Charge-transfer complexes in homogeneous catalysis

It is shown that these complexes can be formed between the reactants in redox reactions. Oxidizing and reducing agents are classified on the basis of charge-transfer capacity, which is defined by the integral for the overlap between the filled orbital of the reductant and the free one of the oxidant. Unfilled diffuse d-orbitals most readily give such complexes. Homogeneous catalysis of a redox reaction involves charge transfer in either direction between the catalyst (which has partly filled d-orbitals) and one of the reagents. The transfer is very much dependent on the orientation, so activators play a large part.     

Charge-transfer complexes of barbiturates and phenytoin

Simple and sensitive spectrophotometric methods are described, for the first time, for the determination of sodium salts of phenobarbital (1), thiopental (2), methohexital (3) and phenytoin (4). The methods are based on the reaction of these drugs as n-electron donors with the sigma-acceptor iodine and various pi-acceptors: 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane; 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone; 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone; 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-benzoquinone; 2,5-dichloro-3,6-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone; tetracyanoethylene and 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenon. Depending on the solvent polarity, different coloured charge-transfer complexes and radicals were developed. Different variables and parameters affecting the reactions were studied and optimized. The formed complexes were examined by UV/VIS, infrared and (1)H-NMR. Due to the rapid development of colours at ambient temperature, the obtained results were used on thin layer chromatograms for the detection of the investigated compounds. Beer's plots were obeyed in a general concentration range of 1-400 mug ml(-1) for the investigated compounds with different acceptors. Interference from some co-formulated drugs was also studied. No interference was observed due to additives commonly present in the pharmaceutical preparations. The proposed methods could be applied successfully to the determination of the investigated compounds in pure and pharmaceutical dosage forms with good accuracy and precision, the recoveries ranged from 98.7+/-0.5 to 101.1+/-0.5%. The results were compared favourably with the official methods.     

Charge-transfer complexes with trivalent phosphorus compounds

Charge-transfer complexes between triphenylphosphine and triethylphosphite as donors, and maleic, itaconic and citraconic anhydrides as acceptors are studied.     

Charge-transfer complexes of phenylephrine with nitrobenzene derivatives

The molecular charge-transfer complexes of phenylephrine with picric acid and m-dinitrobenzene have been studied and investigated by IR, 1H NMR electronic spectra in organic solvents and buffer solutions, respectively. Simple and selective methods are proposed for the determination of phenylephrine hydrochloride in bulk form and in tablets. The two methods are based on the formation of charge-transfer complexes between drug base as a n-donor (D) and picric acid, m-dinitrobenzene as pi-acceptor (A). The products exhibit absorption maxima at 497 and 560 nm in acetonitrile for picric acid and m-dinitrobenzene, respectively. The coloured product exhibits an absorption maximum at 650 nm in dioxane. The sensitive kinetic methods for the determination phynylephrine hydrochloride are described. The method is based upon a kinetic investigation of the oxidation reaction of the drug with alkaline potassium permanganate at room temperature for a fixed time at 20 min.     

Charge-transfer complexes of indenophanes with π-acceptors

The charge-transfer (CT) spectra of the -complexes formed by a number of -acceptors with several indenophanes as well as indene as a model compound have been measured in methylene chloride at 20 °C. Association constants and transition energies of these complexes as well as ionization potentials of the -donors have been determined. The data obtained indicate the existence of transannular electronic interactions in the indenophane nucleus. Furthermore, the pseudo-para- andmeta[2.2]indenophane isomers (3 and4) show a large difference in their -base strength. A good linear relationship has been observed between the association constants and _max of the long wavelength CT bands for the -complexes of these -donors with both tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ). All CT complexes studied have a 1:1 stoichiometry.

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Charge-transfer-Komplexe aus Indenophanen und -Akzeptoren

Zusammenfassung Die Charge-transfer-Spektren (CT-Spektren) von -Komplexen aus Indenophanen bzw. der Modellverbindung Inden und verschiedenen -Akzeptoren wurden in Methylenchlorid bei 20 °C bestimmt. Die Assoziationskonstanten und Übergangsenergien dieser Komplexe sowie die Ionisationspotentiale der -Donatoren wurden ermittelt. Die Daten sprechen für das Vorliegen transannularer elektronischer Wechselwirkungen im Indenophan-System. Die isomeren pseudo-para- und -meta[2.2]indenophane3 und4 unterscheiden sich in ihrer -Basizität deutlich. Es besteht eine gute lineare Korrelation zwischen den Assoziationskonstanten und _max der langwelligen CT-Banden der verschiedenen -Donatoren mit Tetracyanoethylen (TCNE) und 2,3-Dichlor-5,6-dicyano-p-benzochinon (DDQ). Alle untersuchten CT-Komplexe besitzen 1:1-Stöchiometrie.

     

Charge-transfer molecular complexes of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles

Charge-transfer molecular complexes of 2-amino-5-X-1,3,4-thiadiazole (D) (X = H, I; = CH₃, II; = phenyl, III) with some π-electron acceptors (A) have been studied in methanol. It is concluded that these complexes are predominantly of the π-π type. Solid 1:1 CT complexes of the donors I–III with π-acceptors DDQ and TCNE have been synthesized and characterized.     

