Preparation and Crystalline Structure of Dihydrate of <Emphasis Type="Italic">hemi</Emphasis>-(Diazonium-18-crown-6) Isocyanurate of Isocyanuric Acid

Crystalline dihydrate of hemi-(diazonium-18-crown-6) isocyanurate of isocyanuric acid, 0.5[H₂DA18K6]²⁺?(C₃H₂N₃O₃)^??C₃H₃N₃O₃?2H₂O, was prepared and investigated by X-ray crystallography. In the given structure the dication DA18K6 is center-symmetric and possesses crown conformation of approximate D_3h symmetry. Molecule of isocyanuric acid and its anion are nearly planer. This molecule possesses approximate D_3h symmetry and its anion possesses approximate C_2v symmetry. With sufficient precision were determined geometrical parameters (bond lengths, bond angles etc.) of ions and molecules and was determined their packing in the given crystalline structure in which there is developed system of intermolecular (interion) hydrogen bonds.     

The dynamics of nonadiabatic transitions in collisions between the I<Subscript>2</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>) and I<Subscript>2</Subscript>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">X</Emphasis>) molecules

The paper presents the results of a theoretical study of the dynamics of nonadiabatic transitions between the ion-pair states E0 _g ⁺ and D0 _u ⁺ of the I₂ molecule induced by collisions with the I₂ molecule in the ground electronic state X0 _g ⁺ . The potential energy surfaces and diabatic coupling matrix elements of electronic states were obtained using a model based on the diatomics-in-molecule approximation. Special perturbation theory for intermolecular interaction was used to show that the large transition dipole moment between the E0 _g ⁺ and D0 _u ⁺ states caused the appearance of additional long-range corrections, an electrostatic dipole-quadrupole correction to the diabatic coupling matrix elements and induction dipole-dipole correction to the potential energy surface. The influence of these corrections on nonadiabatic dynamics was studied at the level of the semiclassical approximation. The electrostatic correction was found to sharply increase the contribution of resonance (accompanied by minimum kinetic energy changes) vibronic transitions at large distances between the colliding molecules. The induction correction had the opposite effect because of the high transition probability at short distances. The results obtained were in qualitative agreement with experimental data. The conclusion was drawn that obtaining quantitative agreement required a more balanced inclusion of interactions at short and long distances.     

Crystallographic and conformational analysis of (<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)-2-isopropyl-4-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-tolyldiazenyl)phenol

The molecular and crystal structures of the title compound, C₁₆H₁₈N₂O, were characterized and determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction method in addition to spectroscopic means such as IR, UV–VIS and ¹H NMR. The compound crystallizes in orthorhombic space group P bca, with a = 9.3350(5) Å, b = 23.4878(13) Å, c = 26.5871(12) Å, Z = 16, D _calc. = 1.1591(1) g/cm³, μ (MoK_α) = 0.073 mm^?1. Monomers of the compound in the crystal structure are linked into C(7) and C(8) chains generated by translation along the [1 0 0] direction with the aid of O–H···N type H-bonds which serve to the stabilization of periodic organization of the molecules beside major and minor component in the disordered azo fragment. In order to describe conformational flexibility and the crystal packing effects on the molecular conformation, potential barriers regarding the rotation along both Ar–N bonds were calculated by varying the related torsional degrees of freedom in every 10° ranging from ?180° to +180° via quantum chemical calculations at DFT/B3LYP level.     

Conformations and properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>-Alkyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>-(2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dialkylamino)-ethylmethylthiophosphonates

Conformers of the biologically active compounds CH₃P(O)(OR)(SCH₂CH₂NR ₂ ^′ ), where (I) R = i-C₄H₉, R′ = C₂H₅ and (II) R = C₂H₅, R′ = i-C₃H₇, are calculated within the AM1 level of theory. The elongated and twisted forms with maximum and minimum distances between a nitrogen atom and those of a phosphorus tetrahedron, respectively, and bearing a syn and anti oriented alkoxy group relative to a phosphoryl oxygen, are studied. It is found that the differences between the energy, electronic, and geometric parameters of these forms are apparent in differences between their properties, e.g., the ability to participate in complexation and protonation, reactions that to some extent simulate the interaction between a substance and a biological object.     

