Hydrogen bonding and proton transfer involving the trihydride complexes Cp*M(dppe)H3 (M = Mo,W) and fluorinated alcohols: the competitive role of the hydride ligands and metal

The protonation of complexes Cp*M(dppe)H₃ (dppe is ethylenebis(diphenylphosphine), M = Mo (1), W (2)) by a variety of fluorinated alcohols of different acid strength (FCH₂CH₂OH, CF₃CH₂OH, (CF₃)₂CHOH, and (CF₃)₃COH) was investigated experimentally by the variable temperature spectroscopic methods (IR, NMR) and stopped-flow technique (UV-Vis). The structures of the hydrogen-bonded and proton transfer products were studied by DFT calculations. In agreement with the calculation results, the IR data suggest that the initial hydrogen bond is established with a hydride site for complex 1 and with the metal site for complex 2. However, no intermediate dihydrogen complex found theoretically was detected experimentally on the way to the final classical tetrahydride product.     

Determination of Kinetic Parameters from GPC-Data

Abstract

The molecular weight distribution and its first moments of selected polymers were experimentally determined through GPC-investigations with additional molecular weight detection. In on-line operation discontinuously functioning Ubbelohde-viscometer was used for the determination of degree of polymerization in dependence on elution volume.

The relation between the experimentally determined values and relative kinetic parameters were derived for some polymers prepared by radical mechanism. The relative constants which determines the branching structure in polymer can be now calculated.

From the investigated polymers the effect of chemical nature of monomer units for the branching formation was determined.     

DFT studies of temperature effect on coordination chemistry of Cu(II)-trimethoprim complexes

The computational analysis of geometrically different copper-trimethoprim complexes, experimentally formed at two different temperatures, was performed using Density Functional Theory (DFT) method. Initial geometries of copper-trimethoprim complexes 1, 2, and 3 were obtained from crystallographic data. These three geometries of complexes 1, 2, and 3 were fully optimized using B3LYP/BLYP hybrid density functional methods along with 6-31G and LANL2DZ basis sets at two temperatures, 298 and 352 K. The results obtained were compared with the experimental data and show that complex 1 is the most stable geometry while complex 3 is unstable/intermediate geometry and can be converted to stable form after the recrystallization process. Moreover, LANL2DZ basis set gives more accurate (with respect to experimental) results as compared to 6-31G.     

Complete <Superscript>1</Superscript>H and <Superscript>13</Superscript>C NMR signal assignments and chemical shift calculations of four 1,2,4-oxadiazole-based light-emitting liquid crystals

In this article, we describe the complete ¹H and ¹³C NMR signal assignments of four 1,2,4-oxadiazoles possessing light-emitting liquid crystal properties. These results were obtained by using one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques as well as GIAO (PCM) calculations at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level for compounds 1 and 2a–d. The computed values are in good agreement with the ones obtained experimentally. In addition, some previously unexplained thermotropic features of compounds 2a–d could be clarified with the help of the geometry optimization calculations carried out by us.     

The Effect of the Pressure Pulse on Solution Temperature in Stopped-Flow Calorimetry

Abstract

The pressure pulse effect, which exhibits itself by a step conductance rise on the response curves of thermistors in the stopped-flow microcalorimeter, is shown theoretically and experimentally to be due to the temperature rise of the solution caused by its adiabatic compression. Thermocouples respond similarly to thermistors in the range of 1 to 400 bars.     

Theoretical investigation on molecular structure of a new mononuclear copper(II) thiocyanato complex with tridentate Schiff base ligand

An asymmetrical Schiff base ligand, 4-bromo-2-(2-pyridylmethyliminomethyl)phenol (HL), and its copper(II) complex, [Cu(L)SCN] (1), have been synthesized. Complex 1 is experimentally characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and UV–vis spectroscopic techniques, and cyclic voltammetry. The structure of the complex has been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies, which reveal a square planar geometry of the central copper(II) ion in 1. The neighboring molecules of the complex connect each other by π–π stacking interactions with centroid-to-centroid ring distance 3.653 Å. The ligand can display two possible tautomeric forms; therefore, 1 can have an alternate molecular structure. DFT calculations have been employed to investigate the structure and relative stabilities of the suggested tautomeric forms of the ligand and its corresponding copper(II) complex.     

