Structural Characterization of Pb6Sb6Se17

The ternary selenide Pb₆Sb₆Se₁₇ was synthesized hydrothermally from the binaries (PbSe and Sb₂Se₃) and crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbam (a = 15.835(3), b = 24.043(5), c = 4.134(2)Å, Z = 2). The main building blocks of the crystal structure are ribbons made of square pyramidal [(Pb,Sb)Se₅] groups running along [010].     

Preparation and Characterization of Methyl Substituted 2,2′-Dipyridyl Diselenides and -Ditellurides: X-ray Structure of 6,6′-Dimethyl-2,2′-dipyridyl Diselenide

A convenient method for the preparation of various methyl substituted 2,2'-dipyridyl diselenides and -ditellurides by the aerial oxidation of lithium 2-pyridylselenolate/tellurolate, prepared from the lithium-halogen exchange between n-butyllithium and 2-bromo methyl substituted pyridines is reported. All the compounds prepared are new and have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1 H, 13 C, 11 Se NMR, and mass spectral studies. Crystal structure of 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-dipyridyl diselenide has been determined.     

Rapid Oxidation of Selenides,Selenoxides, Tellurides,and Telluroxides with Aqueous Sodium Hypochlorite

A simple and convenient procedure for the rapid oxidation of a variety of selenides, selenoxides, tellurides, and telluroxides with aqueous sodium hypochlorite to selenones and tellurones, respectively, has been reported in dimethylformamide at ambient temperature.     

Electrochemical preparation of α,α′-dicarbonylselenides

A facile preparation of α,α′-dicarbonylselenides has been performed by reaction of α-carbonyl selenocyanates with an enolate, electrogenerated by reduction of a carbon-halogen bond.     

Samarium(II) Diiodide Induced Polarity Inversion of π-Allyl Palladium Complexes: The Formation of Allylic Selenides

As a versatile one-electron transfer reducing and coupling agent, samarium diiodide has been extensively used in organic synthesis in last decade. It has been reported that electrophilic p-allyl palladium complexes could undergo polarity inversion to nucleophilic species with the aid of SmI2, and could trap some electrophiles1. It is well known that allylic selenides are rather important intermediates in organic synthesis. They have been recognized as useful synthons of allylic anion stabi…     

Synthesis of selenoxides by oxidation of selenides with superoxide radical anions and 2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride

Alkyl phenyl selenoxides were produced in excellent yields by oxidation of the corresponding selenides with 2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride and potassium superoxide in dry acetonitrile at −15 °C.     

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-haloselenophene with terminal alkynes in the absence of additive

We present herein our results of the Sonogashira coupling reaction of 2-haloselenophenes with terminal alkynes catalyzed by PdCl₂(PPh₃)₂, under co-catalyst free conditions and establish a new procedure to prepare (2-alkynyl)-selenophenes in good yields. The reaction proceeded cleanly under mild reaction conditions and was performed with propargylic alcohols, protected propargylic alcohols, propargylic amines, as well as alkyl, and aryl alkynes, in the presence of PdCl₂(PPh₃)₂, Et₃N, DMF, and in the absence of any supplementary additives. In addition, by this protocol (2,5-bis-alkynyl)-selenophenes were also obtained, in a one pot procedure, using 2,5-bis-iodoselenofene with an excess of terminal alkynes.     

Die Oxidnitridselenide M3ONSe2 dreiwertiger Lanthanoide (M = Ce – Nd)

