Electronic interaction between the nitrogen,oxygen, and silicon atoms in the molecules of α-aziridin-1-ylalkoxy(triethyl)silanes

By the PMR method we have established the existence of a high frequency of the inversion of the nitrogen atom in the molecules of -aziridin-1-ylalkoxysilanes. This is due to the fact that the high (because of p-d bonding with the silicon atom) electronegativity of the oxygen atom in the Si-O-C-N system makes possible an interaction between the unshared electron pair of the nitrogen atom and the antibonding orbital of the C-O bond. The latter, in its turn, increases the degree of p-d bonding between the oxygen and silicon atoms (in these compounds the order of the Si-O bond is greater than in the alkoxysilanes).     

Spectroscopic study of compounds possessing a bond of an element of group IVb to hydrogen

Conclusions In the silanes (C₂H₅)X₃SiH and X₃SiH, the substituants X of which form d-p bonds with the silicon atom, the effect of d-p conjugation depends on the inductive and mesomeric effects of X, which change the charge on the silicon atom.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 342–347, February, 1972.The authors would like to express their gratitude to G. A. Domrachev for discussing certain questions in this article.     

The Effect of cis-trans Isomerism on the Electronic-vibrational Structure of the Ground and Excited States and Reactivity of 2-(2-Furyl)- and 2-(2-Thienyl)oxazole

The fluorescent properties, structure, and electronic structure of the ground and excited singlet and triplet electronic states of the cis and trans forms of 4,5-dihydro-2-(2-furyl)oxazole, 4,4-dihydro-2-(2-thienyl)oxazole, 2-(2-furyl)oxazole (FO), and 2-(2-thienyl)oxazole (TO) have been studied. The orbital nature of the lower excited singlet and triplet states has been studied by the semiempirical INDO/S (valence approximation) and PPP/S ( approximation) methods. It was shown that for FO and TO molecules the lower triplet state is of the * type, for which delocalization of the electronic excitation on atoms is characteristic. In the singlet excitation state inversion was observed of the energy levels of the delocalized * states and n* states localized over several bonds (for the free TO and FO molecules the lower excited singlet states S₁* were assigned to * and n* types respectively). Owing to the low position of the T * and T _n* levels relative to the singlet level of * type, the rate constant for intercombination conversion is greater than the rate constant for radiative decay. Consequently an efficient population of the triplet states of the molecules occurs under conditions of electronic-vibrational excitation. The direction of reactions during synthesis was compared with the localization indices in the ground state for electrophilic, nucleophilic, and radical substitution, and also with the excitation localization numbers L for a wide selection of electronically excited states. It was concluded that the change in the structure of the azole molecule on replacing an O atom by an S atom, or on changing from a partially hydrogenated to a heteroaromatic system, was the main reason for the change of all the spectral parameters characterizing the electronic-vibrational or the spin-orbital interaction of the most reactive groups of atoms in the molecular structure.     

Nature of the pentamethyldisilanyl group in organosilicon compounds

Summary The positige inductive effect of the pentamethyldisilanyl group (CH₃)₃SiSi(CH₃)₂ and the election-acceptor effect of its p-d bond with an aromatic ring are appreciably greater than the analogous effects of the trimethylsilyl group (CH_{3 3}Si, which gives ground for the postulation of the presence of a p-d-d¹ bond in the fragment C_sp ²-Si-Si.     

Ab initio SCF and CI study of the electronic spectrum of pyridine N-oxide

Configuration interaction (CI) studies of ground, n *, * * electronically excited states are reported for pyridine N-oxide. The transition energy to the lowest * excited ¹ B ₂ state is calculated at 4.35 eV, compared to the experimental spectrum range of 3.67–4.0 eV. This state lies below the lowest n * excited ¹ A ₂ state calculated at 4.81 eV above the ground state. The only experimentally reported triplet state at 2.92 eV above the ground state is predicted to be the ³ A ₁ (*) state. The calculated energy lies at 3.27 eV. Numerous other high-lying singlet states as well as the triplet states have also been calculated. The intramolecular charge transfer character of the ground and the excited states have been studied in terms of the calculated dipole moment and other physical properties.     

Infrared spectra of vinyl compounds and the effects of conjugation involving the π-electrons of the vinyl group

Conclusions The frequencies of the =CH₂ group wagging vibration in CH₂=CH-X compounds reflects both the inductive effect of the substituents X, and the effects of, -, ,p- and (d-p)-conjugation in which these substituents take part.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No.l, pp. 152–154, January 1970.     

The Exciton Model and the Circular Dichroism of Polypeptides

Summary. Exciton coupling of the 190nm ^* transition is an important factor in the CD spectrum of peptides and proteins. The CD spectrum of the -helix is dominated by the exciton effect. The spectrum is sensitive to the direction of the ^* transition dipole moment, especially for short helices. Exciton theory is much less successful in accounting for the CD spectrum of the poly(proline)II (PPII) conformation, an important conformer in collagen and in unordered peptides. Mixing of the ^* transition with high-energy transitions in the peptide backbone and in side chains must be considered to explain the strong negative CD band near 200nm of PPII.     

