Bis(tributyltin) oxide as a wood preservative: Its chemical nature in timber

Tributyltin compounds have been used for many years as wood preservatives. This study has provided, for the first time, an explanation for the previously reported dealkylation and/or volatilization of the tributyltin species in, and from, timber. Thus ¹¹⁹Sn NMR studies have shown that, on impregnation into timber, bis(tributyltin) oxide, (Bu₃Sn)₂O, is rapidly converted to other tributyltin species, Bu₃SnOX, and that these subsequently undergo disproportionation to Bu₄Sn and Bu₂Sn(OX)₂ compounds. We have additionally demonstrated that Bu₄Sn, so produced, is not persistent in timber and is lost by volatilization. Since the rate of disproportionation of the Bu₃SnOX species should be dependent upon the nature of the X group, it should be possible to affect significantly, if not to stop, this process by the use of alternative tributyltin fungicides, e.g. tributyltin methanesulphonate. However, tributyltin fungicides have been used successfully in wood preservation for at least 25 years. Therefore, it must be concluded that, even after disproportionation in timber, in service, sufficient preservative action is retained to prevent decay of wood under the conditions of natural exposure.     

气相色谱-质谱法测定木制品中双三丁基氧化锡

提出了气相色谱-质谱法测定木制品中双三丁基氧化锡(TBTO)含量的方法。样品经甲醇提取,所得提取液用四乙基硼化钠衍生化,产物用气相色谱-质谱法测定,外标法定量。双三丁基氧化锡的质量浓度在0.1～40 mg.L-1范围内与峰面积呈线性关系,方法的检出限(3S/N)为0.05mg.kg-1。在3个标准加入水平下进行了回收率和精密度试验,加标回收率在88.4%～90.4%之间,相对标准偏差(n=6)在2.0%～5.4%之间。     

Variations in fiber length within a first-thinning Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stem

Variations in average fiber length and fiber length distribution both in the longitudinal and horizontal directions of a first-thinning Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stem and between six stems of similar age (26–30 years) and height (10.7–12.8 m) were studied. As a general trend, fiber length increased from the pith (0.8–1.3 mm) to the outer part of the stem (1.9–2.9 mm) maximizing at the relative stem height of 20–40%. Variations in fiber length between stems were smaller than those within a stem. The average fiber length of different stems of the same age (28 years) or diameter at breast height (11 cm) depended typically on wood growth rate. Finally, kraft cooking experiments on different parts of the stem (i.e., butt and top as well as inner and outer parts of the stem) indicated clear differences in their pulp properties. It was concluded that due to the acceptable properties of these pulps, first-thinning wood material as such or after the suitable fractionation may offer a potential source of fiber for a variety of different purposes.     

Hitting a Soft Drug with a Hard Nucleophile: Preparation of Esmolol's Metabolite by Treatment with Bis(tributyltin) Oxide

A facile method for the production of esmolol's metabolite in high purity is described. Bis(tributyltin) oxide is used to disrupt esmolol's ester linkage, and hydrolysis is completed by addition of water, which also allows the inorganic side products to be conveniently extracted into ether. Evaporation of the aqueous phase and trituration with ethyl acetate provides the carboxylic acid–amine internal salt as a white, free-flowing powder.     

Further development of oligoribonucleotide:bis(tributyltin)oxide as a reagent for removal of the internucleotidic phenylthio group via the phosphotriester approach

A successful deprotection method by treatment with bis(tributyltin)oxide for the internal phosphate phenylthio group, and the synthesis of relatively long chain oligoribonucleotide GA₉ via the phosphotriester approach are described.     

Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)propane as a bulky Ligand: X-ray Crystal Structure Determination of its Adduct with Zinc(II) Chloride

The steric misfit between a geminal bis(pyrazol-1-yl)propane ligand and tetrahedral coordination leads to distortion of the latter in the title compound: N? Zn? N is 89.5(1)°, Cl? Zn? Cl 116.78(5)°. Comparison of the Zn? N (2.058(3), 2.046(3) Å) and Zn? Cl (2.209(1), 2.229(1) Å) distances with those of related compounds evidences the steric bulkiness of the title ligand.     

