Complexes of sodium and lithium borohydrides with macrocyclic polyethers

A method for the synthesis of complexes of sodium and lithium borohydrides with crown ethers is proposed. The complexes of sodium borohydride with benzo-15-crown-5, 4′-aminobenzo-15-crown-5, dibenzo-18-crown-6, and diaza-18-crown-6 and the complexes of lithium borohydride with benzo-15-crown-5 and dibenzo-18-crown-6 are synthesized. These complexes can be used for the preparation of hydrogen in their reactions with methanol. The complex formation does not affect the purity of hydrogen formed.     

Differential pulse polarographic studies of mercury complexes with some crown ethers in nonaqueous solvents

The complex formation of Hg(2+) with some macrocyclic crown ethers in nitrobenzene, acetonitrile and dimethylformamide solutions was studied by differential pulse polarography at 25 degrees C. The stoichiometry and stability of the complexes were determined by monitoring the shift in the Hg(2+) differential pulse peak potential against the ligand concentration. The stability of the resulting 1:1 complexes vary in the order dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 > 18-crown-6 > 15-crown-5 > dibenzo-18-crown-6 > dibenzo-24-crown-8 > benzo-15-crown-5 > 12-crown-4. There is an inverse relationship between the complex stability and the Gutmann donor number of solvents.     

Theoretical investigation of the complexation of crown ethers and crown ethers of fulleropyrrolidine with (CH3)(x)NH+(4-x), x = 0-4

The electronic and geometric structures of dibenzo-12-crown-4, dibenzo-18-crown-6, and dibenzo-24-crown-8 ethers, and dibenzo-18-crown-6 ether of fullero-N-methylpyrrolidine and their complexes with (CH(3))(x)NH+(4-x), x = 0-4 were investigated by employing density functional theory (B3LYP, M05-2X, M06-2X, MPWBIK and B2PLYP-D) in conjunction with three basis sets. Different energetic minima have been identified for all of the above molecules and complexes in the gas phase as well as in CHCl(3) solvent. We report geometries, complexation energies and some thermochemical data. For increasing values of x, the complexation energies, corrected for the basis set superposition error range from 3.29 to 0.73 eV in the gas phase and from 1.56 to 0.13 eV in the CHCl(3) solvent. In the case of the largest crown ethers, the 24-crown-8 ethers are folded around the ammonium cation so as to maximize the number of hydrogen bonds formed and present the largest complexation energies. Finally, the presence of fullero-N-methylpyrrolidine, attached to the crown ethers, does not change the complexation energies substantially.     

Theoretical study on the complexation of the cesium cation with dibenzo-18-crown-6

Abstract  

By using quantum mechanical calculations, the most probable structures of free dibenzo-18-crown-6 ligand and the cationic complex species of Cs⁺ both with one and with two dibenzo-18-crown-6 ligands were derived. In these two complexes, the “central” cation Cs⁺ is bound by strong bond interactions to the corresponding ethereal oxygen atoms of the parent crown ligand.     

Formation Constants of Complexes of Monovalent Cations with Benzocrown Ethers in Nitromethane

The complexation reactions between the macrocyclic polyethers dibenzo-18-crown-6, benzo-18-crown-6, benzo-15-crown-5 and polyethers bearing a stilbene unit with alkali metal and silver cations have been studied conductometrically in nitromethane. The formation constants of 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 (metal : ligand) complexes were determined and found to decrease with increasing cation diameter. The stability of the stilbene crown – metal cation complexes is lower than for complexes of other investigated crown ethers with analogous cations. There seem to be some effects of double bond-silver ion interactions.     

Sodium and potassium benzeneazophosphonate complexes with crown ethers: Solid-state microwave synthesis, characterization and biological activity

