Studies of phosphazenes. Part 33. Thermal rearrangement of alkoxy(p-methylphenoxy)cyclophosphazenes: a synthetic route to oxocyclophosphazanes, phosphazadienes and phosphaz-1-enes

The aryloxy(alkoxy)cyclotriphosphazenes N3P3(OR)6�m(OC6H4Me-p)n(R = Me, n= 1�3; R = Et or CH2Ph, n= 3) rearrange on heating to give trioxocyclotriphosphazanes; the di- and mono-methoxy derivatives, N3P3(OMe)6�n(OC6H4Me-p)n(n= 4 or 5), yield dioxophosphaz-1-enes and an oxophosphazadiene respectively. The 1H, 13C and 31P NMR data for the starting materials and the products are presented. No evidence has been found for partially rearranged products. The geometrical disposition of the aryloxy groups in the starting material is retained in the rearranged products. Some aspects of the mechanism of the thermal rearrangement are discussed.

Synthesis, characterization, and fire retardancy of ferrocene containing polyphosphate esters

Polyphosphate esters containing ferrocene structures were synthesized from 1,1′-bis (p-hydroxyphenylamido) ferrocene and 1,1′-bis (p-hydroxyphenoxycarbonyl) ferrocene with aryl phosphorodichloridates by interfacial polycondensation using a phase transfer catalyst. The polymers were characterized by infrared, 1H-, 13C-, and 31-NMR spectroscopy. The molecular weights were determined by end group analysis using 31P-NMR spectral data. The thermal stability and fire retardancy were respectively determined by thermogravimetry and limiting oxygen index (LOI) measurements. The polyamide-phosphate esters showed better thermal stability and higher LOI values than the polyester-phosphate esters.

Organometallic chemistry of diphosphazanes. Part 7. Platinum(II), palladium-(o), -(I) and -(II) complexes of RN[P(OPh)2]2(R = Me or Ph)

The reactions of [MCl2(cod)](M = Pd or Pt, cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene) with RN[P(OPh)2]2[R = Me (L1) or Ph (L2)] afford the chelate complexes [MCl2L1] and [MCl2L2]. The dinuclear palladium(O) complex, [Pd2L13] has been synthesized by starting from [Pd2(dba)3](dba = dibenzylideneacetone). Redox condensation of [Pd2(dba)3] and [PdCl2(PhCN)2] in the presence of the diphosphazane ligands gives the dinuclear palladium(I) complexes [Pd2Cl2L12] and [Pd2Cl2L22]. The structures of the complexes have been deduced from 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopic data. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies confirm the structures of [Pd2L13] and [Pd2Cl2L22].

Combustion synthesis and properties of the NASICON family of materials

The fine-particle NASICON family of materials, MZr2P3O12(where M = Na, K, ½Ca and ¼Zr) and NbZrP3O12, have been prepared by the combustion of aqueous heterogeneous mixtures of stoichiometric amounts of metal nitrate, zirconyl nitrate, niobium phosphate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium perchlorate and carbohydrazide (CH) at 400 °C. The formation of NASICON materials was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), IR, solid-state (31P) NMR spectroscopy and thermal expansion coefficient measurements. The combustion-synthesized NASICON powders have an average agglomerate size of 9�13 µm with a specific surface area varying from 8 to 28 m2 g�1. The powders pelletized and sintered in the range 1100�1200 °C for 5 h achieved 95�97% theoretical density and showed fine-grain microstructure. The coefficient of thermal expansion of a sintered compact was measured up to 500 °C and ranged from �1.5 × 10�6°C�1 to 1.0 × 10�6°C�1 depending on the composition.

Studies of phosphazenes .11. syntheses and structures of bis(primary amino)hexachlorocyclotetraphosphazenes and their dimethylamino derivatives

The bis(amino)hexachlorocyclotetraphosphazenes, 2-trans-6-N4P4 (NHR)2Cl6, R [dbnd] Me, Pr n Pr i , Bu n , CH2Ph, Ph, are obtained from the reaction of N4P4Cl8 with four mol. equivalents of the appropriate amine. Isomers with 2,4-structures have been isolated for R [dbnd] Bu n , CH2Ph. The 1H and 31P NMR spectra of these bis(amino) compounds and of their dimethylamino derivatives, 2-trans-6-N4P4 (NMe2)6 (NHR)2 are discussed.

