Benzene, crystal structure

Figure 10.1. Benzene crystal structure. (From Allinger and Lii. Copyright 1987 by John Wiley Sons. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley Sons.)...

Figure 10.2. Benzene crystal structure (stereographic projection).

The benzene crystal also gives us an example of an experiment that can be carried out by calculation but that cannot be carried out in the laboratory (Such experiments are sometimes said to have been carried out in silico. ) One would predict that if there were no bond dipoles, the benzene crystal structure of type (A) would be more stable than that of (B), and molecular mechanics calculations on the dimers agree. If we start with a vertical stack of plates for the benzene structure, we can study the... 

Mashima K, Nakamura T, Matsuo Y, Tani K. Convenient synthesis of anionic dinuclear ruthenium(ll) complexes [NR2H2] [ RuCl(diphosphine) 2(p.-Cl)3] [diphosphine = 2,2 -bis(diphenylphosphino)-l,l -binaphthyl, 2,2 -bis(di (p-tolyl)phosphino)-l,l -binaphthyl, and l,2-bis(diphenyl-phosphino)benzene] crystal structure of [NEt2H2][ RuCl... 

Diederich F, Jonas U, Gramlich V, Herrmann A, Ringsdorf H and Thilgen C 1993 Synthesis of a fullerene derivative of benzo[18]crown-6 by Diels-Alder reaction complexation ability, amphiphilic properties, and x-ray crystal structure of a dimethoxy-1,9-(methano[1, 2]benzomethano)fullerene[60] benzene clathrate Helv. Chim. Acta 76 2445-53... 

The x-ray crystal structures of the hexaethyl- and hexabutenylbenzene complexes show noteworthy conformational effects [78] (Fig. 6). The hexaethylbenzene complex has four distal chains [76] contrary to all the previous conformations of C6Et6 and (M)C6Et6 of C3 symmetry. This conformation also depends on the counter-anion as the three conformations with four, five, and six distal ET groups have close energies and can be observed by low-temperature 1H NMR. The hexabutenyl benzene complex has five distal chains [77]. 

Chromium, (ri6-benzene)tricarbonyl-stereochemistry nomenclature, 1,131 Chromium complexes, 3,699-948 acetylacetone complex formation, 2,386 exchange reactions, 2,380 amidines, 2,276 bridging ligands, 2,198 chelating ligands, 2,203 anionic oxo halides, 3,944 applications, 6,1014 azo dyes, 6,41 biological effects, 3,947 carbamic acid, 2,450 paddlewheel structure, 2, 451 carboxylic acids, 2,438 trinuclear, 2, 441 carcinogenicity, 3, 947 corroles, 2, 874 crystal structures, 3, 702 cyanides, 3, 703 1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene, 2,209 1,3-diketones... 

As was suggested in the preceding discussion, most of the arene complexes isolated by metal-atom techniques are benzene derivatives. However, heterocyclic ligands are also known to act as 5- or 6-electron donors in transition-metal 7r-complexes (79), and it has proved possible to isolate heterocyclic complexes via the metal-atom route. Bis(2,6-di-methylpyridine)Cr(O) was prepared by cocondensation of Cr atoms with the ligand at 77 K (79). The red-brown product was isolated in only 2% yield the stoichiometry was confirmed by mass spectrometry, and the structure determined by X-ray crystal-structure analysis, which supported a sandwich formulation. 

Rh(OEP)H reacts with CNR (R = Me, n-Bu,) to give the adduct Rh(OEP)-(H)CNR (which has no parallel in CO chemistry) which then slowly transforms to the formimidoyl insertion product, Rh(OEP)C(H)=NR. The dimer Rh(OEP))2 reacts with CNAr (Ar = 2.6-Cf,H3Mc2) in aqueous benzene to give the carbamoyl product. Rh(OEP)C(0)NHAr (characterized by an X-ray crystal structure) together with the hydride, which it.self reacts further with the isocyanide. This is suggc.sted to form via a cationic carbene intermediate, formed by attack of HiO on coordinated CNAr in concert with disproportionation to Rh(III) and Rh(l). 

After the first report on the crystal structure correlation between 2,5-DSP and poly-2,5-DSP crystals, a different crystallographic result was reported on a poly-2,5-DSP crystal (Meyer et al., 1978). It was reconfirmed, however, that the first structural analysis was correct (Nakanishi et al., 1979a). 2,5-DSP, crystallized from benzene solution, is highly photoreactive (a-form), while the same compound, sublimed at a rather high temperature... 

The crystal of 2 OPr recrystallized from EtOH/H20 solution, and the mixed crystal of the same ethyl and propyl cinnamate derivatives (2 OEt and 2 OPr), on photoirradiation for 2h at room temperature with a 500 W super-high-pressure Hg lamp, afforded the highly strained tricyclic [2.2] paracyclophane (2 OEt-2 OPr-cyclo) crystal quantitatively (Maekawa et ai, 1991b). A crystal structure analysis was carried out of a single crystal of the complex of 2 OEt-2 OPr-cyclo with HFIP (recrystallization solvent) in a 1 2 molar ratio. Fig. 13 shows the molecular structure of 2 OEt-2 OPr-cyclo viewed along the phenylene planes. The short non-bonded distances and deformation of the benzene rings, as seen in Fig. 13, are common to those of [2.2] paracyclophanes, as previously reported (Hope et ai, 1972a,b). 

Photoirradiation of both neat and benzene solutions of 2-cyclohexenone (66b) gives a complex mixture of photodimers [40]. However, photoirradiation of a 1 1 complex of 66b with the chiral host (S,S)-(-)-l,4-bis[3-(o-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylprop-l-ynyl]benzene (167) in the solid state (Scheme 24) gave (-)-anf/-head-to-head dimer 168 of 46% ee in 75% yield [40]. This reaction was found to proceed in a single crystal-to-single crystal manner. The mechanism of the reaction was studied by X-ray crystal structural analysis [41]. 

Refluxing [C x i2 tc)] in CHCI3 yields a compound which analyses as Cu3(Et2C tc)2Cl 124). The analogous butyl compounds could be prepared by the reaction of 1 mole [Cu(Bu2C tc)]4, 2 moles Cu and 1 mole X2 (X = C1, Br) in CS2. Molecular weight determinations in benzene show an association factor 3 and infrared data point to terminal halogen atoms 99). No crystal structure data of these compounds are available. 

A trinuclear system, whose structure was published,555 was formed in high yield by the cyclometalation of a l,3-bis(alkylbenzimidazol-2-yl)benzene ligand, followed by the trimerization of the unit, which possesses a vacant coordination site on the palladium atom and a pendant noncoordinated benzimidazole moiety. The resulting product forms a cup-shaped trimer or tricorn, presented in Figure 46, that includes a molecule of acetonitrile in the crystal structure.556... 

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