Secondary interactions in 3‐bromo­pyridinium tri­bromo­acetate

The title compound, C₅H₅BrN⁺·C₂Br₃O₂⁻, crystallizes with Z′ = 2. The residues pack in two distinct (but interconnected) types of layer, namely, layers parallel to (102), in which the residues are connected by classical N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, C—H⋯O interactions and Br⋯Br contacts, and anion layers parallel to the ab plane, connected by Br⋯O interactions. The two formula units are topologically equivalent with respect to all these contacts.     

o‐ and m‐Benzenedicarbaldehyde

o‐Benzene­dicarb­aldehyde (systematic name: benzene‐1,2‐dicarb­aldehyde), C₈H₆O₂, exhibits a weak intramolecular hydrogen bond between an aldehyde H atom and the O atom of the adjacent aldehyde group, with a C?O distance of 2.852 (2) Å. m‐Benzene­dicarb­aldehyde (systematic name: benzene‐1,3‐dicarb­aldehyde), C₈H₆O₂, occurs as two different isomorphs. In all three crystals, there are intermolecular C—­H?O contacts involving both aldehyde and ring H atoms.     

rac‐2,3‐Di­bromo­succinic acid

rac‐2,3‐Di­bromo­succinic acid, C₄H₄Br₂O₄, is the product of the electrophilic addition of bromine to maleic acid. Whereas the carboxyl groups and the bromo ligands are in a gauche arrangement with respect to each other, the tertiary H atoms attached to the central C atoms are in a trans arrangement. The hydroxyl groups form hydrogen bonds with the carbonyl O atoms of neighbouring mol­ecules.     

[N,N′‐Bis(5‐bromo­salicyl­idene)‐o‐phenylene­diaminato]copper(II)

In the title compound, {4,4′‐di­bromo‐2,2′‐[o‐phenyl­ene­bis­(nitrilo­methyl­idene)]­di­phen­ol­ato‐O,N,N′,O′}copper(II), [Cu(C₂₀H₁₂Br₂N₂O₂], the Cu^II ion shows a slightly distorted square‐planar geometry with the N₂O₂ atoms of the Schiff base imine–phenol tetradentate ligand.     

4‐Chloro‐1‐naphthol

Molecules of the title compound, C₁₀H₇ClO, (I), are connected by a single strong O—H...O hydrogen bond into a simple C(2) chain, which runs parallel to the c axis and is additionally stabilized by intermolecular π–π stacking interactions. The significance of this study lies in the comparison drawn between the crystal structure of (I) and those of several of its simple analogues. This comparison shows a close similarity in the packing of the molecules that form π‐stacks along the shortest crystallographic axes. A substantial spatial overlap is observed between adjacent molecules in such a π‐stack, depending mainly on the kind of substituent.     

Bis(2,6‐di­amino‐3,5‐di­bromo­pyridinium) tetra­bromo­cuprate(II)

The title compound, (C₅H₆Br₂N₃)₂[CuBr₄], contains isolated substituted pyridinium cations and [CuBr₄]^2? anions. The di­amino­di­bromo­pyridinium ions are planar, while the Cu^II ions have a distorted compressed tetrahedral coordination with C₂ symmetry. The two independent trans‐Br—Cu—Br angles are 128.9 (1) and 136.0 (1)°, with Cu—Br distances of 2.3939 (15) and 2.3790 (16) Å.     

Nickel‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions of o‐Carboranyl with Aryl Iodides: Facile Synthesis of 1‐Aryl‐o‐Carboranes and 1,2‐Diaryl‐o‐Carboranes

A nickel‐catalyzed arylation at the carbon center of o‐carborane cages has been developed, thus leading to the preparation of a series of 1‐aryl‐o‐carboranes and 1,2‐diaryl‐o‐carboranes in high yields upon isolation. This method represents the first example of transition metal catalyzed C,C′‐diarylation by cross‐coupling reactions of o‐carboranyl with aryl iodides.     

5‐Iodobenzofurazan 1‐oxide: polymorphs,pseudosymmetry and disorder

5‐Iodobenzofurazan 1‐oxide (systematic name: 5‐iodobenzo‐1,2,5‐oxadiazole 1‐oxide), C₆H₃IN₂O₂, occurs in two polymorphic forms, both monoclinic in P2₁/c with Z′ = 2. The intermolecular interactions in the two polymorphs are quite different. In polymorph (I), there are strong intermolecular I...O interactions, with I...O distances of 3.114 (8) and 3.045 (8) Å. In polymorph (II), there are strong intermolecular I...N interactions, with I...N distances of 3.163 (4) and 3.175 (5) Å. In (I), there is about 15% disorder in one molecule and about 5% in the other. In both polymorphs, there are pseudosymmetric relationships between the crystallographically independent molecules.     

