Isostructural bisdithiazolyl and bisthiaselenazolyl radicals: trends in bandwidth and conductivity

Reaction of N-alkylated pyridine-bridged bisdithiazolylium cations [1]+ (R1 =Me, Et; R2 =Ph) with selenium dioxide in acetic acid provides a one-step high-yield synthetic route to bisthiaselenazolylium cations [2]+ (R1 = Me, Et; R2 = Ph). The corresponding radicals 1 and 2 can be prepared by chemical or electrochemical reduction of the cations. Structural analysis of the radicals has been achieved by a combination of single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction methods. While the two sulfur radicals 1 adopt different space groups (P3(1)21 for R1 = Me and P(-)1 for R1 = Et), the two selenium radicals 2 (space groups P3(1)21 for R1 = Me and P3(2)21 for R1 =Et) are isostructural with each other and also with 1 (R1 = Me, R2 = Ph). Variable-temperature magnetic measurements on all four compounds confirm that they are undimerized S = 1/2 systems, with varying degrees of weak intermolecular antiferromagnetic coupling. Variable-temperature electrical conductivity measurements on the two selenium radicals provide conductivities sigma(300 K) = 7.4 x 10-6 (R1 = Et) and 3.3 x 10-5 S cm-1 (R1 = Me), with activation energies, E(act), of 0.32 (R1 = Et) and 0.29 eV (R1 = Me). The differences in conductivity within the isostructural series is interpreted in terms of their relative solid-state bandwidths, as estimated from Extended Hückel band-structure calculations.     

31P CIDNP in the reactions of phosphoranyl radicals

The polarisation of phosphorus nuclei (³¹P CIDNP) during the free radical reactions of triakyl and triaryl phosphites proceeding via intermediate phosphoranyl radicals is discussed.     

Spin-trapping evidence for the formation of alkyl, alkoxyl, and alkylperoxyl radicals in the reactions of dialkylzincs with oxygen

The reactions of dialkylzincs (Me(2)Zn, Et(2)Zn, and nBu(2)Zn) with oxygen have been investigated by EPR spectroscopy using spin-trapping techniques. The use of 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrrroline N-oxide (DEPMPO) as a spin-trap has allowed the involvement of alkyl, alkylperoxyl, and alkoxyl radicals in this process to be probed for the first time. The relative ratio of the corresponding spin-adducts depends strongly on the nature of the R group, which controls the C-Zn bond dissociation enthalpy, and on the experimental conditions (excess of spin-trap compared with R(2)Zn and vice versa). The results have demonstrated that Et(2)Zn and, to a lesser extent, nBu(2)Zn are much better traps for oxygen-centered species than Me(2)Zn. When the dialkylzincs were used in excess with respect to the spin-trap, the concentration of the oxygen-centered radical adducts of DEPMPO was much lower for Et(2)Zn and nBu(2)Zn than for Me(2)Zn. A detailed reaction mechanism is discussed and C-Zn, O-Zn, and O-O bond dissociation enthalpies for the proposed reaction intermediates were calculated at the UB3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd)//UB3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory to support the rationale.     

Reactive half-metallocenium ionic liquids that undergo solventless ligand exchange

The piano-stool half-metallocenium cations [Fe(C(5)R(5))(CO)(2)L](+) (C(5)R(5) = C(5)H(5), C(5)Me(5), C(5)Me(4)Et; L = 1-pentene, nBuCN, MeCN, Me(2)S, NH(3), NMe(3), pyridine) provide ionic liquids (ILs) with the bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Tf(2)N) anion without introducing long alkyl chains. Their melting points are affected by molecular symmetry, and their thermal stabilities reflect the strength of the metal-ligand bonding. These are reactive liquids that show solventless ligand exchange reactions by gas absorption. The direction of the ligand-exchange reaction is correlated with the stabilities. Based on the variation of the melting points, these ILs undergo transformations between the liquid and solid phases associated with the reaction.     

