A NOVEL ACCESS TO THE ICOSAHEDRAL CLOSO NB11 SKELETON
CHEMISCHE BERICHTE
Authors: SCHNEIDER, L; ENGLERT, U; PAETZOLD, P
Abstract
At 200 degrees C, the open skeleton of NB9H12 is closed to the icosahedral skeleton of NB11H10Y (3) by the action of three equivalents of Et(3)N . BH3, whereby one equivalent forms a bridge Y = -BH2-NEt(2)-CH2-CH2- between the adjacent cluster atoms N1 and B2; the product 3 crystallizes in the space group $($) over bar$$ P1. With L . BH3 (L = NMe(3), SMe(2)) instead of Et(3)N . BH3, the nido-borane NB9H12 is transformed into the closo-borane (LBH(2))NB11H11 (4a, b) at 140 degrees C. By allowing tBuNH(2) to react with 4b, the N-bonded ligand Me(2)SBH(2) is removed with formation of the aza-closo-dodecaborate [tBuNH(3)][NB11H11], thus opening a new route to closo-NB11H12.
A novel series of heteropolynuclear metallomesogens: Organopalladium complexes with ferrocenophane-containing ligands
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Authors: Kadkin, Oleg N.; An, Jaein; Han, Haksoo; Galyametdinov, Yuri G.
Abstract
Ferrocenophane-containing (Fcph) Schiff's bases p-C12H25O(C6H4)CH=N(C6H4)Fcph ((LH)-H-A) and p-C12H25O(C6H4)COO-(C6H4)CH=N(C6H4)Fcph (LBH) react with palladium(II) acetate to form mu-acetato- and chloro-bridged dimeric organo-palladium complexes. By exchanging acetato-groups with the chloride anions, mu-chloro-bridged heteropolynuclear dimers are obtained that show thermotropic smectic A phases over a temperature range of 198 to 260 degrees C. The complexes [PdCILA](2) and [PdCILB](2) can be transformed into a variety of mixed-ligand Pd-II complexes by treatment with salicylaldimine p-C12H25O(C6H4)COO(C6H3)(OH)CH=N(C6H4)Fcph ((LH)-H-C) and beta-aminovinyl ketone p-C12H25O(C6H4)-COCH=CHNH(C6H4)Fcph (L D H). The obtained mixed-ligand heterometallic complexes [(PdLLC)-L-A], [(PdLLC)-L-B], [(PdLLD)-L-A] and [(PdLLD)-L-B] exhibit enantiotropic, thermotropic nematic phases over a broad temperature range from 71 to 205 degrees C. The structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized by means of H-1 NMR, IR and UV spectroscopy, as well as elemental analysis. The liquid crystalline properties were studied by polarising optical microscopy and DSC. (C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008).