Naphthalene complexes: V. Arene exchange reactions in naphthalenechromium complexes

Di-η⁶-naphthalenechromium(0) (1) reacts at 150°C with benzene to yield (η⁶-naphthalene)(η⁶-benzene)chromium(0) (3) in 76% yield. In the presence of THF, 1 undergoes Lewis base catalyzed arene exchange at 80°C. Reactions of 1 with substituted arenes yield the mixed sandwich complexes 4 and 6–10 (arene = 1,4-C₆H₄Me₂, 1,3,5-C₆H₃Me₃, C₆Me₆, 1,4-C₆H₄(OMe)₂, 1,4-C₆H₄F₂ and 1,4-C₁₀H₆Me₂). In all but one case (with 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene) exchange of a single naphthalene ligand is observed. In marked contrast to the lability of 1, dimesitylenechromium(0) (5) is inert to arene displacement in benzene up to 240°C. The molecular structure of 3 has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The crystal data are as follows: a 7.784(1), b 13.411(2), c 22.772(5) Å, Z = 8, space group Pbca. The structure was refined to a R_w value of 0.043. The naphthalene ligand in 3 is nearly planar and parallel to the approximately eclipsed benzene ring. Metal atom-ring distances are 1.631(9) and 1.611(4) Å for naphthalene and benzene, respectively. Catalyzed and uncatalyzed naphthalene exchanges in the sandwich complex are compared to the analogous reactions with the Cr(CO)₃ complex 2. Naphthalene exchange in 2 in benzene is 10³ to 10⁴ times faster than arene exchange in other arenetricarbonylchromium compounds. The mild conditions for Lewis base catalyzed naphthalene exchange make 2 a good precursor of other arenetricarbonylchromium compounds. Examples include the Cr(CO)₃ complexes of styrene, benzocyclobutene, 1-ethoxybenzocyclobutene, 1,8-dimethoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene and 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene.     

Study of optically active heteroligand chelate complexes. VII. Heteroligand complexes as models of intermediate complexes in enantioselective hydrogenation catalysis

Conclusions A mechanism is proposed for the enantioselective hydrogenation of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate (methyl acetoacetate) over skeletal Cu, Ni, and Co catalysts modified by aromatic amino acids, using stereochemical regularities found for heteroligand Cu, Ni, and Co(II) complexes, with acetylacetone (ethyl acetoacetate) and aromatic amino acids in solution.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 545–551, March, 1980.     

Polymer complexes. XVI

Polymer complexes of 5-vinylsalicylidene aniline with some transition metal salts were prepared and characterised by elemental analyses, IR, electronic spectroscopy and magnetic moment measurements. Thermal stabilities of the polymer complexes were compared with poly(5-vinylsalicylidene) aniline homopolymer, and the order of stabilities of the complexes was given. The activation energies of the polymer complexes were calculated.

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Zusammenfassung Polymerkomplexe von 5-Vinylsalizylidenanilin mit einigen Übergangsmetallsalzen wurden dargestellt und mittels Elementaranalyse, IR, Elektronenspektroskopie und magnetischen Momentmessungen charakterisiert. Die thermische Stabilität der Polymerkomplexe wurde mit der des Homopolymers Poly(5-Vinylsalizyliden)-anilin verglichen. Die Aktivierungsenergien der Polymerkomplexe wurden berechnet.

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Polyelectrolyte complexes. I. Synthesis and characterization of some insoluble polyanion-polycation complexes

The synthesis of some water-insoluble synthetic polyelectrolyte complexes formed between a weak polyanion and a strong polycation was followed. Sodium salts of poly(acrylic acid) and of some copolymers of acrylic acid with itaconic acid or maleic acid were used as anionic polymers. Cationic polyelectrolytes with quaternary ammonium salt groups in the main chain were used as strong polycations. The cationic polymers were different as concerns both the content of quaternary nitrogen atoms and the degree of branching. The complex formation was followed by the variation of the conductivity and of the specific viscosity of the reaction medium as well as by the turbidimetric titration versus the unit molar ratio polyanion/polycation. The deviation of the endpoint from stoichiometry was influenced mainly by the structure of the complementary polymers and by their molecular weights. The greater the structural differences, the higher the endpoint deviation from stoichiometry. Only insoluble polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) were obtained in all the polyanion/polycation systems taken into account. The PECs were separated and characterized by elemental and spectral analyses as compared with the complementary polymers. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Thermal decomposition of metal complexes. X. uranyl nitrate—phenylurea complexes

The kinetics and mechanism of the thermal association process (solid—solid interaction) and the reverse dissociative process

(where n-2–5;=m1–4; n+ m= 3–6) is discussed. The “ activation energy” and the reaction order have been evaluated. It was found that the associative reaction is chemically controlled whereas the dissociative process is physical in nature; therefore no mutual agreement was found between theE^*_a values relative to the two associative and dissociative processes.     

