The photolysis of poly(p-hydroxystyrene)

The photochemistry of poly(p-hydroxystyrene) (PPHS) has been investigated, thin films being exposed to 254 nm radiation under high vacuum at 298K. H₂ is the principal volatile product, but small amounts of H₂O are also formed. The polymer becomes rapidly coloured, but unlike other styrene polymers, which remain yellow, PPHS undergoes a progressive colour change from yellow through orange to brown. Infrared spectral data indicate the depletion of OH group concentration, and a concomitant formation of carbonyl, possibly quinonoid species. Crosslinking is rapid and no chain scission was detected. It is likely that the polymeric phenoxy radicals formed by photolysis or by subsequent H-abstraction contribute to the formation of both quinonoid species and crosslinks. The mechanism of the photolysis is discussed.     

Photochemistry of ring substituted polystyrenes—Part III: Photolysis of poly(para-methoxystyrene)

The photodegradation of films (4 × 10^?4 cm thick) of poly(p-methoxystyrene) with 254 nm radiation under high vacuum at 25°C has been studied. The principal gaseous product is hydrogen, but smaller quantities (in decreasing yield) of methane, methyl alcohol and ethane are also formed, indicating that fission of bonds in the para methoxy group is also involved. Ultraviolet and visible spectra of degraded films indicate the presence of unsaturated groups and of coloured species. Solubility data indicate that crosslinking and chain scission occur simultaneously. Rates of chain scission of a number of p-substituted styrenes are compared and a reasonable correlation between these and the electron donating character of the para group is observed, explainable in terms of the stabilising effect of such groups on the radicals formed during chain scission. Rates of crosslinking are greater than those for polystyrene and this is attributable to the participation of the substituted phenoxy radicals (formed by CH₃O fission) in addition reactions. Quantum yields for the gaseous products and for chain scission and crosslinking have been determined and a mechanism has been advanced to account for the experimental data.     

Preparation and photochemical properties of polymethacrylic esters of para-acylated 2-phenoxyethanols

For studying the photochemistry of carbonyl chromophores in the side-chain, methacrylic esters of para-acylated 2-phenoxyethanols (CH₂ = C(CH₃) · CO · O · CH₂ · CH₂O · C₆H₄ · CO · R), soluble copolymers with styrene and soluble homopolymers were prepared. Comparison of low temperature emission spectra of model compounds, homopolymers and copolymers doped in polystyrene film indicated some interaction between the excited and the ground state structural units in homopolymers. Quantum yield of main chain scission of copolymers of styrene with monomers 1–3 (R = CH₃, C₂H₅, C₆H₅) at 313 nm radiation in benzene were about 10^?4; the cross-linking was the main reaction for copolymer styrene/monomer 4 (R = C₆H₅CH₂). On exposure of copolymers styrene/monomers 1–4 and polystyrene doped with model compounds in film to 313 nm radiation in air, accelerated photo-oxidation occurs as well as cross-linking. Only chromophores of monomers 3 and 4 were effective as sensitizers of photochemical addition of maleic anhydride to benzene by radiation with γ > 340 nm. The difference in the efficiency between model compounds and copolymers on the one hand and a homopolymer on the other hand is due to self-quenching.     

Inorganic Polymers : by N.H. Ray,Academic Press,New York/San Francisco/London, 1978, 174 pages, $ 17.35.

Insertion of CO or p-TolNC into a ZrC bond of [Zr(η-C₅H₅).(R)R′] under ambient conditions in C₆H₆ leads to the stable η²-acyl- or η²-iminoacyl-complex [Zr(η-C₅H₅)₂{η²-C(X)R}R′] (X = O or NTol-p); with [Zr(η-C₅H₅)₂{CH(SiMe₃)₂}Me] as substrate there is exclusive preference for scission of the more hindered ZrC bond.     

Coordination polymerization with the novel η-C20H17Ti(OPr)3 complex

Modified corannulene based transition metal complexes of titanium as a novel group of metallocene catalysts were synthesized and investigated in coordination polymerization reactions as catalysts in the syndiospecific bulk polymerization of styrene. In comparison to the zirconium complex exo-(η⁵-C₂₀H₁₇)(η⁵-C₅H₅)ZrCl₂, the titanium complex η⁵-C₂₀H₁₇Ti(OⁱPr)₃ shows a significantly increased polymerization activity, a considerably improved stereoregularity of the syndiotactic polymer chain, indicated by the increased melting temperature of 269 °C, as well as a higher weight average molecular weight and a narrower molecular weight distribution.     

