The effectiveness of solvents as hydrogen bond donors

Taft and Kamlet's -scale of solvent hydrogen bond donation ability is reexamined with regard to its correlations with three widely used polarity scales: Dimroth and Reichardt's E _T (30), Kosower's Z and Mayer's A _N , as well as with the _m values of the solvents when present as monomeric solutes. The correlation with E _T serves to extend the solvent -scale according to the expression:

Steric control over hydrogen bonding in crystalline organic solids: a structural study of N,N'-dialkylthioureas

Hydrogen bonding in crystalline N,N'-dialkylthioureas was examined with the help of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, DFT calculations, and Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) analysis. A CSD survey indicated that unlike the related urea derivatives, which persistently self-assemble into one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded chains, the analogous thioureas can form two different hydrogen-bonding motifs in the solid state: chains, structurally similar with those found in ureas, and dimers, that further associate into hydrogen-bonded layers. The formation of one motif or another can be manipulated by the bulkiness of the organic substituents on the thiourea group, which provides a clear example of steric control over the hydrogen bonding arrangement in crystalline organic solids.     

可见光化的半导体光催化剂

光解水制氢能否实用化取决于太阳光的有效利用率, 研究开发可见光化的光催化剂成为当前光催化剂研究中的重要课题.本文介绍了利用 光解水制氢的反应机理,综述了近年来半导体光催化剂在利用可见光方面的研究进展,重点描述了这些光催化剂的结构,并对该领域今后的研究方向进行了展望.     

Reactions of 1,2,4-Triazines with Nucleophiles. 6. Use of SNH Methodology for the Direct Introduction of Cyclic Diketone Residue into the 1,2,4-Triazine Ring FORENAME = D. N.

3-R-6-Phenyl-1,2,4-triazine 4-oxides react with cyclic -diketones (dimethylbarbituric acid, dimedone, and indan) in both acidic (substrate activation) and basic conditions (nucleophile activation) with formation of ^H-adducts, intermediates in the nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen (S_N ^H) in 3-R-5-Nu-4-hydroxy-6-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazines. Oxidative aromatisation of these intermediates or auto-aromatisation of acylated (benzoyl chloride) at the NOH -adducts with elimination of benzoic acid gave the corresponding substituted 1,2,4-triazine 4-oxides or 1,2,4-triazines.     

Structures and energies of seleno derivatives of biuret.Ab Initio comparative studies of diselenobiuret, selenobiuret, and selenothiobiuret

Ab initio studies (LCAO-MO method) on conformers of three seleno derivatives of the biuret molecules diselenobiuret [I], selenobiuret [II], and selenothiobiuret [III] were carried out at the Hartree-Fock (HF) and MP2 levels. The molecular geometries of these species were fully optimized at the HF level and characterized by analysis of the harmonic vibrational frequencies using a split-valence triple-zeta basis set augmented by a set ofd polarization functions on heavy atoms andp polarization functions on hydrogen atoms [TZP(d, p)]. The total energies of the HF-optimized structures were calculated at the MP2 (frozen core) level using a larger TZP (2df, 2pd) basis set. The potential energy searches revealed a total of 11 minimum-energy conformers (assigned astrans-trans, trans-cis, cis-trans, andcis-cis) and seven transition-state species for the title molecules. The two predicted conformers for diselenobiuret (Ia=trans-trans andIc=cis-cis) are characterized byC ₂ and the third byC _s symmetry. For selenothiobiuret two forms (IIIa=trans-trans andIIId=cis-cis) possessC ₁ and two (IIIb=trans-cis andIIIc=cis-trans) possessC _s symmetries, respectively. For selenobiuret, four formsIIa=trans-trans (C₁),IIb=trans-cis (C _s),IIc=cis-trans (C ₁), andIId=cis-cis (C₁), were obtained as a result of gradient optimization. Comparison of the relative energies for the considered species indicated that thecis-trans forms are the most stable conformations for all three systems at both the HF and MP2 levels of theory.     

Scope, limitations and mechanistic aspects in the selective homogeneous palladium-catalyzed reduction of alkenes under transfer hydrogen conditions

A new and efficient mild Pd/P(t-Bu)₃ catalyst for selective reduction of various alkenes under transfer hydrogen conditions has been developed leading to the corresponding saturated derivatives in chemical yields varying from 65 to 98%. Mechanistic rationale of this reaction has been also demonstrated.     