Bimetallic anilido-aldimine zinc complexes for epoxide/CO2 copolymerization

Acyclic o-phenylene-bridged bis(anilido-aldimine) compounds, o-C(6)H(4){C(6)H(2)R(2)N=CH-C(6)H(4)-(H)N(C(6)H(3)R'(2))}(2) and related 30-membered macrocyclic compounds, o-C(6)H(4){C(6)H(2)R'(2)N=CH-C(6)H(4)-(H)N-C(6)H(2)R(2)}(2) (o-C(6)H(4)) are prepared. Successive additions of Me(2)Zn and SO(2) gas to the bis(anilido-aldimine) compounds afford quantitatively dinuclear mu-methylsulfinato zinc complexes, o-C(6)H(4){(C(6)H(2)R(2)N=CH-C(6)H(4)-N(C(6)H(3)R'(2))-kappa(2)-N,N)Zn(mu-OS(O)Me)}(2) (R = iPr and R' = iPr, 29; R = Et and R' = Et, 30; R = Me and R'= Me, 31; R = Me and R' = iPr, 32; R = Et and R' = Me, 33; R = Et and R' = iPr, 34; R = iPr and R' = Et, 35) and o-C(6)H(4){C(6)H(2)R'(2)N=CH-C(6)H(4)-N-C(6)H(2)R(2)-kappa(2)-N,N)Zn(mu-OS(O)Me)}(2) (o-C(6)H(4)) (R = Et and R'= Et, 36; R = Me and R' = Me, 37; R = iPr and R' = Me, 38; R = Et and R' = Me, 39; R = Me and R'= iPr, 40). Molecular structures of 34 and 40 are confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Complexes 30-35 show high activity for cyclohexene oxide/CO(2) copolymerization at low [Zn]/[monomer] ratio (1:5600), whereas the complex of mononucleating beta-diketiminate {[(C(6)H(3)Et(2))N=C(Me)CH=C(Me)N(C(6)H(3)Et(2))]Zn(mu-OS(O)Et)}(2) shows negligible activity in the same condition. Activity is sensitive to the N-aryl ortho substituents and the highest activity is observed with 32. Turnover number up to 2980 and molecular weight (M(n)) up to 284 000 are attained with 32 at such a highly diluted condition as [Zn]/[monomer] = 1:17 400. Macrocyclic complexes 36-40 show negligible activity for copolymerization.     

Electronic and magnetic interactions in pi-stacked bisthiadiazinyl radicals

The preparation of two bisthiadiazinyls (7, R1 = Me, Et; R2 = Cl, R3 = Ph), the first examples of a new class of resonance-stabilized heterocyclic thiazyl radical, are reported. Both radicals have been characterized in solution by EPR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, which confirm highly delocalized spin distributions and low electrochemical cell potentials, features which augur well for the use of these materials as building blocks for neutral radical conductors. In the solid state, the radicals are undimerized, crystallizing in slipped pi-stack arrays which ensure the availability of electrons as potential charge carriers. However, despite these favorable electrochemical and structural properties, both materials exhibit low conductivities, with sigma(300K) < 10-7 S cm-1, a result which can be rationalized in terms of their EHT band electronic structures, which indicate that intermolecular interactions lateral to the pi-stacks are limited. The materials are thus very 1-D with low bandwidths, so that a Mott insulating state prevails. When R1 = Me, the intermolecular overlap along the pi-stacks is weak and the material is essentially paramagnetic. When R1 = Et, intermolecular pi-overlap is greater and variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate a strongly antiferromagnetically coupled system, the behavior of which has been modeled in terms of a molecular-field modified 1-D Heisenberg chain of S = 1/2 centers. Broken-symmetry DFT methods have been used to estimate the magnitude of individual exchange interactions within both structures.     

Reactivity of molecular oxygen with ethoxycarbonyl derivatives of tetrathiatriarylmethyl radicals

Tetrathiatriarylmethyl (TAM) radicals are commonly used as oximetry probes for electron paramagnetic resonance imaging applications. In this study, the electronic properties and the thermodynamic preferences for O2 addition to various TAM-type triarylmethyl (trityl) radicals were theoretically investigated. The radicals' stability in the presence of O2 and biological milieu was also experimentally assessed using EPR spectroscopy. Results show that H substitution on the aromatic ring affects the trityl radical's stability (tricarboxylate salt 1-CO2Na > triester 1-CO2Et > diester 2-CO2Et > monoester 3-CO2Et) and may lead to substitution reactions in cellular systems. We propose that this degradation process involves an arylperoxyl radical that can further decompose to alcohol or quinone products. This study demonstrates how computational chemistry can be used as a tool to rationalize radical stability in the redox environment of biological systems and aid in the future design of more biostable trityl radicals.     

