Geometry optimizations with a small contracted gaussian basis set

The STO-2G basis set has been used to calculate equilibrium geometries of 27 molecules. A comparison with STO-3G and experimental results indicates that the exploration of potential energy surfaces of large organic molecules can be efficiently carried out using the STO-2G basis set.     

Perfluoralkyljod-verbindungen: das trifluormethyljod-bis-trifluoracetat CF3J(OCOCF3)2

CF₃I(OCOCF₃)₂ is formed from the reactions of CF₃IF₂ or CF₃IO with trifluoroacetic anhydride at low temperature. During the reaction of CF₃IF₂ with (CF₃CO)₂O CF₃IF(OCOCF₃) is formed as an intermediate product. The preparation, the ¹⁹F-nmr spectra and the thermal decomposition are described.     

Bacteriorhodopsin as an Example of a Light-Driven Proton Pump

Apart from the long known visual pigments, another retinal protein complex exists in nature, viz. bacteriorhodopsin from halobacteria. In contrast to the visual pigments such as the rhodopsins, which act as light sensors in the eye, bacteriorhodopsin actually transforms light energy. This energy conversion is connected with the asymmetric incorporation of bacteriorhodopsin in the lattice structure of the purple membrane which forms patches on the cell surface of halobacteria. Alongside the chlorophyll system, the purple membrane system represents the second light energy conversion principle to be discovered in living nature. Bacteriorhodopsin acts as a light-driven proton pump or as the main component of such a pump system. Absorption of light triggers off a cycle of reactions coupled with the spatially oriented uptake and release of a proton. In the intact cell an electrochemical gradient is thus built up across the cell membrane of the bacterium in which part of the absorbed light energy is stored and which is not dependent upon redox processes as in the case of respiration or photosynthesis. This electrochemical gradient can supply the energy required for ATP synthesis in the cell; a reversible proton-translocating ATPase serves as catalyst system.     

Der massenspektrometrische Verlust von Vinylalkohol aus 1-Amino-3-aryloxy-2-propanolen. 24. Mitteilung über das massenspektrometrische Verhalten von Stickstoffverbindungen

Loss of vinyl alcohol from 1-amino-3-aryloxy-2-propanols under electron impact Under electron impact compounds of type 1 (see Scheme 1) split off 44 mass units from the molecular ion. This unusual reaction was studied using derivatives and deuterium labelled compounds. It could be demonstrated that for this fragmentation reaction 16 is the important structural feature from which H₂(C3)?C(2)HOH (44 mass units) is lost. The preferred reaction mechanism involves a transition state in which four members of the side chain are involved (Scheme 2, mechanism 2).     

Über Verbindungen mit Urotropin-Struktur, 37. Mitt.: Eine neue Methode zur Herstellung von Hydroxy-ketonen und Diketonen sowie ihre Anwendung auf die Synthese des 2,4-Dioxa-adamantan-Ringsystems

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine neue Methode zur Herstellung von Hydroxyketonen und Diketonen beschrieben, die im ersten Schritt der Reaktionsfolge die Umsetzung von Hydroxycarbonsäureestern mit Phenylsulfonalkylmagnesiumbromid zu -Sulfonylketonen erfordert. Diese werden dann im zweiten Schritt mit Al-Amalgam zu den Hydroxyketonen oder den Halbketalen der Diketone entschwefelt. Mit Hilfe dieser Reaktionsfolge gelang auch, ausgehend von 3,5-Dihydroxy-phenylessigsäureester, die Synthese des bisher noch unbekannten Ringsystems des 2,4-Dioxa-adamantans.Herrn Prof. Dr. habil.Friedrich Asinger zum 60. Geburtstag in freundschaftlicher Verbundenheit zugeeignet36. Mitt.:H. Stetter, J. Gärtner undP. Tacke, Chem. Ber.99, 1435 (1966).     

Synthesis and 20π-electrocyclisation of heptahendecafulvadiene - An unusual sequence of pericyclic processes

Upon thermal activation the newly synthesised heptahendecafulvadiene E ( 3) is isomerised into the pentacyclic hydrocarbons 9/11 (xylene,t_1/2(150°C) ca.5min), the formation of which is explained by initial conrotatory 20-electron electrocyclisation followed by a cascade of 10π/6π-pericyclic processes.     

The coordinative properties of the ligands Ph2ECH2EPh2 (E = P,As, Sb) in carbonylvanadium complexes,and the molecular structure of η5-C5H5V(CO)3As2Ph4

Photo-reaction between the ligands Ph₂ECH₂EPh₂ (E = P: dppm, E = As: dpam, E = Sb: dpsm), L, and the vanadium complexes η⁵-C₅H₅V(CO)₄ and [Et₄N][V(CO)₆] yields monosubstituted mononuclear (dpsm) and dinuclear, ligand-bridged complexes (dpam, dpsm). With dppm, the final products are disubstituted chelate complexes, but monosubstituted mono- and dinuclear species are formed as intermediates.The shielding of the ⁵¹V nucleus decreases in the series dpsm > dppm > dpam and {M(CO)_n} > {M(CO)_n?1} L > {M(CO)_n?1}₂μ-L > {M(CO)_n?2}dppm ({M(CO)_n}[V(CO)₆]^?, η⁵-C₅H₅V(CO)₄). The half-widths of the NMR signals are greater for dinuclear than for mononuclear complexes.The crystal and molecular structures of η⁵-C₅H₅V(CO)₃As₂Ph₄ have been determined. The compound crystallizes in the space group P2₁/c with a = 1347.8, b = 1020.0, c = 2085.2 pm and β = 82.3°. Due to steric crowding, the ⁵¹V shielding is low composed to that of {η⁵-C₅H₅V(CO)₃}₂μ-dpam.     

Tetrameric Cubic Structures of Two Solvated Lithium Enolates

The structures of the crystalline lithium enolates derived from 3, 3-dimethyl-2-butanone and from cyclopentanone have been determined by X-ray analysis. Both structures are tetrameric aggregates based on a Li₄O₄-cube, each Li⁺-ion being additionally bonded to the O-atom of a tetrahydrofuran solvent molecule.