Conjugation effects and optical spectra of 1,2-diphosphole cycloadducts

Russian Chemical Bulletin - Quantum chemical calculations and a comparative analysis of Raman spectra of 3,4,5-triphenyl-1-propyl-1,2-diphosphole (1),...     

Organonickel σ-Complexes—Key Intermediates of Electrocatalytic Cycles

Electrochemical reduction of nickel complexes with 2,2-bipyridyl in the presence of ortho-substituted aromatic bromides or white phosphorus leads to the formation of highly reactive organonickel -complexes that are capable of selectively reacting with diverse substrates with the formation of cross-association products. Mechanisms of electrocatalytic processes involving organic halides, chlorophosphines, white phosphorus, and nickel complexes with 2,2-bipyridyl are studied by the cyclic voltammetry and preparative electrolysis methods. Key intermediates of processes that occur in metallocomplex catalysis are determined.     

The influence of the sacrificial anode nature on the mechanism of electrochemical arylation and alkylation of white phosphorus

The material of the sacrificial anode has a substantial effect on the nature and yield of the target products of electrochemical phosphorylation of organic halides by white phosphorus in the presence of the nickel complexes with 2,2"-bipyridine. The use of the zinc anode results in the products with tricoordinated phosphorus, viz., triorganylphosphines, the reaction on the aluminum anode affords triorganylphosphine oxides, and the presence of Mg²⁺ ions in the reaction mixture provides the transformation of white phosphorus into cyclic phosphines (PhP)₅.     

Electrochemical synthesis of phosphorus esters from white phosphorus in the presence of copper complexes and ethanol

In the presence of white phosphorus the redox potentials of the copper ions change and the potential of the reduction wave of Cu^I/Cu⁰ shifts noticeably toward more positive values. The Cu^I—P₄ complex is characterized by a lower value of the electrochemical gap, that is, higher polarizability and reactivity compared to those of the free Cu^I cation. Phosphorus esters can be synthesized from P₄ and ethanol. The latter is in the composition of the copper(ii) complexes, which act as a catalyst-charge mediator.     

Synthesis and molecular structure of 3,7-dimethyl-2-[N-(4-methylpyridyl-2)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-oxopyrrolen-3-yl-2]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine

Heterocyclization of 2-chloroepoxy-1,1-diethoxy-2.3-butane with 2-amino-4-methylpyridine occurred with participation of all three potential electrophilic centers to give 3,7-dimethyl-2-[N-(4-methylpyridyl-2)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-oxopyrrolen-3-yl]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, the structure of which was determined by X-ray crystallography. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, 1089–1094, July 2006.     

Reactions of Elemental Phosphorus with Electrophiles in Super Basic Systems: XVII. Phosphorylation of Arylalkenes with Active Modifications of Elemental Phosphorus

The example of the phosphorylation of styrene and 2-vinylnaphthalene with elemental phosphorus in the KOH-DMSO system at room or elevated temperature was used to show that the activated red phosphorus prepared from white phosphorus under ionizing radiation has a reactivity comparable with that of white phosphorus and significantly higher than that of ordinary technical red phosphorus.     

Electrochemical reduction of cobalt and nickel complexes with ligands stabilizing metal in low oxidation state

Electrochemical reduction of cobalt(ii) complexes containing -acceptor ligands (L = bpy, Ph₂Ppy) proceeds through three consecutive reversible steps: one-electron transfer to form a more stable Co^IL complex, transfer of two electrons at more negative potentials to form an anionic [NiL]^– complex, and reduction of the ligand to the radical anion. The stability of the cobalt complexes with different ligands decreases in the series Ph₂Ppy > Ph₃P > bpy.     

Synthesis of new macrocyclic aminomethylphosphines based on 4,4"-diaminodiphenylmethane and its derivatives

The reaction of bis(hydroxymethyl)phenylphosphine with 4,4"-diaminodiphenylmethane in DMF afforded 1,1",5,5"-bis[methylenedi(p-phenylene)]di(3,7-diphenyl-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane) (1) whose structure was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. Sulfurization and oxidation of macrocyclic tetraphosphine 1 gave rise to products 2 and 3, respectively, compound 3 being obtained as a stable hexahydrate. The reaction of bis(hydroxymethyl)phenylphosphine with bis(4-N-methylaminophenyl)methane in DMF followed by sulfurization yielded monocyclic bis{methylenedi[p-phenylene(N-methyl)aminomethyl]}di(P-phenyl)phosphine sulfide (4).