Ferromagnetic ordering in bisthiaselenazolyl radicals: variations on a tetragonal theme

A series of five isostructural bisthiaselenazolyl radicals 2 have been prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The crystal structures, all belonging to the tetragonal space group P42(1)m, consist of slipped pi-stack arrays of undimerized radicals packed about 4 centers running along the z-direction, an arrangement which gives rise to a complex lattice-wide network of close intermolecular Se---Se' contacts. Variations in R1 (Et, Pr, CH2CF3) with R2 = Cl lead to significant changes in the degree of slippage of the pi-stacks and hence the proximity of the Se---Se' interactions. By contrast, variations in R2 (Cl, Br, Me) with R1 = Et induce very little change in either the degree of slippage or the intermolecular contacts. Variable-temperature conductivity (sigma) measurements show relatively constant values for the conductivity sigma(300 K) (10(-5)-10(-4) S cm(-1)) and thermal activation energy E(act) (0.27-0.31 eV). Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that radicals 2b and 2c (R1 = Pr, CH2CF3; R2 = Cl) behave as weakly antiferromagnetically coupled Curie-Weiss paramagnets, but in 2a, 2d and 2e (R1 = Et; R2 = Cl, Me, Br) ferromagnetic ordering is observed, with T(c) values of 12.8 (R2 = Cl), 13.6 (R2 = Me), and 14.1 K (R2 = Br). The origin of the dramatically different magnetic behavior across the series has been explored in terms of a direct through-space mechanism by means of DFT calculations on individual pairwise exchange energies. These indicate that antiferromagnetic exchange between radicals along the pi-stacks increases with pi-stack slippage.     

Pressure enhanced conductivity in bis-1,2,3-thiaselenazolyl dimers

A synthetic sequence to salts of N-alkylated pyridine-bridged 1,2,3-thiaselenazolo-1,2,3-thiaselenazolylium cations [2]+ (R1 = Me, Et; R2 = H) is described. The corresponding radicals 2 (R1 = Me, Et; R2 = H) can be generated from the cations by chemical or electrochemical reduction. Crystals of the two radicals are isostructural and consist of interpenetrating pi-stacked arrays of closed-shell Se-Se sigma-bonded dimers [2]2 laced together with numerous short intermolecular Se- - -Se, Se- - -S, and Se- - -N contacts. Variable-temperature magnetic, conductivity, and near-infrared optical measurements indicate that the bulk materials behave as small band gap semiconductors with room-temperature conductivities sigma(RT) near 10(-6) S cm(-1) and thermal activation energies Ea of 0.32 eV (R1 = Me) and 0.36 eV (R1 = Et). LMTO band structure calculations on both compounds are consistent with this interpretation. The application of external pressure leads to dramatic increases in conductivity; at 4 GPa sigma(RT) reaches a value near 10(-1) S cm(-1) for R1 = Me and 10(-2) S/cm for R1 = Et. The conductivity remains activated for both compounds, but for R1 = Me the activation energy Ea is reduced to near 0.03 eV at 5 GPa, suggestive of a weakly metallic state.     

