Publications by authors named "Tom Bajorek"

The pathways to the formation of the series of [RuCl(CO)(ERR')] (E = S, Se, Te; R, R' = Me, Ph) complexes from [RuCl(CO)] and ERR' have been explored experimentally in THF and CHCl, and computationally by PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP calculations. The end-products and some reaction intermediates have been isolated and identified by NMR spectroscopy, and their crystal structures have been determined by X-ray diffraction. The relative stabilities of the [RuCl(CO)(ERR')] isomers follow the order > > > ≈ (the terms / refer to / arrangement of the ligands in the order of Cl, CO, and ERR').

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Background: Oral olanzapine is a well-established treatment for patients suffering from schizophrenia. Advantages of depot olanzapine may include improved compliance. However, it is expensive, causes metabolic side effects, and carries a risk of postinjection syndrome.

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The complexes [M(2){mu-N,N'-Se(NR)(2)}(2)](CF(3)SO(3))(2) (1, M = Ag, R = (t)Bu; 2, M = Ag, R = Ad; 3, M = Cu, R = (t)Bu; 4, M = Cu, R = Ad; Ad = 1-adamantyl) were prepared in good yields from the reaction of the corresponding selenium diimide with silver or copper triflate in toluene and were characterized in solution using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. Recrystallization of 1-4 from a variety of solvents produced 1.2CH(2)Cl(2), 2(AdNH(3))(CF(3)SO(3)) (a few crystals), 3.

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Flash vacuum pyrolysis of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-one (1) in the source chamber of a UV photoelectron (PE) spectrometer using a CW CO2 laser as a directed heat source facilitated an electrocyclic ring expansion to yield the transient species cyclohepta-2(Z),4(E)-dien-1-one (2), the PE spectrum of which was compared to that of an authentic sample of cyclohepta-2(Z),4(Z)-dien-1-one (4) and confirmed a conrotatory ring opening of 1 that obeys the Woodward-Hoffmann rules.

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