Carbenerhodium complexes of the half-sandwich-type: synthesis, substitution, and addition reactions

A series of carbenerhodium(I) complexes of the general composition [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(=CRR')(L)] (2a-2i) with R = R'= aryl and L = SbiPr3 or PR3 has been prepared from the square-planar precursors trans-[RhCl(=CRR')(L)2] and NaC5H5 in excellent yields. Reaction of the triisopropylsibane derivative 2a. which contains a rather labile Rh-Sb bond, with CO, PMe3, and CNR (R = Me, CH2Ph, tBu) leads to the displacement of the SbiPr3 ligand and affords the substitution products [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(=CPh2)(L)] (3-7). In contrast, treatment of the triisopropylphosphane compound 2c with CO and CNtBu leads to the cleavage of the Rh=CPh2 bond and gives besides [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(PiPr3)(L)] (10, 12) by metal-assisted C-C coupling diphenylketene Ph2C=C=O (11) or the corresponding imine Ph2C=C=NtBu (13). While the reaction of 2a, c with C2H4 yields [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(C2H4)(L)] (14, 15) and the trisubstituted olefin Ph2C=CHCH3 (16), treatment of 2a, c with RN3 leads to the cleavage of both the Rh-EiPr3 and Rh=CPh2 bonds and gives the chelate complexes [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(kappa2-RNNNNR)] (19, 20). The substitution products 3 (L=CO) and 4 (L= PMe3) react with an equimolar amount of sulfur or selenium by addition of the chalcogen to the Rh=CPh2 bond to generate the complexes [(eta5-C5H5)Rh(kappa2-ECPh2)(L)] (21-24) with thio- or selenobenzophenone as ligand. Similarly, treatment of 3 with CuCl affords the unusual 1:2 adduct [(eta5-C5H5)(CO)Rh(mu-CPh2)(CuCl)2] (25), which reacts with NaC5H5 to form [(eta5-C5H5)(CO)Rh(muCPh2)Cu(eta5-C5H5)] (26). The molecular structures of 3 and 22 have been determined by X-ray crystallography.     

Übergangsmetallphosphidokomplexe. VIII. Strukturuntersuchungen an Übergangsmetallphosphor-Vier- und Sechsringkomplexen. Die Strukturen von [(CO)4MnPH2]2, [(CO)4MnPH2]3 und [cpNiPH2]3

Transition Metal Phosphido Complexes. VIII. X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Transition Metal Phosphorus Four- and Six-Membered Ring Complexes. Structures of [(CO)₄MnPH₂]₂, [(CO)₄MnPH₂]₃, and [cpNiPH₂]₃ [(CO)₄MnPH₂]₂ 1 crystallizes triclinic in the space group P1 with a = 680.4 pm, b = 706.4 pm, c = 919.1 pm, α 110.5°, β = 91.92°, γ 115.65°, and Z = 1 formula unit. The molecule exhibits a centrosymmetrical structure. The bond angles within the planar four-membered (Mn? P)₂-ring are 76.1° at the Mn atoms and 103.9° at the P atoms, respectively. The average Mn? P bond distance is found to be 235.1 pm. [(CO)₄MnPH₂]₃ 2 crystallizes monoclinic in the space group P2/n with a = 905.2 pm, b = 974.8 pm, c = 1264.2 pm, β = 109.1°, and Z = 2 formula units. The framework of the six-membered (Mn? P)₃-ring can be described as having a twist boat conformation. The average endocyclic bond angles are with 89.1° at the Mn atoms and 130.1° at the P atoms, respectively, largely widened compared to 1 . The average Mn? P bond distance, which is found to be 238.5 pm, is also slightly increased compared to 1 . [cpNiPH₂]₃ 3 crystallizes rhombohedral in the space group R3. The cell constants (hexagonal setting) are a = b = 1686.1 pm, c = 561.1 pm and Z = 3 formula units. The six-membered (Ni? P)₃-ring exhibits a chair conformation. The endocyclic bond angles are with 92.3° at the Ni atoms and 124.3° at the P atoms, respectively, comparable with those of the six-membered ring compound 2 . The Ni? P bond distance is found to be 215.2 pm. The eyclopentadienyl ligands are disordered and have been refined as rigid groups.     

Correlation effects on energy curves for proton transfer. The cation [H5O2]+

Potential curves for proton transfer in [H₅O₂]⁺ and for the dissociation of one OH bond in [H₃O]⁺ were calculated by both ab initio and semi-empirical LCAO MO SCF CI methods. The energy barrier of the symmetric double minimum potential in [H₅O₂]⁺ is very sensitive to electron correlation. At an OO distance of 2.74 Å it decreases from the HF value of 9.5 kcal/mole to about 7.0 kcal/mole. The results of the semi-empirical calculations agree well with the ab initio data as long as only relative effects are regarded. The partitioning of correlation energy into contributions of individual electron pairs is very similar for proton transfer in [H₅O₂]⁺ and for the dissociation of one OH bond in [H₃O]⁺. In this example the proton transfer appears as a superposition of two “contracted ionic dissociation” processes. An interpretation of the behaviour of correlation during these processes is presented.     

