The preparation,characterization and reactivity of the cyclometallosilane,cyclo-1,1-di-h5-cyclopentadienyltitana-2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,-octaphenylpentasilane, (h5-C5H5)2TiSi(C6H5)2[Si(C6H5)2]2Si(C6H5)2

Titanium has been incorporated into a catenated silicon ring by means of the salt elimination reaction of dichlorodi-h⁵-cyclopentadienyltitanium(IV), (I), with 1,4-dilithiooctaphenyltetrasilane, Li₂Si₄(C₆H₅)₈, to yield the title compound (II). II was characterized as a cyclometallopolysilane by means of elemental analyses, base catalyzed hydrolyses, molecular weight determination, infrared and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Electronic spectral data and electrochemical data are also discussed and support the formulation of II as a disubstituted (h⁵-C₅H₅)₂Ti^IV derivative. The reactivity of II, with CHCl₃, is described in terms of a radical decomposition pathway.     

Biferrocenium tetrabromoferrate, [(C5H5)Fe(C5H4)- (C5H4)Fe(C5H5)]FeBr4. The X-ray structural characterization of a mixed-valence compound

Biferrocenium tetrabromoferrate, [(C₅H₅)Fe(C₅H₄)-(C₅H₄)Fe(C₅H₅)]FeBr₄ (1) obtained as a by-product in the synthesis of biferrocenium trihalide salts, crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric orthorhombic space group, P2₁2₁2₁: (at 296 K) a 7.492(2), b 9.903 (2), c 31.604(9) Å, V 2345(1) ų, and Z = 4. The cation, similar to other structurally characterized biferrocenium salts, adopts a trans-configuration, but, in contrast, possesses no crystallographically imposed symmetry relating the two ferrocenyl environments. Different average Fe-ring distances at the two environments: Fe(1), 2.02(2) and Fe(2), 2.08(2) Å are typical of iron(II) and iron(III) states, respectively, indicating the presence of trapped oxidation states. Interionic contacts are both shorter and more numerous for the iron(III) ferrocenyl fragment than for the iron(II) fragment. Both ferrocenyl units have non-eclipsed ring configurations, with a staggering angle of 6.5(3)° at Fe(1) and 23.5(3)° at Fe(2). The FeBr₄⁻ counterion is tetrahedral and ordered.     

Monohalogenated ferrocenes C5H5FeC5H4X (X = Cl,Br and I) and a second polymorph of C5H5FeC5H4I

The structures of the three title monosubstituted ferrocenes, namely 1‐chloroferrocene, [Fe(C₅H₅)(C₅H₄Cl)], (I), 1‐bromoferrocene, [Fe(C₅H₅)(C₅H₄Br)], (II), and 1‐iodoferrocene, [Fe(C₅H₅)(C₅H₄I)], (III), were determined at 100 K. The chloro‐ and bromoferrocenes are isomorphous crystals. The new triclinic polymorph [space group P, Z = 4, T = 100 K, V = 943.8 (4) ų] of iodoferrocene, (III), and the previously reported monoclinic polymorph of (III) [Laus, Wurst & Schottenberger (2005). Z. Kristallogr. New Cryst. Struct. 220 , 229–230; space group Pc, Z = 4, T = 100 K, V = 924.9 ų] were obtained by crystallization from ethanolic solutions at 253 and 303 K, respectively. All four phases contain two independent molecules in the unit cell. The relative orientations of the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) rings are eclipsed and staggered in the independent molecules of (I) and (II), while (III) demonstrates only an eclipsed conformation. The triclinic and monoclinic polymorphs of (III) contain nonbonded intermolecular I...I contacts, causing different packing modes. In the triclinic form of (III), the molecules are arranged in zigzag tetramers, while in the monoclinic form the molecules are arranged in zigzag chains along the a axis. Crystallographic data for (III), along with the computed lattice energies of the two polymorphs, suggest that the monoclinic form is more stable.     

Preparation and crystal structure of [μ-Ni(C5H5)P(C6H5)3] [μ-C5H5] [ZnC5H5]2, a nickel-bridged cyclopentadienylzinc dimer

[μ-Ni(C₅H₅)P(C₆H₅)₃] [μ-C₅H₅]₂ [ZnC₅H₅]₂ has been obtained from the reaction of Cp₂Zn with Ni(COD)₂ in the presence of Ph₃P and its structure determined by X-ray crystallography. It consists of two cyclopentadienylzinc moieties bridged by the Ni atom of a CpNiPPh₃ group and by a Cp group. A possible mechanism for the formation of the compound is discussed.     

Quantum-chemical study of silacyclohexanes C5H10SiHCN, C5H10SiH(t-Bu), C5H10Si(t-Bu)CN, and C5H10SiHF

By quantum-chemical calculations at the M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory geometrical parameters, dipole moments, polarizabilities, first hyperpolarizabilities and relative energies of the axial and equatorial conformers in gaseous phase were determined for 1-cyano-1-silacyclohexane, 1-tert-butyl-1-silacyclohexane, 1-tert-butyl-1-cyano-1-silacyclohexane, and 1-fluoro-1-silacyclohexane. For the cyano group and fluorine atom the axial position is more preferable whereas for tert-butyl group, equatorial one. Polarizabilities of conformers are similar but optical anisotropy of equatorial conformers of C₅H₁₀SiHCN and C₅H₁₀SiH(t-Bu) molecules is much larger than that of axial conformers. Upon substitution in nitriles of C¹ atom by Si atom the hyperpolarizability is many times increased.     