Bis(((S)-binaphthoxy)(isopropoxy)titanium) oxide as a mu-oxo-type chiral Lewis acid: application to catalytic asymmetric allylation of aldehydes

A new, chiral bis-Ti(IV) oxide of type 1 was successfully designed and can be utilized for strong activation of aldehyde carbonyls, thereby allowing a new catalytic enantioselective allylation of aldehydes with allyltributyltin. The chiral bis-Ti(IV) catalyst (S,S)-1 can be readily prepared either by treatment of bis(triisopropoxy)titanium oxide with (S)-binaphthol or by reaction of ((S)-binaphthoxy)isopropoxytitanium chloride with silver(I) oxide. Reaction of hydrocinnamaldehyde with allyltributyltin (1.1 equiv) under the influence of in situ generated chiral bis-Ti(IV) oxide (S,S)-1 (10 mol %) in CH2Cl2 at 0 degrees C for 4 h afforded 1-phenyl-5-hexen-3-ol in 84% yield with 99% ee. The present asymmetric allylation using nonracemic bis-Ti(IV) oxide 1 with partially resolved (S)-binaphthol exhibits a positive nonlinear effect in correlating the enantiopurity of allylation product with the ee of (S)-binaphthol. This asymmetric approach provides a very useful way for obtaining high reactivity and selectivity by the simple introduction of the M-O-M unit in the design of chiral Lewis acid catalysts.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Tetranuclear Silver Complex with Bis（diphenylphosphino） amine-dioxide as a Tridentate Ligand

1 INTRODUCTION The coordination chemistry of the nitrogen-contai- ning diphosphine ligand bis(diphenylphosphino)ami- ne (Ph2PNHPPh2) has recently received much atten- tion because the P atoms can bridge metal centers in μ-bonding mode to form bi- or polynuclear complex- es[1~10]. It has been shown that the acidity of N–H proton would promote functionalization on the ligand backbone[4, 5, 11]. Although a few complexes contain- ing deprotonated tridentate Ph2PNPPh2 have been synthesi…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Hetero-bimetallic Complex with a Three-dimensional Network Structure: Bis(malonato)tetra(aqua)calcum(Ⅱ)cobalt(Ⅱ)

The title complex [CaCo(C3H2O4)2(H2O)4]n with a formula of C6H12CaCoO12 and Mr = 375.17 has been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction. The crystal is of monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 14.195(9), b = 7.708(5), c = 13.441(8) (A),β = 119.575(9)°,V = 1279.0(14)(A)3, Dc = 1.948 g/cm3, μ = 1.803 mm-1, F(000) = 764 and Z = 4. The final R =0.0245 and wR = 0.0652 for 1344 observed reflections with I ＞ 2o(I). The structure of the title complex consists of CaO8 polyhedra and CoO6 octahedra linked together by malonate ligands. The Ca(Ⅱ) cation on a twofold axis is coordinated by two water molecules and six malonate O atoms.The Co(Ⅱ) cation which lies in a centre of symmetry in an octahedral arrangement is coordinated by four malonate O atoms and two water molecules. The structure comprises alternating layers along the [101] plane, with the shortest Co-Co distance of 6.961(5) (A). The whole 3D structure is maintained and stabilized by the presence of hydrogen bonds.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Novel Hetero-bimetallic Complex with a Three-dimensional Network Structure: Bis(malonato)tetra(aqua)calcum(II)cobalt(II)

1INTRODUCTION There has been considerable interest in the designand synthesis of transition metal complexes withcarboxylate ligands in coordination chemistry due tothe fact that this type of complexes has potentialapplications in molecule-based magnets,catalysis,supramolecular chemistry and biological systems[1～3].As an important flexibility dicarboxylate ligand,malonate dianion may act as momodentate,chelatedbidentate and tridentate bridging ligands to formvarious1D,2D and3D structures[…     

Four triarylantimony(V) carboxylates: syntheses,structural characterization and in vitro cytotoxicities

