Electrochemical Parametrization in Sandwich Complexes of the First Row Transition Metals

Applying the ligand electrochemical parameter approach to sandwich complexes and standardizing to the Fe(III)/Fe(II) couple, we obtained E(L)(L) values for over 200 pi-ligands. Linear correlations exist between formal potential (E degrees ) and the summation operatorE(L)(L) for each metal couple. In this fashion, we report correlation data for many first row transition metal couples. The correlations between the E(L)(L) of the substituted pi-ligand and the Hammett substituent constants (sigma(p)) are also explored.     

Exchange of organometallic compounds with mercury metal : VI. Substituted diarylthallium cations; evidence for intermediate ArTl+HgAr species

Substituted diphenylthallium chlorides, (XC₆H₄)₂T1C1 (X = p-OCH₃, p-CH₃, m-CH₃, H, p-Cl, p-CH₃COO) have been prepared. Polarography and chronopotentiometry were used for study of electrochemical reduction and interaction of these compounds with mercury metal. Intermetallic cations, ArTl⁺HgAr, were shown to be intermediates in the transmetallation reaction between Ar₂Tl⁺ and mercury metal:

     

Structures and reactivities of benzo-1,2,3-dithiazolium salts and their selenium analogs

A number of benzo-1,2,3-dithiazolium chlorides (I) and their selenium analogs — benzo-1,2,3-thiaselenazolium, benzo-2,1,3-thiaselenazolium, and benzo-1,2,3-diselenazolium salts — were synthesized. The electronic structures and reactivities of the I cation and salts I–IV are discussed on the basis of a quantum-chemical calculation of cation I and the PMR spectra of salts I–IV. Successive substitution of the sulfur atoms in the I cation by selenium atoms, particularly in the 2 position, substantially increases the degree of transfer of positive charge to the condensed benzene ring. The trend of the nucleophilic reactivities of 6-methoxy derivatives of salts I–IV in the reaction with aromatic amines is the same as the trend of the degree of localization of the positive charge in the 6 position.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 912–916, July, 1978.     

Orientation and mechanism of reactions of aromatic amines with sulfur monochloride

The reaction of m-substituted anilines with sulfur monochloride has been studied. It has been shown that cyclization with the formation of 1, 3, 2-benzothiazathiolium compounds takes place in the position para to the substituent. The introduction of methoxy groups into o-nitroanilines interferes with the displacement of the nitro group by the chlorine atom. A nucleophilic reaction mechanism has been proposed according to which the nitro group is displaced after the formation of the thiathioniaazine ring.     

Electrochemical reduction of triphenyl phosphate

The electrolytic reduction of triphenyl phosphate proceeds with the participation of tetrabutylammonium cations with the formation of butyl diphenyl phosphate in DMF. It was concluded that the step involving electron transfer to the triphenyl phosphate molecule has retarded character.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1279–1283, June, 1990.     

Effect of substituents on the catalytic properties of bis(cyclopentadienyl) zirconocene dichlorides in polymerization of ethene

Comparative analysis of catalytic activity of substituted bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichlorides with the general formula (R _n Cp)₂ZrCl₂ (Cp₂ZrCl₂, (MeCp)₂ZrCl₂, (PrⁱCp)₂ZrCl₂, (Prⁱ ₂Cp)₂ZrCl₂, (BuⁿCp)₂ZrCl₂, (BuⁱCp)₂ZrCl₂, (Bu^tCp)₂ZrCl₂, Cp^* ₂ZrCl₂ (Cp^*=Me₅C₅), (Me₃SiCp)₂ZrCl₂, (cyclo-C₆H₁₁Cp)₂ZrCl₂, and [(cyclo-C₆H₁₁)₂Cp]₂ZrCl₂) in ethene polymerization using polymethylalumoxane as the cocatalyst was performed. The molecular mass characteristics of the polyethylene samples obtained were determined. A linear correlation of the specific activity of the catalysts and the turnover number with the electronic and steric characteristics of substituents at the Cp ring of the complexes was established for the first time. Analysis of the polymerization kinetics and the obtained correlation between the specific activity of the complexes and molecular mass characteristics of the polyethylene samples suggest that alkyl substituents participate in reactions responsible for the restriction of the polymer chain growth and regeneration of the active center. These interactions most likely involve associates of AlMe₃ with polymethylalumoxane molecules.     

[Bu4N]2[Fe2(μ-S2O3)2(NO)4]: Synthesis,Structure, Redox Properties,and EPR Study

The [n-Bu₄N]₂[Fe₂(-S₂O₃)₂(NO)₄] complex was studied using X-ray diffraction analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and EPR spectroscopy, and its crystal structure was determined. The redox properties of the [Fe₂(-S₂O₃)₂(NO)₄]^2–anion in CH₃CN and CH₂Cl₂solutions were studied. An addition of excess reducer (sodium thiosulfate) to the thiosulfate complex was shown to produce an EPR signal with g= 2.03 typical of the mononuclear iron dinitrosyl complexes. The mechanism for [Fe₂(-S₂O₃)₂(NO)₄]^2–reduction was suggested.