Crystal structures of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tris</Emphasis>-hexafluoro-acetylacetonates of aluminum and scandium

The structures of tris-hexafluoroacetylacetonates Al(hfa)₃ and Sc(hfa)₃·H₂O are determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography (Bruker-Nonius X8 Apex diffractometer, MoK _α radiation, T = 150(2) K). The Al(hfa)₃ complex is trigonal, a = 17.8944(11) Å, c = 12.4061(11) Å, P-3c1 space group, V = 3440.3(4) ų, Z = 6, R = 0.076. The Sc(hfa)₃·H₂O complex is monoclinic, a = 16.0926(4) Å, b = 14.7980(3) Å, c = 24.4020(5) Å, β = 125.641(1)°, P2₁/c space group, V = 4722.54(18) ų, Z = 8, R = 0.060. The structures of the complexes are formed by neutral molecules; the coordination environment of the metal atom involves six oxygen atoms of three β-diketone ligands (Al(hfa)₃) and, additionally, a water oxygen atom (Sc(hfa)₃·H₂O). The shortest Al...Al distance is 6.203(6) Å. The Sc(hfa)₃·H₂O molecules are joined in dimers by hydrogen bonds with Sc...Sc separations of 5.6992(8) Å and 5.6853(8) Å. In the crystals, the molecules are joined by van der Waals interactions, moreover, there are intermolecular contacts F...H ～ 2.5 Å in the structure of Sc(hfa)₃·H₂O.     

Stability of <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>-, <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-element diphosphates in water

The mean atomic Gibbs energies of formation of (Δ _f ? _at ⁰ ) of s-, p-, and d-element diphosphates have been calculated using ion increments of the Gibbs energy (Δ _f G ⁰). The diphosphate hydrolysis kinetics is considered, and a correlation between the Δ _f ? _at ⁰ values and the hydrolysis rate constants is presented.     

Crystal Structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">DL</Emphasis>-Valinium Tetrafluoroantimonate(III) Monohydrate

The crystal structure of an antimony(III) fluoride complex of the composition (C₅H₁₂NO₂)SbF₄·H₂O (I) involving a cation of α-amino isovaleric acid (DL-valine, Val) is determined. Crystals are monoclinic: a = 12.2024(2) Å, b = 6.1636(1) Å, c = 15.5167(3) Å, Z = 4, space group P2₁/c. The structure is formed of DL-valinium (C₅H₁₂NO₂)⁺ cations, complex [SbF₄]_n^n? anions having a polymeric chain structure, and crystallization water molecules. The [SbF₄]_n^n? complex anions consist of trigonal SbF4E bipyramids joined together by asymmetric bridging Sb–F(3)···Sb bonds. The structural units are organized into a threedimensional framework via N–H···F, N–H···O, and O–H···F hydrogen bonds.     

Crystal structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">ortho</Emphasis>-toluidinium hexafluorosilicate

The structure of the complex (o-CH₃C₆H₄NH₃)₂SiF₆ was determined by X-ray diffraction. In the ionic structure of the complex, the SiF ₆ ^2? anions (Si-F, 1.595(9)-1.683(17)Å) and the o-CH₃C₆H₄NH ₃ ⁺ cations are combined by NH?F hydrogen bonds (N?F 2.757(10)-3.25(2) Å). The components of the structure are combined into a layer whose central part is formed by the SiF ₆ ^2? anions and the outer hydrophobic surfaces are formed by the aromatic rings of the cations.     

Electronic Structure and Relative Stabilities of 10- and 12-Vertex. <Emphasis Type="Italic">Closo</Emphasis>and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Nido</Emphasis>-Heteroborane Clusters of Ga,Ge, and As Elements

A DFT method with the B3LYP functional and the 6-311++G(d,p) diffuse basis set is used to predict geometries, relative stabilities, electronic structures, and the bonding of closo- and nido-Ga_mB_n–mH _n ^2? , Ge_mB_n–mH _n ^m?2 , and As_mB_n–mH _n ^{2 m?2} (n = 10, 12 and m = 1, 2) Clusters are obtained by replacing BH with isolobal GaH, GeH⁺, and AsH²⁺ fragments, keeping the same skeleton electron pairs (SEP). Based on the polyhedral skeletal electron pairs theory (PSEPT), closo and nido structures are predicted and can be of significant interest for experimentalists working in the field of heteroboranes. Different cluster stabilities are studied according to Gimarc′s and Williams′ rules, where our calculations show that the monosubstituted clusters deviate from these rules, giving rise to open structures. As₂B₈H _n ²⁺ as 10-vertex structures lead to nido-type clusters, however, Ge_mB_n–mH _n ^m?2 (n = 10, 12 and m = 1, 2) give rise to closo isomers with close energies. All optimized structures exhibit large HOMO–LUMO gaps suggesting a good kinetic stability, thus predicting their isolation and characterization.     

