Some palladium(II) and platinum(II) lead bonded complexes

Complexes of the type M(PPh₃)₂(PbPh₃)₂ [M = Pd, (Ia) and Pt, (Ib)] have been prepared by oxidative addition of hexaphenyldilead to M(PPh₃)₄. The compound Pt(PPh₃)₂(PbPh₃)₂, (Ib), slowly decomposes in dichloromethane to give cis-Pt(PPh₃)₂(PbPh₃)Ph, (II). which can also be obtained by treating (Ib) with the stoichiometric amount of LiPh. Reaction of Pt(PPh₃)₄ with hexamethyldidead gives the complex Pt(PPh₃)₂(PbMe₃)Me directly.The MPb bonds are easily cleaved by bromine, iodine and hydrogen bromide. The X-ray structure of (II) has been determined using three-dimensional counter data and refined by the least-square method (R = 0.07). The crystals are monoclinic a = 22.501, b = 10.502, c = 24.120 Å, β = 113.43°, space group P2₁/c with Z = 4. The complex exhibits a cis configuration, with the coordination around the platinum atom essentially square-planar: the PtPb and PtC(phenyl)bond lengths are 2.698(1) and 2.055(3)Å, respectively.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of new oxorhenium and oxotechnetium complexes with XN2S-tetradentate semi-rigid ligands (X = O, S, N)

Twelve novel oxo-technetium and oxo-rhenium complexes based on N2S2-, N2SO- or N3S-tetradentate semi-rigid ligands have been synthesised and studied herein. By reacting the ligands with a slight excess of suitable [MO]3+ precursor (ReOCl3(PPh3)2 or [NBu4][99gTcOCl4]), the monoanionic complexes of general formula [MO(Ph-XN2S)]- could be easily produced in high yield. The complexes have been characterized by means of IR, electrospray mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, NMR and conductimetry. The crystal structures of [PPh4][ReO(Ph-ON2S)] 1b and [NBu4][99gTcO(Ph-ON2S)] 1c have been established. The [MO]3+ moiety was coordinated via the two deprotonated amide nitrogens, the oxygen and the terminal sulfur atoms in 1b and 1c. In both compounds, the ON2S coordination set is in the equatorial plane, and the complexes adopted a distorted square-pyramidal geometry with an axial oxo-group. The chemical and structural identity of the different prototypic complexes (rhenium, 99gTc complexes and their corresponding 99mTc radiocomplexes) have been also established by a comparative HPLC study.     

THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE POTENTIAL ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT 2-PYRIDYL-PHENYL SULPHONE

Abstract

Crystals of 2-pyridyl-phenyl sulphone are monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, with eight molecules in the unit cell of dimensions a = 11.781, b = 5.903, c = 29.748 Å and B = 94.13°. The dihedral angles between the best planes of the two aromatic rings are significantly different in two crystallographically independent molecules (88.4° and 71.9° for molecule A and molecule B, respectively), as well as those between the CSC plane and the pyridine ring (59.4° and 67.4°) and between the CSC plane and the phenyl ring (51.7° and 81.8°). The average bond distances of interest include C?S 1.77(1) and S?O 1.44(1) Å; among the bond angles there are CSO = 108.1(7), CSC = 105.0(6) and OSO = 118.7(6)°. The packing of the molecule in the crystal is determined by the van der Waals interactions and by two intermolecular H?O contacts of 2.43 and 2.49 Å. The observed conformation in the solid state agrees well with results of previous investigations, in the solution state, by means of dipole moment method and theoretical M.O. calculations, for the analogous di-2-pyridyl sulphone.     

Molecular modeling, theoretical calculations and property evaluation of three muscarinic agonists. X-ray structures of LU 25-109 and WAL 2014

LU 25-109 (II) and WAL 2014 (talsaclidine, III) are two M1 muscarinic agonists chemically related to the natural substance arecoline (I). All these compounds have beneficial effects on memory and cognition in animals and humans, and they have been proposed in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but only III will likely find a place in therapy. In this work we have investigated the solid state structures of II and III, and the X-ray structures of the two molecules and of the parent compound I have been used to input a series of computational chemistry efforts.