六聚吡咯大环与铀/超铀酰基离子相互作用:成键、热力学和光谱性质

采用全电子相对论密度泛函理论探索多种六聚吡咯大环锕酰基配合物(nAn;n=1~3;An=U,Np and Pu)的电子结构本质、成键规律和化学反应特性。结构优化发现大环配体空穴大小与锕酰离子尺寸相当时,配合物锕酰基采用性对规则的六角双锥结构,而当空穴尺寸相对大时,配合物则采取扭曲结构以降低体系能量。当配体相同时,随着铀、镎、钚变化,An=O伸缩振动频率逐渐变小,这与优化的键长和键级变化规律相一致。QTAIM(quantum theory of atoms in molecule)拓扑分析显示An-N为弱共价单键特征,具有较大离子性成分。依据不同铀源,得到与大环配体的反应自由能均小于146 kJ·mol~(-1),与实验合成配合物的反应能计算数值相当。对含铀配合物电子吸收光谱计算显示,低能(近红外和可见光区)的吸收带具有全部或较大的配体→金属电荷转移性质贡献。     

Syntheses,Spectroscopy and Calculated Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of a New Series of Square-Pyramidal Substituted Phenylthiourea Zinc(II) Complexes

A new series of square-pyramidal coordination compounds L·Zn(acac)₂ (acac = acetylacetonate; L is a variety of substituted phenylthioureas: p-N,N ′-dimethylaminophenylthiourea 1, p-methoxy-phenylthiourea 2, p-nitrophenylthiourea 3, p-acetylphenylthiourea 4) have been synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR and IR spectra and elemental analysis. Most of these compounds exhibit wide transparent ranges in the visible region. Their electronic spectra have been studied experimentally, and theoretically by ZINDO/S calculation. The MOPAC software package has been used to evaluate their first-order molecular hyperpolarizabilities (β). All β values of the four coordination compounds are greater than or equal to those of p-nitroaniline, and are larger than β values of their corresponding substituted phenthylthiourea ligands.     

Mechanical stability of two immiscible liquid drops resting on a solid substrate

The mechanical stability of two immiscible liquid drops of water and mercury resting on a polypropylene solid substrate was attained. It is found that the mechanical stability and the complete encapsulation of mercury drop, by a Millipore water drop, depends severely on the volume of the droplets. The merging of four phases along a single contact line as claimed by Mahadevan et al. [L. Mahadevan, M. Adda-Bedia, and Y. Pomeau, J. Fluid Mech. 451, 411 (2002)] is experimentally shown to be invalid.     

Quantitative <Superscript>2</Superscript>H NMR spectroscopy

The selectivity of deuterium distribution between the nonequivalent positions in 3-carene (1), 4-α-acetyl-2-carene (2), and 4-(1-hydroxyethyl)-2-carene (3) has been measured by ²H-{¹H} NMR spectroscopy at the natural abundance of deuterium. These “H/D-isotope portraits” were shown to be typical of terpenes and terpenoids produced in plants via the biosynthetic DXP pathway. The mechanism of acylation of 1 was studied by the density functional theory method (PBE functional, TZ2p basis set). The six-membered ring in compound 1 is planar. However, the endo attack of electrophiles on this ring is more favorable both kinetically and thermodynamically. It was shown both experimentally and theoretically that the elimination of a hydrogen atom in the second reaction step proceeds stereoselectively at the C(2) atom from the anti position with respect to the three-membered ring and occurs with pronounced nucleophilic assistance from the carbonyl group. For Part 2, see Ref. 1. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1657–1664, August, 2008.     