The eco-friendly synthesis, spectroscopic (IR, MS, ¹H and ¹³C NMR) study and biological (cytostatic, antiviral) activity of sodium and potassium benzeneazophosphonate complexes, obtained by reaction in the solid state under microwave irradiation of the alkali salts of ethyl [α-(4-benzeneazoanilino)-N-benzyl]phosphonic acid and [α-(4-benzeneazoanilino)-N-4-methoxybenzyl]phosphonic acid with crown ethers containing 18-membered (dibenzo-18-crown-6 and bis(4′-di-tert-butylbenzo)-18-crown-6), 24-membered (dibenzo-24-crown-8) and 30-membered (dibenzo-30-crown-10) macrocyclic rings, have been described. The simple work-up solvent free reaction is an efficient green procedure for the formation of mononuclear crown ether complexes in which the sodium/potassium ion is bound to oxygen atoms of the macrocycle and the phosphonic acid oxygen. The free crown ethers, alkali benzeneazophosphonate salts and their complexes were evaluated for their cytostatic activity in vitro against murine leukemia L1210, murine mammary carcinoma FM3A and human T-lymphocyte CEM and MT-4 cell lines, as well as for their antiviral activity against a wide variety of DNA and RNA viruses. The investigated compounds showed no specific antiviral activity, whereas all the free crown ethers and their complexes demonstrated cytostatic activity, which was especially pronounced in the case of bis(4′-di-tert-butylbenzo)-18-crown-6 and its complexes.     

Thermodynamics of Complex Formation and Solvation in the System NaCl-18-crown-6-Water-Dioxane

Stability constants of Na⁺ complexes with 18-crown-6-ether and thermodynamic characteristics of the complex formation in water and mixed water-dioxane solvents (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 wt. fraction of dioxane, 283-318 K) were determined by the method of EMF of galvanic circuits without transfer. Comparative thermodynamic analysis of the complex 18-crown-6Na⁺ formation reactions in water-dioxane, water-acetonitrile, water-acetone, water-methanol, and water-2-propanol mixtures was carried out. Contributions of the Gibbs energies of transfer (G _t) of 18-crown-6Na⁺, Na⁺, and the ligand to the increase in the stability of the complexes on replacement of water by mixed water-dioxane solvents were estimated. It was shown that the increase in the stability of sodium crown ether complexes primarily depends on solvation of the complex cation and desolvation of the central cation. Changes in the conformational Gibbs energy of the ligand and quantitative parameters of selective solvation of the reagents were estimated.     

Spectroscopic study of charge transfer complexes of some benzo crown ethers with π-acceptors DDQ and TCNE in dichloromethane solution

Formation of the charge transfer complexes between benzo-15-crown-5, dibenzo-18-crown-6, dibenzo-24-crown-8 and dibenzo-crown-10 and the π-acceptors DDQ and TCNE in dichloromethane solution was investigated spectrophotometrically. The molar absorptivities and formation constants of the resulting 1:1 molecular complexes were determined. The stabilities of the complexes of both π-acceptors vary in the order DB18C6 > DB3OC10 ⋍ DB24C8 > B15C5. All of the resulting complexes were isolated in crystalline form and characterized. The influences of potassium ion on the formation and stability of the TCNE molecular complexes were studied. Effects of the crown ether structure and the role of the K⁺ ion on the formation of charge transfer complexes are discussed.     

Complexation of Macrocyclic Compounds with Nicotinamide in Dimethylsulphoxideand its Water Mixture

The complexation behavior of nicotinamide with macrocyclic polyethers viz, 15-crown-5, benzo-15-crown-5, 18-crown-6, dicyclohexano-18-crown-6, dibenzo-18-crown-6, dibenzo-24-crown-8, 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexathiacyclooctadecane, monoaza-15-crown-5, 1,4,10-trioxa-7,13-diaza-cyclopentadecane, 5,6,14,15-dibenzo-1,4-dioxa-8,12-diazacyclopentadecane, 7,16-dibenzyl-1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane, 1,4,7-tritosyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, 1,4,7,10-tetratosyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclooctadecane has been studied in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) and 90% DMSO + water using differential pulse polarography and complexation constants have been reported. Nicotinamide forms stable complexes with six-membered coronand rings of the crown ethers. The nature of the atoms (oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen) in the coronand ring is observed to affect the stability of the complex. The stoichiometry and stability constants of the complexes were determined by monitoring the shifts in peak potentials of the polarograms of nicotinamide against the ligand concentration. The Gibbs free energy change turns out to be negative at 25°C, which indicates the spontaneity of the binding of nicotinamide with crown ethers. The mole ratio of nicotinamide to the macrocyclic compound was also determined and it was found that the complexes were of 1:1 type with respect to crown ethers. The tendency of nicotinamide to form complexes with macrocycles is found to be greater in DMSO than in DMSO + water.     