Synthesis of copper and iron complexes of meso-substituted etioporphyrin derivatives

The synthesis of the copper complex of meso-cyanoetioporphyrin I has been effected from the corresponding meso-formyl derivative and meso-formyletiohemin. An intermediate compound of the copper complex of etioporphyrin I with the Vilsmeier complex (DMFA-POCl₃) has been isolated, and it has been reduced to the copper complex of dimethylamino-methyletioporphyrin I.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1172–1175, September, 1973.     

Charge-transfer complexes of cobaltocene and nickelocene with tetrachloromethane

The photochemical properties of the systems cobaltocene—tetrachloromethane and nickelocene—tetrachloromethane in ethanol and cyclohexane were investigated; the equilibrium constants and molar extinction coefficients of the donor—acceptor complexes in these systems were determined.

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Charge-Transfer Komplexe von Kobaltocen und Nickelocen mit Tetrachlorkohlenstoff

Zusammenfassung Es wurden die photochemischen Eigenschaften der Systeme Kobaltocen–CCl₄ und Nickelocen–CCl₄ in Ethanol und Cyclohexen als Lösungsmittel untersucht. Die Gleichgewichtskonstanten und die molaren Extinctionskoeffizienten der Donor—Acceptor-Komplexe in diesen Systemen wurden bestimmt.

     

Charge-transfer intensity in complexes with symmetrically equivalent acceptors

Mulliken's model for the intensity of charge-transfer absorption bands in donor/acceptor complexes is extended to transition-metal compounds. Attention is focused on the analysis of systems containing a central metal ion and symmetrically equivalent π-acceptor ligands. The theory is illustrated for a one-donor/two-acceptor complex in D_2d point symmetry. Results are stated for symmetries of commonly occurring transition-metal compounds that display well-documented metal-to-ligand charge-transfer transitions.     

Charge-transfer complexes interactions evidenced by chemical force microscopy

Charge-transfer complexes have been detected by chemical force microscopy (CFM) between a tip and a substrate respectively functionalized with trinitrofluorenone and 9-anthracenemethanol siloxane derivatives.     

Charge-transfer complexes of 4-nitrocatechol with some amino alcohols

Charge-transfer (CT) complexes formed from the reactions of 4-nitropyrocatechol (4-nCat) as an electron acceptor with four amino alcohols: 2-aminoethanol, 1-amino-2-propanol, 4-aminobutanol and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,3-diaminopropane (NHEDAP) as electron donors, have been studied spectrophotometrically in H₂O and H₂O/EtOH at 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 °C. The calculated values of the oscillator strength and transition moment confirm the formation of CT-complexes. The thermodynamic and spectroscopic parameters were also evaluated for the formation of CT-complexes. The equilibrium constants ranged from 9.00 to 2.20 l mol^?1 (M^?1). These interactions are exothermic and have relatively large standard enthalpy and entropy changes (ΔH values ranged from ?15.58 to ?3.10 kJ mol^?1; ΔS ranged from 26.81 to ?3.25 J K^?1 mol^?1). The solid CT-complexes have been synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis. The photometric titration curves and other spectrometric data for the reactions indicated that the data obtained refer to the formation of 1:1 charge-transfer complex of [(4-nCat) (NHEDAP)] and 1:2 charge-transfer complexes of other amino alcohols [(4-nCat) (amino alcohol)₂]. The effect of alkali and alkaline earth metals on increasing the equilibrium constant of the CT-complexation was also investigated.     

Charge-transfer complexes of phenothiazine derivatives with π-electron acceptors

Charge-transfer complexes (CTC) of some phenothiazine derivatives with -electron acceptors were obtained. They were used to determine the ionization potentials of the investigated donor compounds. The complexing constants of phenothiazine and some of its N-substituted derivatives were found. The experimental data obtained make it possible to draw conclusions relative to their configurations.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 497–501, April, 1973.     

Charge-transfer complexes based on indole compounds (review)

The literature data on the donor-acceptor interaction of indoles with various types of electron acceptors used for the explanation of the molecular mechanisms of biochemical processes are examined. The results of research by the authors on the synthesis of polymeric charge-transfer complexes based on 1-vinylindole, halogens, hydrogen halides, alkyl halides, halohydrins, chloranil, and organic derivatives of silicon and tin are correlated.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1155–1163, September, 1977.     

Charge-transfer properties of the hydrogen bond: Part 6. Charge-transfer theory and dipole moments of hydrogen-bonded complexes

The enhancement of the dipole moments of hydrogen-bonded complexes are discussed using Mulliken's charge-transfer theory.A linear relation is found between the ratio a/b and the ionization potential of the donor, I^V_D. This behaviour is similar to that previously found for halogen charge-transfer complexes [6].     

Charge-transfer complexes of pyrimidine Schiff bases with aromatic nitro compounds

Charge-transfer (CT) complexes of pyrimidine Schiff bases, derived from condensation of 2-aminopyrimidine and substituted benzaldehydes, with some aromatic polynitro compounds were prepared and investigated using IR, UV, visible and (1)H NMR spectroscopy. For all solid complexes, the main interaction between the donor and acceptor molecules takes place through the π-π* interaction. Strong and some weak acidic acceptors, in addition interact through proton transfer from the acceptor molecule to the basic centre of the electron donor. Also, an n-π* transition was detected in some complexes.