Kinetics of Lysozyme Crystallization From Solution

Abstract

We suggest that the growth of molecular aggregates is the rate-controlling step in the crystallization of lysozyme from pH buffered aqueous solutions of strong electrolytes. We propose that the aggregation reaction passes through a charged transition state whose rate of formation is accelerated by Debye-Huckel screening and whose charge is stabilized by ion exchange with the solution. Applying the theory of the “primary kinetic salt effect”, we predict that the half-life for decay of the lysozyme concentration in solution in contact with a growing crystal should decrease linearly with the square root of the ionic strength. This prediction is confirmed experimentally in the case of lysozyme crystals precipitating at 4°C from pH buffered aqueous solutions of sodium chloride.     

Calibration in High Temperature Gel Permeation Chromatography of Linear Polyethylenes

Abstract

The mathematical relationship between the gel permeation chromatography calibration curves of polystyrene and linear polyethylene has been determined in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene at 130, 135 and 140°C. The experimentally determined relationship is in good agreement with that predicted from application of the principles of the universal calibration technique and published Mark-Houwink coefficients. Definition of this relationship enables the use of polystyrene as a secondary standard for gel permeation chromatographic determination of linear polyethylene molecular weight determinations.     

Impact of Geometric Parameters,Charge, and Lipophilicity on Bioactivity of Armed Quinoxaline,Benzothiaole, and Benzothiazine: Pom Analyses of Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity

Abstract

A series of four different armed heterocyclic candidates; 1-(2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)acetone (2), 1-(3-methyl-4H-1,4-benzothiazin-2-yl)ethanone (3), 2-[(2-aminophenyl)dithio]aniline (4), and 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-(3-methyl-2-quinoxalinyl)-2-butanone (5) have been prepared and their microbial activities were evaluated. A correlation of the structure and activities relationships of these compounds with respect to molecular modeling, Lipinski Rule of Five, drug likeness, toxicity profiles, and other physico-chemical properties of drugs are described and verified experimentally.     

Phase Resolved Method of Photoacoustic Spectrum on Amino Acid L-Tryptophan Compounds

Abstract

A discussion on using the phase shifts of the photoacoustic signal of a monophase sample for resolving its overlapping absorption peaks is presented. It is experimentally shown that the method is simple and useful. And the time delay which includes the nonradiative relaxation time, the thermal-diffusion time and the time of generating the acoustic signal is calculated. This is demonstrated using L-Tryptophan compounds.     

Ultrasound Absorption Anisotropy in the Vicinity of Smectic A-Nematic Transition

Abstract

The results of a low frequency ultrasonic study of 4-n-butyloxybenzylidene-4'-n-butylaniline (BBBA) in the vicinity of the smectic A-nematic transition are presented. The frequency and temperature dependence of the parameters describing the anisotropic ultrasound absorption are determined experimentally and compared with the predictions of fluctuation and relaxation theories of the smectic A-nematic transition. It is shown that no single theory could explain all of the experimental data.     

C-hydroxyalkylation ofN-arylanilines with polyfluorocarbonyl compounds. Theoretical study

Quantum chemical AM1 calculations with full geometry optimization are carried out forN-methylaniline (2), tetrahydroquinoline (3), indoline (4) molecules, as well as for the products and reaction intermediates of their C-hydroxyalkylation with hexafluoroacetone (1). Enthalpies of formation, frontier orbital energies, and atomic charge distributions are determined for all systems examined. These values are used to estimate the relative stabilities of adducts formed by donor-acceptor interaction between amino- and carbonyl groups using the Klopman perturbation theory. The complexes of1 with2 and1 with4 are concluded to have the longest and shortest lifetimes, respectively. The results of the theoretical study allow one to explain the experimentally observed increase in the propensity forortho-C-hydroxyalkylation in the series2<3<4. The reduction of the ability of methyl trifluoropyruvate to undergoortho-C-hydroxyalkylation is shown to be a consequence of the greater stabilities of its arylamine complexes.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1883–1886, November, 1993.     

