Protolytic Equilibria of Some N,N-Bis(2-carboxyethyl)aminoazobenzenesulfonic Acids in Aqueous Solution

4-[4-Bis(2-carboxyethyl)aminophenylazo]benzenesulfonic acid and 4-[2-bis(2-carboxyethyl)amino-4,5-dimethylphenylazo]benzenesulfonic acid were synthesized for the first time by azo coupling of diazosulfanilic acid with N,N-bis(2-carboxyethyl)aniline and N,N-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-3,4-xylidine, respectively. The acid ionization constants of the products were determined, their electron absorption spectra were measured, and schemes of acid-base equilibria in aqueous solution were proposed.     

Reactions of dodecacarbonyltriruthenium with α,β-unsaturated ketones. Crystal and molecular structures of two reaction products

The thermal reactions of Ru₃(CO)₁₂ with RCOCH=CHPh (R=Me, p-MeC₆H₄) in hydrocarbon solvents lead to the formation of a series of complexes, several of which have been isolated as individual compounds by chromatography. The dinuclear complex Ru₂(-H)(CO)₆(-MeCOCH=CPh) and the tetranuclear complex Ru₄(-H)(-CO)(CO)₇(p-MeC ₆H₄ COCH=CPh)(-p-MeC₆H₄COCH=CPh)(₄-p-MeC₆H₃COCH=CHPh) are characterized by an X-ray structural study. The structures of other reaction products are discussed on the basis of spectral data. The reactions are accompanied by reduction of the starting enones to the corresponding unsaturated ketones.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1285–1293, July, 1993.     

Protolytic properties and complexation with copper(II) ions of some azo derivatives of β-arylaminopropionic acids

The azo coupling reaction of N-(2-carboxyethyl)anthranilic acid and N,N,N′,N′-tetrabis(2-carboxyethyl)-1,3-phenylenediamine with diazosulfanilic acid yielded the complexones sodium 4-N-(2-carboxyethyl)amino-5-carboxyazobenzene-4′-sulfonate (I) and 2,4-N,N,N′,N′-tetrabis(2-carboxyethyl)diaminoazobenzene-4′-sulfonic acid (II), respectively. The acidity constants of I and II (20°C, μ = 0.1M KCl) were determined to be as follows: for I, pK ₀₀ = 1.29 ± 0.13, pK ₀ = 2.92 ± 0.07, pK ₁ = 3.92 ± 0.05, pK ₂ = 5.16 ± 0.03; for II, pK ₀₀ = 2.35 ± 0.06, pK ₀ = 2.81 ± 0.09, pK ₁ = 3.21 ± 0.11, pK ₂ = 3.81 ± 0.09, pK ₃ = 4.34 ± 0.04, pK ₄ = 5.03 ± 0.06, pK ₅ = 6.67 ± 0.07. The electronic absorption spectra of I and II were measured, and acid-base equilibrium scheme for I and II in aqueous solutions were suggested. The complexation constants of I and II with copper(II) ions were determined to be logK _CuQ^I= 5.47 ± 0.06 and logK _CuQ^II= 5.72 ± 0.13 (20°C, μ = 0.1 M KCl).     

Fluorescence of N,N-di(2-carboxyethyl)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-anisidine in solution and crystalline states

The fluorescence properties of N,N-di(2-carboxyethyl)-p-anisidine (I) in solvents of various nature and in the crystalline state have been studied at room temperature (273 K) and at the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77 K). Fluorescence in aqueous solutions of I with protonated (λ _ex /λ _fl ^max = 225/290 nm) and unprotonated (λ _ex /λ _fl ^max = 270/380 nm) amino nitrogen has been detected. On going from aqueous solutions to nonaqueous, the fluorescence band of unprotonated I experiences a blue shift and its intensity rises. The fluorescence intensity of the band in aprotic polar solvents is higher than that in protic solvents. A linear dependence of the fluorescence intensity of deprotonated I on Cu(II) concentration (ranging from 1.0 to 5.0 mg/dm³) in aqueous solution has been found. The fluorescence intensity of I in aqueous solutions at 77 K and pH 1–6 has been shown to increase in the presence of Zn(II) (1–170 mg/dm³) and Cd(II) (2–330 mg/dm³) although a similar dependence is not observed at 293 K.     

