1, 3-azaphospholo[5, 1-b]thiazolines and benzothiazoles

The title compounds 3 and 7 are novel heterocyclic systems incorporating two-coordinate phosphorus. They are obtained in reasonable to good yields from the condensation of suitable 2-ethyl-3-alkylthiazolinium and -benzothiazolium bromides 2 and 6 with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of triethylamine in an aprotic solvent. Intermediate dichlorophosphino-substituted N-ylides can be observed or isolated in some cases. From a 2-methyl-3-alkylthiazolinium bromide ( 2a ), a 1-(dichlorophosphino) substituted 1, 3-azaphospholo[5,1-b]thiazoline ( 4 ) was obtained. The chemical shift of the two-coordinate phosphorus in 1,3-azaphosphole derivatives clearly reflects the influence of the heterocyclic system annulated to its 1,5-bond and of the substituents in its 2-and 4-positions.     

Copper(II)–lanthanide(III) 15-metallacrown-5 complexes based on pyrazinohydroxamic acid as new multiple-binding pentagonal platforms with Lewis amphoteric nature

Reaction of copper(II) acetate, lanthanium(III) or gadolinium(III) nitrate (1/5 equiv.) with pyrazinohydroxamic acid (H₂Pyzha) in DMF led to a series of new heterobimetallic 15-metallacrown-5 complexes. In a MeOH/H₂O solution the complexes exist as molecular unassociated metallacrowns. In solid state their structures are more complicated as it has been confirmed by X-ray analysis: discrete molecular metallacrowns [Gd(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₄(NO₃)] · 0.5C₆H₆ · H₂O (1), [Gd(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₅](NO₃) · 1.5DMF · 0.5H₂O (2), [La(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₅]NO₃ · 1.5DMF · 2C₆H₆ (3) are solvates, whereas compound [{La(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₅}₂(μ²-NO₃)](NO₃) · 3DMF (4) is a dimer, where μ-bridged nitrate links two copper centres of the adjacent metallamacrocycles. Complex [Gd(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₂(H₂O)(NO₃)] · CH₂Cl₂ · DMF (5) self-associates into a polymer chain by means of one pyrazine moiety and the copper ring atom. Reaction of the molecular metallacrowns with excess of inorganic salts CdBr₂ or Cu(OAc)₂ proceeds as anion methathesis process affording heteroanionic metallacrowns: molecular [Gd(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₅] [Gd(NO₃)₂{Cu(pyzha)}₅(DMF)₄(H₂O)][CdBr₄] · 1.5DMF (6), and 3D hydrogen bonded polymer [La(μ²-OAc)(H₂O)₃{Cu(pyzha)}₅ (H₂O)₄(NO₃)](NO₃) · 4H₂O (7).     

3D Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on Co(II) and Bithiophendicarboxylate: Synthesis,Crystal Structures,Gas Adsorption,and Magnetic Properties

Three new 3D metal-organic porous frameworks based on Co(II) and 2,2′-bithiophen-5,5′-dicarboxylate (btdc²⁻) [Co₃(btdc)₃(bpy)₂]·4DMF, 1; [Co₃(btdc)₃(pz)(dmf)₂]·4DMF·1.5H₂O, 2; [Co₃(btdc)₃(dmf)₄]∙2DMF∙2H₂O, 3 (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl, pz = pyrazine, dmf = N,N-dimethylformamide) were synthesized and structurally characterized. All compounds share the same trinuclear carboxylate building units {Co₃(RCOO)₆}, connected either by btdc^2– ligands (1, 3) or by both btdc^2– and pz bridging ligands (2). The permanent porosity of 1 was confirmed by N₂, O₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄ adsorption measurements at various temperatures (77 K, 273 K, 298 K), resulted in BET surface area 667 m²⋅g⁻¹ and promising gas separation performance with selectivity factors up to 35.7 for CO₂/N₂, 45.4 for CO₂/O₂, 20.8 for CO₂/CO, and 4.8 for CO₂/CH₄. The molar magnetic susceptibilities χ_p(T) were measured for 1 and 2 in the temperature range 1.77–330 K at magnetic fields up to 10 kOe. The room-temperature values of the effective magnetic moments for compounds 1 and 2 are μ_eff (300 K) ≈ 4.93 μ_B. The obtained results confirm the mainly paramagnetic nature of both compounds with some antiferromagnetic interactions at low-temperatures T < 20 K in 2 between the Co(II) cations separated by short pz linkers. Similar conclusions were also derived from the field-depending magnetization data of 1 and 2.     

