃). Beside the complexes ML^? protonated species MLH and MLH are also formed. Their stability constants are given in Table 1. A comparison between the stabilities of 2 or 3 and those of acetate, as a model for a monocarboxylate, or succinate and glutarate, as examples for dicarboxylates, indicates that in all species only one carboxylate is strongly bound whereas the second and third ones are probably not. The observation that Δlog K₁ = log K ? log K as well as Δlog K₂ = log K ? log K are practically constants with values of 0.34 ± 0.05 and 0.49 ± 0.07, respectively, for both ligands and the five metal ions studied is also in line with the proposed monodentate structures of the complexes ML^?, MLH and MLH.     

Endohedral fullerene-noble gas clusters formed with high-energy bimolecular reactions of C (x = 60, 70; n = 1, 2, 3)

Results are reported for high-energy beam experiments which establish the formation of endohedral carbon cluster-noble gas compounds by bimolecular reactions of C (x = 60, 70; n = 1, 2, 3) with He and C with Ne. The ions were accelerated up to 8 ke V in a four-sector mass spectrometer and allowed to collide with the noble gas in a collision chamber at room temperatur. Product ions were monitored with a B/E = constant linked scan. Within the sensivity of the experiments, no carbon cluster-gas compounds were observed in the reactions of C with H₂, D₂, O₂, Ar, and SF₆, or of C with O₂. The observed fall in the cross-section for carbon cluster-noble gas compounds with increasing size of the noble gas, the observation of unimolecular loss of C₂ from mass-selected C_xHe⁺ ions, and the elimination of carbon fragments instead of He observed in the formation of the collision-induced C_xHeⁿ⁺ product ions are taken as evidence for endohedral compound formation. Results of ab initio molecular-orbital calculations for the perpendicular penetration of the plane of ionized benzene with He, Ne, and Ar indicate that sufficient kinetic energy should be available in the collisions with C to penetrate the C cage at the collision energies of the experiments.     

Chemistry of Superoxide Ion as Revealed by the Differential Oxidation of Arylpyruvates

Superoxide ion apparently reacts with acidic substrates via species such as O₂, HO₂, O, HO and H₂O₂. Arylpyruvates give arylacetates and arylaldehydes indicating competing nucleophilic and free radical oxidation. Benzaldehyde is further oxidized by free radical and nucleophilic dioxygen species giving benzoic acid. p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde gives the corresponding benzoic acid which is best accounted for by HO₂, since O and O₂ are without effect. Hydroquinone is also produced presumably by nucleophilic attack of HO. Replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms by sodium changes the product distribution in accord with these findings.     

Preparation and Properties of Bis[μ-S-(2-tiolatoethyl)-diphenylphosphine][(2-thiolatoethyl)diphenyl-phosphine]dinickel(+1) Ion,a Novel Unsymmetrical Thiolate-bridged complex

The title cation ( = Ni₂L) is formed in a variety of reactions (Schemes 1 and 2) in systems containing Ni²⁺ and (2-thiolatoethyl)-diphenylphosphine (= L^?) in the absence of coordinating anions at Ni²⁺/L^? ratios > 0.5 in apolar or moderately polar media. Solid [Ni₂L₃]CIO₄ and [Ni₂L₃]BPh₄ have been isolated. Job's plots confirm the Ni₂L- stoichiometry in solution. ³¹P-NMR data are consistent with ≥ 97% Ni₂L (vs. ? 3% of hypothetical Ni₃L) at equilibrium and support the suggested configuration (Fig. 2). The equilibrium between NiL₂ + NiL₂Br₂ and Ni₂L + Br^? varies with the solvent composition in CH₂₃Cl₂/EtOH mixtures. The rate of formation of Ni₂L₂Br₂ from Ni₂L and bromide (in high excess) in CH₂Cl₂ is first-order in [Ni₂L]_tot but depends on the ratio [Bu₄NBr]_tot/[Ni₂L₃ · ClO₄]tot, even at a high excess of bromide. This is interpreted by efficient competition in ion-aggregate formation between the small perchlorate concentration introduced as the counterion of Ni₂L, and the large excess of bromide.     

Substitution électrophile aromatique dans l'anhydride sulfureux liquide. Etude cinétique de la réaction de bromation d'anisoles monosubstitués. Transmission des effets électroniques et caractéristiques de l'état de transition

Reactivity-structure correlations for anisole and eleven of its substituted derivatives established from bromination rate constants in liquid SO₂, unlike observations in water, show the reaction to be highly sensitive to substituent effects, (ρ = ?7.1; ρ = ?10.51). This result is ascribed to the solvation of the methoxy group which decreases the conjugation of para-substituted (ρ = ?9.70) compared to that of ortho-substituted derivatives (ρ = ?8.86). The highly solvated transition state lies far from reactants on the reaction coordinate and the positive charge developed in this state is nearly unity.     

L'action de l'ammoniac sur l'oxyde cuivrique. et les hydroxo-complexes de cuivre (II)

Using a new mathematical treatment, the nature and stability constants of the simple and mixed complex-species of copper(II) with hydroxyde and ammonia as ligands have been determined. The solubility curves of CuO in heterogeneous equilibrium have been identified in function of pH only and in function of pH and pNH_3tot at 25° and unit ionic strength (NaClO₄). The predominent species in the relatively dilute system limited by the ionic strength are [Cu²⁺], [Cu(OH)₂], [Cu(OH)], [Cu(OH)], [Cu(NH₃)], [Cu(NH₃)], [Cu(NH₃)], [Cu(NH₃) (OH)⁺], [Cu(NH₃)₃(OH)⁺] and [Cu(NH₃)₂(OH)₂].     

