Two-electron reductive carbonylation of the uranium(VI) nitride [U(Tren(TIPS))(N)] (2, Tren(TIPS)=N(CH2CH2NSiiPr3)3) with CO gave the uranium(IV) cyanate [U(Tren(TIPS))(NCO)] (3). KC8 reduction of 3 resulted in cyanate dissociation to give [U(Tren(TIPS))] (4) and KNCO, or cyanate retention in [U(Tren(TIPS))(NCO)][K(B15C5)2] (5, B15C5=benzo-15-crown-5 ether) with B15C5. Complexes 5 and 4 and KNC...

The synthesis of some thio-oxocrown ether ligands, B1 (1,4-dithio-12-crown-4), B2 (1,7-dithio-12-crown-4), B3 (1,7-dithio-15-Crown-5), B4 (1,7-dithio-18-crown-6), B5 (1,10-dithio-18-crown-6), B6 (1,10-dithio-21-crown-7), under mild conditions, were reported. The ligands were characterized by FT-IR, H NMR and GC-MS spectroscopy. The formation of 1:1 ligand complexes with a variety of metal salts...

The synthesis of novel magnesium, copper, and metal-free porphyrazines, peripherally substituted with dithia-7-crown-2 (MPz(7)), dithia-15-crown-5 (MPz(15)), and dithia-18-crown-6 (MPz(18)) macrocycles is reported. These compounds are prepared starting from dicyanoethylene containing crown ethers 3, 2(1), and 2(2), respectively, which contain sulfur as well as oxygen heteroatoms. The "crowned" ...

Five structures of co-crystals grown from aqueous solutions equimolar in 15-crown-5 (or 15C5) and [M(H(2)O)(6)](NO(3))(n), M = Al(3+), Cr(3+) and Pd(2+), are reported. The hydrogen-bonding patterns in all are similar: metal complexes including the fragment trans-H(2)O-M-OH(2) alternate with 15C5 molecules, to which they are hydrogen bonded, to form stacks. A literature survey shows that this hy...

Silica  coated magnetite  nanoparticles were  covalent  grafted with  3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane  to give APTSCMNPs. Reaction of  the resulted nanomaterial with 4-formyl benzo-12-crown-4 ether afforded FB12C4/APTSMNPs  nanocomposite  material  in  which  the  crown ether  moiety  was  attached  through  propyl  chain  spacer. Characterization of  the prepared nanocomposite was performed wit...

A series of crown ether complexes of potassium quinolin-8-olates were synthesized and characterized. Catalysis of these complexes towards the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide was evaluated. The crown ether complexes of potassium quinolin-8-olate and potassium 2-methylquinolin-8-olate exhibited high catalytic activity and good molecular weight control. The 18-crown-6 complex of potassi...

Treatment of P4 with in situ generated [Na][SnPh3] leads to the formation of the sodium monophosphide [Na][P(SnPh3)2] and the Zintl salt [Na]3[P7]. The former was isolated in 46% yield as the crystalline salt [Na(benzo-15-crown-5)][P(SnPh3)2] and used to prepare the homoleptic phosphine P(SnPh3)3, isolated in 67% yield, as well as the indium derivative (XL)2InP(SnPh3)2 (XL = S(CH2)2NMe2), isola...

The formation of alkali-metal ion complexes with the crown ethers, 18-crown-6(18c6), benzo-18c6 and dibenzo-18c6 has been investigated. Theoretical studies of structural changes on complexation, binding energies and changes in electron distribution have been carried out using ab initio quantum theoretical methods. A complementary study of the NMR chemical shifts and coupling constants has also ...