Heavy Group 15 Element Pacman Complexes.

Seven new phases containing hexachloroplatinate [PtCl6]2− and trans-1,2-dl-diammoniumcyclohexane 1,2-C6H10NH322+ ions were obtained by crystallization from solutions with minor variation of synthesis conditions. The compounds can be applied as precursors for the synthesis of effective anticancer drug tetraplatin ([PtC6H10(NH2)2Cl4]). The phase diversity was achieved by alterations including solvent acidity, crystallization rate, temperature, type of solvent, and the reagents ratio. The compounds were characterized by chemical and thermal analysis, IR, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Crystal structures of the five compounds were determined by X-ray powder diffraction technique. The phases have ionic structures involving H2O, HCl molecules, or Cl− ions as supplementary species in the lattices. It helps to arrange some frames additionally interconnected by hydrogen bonds between ions and solvent molecules. It was suggested that crystal lattices adapted associated particles presented in solutions. It results in observed variety of the crystal structures. Besides the basic interest the obtained results are important for tetraplatin synthesis control.

Pyridinium and indolium-derived aminocarbene complexes of platinum and palladium were prepared by oxidative addition of pyridinium and 2-chloro-indolium carbene precursors. These complexes were synthesized in order to study the degree to which aminocarbene ligands pi-bond with the transition-metals to which they are bound. X-Ray crystal structures show minimal multiple bonding in the indole examples and a measurable shortening of the pyridine-2-ylidene Pt–C distance (1.959(3) A) compared with typical Pt–C bonds (2.01(1) A). The kinetics of associative DMSO substitution trans to the pyridine-2-ylidene ligand indicate a stabilization of the trigonal bipyramidal transition structure that is due to pi-acidity of the carbene carbon. This pi-acidity is responsible for 4-orders of magnitude acceleration in the associative substitution rate compared with a structurally similar phenyl donor. The relative rates of methane, methanol and dimethylether C–H activation by [(N-N)PtMe(TFE-d3)]+ ((N-N) = ArN=C(Me)-C(Me)=NAr Ar = 3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl, TFE-d3 = CF3CD2OD) were studied by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Methane activation kinetics were conducted at 300-1000 psi of methane pressure in single crystal sapphire NMR tubes (k = 1.6 ± 0.4 x 10-3 M-1s-1, 330 K; k = 2.7 ± 0.2 x 10-4 M-1s-1, 313 K). Deuterium scrambling studies indicate that displacement of TFE-d3 from the platinum center by methane's C–H bond is slower than the subsequent C–H oxidative cleavage and hence the rate-determining step in methane C–H activation. The kinetics of methanol and dimethylether C–H activation were studied with 1H NMR spectroscopy and shown to be inhibited by a preequilibrium binding of the substrates oxygen lone-pair to the metal center. A small kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 1.4 ± 0.1) and the observed concentration dependence suggest that the reaction proceeds by rate determining displacement of the coordinated trifluoroethanol by the C-H bonds of methanol (k = 2.0 ± 0.2 x 10-3 M-1s-1, Keq = 0.0042 ± 0.0006, 330 K). A similar concentration dependence is observed in the activation of dimethylether (k = 5.5 ± 0.5 x 10-4 M-1s-1, Keq = 0.020 ± 0.002, 313 K). Comparison of these second order rate constants (k(Methane)/k(Methanol) = 1/1.3, 330 K; k(Methane)/k(Dimethylether) = 1/2, 313 K) shows that the selectivity of this ligand substitution step matches the selectivity previously reported by our group for oxidizing methyl and hydroxymethyl groups with aqueous tetrachloroplatinate (1/1.5). These data strongly suggest a similar rate-determining step under the Shilov conditions.

Synthetic Co(III) complexes containing N5 donor sets undergo glutathionylation to generate biomimetic species of glutathionylcobalamin (GSCbl), an important form of cobalamin (Cbl) found in nature. For this study, a new Co(III) complex was synthesized derived from the polypyridyl pentadentate N5 ligand N4PyCO(2)Me (1). The compound [Co(N4PyCO(2)Me)Cl]Cl(2) (3) was characterized by X-ray crystallography, UV-vis, IR, (1)H NMR, and (13)C NMR spectroscopies and mass spectrometry (HRMS). Reaction of 3 with glutathione (GSH) in H(2)O generates the biomimetic species [Co(N4PyCO(2)Me)(SG)](2+) (5), which was generated in situ and characterized by UV-vis and (1)H NMR spectroscopies and HRMS. (1)H NMR and UV-vis spectroscopic data are consistent with ligation of the cysteine thiolate of GSH to the Co(III) center of 5, as occurs in GSCbl. Kinetic analysis indicated that the substitution of chloride by GS(-) occurs by a second-order process [k(1) = (10.1 ± 0.7) × 10(-2) M(-1) s(-1)]. The observed equilibrium constant for formation of 5 (K(obs) = 870 ± 50 M(-1)) is about 3 orders of magnitude smaller than for GSCbl. Reaction of the Co(III) complex [Co(Bn-CDPy3)Cl]Cl(2) (4) with GSH generates glutathionylated species [Co(Bn-CDPy3)(GS)](2+) (6), analogous to 5. Glutathionylation of 4 occurs at a similar rate [k(2) = (8.4 ± 0.5) × 10(-2) M(-1) s(-1)], and the observed equilibrium constant (K(obs) = 740 ± 47 M(-1)) is slightly smaller than for 5. Glutathionylation showed a significant pH dependence, where rates increased with pH. Taken together, these results suggest that glutathionylation is a general reaction for Co(III) complexes related to Cbl.