Solution Thermodynamics of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis><Superscript>/</Superscript>-Ethylenebis-(salicylideneiminato)-diaquochromium(III) Chloride in Aqueous Dimethylsulphoxide

The densities, viscosities and refractive indices of N,N ^/-ethylene-bis(salicylideneiminato)-diaquochromium(III) chloride, [Cr(salen)(H₂O)₂]Cl, in aqueous dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) with different mass fractions (w ₂ = 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80 and 1.00) of DMSO were determined at 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15 K under atmospheric pressure. From measured densities, viscosities and refractive indices the apparent molar volumes (V _φ ), standard partial molar volume (V _φ ⁰ ), the slope (S _V ^* ), standard isobaric partial molar expansibility (φ _E ⁰ ) and its temperature dependence (?φ _E ⁰ /?T) _p , the viscosity B-coefficient, its temperature dependence (?B/?T), solvation number (S _n ) and apparent molar refractivity (R _D ^φ ), etc., were calculated and discussed on the basis of ion–ion and ion–solvent interactions. These results revealed that the solutions are characterized by ion–solvent interactions rather than by ion–ion interactions and the complex behaves as a long range structure maker. Thermodynamics of viscous flow was discussed in terms of transition state theory.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-dimethylbiguanidinium hexafluorosilicate

The complex [(CH₃)₂NC(NH₂)NHC(NH₂)NH₂]SiF₆ (I) was synthesized and its structure was determined by X-ray crystallography. The crystals are monoclinic: a = 7.4346(10) Å, b = 12.7628(10) Å, c = 11.0828(10) Å, β 104.080(10)°, V = 1020.01(18) ų, ρ_calc = 1.780 g/cm³, μ(MoK _α) = 0.302 mm^?1, Z = 4, space group P2₁/c. The crystals of I are composed of SiF ₆ ^2? anions (Si-F, 1.657(2)–1.699(2) Å) and N,N-dimethylbiguanidinium (H₂L²⁺) cations combined in a framework by interionic H-bonds NH···F. In the cations, protonation sites are the terminal imide groups.     

Dodecahydro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">closo</Emphasis>-dodecaborate anion intercalation into graphite oxide

It is demonstrated by X-ray diffraction that, in the case of dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborates with small cations (H⁺, Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, NH ₄ ⁺ ), the intercalation of the B₁₂H ₁₂ ^2? anion into the interlayer space of graphite oxide is more favorable than the crystallization of a free salt. In the case of large cations commensurable with B₁₂H ₁₂ ^2? (e.g., Cs⁺), no intercalation takes place because these cations and the dodecaborate-closo-dodecaborate anion form stable cubic crystals as a separate phase outside the graphite oxide structure.     

Crystal structure of oxonium <Emphasis Type="Italic">trans</Emphasis>(O)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">cis</Emphasis>-(C)-dicyanobis(2-picolinato)cobaltate(III) hydrate: Two types of proton site

The trans(O)-cis(C)-bis(pyridine-2-carboxylato)dicyanocobaltate(III) ions, [Co(Pic)₂(CN)₂]^?, crystallize from acid medium with three water molecules per two crystallographically nonequivalent complexes whose charge is compensated by protons. One of the water molecules forms an oxonium ion (H₃O⁺) with a proton. The other two water molecules bound to each other through a short hydrogen bond O-H…O (2.403(2) Å) and thus forming (H₅O₂)⁺ cations is another proton site. The (H₃O)(H₅O₂)[Co(Pic)₂(CN)₂]₂ crystals are monoclinic: a = 10.7027(7) Å, b = 25.786(1) Å, c = 11.4865(8) Å, β = 91.411(9)°, Z = 4, space group P2₁/n.     

Novel bimetallic Cr<Subscript>3</Subscript>Yb<Subscript>3</Subscript> mixed salt containing a 3<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-4<Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis> heterometallic Cr<Subscript>2</Subscript>Yb<Subscript>3</Subscript> cluster

A novel bimetallic Cr₃Yb₃ coordination compound containing a 3d-4f heterometallic Cr₂Yb₃ cationic cluster has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray analysis. Results denote that the complex consists of an original [Cr ₂ ^III Yb ₃ ^III ]³⁺ moiety with a trigonal-bipyramidal topology of the [Cr₂Yb₃(μ-OOCCH₃)₆(μ-OH)₆(H₂O)₆]³⁺ core, an isolated [Cr^III(CN)₆]^3? anion, and four molecular neutral 4,4′-bipyridene (Bipy) ligands, namely, [Cr₂Yb₃(μ-OOCCH₃)₆(μ-OH)₆(H₂O)₆][Cr(CN)₆] · 4Bipy · 13H₂O.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of diaqua(trinitrato)iron(III) 18-crown-6

