Ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes of P,P and P,O donor diphosphine ligands,Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2 and Ph2P(CH2)nP(O)Ph2, n = 2, 3 and their activities in catalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions

The polymeric precursor [RuCl₂(CO)₂]_n reacts with the ligands, P∩P (a, b) and P∩O (c, d), in 1:1 M ratio to generate six-coordinate complexes [RuCl₂(CO)₂(?²-P∩P)] (1a, 1b) and [RuCl₂(CO)₂(?²-P∩O)] (1c, 1d), where P∩P: Ph₂P(CH₂)_nPPh₂, n = 2(a), 3(b); P∩O: Ph₂P(CH₂)_nP(O)Ph₂, n = 2(c), 3(d). The complexes are characterized by elemental analyses, mass spectrometry, thermal studies, IR, and NMR spectroscopy. 1a–1d are active in catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone and its derivatives to corresponding alcohols with turnover frequency (TOF) of 75–290 h^?1. The complexes exhibit higher yield of hydrogenation products than catalyzed by RuCl₃ itself. Among 1a–1d, the Ru(II) complexes of bidentate phosphine (1a, 1b) show higher efficiency than their monoxide analogs (1c, 1d). However, the recycling experiments with the catalysts for hydrogenation of 4-nitroacetophenone exhibit a different trend in which the catalytic activities of 1a, 1b, and 1d decrease considerably, while 1c shows similar activity during the second run.     

Novel supramolecular columnar liquid crystals based on thiosemicarbazides

Novel liquid crystal materials based on 3,4-di-n-alkoxybenzoylthiosemicarbazides (3a–h, n = 5–10, 12, 14) were synthesised. The mesomorphic properties of these compounds were characterised and studied by differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Compound 3a did not show mesomorphic properties; 3b shows a monotropic hexagonal columnar (Col_h) phase. Compounds 3c–h display an enantiotropic Col_h phase. The mesomorphic properties were found to be dependent on the length of alkoxy side chains. In N,N-dimethylformamide solution, all the compounds displayed a room temperature emission with λ_max at 361–332 nm. A thermogravimetric analysis also was performed.     

Hockey-stick liquid crystalline 6-oxoverdazyl§

A series of hockey-stick shaped 6-oxoverdazyl radicals 1[n]–3[n], containing CH₃ (a), CF₃ (b) and CN (c) groups in the short ‘arm’, were prepared and their physical properties were investigated. Mesogenic behaviour was found only in the CN derivatives with the COO (1[n]c) and N=N (2[12]c) linking groups, which exhibited a nematic phase. Analysis of binary mixtures of selected compounds with bent-core nematic host 4[12] gave virtual nematic-isotropic transition temperatures, [T_NI], which follow the order 1[12]b < 1[12]c < 1[12]a in one series and 1[12]c < 2[12]c < (3[12]c) in another. The observed effectiveness of the short-arm substituent, CF₃ < CN < CH₃, was related to the magnitude and orientation of the molecular dipole moment calculated with density functional theory methods.     

Synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour of novel discotic meso‐tetra(3,4,5‐n‐trialkoxybenzoylaminophenyl)porphyrins

Novel porphyrin derivatives with twelve flexible alkyl chains, namely meso‐tetra[4‐(3,4,5‐n‐trialkoxybenzoylamino)phenyl]porphyrins (1a, n = 12; 1b, n = 16) and the zinc complex (2a) were synthesized. The mesomorphic properties were investigated by DSC, WAXD and polarizing optical microscopy; the results showed that 1a and 2a exhibit a pseudo‐hexagonal columnar phase, and 1b a rectangular (Col) phase over a wide temperature range including room temperature.     

