Generally applicable and efficient esterification of aldehydes with alcohols catalyzed by cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine

The palladacycle‐catalyzed esterification of a variety of aldehydes with alcohols was developed. This reaction allows formation of esters in moderate to excellent yields not only for various aldehydes but also alcohols. In addition, the esterification could proceed well under mild conditions with a low catalyst loading of 0.0625 mol%. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Absolute crystal structure of (−)-N N-dimethylamphetamine methiodide

(–)-N,N-Dimethylamphetamine methiodide, C₁₂H₂₀N⁺,I^– crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupP2₁ with unit-cell dimensionsa = 5.999(2),b = 8.330(3),c = 13.161(3) Å, = 94.03(2) °, andZ = 2. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method from CuK. intensities visually estimated from Weissenberg films, but refined on data measured with MoK radiation on a Rigaku-AFC four-circle diffractometer. Full-matrix least-squares refinement of the nonhydrogen atoms with anisotropic temperature factors, has yielded a finalR index of 0.045 for the 1124 observed terms. The absolute configuration has been defined by Bijvoet's technique.     

Formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition strategy for the synthesis of dihydrobenzofurans via Michael addition of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-phenols and malonate esters (C1 synthon) and subsequent iodine-catalyzed oxidative annulation

A novel [4 + 1] cycloaddition protocol for the synthesis of dihydrobenzo(naphtho)furan skeletons from readily available 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-phen(naphth)ols and malonate esters via a tandem Michael addition/iodine-catalyzed oxidative annulation has been developed. This method provides a new and facile application of malonate esters as 1,1-nucleophilic/electrophilic type C1 synthons without a pre-functionalization step and the plausible reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Rigidity of closed submanifolds in a locally symmetric Riemannian manifold

Let M~n(n ≥ 4) be an oriented closed submanifold with parallel mean curvature in an(n + p)-dimensional locally symmetric Riemannian manifold N~(n+p). We prove that if the sectional curvature of N is positively pinched in [δ, 1], and the Ricci curvature of M satisfies a pinching condition, then M is either a totally umbilical submanifold, or δ = 1, and N is of constant curvature. This result generalizes the geometric rigidity theorem due to Xu and Gu[15].     

Synthetic and X-ray structural and reactivity studies of Cp*RuIV complexes containing bidentate dithiocarbonate, xanthate, carbonate, and phosphinate ligands (Cp* = eta5-C5Me5)

The reaction of [Cp*RuCl2]2 (1; Cp* = eta5-C5Me5) with tetraalkyldithiuram disulfides (R2NC(S)SS(S)CNR2, R = Me, Et), isopropylxanthic disulfide ([iPrOC(S)S]2), and bis(thiophosphoryl) disulfide ([(iPrO)2P(S)S]2) led to the isolation of dark-red crystalline solids of Cp*RuIVCl2(eta2-dithiolate) complexes [dithiolate = S2CNR2, DTCR (2a, R = Me; 2b, R = Et), S2COiPr (3), and S2P(iPrO)2 (4)]. Dichlorido substitution in 2 and 3 with DTCEt and S2COiPr anions yielded RuIV derivatives containing bis(DTC) and mixed DTC-dithiocarbonate ligands. These are the first organoruthenium complexes of such ligands. The reaction of monophosphines with 2a resulted in monochlorido substitution, whereas the analogous reaction with 3 resulted in displacement of both chlorido ligands and reduction of the metal center to RuII. Reduction at Ru was also observed in the reaction of 2a with [CpCr(CO)3]2. Of these complexes, only 2 and 3 are air-stable in the solid state for an extended period. All of the complexes have been spectrally characterized, and selected compounds are also crystallographically characterized.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of stretched gold nanowires: the relative utility of different semiempirical potentials

The mechanical elongation of a finite gold nanowire has been studied by molecular dynamics simulations using different semiempirical potentials for transition metals. These potentials have been widely used to study the mechanical properties of finite metal clusters. Combining with density functional theory calculations along several atomic-configuration trajectories predicted by different semiempirical potentials, the authors conclude that the second-moment approximation of the tight-binding scheme (TB-SMA) potential is the most suitable one to describe the energetics of finite Au clusters. They find that for the selected geometries of Au wires studied in this work, the ductile elongation of Au nanowires along the [001] direction predicted by the TB-SMA potential is largely independent of temperature in the range of 0.01-298 K. The elongation leads to the formation of monatomic chains, as has been observed experimentally. The calculated force-versus-elongation curve is remarkably consistent with available experimental results.     

Hyper-Rayleigh and hyper-Raman scatterings with intermediate and two-photon resonances

The normally weak process of hyper-Raman scattering can be greatly enhanced when the excitation is two photon resonant with an electronic transition that is both one and two photon allowed. It might be expected to be further enhanced when a one-photon allowed transition provides an intermediate state resonance in the two-photon excitation step. The theory of this triply resonant process is developed for organic nonlinear chromophores. Experimental results are obtained for one donor-acceptor substituted push-pull chromophore in which the energy of the strongly allowed lowest-lying one-photon state may be tuned by varying the solvent without substantially affecting the two-photon resonant transition. Surprisingly, bringing the one-photon allowed state into resonance does not significantly increase the hyper-Rayleigh or hyper-Raman hyperpolarizabilities. Analysis of the resonance Raman, hyper-Rayleigh, and hyper-Raman profiles suggests that the triply resonant path does not make the dominant contribution to the hyperpolarizability in this system.     

Cross -sections of star bodies and dual mixed volumes

In this paper, we establish an extension of Funk's section theorem. Our result has the following corollary: If is a star body in whose central -slices have the same volume (with appropriate dimension) as the central -slices of a centered body , then the dual quermassintegrals satisfy , for any , with equality if and only if . The case that is a centered body implies Funk's section theorem.

     

磷钼酸和磷钼钒酸及其盐的氧化还原特性

本文以硫酸为支持电解质,在水-1,4-二氧六环混合溶剂中,用电化学方法研究了Keggin结构的H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀、M₃PMo₁₂O₄₀(M=NH₄,Na,K)、H₄PMo₁₁VO₄₀及M_nH_4-nPMo₁₁VO₄₀(M=Na,La,K,Eu;对于Na和La,n=1～4,对于K,n=4;对于Eu,n=2)的氧化还原特性。还分析了钼和钒的氧化还原顺序及其可逆性。