2‐Formyl­benzonitrile

The title compound, C₈H₅NO, has an intra­molecular O⋯CN contact involving an O⋯C distance of 2.797 (2) Å and a C—C—N bond angle of 174.5 (2)°, both indicative of a weak nucleophilic attack of the aldehyde O atom on the electrophilic C atom in the nitrile group. Calculations at the B3LYP density functional level using the 6–31G* basis set support this inter­pretation; natural bond‐order analysis indicates an n_O1→π delocalization energy of 6.3 kJ mol⁻¹. Similar results were obtained from density functional calculations on three related mol­ecules. The 2‐formyl­benzonitrile mol­ecules pack in sheets as a consequence of C—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.     

Synthesis and Transformations of 5‐Chloro‐2,2′‐Dipyrrins and Their Boron Complexes, 8‐Chloro‐BODIPYs

Symmetric dipyrrylketones 1 a , b were synthesized in two steps from the corresponding α‐free pyrroles, by reaction with thiophosgene followed by oxidative hydrolysis under basic conditions. The dipyrrylketones produced the corresponding 5‐chloro‐dipyrrinium salts or 5‐ethoxy‐dipyrrins on reaction with phosgene or Meerwein’s salt, respectively. Boron complexation of the dipyrrins afforded the corresponding 8‐functionalized BODIPYs (borondipyrromethenes) in high yields. The 5‐chloro‐dipyrrinium salts reacted with methoxide or ethoxide ions to produce monopyrrole esters, presumably via a 5,5‐dialkoxy‐dipyrromethane intermediate. In contrast, 8‐chloro‐BODIPYs underwent a variety of nucleophilic substitutions of the chloro group in the presence of alkoxide ions, Grignard reagents, and thiols. In the presence of excess alkoxide or Grignard reagent, at room temperature or above, substitution at the boron center also occurred. The 8‐chloro‐BODIPY was a particularly useful reagent for the preparation of 8‐aryl‐, 8‐alkyl‐, and 8‐vinyl‐substituted BODIPYs in very high yields, using Pd⁰‐catalyzed Stille cross‐coupling reactions. The X‐ray structures of eleven BODIPYs and two pyrroles are presented, and the spectroscopic properties of the synthesized BODIPYs are discussed.     

The Synthesis of Naphthosultine and Benzodisultines and Their Pyrolysis with Dienophiles: Studies on o‐Naphthoquinodimethane and Bis‐o‐Quinodimethane

Sealed tube reactions of the naphthosultine 8 with a series of electron‐deficient dienophiles (fumaronitrile, N‐phenylmaleimide, dimethyl fumarate, and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate) in toluene at 180 °C gave corresponding 1:1 cycloadducts 11–14 in various amounts along with rearranged naphthosulfolene 7 in 67–95% yields. The reaction of 1,2,4,5‐tetra(bromomethyl)benzene with Rongalite (sodium form aldehyde sulfoxylate) and tetrabutylammonium bromide in DMF gave benzodisultines 17 and 18 in a combined yield of 56%. Sealed tube reactions of benzodisultines 17 and 18 with a series of dienophiles in xylene at 200 °C gave corresponding 1:1 and 1:2 cycloadducts 20–27 . The results suggested that thermal extrusion of sulfurdioxide from these sultines led to either o‐naphthoquinodimethane 6 (from 8 ) or bis‐o‐quinodimethane 19 (from 17 and 18 ); sub sequent trapping of these reactive intermediates by dienophiles and SO₂ gave various 1:1 and 1:2 Diels‐Alder ad ducts in modest to excellent yields.     

6‐Chloro‐2‐oxindole: X‐ray and DFT‐calculated study

The molecule of the title compound (systematic name: 6‐chloroindolin‐2‐one), C₈H₆ClNO, is almost planar, with a dihedral angle of 1.13 (9)° between the planes of the constituent pyrrolidine and benzene rings. Centrosymmetric dimers are formed in the crystal structure by N—H...O hydrogen bonds, and these dimers are additionally linked by Cl...Cl and C—H...O interactions. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6‐31 G(d,p) level of theory were used to optimize the molecular structure and the geometry was best reproduced by optimization of two interacting molecules. The bond orders in the molecule, estimated using the natural bond orbitals (NBO) formalism, are consistent with the observed bond lengths. In particular, the contribution of the lone pair of electrons on the N atom to the N—C bond in the N—C=O group is revealed. The measured IR spectrum of the compound shows a red shift of the N—H stretching frequency compared with the free molecule, due to the formation of the hydrogen bonds.     

