EPR Study of Ligand Effects in Spin Triads of Bis(o-Semiquinonato)Copper(II) Complexes

We report the X-band (9 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of series of bis(o-semiquinonato)copper(II) complexes with different ligands. It was found previously, that exchange interactions in spin triads of these compounds are very sensitive to the structure of the ligand coordinated to the central copper(II) ion. Ligand moderates the copper–radical and radical–radical exchange interactions and strongly changes the magnetic properties of the compound. Depending on a ligand, ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic character of exchange dominates in the system. The EPR study of these complexes allowed us to obtain information on zero-field splitting parameters and their distributions in the studied compounds. The EPR results compliment previously obtained spectroscopic data on these compounds and suggest the pronounced plasticity of the clusters manifested in the broad distributions of their rhombicity parameters.     

Diversity oriented heterocyclizations of pyruvic acids,aldehydes and 5-amino-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-aryl-1<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-pyrazole-4-carboxamides: catalytic and temperature control of chemoselectivity

Heterocyclization reactions of pyruvic acids, aromatic aldehydes and 5-amino-N-aryl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamides yielding four different types of final compounds are described. The reactions involving arylidenpyruvic acids lead with high degree of selectivity to either 4,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids or 5-[(2-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-yl)amino]-1H-pyrazoles, depending on the catalyst type or temperature regime. The interactions based on arylpyruvic acids can take place under kinetic or thermodynamic control producing 7-hydroxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-7-carboxylic acids or 3-hydroxy-1-(1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-1,5-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-ones, respectively.     

A model of imperfect interface with damage

In this paper two models of damaged materials are presented. The first one describes a structure composed by two adherents and an adhesive which is micro-cracked and subject to two different regimes, one in traction and one in compression. The second model is a model of interface derived from the first one through an asymptotic analysis, and it can be interpreted as a model for contact with adhesion and unilateral constraint. Simple numerical examples are presented.     

Mechanistic Studies of the Photolysis of Phosphonium Salts

Abstract

As part of our continuing interest in the mechanistic photochemistry of phosphonium salts (Toscano et al., Chez. Commun., 567 (1973); J. Phys. Chem., 83(9), 1213 (1979)) we have investigated the photodecomposition (313 nm irradiation) of (1-naphthyl-methyl) triphenylphosphonium (I) chloride and tetrafluoroborate in deaerated isopropanol: