Palladium–iminophosphine-catalyzed homocoupling of alkynylstannanes and other organostannanes using allyl acetate or air as an oxidant

A palladium–iminophosphine complex was found to catalyze the homocoupling reaction of alkynylstannanes using allyl acetate as an oxidant, whereas aryl- and alkenylstannanes were oxidatively homocoupled with air.     

A facile preparation of 1-perflouroalkylalkenes and alkynes. Palladium catalyzed reaction of perfluoroalkyl iodides with organotin compounds

Alkenyl, allyl, and alkynylstannanes react with perfluoroalkyl iodides in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(PPh₃)₄ to give alkenes and alkynes bearing perfluoroalkyl group.     

Palladium-catalyzed allylalkynylation of benzynes: a highly efficient route to substituted 1-allyl-2-alkynylbenzenes

Benzynes, generated in situ from 2-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates and cesium fluoride, undergo allylalkynylation with allylic chlorides and alkynylstannanes in the presence of palladium catalyst to give 1-allyl-2-alkynylbenzenes in good to excellent yields. [reaction: see text]     

Stereoselective Synthesis of （E）-α-Aryltellurenylvinyl-stannanes and Their Application in the Synthesis of Stereodefined Trisubstituted Alkenes

(E)-α-Aryltellurenylvinylstannanes have been synthesized stereoselectively via the hydrozirconation of alkynylstannanes, followed by the reactions with aryltellurenyl iodides. (E)-α-Aryltellurenylvinylstannanes can undergo sequential cross coupling reactions with both electrophiles and nucleophiles in the presence of transition metal complexes to form two carbon-carbon bonds in the same olefinic carbon leading to trisubstituted alkenes stereoselectively.     

Palladium-catalyzed chemoselective cross-coupling of acyl chlorides and organostannanes

Chemoselective cross-coupling of aliphatic and aromatic acyl chlorides with aryl-, heteroaryl-, and alkynylstannanes proceeds in up to 98% yield using 2.5 mol % of bis(di-tert-butylchlorophosphine)palladium(II) dichloride as the precatalyst. Various functional groups including aryl chlorides and bromides that usually undergo oxidative addition to palladium complexes bearing phosphinous acid or dialkylchlorophosphine ligands are tolerated. This procedure allows convenient ketone formation and eliminates inherent limitations of Friedel-Crafts acylations such as substituent-directing effects and typical reactivity requirements of Lewis acid-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitutions.     

A Practical Synthesis of Biaryls and Aromatic Acetylenes by Stille Coupling in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

The Stille cross-coupling reactions of aryl halides with aryl or alkynylstannanes have been achieved under mild conditions in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF₆]), affording the corresponding biaryls and aromatic acetylenes in good yields. Use of this solvent allows for facile recycling of the solvent and catalyst system, which can be used at least five times without loss of activity.     

Synthesis of Bicyclic Enediynes from Bis[phenyl[(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)oxy]iodo]acetylene: A Tandem Diels-Alder/Palladium(II)- and Copper(I)-Cocatalyzed Cross-Coupling Approach

The reaction of bicycloalkenylbis(phenyliodonium) triflates 1a or b (available via the Diels-Alder reaction of bis[phenyl[(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)oxy]iodo]acetylene with cyclopentadiene or furan, respectively) with alkynylstannanes 2a-g at room temperature in DMF in the presence of catalytic amounts of trans-benzyl(chloro)bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) and copper(I) iodide proceeds smoothly and with selectivity to afford good to excellent yields of bicyclic enediynes 3a-k.     

Nickel-catalyzed trans-alkynylboration of alkynes via activation of a boron-chlorine bond

Reaction of (diisopropylamino)chloroboryl ethers of alkynols with alkynylstannanes in the presence of nickel catalysts afforded formal trans-alkynylboration products in good yields. The products were isolated as pinacol boronates after treatment of the crude reaction mixture with acetic anhydride and pinacol in the presence of a base. The trans-alkynylboration products underwent Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction with organic halides. A 2-borylalkenylnickel(II) complex, in which the boryl and nickel groups are located in a trans fashion, was isolated in a reaction of the chloroboryl ether with a single equivalent of a nickel(0)-phosphine complex.     

