The vibrational spectra of the boron halides and their molecular complexes. Part 13. Ab initio studies of the complexes of boron trifluoride with formaldehyde and some of its analogs

The structure, the interaction energy, and the vibrational spectrum of the electron donor–acceptor complex formed between boron trifluoride, as a Lewis acid, and formaldehyde, as a Lewis base, have been determined by means of ab initio calculations at the second‐order level of Møller–Plesset perturbation theory, using a triple‐zeta basis set with polarization and diffuse functions on all atoms. The object was to examine the differences in the properties of the complexes formed between boron trifluoride and an oxygen base containing oxygen in the sp² hybrid state with those of some sp³ oxygen bases studied earlier. The investigation has then been extended to include the related bases thioformaldehyde and methanimine, to assess the effect of substituting the oxygen atom by a sulphur atom or an imino group. A further range of formaldehyde analogs, containing one and two methyl groups, one and two fluorine atoms, and one methyl group and one fluorine atom, has also been included. The preferred structure of each complex has been identified. The computed data have been compared, and the complex properties correlated with some relevant physical properties of the bases. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2012     

Unique Rearrangement of an Oxycarbyne Complex: Synthesis and Structure of Novel Diborane(4)yl Complexes

Nucleophilic attack of a carbonyl oxygen atom of the complexes K[(η⁵-C₅H₅)M(CO)₃] (M=Mo, W) on each boron center gave the oxycarbyne complexes 1 . These novel products undergo a unique type of rearrangement with quantitative formation of the diborane(4)yl complexes 2 . Complex 2 (M=Mo) is the first structurally characterized boryl complex with a Mo–B bond (see structure).     

Spectroscopic,X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Study of Intra- and Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Ortho-(4-tolylsulfonamido)benzamides

The conformations of the title compounds were determined in solution (NMR and UV-Vis spectroscopy) and in the solid state (FT-IR and XRD), complemented with density functional theory (DFT) in the gas phase. The nonequivalence of the amide protons of these compounds due to the hindered rotation of the C(O)–NH₂ single bond resulted in two distinct resonances of different chemical shift values in the aromatic region of their ¹H-NMR spectra. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions between the carbonyl oxygen and the sulfonamide hydrogen atom were observed in the solution phase and solid state. XRD confirmed the ability of the amide moiety of this class of compounds to function as a hydrogen bond acceptor to form a six-membered hydrogen bonded ring and a donor simultaneously to form intermolecular hydrogen bonded complexes of the type N–H···O=S. The distorted tetrahedral geometry of the sulfur atom resulted in a deviation of the sulfonamide moiety from co-planarity of the anthranilamide scaffold, and this geometry enabled oxygen atoms to form hydrogen bonds in higher dimensions.     

Structures,vibrational frequencies,topologies, and energies of hydrogen bonds in cysteine‐formaldehyde complexes

The hydrogen bonding interactions between cysteine (Cys) and formaldehyde (FA) were studied with density functional theory regarding their geometries, energies, vibrational frequencies, and topological features of the electron density. The quantum theory of atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital analyses were employed to elucidate the interaction characteristics in the Cys‐FA complexes. The intramolecular hydrogen bonds (H‐bonds) formed between the hydroxyl and the N atom of cysteine moiety in some Cys‐FA complexes were strengthened because of the cooperativity. Most of intermolecular H‐bonds involve the O atom of cysteine/FA moiety as proton acceptors, while the strongest H‐bond involves the O atom of FA moiety as proton acceptor, which indicates that FA would rather accept proton than providing one. The H‐bonds formed between the CH group of FA and the S atom of cysteine in some complexes are so weak that no hydrogen bonding interactions exist among them. In most of complexes, the orbital interaction of H‐bond is predominant during the formation of complex. The electron density (ρ_b) and its Laplace (?²ρ_b) at the bond critical point significantly correlate with the H‐bond parameter δR, while a linearly relationship between the second‐perturbation energy E(2) and ρ_b has been found as well. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2012     