Discotic derivatives of 6-oxoverdazyl radical

Substitution of each phenyl in 1,3,5-triphenyl-6-oxoverdazyl with three alkoxy groups induces an ordered columnar hexagonal phase (Col_h(o)) below 130°C in 1b[n], while in the alkylsulfanyl analogues 1a[n] additional periodicity along the columns was found rendering the phase a true three-dimensional columnar hexagonal phase (Col_h(3D)) below 60°C. Both series exhibit broad absorption bands in the visible region with maxima at 540 and 610 nm in series 1a[n] and at 486 and 614 nm in series 1b[n]. Unusual reversible thermochromism is observed in series 1b[n], in which the dark green isotropic phase turns red in the discotic phase. Analysis of 1a[8] revealed redox potentials E^0/+1_1/2 = +0.99 V and E^{0/ ?1}_1/2 = –0.45 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE), while the potentials in the alkoxy analogue 1b[8] are shifted cathodically by 0.16 V. Photovoltaic studies of 1a[8] demonstrated hole mobility of μ_h = 1.52 × 10^?3 cm² V^?1 s^?1 in the mesophase with an activation energy E_a = 0.06 ± 0.01 eV. Magnetisation studies of 1a[8] revealed nearly ideal paramagnetic behaviour in either the solid or fluid phase above 200 K and weak antiferromagnetic interactions at low temperatures. In contrast, a noticeable drop of about 4% in μ_eff was observed during the I→Col phase transition in 1b[8], which coincide with the thermochromic effect.     

A new phenylimidorhenium(V) compound containing the 2-[(2-hydroxyethylimino)methyl]phenol Schiff-base ligand: experimental and theoretical aspects

Reaction of equimolar trans-[Re(NPh)(PPh₃)₂Cl₃] with H₂L, a 1?:?1 Schiff-base condensate of salicylaldehyde and ethanolamine, in chloroform gives trans-[Re(NPh)(HL)(PPh₃)Cl₂] (1a) in good yield. 1a has been characterized by C, H, and N microanalyses, FTIR and UV–vis spectra. The X-ray crystal structure of 1a reveals that it is an octahedral trans-Cl,Cl phenylimidorhenium(V) complex. The rhenium center has an ‘N₂OCl₂P’ coordination sphere. 1a crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a = 11.2391(5), b = 16.4848(7), c = 16.3761(8) Å, V = 3034.0(2) ų and Z = 4. The electrochemical aspects of 1a have been studied. Electrochemical studies of 1a in dichloromethane show a quasi-reversible Re(V) to Re(VI) oxidation at 1.128 V versus Ag/AgCl. This redox potential reasonably matches the calculated redox potential, 1.186 V versus Ag/AgCl. Geometry optimization of the trans-Cl,Cl 1a vis-à-vis its cis analog, cis-Cl,Cl 1b, have been performed at the level of density functional theory (DFT). It is revealed that 1a is more stable than 1b by 21.6 kcal per mole of energy in the gas phase.     

Ferroelectric liquid crystals induced by dopants with axially chiral 2,2′‐spirobiindan‐1,1′‐dione cores: diether vs. diester side‐chains

A series of axially chiral 5,5′‐ and 6,6′‐dialkanoyloxy‐2,2′‐spirobiindan‐1,1′‐dione dopants, (R)‐2 and (R)‐4a–4c were synthesized in optically pure form and their ferroelectric polarization powers, δ_p, measured in four liquid crystal hosts with isotropic (I)–nematic (N)–smectic A (SmA)–smectic C (SmC) phase sequences. The results show that the sign of polarization P _S induced by (R)‐2 and (R)‐4a–4c follows the same trend as that previously reported for the 5,5′‐ and 6,6′‐diheptyloxy‐2,2′‐spirobiindan‐1,1′‐dione dopants, (R)‐1 and (R)‐3. The polarization induced by (R)‐2 in the host DFT is below detection limits, and the sign of P _S was found to invert as a function of temperature at mole fractions as low as 0.01. On the other hand, the polarization power of the 6,6′‐diheptanoyloxy dopant (R)‐4b in the host NCB76 is ?1449 nC cm^?2, the fourth highest value reported so far, and more than three times the δ_p value of the 5,5′‐diheptanoyloxy analogue (R)‐2 in that host (+474 nC cm^?2). Results of ²H NMR experiments suggest that (R)‐4b exerts stronger local perturbations in NCB76 than (R)‐2, and that these perturbations may be chiral in nature.     