SYNTHESIS AND RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION OF TRISUBSTITUTED ETHYLENES WITH STYRENE. 6. ALKOXY,PHENOXY, AND CYANO RING-SUBSTITUTED METHYL-2-CYANO-3-PHENYL-2-PROPENOATES

Electrophilic trisubstituted ethylene monomers, ring-substituted methyl 2-cyano-3-phenyl-2-propenoates, RC₆H₄CH?C(CN) CO₂CH₃ (where R is 4-C₂H₅O, 4-C₃H₇O, 4-C₄H₉O, 3-C₆H₅O, and 3-CN), were prepared and copolymerized with styrene. The monomers were synthesized by the piperidine catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation of ring-substituted benzaldehydes and methyl cyanoacetate, and characterized by CHN elemental analysis, IR, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. All the propenoates were copolymerized with styrene (M₁) in solution with radical initiation (AIBN) at 70°C. The compositions of the copolymers were calculated from nitrogen analysis and the structures were analyzed by IR, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. The order of relative reactivity (1/r₁ ) for the monomers is 3-CN (1.21) > 3-C₆H₅O (1.16) > 4-C₂H₅O (0.94) > 4-C₃H₇O (0.8305) > 4-C₄H₉O (0.616). The high T _g's of the copolymers (> 130°C) in comparison with that of polystyrene indicate a substantial decrease in the chain mobility of the copolymers due to the high dipolar character of the trisubstituted monomer unit. Gravimetric analysis indicated that the copolymers decompose in the range 300–400°C.     

Homo- and copolymerization of styrene and 1-alkene using Ph2Zn-Et(Ind)2ZrCl2-MAO initiator systems

Homopolymerization of α-olefins (1-C_nH_2n, n = 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 and 18) and their copolymerization with styrene were carried out in toluene at 60 °C using diphenylzinc-ethenylbisindenylzirconium dichloride-methylaluminoxane as initiator system. Atactic polystyrene and almost isotactic poly(α-olefin)s were obtained. Copolymerization of S/α-olefin with this initiator system gave isotactic olefin-enriched copolymers. According to DSC analysis, the homopolymers P(1-C₁₂H₂₄), P(1-C₁₆H₃₂), and P(1-C₁₈H₃₆) as well their styrene copolymers are crystalline.     

Photodegradation of poly(vinylacetophenone). II. Short-wave photolysis

The photodegradation of films (2 × 10^?4 cm thick) of poly(vinyl-acetophenone) [poly(4-acetylstyrene)] exposed to 254 nm radiation under high vacuum at 25 ± 1°C was studied. The principal gaseous product was H₂, but CH₄, C₂H₆, and smaller amounts of acetaldehyde and CO were also formed. The photochemistry more closely resembles that of other substituted styrene polymers than that occuring on the long wave (λ > 300 nm) irradiation of the polymer in that the principal initial processes involve fissions of bonds in the β-position to the phenyl chromophores. Studies of a deuterated analogue (D₃ acetyl) indicate that H-abstractions occur from the polymer and also that fission of C? H bonds in the acetyl group does not occur. The polymer undergoes rapid cross linking. Mechanisms of the various primary and secondary processes are discussed.     

Palladium(II) compounds with planar chirality. X-Ray crystal structures of (+)-(R)-[{(η5-C5H4)–CHN–CH(Me)–C10H7}Fe(η5-C5H5)] and (+)-(Rp,R)-[Pd{[(Et–CC–Et)2(η5-C5H3)–CHN–CH(Me)–C10H7]Fe(η5-C5H5)}Cl]

A wide variety of planar chiral cyclopalladated compounds of general formulae [Pd{[(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl(L)] (with L=py-d₅ or PPh₃), [Pd{[(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}(acac)] or [Pd{[(R¹–CC–R²)₂(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl] (with R¹=R²=Et; R¹=Me, R²=Ph; R¹=H, R²=Ph; R¹=R²=Ph; R¹=R²=CO₂Me or R¹=CO₂Et, R²=Ph) are reported. The diastereomers {(R_p,R) and (S_p,R)} of these compounds have been isolated by either column chromatography or fractional crystallization. The free ligand (R)-(+)-[{(η⁵-C₅H₄)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇}Fe(η⁵–C₅H₅)] (1) and compound (+)-(R_p,R)-[Pd{[(Et–CC–Et)₂(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl] (7a) have also been characterized by X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical studies based on cyclic voltammetries of all the compounds are also reported.     