Novel Highly Energetic Pyrazoles: N‐Trinitromethyl‐Substituted Nitropyrazoles

A new family of energetic compounds, nitropyrazoles bearing a trinitromethyl moiety at the nitrogen atom of the heterocycle, was designed. The desirable high‐energy dense oxidizers 3,4‐dinitro‐ and 3,5‐dinitro‐1‐(trinitromethyl)pyrazoles were synthesized in good yields by destructive nitration of the corresponding 1‐acetonylpyrazoles. All of the prepared compounds were fully characterized by multinuclear NMR and IR spectroscopy, as well as by elemental analysis. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction studies show remarkably high density. Impact sensitivity tests and thermal stability measurements were also performed. All of the pyrazoles possess positive calculated heats of formation and exhibit promising energetic performance that is the range of 1,3,5‐trinitroperhydro‐1,3,5‐triazine and pentaerythritol tetranitrate. The new pyrazoles exhibit positive oxygen balance and are promising candidates for new environmentally benign energetic materials.     

Coinage Metal Complexes of Bis(quinoline-2-ylmethyl)phenylphosphine-Simple Reactions Can Lead to Unprecedented Results

The different coordination behavior of the flexible yet sterically demanding, hemilabile P,N ligand bis(quinoline-2-ylmethyl)phenylphosphine ( bqmpp ) towards selected Cu^I, Ag^I and Au^I species is described. The resulting X-ray crystal structures reveal interesting coordination geometries. With [Cu(MeCN)₄]BF₄, compound 1 [Cu₂(bqmpp)₂](BF₄)₂ is obtained, wherein the copper(I) atoms display a distorted square planar and square pyramidal geometry. The steric demand and π-stacking of the ligand allow for a short Cu⋅⋅⋅Cu distance (2.588(9) Å). Cu^I complex 2 [Cu₄Cl₃(bqmpp)₂]BF₄ contains a rarely observed Cu₄Cl₃ cluster, probably enabled by dichloromethane as the chloride source. In the cluster, even shorter Cu⋅⋅⋅Cu distances (2.447(1) Å) are present. The reaction of Ag[SbF₆] with the ligand leads to a dinuclear compound ( 3 ) in solution as confirmed by ³¹P{¹H} NMR spectroscopy. During crystallization, instead of the expected phosphine complex 3 , a tris(quinoline-2-ylmethyl)bisphenyl-phosphine ( tqmbp ) compound [Ag₂(tqmbp)₂](SbF₆)₂ 4 is formed by elimination of quinaldine. The Au(I) compound [Au₂(bqmpp)₂]PF₆ ( 5 ) is prepared as expected and shows a linear arrangement of two phosphine ligands around Au^I.     

Chemical Composition of Glass and Traditions of Enamellers in Eastern Europe in the Late Roman Period (a Case Study of the Bryansk Hoard)

Crystallography Reports - The chemical composition of Bryansk hoard enamels (late II?III century) has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis. Raw...     

Chiral Oligo- and Polyphosphites (Phosphonites,Phosphinites) on the Base of Specifically Orientated in Space Hydroxylcontaining Compounds. Synthesis,Structure, and Investigation of Complexation

Abstract

The effective methods of phosphorylation of complex systems with specifically orientated in space hydroxyl groups, namely dianhydro-D-mannitol(A), -D-sor-bitol(B), cyclodextrines(C), and cellulose(D) (A-D, where R=H), have been elaborated.     

Techniques of aligning carbon nanotubes

This paper reviews major techniques of aligning carbon nanotubes, either during the growth or by the post-growth processing. A number of post-processing alignment techniques are discussed, which employ mechanical stretching, fracture, compression, friction, filtration, fiber drawing, gas flow, liquid crystals, Langmuir-Blodgett technique, acoustic, magnetic and electric fields. The suitability of those techniques to industrial applications is analyzed.