Strong, low-energy two-photon absorption in extended amine-terminated cyano-substituted phenylenevinylene oligomers

Three quadrupolar oligophenylenevinylenes with five rings in the conjugated backbone, terminal donor groups, and various acceptors and/or donors along the backbone were synthesized and their two-photon spectroscopic properties investigated. These chromophores exhibit large two-photon absorption cross sections over a wide wavelength range and two distinct peaks, the strongest of which (deltamax > 3600 GM) is observed at 960-970 nm, a wavelength close to twice the value of the linear absorption maximum (2lambda(1)max). The findings on these chromophores are compared with those for analogous molecules with shorter conjugation length, for which the main two-photon band is at significantly shorter wavelength than 2lambda(1)max.     

Syntheses and electrical conductivity of polyamides containing tetrathiafulvalene moieties in the main chain

Novel polyamides that contain tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) moieties were synthesized by direct polycondensation of Δ^2,2′ -bi-1,3-dithiole-4,4′(5′)-dicarboxylic acid with aromatic diamines in the presence of triphenylphosphine, hexachloroethane, and pyridine. Complexes of these polyamides with bromine were TTF cation radical () salts which resulted from the charge transfer of TTF moieties to bromine. The electrical conductivity of undoped polyamides increased with a decrease in diamine length. By doping the bromine the conductivity of the polyamides was enhanced by 3–5 orders of magnitude and reached 10^?5–;10^?9S cm^?1. Maximum conductivity was observed at the doping ratio of [Br]/[repeat unit] < 1. The electrical conduction in the bromine complexes may be attributed to the hopping of odd electrons of between TTF moieties.     

Intramolecular and liquid structure of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol by X-ray diffraction

Intramolecular and liquid structure of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) have been investigated by x-ray diffraction at 25°C. The structural parameters for the skeleton of the molecules in the liquid phase are similar to those in the gas phase. The conformers of TFE molecules in the liquid phase are discussed. The O...O distance at about 284 pm and additional F...O one at about 302 pm were found to be characteristic for the first neighbor interactions. Various models (dimers and trimers) have been examined for analyzing the first neighbor structure. The liquid structure was explained in terms of small clusters consisting of two to three molecules rather than of a more extended polymeric network.Central Research Institute for Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, P. O. Box 17, H-1525, Hungary.     

Coordination around thorium(IV) in aqueous perchlorate,chloride and nitrate solutions

The coordination around the thorium(IV) ion in aqueous perchlorate, chloride and nitrate solutions has been determined from large angle X-ray scattering measurements. In perchlorate solutions, where inner-sphere complexes are not formed, the first coordination sphere contains 8.0±0.5 water molecules with Th-H₂O bond lengths of 2.48₅ Å. In chloride solutions inner-sphere complexes are formed, which lead to an increase in the coordination number. In nitrate solutions the nitrate ions are bonded as bidentate ligands to the thorium ion. The bond lengths are similar to those found in crystalline hydrates of thorium nitrate. The coordination numbers found for thorium(IV) in solution are compared with previously reported values for lower charged ions of similar size.On leave from Department of Inorganic Chemistry Royal Institute of Technology S-10044 Stockholm Sweden     

Structure determination of zinc iodide complexes formed in aqueous solution

Structures of the complexes formed in aqueous solutions between zinc(II) and iodide ions have been determined from large-angle X-ray scattering, Raman and far-IR measurements. The coordination in the hydrated Zn²⁺ hexaaqua ion and the first iodide complex, [ZnI]⁺, is octahedral, but is changed into tetrahedral in the higher complexes, [ZnI₂(H₂O)₂], [ZnI₃(H₂O)]^– and [ZnI₄]^2–. The Zn-I bond length is 2.635(4)Å in the [ZnI₄]^2– ion and slightly shorter, 2.592(6)Å, in the two lower tetrahedral complexes. In the octahedral [ZnI(H₂O)₅]⁺ complex the Zn-I bond length is 2.90(1)Å. The Zn-O bonding distances in the complexes are approximately the same as that in the hydrated Zn²⁺ ion, 2.10(1)Å.     

The Structure of Nickel(Ii) and Copper(Ii) Complexes with 1,4,8,11-Tetraazacyclotetradecanein Aqueous Solution as Studied by the X-Ray Diffraction Method

The structure of 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) complexes with nickel(II) and copper(II) ions in aqueous solution has been determined by the x-ray diffraction method at 25°C. The [Ni-(cyclam)]²⁺ complex has a square-planar structure with four nitrogen atoms of the cyclam, and the Ni-N bond length has been determined to be 198 pm. Upon the addition of ammonia, the color of the nickel(II)-cyclam solution turns to deep purple and the [Ni(NH₃)₂(cyclam)]²⁺ complex is formed. The complex has a regular octahedral structure with an additional two NH₃ molecules along the axis vertical of the cyclam plane, and the Ni-N (NH₃ and cyclam) bond lengths are 209 pm. The copper(II)-cyclam complex in the aqueous solution is a distorted octahedron with two water molecules along the elongated axis. The axial Cu—O and equatorial Cu—N bond lengths are 277 and 210 pm, respectively.     

Chiroptical studies of sugars. Part IV. Proposal of the glycosidic heteroatom [helicity rule in 1-thio-D-glycopyranosides

1-Thio-$\text{D}$-dlycopyranosides gave CD bands at 220 nm (n→δ^* of glycosidic sulfur). Their [θ] were shown as the sum of the two effects from ring oxygen and -OH at C-2, leading to the glycosidic heteroatom helicity rule to predict the configurations and conformations at C-1 and C-2.     

A potentiometric study on complex formation of cadmium(II) ion with 2-mercaptoacetic and 2-mercaptopropionic acids

Complex equilibria between cadmium ions and 2-mercaptoacetic acid (H₂maa) or 2-mercaptopropionic acid (H₂mpa) have been studied in aqueous solutions containing 3 mol dm^?3 LiClO₄ as a constant ionic medium at 25°C by potentiometric titration. Formation constants of mono-η and bis-2-mercaptoalkanoato)cadmium complexes were found to ge log K₁₁ = 4.34 and log K₁₂ = 2.15 for the cadmium-H₂maa complexes, and log K₁₁ = 5.66 and log K₁₂ = 2.85 for the cadmium-H₂mpa complexes, respectively. The protonated complexes, CdHmaa⁺ and CdHmpa⁺, and a mixed ligand complex, Cd(maa)(mpa)²- were also detected.