Four new organoantimony carboxylates, (R–COO)₂SbR′₃ [R–COOH = (±)-2-phenoxypropionic acid and R′ = phenyl (1), 4-fluorophenyl (2), 3-fluorophenyl (3), 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl (4)], were synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H, ¹³C NMR, IR and X-ray single crystal diffraction. Structural analyses reveal that 1–3 show similar five-coordinate trigonal bipyramidal geometries, binding with three aryl groups and two deprotonated unidentate ligands. Unexpectedly, 4 exhibits pentagonal bipyramidal arrangement accompanied by two Sb–O (carbonyl) coordination bonds. In vitro cytotoxic activities of 1–4 have been determined by the MTT method against four cancer cell lines. Studies reveal that 1–4 have an activity similar to cisplatin on lung cancer cell line A549 and but also exhibit excellent cytotoxicity against cisplatin-insensitive colon cancer cell lines HCT-116, Caco-2 and human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60. Additionally, the results showed that most of these triarylantimony(V) complexes exhibited enhanced cytotoxicity compared with the ligand and four triarylantimony dichloride precursors, which clearly implied a positive synergistic effect. Also interestingly, it was found that 3- or 4- mono-fluoro-substituted triphenylantimony, compounds 2 and 3, exhibit higher in vitro cytotoxicities toward the four cancer cell lines than the tri-3,4,5-trifluoro-substituted and without-fluoro-substituted triphenylantimony complexes. The structure-activity relationship of the cytotoxicity of 1–4 is discussed.     

Bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes: synthesis,crystal structure and application to catalytic Suzuki reaction

New bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes, [Pd(H₂O)₄][Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2H₂O (1), (n-Bu₄N)₂[Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2H₂O (2a), and (n-Bu₄N)₂[Pd(2,6-Me₂pma)₂]·2CHCl₃ (2b) (2,6-Me₂pma = N-2,6-dimethylphenyoxamate and n-Bu₄N⁺ = tetra-n-butylammonium), have been synthesized and the structures of 1 and 2b characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 is a double salt constituted by tetraaquapalladium(II) cations and bis(oxamato)palladate(II) anions interlinked by hydrogen bonds. The palladium(II) ions in 1 are four-coordinate with two oxygens and two nitrogens from two fully deprotonated oxamate ligands (anion), and four water molecules (cation) building centrosymmetric square-planar surroundings. Centrosymmetric bis(oxamato)palladate(II) anions occur in 2b as in 1, the charge balance in this compound being ensured by the bulky n-Bu₄N⁺. The catalytic role of 1 and 2a for the Suzuki reaction has been investigated by using a series of aryl iodide/bromide derivatives in the conventional organic medium dimethylformamide. The tetraaquapalladium(II) unit in 1 appears to be active in the catalytic Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, but it readily decomposes to inactive palladium black.     

杂-双核配合物[CaCu(C3H2O4)2(H2O)4]n的合成、晶体结构及热稳定性

The title complex, [CaCu(C3H2O4)2(H2O)4]n, with a formula of C6H12CaCuO12 and Mr=379.78 has been sy-nthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction structure analysis, elemental analysis, IR spectra and TG-DTG techniques. The results show that the crystal is Orthorhombic, space group Pbcn with a=0.669 21(5) nm, b=1.370 23(5) nm, c=1.322 39(10) nm, V=1.212 59(16) nm3, Dc=2.080 g·cm-3, μ=2.288 mm-1, F(000)=772 and Z=4. The final R=0.054 0 and wR=0.112 8 for 1 189 observed reflections with I>2σ(I). The structure of the title complex consists of CaO8 polyhedra and CuO6 elongated octahedra linked together by malonate ligands. The Ca(Ⅱ) cation, on a twofold axis, is coordinated by two water molecules and six malonate O atoms. The Cu(Ⅱ) cation, which lies in a centre of symmetry in an octahedral arrangement, is coordinated by four malonate O atoms and two water molecules. The structure comprises alternating layers along the [101] plane, with the shortest Cu…Cu distance of 0.762 46(6) nm. The whole 3D structure is maintained and stabilized by the presence of hydrogen bonds. Its thermo gravimetric analysis was determined by TG-DTG techniques. CCDC:663184.     

