Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of New Lead(II) Thiosaccharinates. Molecular Structure of Bis(thiosaccharinato)tetrakis(pyridine)dilead(II) and Thiosaccharinato‐bis(1,10‐phenantroline)lead(II) Thiosaccharinate

Four new lead(II) thiosaccharinate complexes: [Pb(tsac)₂H₂O] (1) (tsac: thiosaccharinate anion), [Pb₂(tsac)₄(py)₄] (2) (py: pyridine), [Pb(tsac)(o‐phen)₂](tsac)·CH₃CN (3) (o‐phen: 1,10‐phenantroline), and [Pb(tsac)₂(bipy)] (4) (bipy: 2,2′‐bipyridine) were prepared. The infrared and electronic spectra as well as the thermal analysis of all the compounds were recorded and discussed. The thiosaccharinate anion acts in three different coordination forms, one of then reported for the first time. The crystal structures of complexes 2 and 3 have been determined by single crystal X‐ray diffractometry. In complex 2 , two monomeric moieties are joined together forming a symmetric bis‐μ‐sulphur bridged dimer by interaction of two lead(II) atoms through the exocyclic sulphur atoms of two thiosaccharinate ligands. The seven‐fold coordination sphere of each lead atom is completed by two pyridine nitrogen atoms and by another sulfur and two nitrogen atoms of the thiosaccharinate anions. In complex 3 , the lead(II) atom is coordinated by four nitrogen atoms of two 1,10‐phenantroline molecules and by the sulfur and nitrogen atoms of one thiosaccharinate ion. The second anion has an electrostatic interaction with the nucleus.     

On the molecular structure of the phytochrome chromophore: X-ray analysis of two 2,3-dihydrobilatriene-abc derivatives

The molecular and crystal structures of the two 2,3-dihydrobilatrienes-abc1 and2, representing model compounds for the phytochrome chromophore, were determined by X-ray crystallography at 97 K. Crystals of the racemate1 contain disordered regions. Both molecules are found to be ofall-(Z) configuration, assuming a helical conformation. The acidic hydrogen atoms are localized at the nitrogen atoms of rings A, C and D. A summary of the geometries of unsaturated five-membered rings as observed in four accurate low-temperature crystal structures of bilatrienes-abc is given.Herrn Prof.Josef Schurz zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Effets de Substituants en Série Diazolique et Diazinique-1,3—Etude par Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire du Carbone-13

We have recorded the ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of thiones and thioethers in the 1,3-diazole and 1,3-diazine series with various alkyl substituents at the nitrogen atoms. Some analogous oxygen containing heterocycles were also examined. We have shown that in the thiocarbonylated compounds the thiol ? thione equilibrium is displaced towards the thione form, but that ¹³C n.m.r. gives only qualitative results. In the sulphur containing derivatives the isopropyl group is in a fixed conformational position because of the steric hindrance of the sulphur atom. Substitution by a tert-butyl group leads to unexpected γ values. We ascribe this phenomenon to ring deformation or to variations in the valence angles of the substituted nitrogen atoms.     

Macro-N-heterocyclic compounds: X-ray photoelectron spectra and structure

Bi-, tri-, and tetradentate macroheterocylic ligands, i.e., structural analogs of phthalocyanine, are studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The X-ray photoelectron spectra of N1s lines of the nitrogen atoms of these compounds are analyzed. The binding energies and integrated intensities of N1s lines of the nitrogen atoms are determined and the effective charges on the nitrogen atoms are calculated. The structures of bi-, tri-and tetradentate macroheterocyclic ligands containing isoindole, benzene, and pyridine fragments are established on the basis of the data obtained.     

Dual graphs realized in the compounds di-μ3-4-mercaptopyridine catena-di-μ2-iodo-di-μ3-iodo-μ4-iodo penta copper(I) and di-μ3-4-mercaptopyridine-di-catena-iodo-di-μ3-iodo tri copper(I)

Two compounds, [Cu5I5](SNC5H4)2 [i] and [Cu3I3](SNC5H4)2 [ii], were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and the crystal structures were solved. Both compounds crystallized in space group I41/a. The iodide and the sulphur from mercaptopyridine are connected to copper atom, giving the copper atoms tetrahedral coordination geometry. The pyridine end of the organic moiety is non-bonding and fills the empty space around the tetrahedra formed from copper, sulphur and iodide.     

