Charge-transfer absorption spectra between tetracyclo[3.2.0.02,7.04,6]heptane and π-type electron acceptors

Charge-transfer transition energies, association constants, and molar extinction coefficients of complexes between tetracyclo[3.2.0.0^2,7.0^4,6]heptane(quadricyclane) and olefine type or quinone type acceptors were measured in methylene chloride at 20°. An excellent linear relationship (r = 0·9938) with a slope of 0·96 was observed in plots of ν_max(CT) for a series of complexes of quadricyclane against ν_max(CT) for the corresponding complexes of N,N-dimethyl-aniline, indicating that quadricyclane forms electron donor-acceptor complexes of weak interactions. The first ionization potential, estimated from the hyperbolic relationship between the charge-transfer transition energy (E_CT) and the ionization potential, was an exceptionally low value (8·28–8·32 eV) for a saturated hydrocarbon and was indeed in the same order of magnitude with that of norbornadiene, which was well reproduced by EHM and MINDO/1 calculations applying Koopmans' theorem to the calculated HOMO energy.     

An INDO-LMO and 13C NMR spectroscopic study of the C-H bonds in tetracyclo[3.2.0.02,7.04,6]heptane (quadricyclane) and tricyclo[3.1.0.02,4]hexane

Using an INDO approximation to Von Niessen's charge density localization method, the percent s character of the C atom hybrid orbitals engaged in C-H bonds is computed for a series of open-chain and cyclic saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons. A semi-empirical linear relationship is found between these quantities and the experimental nuclear spin-spin coupling constants J_CH (standard deviation 4·98 Hz). The experimental values of J_CH were measured for quadricyclane (1) and tricyclo[3.1.0.0^2,4]hexane (2) and were shown to be in fair agreement with the theoretical predictions. An analogous relationship is also established between the percent s character of the involved C atom hybrid orbital and the C-H bond distance, the standard deviation being 0·0040Å. This relation is used in order to predict the different C-H bond lengths in the vibrational ground state of 1 and 2, for which equal CH distances were assumed in the analysis of electron diffraction experiments. The results indicate that molecular geometries can be refined with the use of semi-empirical correlations of the above mentioned type.     

Molecular structure of 8-carboxy-18-chloro-14-hydroxy-20-isopropyl-16-methoxy-4,8-dimethyl-15-oxaoctacyclo-[11.7.1.03,1204,9012,19014,18016,21017,20]henicosane

The structure of 8-carboxy-18-chloro-14-hydroxy-20-isopropyl-16-methoxy-4,8-dimethyl-15-oxaoctacyclo[11.7.1.0^3,120^4,90^12,190^14,180^16,210^17,20]henicosane has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2008 by R. R. Fazlyev, G. F. Vafina, and F. Z. Galin __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 1179–1181, November–December, 2008.     

Molecular structure of methyl-10,14,19,19-tetramethyl-4-oxo-20-oxahexacyclo [15.3.1.16.18.06.15.09.14017.21]docosane-10-carboxylate

The synthesis of methyl-10,14,19,19-tetramethyl-4-oxo-20-oxahexacyclo[15.3.1.1^6.18.0^6.15.0^9.140^17.21] docosane-10-carboxylate III is performed and its molecular structure is determined. Compound III C₂₇H₄₀O₄ crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the cell parameters as follows: a = 12.8081(11) ?, b = 7.0384(6) ?, c = 12.8904(12) ?, β = 105.828(2)^o, P2₁ space group, Z = 2, d = 1.273 mg/m³.     

A photoelectron spectroscopic study of proximity effects in 8,11-disubstituted pentacyclo(5.4.0.02.6 .03,10 .05,9) Undecanes

Photoelectron spectra of six 8,11-disubstituted pentacycloundecanes (1, 3 - 7) are reported; the results suggest that the through-space interaction betweeen unsaturation centers in 1 and 3 dominates over the through-bond interaction mechanism.