13C- und 199Sn-NMR untersuchungen an alkinylstannanen

Chemical shifts δ(¹³C), δ(¹¹⁹Sn) and coupling constants J(¹¹⁹Sn¹³C) for alkynylstannanes of the type R_4-nSn(CCR′)_n (n = 1–4) are reported. The values of ¹J(¹¹⁹Sn¹³C) and ²J(¹¹⁹SnC¹³C) depend upon the nature of the substituent R′. ¹J(¹¹⁹Sn¹³C) in Sn(CCCH₃)₄ is 1168 Hz, much larger than a value predicted in the literature of ca. 700 Hz. The comparison of δ(¹¹⁹Sn) for (CH₃)₂Sn(CCR′)₂ and 1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-1-stannacyclohexadi-2,5-ene suggests that the δ(¹¹⁹Sn) of alkynylstannanes are determined only to a small extent by the diamagnetic anisotropic effect of the CC-triple bond.     

Nickel-catalyzed acylstannylation and alkynylstannylation of 1,2-dienes

Carbostannylation of 1,2-dienes using acyl- and alkynylstannanes was achieved by means of nickel catalysis. In particular, acylstannylation of 1,2-dienes could be carried out with bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel [Ni(cod)₂] and acylstannanes to give selectively α-acylmethyl(vinyl)stannanes. The reaction was also applicable to acylstannanes prepared in situ by protonolysis of α-alkoxyalkenylstannanes or by reactions of α-silyloxyvinylstannanes with aldehyde acetals. For alkynylstannylation, a combination of Ni(cod)₂ and 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp) was found to be effective to afford α-alkynylmethyl(vinyl)stannanes, whereas the Ni(cod)₂-1,3-bis(dimethylphosphino)propane (dmpp) catalyst switched the regioselectivity to give (Z)-α-alkynylmethyl(alkenyl)stannanes. The acylstannylation products were successfully converted into various conjugated or unconjugated enones by a combination of cross-coupling and NaH-catalyzed isomerization. The alkynylstannylation products were transformed by cross- or homo-coupling reactions to various enynes or 2,3-bis(alkynylmethyl)-1,3-dienes, versatile precursors for variously substituted polycyclic compounds.     

NMR-untersuchungen an einigen 1,3-diinen

¹³C, ²⁹Si and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR data (chemical shifts and coupling constants) are reported for 1,3-diynes RCCCCR′ (R = R′ = H, t-C₄H₉, Si(CH₃)₃, Sn(CH₃)₃; R = Si(CH₃)₃, R′ = Sn(CH₃)₃). The data are in agreement with an increased polarity of the SnC bond in the 1,3-diynes as compared with alkynylstannanes.     

Theoretical study of mechanism and selectivity of copper-catalyzed C-H bond amidation of indoles

Density functional theory calculations are used to study the reaction mechanism and origins of C2 selectivity in a copper(I)-catalyzed amidation of indoles. It is shown that concerted metalation-deprotonation is not able to reproduce the observed regioselectivity. Instead, an unprecedented mechanism based on a four-center reductive elimination is proposed to be responsible for the reaction outcome. This mechanism has a lower reaction barrier and is able to reproduce the experimentally observed selectivity. A possible alternative mechanism involving a Cu(II) species instead of Cu(III) is presented, but it is shown that higher energy barriers are associated with this mechanism. An important technical detail is that addition of dispersion effects to the B3LYP results is necessary to reproduce the observed selectivity, although not important for the overall mechanistic proposal.     

Shear modulus of sintered 'house of cards'-like assemblies of crystals

A cell model of a 'house of cards'-like assembly of crystals is used for the study of the evolution of the shear modulus during sintering. The crystals are assumed to have a lozenge shape. The cell model takes different crystal-crystal contacts into account. The force needed to separate two sintered crystals is calculated using the minimum surface area (MSA) approximation. By varying the thickness, long axis, and short axis of the crystals, it is possible to make space-filing configurations which have a nonzero shear modulus at crystal volume fraction that can be as low as phi = 0.03. This is significantly lower than the volume fractions phi > 0.52 that are found in studies where the MSA approximation is applied to assemblies of spherical particles. It is found that sintering may cause a nonlinear volume fraction dependence of the shear modulus, which depends on the shape of the crystals, the type of crystal-crystal contacts, and the character of the crystal assembly. The calculated shear modulus is analyzed using the phenomenological expression (phi - phi0)beta, where phi0 represents the volume fraction at the start of sintering. The exponent beta is found to vary between 1 and 2. The interpretation of the shear modulus using a fractal model is also discussed.     

Study of the influence of concentration on the time for first appearance of crystallization of polyethylene from xylene

An experiment is reported in which a simple laser light-scattering technique is used to measure the time for a critical turbidity to appear during the crystallization of polyethylene in xylene. The effect is examined over the entire range of solution concentration, and it is found that the relation between this concentration and temperature is linear for all solutions, provided that the time for turbidity to develop is arranged to be the same in all cases. In the appendix it is reasoned that similar results could have been obtained if, instead, times had been measured to a given degree of crystallinity rather than of turbidity. Departures from this linearity at low concentrations are taken as indicating multimolecular nucleation for all concentrations greater than about 1%.     

