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Rolf Gleiter

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PubMed2006

Bis(tert-butylsulfonyl)ethyne and 1-tert-butylsulfinyl-2-tert-butylsulfonylethyne.

The title compounds are electron-poor ethynes. The structure determination of bis(tert-butylsulfonyl)ethyne, C10H18O4S2, (I), is the first of a bis-sulfonyl-substituted ethyne. The molecule is situated on a crystallographic inversion centre. The S-Csp bond [1.737 (2) A] is the longest of this type reported to date. 1-tert-Butylsulfinyl-2-tert-butylsulfonylethyne, C10H18O3S2, (II), which is basically the same as (I) minus one O atom, crystallizes isomorphous with (I). This results in a nearly equal distribution of the three O atoms over the four possible positions.

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PubMed2006

DFT calculations on the protonation of two 1,3-butadiyne units fixed in medium-sized rings.

The N-bis-protonated forms of 1-azacyclotetradeca-3,5,10,12-tetrayne (19) and 1,8-diazacyclotetradeca-3,5,10,12-tetrayne (20) were used as model systems to study the HCl addition to two 1,3-butadiyne units in close proximity using quantum chemical means. The model calculations were carried out mainly at the B3LYP/3-21G or 6-31G level. The basis set 6-311G was used for single-point calculations. The calculations reveal that 19 and 20 are preferably protonated at the C4 center accompanied by a transannular ring closure between C3 and C13 yielding the bicyclic systems 23 and 24, respectively. Further stabilization of these vinyl cations is achieved by a second transannular ring closure between C6 and C10 leading to the 5-8-5 tricyclic systems 27 and 28, which are further stabilized by the addition of a chloride anion. The different regiochemistry experimentally observed for 13b and 16b was rationalized by calculating local softness parameters. The observed product selectivities for the formation of 14b and 15b were traced back to the relative stabilities of the primary protonation products 23 and 24, respectively. Model calculations on 1-azacyclopentadeca-3,5,11,13-tetrayne (65) and 1-azacyclohexa-deca-3,5,12,14-tetrayne (66) as examples for medium-sized rings with nonparallel 1,3-butadiyne units revealed a concerted process of protonation and C3-C15 (65) or C3-C16 (66) ring closure. The second step is the formation of an aromatic central ring as a result of a ring closure between C6-C13 and C6-C14, respectively.

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PubMed2006

Cyclopropenes in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with carbonyl ylides: experimental and theoretical evidence for the enhancement of sigma-withdrawal in 3-substituted-cyclopropenes.

The carbonyl ylide dipoles generated by the dirhodium tetra-acetate-catalyzed decomposition of diazocarbonyl precursors 1, 5, and 8 cycloadd to 3-substituted 1,2-diphenylcyclopropenes 3a-e and 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes 13, 14, 19, and 20 to give polycyclic compounds with 8-oxatricyclo[3.2.1.0(2,4)]octane and 9-oxatricyclo[3.3.1.0(2,4)]nonane frameworks. Generally, reactions proceed stereoselectively to give adducts of exo stereochemistry with the approach of the carbonyl ylide dipoles from the less-hindered face of cyclopropenes. The electronic properties of the substituent at the C3 position of cyclopropenes play an important role in governing the reactivity of cyclopropenes: when the C3 position is substituted by electron-acceptors such as the methoxycarbonyl or cyano groups, the yields of adducts are decreased significantly or no adducts can be detected at all. Relative reactivities of cyclopropenes were quantified by competition experiments to give the best correlation with sigmaF-Taft constants. Both measured photoelectron spectra and ground-state calculations of a series of 1,2-diphenylcyclopropenes indicate considerable lowering of cyclopropene pi-HOMO energies by substitution with an acceptor group. Such changes in electronic structures of cyclopropenes may cause the inversion of frontier molecular orbital (FMO) interactions from HOMO(cyclopropene)-LUMO(ylide) to LUMO(cyclopropene)-HOMO(ylide) type. In terms of philicity, nucleophilic properties of acceptor-substituted cyclopropenes are diminished to such an extent that these species are no longer good nucleophiles in the reaction with carbonyl ylides, and neither are they good electrophiles, being unreactive. This was shown by the B3LYP calculations of addends.