Quenching of I(2P½) by R-OH compounds. Influence of the alkyl group on the quenching efficiency

The deactivation of I(²P_½) by R-OH compounds (R = H, C_nH_2n+1) was studied using time-resolved atomic absorption at 206.2 nm. The second-order quenching rate constants determined for H₂O, CH₃OH, C₂H₅OH, n-C₃H₇OH, i-C₃H₇OH, n-C₄H₉OH, i-C₄H₉OH, s-C₄H₉OH, t-C₄H₉OH, are respectively, 2.4 ± 0.3 × 10⁻¹², 5.5 ± 0.8 × 10⁻¹², 8 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 10 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 10 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 11.1 ± 0.9 × 10⁻¹², 9.8 ± 0.9 × 10⁻¹², 7.1 ± 0.7 × 10⁻¹², and 4.1 ± 0.4× 10⁻¹² cm³ molec⁻¹ s⁻¹ at room temperature. It is believed that a quasi-resonant electronic to vibrational energy transfer mechanism accounts for most of the features of the quenching process. The influence of the alkyl group and its role in the total quenching rate is also discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Excess molar quantities of (a halogenated n-alkane + an n-alkane) A comparative study of mixtures containing either 1-chlorobutane or 1,4-dichlorobutane

Excess molar volumes V_m^E at 298.15 K were obtained, as a function of mole fraction x, for series I: {x1-C₄H₉Cl + (1 ? x)n-C_lH_{2l + 2}}, and II: {x1,4-C₄H₈Cl₂ + (1 ? x)n-C_lH_{2l + 2}}, for l = 7, 10, and 14. 10, and 14. The instrument used was a vibrating-tube densimeter. For the same mixtures at the same temperature, a Picker flow calorimeter was used to measure excess molar heat capacities C_{p, m}^E at constant pressure. V_m^E is positive for all mixtures in series I: at x = 0.5, V_m^E/(cm³ · mol^?1) is 0.277 for l = 7, 0.388 for l = 10, and 0.411 for l = 14. For series II, V_m^E of {x1,4-C₄H₈Cl₂ + (1 ? x)n-C₇H₁₆} is small and S-shaped, the maximum being situated at x_max = 0.178 with V_m^E(x_max)/(cm³ · mvl^?1) = 0.095, and the minimum is at x_min = 0.772 with V_m^E(x_min)/(cm³ · mol^?1) = ?0.087. The excess volumes of the other mixtures are all positive and fairly large: at x = 0.5, V_m^E/(cm³ · mol^?1) is 0.458 for l = 10, and 0.771 for l = 14. The C_{p, m}^Es of series I are all negative and |C_{p, m}^E| increases with increasing l: at x = 0.5, C_{p, m}^E/(J · K^?1 · mol^?1) is ?0.56 for l = 7, ?1.39 for l = 10, and ?3.12 for l = 14. Two minima are observed for C_{p, m}^E of {x1,4-C₄H₈Cl₂ + (1 ? x)n-C₇H₁₆}. The more prominent minimum is situated at x′_min = 0.184 with C_{p, m}^E(x′_min)/(J · K^?1 · mol^?1) = ?0.62, and the less prominent at x″_min = 0.703 with C_{p, m}^E(x″_min)/(J · K^?1 · mol^?1) = ?0.29. Each of the remaining two mixtures (l = 10 and 14) has a pronounced minimum at low mole fraction (x_min = 0.222 and 0.312, respectively) and a broad shoulder around x = 0.7.     