The Oxide Nitride Selenides M₃ONSe₂ of Trivalent Lanthanoids (M = Ce – Nd) Oxide nitride selenides of the trivalent lanthanoids (M = Ce – Nd) with the composition M₃ONSe₂ can be prepared by the oxidation of the respective lanthanoid metal with selenium and sodium azide (NaN₃) in presence of impurities containing oxygen when the corresponding lanthanoid trichloride (MCl₃) is used as sodium trap for the coformation of NaCl. The thermal treatment of these mixtures along with additional NaCl as flux at 900 °C in evacuated silica tubes secures the formation of fawn, transparent, lath‐shaped crystals. The monoclinic structure (C2/m, Z = 6) was determined from X‐ray single‐crystal diffraction data (Ce₃ONSe₂: a = 2480.51(14), b = 406.85(3), c = 952.83(6) pm, β = 95.506(4)°; Pr₃ONSe₂: a = 2462.72(14), b = 403.74(3), c = 947.26(6) pm, β = 95.731(4)°; Nd₃ONSe₂: a = 2440.35(14), b = 401.48(3), c = 944.02(6) pm, β = 95.763(4)°). Five crystallographically different M³⁺ cations reside in six‐ to eightfold coordination of the respective anions (three independent O^2?/N^3? and Se^2? each), for which a statistic distribution of the light elements (O^2? : N^3? = 1 : 1) has to be assumed. However, the main features of the crystal structure are (O^2?/N^3?)‐centred (M³⁺)₄ tetrahedra. For the first time ever within the same structure of this kind, condensation of these anion‐centred cation polyhedra forming strands and layers simultaneously could be detected. Cis‐edge connected [(O/N)M₄]^9.5+ tetrahedra build up the chain components running along [010], which are already known as dominating core in some crystal structures of pure nitride chalcogenides (e.g. Sm₄N₂S₃ and Tb₄N₂Se₃). A new motif of condensed tetrahedral units comprises the second feature. By fusing [(O/N)M₄]^9.5+ tetrahedra via vertices and edges, one‐dimensional strand sections from the cationic sheets of the Ce₂O₂S‐type structure, which are further connected only via common vertices to form a lower‐condensed steplike two‐dimensional layer , spreading parallel to the (100) plane, emerge for the very first time.     

Synthese und Kristallstruktur von Ln2SeSiO4 (Ln = Sm,Dy, Ho) und Sm2TeSiO4

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Ln₂SeSiO₄ (Ln = Sm, Dy, Ho) and Sm₂TeSiO₄ Single crystals of Ln₂SeSiO₄ (Ln = Sm, Dy, Ho) could be prepared by the reaction of lanthanide metal, selenium and iodine in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2.5 and subsequent reaction with quartz glass powder. Black crystals of Sm₂TeSiO₄ have been obtained in chemical transport experiments of SmTe₂ with iodine in evacuated quartz glass ampoules as by‐products. All chalcogenide silicates crystallize orthorhombically with the space group Pbcm (Z = 4) and the lattice constants: Sm₂SeSiO₄: a = 612.6(1) pm, b = 709.0(1) pm, c = 1094.0(2) pm; Dy₂SeSiO₄: a = 603.6(1) pm, b = 696.4(1) pm, c = 1081.2(2) pm; Ho₂SeSiO₄: a = 601.0(1) pm, b = 693.6(1) pm, c = 1078.6(2) pm; Sm₂TeSiO₄: a = 623.82(8) pm, b = 713.06(7) pm, c = 1112.26(11) pm. The crystal structure is built up of alternating Ln(Se/Te) and LnSiO₄ sheets parallel (001).     

Gasphasengleichgewichte quaternärer Bismut‐Selen‐Oxidchloride

Gas‐Phase Equilibria of Quaternary Bismuth Selenium Oxidechlorides The existence of new compounds Bi₄O₄SeCl₂, Bi₁₀O₁₂SeCl₄, and Bi₂₂O₂₈SeCl₈ in the pseudoternary area Bi₂O₃/Bi₂Se₃/BiCl₃ has been established by solid state and chemical vapour transport reactions. Furthermore, heterogeneous equilibria between solid state and vapour phase have been studied by mass‐spectrometric measurements. The novel gas‐molecule BiSeCl has been detected. The results of ab initio calculations for structure and refining of thermochemistry of this molecule are given: (Bi–Se) = 2,44 Å; (Bi–Cl) = 2,49 Å; (Se–Bi–Cl) = 106,0°; Thermodynamics: δH°_B,298 (BiSeCl_g) = 6,0 kcal/mol; S°₂₉₈ (BiSeCl_g) = 75,8 cal/mol K; Cp (BiSeCl_g) = 13,583 + 0,64 · 10^–3 · T – 0,41 · 10⁵ · T^–2 – 0,35 · 10^–6 · T² cal/mol K. Finally, the composition of the gaseous phase has been calculated and estimations about chemical vapour transport were carried out by thermodynamic modelling.