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Long-range spin density propagation in saturated hydrocarbons: 3-[n]Staffyl radicals
McKinley, Allan J.,Ibrahim, Prabha N.,Balaji,Michl, Josef
, p. 10631 - 10637 (1992)
The bridgehead radicals derived from the first three [n]staffanes (n = 1-3), oligomers of [1.1.1]propellane, have been generated from the corresponding bromides, and their solution EPR spectra have been recorded. Remarkably long-range hyperfine coupling has been found to ε, ζ, and even ι hydrogens, in qualitative agreement with ab initio UHF calculations. The coupling to the bridgehead hydrogen is attenuated by a factor of about 25 per added bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane cage. The long-range propagation of spin density can be attributed to strong interaction between the Orbitals used to make the exocyclic bonds in the 1 and 3 positions of each bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane cage. The situation can be understood simply in terms of a linear σ-hyperconjugated chain of Orbitals interacting through resonance integrals whose effective magnitude alternates in an about 1:5 ratio. A more detailed analysis is provided by considering the effect on the spin density of the various types of off-diagonal elements in the UHF Hartree-Fock matrix expressed in terms of maximally spin-paired natural bond Orbitals (MSP-NBO). This permits a clean separation of through-space and through-bond interactions as well as further separation of each of these into contributions due to bond delocalization and those due to bond spin polarization.
STAFFANES WITH TERMINAL NITRILE AND ISONITRILE FUNCTIONALITIES AND THEIR METAL COMPLEXES
Janecki, Tomasz,Shi, Shu,Kaszynski, Piotr,Michl, Josef
, p. 89 - 104 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of several bridgehead nitrile and isonitrile derivatives of the first two staffanes, n = 1 and 2, is reported.Both isonitriles were converted into pentacarbonylmolybdenum complexes. Staffane-3-carbonitrile was converted to a complex with rhodium(II) acetate, which was characterized by a single crystal X-ray analysis.