Variable-Temperature and Variable-Pressure Kinetic and Equilibrium studies of formation and dissociation of [V(H2O)5NCS]2+

The kinetics of formation and dissociation of [V(H₂O)₅NCS]²⁺ have been studied, as a function of excess metal-ion concentration, temperature, and pressure, by the stopped-flow technique. The thermodynamic stability of the complex was also determined spectrophotometrically. The kinetic and equilibrium data were submitted to a combined analysis. The rate constants and activation parameters for the formation (f) and dissociation (r) of the complex are: k/M ^?1 · S^?1 = 126.4, k/s^?1 = 0.82; ΔH /kJ · mol^?1 = 49.1, ΔH/kJ · mol^?1 = 60.6; ΔS/ J·K^?1·mol^?1= ?39.8, ΔSJ·K^?1·mol^?1 = ?43.4; ΔV/cm³·mol^?1 = ?9.4, and ΔV/cm³ · mol^?1 =?17.9. The equilibrium constant for the formation of the monoisothiocynato complex is K²⁹⁸/M ^?1 = 152.9, and the enthalpy and entropy of reaction are ΔH⁰/kJ · mol^?1 = ? 11.4 and ΔS⁰/J. K^?1mol^?1 = +3.6. The reaction volume is ΔV⁰/cm³· mol^?1 = +8.5. The activation parameters for the complex-formation step are similar to those for the water exchange on [V(H₂O)₆]³⁺ obtained previously by NMR techniques. The activation volumes for the two processes are consistent with an associative interchange, I_a, mechanism.     

Contribution à l'étude du système quaternaire K+?NH4+?CrO?SO?H2O: II. L'isotherme de 25°C

The study at 25°C of the system K⁺? NH? CrO? SO? H₂O has shown experimentally the existence of a new type of quaternary system of solubility with two cations and two anions. The solubility diagramm is caracterized by the presence of two adjacent ternary limiting systems with a miscibility gap, three univariant lines (one of them being evanescent), one invariant point, three binary and one ternary miscibility gaps.     

A Unified Interpretation of Kinetic Data on the Acid-Induced Cleavage and of Product-Analysis Data on Spontaneous Cleavage of the Mono-ol Cation μ-Hydroxo-bis[pentaamminecobalt(III)] ([(NH3)5CoOHCo(NH3)5]5+)

Recent work on the spontaneous (= acid-independent) cleavage of the mono-ol cation, i.e. in Cl^?/ClO and NO/ClO mixed-electrolyte media has established (by analysis of anion-competition experiments) the existence of reactive ion pairs of the mono-ol cation with Cl^? and NO. Their existence must be allowed for in the analysis of the rate data for the acid-induced cleavage (pH 0–1) of the mono-ol cation in these mixed-electrolyte media. Thus, previous data for acidic Cl^?/ClO media have been re-interpreted in this work, and new data for NO/ClO media have been analyzed in the same sense. This analysis removes an apparent discrepancy in the orders of magnitude of ion aggregate stability constants between the mono-ol and similar binuclear cations.     

Conformational Analysis and Chromic Acid Oxidation. Oxidation Rates and Equilibrium Constants of Epimeric Alcohols

The linear free energy relationship of Sicher for relative reactivity towards chromic acid oxidation (ΔΔG) as a function of thermodynamic stability (ΔG) has been reexamined with 23 pairs of epimeric alcohols. The plot of ΔG vs. ΔG has a slope of 0.8, a correlation coefficient of 0.97 and a standard deviation of 0.23 kcal/mol on ΔΔG_Ox. The limitations of the relationship and the exceptions are discussed.     

L'action de l'ammoniac sur l'hydroxyde de cadmium et la stabilité des complexes en milieu aqueux

The solubility of precipitated Cd(OH)₂ was determined at 25°C in 1 M NaClO₄, as a function of pH and of the ammonia content of the solutions. Formation constants were obtained for the following hydroxo, ammine and hydroxo-ammine complexes: CdOH⁺, Cd(OH)₂, Cd(OH), CdNH, Cd(NH₃), Cd(NH₃), Cd(NH₃) and Cd(OH)₂NH₃. The solubility product of the hydroxide was also calculated. The presence of polynuclear species was investigated by titrimetric determinations of the hydrogen ion concentration at constant metal concentration.     

Über den Einfluss der pK-Werte von Anilinen auf die Bildung und Folgereaktionen von substituierten Butadienen aus Cumalinsäure-methylester

The Influence of Aniline pK Values on the Formation and Reactivity of Substituted Butadienes from Methyl Coumalate The product of the reaction between 2 equiv. of methyl coumalate ( 1 ) and 1 equiv. of a substituted aromatic amine depends on the pK value of the latter. Aromatic amines with pK values between 1.05 and 2.8 produce bicyclic lactones 4 , whereas those with higher pK values also give 2-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nona-3,7-diene-9-carboxylic acids 9 . The latter, products of the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction 8 → 9 , may in certain cases even prevail.     

Structures and Electrical Properties of Some New Organic Conductors Derived from the Donor Molecule TMET (S,S,S,S,-Bis(dimethylethylenedithio) tetrathiafulvalene)

Crystal structures and electrical properties of radical-cation salts of the chiral organic donor TMET (S,S,S,S,-bis-(dimethylethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene) are described. Two structural types, 2:1 with octahedral anions Pf, AsF, SbF, I (incommensurate), and 3:2 with tetrahedral anions BF^?₄, CIO^?₄, ReO^?₄ are observed. Resistivity measurements between 2 and 298 K indicate that the 3:2 types are organic metals, while the other compounds are semiconductors. (TMET)₃(CIO₄)₂ is metallic down to about 120 K at ambient pressure and remains metallic down to 2 K at 8 kbar.