Crown ether molecular complexes with urea and thiourea

Crystalline complexes of urea and thiourea with crown ethers, have been prepared, viz., 18-crown-6 (18C6), benzo-18-crown-6 (B18C6), dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6), dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 (DC 18C6) and dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8). While the complexes of the large ring size crown ether, DB24C8, have high ether to (thio)urea ratios, the stoichiometry of the others lies between one molecule of crown ether and from one to six molecules of (thio)urea. An IR spectral study of the urea and thiourea complexes showed that the behavior of thiourea in these complexes is clearly different from that of urea, indicating the role of sulphur in the interaction of thiourea with crown ethers. The urea and thiourea complexes were classified according to their stoichiometries and their IR spectral behavior into three classes for which credible structures were proposed.     

Effect of rigid fragments in the macrocycle on the adaptation of crown ethers to alkali-metal ions

Complexation selectivity curves were obtained by theoretical conformational analysis and penalty functions in terms of the conformational factors in the following crown ethers: 15-crown-5; benzo-15-crown-5: 18-crown-6; benzo-18-crown-6; dibenzo-18-crown-6; cyclohexano-18-crown-6. In the last case the effect of cis—trans isomerism in the bridging bonds on the selectivity of complexation with the ligand was investigated. Analysis of the selectivity curves shows that the introduction of aromatic fragments into the macrocycle reduces its adaptive capabilities. The complexation selectivity of the ligands from the selectivity curves is compared with the experimental stability series of the crown ether complexes with alkali metals.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 355–360, May–June, 1990.     

Synthesis of Phenacyl Esters by Using PTC and Dibenzo-[18]-crown-6

In view of the importance of phenacyl esters as a protecting groups, a simple and efficient method is now reported here for synthesis of phenacyl esters in quantitative yield and high purity under mild reaction condition by using phase transfer catalyst and dibenzo-[18]-crown-6. It has been demonstrated that the spatial coordination of ion and ligand cavity plays important role in using crown ethers.     

Apparent molar volumes of crown ether complexes in several solvents at 25°C. An estimation of ionic electrostriction

The apparent molar volumes of equimolar concentrations of 18-crown-6-ether (CE) or dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether (B₂CE) and MCl (M=Na, K, or Cs) or MI in dilute solutions of anhydrous methanol, acetonitrile and dimethylsulfoxide have been calculated from density data measured at 25°C. After extrapolation to infinite dilution these results together with the apparent molar volumes of the crown ethers and the alkali metal halides were used to calculate the limiting partial molar volume change for the formation of the complexes. By noting that the charge of the complexed cation has been shown to be completely shielded from the solvent, the volume of complexation can be assumed to be a good estimation of the volume change due to electrostriction of the solvent by the cationic charge. The results are compared to the predictions of the Hepler equation.Presented at the Symposium on Electrochemistry and Spectroscopy of Solutions, Honoring Johannes Coetzee, University of Pittsburgh, November 30, 1989.On leave from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.     

Complex Formation of Potassium Hexachloroplatinate with 18-Crown-6 and Dibenzo-18-Crown-6 in Acetonitrile

The products of the reactions between potassium hexachloroplatinate {K₂PtCl₆} and 18-crown-6 or dibenzo-18-crown-6 in acetonitrile were studied. Pure crystalline compounds [2K·2(18-crown-6)· 2CH₃CN]²⁺·[PtCl₆]^2-·2H₂O, [2K·dibenzo-18-crown-6·CH₃CN]^{2 +}·[PtCl₆]^{2 -}, and [2K·dibenzo-18-crown-6·CH₃CN]^{2 +}·[Pt₂Cl₁₀]^{2 -} were obtained. Physicochemical properties of these compounds were studied, and their near- and far-IR IR spectra and thermogravimetric curves were considered. The composition of the complexes is determined by metal:ligand molar ratio and crown ether nature. It was found that acetonitrile is coordinated via the nitrogen atom.     