渣油悬浮床加氢水溶性催化剂预硫化研究 Ⅱ 钼酸盐硫化产物的XPS分析

通过XPS分析法对钼酸盐的硫化行为进行了考察,分别考察了四价钼物种质量分数和硫钼元素的质量分数比，发现硫化产物的表面化学组成中四价钼质量分数和硫钼元素质量分数比不成正比，证实了该产物表面钼的硫化物不完全以MoS2形式存在。未经过临氢加热的硫化产物表面的四价钼物种的质量分数显著低于经过临氢加热的样品的质量分数，说明临氢加热在钼酸盐的硫化过程中起了重要作用。氯化铵是钼酸盐硫化过程中有效的助硫化剂，当它的用量增大时，硫化产物表面四价钼的质量分数也增大。以蒽为探针，使用化学探针法测定了硫化产物在渣油加氢过程中的催化活性，发现随着氯化铵用量的增加，产物的催化活性也相应提高，印证了XPS测定结果。     

Formation of ring-shaped deposits as a result of evaporating droplets of dispersions of silver nanoparticles and study of their fine structure

Scanning electron microscopy is employed to study ring-shaped deposits formed at different time moments of evaporating droplets of silver colloidal solutions on a glass substrate. It is shown that, in addition to an external fringe, several rings are formed at intermediate stages of evaporation; these rings are, in the course of time, transformed into one dense fringe and a transition zone adjacent to its internal side. The time dependences of the height and width of the fringe are determined. It is established that an increase in the width and height of the fringe is due to the transfer of silver nanoparticles to this region, which play a key role in imparting specific structural organization to the fringe. It is noted that the height of the formed fringe may be qualitatively determined by energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis.     

Chronocoulometric study of the electrochemistry of Prussian blue

During the electrochemical oxidation of Prussian blue (PB) to Prussian yellow (PY), an electrocatalytic oxygen production proceeds at the electrode when aqueous electrolyte solutions are used. The formed oxygen is scavenged by the PY, probably by absorption, and it is consumed during the electrochemical reduction of PY to PB by a heterogeneous chemical reaction of PB with oxygen to PY and hydrogen peroxide. Because of this catalytic regeneration of PY, it is impossible to determine the amount of low-spin iron by chronocoulometry using a potential program in which PB is first oxidized to PY and then the charge is measured to reduce PY to PB. The latter charge is biased by the electrocatalytic PY regeneration.     

Nonconservation of excitons as a mechanism of light-energy capturing

The analysis of nonstationary processes, taking place in exciton systems in consequence of the nonconservation of the number of elementary excitations, is presented and it is pointed out to a new possibility of light-energy capturing which exists in ecological systems due to the nonconservation of excitons. It is shown that, due to the nonconservation, the one-dimensional molecular chain is able to capture permanently the light energy of the order of 50 keV to 5 MeV. A part of the captured energy is expected to have a role in internal bioprocesses. It is also shown that the system is a seat where the processes of continuous creations and annihilations of pairs of excitons having opposite momenta take place with a probability of the order of 10^?4 to 10^?2. Further investigations would allow to identify biological phenomena caused by those processes.     

Optical Study of Interactions of Glass Beads ER Particles

The amount of ER effect is determined by the difference of dielectric constants of ER particles base liquid.The intensity of ER fluids can be characterized by the interaction of two particles. A double optical tweezers system suitable to study particle interaction is used to measure the particle aggregation time, and it is found that the particle aggregation time is proportional to the square of the electric field. This is the first time to directly measure the interaction of the electric dipoles of ER particles. A method is developed to use high speed CCD in measuring diffusing-wave spectroscopy (DWS), and, for the first time, the auto-correlation functions of nonegordic system of particle structure are measured to study the ER mechanism. Structure response time and force response time are obtained for glass beads ER fluid, and the time variation of characteristic decay times of system correlation functions under different electric fields is also measured. Diffusing coefficients under different fields imply that the interaction is proportional to the square of fields.     

On the definition of the excess permittivity of a fluid mixture

It is shown that under the assumption of no intermolecular interaction, the permittivity of a homogeneous linear and isotropic fluid mixture is the sum of the individual permittivities weighted with the mole fractions of the components. For definiteness, a proof is given for gasses under standard temperature and pressure; it is, however, easy to generalize it to other conditions, as well as to liquids, as long as the assumption of no intermolecular interaction is retained. Also, although the proof is given for a binary mixture, it is a simple exercise to extend it to any multicomponent mixture.