The Role of the Specific Surface Area of an Adsorbent in the Optimization of Mixture Separation Conditions in Thin-Layer Chromatography

Abstract

The very important aspect of effect of the magnitude of specific surface area on R_M values obtained by using TLC method is presented. In experiments were performed on 4 adsorbents of different specific surface areas 50 – 500 m²/g and with mixed binary mobile phases.

It is shown that R_M values of chromatographed substances aromatic hydrocarbons are lineary dependente upon the specific surface area of adsorbents for each composition of mobile phase. This relationship can be described by a straight line, with the parameters a and b that can be tabularized. These lines can be used to calculate the R_M values of chromatographed substances for any adsorbent if is specific surface area is known. The illustrational comparison of experimentally obtained and theoretically predicted R_M values for different chromatographic system are presented.     

Determination of heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of two structurally unrelated but isotypic calcium and manganese(II) 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate-based MOFs

Two metal-organic frameworks, Ca(2,6-NDC)(DMF) (1) and Mn₃(2,6-NDC)₃(DMF)₄ (2) (where 2,6-NDC = 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate and DMF = N,N′-dimethylformamide) have been solvothermally synthesized under optimized conditions and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, and TG analysis. The thermal decomposition characteristics were investigated under air atmosphere from 300 to 1,170 K (for 1) and from 300 to 971 K (for 2). The molar heat capacities were measured from 198 to 548 K (for 1) and from 198 to 448 K (for 2) by temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC) for the first time. The fundamental thermodynamic parameters such as entropy and enthalpy variations with temperature were calculated based on the experimentally determined molar heat capacities.     

Synthesis of Schiff's bases in aqueous medium: a green alternative approach with effective mass yield and high reaction rates

Abstract

Schiff's bases constitute a class of pharmaceutical and medicinally important molecules. The conventional methods for the synthesis of Schiff's bases require long reaction times and use of organic solvents. We report a novel and eco-friendly condensation reaction method permitting the “green synthesis” of various Schiff's bases by stirring 1,2-diaminobenzene with various aromatic aldehydes in water as solvent. This method is experimentally simple, clean, high yielding, green, and with reduced reaction times. The product is purified by simple filtration followed by washing with water and drying processes.     

Theoretical study on structures and stability of HC2P isomers

 The structures and isomerization pathways of various HC₂P isomers in both singlet and triplet states are investigated at the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p), QCISD/6-311G(d,p) (for isomers only) and single-point CCSD(T)/6-311G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) levels. At the CCSD(T)/6-311G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level, the lowest-lying isomer is a linear HCCP structure ³ 1 in the ³∑⁻ state. The second low-lying isomer has a CPC ring with exocyclic CH bonding ¹ 5 in a singlet state at 10.5 kcal/mol. The following third and fourth low-lying isomers are a singlet bent HCCP structure ¹ 1 at 20.9 kcal/mol and a bent singlet HPCC structure ¹ 3 at 35.8 kcal/mol, respectively. Investigation of the HC₂P potential-energy surface indicates that in addition to the experimentally known isomer ³ 1, the other isomers ¹ 1, ¹ 3 and ¹ 5 also have considerable kinetic stability and may thus be observable. However, the singlet and triplet bent isomers HCPC ¹ 2 and ³ 2 as well as the triplet bent isomer HPCC ³ 3 are not only high-lying but are also kinetically unstable, in sharp contrast to the situation of the analogous HCNC and HNCC species that are both kinetically stable and that have been observed experimentally. Furthermore, the reactivity of various HC₂P isomers towards oxygen atoms is briefly discussed. The results presented here may be useful for future identification of the completely unknown yet kinetically stable HC₂P isomers ¹ 1, ¹ 3 and ¹ 5 either in the laboratory or in interstellar space. Received: 5 November 2000 / Accepted: 25 November 2001 / Published online: 8 April 2002