Complexation and thermogravimetric investigation on tin(II) and tin(IV) with norfloxacin as antibacterial agent

The interaction of tin(II) and tin(IV) chlorides with norfloxacin (NOR) has been investigated. Elemental analysis, infrared, mass spectra and thermal analysis have been used to characterize the isolated solid complexes. The results support the formation of complexes with the formula [Sn(NOR)₂]Cl₂·4H₂O and [Sn(NOR)₃]Cl₄. The infrared spectra of the isolated solid complexes suggested that NOR act as bidentate ligand through the carbonyl oxygen atom and one oxygen atom of the carboxylic group forming six-membered rings with the tin ions. The interpretation, mathematical analysis and evaluation of kinetic parameters of thermogravimetric (TGA) and its differential (DTG), such as entropy of activation, pre-exponential factors, activation energy evaluated by using Coats–Redfern and Horowitz–Metzger equations are carried out for two complexes. The data obtained indicate that the two complexes decompose in one stage and general mechanisms describing the decomposition are suggested. Furthermore, the electronic, and ¹H?NMR spectra have been studied.     

Illuminating the Mechanism of the Borane‐Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Imines with Both an Axially Chiral Borane and Silane

The reduction of C?O groups with silanes catalyzed by electron‐deficient boranes follows a counterintuitive mechanism in which the Si? H bond is activated by the boron Lewis acid prior to nucleophilic attack of the carbonyl oxygen atom at the silicon atom. The borohydride thus formed is the actual reductant. These steps were elucidated by using a silicon‐stereogenic silane, but applying the same technique to the related reduction of C?N groups was inconclusive due to racemization of the silicon atom. The present investigation now proves by the deliberate combination of our axially chiral borane catalyst and axially chiral silane reagents (in both enantiomeric forms) that the mechanisms of these hydrosilylations are essentially identical. Unmistakable stereochemical outcomes for the borane/silane pairs show that both participate in the enantioselectivity‐determining hydride‐transfer step. These experiments became possible after the discovery that our axially chiral C₆F₅‐substituted borane induces appreciable levels of enantioinduction in the imine hydrosilylation.     

Proving and Probing the Presence of the Elusive C−H⋅⋅⋅O Hydrogen Bond in Liquid Solutions at Room Temperature

Hydrogen bonds (H bonds) play a major role in defining the structure and properties of many substances, as well as phenomena and processes. Traditional H bonds are ubiquitous in nature, yet the demonstration of weak H bonds that occur between a highly polarized C?H group and an electron‐rich oxygen atom, has proven elusive. Detailed here are linear and nonlinear IR spectroscopy experiments that reveal the presence of H bonds between the chloroform C?H group and an amide carbonyl oxygen atom in solution at room temperature. Evidence is provided for an amide solvation shell featuring two clearly distinguishable chloroform arrangements that undergo chemical exchange with a time scale of about 2 ps. Furthermore, the enthalpy of breaking the hydrogen bond is found to be 6–20 kJ mol^?1. Ab‐initio computations support the findings of two distinct solvation shells formed by three chloroform molecules, where one thermally undergoes hydrogen‐bond making and breaking.     

Etude des composés d'addition des acides de Lewis XXX [1]. Note préliminaire sur les composés d'addition entre aldéhydes et TiCl4

The adducts of acetic, benzoic, cinnamic, and anisic aldehydes with TiCl₄ have been prepared, and the IR. spectra of the compounds, in the solid state or in solution in CH₂Cl₂, studied. The lowering of the carbonyl frequency shows that the acceptor is linked by a dative bond to the carbonyl oxygen atom acting as donor.     

