Reaction of η5-cyclopentadienylbis(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(I) with alkadiynes. Preparation and reactions of bicyclic cobalt metallocycles and a stable trimethylsilyl-substituted mono-complexed alkadiyne. Comments on the mechanism of cobalt-catalyzed alkyne cooligomerization

Reactions of η⁵-cyclopentadienylbis(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(I) (5) with several 2,n-alkadiynes (2) were investigated. Each of these reactions leads initially to a material in which one of the acetylene functional groups is π-coordinated to cobalt; this complex then undergoes conversion to a metallocycle. In cases where the two acetylene functions are connected by three- and four-carbon bridges (2b, 2c), metallocycles formed by intramolecular reaction of two acetylene functions in the same molecule may be isolated. In cases where the acetylene functions are joined by larger or smaller bridges, the reactions are more complex, and both inter- and intramolecular metallocycles are formed. Reactions of 5 with 1,8-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,7-octadiyne (16) gives an isolable crystalline mono-acetylene complex (17), this material is stable in the solid state but undergoes conversion to metallocycle (18) in benzene solution. The relationship of these results to the mechanism of the CpCo(CO)₂-catalyzed benzocycloalkene synthesis is discussed; it is suggested that intramolecular metallocycles are intermediates in reactions leading to benzocyclopentanes and -cyclohexenes, but intermolecular metallocycles are probably involved in reactions leading to benzocyclobutenes.     

Thermal and autoxidation reactions of poly-3-methylenecyclobutene and poly-1-methyl-3-methylenecyclobutene

The thermal ring-opening reactions, autoxidation and hydrogenation of polymethy-lenecyclobutene (PMCB) and poly-1-methyl-3-methylenecyclobutene (PMMCB), were investigated. Both polymers were prepared by cationic polymerization and consisted almost entirely of 1,5-repeating units containing cyclobutene rings in the polymer backbone. Both polymers showed well behaved exothermic processes at elevated temperatures which apparently resulted in crosslinking. These processes were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and interpreted to involve thermal ring-opening reactions. Autoxidation occurred very rapidly in PMCB but much more slowly in PMMCB as predicted by Bolland's rules. Attempts to hydrogenate the cyclobutene rings in both polymers resulted in the occurrence of hydrogenolysis in PMCB and little or no reaction with PMMCB for a Pd-catalyzed reaction and partial hydrogenation of the latter for a diimide reaction.     

Extended Koopmans' theorem ionization potentials for beryllium atom shake-up transitions

The ionization potentials were calculated for Be using the extended Koopmans' theorem (EKT ) using several full configuration interaction (CI ) and multiconfigurational-self-consistent-field (MCSCF ) wave functions as reference wave functions. The wave functions used account for 89.7–96.7% of the correlation energy. Comparisons are made with experimental values and with δCI values calculated as the difference in energy obtained from CI wave functions for Be and Be⁺. The best EKT IP differed from the δCI value by 0.0003 eV for the lowest IP and by 0.0006 eV for ionization into the lowest ²P state of Be⁺. A calculation of ionization into the second ²P state of Be⁺ requires diffuse orbitals that are unimportant in the wave function for the ground state of Be. This results in small natural orbital occupation numbers for natural orbitals needed in the EKT calculation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

SPECTRA AND EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS OF NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION BANDS IN MEMBRANES OF Rhodobacter sphaeroides MUTANTS LACKING LIGHT-HARVESTING AND REACTION CENTER COMPLEXES

Abstract— Membranes from Rhodobacter (formerly Rhodopseudomonas) sphaeroides mutant strains that lack one or more of the bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl)-protein complexes were used to obtain spectra and molar extinction coefficients of the near-IR absorption bands. The strains examined were NF57 which lacks the B875 light-harvesting and reaction center complexes, and M21 which lacks the B800–850light-harvesting complex. The extinction coefficients obtained for the B800, B850 and B875 bands were 226 ± 10, 170 ± 5, and 118 ± 5 m M ^-1cm^-1, respectively, in reasonable agreement with values reported for detergent-isolated complexes (Clayton, R. K. and B. J. Clayton, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78 ,5583–5587, 1981). The results also demonstrated that detergent solubilization altered the spectra, causing a band broadening on the blue side of the B875 and B800 peaks. The data obtained from the analysis of the mutant strains were used for deconvolution of the BChl species in membranes of the wild-type. A short BASIC computer program for performing this deconvolution is included.     

Etude de l'équilibre azido ⇌ tétrazole dans la séric du thiazolo[2,3-e]-tétrazole. III. Effects des substituants

The substituent effects on azido/tetrazole equilibrium on a series of 2-substituted thiazoles, benzothiazoles, thiadiazoles, benzoxazoles and isoxazoles has been studied by proton magnetic resonance in two solvents (DMSO-d₆ and deuteriochloroform). For thiazole an excellent Hammett relationship was found, both for the 4 and 5 positions.     