Pyridine N-alkylation by lithium, magnesium, and zinc alkyl reagents: synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies on the bis(imino)pyridine system

The 2,6-bis(alpha-iminoalkyl)pyridines 2,6-[ArNC(CR(3))](2)C(5)H(3)N [R = H, D; Ar = 2,6-i-Pr(2)C(6)H(3) (DIPP), 2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3) (DMP)] react with MeLi in Et(2)O to give a binary mixture of products: the pyridine N-methylated species 2,6-[ArNC(CR(3))](2)C(5)H(3)N(Me)Li(OEt(2)) and the deprotonated/dedeuterated species 2-[ArNC(CR(3))],6-[ArNC(=CR(2))]C(5)H(3)NLi(OEt(2)). For R = D, the product ratio is 2:1 in favor of the N-methylated product, while, for R = H, the deprotonated product is favored by 5:1, increasing to 8:1 in toluene solvent. Warming solutions of the N-methylated species leads to clean conversion to the thermodynamically preferred deprotonated species. Crossover experiments show that MeLi is re-formed and dissociates from the terdentate ligand before deprotonating the ketimine methyl unit. For MgR(2) (R = Et, i-Pr) and ZnR(2) (R = Et) reagents, N-alkylation products are formed exclusively, but derivatives containing bulky aryl substituents are found to undergo further rearrangement to 2-alkylated species, arising by migration of the alkyl group of the N-alkyl moiety to the adjacent ring carbon atom. The reversibility of the N-alkylation process has been probed using deuterio-labeled Mg alkyl reagents and mixed alkyl zinc species. A cationic zinc derivative is shown to undergo "reverse" alkyl migration, from the heterocycle nitrogen atom to the zinc center. EPR spectroscopy reveals a paramagnetic intermediate in which the unpaired electron is delocalized over the heterocycle and di-imine moieties of the ligand, indicating that the N-alkylation reactions proceed via single electron-transfer processes.     

具有含磷、硫配体的二核和三核钌羰基簇合衍生物的合成及晶体结构

用Ru₃(CO)12与杂环二硫代次膦酸盐SP(C₆H₄OR)(S)N(C₆H₅)NC(Me)(R=Me,Et)反应,得到两类4个含磷、硫配体的二核和三核钌羰基簇合衍生物Ru₃(CO)₈(μ₃-S)₂[P(C₆H₄OR)N(C₆H₅)NC(Me)S](1;R=Me;3;R=Et)和Ru₂(CO)₆[μ-η₂-SC(Me)NN(C₆H₅)P(C₆H₄OR)](2;R=Me;4;R=Et).对它们进行了元素分析、IR、¹HNMR和MS谱学表征,并用X射线衍射技术测定了1和2的晶体结构.晶体1属三斜晶系,P1空间群,晶胞参数a=1.0755(2)nm,b=1.5760(2)nm,c=0.9078(1)nm,α=98.12(7)°,β=96.64(4)°,γ=79.67(5)°,V=1.4921(4)nm³,Z=2,R(wR)=0.0303(0.0615);该簇合物分子为开口三核钌簇,其簇骨架Ru₃(μ₃-S)₂为畸变四方锥构型;五元杂环上的P原子取代在Ru1原子的轴向配位位置上.晶体2属单斜晶系,P2(1)/n空间群,晶胞参数a=1.1243(4)nm,b=1.4105(5)nm,c=1.62945(7)nm,β=107.06(5)°,V=2.4702(2)nm³,Z=4,R(wR)=0.0248(0.0441);两核簇合物分子中含有2个六元螯环Ru1SCNNP和Ru2SCNNP,增强了簇合物的稳定性.     

Quenched gas-phase reactions of tetraborane(10), B4H10, with substituted alkynes: new nido-dicarbapentaboranes and arachno-monocarbapentaboranes

New alkyl derivatives of the nido-dicarbapentaborane, 1,2-C(2)B(3)H(7), and arachno-carbapentaborane, 1-CB(4)H(10), have been identified as the main volatile carbaborane products in quenched gas-phase reactions of tetraborane(10), B(4)H(10), with alkyl-substituted ethynes RC[triple bond]CR' (R = Me, Et, (n)Pr or (t)Bu, R' = H; R = Me or Et, R' = Me). The gaseous mixtures were heated at 70 degrees C, and monitored by gas-phase mass spectrometry. Each reaction was quenched when the ethyne was used up. The quenched gas-phase reaction of B(4)H(10) and Me(3)SiC[triple bond]CH gave a single volatile carbaborane product, 1-Me(3)Si-1,2-C(2)B(3)H(6).     