Synthesis,crystal structures,and antimicrobial activities of hydrazone complexes of vanadium(V)

Two hydrazone ligands, (E)-N′-(3-bromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-2-methoxybenzohydrazide (HL^a) and (E)-N′-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbenzylidene)-2-methoxybenzohydrazide (HL^b), were prepared and characterized by IR, UV–vis, and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The corresponding vanadium(V) complexes, 2[VOL^aL]·CH₃OH (1) and [VOL^bL] (2), where L is the monoanionic form of benzohydroxamic acid (HL), were prepared and characterized by IR and UV–vis spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes as the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with unit cell dimensions a = 14.4161(16) Å, b = 14.0745(16) Å, c = 24.069(2) Å, β = 96.247(2), V = 4854.5(9) Å³, Z = 4, R₁ = 0.0541, wR₂ = 0.1423, Goof = 1.032. Complex 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with unit cell dimensions a = 13.5906(6) Å, b = 18.1865(11) Å, c = 18.4068(11) Å, V = 4549.5(4) Å³, Z = 8, R₁ = 0.0549, wR₂ = 0.1397, Goof = 1.054. X-ray analysis indicates that the complexes are mononuclear octahedral vanadium(V) complexes. The thermal behavior of the complexes was investigated. The hydrazone ligands and their complexes were also evaluated for their antibacterial (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas fluorescence) and antifungal (Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger) activities using the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. The two complexes have moderate to good activities against B. subtilis and S. aureus, and 1 has moderate activity against E. coli.     

Syntheses,structural determination,and binding studies of nine-coordinate multinuclear (mnH)2[EuIII(egta)]2·6H2O and binuclear (mnH)4[EuIII2(dtpa)2]·6H2O

Two lanthanide complexes, (mnH)₂[Eu^III(egta)]₂·6H₂O (1) (H₄egta = ethyleneglycol-bis-(2aminoethylether)-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid) and (mnH)₄[Eu^III₂(dtpa)₂]·6H₂O (2) (H₅dtpa = diethylenetriamine-N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentaacetic acid), have been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. X-ray diffraction reveals that 1 is multinuclear nine-coordinate and crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with space group C2/c. The obtained cell dimensions are a = 38.513(3)?Å, b = 13.5877(8)?Å, c = 8.7051(5)?Å, β = 99.6780(10)°, and 4490.6(5)?ų. Each methylamine (mnH⁺) cation in 1, through hydrogen bonds, connects three adjacent [Eu^III(egta)]^? anions. The [Eu^III(egta)]^? anions connect one another forming a 1-D multinuclear zigzag chain structure along the c-axis. Complex 2 is nine-coordinate binuclear structure with tricapped trigonal prismatic conformation and crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system, but with space group P2₁/n. The obtained cell dimensions are a = 9.9132(8)?Å, b = 24.1027(18)?Å, c = 10.7120(10)?Å, β = 109.1220(10)°, and 2418.2(3)?ų. For 2, there are two kinds of methylamine cations (mnH⁺) connecting [Eu^III₂(dtpa)₂]^4? complex anions and lattice waters through hydrogen bonds, leading to formation of a 2-D ladder-like layer structure.     

Synthesis and Characterization of N-(2,2-Diphenylacetyl)- N′-Substituted Thiourea Derivatives: The Crystal Structure of N-(2,2-Diphenylacetyl)-N′-(4-chloro phenyl)-thiourea

A series of new N-(2,2-diphenylacetyl)-N ′-substituted thiourea derivatives (1–9) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. N-(2,2-diphenylacetyl)-N ′-(4-chlorophenyl)-thiourea was also characterized by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with Z = 4 and a = 9.6551(19) Å, b = 20.060(4) Å, c = 9.894(2) Å, β = 104.29(3)°. The molecular conformation of the compound is stabilized by an intramolecular (N1-H1···O1) hydrogen bond that forms a pseudo-six-membered ring.     