Studies of the reactions between indole-2,3-diones (isatins) and 2-aminobenzylamine

Reflux of equimolecular amounts 2-aminobenzylamine and isatins in acetic acid produced indolo[3,2-c]quinolin-6-ones in good yields. A proposed mechanism involving initial formation of a spiro compound is given. This isolable intermediate subsequently rearranges via a sequential isocyanate ring opening and a cyclisation process to a urea derivative which finally cyclized to the indolo[3,2-c]quinolin-6-ones. The urea derivative could be prepared separately and cyclized selectively to indolo[3,2-c]quinolin-6-one. Reaction of N-acetylisatin with 2-aminobenzylamine at room temperature yielded the 1,4-benzodiazepinone 3-(2-acetamidophenyl)-1,5-dihydro-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one whereas its isomer 2(2-acetamidophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,4-benzodiazepin-3-one was obtained from 2-(2-acetylaminophenyl)-N-(2-aminobenzyl)-2-oxoacetamide in acetic acid at room temperature.The previously unknown linear isomer of indolo[3,2-c]quinolin-6-one, i.e. indolo[2,3-b]quinolin-11-one, has been prepared by thermal (260°C) cyclization of methyl 2-phenylamino indole-3-carboxylate, which in turn was prepared in two steps from methyl indole-3-carboxylate.     

The Crystal structure of 2-Diisopropylamino-3,7-dehydrotropone

Die erste Röntgenstrukturanalyse eines 3,7-Dehydrotropon ( 1 )-Derivates, nämlich von 2-Diisopropylammo-3,7-dehydrotropon ( 4 ) zeigt das Ringsystem in 4 als planaren Bicyclus mit nahezu C_2V-Symmetrie. Dementsprechend enthalten Dehydrotropone formell zwei trans-konfigurierte Doppelbindungen in einem 7-gliedrigen Ring; auch das O-Atom und das N-Atom mit seinen Ligandatomen liegen in derselben Ebene wie die Ringatome. Die Bindung zwischen den beiden C-Atomen, welche die Heteroatome tragen, (C(1) and C(2)), ist wesentlich langer (1,56 Å) als die anderen Bindungen im Ringsystem (1,37-1,46 Å). Dies impliziert eine ‘push-pull’-π-Elektronen-Delokalisierung, in der auch das O-und das N-Atom involviert sind, und macht eine ‘aromatische’ Ring-Delokalisierung weniger wahr-scheinlich. Im Gegensatz zu 2-(t-Butyl)-3,7-dehydrotropon ( 3 ) existiert das 2-Diiso-propylamino-3,7-dehydrotropon ( 4 ) im Kristall als Monomeres, was dem stabili-sierenden Einfluss der ‘push-pull’-Delokausierung zugeschrieben werden kann.     

Protection-deprotection chemistry to control styrene self-directed line growth on hydrogen-terminated Si(100)

TEMPO, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy, was used in a series of protection-deprotection chemical reactions in order to gain single molecule-level control over the extent of styrene line growth on hydrogen-terminated Si(100). The mechanism involves the reaction of TEMPO with the dangling bond at the end of individual styrene lines. The TEMPO cap protects the dangling bond from further reaction with styrene resulting in the termination of line growth. TEMPO is then selectively removed from desired lines, deprotecting the dangling bond, using the scanning tunneling microscope. Further exposure of the surface to styrene ensures that only the deprotected areas continue to grow while the protected lines do not. All lines can then be capped with TEMPO, and this allows for the generation of stable styrene lines of varying lengths.     

Broadband rotational resonance in solid state NMR spectroscopy

A new technique for restoring nuclear magnetic dipole-dipole couplings under magic-angle spinning (MAS) in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is described and demonstrated. In this technique, called broadband rotational resonance (BroBaRR), the coupling between a pair of nuclear spins with NMR frequency difference close (but not necessarily equal) to the MAS frequency is restored by the application of a train of weak radio-frequency pulses at a carrier frequency close to the average of the two NMR frequencies. Phase or amplitude modulation of the pulse train at half the MAS frequency splits the carrier into sidebands close to the two NMR frequencies. The pulse train then removes offsets from the exact rotational resonance condition, leading to dipolar recoupling over a bandwidth controlled by the amplitude of the pulse train. (13)C NMR experiments on uniformly (15)N,(13)C-labeled L-valineHClH(2)O powder validate the theoretical analysis. BroBaRR will be useful in studies of molecular structures by solid state NMR, for example in the detection of long-range couplings between carbons in uniformly labeled organic and biological materials.     

A theoretical study of the electromagnetic properties of ferrocene and the ferrocenium ion

An iterative extended Hückel molecular orbital calculation was used to obtain wave functions for the ground state of ferrocene and several low lying states of the ferrocenium ion. Photoemission spectra in terms of relative ionization potentials and the electric field gradient at the iron nucleus were calculated for ferrocene andg values and the electric field gradient were calculated for the ferrocenium ion. These values are in good agreement with experiment. The nature of the molecular orbitals was compared with results of previous semi-empirical andab initio calculations.