Sonochemical synthesis of a trinuclear Cu(ii) complex with open coordination sites for the differentiable optical detection of volatile amines.

A discrete trinuclear Cu(ii) complex, namely, [Cu(pzdc)(dpyam)(HO)] (1) (Hpzdc = pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid, dpyam = 2,2'-dipyridylamine) was simply synthesized by the sonochemical process and structurally characterized. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that three adjacent Cu(ii) centers are linked two bridging pzdc ligands to form a trinuclear Cu(ii) unit. Each trinuclear Cu(ii) unit contains open coordination sites with two trigonal bipyramidal Cu(ii) centers and one elongated octahedral geometry.

Phosphido-bridged Ta/Rh bimetallic complex: synthesis, structure, and catalytic hydrosilylation of acetophenone.

Reaction of Cp2TaH3 (1) with ClPEt2 gives the insertion product [Cp2TaH2(PHEt2)]Cl (5), which upon deprotonation with LiN(SiMe3)2 affords the phosphido complex Cp2TaH2(PEt2) (6) as the kinetic product. The latter transforms by a first-order reaction during the course of 3.5 days to the phosphine complex Cp2TaH(PHEt2) (7).

Spin surface crossing in chromium-mediated olefin epoxidation with O(2).

[CpCr(mu-Cl)Cl](2) reacted with dioxygen (O(2)) to produce CpCr(O)Cl(2) (1), which has been structurally characterized. Although 1 oxidized PPh(3) and 1,4-cyclohexadiene catalytically, it did not epoxidize olefins. DFT calculations have been performed on the system to characterize the potential energy surface for the epoxidation of ethylene and, in particular, the consequences of the crossing from the doublet surface of the starting materials to the quartet surface of the product (i.