THE NOVEL MACROCYCLIC AND LINEAR-CHAIN THIOETHERS FROM PERCHLOROBUTADIENE AND DITHIOLES

Compounds 3a–c, 4a, b, 5a–c, and 6a, c were obtained from the reactions of perchlorobutadiene (1) with 1,4-butanedithiol (2a), 1,5-pentanethiol (2b), and 2.2′-(ethlene-dioxyl)diethanethiol (2c) in ethanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide. Compounds 7a, b were obtained from the reactions of thioethers 3a, b with m-chlorperbenzoic acid in CHCl ₃ .     

Synthesis,Spectral Characterization,and Crystal Structure of Two Polymorphs of o,o’-Dichloro Dibenzyl Disulfide

2-Chlorophenyl methanethiol undergoes air oxidation catalyzed by different selenides and yields the corresponding disulfide 1 in two polymorphic forms, 1a and 1b. In the molecular structures of the two new polymorphs of o,o′-dichloro dibenzyl disulfide, the dihedral angles between the dibenzyl groups are 82.0(1)°, (1a), and 73.7(4)°, (1b), respectively [(1a): P-1, a = 8.424(2) Å, b = 8.838(2) Å, c = 10.5823(19) Å, α = 90.122(18)°, β = 112.19(2)°, γ = 95.19(2)°, V = 725.9(3) ų; (1b): P2₁/n, a = 10.5888(10) Å, b = 9.1590(6) Å, c = 15.2489(14) Å, β = 103.072(9)°, V = 1440.6(2) ų]. MOPAC computational studies yield dihedral angles of 89.6(5)° and 71.9(9)°. Crystal packing is stabilized by weak π-ring (C?H···Cg) intermolecular interactions in both 1a and 1b and by additional weak Cg ··· Cg intermolecular interactions in 1b, which influence the bond distances, bond angles, and torsion angles of the dibenzyl groups in each polymorph. Additional characterization of each polymorph has been carried out by TEM, IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, microanalysis, and by FAB mass spectrometry. TEM studies of a sample of 1a show that it contains cigar-shaped crystallites.

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THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF Ru3(CO)9(PPh3)3

Abstract

The synthesis of tertiary phosphine and phosphite substituted derivatives of M₃(CO)₁₂ {M = Ru(1a) Os(1b)} is discussed and the X-ray crystal and molecular structure of the tris-triphenylphosphine substituted ruthenium cluster Ru₃(CO)₉(PPh₃)₃ (2a) is reported. Complex 2a crystallises in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n with cell parameters a = 14.180(9), b = 21.644(14), c = 18.248(10) Å, β = 92.52(5)°, V = 5595(6) Å ³, Z = 4. The structure was solved by full-matrix least-squares methods based on F ². The refinement converged at R1 = 0.0564, wR2 = 0.2125 for 4857 observed data [F > 4σ(F)].     

Synthesis,crystal structures and fluorescence of cadmium(II) coordination polymers with derivatives of pyrazine-1,4-dioxide and thiocyanate as mixed-bridging ligands

