Difluoroalkylamines from high temperature vapor phase reactions of nitrogen trifluoride with alkanes, ethers and benzene

At temperatures around 400 °C, nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) readily reacts with alkanes and benzene as well as ethers. In all cases, products were N,N-difluoroamines. This is in contrast to difluoroamination of benzylic substrates where the initial N,N-difluoroamines underwent eliminations or rearrangements and were not isolated. Cyclic and acyclic alkanes generated N,N-difluoroaminoalkanes. Benzene substituted on the ring to form N,N-difluoroaniline. Ethers reacted to generate α-N,N-difluoroamino ethers. Little direct fluorination was observed.     

Investigations providing a plausible mechanism in the hexamethyldisilazane-catalyzed trimerization of alkyl isocyanates

Using HMDS as catalyst for the trimerization of isocyanates presents many advantages as the expected isocyanurate is not contaminated by the catalyst or other side-products resulting from its degradation. In addition, HMDS presents a low toxicity, and is compatible with industrial applications. This article describes the hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS)-catalyzed trimerization of octylisocyanate. Experimental investigations and mechanistic considerations indicate that the true catalyst of the trimerization is trimethylsilyloctylamine, which results from the preliminary condensation of HMDS with octylisocyanate.     

Oxidation of Organometallic Compounds

Stable organometallic compounds, notably of the later transition metals (groups VI–VIII), usually are characterized by closed shell electron configurations (typically 18-electron valence shells) which are destabilized by electron addition or removal. One-electron oxidation of such compounds results in the formation of unstable radical ions, whose characteristic reactivity patterns include susceptibility to nucleophilic attack, disproportionation, and metal-carbon bond dissociation. Two-electron oxidation may result in dissociation or oxidation of the organic ligand. In this review studies on the chemical and electrochemical oxidations of metal carbonyls, metal-olefin complexes, and alkyl transition-metal compounds are described. The studies encompass the following themes: (1) The kinetics and thermodynamics of the initial redox steps; (2) The characterization and reactivity patterns of the resulting oxidation products; (3) The synthetic and catalytic applications of organometallic redox processes.     

Multiple-magnetic field 139La NMR and density functional theory investigation of the solid lanthanum(III) halides

Results from a solid-state ¹³⁹La NMR spectroscopic investigation of the anhydrous lanthanum(III) halides (LaX₃; X=F, Cl, Br, I) at applied magnetic fields of 7.0, 9.4, 11.7, 14.1, and 17.6 T are presented and highlight the advantages of working at high applied magnetic field strengths. The ¹³⁹La quadrupolar coupling constants are found to range from 15.55 to 24.0 MHz for LaCl₃ and LaI₃, respectively. The lanthanum isotropic chemical shifts exhibit an inverse halogen dependence with values ranging from −135 ppm for LaF₃ to 700 ppm for LaI₃, which represents nearly half of the total lanthanum chemical shift range. The spans of the magnetic shielding tensors also vary widely, from 35 to 650 ppm for the solid LaF₃ through LaI₃. DFT calculations of the ¹³⁹La electric field gradient and magnetic shielding tensors have been performed and provide a qualitative interpretation of the trends observed experimentally.     

1-(2-Iodophenyl)-1H-tetrazole as a ligand for Pd(II) catalyzed Heck reaction

1-(2-Iodophenyl)-1H-tetrazole 2 was synthesized by the reaction of 2-iodoaniline, sodium azide and triethyl orthoformate in acetic acid. The newly synthesized ligand 2 was successfully used in Heck reaction to give the cross-coupled products in excellent yields.     

Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 1-Azadienes and Ketenimines

Summary. The 1:1 reactive intermediate generated by the addition of alkyl isocyanides to dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates was trapped by fairly strong NH-acids such as carbazole, indole, or pyrrole to yield highly functionalized 1-azadienes and ketenimines.     

The role of F A1:Ag+ defects in laser light generation and coadsorption of CO and halogen atoms at the KCl and KBr surface sites. First principles calculations

F _A1:Ag⁺ color center at the low coordination (100) and (110) surface sites of KCl and KBr thin films play an important role in providing tunable laser oscillation and adsorbatesubstrate interactions. Double-well potentials at this site are investigated using ab initio molecular electronic structure calculations. The calculated Stokes shifted (optical transition bands), opticaloptical conversion efficiencies, the probability of orientational destruction, exciton (energy) transfer and Glasner-Tompkins empirical rule suggest that laser light generation is sensitive to (i) the lattice anion, (ii) the coordination number of surface ions, and (iii) the choice of the basis set centered on the anion vacancy. The adsorbate-substrate interactions were found to be dependent on the electronegativity of the adatom and on the lattice anion. Optimised geometries and the coadsorption of CO and (F, Cl, Br, I) on KCl and KBr (100) crystals are presented. Calculated chemisorption energies for CO on the (halogen atom/defect free sites of KCl and KBr (100) crystals) showed that the coadsorption of halogen atom tends to block other adsorbate-substrate interactions at the nearest neighbour sites. Thus if halogen atom coverage increases, the CO prefers to be adsorbed on the K⁺ site of the KCl and KBr (100) surfaces and on KBr relative to KCl.