Air- and water-stable phenyl complexes with nitridotechnetium(V) cores can be prepared by straightforward procedures. [TcNPh(2)(PPh(3))(2)] is formed by the reaction of [TcNCl(2)(PPh(3))(2)] with PhLi. The analogous N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) compound [TcNPh(2)(HL(Ph))(2)], where HL(Ph) is 1,3,4-triphenyl-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene, is available from (NBu(4))[TcNCl(4)] and HL(Ph) or its methoxo-protected form.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe structures, relative stability, infrared (IR) and Raman spectra of the most-stable forms of [H9O4]+ and [H13O6]+ ions in acetonitrile are computed using the B3LYP functional combined with the Polarizable Continuum Model approximation. These forms are hydrated [H3O]+ and [H5O2]+ cores. Of interest are two main environmental effects on the spectroscopic features of protonated water hydrates: (i) polarization of the solvent by the hydrate dipole moment; (ii) formation of H-bonds with bulky counterions (ClO4- and BF4-).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe structure and spectroscopic properties of the 1:1 complexes of substituted pyridines with benzoic acid and phenol derivatives in aprotic solvents are studied using B3LYP functional combined with the polarizable continuum model approximation. Two extreme structures are investigated: the state without (HB) and with proton transfer (PT). In the presence of an external electric field the O.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe properties of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds of doubly (15)N-labeled protonated sponges of the 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (DMANH(+)) type have been studied as a function of the solvent, counteranion, and temperature using low-temperature NMR spectroscopy. Information about the hydrogen-bond symmetries was obtained by the analysis of the chemical shifts delta(H) and delta(N) and the scalar coupling constants J(N,N), J(N,H), J(H,N) of the (15)NH(15)N hydrogen bonds. Whereas the individual couplings J(N,H) and J(H,N) were averaged by a fast intramolecular proton tautomerism between two forms, it is shown that the sum |J(N,H)+J(H,N)| generally represents a measure of the hydrogen-bond strength in a similar way to delta(H) and J(N,N).
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