17284-09-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis, properties, oxidation, and electrochemistry of 1,2- dichalcogenins
Block, Eric,Birringer, Marc,Deorazio, Russell,Fabian, Juergen,Glass, Richard S.,Guo, Chuangxing,He, Chunhong,Lorance, Edward,Qian, Quangsheng,Schroeder, T. Benjamin,Shan, Zhixing,Thiruvazhi, Mohan,Wilson, George S.,Zhang, Xing
, p. 5052 - 5064 (2007/10/03)
Syntheses are presented of the 1,2-dichalcogenins: 1,2-dithiin, 1,2- diselenin, and 2-selenathiin, both substituted and unsubstituted. 1,2-Dithiin and 1,2-diselenin are prepared by reaction of PhCH2XNa (X = S or Se) with 1,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,3-butadiyne followed by reductive cleavage and oxidation. 2-Selenathiin is similarly prepared using a mixture of PhCH2SeNa and PhCH2SNa. Reaction of titanacyclopentadienes with (SCN)2 or (SeCN)2 followed by bis(thiocyanate) or bis(selenocyanate) cyclization affords substituted 1,2-dithiins or 1,2-diselenins, respectively. With S2Cl2, 1,2- dithiins are directly formed from titanacyclopentadienes. Oxidation of 1,2- dithiins and 1,2-diselenins gives the corresponding 1-oxide and, with 1,2- dithiins and excess oxidant, 1,1-dioxides; oxidation of 2-selenathiin gives the 2-oxide. Electrochemical oxidation of 1,2-dichalcogenins, which have a twisted geometry, affords planar radical cations by an EC mechanism. One- electron AlCl3 oxidation of 3,6-diphenyl-1,2-dithiin gives the corresponding radical cation, characterized by EPR spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations result in a flattened structure for the 1,2-dithiin radical cation and a fully planar structure for the 1,2-diselenin radical cation. The 77Se NMR chemical shifts of 1,2-diselenin are characteristically high-field-shifted with respect to open chain diselenides in good agreement with results of GIAO-DFT calculations based on MP2 and DFT optimum geometries.