Three-coordinate silver(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">I</Emphasis>) ions and tridentate ligands as complementary tectons in coordination polymer construction: a new example of semiregular 4.8<Superscript>2</Superscript> nets

The structures of the reaction products of silver nitrate with monoheterotopic tridentate ligands derived from N-alkyl-3,5-bis(3-pyridylmethylene)piperidin-4-one were studied. The aliphatic nitrogen atoms are involved in the coordination, all three nitrogen atoms of the ligands being coordinated to three different silver atoms. In turn, each silver atom is coordinated by two nitrogen atoms of the pyridine ring and one nitrogen atom of the piperidine ring of different ligands. The crystal structures of the complexes are different. Infinite ladder-like chains consisting of 16-membered metallamacrocycles as monomeric building blocks are present in the structure of the N-methyl derivative, whereas two-dimensional 4.8² nets consisting of 16-and 40-membered metallamacrocycles are observed in the crystal structure of the N-benzyl analog. Dedicated to Academician G. A. Abakumov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1712–1718, September, 2007.     

A survey of tellurium-centered secondary-bonding supramolecular synthons

The crystal structures of tellurium compounds frequently display intermolecular contacts between the chalcogen and atoms possessing lone pairs of electrons. Analysis of the data deposited in the Cambridge crystallographic database shows that the shortest secondary bonding interactions (SBIs) are formed when oxygen, nitrogen or chlorine are the donor atoms for SBIs. In addition, these SBIs are shortest when they occur opposite to a bond between tellurium and oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, chlorine or the nitrile functional group. The structural motifs assembled in these systems fall within eight general categories, from single to multiple bonded supramolecular synthons. The use of multiple points of attachment between molecules leads, in principle, to stronger and more directional supramolecular synthons. The overall structures assembled by the most important tellurium-based supramolecular synthons and prospects for their application in crystal engineering are discussed.     

Crystal structure prediction using ab initio evolutionary techniques: principles and applications

We have developed an efficient and reliable methodology for crystal structure prediction, merging ab initio total-energy calculations and a specifically devised evolutionary algorithm. This method allows one to predict the most stable crystal structure and a number of low-energy metastable structures for a given compound at any P-T conditions without requiring any experimental input. Extremely high (nearly 100%) success rate has been observed in a few tens of tests done so far, including ionic, covalent, metallic, and molecular structures with up to 40 atoms in the unit cell. We have been able to resolve some important problems in high-pressure crystallography and report a number of new high-pressure crystal structures (stable phases: epsilon-oxygen, new phase of sulphur, new metastable phases of carbon, sulphur and nitrogen, stable and metastable phases of CaCO3). Physical reasons for the success of this methodology are discussed.     

Synthesis,Crystal Structures,and Thermal Properties of New Zinc(II) Thiocyanato Coordination Compounds

Reaction of zinc(II) thiocyanate with pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, and pyridine leads to the formation of new zinc(II) thiocyanato coordination compounds. In bis(isothiocyanato‐N)‐bis(μ₂‐pyrazine‐N,N) zinc(II) ( 1 ) and bis(isothiocyanato‐N)‐bis(μ₂‐pyrimidine‐N,N) zinc(II) ( 2 ) the zinc atoms are coordinated by four nitrogen atoms of the diazine ligands and two nitrogen atoms of the isothiocyanato anions within slightly distorted octahedra. The zinc atoms are connected by the diazine ligands into layers, which are further linked by weak intermolecular S ··· S interactions in 1 and by weak intermolecular C–H ··· S hydrogen bonding in 2 . In bis(isothiocyanato‐N)‐bis(pyridazine‐N) ( 3 ) discrete complexes are found, in which the zinc atoms are coordinated by two nitrogen atoms of the isothiocyanato ligands and two nitrogen atoms of the pyridazine ligands. The crystal structure of bis(isothiocyanato‐N)‐tetrakis(pyridine‐N) ( 4 ) is known and consists of discrete complexes, in which the zinc atoms are octahedrally coordinated by two thiocyanato anions and four pyridine molecules. Investigations using simultaneous differential thermoanalysis and thermogravimetry, X‐ray powder diffraction and IR spectroscopy prove that on heating, the ligand‐rich compounds 1 , 2 , and 3 decompose without the formation of ligand‐deficient intermediate phases. In contrast, compound 4 looses the pyridine ligands in two different steps, leading to the formation of the literature known ligand‐deficient compound bis(isothiocyanato‐N)‐bis(pyridine‐N) ( 5 ) as an intermediate. The crystal structure of compound 5 consists of tetrahedrally coordinated zinc atoms which are surrounded by two isothiocyanato anions and two pyridine ligands. The structures and the thermal reactivity are discussed and compared with this of related transition metal isothiocyanates with pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, and pyridine.     