Prototypal dithiazolodithiazolyl radicals: synthesis, structures, and transport properties

New synthetic routes to 1,2,3-dithiazolo-1,2,3-dithiazolylium salts, based on double Herz condensations of N-alkylated 2,6-diaminopyridinium salts with sulfur monochloride, have been developed. The two prototypal 1,2,3-dithiazolo-1,2,3-dithiazolyl radicals HBPMe and HBPEt have been prepared and characterized in solution by cyclic voltammetry and EPR spectroscopy. Measured electrochemical cell potentials and computed (B3LYP/6-31G) gas-phase disproportionation enthalpies favor a low on-site Coulombic repulsion energy U in the solid state. The crystal structures of HBPR (R = Me, Et) have been determined by X-ray crystallography (at 293 K). Both consist of slipped pi-stacks of undimerized radicals, with many close intermolecular S- - -S contacts. Magnetic, conductivity, and optical measurements have been performed and the results interpreted in light of extended Hückel band calculations. The crystalline materials are paramagnetic above 100 K, with room-temperature conductivities sigma(RT) of 10(-5)-10(-6) S cm(-1); the slightly greater conductivity of the R = Et compound can be associated with a more well developed band structure. We suggest a Mott-Hubbard insulator ground state for these materials, with an on-site Coulomb repulsion energy U of about 1.0 eV.     

The kinetic use of stable nitroxyl radicals in reactions of phosphites

Conclusions It was shown by the method of radical acceptors-stable nitroxyl radicals-that phosphoranyl radicals, formed in the reaction of tert-butylhydroperoxide with triethyl phosphite, are converted to phosphoranyl peroxide radicals in the presence of oxygen. The rate constant of formation of phosphoranyl peroxide radicals found at 20° is 250 times lower than the rate constant of the disproportionation of primary phosphoranyl radicals according to the reaction with the free radical.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2454–2458, November, 1973.     

Persistent radicals of trivalent tin and lead

In this report we present synthetic, crystallographic, and new electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic work that shows that the synthetic route leading to the recently reported, first persistent plumbyl radical *PbEbt3 (Ebt = ethylbis(trimethylsilyl)silyl), that is, the oxidation of the related PbEbt3-anion, was easily extended to the synthesis of other persistent molecular mononuclear radicals of lead and tin. At first, various novel solvates of homoleptic potassium metallates KSnHyp3 (4a), KPbHyp3 (3a), KSnEbt3 (4b), KPbIbt3 (3c), and KSnIbt3 (4c) (Hyp = tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl, Ibt = isopropylbis(trimethylsilyl)silyl), as well as some heteroleptic metallates, such as [Li(OEt2)2][Sn(n)BuHyp2] (3d), [Li(OEt2)2][Pb(n)BuHyp2] (4d), [Li(thf)4][PbPhHyp2] (3e), and [K(thf)7][PbHyp2{N(SiMe3)2}] (3f), were synthesized and crystallographically characterized. Through oxidation by tin(II) and lead(II) bis(trimethylsilyl)amides or the related 2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxides, they had been oxidized to yield in most cases the corresponding radicals. Five novel persistent homoleptically substituted radicals, that is, *SnHyp3 (2a), *PbHyp3 (1a), *SnEbt3 (2b), *SnIbt3 (2c), and *PbIbt3 (1c), had been characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The stannyl radicals 2a and 2c as well as the plumbyl radical 1c were isolated as intensely colored crystalline compounds and had been characterized by X-ray diffraction. Persistent heteroleptically substituted radicals such as *PbHyp2Ph (1e) or *PbHyp2Et (1g) had also been generated, and some selected EPR data are given for comparison. The plumbyl radicals *PbR3 exhibit a clean monomolecular decay leading to the release of a temperature-dependent stationary concentration of branched silyl radicals. They may thus serve as tunable sources of these reactive species that may be utilized as reagents for mild radical silylations and/or as initiators for radical polymerizations. We present EPR-spectroscopic investigations for the new tin- and lead-containing compounds giving detailed insights into their electronic and geometric structure in solution, as well as structural studies on the crystalline state of the radicals, some of their anionic precursors, and some side-products.     