Synthesis and characteristics of novel pentanuclear complexes [(OC)3Mn(η1,η5-C5H4)Fe(CO)2(η1,η5-C5H4CO2)]2M(η5-C5H5)2 (M=Ti, Zr)

The reaction of Cp₂MCl₂ complexes (M=Ti and Zr) with 2 equiv. of (OC)₃Mn(η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄)Fe(CO)₂(η⁵-C₅H₄COONa) results in the formation of the pentanuclear complexes (OC)₃Mn(η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄)Fe(CO)₂(η⁵-C₅H₄CO₂)]₂M(η⁵-C₅H₅)₂, which are characterized by IR and¹H NMR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1055–1058, May, 1997.     

Kinetics and thermodynamics of H. transfer from (eta5-C5R5)Cr(CO)3H (R = Ph,Me, H) to methyl methacrylate and styrene

The rates of H/D exchange have been measured between (a) the activated olefins methyl methacrylate-d(5) and styrene-d(8), and (b) the Cr hydrides (eta(5)-C(5)Ph(5))Cr(CO)(3)H (2a), (eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))Cr(CO)(3)H (2b), and (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Cr(CO)(3)H (2c). With a large excess of the deuterated olefin the first exchange goes to completion before subsequent exchanges begin, at a rate first order in olefin and in hydride. (Hydrogenation is insignificant except with styrene and CpCr(CO)(3)H; in most cases, the radicals arising from the first H. transfer are too hindered to abstract another H. .) Statistical corrections give the rate constants k(reinit) for H. transfer to the olefin from the hydride. With MMA, k(reinit) decreases substantially as the steric bulk of the hydride increases; with styrene, the steric bulk of the hydride has little effect. At longer times, the reaction of MMA or styrene with 2a gives the corresponding metalloradical 1a as termination depletes the concentration of the methyl isobutyryl radical 3 or the alpha-methylbenzyl radical 4; computer simulation of [1a] as f(t) gives an estimate of k(tr), the rate constant for H. transfer from 3 or 4 back to Cr. These rate constants imply a DeltaG (50 degrees C) of +11 kcal/mol for H. transfer from 2a to MMA, and a DeltaG (50 degrees C) of +10 kcal/mol for H. transfer from 2a to styrene. The CH(3)CN pK(a) of 2a, 11.7, implies a BDE for its Cr-H bond of 59.6 kcal/mol, and DFT calculations give 58.2 kcal/mol for the Cr-H bond in 2c. In combination the kinetic DeltaG values, the experimental BDE for 2a, and the calculated DeltaS values for H. transfer imply a C-H BDE of 45.6 kcal/mol for the methyl isobutyryl radical 3 (close to the DFT-calculated 49.5 kcal/mol), and a C-H BDE of 47.9 kcal/mol for the alpha-methylbenzyl radical 4 (close to the DFT-calculated 49.9 kcal/mol). A solvent cage model suggests 46.1 kcal/mol as the C-H BDE for the chain-carrying radical in MMA polymerization.     

Condensation of 2,4(3H,5H)-furandione with heteroaromatic aldehydes

2,4(3H,5H)-Furaridione, 1 , condenses with heteroaromatic aldehydes in the presence of concentrated hydrochloric acid to yield 3-(heteroarylmethylene)-2,4(3H,5H)-furandiones, 4 . The condensation of 1 with acid sensitive aldehydes, including 2-furanacroleine and N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde proceeded well with 1 as the sole proton source. The E/Z ratio of type 4 compounds was determined by ¹H-nmr spectroscopy.     

Synthesis and characterization of complexes η5,η5-(CO)3Mn(C5H4-C5H4)(CO)2Fe-η1,η5-C5H4Mn(CO)3 and μ-(C≡C)[C5H4(CO)2Fe-η1,η5-C5H4Mn(CO)3]2

The complex η⁵,η⁵-(CO)₃Mn(C₅H₄-C₅H₄)(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃ was synthesized by the reaction of η⁵-Cp(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃ with BuⁿLi (THF, ?78 °C) and then with anhydrous CuCl₂. The complex μ-(C≡C)[C₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃]₂ was prepared by the reaction of η⁵-IC₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃ with Me₃SnC≡CSnMe₃ (2:1) in the presence of Pd(MeCN)₂Cl₂.     

6(5H)-phenanthridinones. III. halo-6(5H)phenanthridinones

Halogenation of 6(5H)-phenanthridinone or its 3,8-dihalo derivatives with N-bromo or N-chlorosuccinimide in dimethylformamide gives the corresponding 2-halophenanthridinones (I,V,XI-XIV). Further halogenation of 2-halo-6(5H)-phenanthridinone with the appropriate N-halosuccinimide, in the same medium, gives the corresponding 2,4-dihalo derivatives (II,VI). NXS/DMF is found to be a very convenient halogenating system in these preparations. 1,3,8-Trihalo-6(5H)-phenanthridinones (XIX,XX) are prepared from the 1-nitro derivatives which are obtained by a Schmidt rearrangement of 2,7-dihalo-4-nitro-9-oxofluorenes. Similarly, rearrangement and further reaction of 2-nitro-5-chloro-9-oxofluorene (XXI) leads to 3,10-dichloro-6(5H)-phenanthridinone (XXIV). UV absorptions as well as selected IR absorptions of these 6(5H)-phenanthridinones are described.     

Thermal transformations of B10H12(NH3)2, B10H12(C5H5N)2, and B10H12(C9H7N)2

Conclusions For B₁₀H₁₂L₂, where L=NH₃, C₅H₅N, or C₉H₇N, features of thermal transformations in the range 25–850°C and the composition of the pyrolysis products are determined. The latter are x-ray amorphous phases, containing nitride, carbide, boron carbide, boron, and carbon.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2481–2484, November, 1988.