A novel complex adduct, diaqua(trinitrato)iron(III) 18-crown-6, [Fe(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₂] · 18-crown-6, was synthesized and its crystal structure was studied by X-ray diffraction: space group C2/c, a = 10.073, b = 18.069, c = 25.326 Å, β = 91.51°, Z = 8. The structure was solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.076 for 4090 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK_α). The structure contains isolated complex molecule [Fe(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₂] and two halves of independent molecules 18-crown-6, one of which is statistically disordered about axis 2, while another one is located around the inversion center and is somewhat disordered with respect to the latter. In the complex molecule, the coordination polyhedron of the Fe³⁺ cation is a distorted pentagonal bipyramid with five O atoms of three NO ₃ ^? ligands in a base and two O atoms of two water molecules in the axial vertices. The alternating complex molecules and the disordered 18-crown-6 molecules are joined by hydrogen bonds into “thick” infinite chains along the z axis.     

Synthesis and X-ray study of 6<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-chromeno[3,4-<Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis>][1,3,4]triazolo[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]pyrimidine

2-Dimethylamino methylenechromanone 1 reacted with 4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-amine in acetic acid to give only one isolated product which was identified by X-ray study as 6H-chromeno[3,4-e][1,3,4]triazolo[2,3-a]-pyrimidine. The molecular structure of 3, C₁₂H₈N₄O, was determined to be monoclinic, P2₁/c, a = 16.3875(5), b = 8.8378(3), c = 13.8392(5) Å, β = 101.190(1)°, V = 1966.22(11) ų, Z = 8.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of dibenzo-18-crown-6 oxonium perchlorate

An ionized crystalline adduct of dibenzo-18-crown-6, perchloric acid, and water (H₃O)[DB 18K6](ClO₄) is synthesized and structurally studied by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are triclinic: a = 8.582 Å, b = 10.486 Å, c = 26.293 Å, α = 79.45°, β = 82.00°, γ = 79.36°, Z = 4, space group P \(\bar 1\). The structure is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.098 for 5936 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). The structure contains two independent DB18C6 molecules, two independent H₃O⁺ ions, and two independent ClO ₄ ^? ions. The H₃O⁺ ions each lie in the cavity of each of the two DB18C6 molecules and are retained there by three strong hydrogen bonds. Two DB18C6 molecules have close geometric parameters and a butterfly conformation with approximate symmetry C _2v . One of the two independent ClO ₄ ^? anions is disordered over two orientations.     

Synthesis of ethyl (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>,4<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)- and (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>,4<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>)-5-chloropenta-2,4-dienoates

An efficient synthetic approach to 2E,4E and 2E,4Z isomers of ethyl 5-chloropenta-2,4-dienoate has been developed on the basis of one-pot oxidation–olefination of readily accessible (E)- and (Z)-3-chloroprop-2-en-1-ols by the action of barium manganate and ethyl (triphenyl-λ⁵-phosphanylidene)acetate.     

Stability of 3<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>-element cyclotetraphosphates in water

The hydrolysis kinetics of the anion in 3d-element cyclotetraphosphates is considered. The thermodynamic functions of formation (Δ _f H ⁰, Δ _f G ⁰, and Δ _f ? _at ⁰ ) of the cyclotetraphosphates are calculated using the ion increment method. A linear correlation is established between and log K Δ _f ? _at ⁰ for these compounds.     

Crystal and molecular structure of the potassium salt of 2,4-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">iso</Emphasis>-propoxy-6-dinitromethyl-1,3,5-triazine

An X-ray diffraction study of the potassium salt of 2,4-di-iso-propoxy-6-dinitromethyl-1,3,5-triazine was performed. Monoclinic crystals, C₁₀H₁₄N₅O ₆ ^? ·K⁺; M = 339.36; a = 9.645(2) Å, b = 8.803(2) Å, c = 17.686(3) Å; β = 92.50(2)°; V = 1500.2(5) Å ³, d _c = 1.50 g/cm³, Z = 4, space group P2₁/a. The 2,4-di-iso-propoxy-6-dinitromethyl-1,3,5-triazine anion is nonplanar. The 1,3,5-triazine heterocycle is planar; the angle between the ring and the dinitromethyl fragment is 87.9(5)°. The potassium cation is in the general position; its coordination number is 7. The cation is bonded to four 2,4-di-iso-propoxy-6-dinitromethyl-1,3,5-triazine molecules. Infinite layers are formed due to the coordination bonds in crystal.