酸性磷（膦）酸酯萃取稀土、相关元素的机理及萃合物结构研究

本文研究了酸性磷（膦）酸酯对稀土及相关元素的萃取（包括协同萃取）机理，利用核磁共振（NMR）测试手段对HEH/EHP(III)、BTMPPA－Yb(III)的萃合物结构进行了~1H、~(13)C、~31P NMR谱的测定，获得了一些新的结构信息。

长期施肥黑土有机磷组分的31PNMR研究

有机磷是植物和微生物的重要磷源，其各化合物含量组成在一定程度上可反映土壤供磷情况。31P 核磁共振谱仪（31P NMR）通过监测核磁共振频率可以将有机磷不同组分加以区分，是测定土壤有机磷组分的理想工具。本文以吉林省公主岭市不同施肥处理（不施肥处理Control；无机肥处理NPK；有机肥处理M1 、M2；有机无机配施处理M1+NPK、M2+NPK）的长期试验地典型黑土为研究对象，对其有机磷组分应用31P NMR技术进行了研究。结果发现： 1、上机样品的浓度对谱图的影响大，同一批样品需按照同一方法配制，且浓度不是越高越好。冻干前浸提液不中和，试验中未发现磷酸二酯，土壤的NaOH-EDTA浸提液在冷冻干燥前中和，可以减少磷酸二酯的水解；土壤全碳对实验谱图的分辨率有较大的影响。 2、Control处理和NPK处理磷酸单酯含量占浸提液全磷量的比例最高，分别为41%和38%，M2 + NPK处理比例最低为13% 。肌醇六磷酸盐含量占总有机磷量的比例在7% ～ 28%之间，Control处理最高，显著高于NPK处理、M1处理、M1 + NPK处理和M2 + NPK处理。土壤焦磷酸盐含量占浸提液全磷含量比例为0.01% ～ 0.31%，施有机肥处理土壤焦磷酸盐含量显著高于Control处理和NPK处理。 3、土壤浸提液冷冻干燥前中和，测定结果均发现胞壁酸（属磷酸二酯）的峰，中和后的测定磷酸二酯含量占浸提液全磷量的比例在0.53%和3.75%之间；且在Control处理发现-5.28ppm、-26.19ppm和-27.54ppm处发现三个未知峰；Control处理未知化合物占总有机磷的比例为0.35%。

连续提取和液体磷核磁共振表征太湖梅梁湾沉积物中磷的剖面分布

应用连续提取法（SMT）和液体磷核磁共振（31P NMR）技术研究了太湖北部梅梁湾沉积物中磷形态和组成的剖面变化。结果表明，铁／铝磷是沉积物中磷的主要形态，约占总磷含量的44．0-54．6％。总磷、无机磷、有机磷和铁／铝磷含量均随沉积深度增加呈降低趋势，至18cm以下略有增加，而钙磷却在柱样下部随沉积深度增加呈累积趋势。31PNMR显示，沉积物磷主要由正磷酸盐（72．0--99．2％）和磷酸单酯（0．8--25．9％）构成，磷酸二酯、膦酸盐和焦磷酸盐的相对含量非常低，分别为1．0％、0．4-1．0％和0．1％。正磷酸盐含量在沉积物表层9cm内减少了65％，9cm以下波动变化，但总体呈降低趋势。这些特征表明沉积物中磷对梅梁湾上覆水体具有强烈的释放潜力，是太湖富营养化发生的重要因素.

