Functionalization of Pentaphosphorus Cations by Complexation

The chemistry of polyphosphorus cations has rapidly developed in recent years, but their coordination behavior has remained mostly unexplored. Herein, we describe the reactivity of [P₅R₂]⁺ cations with cyclopentadienyl metal complexes. The reaction of [Cp^ArFe(μ‐Br)]₂ (Cp^Ar=C₅(C₆H₄‐4‐Et)₅) with [P₅R₂][GaCl₄] (R=iPr and 2,4,6‐Me₃C₆H₂ (Mes)) afforded bicyclo[1.1.0]pentaphosphanes ( 1‐R , R=iPr and Mes), showing an unsymmetric “butterfly” structure. The same products 1‐R were formed from K[Cp^Ar] and [P₅R₂][GaCl₄]. The cationic complexes [Cp^ArCo(η⁴‐P₅R₂)][GaCl₄] ( 2‐R [GaCl₄], R=iPr and Cy) and [(Cp^ArNi)₂(η^3:3‐P₅R₂)][GaCl₄] ( 3‐R [GaCl₄]) were obtained from [P₅R₂][GaCl₄] and [Cp^ArM(μ‐Br)]₂ (M=Co and Ni) as well as by using low‐valent “Cp^ArM^I” sources. Anion metathesis of 2‐R [GaCl₄] and 3‐R [GaCl₄] was achieved with Na[BArF₂₄]. The P₅ framework of the resulting salts 2‐R [BArF₂₄] can be further functionalized with nucleophiles. Thus reactions with [Et₄N]X (X=CN and Cl) give unprecedented cyano‐ and chloro‐functionalized complexes, while organo‐functionalization was achieved with CyMgCl.     

锂原子光电离过程中的弛豫效应

利用基于多组态Dirac-Fock方法的程序包GRASP92和RATIP以及在此基础上最新发展的RERR06程序,计算了锂原子1s²nl(n=2,3; l=s, p) 的内壳层和外壳层的光电离截面. 计算中详细考虑了光电离过程中的弛豫效应. 结果表明：在锂原子内壳层电子的光电离过程中弛豫效应较强,而在外壳层电子的光电离过程中弛豫效应较弱. 另外,相应于不同态的内壳层光电离过程,其弛豫效应的影响也不同,对激发态的影响比对基态的影响大,对高激发态 关键词： 多组态Dirac-Fock方法 光电离截面 弛豫效应     

Electron Transfer Through Macromolecular Systems

Electron transfer between metal complexes which can be in intimate contact has been the subject of systematic study for about four decades. A major conclusion of the vast amount of work which has been done with intermolecular reactions of ordinary metal complexes is that the reactions are adiabatic, or nearly so (i.e., the only barriers to the reactions are the work of bringing the reagents into contact and the work of exciting them to the isoergic state, which is the configuration reached after the nuclei have readjusted so that the energy of the system is independent of the alternate sites the electron occupies). In adiabatic transfer, the rate of chemical change does not depend on the frequency of electron transfer between the two sites in the isoergic state. The measurement of the rate of electron transfer over large distances, especially when the intervening matter is made up of protein, has been a matter of great interest. At present, it is a very active field of investigation and several different methods for making such measurements have been introduced. The results obtained with one such method, developed by S. S. Isied in 1973, are emphasized. A key feature of the method is that reactions are studied in the intramolecular mode. This is a great simplification because the work of assembling the precursor complex is no longer a factor, and the interesting effects which arise from nonadiabatic behavior are more directly exposed. The method was first applied to simple bridging groups such as 4,4′-bipyridine, which tie the metal-containing moieties (NH₃)₅Co(III) and (NH₃)₅ Ru(III) together. An external reducing agent reduces Ru(III) in preference to Co(III), and the subsequent chemical change, which involves reduction of Co(III) by Ru(II) by an intramolecular process, can be followed spectrophotometrically. The work with these simple bridging ligands showed that unless measures are taken to uncouple the two centers electronically, electron transfer in these systems is adiabatic, a conclusion confirmed by studies of the properties of mixed valence molecules with the same bridging groups. Isied has gone on to study electron transfer through polyprolines using the same general kind of technique. Even with the simplest bridging group of the series, the reactions are nonadiabatic. They become quite slow as the length of the polypeptide chain increases, and with longer chains a conformation change in which the metal centers are brought closer together precedes electron transfer. A similar technique has also been applied by Isied and others to studying the rate of electron transfer between the iron center of cytochrome C and a ruthenium complex attached to a histidine diametrically opposite the heme group.     