Two Cd(II) coordination polymers have been synthesized with derivatives of pyrazine-1,4-dioxide and thiocyanate anion as bridging ligands and structurally determined by X-ray crystallography. Complex 1, [Cd(μ_1,3-SCN^?)₂(μ_1,6-L1)] _n (L1?=?2,5-dimethylpyrazine-1,4-dioxide), belongs to the triclinic, space group P 1 with a?=?5.7627(18)?Å, b?=?7.182(2)?Å, c?=?7.509(2)?Å, α?=?74.042(3)°, β?=?84.766(4)°, γ?=?88.162(4)°; complex 2, [Cd₂(μ_1,3-SCN^?)₄(μ₄-L2)] _n (L2?=?2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine-1,4-dioxide), crystallizes in a monoclinic system with space group C2/m with a?=?10.194(4)?Å, b?=?13.491(6)?Å, c?=?8.140(3)?Å, β?=?120.372(4)°. Complex 1 shows a two-dimensional sheet structure, and in a direction the Cd(II) ions were coordinated by μ_1,3-SCN^? forming the one-dimensional chain and the L1 bridging ligand made the chains connect in the c direction leading to formation of a two-dimensional sheet on the ac plane. For 2 the one-dimensional chains in the a axis were constructed by coordination of μ_1,3-SCN^? bridging ligands with the Cd(II) ions, and in b and c directions the chains were joined by L2 bridging ligands leading to a three-dimensional structure. In 2 L2 displays a μ₄-bridging coordination mode. Both complexes exhibit strong fluorescence emission.     

Syntheses,crystal structures and magnetic study of two binuclear manganese(II) complexes with aromatic N-oxide as bridging ligand

Two new binuclear complexes, [Mn₂(μ-dmpo)₂(SCN)₄(H₂O)₂] (1) (where dmpo?=?3,5-dimethylpyridine N-oxide), [Mn₂(μ-po)₂(H₂O)₆I₂]I₂ (2) (where po?=?pyridine N-oxide), have been synthesized and their crystal structures determined by X-ray crystallography. Complexes 1 and 2 crystallize in monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, with unit cell dimensions a?=?8.8836(18)?Å, b?=?15.450(3)?Å, c?=?15.484(3)?Å, β?=?91.020(3)° for 1, and a?=?8.8352(13)?Å, b?=?17.927(3)?Å, c?=?8.3338(12)?Å, β?=?103.765(2)° for 2. In each binuclear complex two Mn(II) were bridged by two 3,5-dimethylpyridine N-oxides or by two pyridine N-oxides and the distances between the bridged Mn(II) ions are 3.599?Å for 1 and 3.552?Å for 2. Variable temperature (4–300?K) magnetic measurements were performed for 1 and the susceptibility data were fitted by using a binuclear Mn(II) magnetic coupling formula producing the 2J?=??2.17?cm^?1.     

A 1-D alternating copper(II) chain based on three acetate-bridging modes: synthesis,crystal structure,DNA binding and magnetic properties

A new 1-D alternating copper(II) polymer, [Cu₂(L)(OAc)₄]_n (1) (L = 5-chloro-2-(pyridine-2-yl)benzo[d]thiazole), has been isolated and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility. The complex crystallized in the triclinic space group P-1, a = 8.2277(16) Å, b = 9.4233(19) Å, c = 15.831(3) Å, α = 103.38(3)°, β = 99.95(3)°, γ = 92.70(3)°, V = 1171.3(4) Å³, and comprises a 1-D polymer linked by three kinds of acetate-bridging modes in an alternating manner. UV–visible and fluorescence spectra revealed that 1 is bound to CT-DNA in a partial intercalation mode. Through gel electrophoresis assays, 1 displayed an efficient oxidative cleavage activity on supercoiled plasmid DNA (pUC19) in the presence of H₂O₂. Magnetic measurements were performed from 2 to 300 K, and the experimental results were satisfactorily reproduced with J₁ = –160 ± 20 cm^?1, J₂ = 5.8 ± 0.2 cm^?1, zJ′ = 0.381 ± 0.005 cm^?1 and g = 2.1, showing antiferromagnetic coupling between Cu1 and Cu1i, ferromagnetic exchange between Cu2 and Cu2ii, and a weak ferromagnetic molecular field correction accounting for all interspecies interactions.     