Thermochemistry of molecular complexes. 4. Molecular complexes of I2 with chloromethylbenzenes

The enthalpy of formation for twelve molecular complexes of I₂ with chloromethylbenzene molecules in CCl₄ have been determined. The wavelength of maximum absorption for each complex is also reported. The formation enthalpy for the complexes appears to depend strongly on the number and type of substituent groups attached to the benzene ring, but only weakly on the location of the substituent group on the ring. This suggests that it should be possible to predict formation enthalpies for a wide variety of complexes of this type based on a limited number of experimental measurements.     

Semiconducting polymers based on charge-transfer complexes. III. Complexing and chemical stability of charge-transfer complexes in solution

10-Methylphenothiazine and p-(methylthio)anisole were compared to polymers which contained these donor molecules on the side chains of N-acyl-substituted polyethylenimines. Charge-transfer absorption spectra were compared for these donors with the acceptors: dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone, tetracyanoquinodimethane, tetracyanoethylene, and 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone. Benesi-Hildebrand plots show that the formation of the polymer complexes have 3 to 50 times higher equilibrium constants than those of the corresponding model complexes. This can be explained by complexing parallel to the polymer backbone. The polymer has the proper geometry for complexing (6.4 Å, repeat distance in the polymer backbone), and an acceptor molecule can therefore be inserted between two adjacent donor molecules for increased stability. Shifts of the absorption maxima to longer wavelength for some of the polymer complexes can be rationalized by the probability that in the polymer, an acceptor is sandwiched between two donors and thus forms 2:1 complexes; the extra resonance energy may shift the absorption maximum to longer wavelength. A second possible explanation is based on solvation of the complex which reduces the energy of the excited state. Polymers absorb mainly in the complex form. Model compounds absorb mainly by contact charge transfer, which is nonsolvated and thus occurs at higher energy or shorter wavelength. Extinction coefficients are higher for the model complexes than for the polymer complexes. Contact charge transfer, which can contribute in greater proportion to the model than to the polymer complexes, explains this. The amount of contact charge transfer can be calculated simply from the probability of a donor being in the solvent shell of an acceptor. Complex decomposition rates were determined based on measuring changes in the intensities of the charge-transfer absorption spectra. Dichlorodicyanoquinone complexes were unstable, while the other complexes were stable.     

Polymer complexes. LXXVIII. Synthesis and characterization of supramolecular uranyl polymer complexes: Determination of the bond lengths of uranyl ion in polymer complexes

The UO₂(II) polymer complexes (1–5) of azo dye ligands 5(4`‐derivatives phenylazo)‐8‐hydroxy‐7‐quinolinecarboxaldehyde (HL_x) were prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, ¹H NMR, IR spectra, thermal analysis and X‐ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The molecular geometrical structures and quantum chemical of the ligands (HL_x) and their tautomeric forms (D and G) were calculated. Molecular docking between the HL_x ligands and their tautomeric form with two receptors of the breast cancer (1JNX) and the prostate cancer (2Q7K) was discussed. From the histogram of the HOMO–LUMO energy gap (ΔE) and the estimated free energy of binding of the receptors of prostate cancer (2Q7K) and breast cancer (1JNX) for the ligands (HL_x), it is observed that the ΔE values of the ligands (HL_x) increases in the order HL₂ < HL₃ < HL₄ < HL₁ < HL₅. The electronic structures and coordination were determined from a framework for the modeling of the formed polymer complexes. From the IR spectra of the polymer complexes, the symmetric stretching frequency υ₃ values of UO₂²⁺ were used for the determination of the force constant (F_U‐O (in 10^?8 N/?)) and the bond length (R_U‐O (?)) of the U–O bond by using Wilson, G. F. matrix method, McGlynn & Badger's formula and El‐Sonbati equations. The plot of the bond distance r_U‐O (r₁, r₂, r₃, and r_t) vs. υ₃ was showed straight lines with increase in the value of υ₃ and decrease in r_U‐O.     