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PubMed2006

Theoretical investigations on chalcogen-chalcogen interactions: what makes these nonbonded interactions bonding?

To understand the intermolecular interactions between chalcogen centers (O, S, Se, Te), quantum chemical calculations on pairs of model systems were carried out. For the oxygen derivatives, one of the components of the supermolecules consists of dimethyl ether, while the second component is either dimethyl ether (1) or ethynyl methyl ether (2) or methyl cyanate (3). The model calculations were also extended to the sulfur (4-6), selenium (7-9), and tellurium congeners (10-12). The MP2/SDB-cc-pVTZ, 6-311G level of theory was used to derive the geometrical parameters and the global energies of the model systems. A detailed analysis based on symmetry adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) reveals that induction and dispersion forces contribute to the bonding in each case. For 1-3 the electrostatic energy also contributes to the intermolecular bonding, but not for 4-12. The NBO analysis reveals that the interaction in the dimers 1-3 is mainly due to weak hydrogen bonding between methyl groups and chalcogen centers. Similar hydrogen bonding is also found in the case of 4 and to a lesser extent in 5 and 7. For the aggregates with heavier centers the chalcogen-chalcogen interaction dominates, and hydrogen bonding only plays a minor role. Electron-withdrawing groups on the chalcogen centers increase the interaction energy and reduce the intermolecular distance dramatically. The one-electron picture of an interaction between the lone pair of the donor and the chalcogen carbon sigma orbital allows a qualitatively correct reproduction of the observed trend.

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PubMed2005

Sterically stabilized cyclopropenonophanes and an electronically stabilized cyclopropenethionophane: syntheses, structural properties, and reactivity.

The syntheses of sterically stabilized cyclopropenonophanes as well as an electronically stabilized cyclopropenethionophane are reported, and their molecular structures in the solid state are elucidated. The sulfur of the CS moiety in cyclopropenethiones was shown to react as a nucleophile. Temperatures of more than 240 degrees C favor the extrusion of CO in the cyclopropenonophane to afford an alpha,alpha'-tetramethyl-substituted cyclodiyne. [reaction: see text]

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PubMed2004

Reactions of sterically congested 1,5-hexadienes: Ab initio and DFT calculations on the competition between cope rearrangements and disrotatory cyclobutene ring-opening reactions of bridged syn-tricyclo[4.2.0.0(2,5)]octa-3,7-dienes.

The thermolytic behavior of four syn-tricyclo[4.2.0.0(2,5)]octa-3,7-dienes, each spanned by four propano bridges (13, 14, 21, and 26), has been investigated by means of calculations at the UB3LYP/ 6-31G* and CASPT2/6-31G levels. These calculations predict that 13 should undergo a degenerate Cope rearrangement (E(A) = 19.6 kcal/mol), whereas the other three C(20)H(24) isomers should prefer a necessarily disrotatory cyclobutene ring-opening reaction. In the case of 14, the ring-opening reaction (E(A) = 27.2 kcal/mol) is concerted and leads directly to 15, a 4-fold bridged cyclooctatetraene. In the ring opening of 21, the 1,6-bridge in the 4-fold bridged bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene 31 prevents formation of the corresponding cyclooctatetraene. In the ring opening of 26, the 4-fold bridged bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene derivative 36 is predicted to form the corresponding bridged cyclooctatetraene 38, which should undergo bond shift. The results of these calculations are found to be in very good agreement with the results of experiments on these hydrocarbons.

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PubMed2004

Thiabowls: synthesis, molecular structure, and novel supramolecular architecture of trithia-[3]-peristylane.