含二苯并-18-冠-6席夫碱型液晶冠醚钾配合物的合成与表征

以顺(反)-4,4＇-双[4-(4＇-正烷氧基联苯基-4-羧基) 苯亚氨基] 二苯并-18-冠-6（I和II）为配体合成了2个系列席夫碱型液晶冠醚钾配合物,产率分别为85.5%~92.1%和88.7%~90.7%。配合物的结构通过元素分析、IR、UV-Vis和AAS等方法确证。液晶行为通过DSC、POM、XRD等方法表征。实验结果表明,所有配合物均具有热致液晶性,且随分子末端烷氧基碳原子数增加,其熔点和清亮点呈规律性变化。近晶相温度范围渐增,向列相温度范围递减。与配体相比,配合物液晶态温度范围变宽     

Investigation of hydration effects of dibenzodialkyl-18-crown-6 complexes with the potassium ion by the Monte-Carlo method

The hydration of the potassium complexes of dibenzo-18-crown-6, dibenzo-3,12-dibutyl-18-crown-6, and dibenzo-3,12-dioctyl-18-crown-6 has been investigated by the Monte Carlo method. The calculated values of the energies of interaction of water-cation of the metal complex, water -crown ether, and crown ether-cation are pesented. The results of the calculations show that the investigated potassium complexes of the dialkylsubstituted DB18C6 interact with the aqueous phase much more strongly than the potassium complex of DB18C6. This can lead to the additional structurization of the hydrate shell and, as a result of this, to a decrease in S⁰ of complex formation and in the stability of the complexes with the increasing number of CH₂ groups in the alkyl derivatives of DB18C6.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 238–241, March–April, 1990.     

Crystal Structure and Properties of a New Copper(II) Complex of Dioxocyclam Appended with 8-Methylquinoline (Dioxocyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,7-dione)

The IR spectra of the crystalline complexes of 3-and 4-nitrophenol with crown ethers were studied, viz.,18-crown-6 (18C6), benzo-18-crown-6 (B18C6),dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6), dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 (DC18C6) and dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8). The spectra of uncomplexed crown ethers showed water absorption bands which indicate the presence of two types of bound water molecules, viz., cavitant water enclosed by the strong ether-cavity field and outer-layer hydrogen-bonded water molecules. Upon complexation with 3- and 4-nitrophenol, the bands attributed to cavitant water disappeared, leaving the outer layer water to act as a bridge between the host crown ether and the guest phenols. The results further showed that of the crown ethers and of the phenols, B18C6 and DC18C6 and 3-nitrophenol, have the strongest interaction. The behaviour of the phenols was explained by the increased contribution of the inductive-moment over the resonance -moment in thecomplexes.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(iodo)(trichlorometane)potassium

A new complex compound (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(iodo)(trichlorometane)potassium was obtained. Its crystal structure was studied by X-ray structural analysis. The complex molecule is built by the “guest-host” type: its K⁺ cation is in the crown ligand hollow and is coordinated via its all six O atoms, and also via the iodine ligand I and one Cl atom of the ligand CHCl₃ molecule. The coordination polyhedron of this K⁺ cation is a slightly distorted hexagonal bipyramid. In the crystal structure the complex molecules are connected in infinite chains by intercomplex hydrogen bonds Cl₃C-H?I ⁱ between the ligand molecule CHCl₃ and the iodine ligand of a neighboring complex molecule.     

New anhydrous fluorinating systems: The combination of crown-ethers and cesium fluoride. A relative rate study.

New, anhydrous fluorinating systems are presented. 18-Crown-6 or dibenzo-24-crown-8 act as solid-liquid phase transfer catalysts with cesium fluoride. A catalytic amount of these crown ethers with CsF increased the rate of fluorodestannylation of trialkyltin mercaptides (used as a good fluoride probe) by a factor of 5–7. In addition, alkyl bromides, such as benzyl bromide, reacted in a similar way. Kinetic evidence for “sandwich” or “edge” complexes with the cesium cation and 18-crown-6 is presented.     

Synthesis of new proton-ionizable dibenzocrown ethers

A series of structurally related dibenzo-15-crown-5, dibenzo-18-crown-6, and dibenzo-21-crown-7 compounds with oxymethylacetoxy side arms is synthesized by reaction of the corresponding crown ether alcohols with potassium hydride and bromoacetic acid. Multi-step synthetic routes to the crown ether alcohol precursors are reported.