Cationic metal nitrosyl complexes. IV. Polymerization of olefins with dinitrosyl iron complexes

The polymerization of styrene was performed with new cationic iron complexes, (Fe(N-O)₂S_n)⁺PF₆^?(BF₄^?, CIO₄^?), where S_n represents solvent molecules such as CH₂Cl₂, THF, and MeCN. Kinetic experiments showed a first-order dependence of (R_p)₀ on the monomer and iron complex concentrations. The molecular weight determinations suggested that the termination process is fast and occurs by chain transfer to monomer. An extension of this polymerization to α-methylstyrene, isobutene, tetrahydrofuran, and styrene-methylmethacrylmate system emphasized the cationic nature of the reaction.     

Transmission of trans effects in dinuclear complexes.

The substitution of a terminal hydride ligand in the complexes [Ir(2)(mu-H)(mu-Pz)(2)H(3)(L)P(i)Pr(3))(2)] (L = NCCH(3) (1) or pyrazole (3)) by chloride provokes a significant change in the lability of the L ligand, despite the fact that the substituted hydride and the L ligand lie in opposite extremes of the diiridium(III) complexes. Detailed structural studies of complex 3 and its chloro-trihydride analogue [Ir(2)(mu-H)(mu-Pz)(2)H(2)Cl(HPz)(P(i)Pr(3))(2)] (4) have shown that this behavior is a consequence of the transmission of ligand trans effects from one extreme of the molecule to the other, with the participation of the bridging hydride. Extended Hückel calculations on model diiridium complexes have suggested that such trans effect transmissions are due to the formation of molecular orbitals of sigma symmetry extended along the backbones of the complexes. This is also an expected feature for metal-metal bonded complexes. The feasibility of the transmission of ligand trans effects and trans influences through metal-metal bonds and its relevance to the understanding of both the reactivity and structures of metal-metal bonded dinuclear compounds have been substantiated through structural studies and selected reactions of the diiridium(II) complexes [Ir(2)(mu-1,8-(NH)(2)naphth)I(CH(3))(CO)(2)(P(i)Pr(3))(2)] (isomers 6 and 7) and their cationic derivatives [Ir(2)(mu-1,8-(NH)(2)naphth)(CH(3))(CO)(2)(P(i)Pr(3))(2)](CF(3)SO(3)) (isomers 8 and 9).     

Thermochemistry of molecular complexes. 5. Molecular complexes of I2 with ethylbenzenes andn-alkylbenzenes

The enthalpies of formation and equilibrium constants are reported for molecular complexes of I₂ with five ethylbenzene and ninen-alkylbenzene donor molecules in CCl₄. The wavelength of maximum absorbance for each complex is also reported. For ethylbenzene donor molecules, the formation enthalpy and equilibrium constant for the complexes depend strongly on the number of ethyl groups attached to the benzene ring, but only weakly on the position of the groups. For then-alkylbenzene donor molecules, both the formation enthalpy and equilibrium constant for complex formation are indenpendent of the length of the alkyl chain. These results are consistent with previous observations on weak complexes of I₂ with substituted benzene donors.     

Sigma complexes in the pyrimidine series. 3. Some transformations of anionic sigma complexes of 5-nitropyrimidines

It is shown that sigma complexes of 5-nitropyrimidines with acetonide are protonated at the ring nitrogen atom in acidic media to give 5-nitroacetonyldihydropyrimidines. The latter are oxidized by dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone to 5-nitroacetonylpyrimidines.See [1] for Communication 2.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 823–826, June, 1981.     

Mixed-ligand complexes of copper VII. Polarographic studies on copper-carboxylate-aminocarboxylate complexes

The formation constants of mixed-ligand complexes with hetero donors of the type CuAB where A is a carboxylic acid such as lactic acid or oxalic acid and B is an α−or β-amino acid are studied by polarography. The mixed-ligand stabilisation constant clearly indicates the preferred formation of copper(II) mixedligand complexes with hetero donors over homo donors. The other driving forces leading to the favoured formation of mixed-ligand complexes are also discussed.