Columnar liquid crystalline benzenetrisamides with pendant 1,3,4-oxadiazole groups

Novel liquid crystal materials based on 1,3,5-benzenetrisamide derivatives with three pendant 2-phenyl-5-(mono-, di-, and/or tri-n-alkoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole arms (Ia–c, IIa–c) were prepared. The mesomorphic properties of these compounds were characterised and studied by differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The formation of a columnar mesophase was found to be dependent on the number of alkoxy side chains. The compounds Ib and IIb, with a total of six alkoxy chains, and compounds Ic and IIc, with nine alkoxy chains, exhibited an enantiotropic hexagonal columnar (Col_h ) phase with high isotropisation temperatures; however, compounds Ia and IIa with a total of three alkoxy chains formed a crystalline phase. Compounds IIb and c were room temperature liquid crystals.     

Synthesis,structure, and thermal decomposition of two copper coordination compounds [Cu(DAT)2(PA)2] and [Cu(DAT)2(HTNR)2] with nitrogen rich 1,5-diaminotetrazole (DAT)

Both [Cu(DAT)₂(PA)₂] (1) and [Cu(DAT)₂(HTNR)₂] (2) were prepared from 1,5-diaminotetrazole (DAT) and copper trinitrophenol, 1 for picrate (PA) and 2 for styphnate acid (2,4,6-trinitro resorcinol, TNR), and were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The space group of these compounds is P2₁/c (monoclinic). The lattice parameters are similar [a = 11.405(3) Å, b = 14.867(3) Å, c = 8.099(2) Å for 1 and a = 12.262(3) Å, b = 14.900(3) Å, c = 7.243(2) Å for 2], except the β = 106.257(3)° in 1 and β = 92.989(4)° in 2. Both have extended structures due to hydrogen bonds, but there are some differences because of the ligands induced effect. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis shows that two exothermic processes take place in both complexes, the first peak temperatures are 488.2 K for 1 and 519.2 K for 2. The kinetic parameters of the first exothermic process were studied by using Kissinger’s method and Ozawa’s method, in which the enthalpy of formation (?7346 and ?5706 kJ M^?1), critical temperature of thermal explosion (475.0 and 515.8 K), entropy of activation (ΔS^≠), enthalpy of activation (ΔH^≠), and free energy of activation (ΔG^≠) were calculated and obtained as ?117.25 J K^?1 M^?1, 140.64 kJ M^?1, 196.44 kJ M^?1 and ?219.1 J K^?1 M^?1, 383.56 kJ M^?1, 495.34 kJ M^?1 for 1 and 2, respectively. The sensitivity test results showed that both compounds were sensitive to impact (<5 J) and flame (>20 cm) rather than friction.     

IIB族金属二硫代氨基甲酸配合物的合成、表征及热稳定性研究

在甲醇溶液中合成了一系列IIB过渡金属Zn(II), Cd(II)的二羟乙基二硫代氨基甲酸[(EtOH)₂dtc]的配合物, 并对配合物M[(EtOH)₂dtc]₂L [M＝Zn (1), Cd (2), L＝2,2'-联吡啶; M＝Zn (3), Cd (4), L＝邻菲啰啉]进行了红外光谱、元素分析、热重分析表征工作. 热重分析表明配合物1～4中DTC配体比中性配体更易失去, 热分解最终产物为相应的氧化物. 对化合物1, 2做了X-ray单晶衍射分析, 1为单斜晶系, P2₁/c空间群, 晶胞参数a＝0.72146(5) nm, b＝2.61720(18) nm, c＝1.59438(11) nm,b＝97.899(2)°, V＝2.9820(4) nm³, Z＝4, m＝1.133 mm^－1, D_c＝1.297 Mg•m^－3; 2为三斜晶系, P-1空间群, 晶胞参数a＝1.0075(2) nm, b＝1.1580(2) nm, c＝1.1777(2) nm, a＝70.92(3)°, b＝85.71(3)°, γ＝81.02(3)°, V＝1.2822(4) nm³, Z＝2, m＝2.118 mm^－1, D_c＝1.630 Mg•m^－3.