A method for determination of the structure of the intramolecular hydrogen bond in the cations of unsymmetrically substituted 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalenes in solution

Alkylation of 8-dimethylamino-1-methylamino-4-nitronaphthalene in the CD₃I/KOH/DMSO system afforded a 4-nitro derivative containing the N(CD₃)Me group in position 1. Direct proof of the structure of the intramolecular hydrogen bond in solutions of monoprotonated 4-R-1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalenes was obtained for the first time. ¹H NMR study revealed that the chelated NH proton is shifted to the N(8) atom for R = NO₂ and NH₃ ⁺ and to the N(1) atom for R = NH₂. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 159–162, January, 2006.     

Hydrogen–hydrogen bonding in biphenyl revisited

The evidence for the stabilizing nature of the H–H bonding in planar biphenyl is succinctly reviewed. The stabilizing nature of the H–H bonding is revealed through a comparison of the atomic energy of every atom in planar biphenyl with the same atom in the twisted equilibrium structure. It is shown that the barrier to rotation via the planar transition state is the net resultant of a stabilisation of the four ortho-hydrogen atoms (by 8 kcal/mol each), a stabilisation of the two para-carbon atoms (by 3 kcal/mol each) and by the dominant destabilisation of the two carbon atoms joining the two rings—the two junction carbon atoms—(by 22 kcal/mol each). The energetic stabilisation of the four ortho-hydrogen atoms is further shown to be in large proportion due to the formation of the hydrogen–hydrogen interatomic surface. Furthermore, neither the “bond order” between the two junction carbon atoms nor the total electron delocalisation between the two rings exhibit a significant change in going from the planar to the twisted equilibrium geometry. These findings are in contrast with the classical view of a balance between “steric non-bonded repulsion” and better electron delocalisation as a function of the twist dihedral angle. Similar conclusions have been recently reached by Pacios and Gómez through a study of the electrostatic potential at the position of the hydrogen nuclei. We dedicate this article to Professor TM Krygowski on the occasion of his 70th birthday wishing him a long and productive life.     

3-(水杨酰肼)-丁基-2-酮肟和两个镍的酮肟配合物的合成和晶体结构

合成了3-(水杨酰肼)-丁基-2-酮肟H₂L(1，C₁₁H₁₃N₃O₃)和2个镍的3-(水杨酰肼)-丁基-2-酮肟化合物[Ni(HL)(CH₃COO^-)(C₅H₅N)₂](2)和[Ni(HL)₂]·2C₃H₇NO（3）。化合物1晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P2₁/n，晶体学参数为：a=0.451 87(2) nm，b=2.086 8(1) nm，c=1.224 48(9) nm，β=94.974(3)°，V=1.150 3(1) nm³，Z=4，D_c=1.358 g·cm^-3，μ=0.101 mm^-1，F(000)=496，R=0.0435，wR=0.142 5。化合物2晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P2₁/n，晶体学参数为：a=1.362 39(8) nm，b=1.345 37(6) nm，c=1.438 54(7) nm，β=113.138(3)°，V=2.424 6(2) nm³，Z=4，D_c=1.398 g·cm^-3，μ=0.843mm^-1，F(000)=1 064，R=0.042 4，wR=0.116 6。化合物3晶体属单斜晶系，空间群为P2₁/c，晶体学参数为：a=1.104 22(7) nm，b=2.860 1(1) nm，c=1.114 13(7)nm，β=114.589(5)°，V=3.199 5(3) nm³，Z=4，D_c=1.398 g·cm^-3，μ=0.667 mm^-1，F(000)=1 416，R=0.057 6，wR=0.1535。在化合物1晶体中，酮肟分子之间通过分子间氢键形成二维网状结构。在化合物2中，每个镍(Ⅱ)离子由1个3-(水杨酰肼)-丁基-2-酮肟的2个氮原子和1个氧原子，2个吡啶分子中的2个氮原子和1个乙酸根中的1个氧原子形成畸变的NiN₄O₂八面体配位构型，存在分子内氢键O-H(肟)…O(乙酸根)和O-H(酚)…N(酰肼)。在化合物3晶体中，每个镍(Ⅱ)离子由2个3-(水杨酰肼)-丁基-2-酮肟的4个氮原子和2个氧原子配位，形成畸变的NiN₄O₂八面体配位构型。晶体中存在O-H…O和O-H…N两种分子内氢键和O-H…O分子间氢键。