Cooperative ligation,back-bonding,and possible pyridine-pyridine interactions in tetrapyridine-vanadium(II): a visible and X-ray spectroscopic study

The binding of pyridine by V(II) in aqueous solution shows evidence for the late onset of cooperativity. The K(1) governing formation of [V(py)](2+) (lambda(max) = 404 nm, epsilon(max) = 1.43 +/- 0.3 M(-1) cm(-1)) was determined spectrophotometrically to be 11.0 +/- 0.3 M(-)(1), while K(1) for isonicotinamide was found to be 5.0 +/- 0.1 M(-1). These values are in the low range for 3d M(2+) ions and indicate that V(II).py back-bonding is not significant in the formation of the 1:1 complex. Titration of 10.5 mM V(II) with pyridine in aqueous solution showed an absorption plateau at about 1 M added pyridine, indicating a reaction terminus. Vanadium K-edge EXAFS analysis of 63 mM V(II) in 2 M pyridine solution revealed six first-shell N/O ligands at 2.14 A and 4 +/- 1 pyridine ligands per V(II). UV/vis absorption spectroscopy indicated that the same terminal V(II) species was present in both experiments. Model calculations showed that in the absence of back-bonding only 2.0 +/- 0.2 and 2.4 +/- 0.2 pyridine ligands would be present, respectively. Cooperativity in multistage binding of pyridine by [V(aq)](2+) is thus indicated. XAS K-edge spectroscopy of crystalline [V(O(3)SCF(3))(2)(py)(4)] and of V(II) in 2 M pyridine solution each exhibited the analogous 1s --> (5)E(g) and 1s --> (5)T(2g) transitions, at 5465.5 and 5467.5 eV, and 5465.2 and 5467.4 eV, respectively, consistent with the EXAFS analysis. In contrast, [V(py)(6)](PF(6))(2) and [V(H(2)O)(6)]SO(4) show four 1s --> 3d XAS transitions suggestive of a Jahn-Teller distorted excited state. Comparison of the M(II)[bond]N(py) bond lengths in V(II) and Fe(II) tetrapyridines shows that the V(II)[bond]N(py) distances are about 0.06 A shorter than predicted from ionic radii. For [VX(2)(R-py)(4)] (X = Cl(-), CF(3)SO(3)(-); R = 4-Et, H, 3-EtOOC), the E(1/2) values of the V(II)/V(III) couples correlate linearly with the Hammett sigma values of the R group. These findings indicate that pi back-bonding is important in [V(py)(4)](2+) even though absent in [V(py)](2+). The paramagnetism of [V(O(3)SCF(3))(2)(py)(4)] in CHCl(3), 3.8 +/- 0.2 mu(B), revealed that the onset of back-bonding is not accompanied by a spin change. Analysis of the geometries of V(II) and Fe(II) tetrapyridines indicates that the ubiquitous propeller motif accompanying tetrapyridine ligation may be due to eight dipole interactions arising from the juxtaposed C-H edges and pi clouds of adjoining ligands, worth about -6 kJ each. However, this is not the source of the cooperativity in the binding of multiple pyridines by V(II) because the same interactions are present in the Fe(II)-tetrapyridines, which do not show cooperative ligand binding. Cooperativity in the binding of pyridine by V(II) is then assigned by default to V(II)-pyridine back-bonding, which emerges only after the first pyridine is bound.     

Redox control of photoinduced electron transfer in axial terpyridoxy porphyrin complexes

The photophysical properties of axial-bonding types (terpyridoxy)aluminum(III) porphyrin (Al(PTP)), bis(terpyridoxy)tin(IV) porphyrin (Sn(PTP) 2), and bis(terpyridoxy)phosphorus(V) porphyrin ([P(PTP) 2] (+)) are reported. Compared with their hydroxy analogues, the fluorescence quantum yields and singlet-state lifetimes were found to be lower for Sn(PTP) 2 and [P(PTP) 2] (+), whereas no difference was observed for Al(PTP). At low temperature, all of the compounds show spin-polarized transient electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectra that are assigned to the lowest excited triplet state of the porphyrin populated by intersystem crossing. In contrast, at room temperature, a triplet radical-pair spectrum that decays to the porphyrin triplet state with a lifetime of 175 ns is observed for [P(PTP) 2] (+), whereas no spin-polarized TREPR spectrum is found for Sn(PTP) 2 and only the porphyrin triplet populated by intersystem crossing is seen for Al(PTP). These results clarify the role of the internal molecular structure and the reduction potential for electron transfer from the terpyridine ligand to the excited porphyrin. It is argued that the efficiency of this process is dependent on the oxidation state of the metal/metalloid present in the porphyrin and the reorganization energy of the solvent.     

Designing A Reactor to Generate Hydrogen Bubbles

Hydrogen is produced by the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid. This reaction is used to illustrate the importance of considering thermodynamics when designing a chemical reactor. The gas released is collected in soap bubbles that rise in the air, indicating that a lighter than air gas has been produced. The bubbles can be lit to add a dramatic effect to the demonstration. The reaction is highly exothermic, raising the temperature of the reaction materials and the reactor. Batch operation of this reactor would require short cooling periods between reactions. Alternatively, a modification of the design is suggested to allow for continuous cooling of the vessel, which would allow semicontinuous operation of the reactor. (Zinc would have to be periodically replenished as it is consumed in the reaction.) The consequences associated with the cooling of the vessel are discussed.     

Mirror densitometry for higher sensitivity and resolution

In order to increase the pathway of the light inside a gel (or autoradiogram) during scanning, it is placed on top of a mirror and the densitometry is performed in a vertical reflection mode. As the light passes the gel a second time after being reflected by the mirror, the absorbance is nearly doubled. This increase in absorbance results in higher sensitivity and resolution.