13C NMR spectra of some N-aryl substituted sulphur–nitrogen compounds

The ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of four classes of N-aryl sulphur–nitrogen compounds are discussed. The para carbon shieldings of the N-phenyl derivatives reflect the substituents effects of the various nitrogen groups. These show large differences for the four classes of compounds due to differences in the electronic structure of the sulphur–nitrogen bond.     

Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Two New Thallium(I)/Thiosaccharinate Complexes

The crystal structures of [Tl(tsac)] ( 1 ) and [Tl(tsac)(ophen)] ( 2 ) (tsac = anion of thiosaccharin; ophen = 1, 10 phenanthroline) have been determined at 116 K by single crystal X‐ray diffractometry. Complex 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/a with Z = 4 and complex 2 in the monoclinic space group C2/c with Z = 8.In both complexes T^I is coordinated to a thiosaccharinate anion through its sulphur and nitrogen atoms. A distorted eight fold coordination sphere around the cation in complex 1 is completed with two other longer Tl‐S bonds and four Tl···O contacts with five symmetry related neighbouring thiosaccharinate anions. A phenanthroline molecule acting as a bidentate ligand through its nitrogen atoms completes a four‐fold coordination around the metal atom in complex 2 . The infrared spectra of both complexes were also recorded and their most important features discussed on the basis of its structural peculiarities.     

Synthesis and characterization of new linear pi-conjugated molecules containing bis(ethynylpyridine) units with a benzothiadiazole spacer

Three novel 4,7-bis(n-pyridylethynyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles (n = 2, 3, and 4) were synthesized by using the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction of 4,7-dibromo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole with the corresponding ethynylpyridines in the presence of a Pd(II) catalyst. The viologen analogues were also prepared by methylation of pyridyl nitrogen atoms. X-ray structure analysis of these compounds revealed the linear molecular structures with unusual columnar crystal structures. Insertion of a benzothiadiazole moiety into the acetylene-pyridine skeleton brings about a large increase in electron affinity and the bispyridyl compounds obtained here show high fluorescence quantum yields.     

Evaluation and comparison of selective gas chromatographic detectors for the analysis of pesticide residues

Summary A series of studies is described on the evaluation and comparison of some selective gas chromatographic detectors used in pesticide residue analysis. A detailed study of the optimization and response characteristics of the CsBr and RbCl three-electrode alkali flame ionization detector for N and P compounds, the Coulson electrolytic conductivity detector in the nitrogen, sulphur and pyrolytic modes of operation and the sulphur phosphorus emission detector, a type of flame photometric detector, was carried out to obtain maximum sensitivity and reliability for the analysis of pesticide residues in various biological substrates. It was observed that the alkali flame and electrolytic conductivity detector responses to nitrogen compounds were of the same order, while the electrolytic conductivity detector was more sensitive than the flame photometric detector to sulphur compounds. Also, attempts were made to correlate the responses from these different detector systems using the insecticide chlorpyrifos which contains P, S, Cl and N atoms. The use of chlorpyrifos as an evaluation standard in verifying the acceptable performance of these types of detectors is recommended.Chemistry and Biology Research Institute Contribution No 901     

Structure determinations of nitrogen compounds with the aid of NQR, NMR, and ESCA spectroscopy

Since it is often necessary or desirable to determine the structures of compounds containing nitrogen directly via the nitrogen atoms, the nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) and the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as well as the photoelectron and the Auger-electron spectroscopy (ESCA) of nitrogen are becoming increasingly important. A comparative review of these three methods on the basis of measurement effect, information obtainable, applications, and limitations forms the subject of this article.     

Hydrogen Bonding Assembled 3D Supramolecular Structures Formed by 5-Amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic Acid and N-Heterocyclic Aromatic Ligands

Three salts constructed by 5-amino-2,4,6-triiodoisophthalic acid(ATIPA) with N-heterocycles aromatic coformers such as pyridine tetrazolium, tetramethylpyraziiie and cyanuric acid were synthesized by slowing evaporation of solvent. X-Ray single crystal analysis shows that hydrogen protons of the carboxyl groups transfer to nitrogen atoms of the N-heterocyclic coformers to form N-H…0 hydrogen bonds in all the three compounds. A huge amount of H-bonds play significant role in tlie construction of these compounds and all of them generate 3D structures through strong O-H…N, O-H…O, N-H…O and weak C-H…O hydrogen bonds. Moreover, solvent water molecules are indispensable in the formation of compounds 1 and 3, which constitutes different supramolecular synthons to bridge individual molecules and chains to form stable structures. In addition, these crystal structures were further characterized by themiogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy.     

