Sorting Phenomena and Chirality Transfer in Fluoride-Bridged Macrocyclic Rare Earth Complexes

The reaction of fluoride anions with mononuclear lanthanide(III) and yttrium(III) hexaaza-macrocyclic complexes results in the formation of dinuclear fluoride-bridged complexes. As indicated by X-ray crystal structures, in these complexes two metal ions bound by the macrocycles are linked by two or three bridging fluoride anions, depending on the type of the macrocycle. In the case of the chiral hexaaza-macrocycle L1 derived from trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, the formation of these μ2-fluorido dinuclear complexes is accompanied by enantiomeric self-recognition of macrocyclic units. In contrast, this kind of recognition is not observed in the case of complexes of the chiral macrocycle L2 derived from 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine. The reaction of fluoride with a mixture of mononuclear complexes of L1 and L2, containing two different Ln(III) ions, results in narcissistic sorting of macrocyclic units. Conversely, a similar reaction involving mononuclear complexes of L1 and complexes of achiral macrocycle L3 based on ethylenediamine results in sociable sorting of macrocyclic units and preferable formation of heterodinuclear complexes. In addition, formation of these heterodinuclear complexes is accompanied by chirality transfer from the chiral macrocycle L1 to the achiral macrocycle L3 as indicated by CPL and CD spectra

3-(4-Chloro­phen­yl)-2,1-benzisoxazole-5-carbonyl chloride

The molecule of the title compound, C14H7Cl2NO2, is not planar; the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the chloro­phenyl and benzisoxazole rings is 20.32 (7)°. The carbonyl chloride group is twisted with respect to the benzisoxazole ring by 2.5 (1)°. The mol­ecular conformation is stabilized by an intra­molecular C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bond. In the crystal packing, adjacent mol­ecules are linked into dimers by inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The dimers are further stacked into columns along the unique axis direction by π–π stacking inter­actions, with a centroid⋯centroid distance of 3.828 (5) Å. Other weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl inter­actions are also present

Perlite-SO3H nanoparticles as an efficient and reusable catalyst for one-pot three-component synthesis of 1,2-dihydro-1-aryl-naphtho[1,2-e][1,3]oxazine-3-one derivatives under both microwave-assisted and thermal solvent-free conditions: Single crystal X-ray structure analysis and theoretical study

A general synthetic route for the synthesis of 1,2-dihydro-1-aryl-naphtho[1,2-e][1,3]oxazine-3-one derivatives has been developed using perlite-SO3H nanoparticles as efficient catalyst under both microwave-assisted and thermal solvent-free conditions. The combination of 2-naphthol, aldehyde and urea enabled the synthesis of 1,2-dihydro-1-aryl-naphtho[1,2-e][1,3]oxazine-3-one derivatives in the presence of perlite-SO3H nanoparticles in good to excellent yields. This method provides several advantages like simple work-up, environmentally benign, and shorter reaction times along with high yields. In order to explore the recyclability of the catalyst, the perlite-SO3H nanoparticles in solvent-free conditions were used as catalyst for the same reaction repeatedly and the change in their catalytic activity was studied. It was found that perlite-SO3H nanoparticles could be reused for four cycles with negligible loss of their activity. Single crystal X-ray structure analysis and theoretical studies also were investigated for 4i product. The electronic properties of the compound have been analyzed using DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-311+G*). The FMO analysis suggests that charge transfer takes place within the molecule and the HOMO is localized mainly on naphthalene and oxazinone rings whereas the LUMO resides on the naphthalene ring

A family of polynuclear cobalt complexes upon employment of an indeno-quinoxaline based oxime ligand

The reaction of Co(OAc)2·4H2O with LH (LH = 11H-indeno[1,2-b]quinoxalin-11-one oxime) in MeOH in the presence of NEt3 forms the complex [CoIII2CoIIO(OAc)3L3]·0.5MeOH·0.2H2O (1·0.5MeOH·0.2H2O), while repeating the reaction under solvothermal conditions yielded the heptanuclear cluster [CoII7L9 (OH)2(OAc)2.7(MeO)0.3(H2O)]·4.6MeOH·3.3H2O (2·4.6MeOH·3.3H2O). Changing the starting metal salt to Co(ClO4)2·6H2O and upon the reaction with LH in the presence of NEt3 under high temperature and pressure, we managed to isolate the decanuclear cluster [CoII10L14(OH)3.6(MeO)0.4](ClO4)2·8.5MeOH·5.75H2O (3·8.5MeOH·5.75H2O), while under normal bench conditions and upon employment of pivalates in the reaction mixture complex [CoII4L4(piv)4(MeOH)2]·MeOH·H2O (4·MeOH·H2O) was formed. Furthermore, the reaction of Co(ClO4)2·6H2O with LH and aibH (2-amino-isobutyric acid) in the presence of NEt3 in MeOH gave the mononuclear complex [CoIIIL(aib)2]·3H2O (5·3H2O), while upon increasing the metal–ligand ratio cluster [CoIII2CoIIL4(aib)2(OH)2]·7.9MeOH (6·7.9MeOH) was isolated. Finally, repeating the reaction that yielded the mononuclear complex 5·3H2O under solvothermal conditions, gave the octanuclear cluster [CoII8L10(aib)2(MeO)2](ClO4)2·6.8MeOH·7H2O (7·6.8MeOH·7H2O). Variable temperature dc magnetic susceptibility studies for complexes 2, 3, 4 and 7, reveal that all clusters display dominant antiferromagnetic interactions leading to small or diamagnetic ground-states,

Hypodiphosphoric acid and its inorganic salts

Hypodiphosphoric acid is the lower oxoacid of phosphorus of H4P2O6 composition. It contains the direct P—P bond, in contrast to its closest analog - pyrophosphoric acid, H4P2O7. In comparison to other phosphates the knowledge on hypodiphosphoric acid and its inorganic salts is quite limited. Since its discovery almost 150 years ago, establishment of the proper molecular and structural formula of the acid has initiated intensive research and dispute in the literature, which was decisively ended in 1964, when the first complete X-ray crystal structure determination of diammonium hypodiphosphate was reported. Since then structural studies have led to the discovery of ferroelectric properties in the above-mentioned diammonium salt and dehydration-induced staggerer-eclipsed transformation of hypodiphosphate in tetrabutylammonium salt, experimental electron density distribution determination in cubic tetralithium hexahydrate and last but not least crystal structure elucidation of hypodiphosphate analogs of adenosine diphosphate. In this mini-review the information on synthesis techniques, chemical and physical properties, applications of hypodiphosphates along with crystallochemical description of reported up-to-date crystal structures are presented

Synthesis and X-ray single crystal structure analysis of a new 2-chlorobenzyl ammonium salt of phosphonic acid

<p></p> <p>An efficient synthesis of a new 2-chlorobenzyl ammonium salt of phosphonic acid from the reaction of diethyl phosphite with 2-chlorobenzyl amine is described at moderate temperature in catalyst- and solvent-free conditions. The structure of this phosphonic acid salt was confirmed by FT-IR, ¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy, and single crystal X-ray structure analysis.</p