The convergence of the Rayleigh-Ritz Method in quantum chemistry

Two sufficient criteria for the convergence of the Rayleigh-Ritz Method (RRM) with respect to the eigenvalues (E-convergence) of non-relativistic electronic Hamiltonians of molecules are discussed and compared. Moreover, a necessary and sufficient criterion is given. By example (Sect. 9) it is shown that the L ²-completeness of the basis is not sufficient to guarantee E-convergence. The convergence of the wave functions in different norms (-convergence) is also investigated. In particular, sufficient conditions for the one-particle basis functions (orbitals) are given, such that a CI calculation in this basis is both E- and -convergent.     

R?ntgenspektrometrische Goldbestimmung in sulfidischen Erzen nach chemischer Anreicherung

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Goldbestimmung an sulfidischen Erzen für den Bereich von 0,05–5 ppm bei 20 g Einwaage beschrieben. Das Gold wird durch Salpetersäurebehandlung von den übrigen Metallen getrennt, mit Salzsäure/ Salpetersäure gelöst und mit Selen als innerem Standard und Tellur als Spurenfänger mittels Zinn(II)-chlorid gefällt. Der Niederschlag wird auf ein Membranfilter aufgezogen. Die Goldbestimmung erfolgt über den Impulsratenquotienten der Gold L- und Selen K-Linien. Die störende Molybdän K-Strahlung und die Comptonstreuung werden durch ein Zirkoniumblech auf dem Röhrenfenster unterdrückt. Der Variationskoeffizient beträgt 20% für 0,2–5 ppm und 53,6% für 0,05 ppm.

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Summary A method is described for the determination of gold in sulphide ores within the concentration range of 0.05–5 ppm with sample weights of 20 g. Gold is separated from the other metals by treatment with nitric acid, dissolved by hydrochloric acid, containing some nitric acid, and is finally precipitated by stannous chloride applying selenium as internal standard and tellurium as collecting agent. The precipitate is mounted on a diaphragm filter and the determination of gold is carried out by X-ray analysis suppressing the disturbing Mo _K radiation and compton scattering by a zirconium sheet-metal on the X-ray tube. The pulse rate quotient of the lines Au _L /Se _K is a function of the concentration of gold. The variation coefficient is 20% for 0.2–5 ppm and 53.6% for 0.05 ppm.

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Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. J. Hesemann zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

New amides fromSpilanthes oleracea

In addition to the well known affinin [=spilanthol, (2E,6Z,8E)-deca-2,6,8-trienoic acid isobutylamide (1)], the corresponding 2-methyl-butylamide (2), and two new acetylenic alkamides were isolated fromSpilanthes oleracea L. by reversed phase medium pressure chromatography: (Z)-non-2-en-6,8-diynoic acid isobutylamide (3) and (Z)-dec-2-en-6,8-diynoic acid isobutylamide (4). The structures and their stereochemistries were elucidated by¹H-NMR,¹³C-NMR (2 and3), MS, UV, IR, and CD (2). The chemotaxonomic significance of the distribution of alkamides within theCompositae tribeHeliantheae is briefly discussed.

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Neue Amide ausSpilanthes oleracea (Kurze Mitteilung)

Zusammenfassung AusSpilanthes oleracea wurden neben dem seit langem bekannten Affinin [=Spilanthol, (2E,6Z,8E)-Deca-2,6,8-triensäureisobutylamid (1)] durch Umkehrphasen-Mitteldruckchromatographie das entsprechende 2-Methylbutylamid (2) und zwei neue acetylenische Alkamide isoliert: (Z)-Non-2-en-6,8-diinsäure-isobutylamid (3) und (Z)-Dec-2-en-6,8-diinsäure-isobutylamid (4). Die Strukturen und deren Stereochemie wurden mittels¹H-NMR,¹³C-NMR (2 und3), MS, UV, IR und CD (2) aufgeklärt. Die chemotaxonomische Bedeutung der Verbreitung von Alkamiden innerhalb der Compositen-TribusHeliantheae wird kurz diskutiert.

     

Determination of hydrazine, monomethylhydrazine, 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine by nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection

The present study is concerned with the application of nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) with electrochemical detection (ED) to the separation and quantitative determination of hydrazine (Hy) and its methyl derivatives. The best performance of NACE-ED was found when using 4 mM sodium acetate/10 mM acetic acid/methanol: acetonitrile = 1:2 as the running buffer, with a bare platinum working electrode set at +1.0 V in an end-column amperometric detection cell. The choice and ratio of suitable solvents for the separation and injection media played an essential role for the performance characteristics of the method. The limits of detection for Hy, methylhydrazine, symmetrical dimethylhydrazine, and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine were 5, 2, 12, and 1 ng/mL, respectively. This is between one and two orders of magnitude lower than that achieved by previously reported CE-ED methods in aqueous buffer systems in conjunction with various types of chemically modified electrodes. The practical utility of the new NACE-ED methodology is demonstrated in terms of the determination of traces of Hys in spiked environmental samples containing a wide range of explosives and related compounds.     