湖泊沉积物中有机磷的地球化学特征及其富营养化效应——以太湖、红枫湖、百花湖和洱海为例

磷是水生生态系统初级生产力的主要限制因子，也是造成湖泊富营养化的关键营养元素。湖泊富营养化现已成为世界性的环境问题，它不但制约了湖泊资源的可利用性,而且直接影响着人类的健康生存与社会经济的可持续发展。沉积物内源磷的释放是决定湖泊水体营养水平、影响湖泊富营养化治理成效的重要因素。因此，研究沉积物中磷的组成形态、含量分布及迁移转化等对于全面了解湖泊生态系统中磷的生物地球化学循环，有效控制和管理湖泊富营养化具有重要的意义。然而目前对沉积物中的无机磷(Pi)及其生物可利用性进行了大量的研究，有机磷(Po)作为沉积物中的重要化学成分，它的地球化学特征及其对湖泊富营养化的作用却了解甚少。 长江中下游地区和云贵高原地区是我国淡水湖泊的主要分布区，也是我国湖泊富营养化最为严重的地区。本论文工作选取两地区具不同流域特征、水文状况、生态结构、污染程度的代表性湖泊(太湖梅梁湾、鼋头渚、贡湖、东太湖, 红枫湖, 百花湖和洱海)为研究对象，结合传统的化学连续提取手段和最新的液体磷核磁共振(31P NMR)波谱分析，研究了这些湖泊沉积物中Po的形态、组成以及剖面分布特征，揭示了Po对湖泊富营养化的重要作用；并运用高效体积排阻色谱法、分子荧光光谱法探讨了它们与沉积物中有机质的关系。主要研究结果如下： 1. 采用改进的土壤Po分级体系研究湖泊沉积物中Po的赋存形态，沉积物中Po的回收率可达94.3－101.1%，平均为98.5±2.2%，说明了该方法基本上包括了沉积物中全部Po。这是因为本方法对活性Po和腐殖质磷萃取的时间更长，提取更为完全；对富里酸磷和胡敏酸磷的区分更加明确；还特别增加了残渣态有机磷(Residual Po)的测定，使得Po的形态分析更为周密和准确。沉积物中Residual Po的含量占总Po的29.9－57.2%，进一步表明了此方法的可取性，这将为以后开展湖泊沉积物中Po的形态研究奠定了基础。 2. 湖泊沉积物中磷形态的不同分布特征可能与两地区不同的湖泊类型、有机质降解过程的差异以及各种磷形态之间的相互转化有关。Po形态在不同污染程度沉积物中的含量与分布也充分说明了沉积物是水体富营养化的主要内源，Po对湖泊富养化的作用不容忽视。 3.太湖梅梁湾、鼋头渚和贡湖沉积物不同提取液中有机质的分子量分布特征可能表明了其中有机质和Po组成的差异，而沉积物中有机C/N和C/P比值分析和三维荧光光谱特征的相似形可能反映了太湖(浅水湖泊)沉积物中有机质与磷的地球化学特性及其相互关系。 4. 31P NMR的测定结果显示，湖泊沉积物中磷主要由正磷酸盐(Ortho-P)、磷酸单酯(Monoester-P)与二酯(Diester-P)组成，焦磷酸盐(Pyro-P)和膦酸盐(Phosphonate)的含量非常低。Ortho-P在重富营养化和浅水湖泊沉积物中的相对含量高于富营养化、中富营养化和深水湖泊沉积物，Monoester-P的分布特征正好相反，表明了这些磷化合物在不同湖泊生态系统磷的循环中的差异。此外，Monoester-P中肌糖磷酸的大量存在，也同时证实了前面Po化学连续提取中高含量的Residual Po。 5. 梅梁湾和洱海沉积物中总磷(TP)、Pi、Ortho-P、Monoester-P、总有机碳(TOC)和总氮(TN)表现出不同的剖面分布特征，说明了有机质和磷在不同湖泊环境中的分解转化规律，可能解释了内源磷的释放对两湖富营养化的影响。此外，Diester-P中DNA-P的剖面变化和前人报道的沉积物中DNA的分布特征正好吻合，表明了DNA-P主要来源于沉积物中细菌和微生物的DNA。

Ring-opening polymerisation of silver-diphosphine [M2L3] coordination cages to give [M2L3](infinity) coordination polymers

[M2L3] coordination cages and linear [M2L3]infinity polymers of the rigid, bridging diphosphines bis(diphenylphosphino)acetylene (dppa) and trans-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene (dppet) with silver(I) salts have been investigated in the solution and solid states. Unlike flexible diphosphines, 1:1 dppa/AgX mixtures do not selectively form discrete [Ag2(diphos)2(X)2] macrocycles; instead dynamic mixtures of one-, two- and three-coordinate complexes are formed. However, 3:2 dppa/AgX ratios (X = SbF6. BF4, O3SCF3 or NO3) do lead selectively to new [M2L3] triply bridged cage complexes [Ag2(dppa)3(X)2] 1a-d (X = SbF6 a, BF4 b, O3SCF3 c, NO3 d), which do not exhibit Ag-P bond dissociation at room temperature on the NMR time scale (121 MHz). Complexes la-d were characterised by X-ray crystallography and were found to have small internal cavities, helical conformations and multiple intramolecular aromatic interactions. The nucleophilicity of the anion subtly influences the cage shape: Increasing nucleophilicity from SbF6 (1a) through BF4 (1b) and O3SCF3 (1c) to NO3 (1d) increases the pyramidal distortion at the AgP3 centres, stretching the cage framework (with Ag...Ag distances increasing from 5.48 in 1a to 6.21 A in 1d) and giving thinner internal cavities. Crystal packing strongly affected the size of the helical twist angle, and no correlation between this parameter and the Ag-Ag distance was observed. When crystalline 1c was stored in its supernatant for 16 weeks, conversion occured to the isostoichiometric [M2L3]infinity coordination polymer [Ag(dppa)2Ag(dppa)(O3SCF3)2]infinity (1c'). X-ray crystallography revealed a structure with ten-membered Ag2(dppa)2 rings linked into infinite one-dimensional chains by a third dppa unit. The clear structural relationship between this polymer and the precursor cage 1c suggests a novel example of ring-opening polymerisation. With dppet, evidence for discrete [M2L3] cages was also found in solution, although 31P NMR spectroscopy suggested some Ag-P bond dissociation. On crystallisation, only the corresponding ring-opened polymeric structures [M2L3]infinity could be obtained. This may be because the greater steric bulk of dppet versus dppa destabilises the cage and favours the ring-opening polymerisation.