195Pt, 1H, and 13C NMR spectroscopy was used to study the structure of binuclear platinum(III) acetamidate complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2′-bipyridine ligands [Pt2(phen)2(acam)4](NO3)2 (1) and [Pt2(bipy)2(acam)4](NO3)2 (2) in aqueous solutions. The 195Pt NMR spectra of solutions of complexes 1 and 2 in D2O exhibit two signals with satellites due to the 195Pt–195Pt spin-spin coupling (1J(Pt–Pt) ≈ 6345 Hz), whereas their 1H and 13C NMR spectra contain four sets of signals for the protons and the carbon atoms of the heterocyclic and acetamidate ligands. The signals were assigned using the COSY, NOESY, and HSQC/ HMBC experiments and comparing the coordination shifts of the signals for the protons of heterocycles. These data allowed us to draw a conclusion that binuclear complexes 1 and 2 in solution have a head-to-head structure with nonequivalent platinum(III) atoms (coordination cores PtN5 and PtN3O2), the axial-equatorial coordination of the bidentate heterocyclic molecules, and two bridging and two terminal acetamidate ligands.

Syntheses, crystal structures and antimicrobial activities of monomeric 8-coordinate, and dimeric and monomeric 7-coordinate bismuth(III) complexes with tridentate and pentadentate thiosemicarbazones and pentadentate semicarbazone ligands

Mononuclear and halide‐bridged dinuclear palladium(II) complexes with symmetrically (1 and 3) and nonsymmetrically (2, 4–6) substituted benzimidazolin‐2‐ylidene N‐heterocyclic carbene ligands were synthesized and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and X‐ray crystallography. The mononuclear complexes exist as a mixture of cis and trans isomers, and the identity of these was ascertained by NMR spectroscopy and structural characterization. The dinuclear complexes 4–6 with nonsymmetrically substituted benzimidazolin‐2‐ylidene ligands form rotamers (cis/anti, cis/syn, trans/anti, and trans/syn) at room temperature, which can be transformed to a single rotamer at higher temperatures as evidenced by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Crystal structure analyses of representative examples show that the PdII centers are bound in a distorted square‐planar environment by halides and carbene C ligands, and the carbene ligands are perpendicular to the Pd–halide plane. All of the complexes were tested for their efficiency as (pre)catalysts in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reaction, as well as in hydrodehalogenation reactions, and they show good activity. The Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions can be performed under air and in water as an environmentally benign solvent. The most active catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling was also used in a sequence together with a “click reaction” to synthesize valuable sterically demanding tripodal triazole ligands.

The four novel derivatives of BINOL have been prepared and the structures of these compounds characterized by IR, MS, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The enantioselective recognition of these receptors has been studied by fluorescence titration and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The receptors exhibited different chiral recognition abilities towards N‐Boc‐protected amino acid anions and formed 1:1 complexes between host and guest. Receptor s exhibit excellent enantioselective fluorescent recognition ability towards the amino acid derivatives.

The electron structures of 3-substituted 1,2,4-triazines and isomeric N-methyltriazinium salts were calculated by the CNDO/2 method. The results of the calculations were compared with the parameters of the 13C, 15N, and 14N NMR spectra, as well as with experimental data on the protonation, N-alkylation, and reactions of 1,2,4-triazines with simple nucleophiles. The protonation centers of 1,2,4-triazines were determined by means of 1H, 13C, and 14N NMR spectroscopy. The covalent adducts formed by the proton salts of 3-methoxy-, 3-methylthio-, 3-morpholino-, and 3-pyrrolidino-1,2,4-triazine with water and methanol were recorded by 1H NMR spectroscopy.

The four novel derivatives of 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) have been prepared, and the structures of these compounds have been characterized by IR, MS, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The enantioselective recognition of these receptors has been studied by fluorescence titration and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The receptors exhibited different chiral-recognition abilities towards some enantiomers of chiral materials and formed 1:1 complexes between host and guest. The receptors exhibit excellent enantioselective fluorescent-recognition ability towards the amino acid derivatives.

