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Maoyu Shang

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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Gd(III)-Cu(II) Dinuclear Adduct.

Two novel Gd(III)-Cu(II) dinuclear complexes have been prepared by the acid-base reaction between Gd(hfa)(3) and Cu(2,2-oxomac) (1, Cu(2,2-oxomac)Gd(hfa)(3)) and between Gd(hfa)(3) and Cu(3,2-oxomac) (2, Cu(3,2-oxomac)Gd(hfa)(3)). These complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The structure of 1 has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The copper atom is square pyramidal, bound to the four planar nitrogen atoms of the macrocycle and weakly bound to the oxygen atom of a dimethylformamide (dmf) molecule. The gadolinium atom is at the center of a tricapped trigonal prism. The nine-coordinate gadolinium atom is bound to six oxygen atoms of three hfa ligands, the two oxamide oxygen atoms of the copper macrocycle, and one oxygen atom of a second coordinated dmf molecule. Unsymmetric binding of the copper macrocycle to gadolinium leads to a distortion in the bridging atoms not observed in reactions of the copper macrocycles with transition metal hfa's. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: The reaction of Cu(2,2-oxomac) with Gd(hfa)(3) yields a Gd(III)-Cu(II) dinuclear complex with an oxamide bridge between copper(II) and gadolinium(III). The gadolinium atom adopts a tricapped trigonal prismatic geometry.

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Variable pi-bonding in iron(II) porphyrinates with nitrite, CO, and tert-butyl isocyanide: characterization of [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)]-.

The addition of the strongly pi-bonding ligands CO or tert-butyl isocyanide to the low-spin five-coordinate iron(II) nitrite species [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)]- (TpivPP = picket fence porphyrin) gives two new six-coordinate species [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)]- and [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(t-BuNC)]-. These species have been characterized by single-crystal structure determinations and by UV-vis, IR, and Mössbauer spectroscopies. All evidence shows that in the mixed-ligand iron(II) porphyrin species, [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)]-, the two trans, pi-accepting ligands CO and nitrite compete for pi density. The CO ligand however dominates the bonding. The Fe-N(NO2) bond lengths for the two independent anions in the unit cell at 2.006(4) and 2.009(4) A are lengthened compared to other nitrite species with either no trans ligands or non-pi-accepting trans ligands to nitrite. The Fe-C(CO) bond lengths are 1.782(4) A and 1.789(5) A for the two anions. The two Fe-C-O angles at 175.5(4) and 177.5(4) degrees are essentially linear in both anions. The quadrupole splitting for [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)]- was determined to be 0.32 mm/s, and the isomer shift was 0.18 mm/s at room temperature in zero applied field. Both of the Mössbauer parameters are much smaller than those found for six-coordinate low-spin iron(II) porphyrinates with neutral nitrogen-donating ligands as well as iron(II) nitro complexes. However, the Mössbauer parameters are typical of other six-coordinate CO porphyrinates signifying that CO is the more dominant ligand. The CO stretching frequency of 1974 cm(-1) is shifted only slightly to higher energy compared to six-coordinate CO complexes with neutral nitrogen-donor ligands trans to CO. Crystal data for [K(222)][Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)].1/2C6H5Cl: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c, Z = 8, a = 33.548(6) A, b = 18.8172(15) A, c = 27.187(2) A, beta = 95.240(7) degrees, V = 17091(4) A3.

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Synthesis and characterization of hypoelectronic rhenaboranes. Analysis of the geometric and electronic structures of species following neither borane nor metal cluster electron-counting paradigms.