Optisch aktive übergangsmetall-komplexe: XXXIII. Substituenteneinfluss auf die racemisierungs geschwindigkeit von (+)579und(−)579−C5H5MN(COC6H5)(NO)P(pC6H4Y)3

In the reaction of [C₅H₅Mn(CO)₂(NO)] [X] ([X] = [BF₄], [PF₆]) with p-substituted triarylphosphines P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ [Y = CF₃, Cl, F, C₆H₅, CH₃, OCH₃, N(CH₃)₂] the asymmetric monosubstitution products [C₅H₅Mn(CO)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃] [X] are formed, which can be converted into the neutral esters C₅H₅Mn(COOC₁₀H₁₉)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ by natrium menthoxide. The diastereoisomers (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^?C₅H₅Mn(COOC₁₀H₁₉)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ are separated by fractional crystallisation and transformed into the enantiomeric salts (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉-[C₅H₅Mn(CO)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃] [X] by cleavage with HCl and precipitation with NH₄PF₆. The (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^? rotating salts in the reaction with LiC₆H₅ yield the carbonyl addition products (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^? C₅H₅Mn(COC₆H₅)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ and the ring addition products (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^?(exo-C₆H₅)C₅H₅Mn(CO)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃, which can be separated by chromatography.The salts (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^?[C₅H₅Mn(CO)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃] [X] and the cyclopentadiene complexes (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉-(exo-C₆H₅)C₅H₅Mn(CO)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ are configurationally stable, whereas the esters (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^?C₅H₅Mn(COOC₁₀H₁₉)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ and the benzoyl complexes (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉^?C₅H₅Mn(COC₆H₅)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ epimerise or racemise in solution.The rate of racemisation of the benzoyl compounds (+)₅₇₉^? and (?)₅₇₉C₅H₅Mn(COC₆H₅)(NO)P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ was measured polarimetrically in the temperature range 0–45° C. It turned out that electron-releasingsubstituents Y in the ligand P(p-C₆H₄?Y)₃ increase the half-lives, whereas electron-attracting substituents decrease the half-lives. There is a linear correlation between the σ-constants of the substituents and the rate constants of the racemisation (reaction constant p = +2.14).     

Ein fünffach koordinierter ionischer zirkonium(IV)-komplex mit der (π-C5H5)2ZrIV-Baueinheit: [(π-C5H5)2Zr(H2O)3]2+(CF3SO3−)2·THF

The ionic complex [(π-C₅H₅)₂Zr(H₂O)₃]²⁺(CF₃SO₃^?)₂·THF, which corresponds to the 18-electron rule, is formed in the reaction of (π-C₅H₅)₂Zr(CF₃SO₃)₂(THF) with H₂O in tetrahydrofuran. It crystallizes in the hexagonal space group P6₃ with Z = 6 and unit cell dimensions at ? 100°C of a 21.945(5) and c 8.711(3) Å. The geometry of the (π-C₅H₅)₂Zr moiety (length of the vectors between Zr and the C₅ ring centroids: 2.210 and 2.193 Å; angle between these vectors: 129.0°; angle between the C₅ ring normals: 128.3°) agrees with that of neutral, four-coordinate (π-C₅H₅)₂ZrX₂ compounds. The three H₂O ligands lie in the plane that bisects the angle between the C₅ ring planes. The ZrO distances are 2.239(7), 2.195(7), and 2.261(7) Å. The CF₃SO₃^? anions and the THF molecule of crystallization are packed around the complex cation in such a way that their oxygen atoms point towards the H₂O ligands. The CF₃ sides of the anion, on the other hand, are clustered together so as to produce hydrophobic domains in the crystal structure.     

Novel Copolymers of Styrene. 2. Oxy Ring-Substituted 2-Cyano-3-phenyl 2-propenamides

Novel electrophilic trisubstituted ethylene monomers, oxy ring substituted 2-cyano-3-phenyl-2-propenamides, RC₆H₄CH? C(CN)CONH₂ (where R is 2-CH₃O, 3-CH₃O, 4-CH₃O, 2-C₂H₅O, 3-C₂H₅O, 4-C₂H₅O, 4-C₃H₇O, 4-C₄H₉O, 4-C₆H₁₃O, 3-C₆H₅O, 4-C₆H₅O, 3-C₆H₅CH₂O, 4-C₆H₅CH₂O), were synthesized by potassium hydroxide catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation of ring-substituted benzaldehydes and cyanoacetamide, and characterized by CHN elemental analysis, IR, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. Novel copolymers of the ethylenes and styrene were prepared at equimolar monomer feed composition by solution copolymerization in the presence of a radical initiator, AIBN at 70°C. The composition of the copolymers was calculated from nitrogen analysis, and the structures were analyzed by IR, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR, GPC, DSC, and TGA. High T_g of the copolymers in comparison with that of polystyrene indicates a substantial decrease in chain mobility of the copolymer due to the high dipolar character of the trisubstituted ethylene monomer unit. Decomposition of the copolymers in nitrogen occurred in two steps, first in the 200–500°C range with residue (0.2–1.2 wt%), which then decomposed in the 500–800°C range.     