Bis(2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl)tellurium(IV) Dicyanide: the First Crystal Structure for a Tellurium Cyanide of the Type R2Te(CN)2

The reaction of Mes₂TeF₂ (Mes = 2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl) with trimethylsilyl cyanide yields the corresponding tellurium(IV) dicyanide Mes₂Te(CN)₂. Isolation of suitable crystals allows the determination of the first crystal structure of a compound of the type R₂Te(CN)₂.     

Bis(benzoxazine-maleimide)s as a novel class of high performance resin: Synthesis and properties

A new class of benzoxazine-containing monomers, namely bis(benzoxazine-maleimide)s, has been prepared from hydroxyphenylmaleimide, paraformaldehyde and various diamines. This series of difunctional maleimide benzoxazines has been difficult to synthesize using previously reported benzoxazine synthesis conditions. The structures of the monomers are confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and elemental analysis. Polymerization behavior of the monomers is studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), showing two exotherms at different temperature ranges. The 1st exotherm is due to the combination of benzoxazine ring-opening polymerization and addition-polymerization of bismaleimide. FTIR is also used to investigate the polymerization process. The dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA) of the obtained polymers reveal the glass-transition temperatures as high as 289-307 °C. Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) show the 5% weight loss temperatures ranging from 374 to 383 °C with char yield ranging from 55% to 62% at 800 °C in N₂ atmosphere.     

Coordination Chemistry of a Bis(Tetrazine) Tweezer: A Case of Host-Guest Behavior with Silver Salts

The carbon-carbon cross-coupling of phenyl s-tetrazine (Tz) units at their ortho-phenyl positions allows the formation of constrained bis(tetrazines) with original tweezer structures. In these compounds, the face-to-face positioning of the central tetrazine cores is reinforced by π-stacking of the electron-poor nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic moieties. The resulting tetra-aromatic structure can be used as a weak coordinating ligand with cationic silver. This coordination generates a set of bis(tetrazine)-silver(I) coordination complexes tolerating a large variety of counter anions of various geometries, namely, PF₆⁻, BF₄⁻, SbF₆⁻, ClO₄⁻, NTf₂⁻, and OTf⁻. These compounds were characterized in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and in solution by ¹H-NMR, mass spectrometry, electroanalysis, and UV-visible absorption spectrophotometry. The X-ray crystal structure of complexes {[Ag(3)][PF₆]}_∞ (4) and {[Ag(3)][SbF₆]}_∞ (6), where 3 is 3,3′-[(1,1′-biphenyl)-2,2′-diyl]-6,6′-bis(phenyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine, revealed the formation of 1D polymeric chains, characterized by an evolution to a large opening of the original tweezer and a coordination of silver(I) via two chelating nitrogen atom and some C=C π-interactions. Electrochemical and UV spectroscopic properties of the original tweezer and of the corresponding silver complexes are reported and compared. ¹H-NMR titrations with AgNTf₂ allowed the determination of the stoichiometry and apparent stability of two solution species, namely [Ag(3)]⁺ and [Ag(3)₂]²⁺, that formed in CDCl₃/CD₃OD 2:1 v/v mixtures.     

Cyclometallated Palladium(II) Complexes: An Approach to the First Dinuclear Bis(iminophosphorane)phosphane-[C,N,S] Metallacycle

Treatment of bis(iminophosphorane)phosphane ligands 2a–2e with Li₂PdCl₄ gave a set of novel diphosphane-derived complexes bearing two metallacycle rings, each one enclosing a P=N double bond: the unprecedented bis(iminophosphorane)phosphane-[C,N,S] palladacycles. In the case of the ligand derived from bis(diphenylphosphino)methane, 2a, both the single and the double palladacycle complexes were obtained. Reaction of 3a with bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane did not yield the expected product with the diphosphane bonded to both palladium atoms, but rather the novel coordination compound 5. The crystal structures of 3c and 5 are described.