Ring opening of pyridines: the pseudo‐cis and pseudo‐trans isomers of tetra‐n‐butylammonium 4‐nitro‐5‐oxo‐2‐pentenenitrilate

The reaction of 2‐chloro‐5‐nitropyridine with two equivalents of base produces the title carbanion as an intermediate in a ring‐opening/ring‐closing reaction. The crystal structures of the tetra‐n‐butylammonium salts of the intermediates, C₁₆H₃₆N⁺·C₅H₃N₂O₃⁻, revealed that pseudo‐cis and pseudo‐trans isomers are possible. One crystal structure displayed a mixture of the two isomers with approximately 90% pseudo‐cis geometry and confirms the structure predicted by the S_N(ANRORC) mechanism. The pseudo‐cis intermediate undergoes a slow isomerization over a period of months to the pseudo‐trans isomer, which does not have the appropriate geometry for the subsequent ring‐closing reaction. The structure of the pure pseudo‐trans isomer is also reported. In both isomers, the negative charge is highly delocalized, but relatively small differences in C—C bond distances indicate a system of conjugated double bonds with the nitro group bearing the negative charge. The packing of the two unit cells is very similar and largely determined by the interactions between the planar carbanion and the bulky tetrahedral cation.     

1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐Carborane: Generation and Reaction with Arenes

Like the importance of benzyne, witnessed in modern arene chemistry for decades, 1,2‐dehydro‐o‐carborane (o‐carboryne), a three‐dimensional relative of benzyne, has been used as a synthon for generating a wide range of cage, carbon‐functionalized carboranes over the past 20 years. However, the selective B functionalization of the cage still represents a challenging task. Disclosed herein is the first example of 1,3‐dehydro‐o‐carborane featuring a cage C? B bond having multiple bonding characters, and is successfully generated by treatment of 3‐diazonium‐o‐carborane tetrafluoroborate with non‐nucleophilic bases. This presents a new methodology for simultaneous functionalization of both cage carbon and boron vertices.     

Chemical Reduction and Dimerization of 1‐Chloro‐2,3,4,5‐tetraphenylborole

As neutral isoelectronic analogues of the elusive cyclopentadienyl cation, boroles have been of interest for their prospective applications as strong Lewis acids, chromophores, and electron acceptors. Recently our group discovered a π‐nucleophilic boryl anion based on the borole system. In an effort to extend borole chemistry, we now report the molecular structure of 1‐chloro‐2,3,4,5‐tetraphenylborole ( 1 ) and its corresponding borole dianion resulting from the two‐electron reduction of 1 with KC₈. The thermally induced dimerization of 1 yields an unprecedented boracyclohexadiene/borolene spiro‐bicyclic compound and the resulting dimer was fully characterized including a single‐crystal X‐ray analysis.     

Synthesis and characterization of electrically conducting poly(o‐/m‐toluidine‐co‐o‐/m‐aminoacetophenone) copolymers

A series of poly(o‐/m‐toluidine‐co‐o‐/m‐aminoacetophenone) copolymers combining the features of high conductivity and processibility are synthesized and characterized by a number of techniques including ¹H NMR; thermogravimetry; IR, Raman, and UV–visible spectroscopy; scanning electron microscopy; and X‐ray diffraction. The copolymers are synthesized by the emulsion and inverse emulsion methods using conventional ammonium persulfate and a new oxidant, benzoyl peroxide, respectively. The influence of the polymerization conditions such as the monomer feed ratios, solvent, and the nonsolvent is investigated. The composition of the resulting copolymers is determined by ¹H NMR analysis. The conductivity of the copolymers varies with the aminoacetophenone content in the feed and the polymerization conditions. It is interesting that the conductivity of the copolymers is higher than that of the corresponding homopolymers. The results are rationalized on the basis of the effect of the ? COCH₃ substituent on the polymer structure. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4300–4310, 2004     

o‐Carborane‐based Biphenyl and p‐Terphenyl Derivatives

The synthesis and properties of biphenyl‐ and p‐terphenyl‐fused o‐carboranes are described. Aryl rings in the biphenyl and p‐terphenyl skeletons are highly coplanar because of the presence of the o‐carborane unit. o‐Carborane exhibits an electron‐withdrawing character via the inductive effect, resulting in a decrease in both the HOMO and LUMO levels of oligophenyls without causing electronic perturbation.     

Comparative studies of solid‐state synthesized poly(o‐methoxyaniline) and poly (o‐toluidine)

Poly(o‐methoxyaniline) (POMA) and poly(o‐toluidine) (POT) salts doped with different acids (methanesulphonic acid (MeSA), trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), and hydrochloric acid (HCl)) were synthesized by using solid‐state polymerization method. The polymers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectrometry, X‐ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and conductivity measurements. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was done to study the morphologies of POMA and POT salts. The FTIR and UV‐Vis absorption spectra revealed that the reduced phase was predominant in POMA salts, and the pernigraniline phase was predominant in POT salts. It was found that POMA salts displayed higher doping level and conductivity. In contrast, POT salts were lower at doping levels and conductivity. In accordance with these results, the electrochemical activity was also found to be lower in POT salts. The XRD patterns showed that the POMA salts displayed higher crystallinity than POT salts. The results from TEM revealed that the morphologies of POMA salts were different from those of POT salts. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.