The reaction of (CpReH(2))(2)B(4)H(4) with monoborane leads to the sequential formation of (CpRe)(2)B(n)()H(n)() (n = 7-10, 1-4). These species adopt closed deltahedra with the same total connectivities as the closo-borane anions [B(n)()H(n)()](2)(-), n = 9-12, but with flattened geometries rather than spherical shapes. These rhenaborane clusters are characterized by high metal coordination numbers, Re-Re cross-cluster distances within the Re-Re single bond range, and formal cluster electron counts three skeletal electron pairs short of that required for a canonical closo-structure of the same nuclearity. An open cluster, (CpReH)(2)B(7)H(9) (5), is isolated that bears the same structural relationship to arachno-B(9)H(15) as 1-4 bear to the closo-borane anions. Chloroborane permits the isolation of (CpReH)(2)B(5)Cl(5) (6), an isoelectronic chloro-analogue of known open (CpWH(2))(2)B(5)H(5) and (CpRe)(2)B(6)H(4)Cl(2) (7), a triple-decker complex containing a planar, six-membered 1,2-B(6)H(4)Cl(2) ring. Both are putative five- and six-boron intermediates in the formation of 1. Electronic structure calculations (extended Hückel and density functional theory) yield geometries in agreement with the structure determinations, large HOMO-LUMO gaps in accord with the high stabilities, and (11)B chemical shifts accurately reflecting the observed shifts. Analyses of the bonding in 1-4 reveal that the CpRe.CpRe interaction generates fragment orbitals that are able to contribute the "missing" three skeletal electron pairs required for skeletal bonding. The necessity of a Re.Re interaction for strong cluster bonding requires a borane fragment shape change to accommodate it, thereby explaining the noncanonical geometries. Application of the debor principle of borane chemistry to the shapes of 1-4 readily rationalizes the observed geometries of 5 and 6. This evidence of the scope of transition metal fragment control of borane geometry suggests the existence of a large class of metallaboranes with structures not found in known borane or metal clusters.

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An Intramolecular Nitrone-Olefin Dipolar Cycloaddition-Based Approach to Total Synthesis of the Cylindricine and Lepadiformine Marine Alkaloids.

A synthetic route to the cylindricine skeleton as well as to the reported structure of the marine alkaloid lepadiformine has been achieved using an intramolecular nitrone/1,3-diene dipolar cycloaddition as the key step. The synthesis began with sequential alkylations of acetone oxime to afford key intermediate oxime 30, which contains all of the carbons necessary to form the tricyclic skeleton of the alkaloids. Nitrone 40, available from oxime 30 by standard transformations, underwent an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to provide isoxazolidine 43. Related 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions were also explored on two additional nitrone-olefin substrates 41 and 42, which were prepared in a manner similar to that of 40. The tricyclic alkaloid core 52 was formed stereoselectively by a tandem oxidation-Michael addition of amino alcohol 49 derived from isoxazolidine 43. Cleavage of the O-phenyl ether of 52 provided 2-epi-cylindricine C (53). Several unsuccessful attempts were made to convert 52 to cylindricine C by epimerization at C2. Tricyclic ketone 52 was deoxygenated to give amine 59, whose structure and relative stereochemistry were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis of its picrate salt. Removal of the O-phenyl protecting group from 59 provided tricyclic amino alcohol 60 having the putative structure of lepadiformine, but whose NMR data did not correspond to those of the natural product.

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A Cobalt(III) Chiroporphyrin and Its Amine Adducts. A Potential Chiral NMR Shift Reagent for Amines.

The chlorocobalt(III) complex of alphabetaalphabeta-tetramethylchiroporphyrin, CoCl(TMCP), has been prepared as a potential enantioselective host or chiral NMR shift reagent for optically active amines. The X-ray structure of CoCl(OHCH(2)CH(3))(TMCP) shows the six-coordinate cobalt(III) ion at the center of a strongly ruffled porphyrin. The 2-fold-disordered ethanol ligand interacts with the chiroporphyrin host by two C-H.O hydrogen bonds to the carbonyl groups of two ester substituents. Primary amines bind to this diamagnetic cobalt(III) center to form cationic 2:1 complexes in which the (1)H NMR resonances of the axial ligands are shifted upfield of tetramethylsilane by the porphyrin ring current. Coordinated enantiopure 2-alkylamines exhibit NMR signals for the protons of the amine group which are characteristic of their (R or S) absolute configuration. The bis-complexes of the same amines in racemic form exist as three different species, (R,R), (S,S), and (R,S), in 1:1:2 relative ratios. Negligible enantioselection by the chiral host suggests kinetic control of bis(amine) complex formation on cobalt(III). The X-ray structure of the bis((S)-2-butylamine) complex [Co((S)-NH(2)CH(CH(3))CH(2)CH(3))(2)(TMCP)][CoCl(4)](0.5) shows a 2-fold-disordered amine on one face of the porphyrin only. The unique amine on the other face is held within the porphyrin groove by a network of weak interactions including N-H.O and C-H.O hydrogen bonds. With its ability to induce good resolution of axial ligand (1)H NMR resonances and slow dissociation kinetics of its bis-adducts, CoCl(TMCP) may be useful as a chiral NMR shift reagent for conformational studies of chiral amines and as an analytical reagent for the determination of their enantiomer composition.