Quantum-chemical study of allylstannanes

It has been shown by the MNDO method that in allyl compounds of tin, the atomic orbitals of the heteroatom interact with the -orbital through the bridge group, but interact with the ^*-orbital mainly through space. The position and intensity of the long-wave electronic transitions for methylvinylstannane should not depend on the conformation, with the ,- and , pseudo--conjugation effects being approximately identical, whereas for allylstannane, the ,-conjugation is considerably stronger. In molecules containing several allyl fragments bonded to heavy atoms, ,-conjugation is far weaker than ,-conjugation in polyenes.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2071–2076, September, 1991.     

Proton-magnetic-resonance spectra of some organoethoxysilanes

The PMR spectra of 33 organoethoxysilanes have been investigated. Comparison of the chemical shifts of C₂H₅O and CH₃ groups attached to the silicon atom with the values of the remaining substituents at the central silicon atom gives reason to suppose that the contribution of each atom in p– interaction decreases with increased number of ethoxy groups at the silicon atom, while the over-all effect of increased electron density at the silicon heteroatom arising from this interaction increases. The Taft constants for several substituents are calculated.     

Electronic absorption spectra or carbonium and dicarbonium ions containing heterocyclic rings with a biphenylene base

An analysis has been made of -^* -electronic excitations of carbonium and dicarbonium ions obtained by the interaction of concentrated sulfuric or fluoboric acid with alcohols or glycols containing a heterocyclic bridge structure, i.e., nuclei of dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, carbazole, and N-methylcarbazole; this analysis has been aimed at establishing a correlation of their structure and spectral characteristics. From an analysis of experimental data, calculated results, and indexes quantitatively characterizing the structure of the -^* -electronic excitations, it has been established that there are four electronic transitions in the visible region of the electronic absorption spectrum of the carbonium ions. The long-wave, intense band of the spectrum is due to superposition of intense (p-type) and weak (-type) transitions proceeding from corresponding excitations of the heterocyclic fragment. In the electronic spectra of the dicarbonium ions, a doublet of p-transitions is clearly manifested. It has been shown that the interaction of chromophores through the bridge structure increases by a factor of approximately 1.8 when the change is made from dibenzofuran to dibenzothiophene, carbazole, and Nmethylcarbazole; in comparison with the corresponding dihydroxycarbonium ions, the degree of interaction of the chromophores is greater by a factor of approximately 1.5.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 284–291, May–June, 1990.     

A theoretical study of the lowest electronic states of azobenzene: the role of torsion coordinate in the cis–trans photoisomerization

In the present paper we report the results of a multiconfigurational computational study on potential-energy curves of azobenzene along the NN twisting to clarify the role of this coordinate in the decay of the S₂(*) and S₁(n*) states. We have found that there is a singlet state, S₃ at the trans geometry, on the basis of the doubly excited configuration n²*², that has a deep minimum at about 90° of twisting, where it is the lowest excited singlet state. The existence of this state provides an explanation for the short lifetime of S₂(*) and for the wavelength-dependence of azobenzene photochemistry. We have characterized the S₁(n*) state by calculating its vibrational frequencies, which are found to correspond to the recently observed transient Raman spectrum. We have also computed the potential-energy curve for the triplet T₁(n*) at the density functional theory B3LYP level, which indicates that in this state the isomerization occurs along the twisting coordinate.Acknowledgement The financial support from MIUR (project Modellistica delle proprietà spettroscopiche di sistemi molecolari complessi funds ex 60% and project Dinamiche molecolari in sistemi di interesse chimico funds ex 40%), from the University of Bologna (Funds for Selected Research Topics) is gratefully acknowledged.Contribution to the Jacopo Tomasi Honorary Issue     

Theoretical analysis of vibrational spectra for vinyl derivatives of group IVb Elements and pπ-dπ, conjugation

Frequency and form have been calculated for the normal modes of vinyl compounds of elements in group IV; intensity measurements have also been made on some Raman lines characteristic of these. The frequency change in the vinyl group in the series C, Si, Ge, Sn is shown to be due mainly to the induction from the central atom M; the fall in the Raman intensity of thev _C=C line is due to participation of the qx coordinate (M-C bond) in this normal mode. The evidence for p-d conjugation is discussed; if present, it is very small and does not affect the vibrational spectra.     