Selected properties of bi- and trinuclear complexes prepared by the reactions of Ru3(CO)12 with β-substituted oxadienes

The reactions of Ru₃(CO)₁₂with 4-phenylbut-3-an-2-ine (1a), 3-phenyl-1-p-tolylprop-2-an-1-ine (1b), and 1,3-diferrocenylprop-2-an-1-ine (1c) afforded the Ru₂(CO)₆(-H)(O=C(R¹)C(H)=C(R²)) (2) and Ru₃(CO)₈(O=C(R¹)C(H)=C(R²))₂(3) complexes. Dissolution of these complexes in CHCl₃or CH₂Cl₂gave rise to the Ru₂(CO)₄(-Cl)₂(O=C(R¹)C(H)=C(R²)) complexes (4). The thermal transformations of complexes 2and 3in the presence of an excess of the ligand yielded the Ru₂O₂(CO)₄(³-OC(R¹)C(H)(CH₂R²)C(R²)C(H)C(R¹))₂(5) and Ru(CO)₂(O=C(R¹)C(H)=C(R²))₂(6) complexes. Analogous complexes were obtained upon more prolonged heating of the starting reaction mixtures. The structures of complexes 4a, 5a, and 6cwere established by X-ray diffraction analysis and confirmed by spectroscopic data.     

Radiothermoluminescence. II. Radiothermoluminescence of polyethylene with different chain conformations

Molecular relaxation processes in the 77–260°K interval and the structure of polyethylene melt-crystallized under normal and high pressures have been studied. The positions of relaxation transitions and activation energy for molecular relaxation were determined by radiothermoluminescence. The most intense maximum in the glow curve of the sample crystallized under normal pressure is observed in the 200–240°K interval, i.e., in the range of the β transition. In this temperature interval the β relaxation activation energy changes from 15 to 25 kcal/mole. An increase of the pressure under which crystallization takes place results in a substantial decrease of the intensity of the β maximum. This indicates that the β transition of polyethylene is most probably due to the mobility of segments on the chain-folded lamellar surface. For samples melt-crystallized under pressure between 5000 and 7000 atm, relaxation transitions were found at 150 and 190°K. Various processes of molecular relaxation appear to be associated with the maxima observed on the polyethylene glow curve.     

Triruthenium complexes obtained in the thermal reaction of Ru<Subscript>3</Subscript>(CO)<Subscript>12</Subscript> with dibenzylideneacetone

The complexes Ru₂(CO)₆(μ-H)(O=C(CH=CHPh)C(H)=CPh) (5), Ru₃(CO)₈-(O=C(CH=CHPh)C(H)=CPh)₂ (6), and Ru₃(CO)₇(O=C(CH=CPh)C(H)=CPh)-(O=C(CH₂-CH₂Ph)C(H)=CPh) (7) were obtained in the reaction of Ru₃(CO)₁₂ with dibenzylideneacetone PhCH=CHCOCH=CHPh. The structures of complexes 5 and 6 were established by NMR and IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The structure of complex 7 was established by X-ray diffraction. The structural and spectroscopic features of the complexes, as well as their possible formation and interconversion pathways are discussed.     

Copper(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">II</Emphasis>) complexes with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(2-carboxyethyl)anthranilic acid H<Subscript>2</Subscript>CEAnt. Synthesis and crystal structure of [Cu(CEAnt)(H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O)] ⋅ H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O

Protolytic equilibria and complexation of N-(2-carboxyethyl)anthranilic acid (H₂CEAnt) with copper(II) ions in aqueous solutions were studied by UV spectroscopy and pH potentiometry. The H₂CEAnt compound has no zwitterionic structure, and the protons are localized on the carboxy groups. The acid ionization constants of H₃CEAnt⁺ (T = 25 °C, I = 0.1 M KNO₃) are pK ₀ = 1.3±0.2 (=NH₂ ⁺), pK ₁ = 3.88±0.02 (Alk-COOH), and pK ₂ = 5.28±0.02 (Ar-COOH). The model of complexation of H₂CEAnt with copper(II) ions involves two deprotonated complexes [Cu(CEAnt)] and [Cu(CEAnt)₂]²⁻ (logβ = 6.31±0.04 and 8.0±0.2, respectively). The [Cu(CEAnt)(H₂O)]⋅H₂O complex was synthesized by the reaction of H₂CEAnt with (CuOH)₂CO₃, and its structure was established by X-ray diffraction. The coordination polyhedron of Cu is intermediate between the tetragonal pyramid and trigonal bipyramid. The CEAnt²⁻ ligand serves as a tetradentate chelating bridging ligand (Cu-O, 1.944(3) and 1.950(3) Å; Cu-O', 2.195(4) Å; Cu-N, 2.016(5) Å), and the fifth position of the polyhedron is occupied by a water molecule (Cu-O_w, 1.976(4) Å). Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1518–1523, July, 2005.