Preparation and characterization of Cp-functionalized cycloheptatrienyl–cyclopentadienyl titanium sandwich complexes (troticenes)

Cp-functionalized monotroticenes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄E)] (2, E = Ph₂SiCl; 3, E = tBu₂SnCl; 12, E = I) and bitroticenes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄)]₂E′ (5, E′ = PPh; 6, E′ = BN(SiMe₃)₂; 7, E′ = Cp₂Ti) were prepared by salt elimination metathesis between the monolithiated troticene [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Li)]·pmdta (1b) (pmdta = N,N′,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylene-triamine) and the appropriate electrophile. The troticenyl-substituted zirconocene monochloride [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄ZrClCp*₂)] (Cp* = η⁵-C₅Me₅) (8) and hafnocene ethoxide [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti{η⁵-C₅H₄Hf(OEt)Cp₂}] (Cp = η⁵-C₅H₅) (11), and the heterobimetallic μ-oxo complexes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄MCp₂)]₂O (9, M = Zr; 10, M = Hf) were obtained instead of the expected zircona- and hafna[1]troticenophanes by reaction of the dilithiated troticene [(η⁷-C₇H₆Li)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Li)]·pmdta (1a) with [Cp₂MCl₂] (M = Zr, Hf) or [Cp*₂ZrCl₂] in stoichiometric amounts. These compounds were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses and, in the case of 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 10 and 12, also by elemental analyses and ¹H, ¹³C and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectroscopy. Exposure of the troticenyl organotin chloride 3 to moisture resulted in its partial hydrolysis and formation of the organostannoxane-bridged bitroticene 4, while palladium-catalyzed Negishi C–C cross-coupling reaction between the troticenylzinc chloride [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄ZnCl)] (13) and the iodotroticene 12 or iodobenzene (PhI) led to the fulvalene complexes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄)]₂ (14) and [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Ph)] (15). Compound 4 displays an unsymmetrical structure with the troticenyl fragments cis with respect to the Sn–O–Sn core, whereas compound 14 is centrosymmetrically trans oriented.     

Preparation and characterization of Cp-functionalized cycloheptatrienyl–cyclopentadienyl titanium sandwich complexes (troticenes)

Cp-functionalized monotroticenes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄E)] (2, E = Ph₂SiCl; 3, E = tBu₂SnCl; 12, E = I) and bitroticenes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄)]₂E′ (5, E′ = PPh; 6, E′ = BN(SiMe₃)₂; 7, E′ = Cp₂Ti) were prepared by salt elimination metathesis between the monolithiated troticene [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Li)]·pmdta (1b) (pmdta = N,N′,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylene-triamine) and the appropriate electrophile. The troticenyl-substituted zirconocene monochloride [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄ZrClCp*₂)] (Cp* = η⁵-C₅Me₅) (8) and hafnocene ethoxide [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti{η⁵-C₅H₄Hf(OEt)Cp₂}] (Cp = η⁵-C₅H₅) (11), and the heterobimetallic μ-oxo complexes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄MCp₂)]₂O (9, M = Zr; 10, M = Hf) were obtained instead of the expected zircona- and hafna[1]troticenophanes by reaction of the dilithiated troticene [(η⁷-C₇H₆Li)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Li)]·pmdta (1a) with [Cp₂MCl₂] (M = Zr, Hf) or [Cp*₂ZrCl₂] in stoichiometric amounts. These compounds were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses and, in the case of 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 10 and 12, also by elemental analyses and ¹H, ¹³C and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectroscopy. Exposure of the troticenyl organotin chloride 3 to moisture resulted in its partial hydrolysis and formation of the organostannoxane-bridged bitroticene 4, while palladium-catalyzed Negishi C–C cross-coupling reaction between the troticenylzinc chloride [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄ZnCl)] (13) and the iodotroticene 12 or iodobenzene (PhI) led to the fulvalene complexes [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄)]₂ (14) and [(η⁷-C₇H₇)Ti(η⁵-C₅H₄Ph)] (15). Compound 4 displays an unsymmetrical structure with the troticenyl fragments cis with respect to the Sn–O–Sn core, whereas compound 14 is centrosymmetrically trans oriented.     