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Convenient Synthesis and Characterization of the Chiral Complexes cis- and trans-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)(2)Cl]PF(6) and [Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(bpy)Cl]PF(6).

The chiral oxazoline complexes cis- and trans-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)(2)Cl]PF(6) were prepared from the common precursor trans-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)Cl(2)], and all three complexes were spectroscopically and structurally characterized. The complex cis-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)(2)Cl]PF(6) crystallized in P2(1)2(1)2(1) with Z = 4, a = 8.396(2) Å, b = 18.396(3) Å, c = 20.954(3) Å, and R = 0.039 for 4131 reflections. The complex trans-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)(2)Cl]PF(6) crystallized in P2(1) with Z = 2, a = 10.110(2) Å, b = 13.566(2) Å, c = 12.043(2) Å, beta = 106.10(2) degrees, and R = 0.039 for 3869 reflections. The precursor trans-[Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(py)Cl(2)] crystallized in P2(1)2(1)2(1) with Z = 8, a = 15.856(2) Å, b = 17.216(1) Å, c = 17.768(1) Å, and R = 0.030 for 5826 reflections. A related reagent, [Ru((SS)-Pr(i)pybox)(bpy)Cl]PF(6), was prepared by a more direct route and was also characterized. Aqua complexes were formed by hydrolysis of the chloride ligand in the bis(pyridine) complexes with retention of the stereochemistry. Electrochemical oxidation of the aqua complexes yielded oxo species which are formally ruthenium(IV). Reactions of the oxo complexes with the prochiral reductant, methyl p-tolyl sulfide led to stereoselective formation of the sulfoxide with enantiomeric excess of the R isomer ranging from 7% to 13%.

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Synthesis and Structure of an Extended Cluster Lead(II) Carboxylate, [Pb{(CO)(9)Co(3)(&mgr;(3)-CCO(2))}(2)](n)(). Role of Core Metals in Cluster-Derived Hydrogenation Catalysts.

The reaction of lead acetate with (CO)(9)Co(3)(&mgr;(3)-CCOOH) leads to the formation of [Pb{(CO)(9)Co(3)(&mgr;(3)-CCO(2))}(2)](n)(), I, in high yield. The structure of I exhibits unusual six-coordinate Pb(II) centers with two asymmetrical chelating cluster carboxylates (C(22)Co(6)PbO(22); triclinic P&onemacr;; a = 8.119(1), b = 14.346(2), c = 14.660(2) Å; alpha = 102.18(1), beta = 99.01(1), gamma = 97.30(1) degrees; Z = 2). One oxygen of each cluster carboxylate ligand bridges between adjacent lead atoms such that a chainlike extended structure is found in the solid state without the presence of solvent or water. I is converted stepwise on pyrolysis into two metastable forms of solid materials (designated LT and HT), each of which has been characterized spectroscopically. The hydrogenation of 2-butenal as a test reaction shows that the LT catalyst exhibits selectivities similar to previous LT materials derived from other cobalt cluster metal carboxylates and that the HT material is totally inactive. The observed release of the lead core metal under HT activation conditions totally inactivates the catalyst and demonstrates exposure of the core metal in the HT form of these novel catalysts.

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