A synthesis of trithia-[3]-peristylane, C(6)H(6)S(3), a novel C(3)(v)() symmetric thiabowl, from the exotic hydrocarbon bullvalene has been accomplished. The X-ray crystal structure of this trithiabowl displays an unprecedented supramolecular architecture in the solid state with 12 CH.S interactions involving all of its six hydrogen atoms and the two lone pairs on each of the three sulfur atoms.

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PubMed2004

Cyclic tetra- and hexaynes containing 1,4-donor-substituted butadiyne units: synthesis and supramolecular organization.

Cyclic bis(1,3-butadiynes) with sulfur centers placed in the alpha-position to the 1,3-butadiyne units (2(n)) were synthesized by Glaser coupling of the corresponding open chain dithia-alpha,omega-diynes 1(n). In a second protocol we applied a four-component cyclization by reacting alpha,omega-dithiocyanatoalkanes 6(n) or alpha,omega-diselenocyanatoalkanes 7(n) with dilithium-1,3-butadiynide. This concept afforded either the cyclic dimers (S, 2(n); Se, 9(n)) or the cyclic trimers (S, 8(n); Se, 10(n)). Most of the molecular structures of 2(n) and 9(n) adopt chairlike conformations in the solid state. Tubular structures in the solid state with short distances between the chalcogen centers of neighboring stacks were encountered for 2(5), 9(5), 8(4), 10(4), and 10(5). Recrystallization of 10(5) from various polar and nonpolar solvents yielded inclusion of the solvent guest molecules. The solvent-accessible volume was calculated to vary from 19% (n-hexane) to 25% (mesitylene). The elastic properties of our cycles are due to the flexible methylene chains and the easily variable torsional angles between the rigid 1,3-butadiyne rods.

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PubMed2004

Hexasubstituted donor-acceptor benzenes as nonlinear optically active molecules with multiple charge-transfer transitions.

The synthesis of three novel nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores with threefold symmetry, namely 1,3,5-tris(4-N,N-diethylaminophenyl)-2,4,6-tris(4-nitrophenyl)benzene (3), 1,3,5-tris(4-N,N-dihexylaminophenylbutadiynyl)-2,4,6-tris(4-nitrophenyl)benzene (13) and 1,3,5-tris(4-N,N-dihexylaminophenylethynyl)-2,4,6-tris(4-nitrophenylethynyl)benzene (4 b), is reported. We used the [Co(2)(CO)(8)]-catalysed trimerisation of 4-N,N-diethylamino-4'-nitrotolane (5) to prepare 3. The trimerisation experiment carried out with 1-(4-N,N-diethylaminophenyl)-6-(4-N,N-nitrophenyl)hexatriyne (6) and [Rh(PPh(3))(3)Cl] afforded 13. A stepwise approach was used to prepare 4 b. 1,3,5-Trichloro-2,4,6-triiodobenzene (8 b) was coupled with 4-nitrophenyl-acetylene (14) under Pd(0) catalysis to yield 1,3,5-trichloro-2,4,6-tris(4-nitrophenylethynyl)benzene (15). The coupling reaction of 15 with 4-N,N-dihexylaminophenylethynyltributylstannane (21) led to 4 b. X-ray investigations on 3, 4 b and 13 confirmed the structural assignments and revealed that the peripheral aryl rings in 4 b are less twisted around the connecting bonds than in 3 and 13. A large second-order polarisability (beta) of 4 b relative to 3 and 13 was determined by hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS). Compound 4 b represents an NLO chromophore with second-order polarisabily among the highest obtained so far for two-dimensional nondipolar NLO chromophores.

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PubMed2004

[N]Chalcogena[N]pericyclynes: DFT studies on binaric carbon-chalcogen compounds.

[structure: see text] DFT studies on [N]chalcogena[N]pericyclynes (n = 3-6, 8) demonstrate their relative stability and hence their possible existence as stable species. By minimizing repulsive interactions between the chalcogens' lone pairs, the molecules adopt structures that resemble, in shape, cycloalkanes or elemental chalcogens. [3]Chalcogena[3]pericyclynes may be interconverted with their valence tautomers, benzene derivatives with three fused three-membered rings.

