Neue ternäre Phosphide und Arsenide des Caesiums mit Elementen der 8. Nebengruppe

New Ternary Phosphides and Arsenides of Cesium and Element of the 8th Transition Metal Group In the ternary systems Cesium/8^th transition metal group/5^th main group some new compounds were found and investigated. By single crystal measurements CsRh₂P₂ was found to crystallize in the space group 14/mmm with the lattice constants a = 390.11 pm and c = 1429.36 pm. The new compounds with the formula CsM₂X₂ (M = Fe, Co, Ru, Rh, Ir; X = P or As) crystallize in the ThCr₂Si₂-type structure, compounds of the formula Cs₂MX₂ (M = Ni, Pd, Pt; X = P or As) can be placed in a line with the K₂PdP₂-type structure.     

Intercalation of trioxatriangulenium ion in DNA: binding,electron transfer,x-ray crystallography,and electronic structure

Trioxatriangulenium ion (TOTA(+)) is a flat, somewhat hydrophobic compound that has a low-energy unoccupied molecular orbital. It binds to duplex DNA by intercalation with a preference for G-C base pairs. Irradiation of intercalated TOTA(+) causes charge (radical cation) injection that results in strand cleavage (after piperidine treatment) primarily at GG steps. The X-ray crystal structure of TOTA(+) intercalated in the hexameric duplex d[CGATCG](2) described here reveals that intercalation of TOTA(+) results in an unusually large extension of the helical rise of the DNA and that the orientation of TOTA(+) is sensitive to hydrogen-bonding interactions with backbone atoms of the DNA. Electronic structure calculations reveal no meaningful charge transfer from DNA to TOTA(+) because the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of TOTA(+), (LUMO)(T), falls in the gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital, (HOMO)(D), and the (LUMO)(D) of the DNA bases. These calculations reveal the importance of backbone, water, and counterion interactions, which shift the energy levels of the bases and the intercalated TOTA(+) orbitals significantly. The calculations also show that the inserted TOTA(+) strongly polarizes the intercalation cavity where a sheet of excess electron density surrounds the TOTA(+).     

Design, synthesis, and photophysical studies of a porphyrin-fullerene dyad with parachute topology; charge recombination in the marcus inverted region

As part of a continuing investigation of the topological control of intramolecular electron transfer (ET) in donor-acceptor systems, a symmetrical parachute-shaped octaethylporphyrin-fullerene dyad has been synthesized. A symmetrical strap, attached to ortho positions of phenyl groups at opposing meso positions of the porphyrin, was linked to [60]-fullerene in the final step of the synthesis. The dyad structures were confirmed by (1)H, (13)C, and (3)He NMR, and MALDI-TOF mass spectra. The free-base and Zn-containing dyads were subjected to extensive spectroscopic, electrochemical and photophysical studies. UV-vis spectra of the dyads are superimposable on the sum of the spectra of appropriate model systems, indicating that there is no significant ground-state electronic interaction between the component chromophores. Molecular modeling studies reveal that the lowest energy conformation of the dyad is not the C(2)(v)() symmetrical structure, but rather one in which the porphyrin moves over to the side of the fullerene sphere, bringing the two pi-systems into close proximity, which enhances van der Waals attractive forces. To account for the NMR data, it is proposed that the dyad is conformationally mobile at room temperature, with the porphyrin swinging back and forth from one side of the fullerene to the other. The extensive fluorescence quenching in both the free base and Zn dyads is associated with an extremely rapid photoinduced electron-transfer process, k(ET) approximately 10(11) s(-)(1), generating porphyrin radical cations and C(60) radical anions, detected by transient absorption spectroscopy. Back electron transfer (BET) is slower than charge separation by up to 2 orders of magnitude in these systems. The BET rate is slower in nonpolar than in polar solvents, indicating that BET occurs in the Marcus inverted region, where the rate decreases as the thermodynamic driving force for BET increases. Transient absorption and singlet molecular oxygen sensitization data show that fullerene triplets are formed only with the free base dyad in toluene, where triplet formation from the charge-separated state is competitive with decay to the ground state. The photophysical properties of the P-C(60) dyads with parachute topology are very similar to those of structurally related rigid pi-stacked P-C(60) dyads, with the exception that there is no detectable charge-transfer absorption in the parachute systems, attributed to their conformational flexibility. It is concluded that charge separation in these hybrid systems occurs through space in unsymmetrical conformations, where the center-to-center distance between the component pi-systems is minimized. Analysis of the BET data using Marcus theory gives reorganization energies for these systems between 0.6 and 0.8 eV and electronic coupling matrix elements between 4.8 and 5.6 cm(-)(1).     

Messung der Aciditätskonstanten einiger elektrisch neutraler organischer Lewissäuren

Zusammenfassung Die Acidität von insgesamt 43 verschiedenartigen organischenLewissäuren wurde in 99 Vol.-proz. Methanol durch potentiometrische Titration bestimmt. Einige ausgewählte Vertreter wurden auch in anderen Methanol/Wasser-Mischungen und in absol. Methanol mit potentiometrischen und optischen Methoden untersucht; in zwei Fällen wird der pK _L -Wert auf Wasser extrapoliert. Bei allen Messungen in wasserhaltigen Lösungsmitteln muß die Hydrolyse derLewissäuren als Fehlerquelle der pK _L -Bestimmung untersucht und ausgeschaltet werden.

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The acidity of 43 different organicLewis acids in 99% (v/v) methanol was determined by potentiometric titration. A few compounds were investigated at different methanol/water ratios or in anhydrous methanol using potentiometric and optical methods; in two cases the pK _L -values were extrapolated to water. For all measurements in water containing solvents hydrolysis of theLewis acids has to be taken into consideration and eliminated as a source of error for the determination of pK _L -values.

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Herrn Prof. Dr.J. W. Breitenbach zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.

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Teile der DissertationenP. Schuster (Univ. Wien, 1966) undA. Stephen (Univ. Wien, 1966).

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20. Mitt.:H. Peham, O. E. Polansky undF. Wessely, Mh. Chem.98, 1665 (1967).

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8. Mitt.:P. Schuster undO. E. Polansky, Mh. Chem.99, 1234 (1968).     

Darstellung und Kristallstruktur der Pnictidoxide Na2Ti2As2O und Na2Ti2Sb2O

Preparation and Crystal Structure of the Pnictide Oxides Na₂Ti₂As₂O and Na₂Ti₂Sb₂O Na₂Ti₂As₂O and Na₂Ti₂Sb₂O were synthesized in form of very easily hydrolysed metallic-grey powders by reaction of Na₂O and TiAs resp. TiSb in sealed tantalum tubes under argon. The tetrahedral bodycentered crystallizing compounds from a modified anti-K₂NiF₄ structure type [1] (also called Eu₄As₂O-type [2,3]), space group I4/mmm (no. 139), with the lattice constants for Na₂Ti₂As₂O: a = 407.0(2) pm, c = 1528.8(4) pm and for Na₂Ti₂Sb₂O: a = 414.4(0) pm, c = 1656.1(1) pm. Magnetic measurements of powder samples of Na₂Ti₂Sb₂O show antiferromagnetic interaction within the Ti—O-layers. Superconductivity was not found by ac-shielding method down to 4 K.