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A Study by Spectroelectrochemical FTIR and Density Functional Theory Calculations of the Reversible Complexing Ability of an Electroactive Tetrathiaf…

2006

We report on the study of the electrochemically targeted complexation/expulsion of a metal cation (Ba2+) by a crown ether tetra(thiomethyl)tetrathiafulvalene derivative (crown-TTM-TTF). Real time, in situ FTIR spectroelectrochemistry was used to obtain spectroscopic evidence of this electrochemically triggered phenomenon. Density functional theory calculations allowed the spectral information collected to be assigned. Both experimental and theoretical results clearly show that neutral crown-TTM-TTF complexes well Ba2+. Complexation is evidenced by a significant downshift of the frequency corresponding to the asymmetric stretching of the C-O-C ether groups. Concerning the cation crown-TTM-TT…

Coamplexation of mercury(II) compounds by crown ethers in organic media

1991

Complexes between crown ethers having ring sizes of 15–24 atoms and 5 to 8 oxygens with HgX2 species (X = Cl, I, CN, SCN) have been prepared and studied. Interactions of the substituents X bound to mercury with groups or fragments in the crown compound are essential in determining the characteristics and stability of the complexes formed. Complexes with crowns of 18C6 ring sizes are the most favourable except for HgX2 compounds for which the size of X is larger than the macrocycle ring, as is the case for X = CF3.

Rigidified Calixarenes Bearing Four Carbamoylmethylphosphineoxide or Carbamoylmethylphosphoryl Functions at the Wide Rim

2000

Conformationally rigidified tetraCMPO derivatives have been prepared from calix[4]arene bis(crown ether) 4 a in which adjacent oxygens are bridged at the narrow rim by two diethylene glycol links. Acylation of the tetraamine 4 c with the CMPO-active ester 5 b gave the tetraphosphine oxide 6 a, while the tetraphosphinate 6 b and the tetraphosphonate 6 c were obtained by Arbuzov reaction of tetrabromoacetamido derivative 7 with PhP(OEt)2 or P(OEt)3. The extraction ability of these CMPO derivatives was checked for selected lanthanides and actinides and compared with the analogous compounds 1 b, 10 b and 10 d derived from calix[4]arene tetrapentyl ether. All rigidified bis(crown ether) ligands …

A bibracchial lariat aza-crown ether as an abiotic catalyst of malonic acid enolization

2007

A bibracchial lariat aza-crown ether (L) consisting of 2-aminoethylnaphthyl moieties appended to a 2 : 2 azapyridinophane structure displays significant activation of H–D exchange in malonic acid. The compound forms very stable adducts with malonate anions (MA) in the 2–10 pH range. Molecular dynamics studies performed for the species resulting from the interaction of the hexaprotonated macrocycle and the dianion show that malonate is encapsulated by L with distances between the CH2 group of malonate and the pyridine nitrogens of ca. 3.5 A. The pendant arms of L cap above and below the anion, defining a pseudo-cage structure. Quantum chemical calculations for α-proton abstraction from malon…

Chiroptical inversion of a planar chiral redox-switchable rotaxane.

2019

Reversible redox-switching of a planar chiral [2]rotaxane with a tetrathiafulvalene-bearing crown ether macrocycle generates a complete sign reversal of the main band in the ECD spectrum, as shown by experiment and rationalised by DFT calculations.

Metallacrown Complexes Reaching the Nanosize Regime

2018

Abstract The chapter discusses the merit of metallacrown complexes to achieve multifunctional and multidimensional molecular materials. It introduces basic design strategies for discrete metallacrown complexes and discusses the predictability of molecular properties. Thereafter, it reviews two of the most outstanding molecular properties of metallacrown complexes, namely, the magnetic and luminescence characteristics. Most interestingly, for metallacrown complexes, such properties could be combined in one single molecule, giving rise to stable “multifunctional” molecular materials. Moreover, MCs are suitable building blocks to construct multidimensional coordination polymers. The chapter pr…

ChemInform Abstract: New Crown Ether-Like Macrocycles Containing a Nitrophenol Unit. Synthesis and Metal Ion Effects on the Reactivity of Their Aceta…

2010

A calixarene-based chromoionophore for the larger alkali metals

1995

Abstract A bis(arylazo)calix[5]arene crown ether derivative displays large spectral changes upon complexation of cesium and rubidium salts, with good selectivity over the smaller alkali metals.

Influence of Outer-Sphere Anions on the Photoluminescence from Samarium(II) Crown Complexes.

2021

Three samarium(II) crown ether complexes, [Sm(15-crown-5)2]I2 (1), [Sm(15-crown-5)2]I2·CH3CN (2), and [Sm(benzo-15-crown-5)2]I2 (3), have been prepared via the reaction of SmI2 with the corresponding crown ether in either THF or acetonitrile in good to moderate yields. The compounds have been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and a variety of spectroscopic techniques. In all cases, the Sm(II) centers are sandwiched between two crown ether molecules and are bound by the five etheric oxygen atoms from each crown ether to yield 10-coordinate environments. Despite the higher symmetry crystal class of 1 (R3c), the samarium center resides on a general position, whereas in 2 and 3 …

Non-linear effect of 18-crown-6 in propylene oxide polymerization with potassium glycidoxide used as the inimer

2004

A new initiating system containing potassium glycidoxide as the inimer and 18-crown-6 as the activator was used for propylene oxide polymerization. It was found that the rate of the reaction increased together with the crown ether concentration in a rather unexpected way. Two maxima of that parameter were found in the case of crown ether : inimer molar ratio equal to 3:1 and 6:1. On the other hand, the molecular weight of polymers showed two minima in those conditions. The heterogeneity of the reaction mixture and interactions between species present in the system could be responsible for the phenomena observed. The polydispersity of the polymers obtained was equal to about 1.2 and it was i…