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PubMed2003

Polyalkynes capped by sulfur and selenium.

The synthesis of sulfur- and selenium-capped polyalkynes with two to four triple bonds was achieved. As starting materials the bis(trimethylsilyl)-protected polyalkynes were used, which were treated with MeLi/LiBr. The reaction of the resulting lithium salts with thiocyanatomethane and selenium/methyl iodide afforded 2(n) and 3(n), respectively. Spectroscopic (PE and UV) and quantum chemical investigations show significant interaction between the chalcogen atoms. The structure of 3(4) was investigated in the solid state, showing relatively short intermolecular Se...Se interactions.

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PubMed2003

A world beyond hydrogen bonds? -Chalcogen-chalcogen interactions yielding tubular structures.

It is shown that tubular structures arise in the solid state through close chalcogen-chalcogen (X...X) contacts. As examples a variety of cyclic systems containing sulfur and selenium centers is presented. Common to all of them are close contacts between the chalcogen centers of neighboring stacks giving rise to a zigzag or ladder-type arrangement. In the case of cyclic systems of ring size 24-33 the resulting tubes are able to include hydrocarbons as guest molecules. For 2,7-ditelluraocta-3,5-diyne (17) the close contacts between the tellurium centers of the acyclic C(2) symmetric building blocks generate a helical arrangement in which n-hexane was included. The favored X...X contacts can be traced back to np(X)-sigma*(X[bond]C) interactions.

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PubMed2003

Transannular reactions of two parallel 1,3-butadiynes: syntheses, structures, and reactions of 1-azacyclotetradeca-3,5,10,12-tetrayne derivatives.

The synthesis of 1-alkyl and 1-aryl-1-azacyclotetradeca-3,5,10,12-tetraynes was achieved in a stepwise approach. The key intermediate was 1,13-dibromotrideca-2,4,9,11-tetrayne (18). Reaction with methyl- (19 a), ethyl- (19 b), isopropyl- (19 c), n-butyl- (19 d), and tert-butylamine (19 e) as well as aniline (19 f) and p-methoxyaniline (19 g) gave the corresponding 14-membered tetraynes 20 a-20 g. The ring inversion process of 20 b was studied by variable temperature (1)H NMR spectroscopy. From these measurements a value of 10.6 kcal mol(-1) was calculated for DeltaG(not equal). X-ray investigations on single crystals of 20 b, 20 c, and 20 f revealed the axial position for the substituent at each nitrogen atom. For 20 b we encountered the chair conformation, for 20 c both chair and boat conformations, and for 20 f the boat conformation in the solid state. The reaction of 20 c with concentrated HCl in ethanol yielded 2,10-dichloro-6-isopropyl-6-azatricyclo[9.3.0.0(4,8)]tetradeca-1(11),2,4(8),9-tetraene (25 c). Compound 25 c was oxidized by 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) to 27 c. The structure of the latter was confirmed by X-ray investigations. The reaction of 20 c in aqueous HCl lead to the formation of 10-chloro-2-isopropyl-1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-benzo[g]isoquinolin-9-one (37 c). The structure of 37 c was verified by X-ray studies on single crystals.

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PubMed2002

Regiochemistry of S-alkyl-substituted alkynes in Pauson-Khand reactions. Is a correlation with X-ray data and charge distribution calculations of the Co(2)(CO)(6)-alkyne complexes possible?

[reaction: see text] Pauson-Khand reactions (PKR) of RSCtbd1;CR' (6-10) yielded in all cases as the main product the regioisomer with the alkyl-S group disposed alpha to the CO group (16a-22a). Correlation of these results with X-ray data and charge distribution calculations of the corresponding dicobalthexacarbonyl complexes proves that a recently postulated "trans effect" in these complexes is not suitable for predicting the regiochemical outcome of the PKR unambiguously.

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