In particular, the X-ray geometries have been manipulated to model 20 molecular structures (1–20) which have been submitted to ab initio, semiempirical quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics calculations. The conformational space accessible to the 20 structures has been assessed by means of potential energy maps. The reactivities of 1–20 have been estimated by examining at the graphics terminal the composition and the extension of the frontier orbitals (HOMOs and LUMOs) and of the molecular electrostatic potential. The information obtained has been interpreted to explain the different degrees of activity shown by I–III. Our data indicate that III has better in vivo activity for its intermediate size, less polar surface, conformational rigidity and orientation of reactive domains.     

Polydentate phosphinoamine ligands: a class of efficient chelating agents for the stabilization of various technetium(V) and rhenium(V) cores

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Crystal and molecular structure of bis(protonated thiamine) tetrachlorodioxouranium(VI)

The crystal and molecular structure of bis(protonated thiamine) tetrachlorodioxouranium(VI), [C₁₂H₁₈ClN₄OS]₂ UO₂Cl₄, has been determined from three-dimensional X-ray diffractometer data. The crystals are monoclinic:P2₁/n,a = 11.199,b = 6.968,c = 23.675 Å, = 97.50°,Z = 2.The structure was determined by Fourier methods and refined by least squares toR = 0.062, using 1675 observed reflections.The structure contains octahedral [UO₂ Cl₄]^2–ions with average U-Cl and U-O distances of 2.67(1) and 1.78(1) Å, respectively.The organic portion of the molecule resembles that of previously reported thiamine structures. The failure to find the hydrogen atoms no doubt prevented our determining either which nitrogen atom is protonated or, with certainty, the hydrogen-bonding distribution.     

Solid-state structures and conformational studies of four 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine Alzheimer's disease therapeutics

The solid-state structures of four 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridines [tacrine hydrochloride monohydrate (1), 7-methoxytacrine hydrochloride monohydrate (2), velnacrine hydrogenmaleate (3) and suronacrine hydrogenmaleate (4)] were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. (1): monoclinic,P2₁/n, a=8.778(1),b=8.521(1),c=17.603(2)Å, =101.34(1)°. (2): monoclinic,C2/c, a=12.326(7),b=18.050(9),c=13.822(8)Å, =113.70(4)°. (3): triclinic, ,a=7.349(2),b=9.417(3),c=12.557(4)Å, =109.62(2), =98.12(2), =101.18(2)°. (4): monoclinic,P2₁/n, a=8.513(6),b=18.74(1),c=13.401(6)Å, =91.21(5)°. FinalR factors for compounds(1)–(4) are 0.047, 0.057, 0.057, 0.11, respectively. The overall arrangement of the common aminotetrahydroacridine skeleton looks similar in all derivatives. However, whereas enantiomerization of the unsubstituted cyclohexenyl rings occurs in (1) and (2), onlyquasi-axially hydroxyl substituted diastereomers are found for (3) and (4). This is presumably due to the different propensities for hydrogen bonding of axially vs. equatorially disposed hydroxyl groups with the hydrogenmaleate anions. Empirical and semiempirical calculations were performed to examine the conformational behavior of the four compounds, bothin vacuo and in solution.     

Solid state conformational parameters in dibenzo[b,f]heteroepin drugs: Crystal structures of 3-methoxy-10-methyl-11-phenyldibenzo[b,f]thiepine and 3-allyloxy-10-ethyl-11-phenyldibenzo[b,f]oxepine

The structures of 3-methoxy-10-methyl-11-phenyldibenzo[b, f]thiepine (I) [C₂₂H₁₈OS, tetragonal,I4₁/a, witha=33.81(1),c=6.065(5)Å,Z=16] and 3-allyloxy-10-ethyl-11-phenyldibenzo[b,f]oxepine (II) [C₂₅H₂₂O₂, mono-clinic,P2₁/c,a=12.115(7),b=16.316(9),c=10.136(7)Å,=105.05(9)°,Z=4] have been determined by the symbolic addition procedure and refined by least-squares method to anR of 0.090 for 784 diffractometer-measured reflections (I) and to anR of 0.083 for 442 reflections (II). The dihedral angle between the phenyl-ring mean planes is 111.3° in (I) and 121.1° in (II), the middle seven-membered ring has the boat conformation, and the tricyclic moiety has twist and skew values of 6° and 0.42 Å in (I) and 0.3° and 0.79 Å in (II). The overall conformational characteristic for the tricyclic (6, 7, 6)-dibenzo[b,f]heteroepin derivatives have been reviewed to gain a better understanding of what requirements may be important for interaction of drugs of this class at the receptor site.