The hydrogen bond (H-bond) energies are evaluated for 18 molecular crystals with 28 moderate and strong O-H···O bonds using the approaches based on the electron density properties, which are derived from the B3LYP/6-311G** calculations with periodic boundary conditions. The approaches considered explore linear relationships between the local electronic kinetic G(b) and potential V(b) densities at the H···O bond critical point and the H-bond energy E(HB). Comparison of the computed E(HB) values with the experimental data and enthalpies evaluated using the empirical correlation of spectral and thermodynamic parameters (Iogansen, Spectrochim. Acta Part A 1999, 55, 1585) enables to estimate the accuracy and applicability limits of the approaches used. The V(b)-E(HB) approach overestimates the energy of moderate H-bonds (E(HB) < 60 kJ/mol) by ~20% and gives unreliably high energies for crystals with strong H-bonds. On the other hand, the G(b)-E(HB) approach affords reliable results for the crystals under consideration. The linear relationship between G(b) and E(HB) is basis set superposition error (BSSE) free and allows to estimate the H-bond energy without computing it by means of the supramolecular approach. Therefore, for the evaluation of H-bond energies in molecular crystals, the G(b) value can be recommended to be obtained from both density functional theory (DFT) computations with periodic boundary conditions and precise X-ray diffraction experiments.
The Cambridge Structural
Database has been used to investigate
the detailed environment of H2O2 molecules and
hydrogen-bond patterns within “true” peroxosolvates
in which the H2O2 molecules do not interact
directly with the metal atoms. A study of 65 crystal structures and
over 260 hydrogen bonds reveals that H2O2 always
forms two H-bonds as proton donors and up to four H-bonds as a proton
acceptor, but the latter can be absent altogether. The necessary features
of peroxosolvate coformers are clarified. (1) Coformers should not
participate in redox reactions with H2O2 and
should not catalyze its decomposition. (2) Coformers should be Brønsted
bases or exhibit amphoteric properties. The efficiency of the proposed
criteria for peroxosolvate formation is illustrated by the synthesis
and characterization of several new crystals. Conditions preventing
the H2O2/H2O isomorphous substitution
are essential for peroxosolvate stability: (1) Every H2O2 in the peroxosolvate has to participate in five or
six hydrogen bonds. (2) The distance between the two proton acceptors
forming H-bonds with the H2O2 molecule should
be longer than the distance defined by the nature of the acceptor
atoms.
Numerous heteroleptic 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenolate (BHT) magnesium complexes have been synthesized by treatment of (BHT)MgBu(THF) with various alcohols. Molecular structures of the complexes have been determined by X-ray diffraction. The magnesium coordination number in [(BHT)Mg(μ-OBn)(THF)] (3) and [(BHT)Mg(μ-O-tert-BuCH)(THF)] (4) is equal to 4. Complexes formed from esters of glycolic and lactic acids, [(BHT)Mg(μ-OCHCOOEt)(THF)] (5) and [(BHT)Mg(μ-OCH(CH)COOCHCOOBu)(THF)] (6) contain chelate fragments with pentacoordinated magnesium. Compounds 3-6 contain THF molecules coordinated to magnesium atoms. Complex {(BHT)Mg[μ-O(CH)CON(CH)]} (7) does not demonstrate any tendency to form an adduct with THF. It has been experimentally determined that complexes 3 and 5 are highly active catalysts of lactide polymerization. The activity of 4 is rather low, and complex 7 demonstrates moderate productivity. According to DOSY NMR experiments, compounds 3 and 5 retain their dimeric structures even in THF. The free energies of model dimeric [(DBP)Mg(μ-OMe)(Sub)] and monomeric (DBP)Mg(OMe)(Sub) products on treatment of [(DBP)Mg(μ-OMe)(THF)] with a series of σ-electron donors (Sub) have been estimated by DFT calculations. These results demonstrate that the substitution of THF by Sub in a dimeric molecule is an energetically allowed process, whereas the dissociation of dimers is energetically unfavorable. DFT modeling of ε-CL and (dl)-lactide ROP catalyzed by dimeric and monomeric complexes showed that a cooperative effect of two magnesium atoms occurs within the ROP for binuclear catalytic species. A comparison of the reaction profiles for ROP catalyzed by binuclear and mononuclear species allowed us to conclude that the binuclear mechanism is favorable in early stages of ROP initiated by dimers 3 and 5.
A series of oligogermanes, (Me 3 Si) 3 GeGeCl 3 , (C 6 F 5 ) 3 GeGePh 3 , (C 6 F 5 ) 3 GeGe(p-Tol) 3 , and (C 6 F 5 ) 2 Ge[Ge(p-Tol) 3 ] 2 , containing substituents with different electronic properties at neighboring germanium atoms were synthesized. According to X-ray diffraction studies, UV/visible spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations, these "donor−acceptor" oligogermanes are characterized by energies of electronic transitions lower than those for other similar compounds.
The crystal structure of cesium hexahydroperoxostannate Cs(2)Sn(OOH)(6) is presented. The compound was characterized by single crystal and by powder X-ray diffraction, FTIR, (119)Sn MAS NMR, and TG-DTA. Cs(2)Sn(OOH)(6) crystallizes in the trigonal space group P3, a = 7.5575(4), c = 5.1050(6) A, V = 252.51(4) A(3), Z = 1, R(1) = 0.0120 (I > 2sigma(I)), wR(2) = 0.0293 (all data), and comprises cesium cations and slightly distorted octahedral [Sn(OOH)(6)](2-) anions lying on the threefold axis. The [Sn(OOH)(6)](2-) unit forms 12 interanion hydrogen bonds resulting in anionic chains spread along the c-axis. All six hydroperoxo ligands are crystallographically equivalent; O-O distances are 1.482(2), only slightly longer than the O-O distance in hydrogen peroxide. FTIR and (119)Sn MAS NMR reveal the similarity between all alkali hydroperoxostannates.
New styryl dyes of the pyridine and benzothiazole series were synthesized with the aim of investigating the solid state [2+2] autophotocycloaddition (PCA) reaction. The 1 H NMR spectroscopy showed that for most of the compounds under study, the visible light irradiation of thin polycrystalline films of the dyes affords cyclobutane derivatives. The rate of the photo reaction depends on the structure of the dye and is higher for compounds, which contain a short N substituent in the heterocyclic moiety and have strong absorption in the visible region. Dyes bearing electron releasing substituents in the benzene ring undergo the stereospecific PCA in the syn head to tail dimeric pair to give the only rctt isomer of cyclobutane derivatives. Electron withdrawing and bulky substituents in the benzene fragment of styryl dyes extend the range of the mutual orientations of the molecules in the dimeric pairs, resulting in the forma tion of two or even four isomeric cyclobutanes in the PCA reactions. The structures of some dyes were established by X ray diffraction. In the overwhelming majority of the structures, one of two packing modes, either syn head to tail or syn head to head, with extensive stacking interactions is observed. A rare example of the anti head to head stacking mode was found for the dicationic dye containing the bulky N + (Et)Me 2 substituent in the benzene ring. The syn head to tail and anti head to head stacking modes can facilitate the PCA reaction due to the close spatial proximity of the ethylenic bonds and their parallel orientation in the dimeric pairs of the dye molecules.
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