Photolysis of poly(o-acetylstyrene) in solution

Dilute solutions of poly(o-acetylstyrene) (POAS) were exposed to long-wave (λ ≥ 300 nm) UV radiation under high vacuum at 25 ± 1°C. Methane and much smaller amounts of ethane were formed, indicating α-cleavage (Norrish Type I). The quantum yield for CH₄ formation (5 × 10^?5 mol einstein^?1) was an order of magnitude lower than that observed for similar studies of POAS films. Molecular weight ( M _n) measurements indicate that chain scission occurs, and this is attributed to β-scission of the macroradicals formed by H-abstraction at the α-C atoms by the carbonyl triplet, and to a lesser extent, by the CH₃ radicals. Quenching by both naphthalene and cyclooctadiene conformed to Stern–Volmer kinetics. The effects on chain scission of a number of additives with varying transfer activities were found to be complex and unexpected. Rates of scission not only increased, even when substances with high transfer activity (e.g., cumene) were present, but also varied with the concentration of additive, being higher at lower additive concentrations. It would appear that solvent quality has a dominant influence (these additives are poor solvents). Tighter coiling of the polymer in the solutions containing poorer solvents results in more segment-segment contacts and with them more photoreduction and chain scission. However, at higher nonsolvent concentrations, diffusive separation of the fragments (and chain scission) becomes more difficult, and the balance is shifted in favor of cyclization (and perhaps also intermolecular crosslinking). The relative high photostability of POAS in solution (cf. thin film) has been interpreted in terms of increased competition from photoisomerization. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Water-soluble (η-arene)ruthenium(II)-phosphine complexes and their catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of bicarbonate in aqueous solution

The reactions of [(η⁶-C₆H₆)RuCl₂]₂ and [(η⁶-p-cymene)RuCl₂]₂ with hydrogen in the presence of the water-soluble phosphines tppts (meta-trisulfonated triphenylphosphine) and pta (1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) afforded as the main species [(η⁶-C₆H₆)RuH(tppts)₂]⁺, [(η⁶-C₆H₆)RuH(pta)₂]⁺, [(η⁶-p-cymene)RuH(tppts)₂]⁺ and [(η⁶-p-cymene)RuH(pta)₂]⁺. This latter complex was also formed in the reaction of [(η⁶-p-cymene)RuCl₂(pta)] and hydrogen with a redistribution of pta. In addition, prolonged hydrogenation at elevated temperatures and in the presence of excess of pta led to the formation of the arene-free [RuH(pta)₄Cl], [RuH(pta)₄(H₂O)]⁺, [RuH₂(pta)₄] and [RuH(pta)₅]⁺ complexes. Ru-hydrides, such as [(η⁶-arene)RuH(L)₂]⁺, catalyzed the hydrogenation of bicarbonate to formate in aqueous solutions at p(H₂)=100 bar, T=50-70 °C.     

Combined Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of some carbonyl-diphosphine-indenyl-iron cations

The Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectra of the cations [η⁵-C₉H₇Fe(CO)_n dppa]⁺ (n = 1, 2; dppa=bisdiphenylphosphinoalkane, where alkane=methane, ethane, butane, hexane and octane) and [{η⁵-C₉H₇Fe(CO)₂}₂-μ-dppa]²⁺ indicate that the alkyl chain lengths have effects on the structures of the bidentate cations resulting in increased back-donation to carbonyl groups as the chain length increases. In contrast the alkyl chain lengths have no similar effects in the unidentate mononuclear and bridged cations.     

A novel bimetallic chain based on [Mo(Cn)<Subscript>8</Subscript>]<Superscript>3−</Superscript> and Eu<Superscript>3+</Superscript> ions as building blocks

A novel Mo^V-Eu^III bimetallic chain, {[Eu^III(Phen)(DMF)₄][Mo^V(CN)₈] · i-C₃H₇OH · 3H₂O} _n (I) (DMF = N,N′-dimethylformamide; Phen = phenanthroline), has been constructed by the reaction of [Mo(CN)₈]^3? with Eu³⁺ and phenanthroline in mixed solvent DMF/i-C₃H₇OH. Complex I is confirmed as a chain structure by X-ray structural analysis. The neighboring chains interact with each other by one type of face-to-face π…π stack with the distance of 3.5522(10) Å. Thus complex I has been extended to a 2D network.