A variety of benzamidomethyl derivatives were prepared in water under alkaline conditions (pH>9) via reaction of (benzamidomethyl)triethylammonium chloride (1) with different inorganic nucleophiles. Reaction of 1 with hydroxylamine did not give the expected mono(benzamidomethyl)-hydroxylamine (3) but rather gave N,N- di(benzamidomethyl)hydroxylamine (2). Reactions of 1 with sodium azide and pot...

The palladium and platinum complexes of the newly synthesized 1-(diphenylphosphino)-10-methyl-10H-phenothiazine (1) and the previously reported 3-(diphenylphosphino)-10-alkyl-10H-phenothiazine [alkyl = Me (2), Et (3)] and 4-(diphenylphosphino)-10-ethyl-10H-phenothiazine (4) were prepared. Density functional calculations were carried out to explain the electronic properties of compounds 1, 3 and...

We report results of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations characterising the hydrogen bonding in mixtures of two different protic ionic liquids sharing the same cation: triethylammonium-methylsulfonate (TEAMS) and triethylammonium-triflate (TEATF). The triethylammonium-cation acts as a hydrogen-bond donor, being able to donate a single hydrogen-bond. Both, the methylsulfonate- and the triflate-a...

The structures of the compounds 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene, C(30)H(24)P(2), [2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]methyldiphenylphosphonium iodide, C(31)H(27)P(2)(+).I(-), and [2-(dimethylphosphino)phenyl]trimethylphosphonium iodide, C(11)H(19)P(2)(+).I(-), show that quaternization only occurs at one P centre and results in significantly shorter P-C bonds and larger C-P-C angles, consistent with ...

Enantiomerically pure (1R,1′R)-1,3-bis[1-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl]benzene (4) has been obtained for the first time. The key step involves in situ tosylation of chiral (1S,1′S)-dimethyl1,3-benzenedimethanol (6) followed by nucleophilic attack with LiPPh2(BH3) to give [(1R,1′R)1,3-bis[1-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl]benzene]-bisborane (7). The bisborane-protected phosphine can be easily handled and pu...

Some iron(II), cobalt(II) and copper(II) complexes of the hybrid ligand 1-(diphenylphosphino)-2(2-pyridyl)ethane (dppe) and diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine (dppp) have been synthesised and characterised. Analyses suggest tetrahedral structures in which the metal atoms are bonded to two chlorine atoms and to both phosphorus and nitrogen atoms for 1-(diphenylphosphino)-2-(2-pyridyl)ethane on one hand...

A series of new neutral mononuclear or dinuclear gold(I) complexes and a cyclic cationic tetranuclear amidogold(I) complex comprising of the phosphines 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe), μ-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe), μ-1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp), μ-1,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)pentane (dpppe), μ-1,6-bis(diphenylphosphino)hexane (dpph) or trimethylphosphine, and sev...