Distinct reaction pathways of peralkylated LnIIAlIII heterobimetallic complexes with substituted phenols

The protonolysis reaction of heterobimetallic peralkylated complexes [Ln(AlR4)2]n (Ln=Sm, Yb; R=Me, Et) with 2 equiv of HOC 6H 2 tBu 2-2,6-Me-4 affords the bis(trialkylaluminum) adducts Ln[(micro-OArtBu,Me)(micro-R)AlR2]2 in good yields. Analogous reactions with the less sterically demanding iPr-substituted phenol result in ligand redistributions and formation of X-ray structurally evidenced Ln[(micro-OAriPr,H) 2AlR2]2 (Ln=Yb, R=Me; Ln=Sm, R=Et), Yb[(micro-OAriPr,H)(micro-Et)AlEt2]2(THF), and [Et2Al(micro-OAriPr,H) 2Yb(micro-Et)2AlEt2]2. The solid-state structures of serendipitous alumoxane complex Sm[(micro-OArtBu,Me)AlEt2OAlEt2(micro-OArtBu,Me)](toluene) and dimeric AlMe 3-adduct complex [(AlMe3)(micro-OArtBu,Me)Sm(micro-OArtBu,Me) 2Sm(micro-OArtBu,Me)(AlMe3)] were also determined by X-ray crystallography. While the former can be discussed as a typical hydrolysis product of Sm[(micro-OArtBu,Me)(micro-Et)AlEt2]2, the latter was isolated from the 1:1 reaction of [Sm(AlEt4)2]n with HOArtBu,Me.     

Resonance-stabilized 1,2,3-dithiazolo-1,2,3-dithiazolyls as neutral pi-radical conductors

Alkylation of the zwitterionic heterocycle 8-chloro-bis[1,2,3]dithiazolo[4,5-b:5',4'-e]pyridine (ClBP) with alkyl triflates affords 8-chloro-4-alkyl-4H-bis[1,2,3]dithiazolo[4,5-b:5',4'-e]pyridin-2-ium triflates [ClBPR][OTf] (R = Me, Et, Pr). Reduction of these salts with decamethylferrocene affords the corresponding ClBPR radicals as thermally stable crystalline solids. The radicals have been characterized in solution by cyclic voltammetry and EPR spectroscopy. Measured electrochemical cell potentials and computed (B3LYP/6-31G) gas-phase disproportionation enthalpies are consistent with a low on-site Coulombic barrier U to charge transfer in the solid state. The crystal structures of ClBPR (R = Me, Et, Pr) have been determined by X-ray crystallography (at 293 K). All three structures consist of slipped pi-stacks of undimerized radicals, with many close intermolecular S.S contacts. ClBPMe undergoes a phase transition at 93 K to a slightly modified slipped pi-stack arrangement, the structure of which has also been established crystallographically (at 25 K). Variable-temperature magnetic and conductivity measurements have been performed, and the results interpreted in light of extended Hückel band calculations. The room-temperature conductivities of ClBPR systems (sigma(RT) approximately 10(-)(5) to 10(-)(6) S cm(-)(1)), as well as the weak 1D ferromagnetism exhibited by ClBPMe, are interpreted in terms of weak intermolecular overlap along the pi-stacks. The latter is caused by slippage of the molecular plates, a feature necessitated by the steric size of the R and Cl groups on the pyridine ring.     

EPR study of light illumination effects on radicals in gamma-irradiated L-alanine

Exposure of gamma-irradiated L-alanine samples to sunlight and to light from a regular, fluorescent lamp resulted in significant changes in their EPR resonance patterns, both to spectral shapes and intensities. The experimental EPR spectra were numerically decomposed into three components reflecting contributions of three different radicals (R1-R3) generated by ionizing radiation in alanine. The light exposure caused a decay of the measured EPR signal intensity. For similar light intensities and exposure times the decay was much more pronounced in samples illuminated by sunlight than in samples illuminated by the fluorescent lamp. In both cases light-induced decay of R1 radicals was observed. Sunlight illumination resulted in a moderate decay of R2 radicals and in a doubling of the R3 radical population. On the other hand, fluorescent light caused a significant increase of R2 radicals and did not change the amount of R3 radicals. A quantitative analysis of the variations of the three radical contributions to the total EPR spectra upon fluorescent light exposure suggests a net R1-->R2 free radical transformation. These effects of light on the alanine dosimetric signal should be taken into account in dosimetry protocols, assuring protection of alanine dosimeters from extended exposure to light.     