Complexes of imidophosphoric compounds with BF3

IR,³¹P NMR and¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy was used to study triphenylphosphinimines with substituants at the nitrogen atom and their complexes with boron trifluoride. In the case of aryl or benzyl substituants, BF₃ adds to the nitrogen atom, while the state of the phosphorus atom is close to phosphonium. An analogous structure of the intermediate complexes is proposed upon the catalysis of the imide-amide rearrangement by BF₃. The introduction of acyl groups such as phosphoryl, thiophosphoryl, and methanesulfonyl groups to the nitrogen atom of the triphenylphosphinimine alters the site of attachment of BF₃, which is found at the oxygen atoms of the P-O or SO₂ groups or to the sulfur atom of the P-S group.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 713–718, March, 1991.The authors express their deep gratitude to M. G. Galakhov for taking and interpreting the¹⁹F NMR spectra.     

Infrared matrix isolation and quantum chemical studies of the nitrous acid complexes with water

The 1:1 and 2:1 complexes between water and trans- and cis-isomers of nitrous acid have been isolated in argon matrices and studied using FTIR spectroscopy and DFT(B3LYP) calculations with a 6-311++G(2d,2p) basis set. The analysis of the experimental spectra indicate that 1:1 complexes trapped in solid argon involve very strong hydrogen bond in which acid acts as the proton donor and water as the proton acceptor. The perturbed OH stretches are −248, −228 cm⁻¹ red shifted from their free-molecules values in complexes formed by trans- and cis-HONO isomers, respectively. The calculated spectral parameters for the two complexes are in good agreement with experimental data. The calculations also predict stability of two more 1:1 weakly bound complexes formed by each isomer. In these the water acts as the proton donor and one of the two oxygen atoms of the acid as the acceptor. The experimental spectra demonstrate also formation of 2:1 complex between water and trans-HONO isomer in an argon matrix. The performed calculations indicate that the complex involves a seven-membered ring in which OH group of HONO forms very strong hydrogen bond with the oxygen atom of one water molecule and nitrogen atom acts as a weak proton acceptor for the hydrogen atom of the second water molecule of the water dimer. The observed perturbations of the OH stretch of trans-HONO (750 cm⁻¹ red shift) is much larger than that predicted by calculations (556 cm⁻¹ red shift); this difference is attributed to strong solvation effect of argon matrix on very strong hydrogen bond.     

Microwave spectrum,conformation, barrier to internal rotation and dipole moment of pyruvic acid

Microwave spectra of CH₃COCOOH and CH₃COCOOD are reported. The preferred conformation of the molecule is demonstrated to possess a planar HCCOCOOH skeleton with two out-of-plane hydrogens. The two carbonyl groups are trans to each other and a weak five-membered hydrogen bond is formed between the carboxyl group hydrogen atom and the carbonyl group oxygen atom. The methyl group conformation is discussed. A computer programme based on “the principal axis method” is described in some detail and the results of a least squares analysis of the observed spectra are outlined. The barrier to internal rotation was determined as V₃ = 965±40 cal mol^?1 for both isotopic species. Stark effect measurements yielded μ_a = 2.27±0.02 D, μ_b = 0.35±0.02 D and μ_tot = 2.30±0.03 D for the dipole moment and its components along the principal axes.     

Polymer complexes: supramolecular modeling for determination and identification of the bond lengths in novel polymer complexes from their infrared spectra