Excited Π states of divinyl chalcogenides and chalcophenes

Electron transitions in divinyl chalcogenides (CH₂=CHXCH=CH₂, where X is S, Se, or Te) have been analyzed using UV absorption spectra of dialkyl and alkyl vinyl chalcogenides. The following relations for the orbital energies are found: ^* < ^* < ^* < ^* for Te and ^* < ^* < ^* < ^* for S and Se. For chalcophenes, a correlation between the energy of the excited state (E ^*) of specific symmetry, the ionization potential (I) and the electron affinity (EA) is obtained:E ^*=const+(I+EA)/2. The electron affinity of divinyl chalcogenides is estimated. The correlation between the excited ^* states of divinyl chalcogenides and chalcophenes is discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 831–835, May, 1994.     

On the excited states ofp-quinones and an interpretation of the photocycloaddition ofp-quinones to alkenes

A theoretical investigation is made of the electronic states ofp-benzoquinone (PBQ), methyl substituted PBQ's and 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ). In accord with experiment, the lowest triplet state of PBQ is calculated to be³ B _1g (n, *), while that for duroquinone (DQ) is³ B _3g (, *). The electron densities of these states are consistent with the hypothesis that³ n, * states lead to oxetan formation and³, * states to cyclobutanes. It is predicted that trimethyl PBQ might form both adducts, as the two states are calculated to be nearly degenerate.The photochemistry of NQ is more complex. The lowest excited triplet state is calculated to be ofn, * symmetry, in accord with experiment; however, several other states are predicted near in energy, and the photochemistry cannot be rationalized unambiguously.This work was supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada.     

Spectroscopic study of organosilicon derivatives of thiophene

Substituents in disubstituted thiophenes have an additive effect on the chemical shifts of the ring hydrogen atoms. The electronic effects of organosilicon substituents are transmitted via inductive and conjugation (d-p interaction) mechanisms. The effect of d-p interaction in the Si-ring bond is absent for Si(OC₂H₅) and SiF₃ substituents.See [1] for communication III.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenli, No. 11, pp. 1483–1488, November, 1972.     

Absorption spectra and bond type in Co(II) aquoamino complexes

Absorption spectra are reported for solutions containing Co(II) and ammonia. Spectra are calculated for five Co(II) aquoamino complexes. The spectra are used to determine Dq and B, parameters of the bonds in these compounds. It is found that Dq and B change nonlinearly and nonadditively. The parameters _c, Dt, Ds, and have also been established for [Co(H₂O)₆]²⁺ and [Co(NH₃)₆]²⁺. The parameter variation can be explained if the H₂O molecules form weaker bonds to the central atom than do the NH₃ molecules, but are capable of d-p interaction.     

Formation of charge-transfer complexes between monosubstituted benzenes C6H5X and electron-donor organic compounds

Labile charge-transfer complexes (CTC) are examined for C₆H₅X with electron-donor organic compounds D that contain heteroatoms with nonbonding pairs (O, N, and Cl). The n(V) isotherms (derived by refractometry, and sometimes supplemented by other methods) for over 400 liquid C₆H₅X-D systems are surveyed to show that C₆H₅X shows the greatest tendency to form complexes if X is a type II (m-orienting) substituent, the tendency also increasing with the dipole moment of the molecule and decreasing as OCl>N for the heteroatoms in D, though not in proportion to the basicity of the nonbenzenoid component. The C₆H₅X-D compounds are of donor-acceptor type and are due to electron transfer from D to an aromatic ring with reduced -electron density. These complexes differ from ordinary aromatic -complexes in having reverse displacement of the -electrons; they might be called reverse -complexes. It is proposed that these reverse -complexes are formed as initial intermediates in nucleophilic aromatic substitution.The results are largely illustrative; detailed refractometric data for over 400 systems have been given elsewhere [20]. The other physicochemical studies will appear in future papers.     

Charge control in the formation of complexes of phenol with unsaturated compounds containing organometallic substituents from group IV

The resonance donor effect of the , conjugation of R₃M and R₃MCH₂ (M = Si, Ge, Sn; R is an alklyl group) substituents with the triple bond in compounds R₃MC=CX and R₃MCH₂CCX (X = H, R) changes on passing from isolated molecules to their H-complexes. A partial ⁺ charge on the triple bond enhances , conjugation; a partial ^– charge on the triple bond has practically no effect on the resonance properties of R₃M substituents, whereas the , conjugation of R₃MCH₂ substituents diminishes owing to the effect of negative direct resonance interaction. The effect of , conjugation on the effective negative charges of the carbon atoms in the -CC- fragments was estimated quantitatively.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1041–1046, June, 1994.This work was supported by the Russian Fundation for Basic Research (Grant 93-03-18372).     

Calculations on the π→1π* transitions in large conjugated carbonyl compounds using the molecules-in-molecules method

Assignments of the ^1* electronic transitions in large carbonyl compounds have been carried out using the molecules-in-molecules method.     

Study of relative acidity of some silazanes by infrared spectroscopy method

Conclusions The relative acidity of the hydrogen atom of the NH group in a number of silazanes was determined. The electron-acceptor character of the silyl substituents is caused by the existence of d—p interaction at the Si-N bond.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 644–646, March, 1973.