铁铂硫原子簇化合物的合成与结构研究 V: [MoFe3S4]类立方烷簇合物的转化反应和[Et4N]3[Mo2Fe6S8(SC6H4CH3-m)3Cl6]的晶体结构

具[MoFe2S4]类立方烷结构单元的双类立方烷化合物[Et4N]4[Mo2Fe7S8(SR)12](1a,R=Ph; 1b, R=tolyl-m)或单类立方烷化合物[MoFe3S4(dteR2)5](2a, R=Me; 2b, R=Et)与酰氯在乙腈中反应, 分别得到不含Fe桥的双类立方烷化合物(Et4N)3[Mo2Fe6S8(SR)3Cl6](3a, R=Ph; 3b, R=toly-m)与[MoFe3S4]骨架支解后的Fe(dteR2)2Cl(4a, R=Me; 4b, R=Et)。说明在相同反应条件下, [MoFe3S4]单元在1中比在2中稳定, 本文首次将1型与3型结构通过一步化学反应连系起来。3型化合物的产生得到X射线衍射测定及^1H NMR谱的证实。本文报道3b的单晶结构及3的^!H NMR数据, 3b属六方晶系, P63/m, a=1.6827(3), c=1.5951(16)nm; V=3.91158nm^3; Dc=1.491g/cm^3;Z=2; F(000)=1780; 偏离因子R=0.048, 化合物2与酰氯反应产生4, 由红外及紫外可见光谱证实。     

Bimetallic fluorine-substituted anilido-aldimine zinc complexes for CO2/(cyclohexene oxide) copolymerization

Regioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of an o-fluorine occurs to afford fluorine-substituted o-phenylene-bridged bis(anilido-aldimine) compounds o-C6H4[(C6H2R2)N=CH-C6F4-(H)N(C6H3R'2)]2 when Li(H)N-C6H3R'2 (R' = iPr, Et, Me) is reacted with o-C6H4[(C6H2R2)N=CH-C6F5]2 (R = iPr, Et, Me) in a nonpolar solvent such as diethyl ether or toluene. Successive additions of Me2Zn and SO2 gas to the bis(anilido-aldimine) compounds afford quantitatively dinuclear mu-methylsulfinato zinc complexes o-C6H4[[(C6H2R2)N=CH-C6F4-N(C6H3R'2)-kappa2N,N]Zn(mu-OS(O)Me)]2 (R = iPr, R' = iPr, 3a; R = iPr, R' = Me, 3c; R = Et, R' = (i)Pr, 3d; R = Et, R' = Et, 3e; R = Et, R' = Me, 3f; R = Me, R' = iPr, 3g; R = Me, R' = Et, 3h; R = Me, R' = Me, 3i). The molecular structure of 3c was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Fluorine-substituted complexes 3a-i show significantly higher TOF (turnover frequencies) than the unfluorinated analogues for CO2/(cyclohexene oxide) copolymerization. The TOF is highly sensitive to the substituents R and R', and the highest TOF (2480 h(-1)) is obtained with 3g (R = Me, R' = iPr). Complex 3g is less sensitive to the residual protic impurities present in the monomers and shows activity at such a low catalyst concentration as [Zn]:[cyclohexene oxide] = 1:50,000, at which the unfluorinated analogue is completely inactive. By realizing the activity at such an extremely low [Zn]:[cyclohexene oxide] ratio, we achieve a high TON (turnover number) up to 10,100. High-molecular-weight polymers (M(n), 100,000-200,000) are obtained with a rather broad molecular-weight distribution (M(w)/M(n), 1.3-2.5). The obtained polymers are not perfectly alternating, and variable carbonate linkages (65-85%) are observed depending on the N-aryl ortho substituents R and R' and the polymerization conditions.