Sulphur-enriched thiacalix[4]arenes in the cone conformation: synthesis, crystal structures and cation binding properties

The synthesis and crystal structure of p-tert-butylthia- and p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derivatives 1–7 substituted at the narrow rim by diethylthiophosphate ester groups, -PS(OEt)₂ are reported. In these compounds the phosphorus atoms are directly attached to the phenolic O atoms of the calix units and the S atoms of the thiophosphate may serve as a two-electron donor to a metal ion. Their crystal structures were solved, which revealed their cone conformation. Their cation-binding properties have been established by liquid-liquid extraction of metal picrates from water into dichloromethane and stability constant determination in acetonitrile using UV-absorption spectrophotometry. Quantitative extraction was achieved for Ag⁺ (%E = 99) with the tetra-substituted thiacalix[4]arene derivative. The complexes were found to be of 1:1 stoichiometry and the location of the metal cations was shown to be nearby the sulphur atoms by ¹H NMR.     

Proton-ionizable crown compounds. 10. Preparation and structural studies of macrocyclic ligands containing two sulfonamide units and with seventeen to twenty-six ring members

Eight new macrocylic ligands each containing two sulfonamide groups have been prepared. Six of these compounds have both the sulfur and nitrogen atoms of the sulfonamide units substituted with aromatic rings. The nitrogen atoms of the other two compounds have alkyl ring connections. X-ray crystal structure data were obtained for new macrocyclic compounds of 20 and 23 ring members. Each crystal structure showed two molecules in the asymmetric unit. Molecule A of 5 and both molecules of 7 exist in a compact conformation suggesting that they could wrap around a metal ion during complexation. Some of these compounds will be used as cation carriers in a bulk liquid membrane system.     

Preparations,IR spectra and crystal structures of cyano-bridged bimetallic complexes of zinc(II) and cadmium(II) with tetracyanopalladate(II)

The novel heteronuclear compounds [Zn(hydet-en)₂Pd(CN)₄] (1) and [Cd(hydet-en)₂Pd(CN)₄] (2) {hydet-en: N-(2-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediamine)} have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses and IR spectra. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Structural analysis shows that both compounds have shown a polymeric chain, in which the Zn(II)/Pd(II) and Cd(II)/Pd(II) centres are linked by two CN groups. Both zinc and cadmium atoms are six coordinate with two trans cyanide–nitrogen and four hydet-en N atoms in a distorted octahedron arrangement; the palladium atoms in 1 and 2 are four coordinate with four cyanide-C atoms in a square planar arrangement. The chains in both compounds are connected through weak interchain hydrogen bonds, N–H?···?O, N–H?···?N and O–H?···?N, thereby forming a three-dimensional network.     

The Crystal Structure of YPdSi,the Isotypic Compounds LnPdSi (Ln = Gd–Lu), and their Structural Relation to some other Equiatomic Compounds of the Rare Earth and Transition Metals with Main Group Elements

The nine title compounds were prepared from the elements by arc-melting and subsequent heat treatment in resistance and high-frequency furnaces. The crystal structure of these isotypic compounds was determined for YPdSi from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data: Pmmn, a = 430.8(1) pm, b = 1391.2(1) pm, c = 743.1(1) pm, Z = 8, R = 0.024 for 417 structure factors and 40 variable parameters. The crystal structures of the isotypic compounds GdPdSi and ErPdSi were also refined from single-crystal data. The structure is of a new type. It consists of condensed, six-membered rings of alternating palladium and silicon atoms with Pd–Si bond distances varying between 249.6 and 258.8 pm. These two-dimensionally infinite nets are connected to each other via weak Pd–Si and Si–Si bonds with bond distances of 276.3 and 259.5 pm. The rare earth atoms are situated above and below the six-membered palladium-silicon rings in a manner as it is known for the aluminum atoms in the AlB₂ type structure. The crystal-chemical similarities and topologies of several structures derived from the aristotype AlB₂ (including those of BaPtSb, EuAuGe, KHg₂, ZrBeSi, and TiNiSi) are described, emphasizing their group-subgroup relationships. The previously reported compound ”︁Er₂Pd₂Si”︁”︁ has the same structure as has been found here for ErPdSi.     

Synthesis and structures of azine-based crown-containing hetarylphenylethenes

Condensation of methyl-substituted six-membered heteroaromatics containing one or two nitrogen atoms with aldehyde derived from benzo-15-crown-5 ether in DMF in the presence of Bu^tOK afforded 15-crown-5-containing hetarylphenylethenes. According to the results of NMR spectroscopy, these compounds exist as mixtures of syn and anti conformers in solution (MeCN-d₃). The structures of two compounds were established by X-ray diffraction analysis. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1650–1659, July, 2005.