Synthesis of binuclear platinum(II) organometallic complexes as potential cross-linking reagents

Block polymers show promise as solid-state battery electrolytes due to the optimization of conductive and mechanical properties enabled via tuning of the block chemistry and length. We investigate a polystyrene-block-poly(oligo-oxyethylene methacrylate) (PS-b-POEM) electrolyte doped with various lithium salts to investigate the role of molecular structure on ion transport properties and local ion dynamics and associations. Anion charge becomes more delocalized with increasing size, reducing the coupling between salt ions while increasing the coupling between ion and polymer chain motions and creating a more mobile overall environment. We observe support for this ion–polymer coupling via 1H, 7Li, and 19F NMR spectroscopy, from which we obtain ion-specific mobility transition temperatures that differ from the polymer glass transition temperature. We also note faster transport and weaker local energetic interactions with anion size using temperature-dependent NMR diffusometry. 1H NMR spectroscopy further elucidates polymer chain dynamics and enables quantification of the temperature-dependent fraction of the conducting block that is immobile near the PS–POEM domain interface. NMR thus represents a species-specific and time scale-specific platform to quantify phase and interface behavior and to correlate ion-specific transport with polymer chain dynamics.

Poly(1,3‐cyclohexadiene) (PCHD) derivatives were synthesized via facile chemical modification reactions of the residual double bond in the repeat unit. The oxidation and degradation of PCHD was investigated to enable subsequent controlled epoxidation reactions. PCHD exhibited a 15% weight loss at 110 °C in the presence of oxygen. The oxidative degradation, demonstrated by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and 1H NMR spectroscopy, was attributed to main‐chain scission. Aldehyde and ether functional groups were introduced into the polymer during the oxidation process. PCHD was quantitatively epoxidized in the absence of deleterious oxidation with meta‐chloroperoxybenzoic acid. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy confirmed that polymers with controlled degrees of epoxidation were reproducibly obtained. Epoxidized PCHD exhibited a glass‐transition temperature at 154 °C, which was slightly higher than that of a PCHD precursor of a nearly equivalent molecular weight. Moreover, GPC indicated the absence of undesirable crosslinking or degradation, and the molecular weight distributions remained narrow. The thermooxidative stability of the fully epoxidized polymer was compared to that of the PCHD precursor, and the epoxidized PCHD exhibited an initial weight loss at 250 °C in oxygen, which was 140 °C higher than the temperature for PCHD. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 84–93, 2003

A mononuclear hafnium hydride supported by an aryl-substituted triamidoamine ligand [HfH(thf)(Xy-N3N)] (Xy-N3N = {(3,5-Me2C6H3)NCH2CH2}3N3–) was synthesized by either hydrogenolysis of the hydrocarbyl complex [Hf(R)(thf)(Xy-N3N)] (R = Me, CH2SiMe3, η3-C3H5, CH2Ph) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) or, more conveniently, by salt metathesis of the chloro precursor [HfCl(thf)(Xy-N3N)] with NaBEt3H in methylcyclohexane. The structure of a terminal hydride with a distorted capped trigonal bipyramidal geometry was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction (d(Hf–H): 1.83(3) Å) and by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The unusually low field shifted 1H chemical shift for the hydride ligand was detected at δ 18.28 ppm. Dehydrogenative thermolysis of the hydride complex at 25 °C in benzene or toluene resulted in deprotonation of the α-hydrogen of one of the three XyNCH2CH2 groups in the ligand by the hydride, followed by the combination of this deprotonated anionic complex with cationic complex [Hf(Xy-N3N)]+ to give an unsymmetric dinuclear complex bridged by μ-H, μ-NXy, and μ,κN,κC-XyNCHCH2 groups. This decomposition product was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and analyzed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Hydrogenation in THF at 25 °C reformed the hydride complex over a period of 48 h. The hydride complex reacted with olefins RHC═CH2 (R = H, Et, nHex, cHex, Ph) to give the corresponding anti-Markovnikov insertion products [Hf(CH2CH2R)(thf)n(Xy-N3N)]. Catalytic hydrogenation of olefins was achieved with 5 mol % of the hydride complex at 70 °C in THF or benzene.

Enantioselective fluorescent sensors for amino acid derivatives based on BINOL bearing benzoyl unit

Two proline-thiosemicarbazone bioconjugates with excellent aqueous solubility, namely, 3-methyl-(S)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylate-2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone [L-Pro-FTSC or (S)-H2L] and 3-methyl-(R)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylate-2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone [D-Pro-FTSC or (R)-H2L], have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, one- and two-dimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The complexation behavior of L-Pro-FTSC with copper(II) in an aqueous solution and in a 30% (w/w) dimethyl sulfoxide/water mixture has been studied via pH potentiometry, UV-vis spectrophotometry, electron paramagnetic resonance, (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and spectrofluorimetry. By the reaction of copper(II) acetate with (S)-H2L and (R)-H2L in water, the complexes [Cu(S,R)-L] and [Cu(R,S)-L] have been synthesized and comprehensively characterized. An X-ray diffraction study of [Cu(S,R)-L] showed the formation of a square-pyramidal complex, with the bioconjugate acting as a pentadentate ligand. Both copper(II) complexes displayed antiproliferative activity in CH1 ovarian carcinoma cells and inhibited Topoisomerase IIα activity in a DNA plasmid relaxation assay.