Synthesis and characterization of allyl propenyl‐2‐(4‐derivatives phenylazo)butan‐3‐one (HL_n) are described. The monomers obtained contain N?N and carbonyl functional groups in different positions with respect to the allyl group. This structural difference affects the stereochemical structure of the uranyl polymer complexes prepared by the direct reaction of uranyl acetate with the monomers. The polymer complexes are characterized by elemental analyses, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, electronic and vibrational spectroscopy and other theoretical methods. The bonding sites of the hydrazone are deduced from IR and NMR spectra and each of the ligands were found to bond to the UO₂²⁺ ion in a bidentate fashion. The monomers obtained contain N?N and carbonyl functional groups in different positions with respect to the allyl group. IR spectra show that the allyl azo homopolymer (HL_n) acts as a neutral bidentate ligand by coordinating via the two oxygen atom of the carbonyl group, thereby forming a six‐membered chelating ring. The υ₃ frequency of UO₂²⁺ has been shown to be a good molecular probe for studying the coordinating power of the ligands. The υ₃‐values of UO₂²⁺ from IR spectra have been used to calculate the force constant, F_UO (in 10^?8 N/Å) and the bond length R_UO (in Å) of the U? O bond. We adopted a strategy based upon both theoretical and experimental investigations. The theoretical aspects are described in terms of the well‐known theory of 5d–4f transitions. The necessary structural data (coordination geometries and electronic structures) are determined from a framework for the modeling of novel polymer complexes. The Wilson, G. F. matrix method, Badger's formula and the Jones and El‐Sonbati equations were used to determine the stretching and interaction force constants from which the U? O bond distances were calculated. The bond distances of these complexes were also investigated. The effect of Hamett's constant is also discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

1,3-Thiazepines. 6. UV Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of the Electronic Structures of 2-Aminotetrahydro- and 2-Iminotetrahydro-1,3-thiazepines

On the basis of studies of the electronic absorption spectra and quantum-chemical calculations of the energies and bond orders of a series of N-acetyl-N-aryl substituted 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,3-thiazepines and N-aryl substituted 2-iminohexahydro-1,3-thiazepines it has been concluded that the reason for the weak basicity of the ring nitrogen atom of the former is the acceptor properties of the amide carbonyl which obstructs the interaction of the unshared pair (USP) of this atom with the phenyl ring; in the case of the derivatives of hexahydroazepine the strengthening of the basic properties of the exocyclic nitrogen atom is associated with the conjugation of its USP with the -electrons of the benzene ring, which is strengthening by delocalisation of the USP of the sp³-hybridized ring nitrogen atom into the azomethine bond.     

Etude des composés d'addition d'acides de Lewis,XXXVII [1] composés d'addition de quelques quinones avec TiCl4, et relation entre les fréquences carbonyle et diverses grandeurs physicochimiques

1:1 or 1:2 solid stoichiometric adducts of TiCl₄ with anthraquinone-1,4, anthraquinone-1,2, naphtacenequinone-5,12, pentacenequinone-6,13 have been prepared. The very important lowering Δω(C?O) of the respective IR. carbonyl frequencies, ranging from ?160 to ?100 cm^?1, shows that the acceptor is linked by a dative bond to the carbonyl oxygen atom acting as donor. On the basis of calculations and various considerations, the reduction of the C?O double bond character is confirmed. Linear relations are found to exist between the oxydo-reduction or the polarographic reduction potential of the quinones, and their antisymetric ω_a(C?O) frequencies, the values of Δω, and the O → Ti vibrations, respectively.     

Proving and Probing the Presence of the Elusive C−H⋅⋅⋅O Hydrogen Bond in Liquid Solutions at Room Temperature

Hydrogen bonds (H bonds) play a major role in defining the structure and properties of many substances, as well as phenomena and processes. Traditional H bonds are ubiquitous in nature, yet the demonstration of weak H bonds that occur between a highly polarized C−H group and an electron-rich oxygen atom, has proven elusive. Detailed here are linear and nonlinear IR spectroscopy experiments that reveal the presence of H bonds between the chloroform C−H group and an amide carbonyl oxygen atom in solution at room temperature. Evidence is provided for an amide solvation shell featuring two clearly distinguishable chloroform arrangements that undergo chemical exchange with a time scale of about 2 ps. Furthermore, the enthalpy of breaking the hydrogen bond is found to be 6–20 kJ mol⁻¹. Ab-initio computations support the findings of two distinct solvation shells formed by three chloroform molecules, where one thermally undergoes hydrogen-bond making and breaking.     