Reaktion von Alkyl- und Arylchlorsilanen mit Phosph(III) en-imidamiden

The reaction of RSiCl₃ (R=CH₃, C₂H₅, C₆H₅) and R₂SiCl₂ (R=CH₃) with one mole of the phosphenimidous amides R₂N–P=NR [R=R=Si(CH₃)₃; R=Si(CH₃)₃, R=C(CH₃)₃] yieds a four membered PN₂Si-ring system under elimination of (CH₃)₃SiCl.     

Zur Behandlung der Bindungsalternierung als Störung in der Hückelschen MO-Theorie

Zusammenfassung Es wird gezeigt, wie man den möglichen Einflu\ der Bindungsalternierung auf die Spektren ungesÄttigter organischer Moleküle störungstheoretisch im Rahmen der Hückelschen MO-Methode in einfacher Weise behandeln kann, wobei das Modell mit idealisierter Geometrie als nullte NÄherung dient und das Ausma\ der Bindungsalternierung als natürlicher Störparameter auftritt. An den diskutierten Beispielen (Polyene, Polymethine und zyklische Polyene als ModellfÄlle) erkennt man, da\ die Störung 1. Ordnung der langwelligsten Elektronenübergangsfrequenz entweder verschwindet oder einen innerhalb einer Reihe praktisch konstanten Wert liefert. Die bekannte Tatsache, da\ die im Rahmen der Hückel-Methode berechneten Frequenzen gegen die experimentellen aufgetragen i. a. Regressionsgeraden ergeben, die nicht durch den Nullpunkt gehen, lÄ\t sich so, jedenfalls z. T., verstehen. Besondere Beachtung findet die Diskussion der Konvergenz der Störungsentwicklung.

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It is shown how the possible effect of bond alternation on the spectra of unsaturated molecules can be accounted for in a simple way by a perturbation treatment in the framework of the Hückel MO-scheme. In zeroth approximation one assumes idealized geometry and the measure of bond alternation appears as a natural perturbation parameter. One sees from the examples discussed here in detail (polyenes, polymethines, and cyclic polyenes) that the 1^st order perturbation correction to the largest wave length absorption frequency either vanishes or is roughly constant within a series. The known fact that absorption frequencies calculated by the Hückel method versus the experimental ones can in general be fitted by a regression line that does not pass the origin, finds a partial explication. Special attention is given to the problem of convergency of the perturbation series.

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Résumé Il est demontré comment on peut tenir compte de l'influence possible de l'alternance des liaisons sur les spectres des molécules organiques non saturées. On commence par idéaliser la géométrie et fait intervenir une mesure de l'alternance comme parameter naturel de la perturbation. Les exemples étudiés en detail (les polyenes, les polymethines et les polyenes cycliques) suggèrent qu'il y a deux classes de molécules dont pour les unes il n'y a pas de correction de perturbation du premier ordre aux plus basses fréquences de transition electronique tandis que pour les autres ces corrections sont à peu près constantes pour une serie. Cela explique en partie le fait que les lignes de régression entre les fréquences calculées par la methode de Hückel et les valeurs experimentales correspondantes ne passent en general pas l'origine. Le problème de la convergence de la serie de perturbation est discuté en particulier.

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Der Verfasser möchte an dieser Stelle Herrn Prof. Dr. W. A. Bingel herzlich für sein Interesse an dieser Arbeit danken. Dank gebührt ferner den Mitgliedern des Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique in Paris, mit denen der Verfasser Gelegenheit hatte, wÄhrend eines Besuches in Paris über das Thema dieses Artikels zu diskutieren. Dieser Besuch wurde im Rahmen des Nato research grant Nr. 223 möglich gemacht.Die erforderlichen numerischen Rechnungen wurden auf der Göttinger IBM 7040 durchgeführt.     

Synthese von β-D-Glucopyranosiden einiger hydroxylierter Vitamin-D-Verbindungen

Synthesis of β-D -Glucopyranosides of some Hydroxylated Vitamin-D Compounds Cholesta-5, 7-diene-1α, 3β-diol (1a) was glycosylated with ‘α-acetobromoglucose’ (2) as well as with ‘α-acetobromocellobiose’ (4) to yield the 3-(glycosides) 1b and 1c , respectively. Irradiation of these products with UV light followed by thermal isomerization led to the corresponding vitamin-D derivatives 3a and 3c. Direct glucosylation of vitamin D₃ (3f) and vitamin D₂ (5a) with 2 gave the derivatives 3g and 5b , respectively. With 25-hydroxycholecalciferol ( = calcidiol; 6a ) as substrate, besides the 3-(glucoside) 6b small amounts of the C(25)-analog 6c were formed. The reaction of 1α, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol ( = calcitriol; 6e ) with 2 furnished the 3- and the 1-(glucoside) ( 6f and 6g , respectively) as the major components and the C(25)-analog 6h in minor quantity. From the acetylated 3-(glucosides) 3a, 3g, 5b, 6b , and 6f , the free glucopyranosides 3b, 3h, 5c, 6d , and 6i , respectively, were prepared as well as the free glucopy-ranosyl-glucopyranoside 3d from the acetylated disaccharide 3c.