Electron-impact studies of organometallic molecules—X. Some simple transition metal fluorocarbon complexes

The mass spectra of several fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl and fluoroacyl complexes of manganese, rhenium, iron and ruthenium carbonyls are described. After loss of carbonyl groups, fluoroalkyl compounds eliminate an olefin, with formation of metal halide species. A trifluorovinyl complex shows a novel elimination of a carbon atom to give an ion postulated to be a difluorocarbene-metal fluoride; the occurrence of difluorocarbene-metal ions in the spectra of some related complexes is also discussed. The spectra of the acyl complexes show little evidence of elimination of the acyl carbonyl group; the major process is fission of the CO? R_f bond with loss of a fluoroalkyl radical and formation of the cationic metal carbonyl, e.g. π-C₅H₅M(CO)₃⁺ (M ? Fe or Ru). The relevance of thermal or photochemical model reactions to processes occurring in the mass spectrometer is discussed.     

Quantum-chemical and spectroscopic studies of structures of 1 : 2 complexes of carbonyl compounds with aluminum halides

Quantum-chemical calculations of model systems, namely, benzaldehyde and its 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes with AlCl₃, were carried out by the MNDO method. In the 1 : 2 complex, a bridging Al-Cl-Al bond occurs. Apparently, this complex is stabilized through the Coulomb interaction between the positively charged C atom of the carbonyl group and the AlCl₃ fragment, which carries an excessive negative charge and which is not involved in donor-acceptor bonding with the carbonyl O atom. The IR spectra of the 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes of benzophenone with AlBr₃ were recorded, and the differences in the low-frequency regions of these spectra, which are indicative of the presence of the Br₂Al-Br-AlBr₃ fragment in the 1 : 2 complex, are discussed.This article is dedicated to Academician M. G. Voronkov on the occasion of his 75th birthday.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2866–2871, December, 1996.     

Etude des composés d'addition des acides de Lewis - XXXV. Note sur les composés d'addition entre amides et,respectivement, PdCl2 et PtCl2

The adducts of dimethylformamide, diethylformamide, dimethylacetamide and diethylacetamide with PdCl₂ and PtCl₂ have been prepared and the IR. spectra of the compounds in nujol mull or in CH₂Cl · CH₂Cl solution are studied. The lowering of the carbonyl frequency (amide I) shows that the metal is linked by a dative bond to the amide oxygen atom acting as a donor; the lowering is about 33 to 59 cm^?1. The decrease of the frequency of the carbonyl group vibration, observed in these cases as for other addition compounds of Lewis acids, is due to an intramolecular electronic displacement in the direction of the amid oxygen atom.     

Synthesis and IR Spectroscopic Study of Molecular Complexes of Molybdenum Oxotetrachloride with Azomethines

Molecular complexes of MoOCl₄with benzal- and salicylalanilines were synthesized, and their IR spectra were investigated. The complexes have octahedral structure. Salicylalaniline and its derivatives were suggested to be coordinated by the central atom through the carbonyl oxygen atom of quinoid tautomeric form.     

Molecular structure and spectroscopic properties of N-methylmorpholine betaine complex with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid

Crystal structure of the 1:1 complex of N-methylmorpholine betaine (MMB) with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4-HBA) has been determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pna2₁ with a=7.933(2), b=15.336(3), and Z=4, R=0.033. The acid molecule forms two O-H?O hydrogen bonds with two betaine molecules. The COOH group of the acid forms shorter hydrogen bond with betaine (2.587(2) Å), than the hydroxyl group (2.677(2) Å). The carbonyl oxygen atom of the acid also interacts with the methylene hydrogen atom of the betaine through C-H?O hydrogen bond (3.256(2) Å). Thus formed infinite chains parallel to the z axis are connected by other C-H?O hydrogen bonds into layers perpendicular to the x axis. The morpholine ring has a chair conformation with the methyl group in the equatorial position and CH₂COO⁻ group in the axial one. The powder FTIR and Raman spectra and semiempirical calculations of the isolated molecule confirm the structure of the complex investigated. The ¹H and ¹³C spectra indicate that in DMSO-d₆ solution, protons are not transferred from the acid to the betaine molecules.