2,4-dinitrophenol as an activating reagent in a facile preparation of cyclic phosphate trimesters

Abstract 2,4-Dinitrophenol was employed with benzyloxy-bis-(diisopropylamino)phosphine to synthesise the cyclic phosphate derivatives of a series of alkane diols (HO–(CH2)n–OH, n=2–6) in good isolated yields. Tetrazole and DNP were compared by 31P NMR spectroscopy for their ability to catalyse the cyclisation at the P(III) stage. Investigation of the phosphate triester stability under various oxidation and chromatographic conditions resulted in the optimisation of the isolation procedures of the chemically unstable cyclic compounds. Conditions for debenzylation were developed to yield the corresponding cyclic phosphodiesters quantitatively. The methodology was further applied to the preparation and isolation of the cyclic phosphate derivative of a carbohydrate.

An introduction to biological nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

ABSTRACT Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful analytical techniques available to biology. This review is an introduction to the potential of this method and is aimed at readers who have little or no experience in acquiring or analyzing NMR spectra. We focus on spectroscopic applications of the magnetic resonance effect, rather than imaging ones, and explain how various aspects of the NMR phenomenon make it a versatile tool with which to address a number of biological problems. Using detailed examples, we discuss the use of 1H NMR spectroscopy in mixture analysis and metabolomics, the use of 13C NMR spectroscopy in tracking isotopomers and determining the flux through metabolic pathways (‘fluxomics’) and the use of 31P NMR spectroscopy in monitoring ATP generation and intracellular pH homeotasis in vivo. Further examples demonstrate how NMR spectroscopy can be used to probe the physical environment of a cell by measuring diffusion and the tumbling rates of individual metabolites and how it can determine macromolecular structures by measuring the bonds and distances which separate individual atoms. We finish by outlining some of the key challenges which remain in NMR spectroscopy and we highlight how recent advances— such as increased magnet field strengths, cryogenic cooling, microprobes and hyperpolarisation—are opening new avenues for today’s biological NMR spectroscopists.

A pyrophosphate-responsive gadolinium(III) MRI contrast agent

This study shows that the relaxivity and optical properties of functionalised lanthanide-DTPA-bis-amide complexes (lanthanide=Gd3+ and Eu3+, DTPA=diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid) can be successfully modulated by addition of specific anions, without direct Ln3+/anion coordination. Zinc(II)-dipicolylamine moieties, which are known to bind strongly to phosphates, were introduced in the amide “arms” of these ligands, and the interaction of the resulting Gd–Zn2 complexes with a range of anions was screened by using indicator displacement assays (IDAs). Considerable selectivity for polyphosphorylated species (such as pyrophosphate and adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP)) over a range of other anions (including monophosphorylated anions) was apparent. In addition, we show that pyrophosphate modulates the relaxivity of the gadolinium(III) complex, this modulation being sufficiently large to be observed in imaging experiments. To establish the binding mode of the pyrophosphate and gain insight into the origin of the relaxometric modulation, a series of studies including UV/Vis and emission spectroscopy, luminescence lifetime measurements in H2O and D2O, 17O and 31P NMR spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance dispersion (NMRD) studies were carried out.

Synthesis of new phosphino amino alcohol ligands via ortho-alkyllithiation reactions. Versatile coordination behavior toward copper(I) and palladium(II)

2-[Methyl(2-methylphenyl)amino]ethanol undergoes an ortho-alkyllithiation reaction with n-butyllithium to lead to a new mixed benzyllithium−lithium alkoxide. This organolithium species reacts with PPh2Cl, with selective P−C bond formation, to afford the ligand 2-[methyl(2-((diphenylphosphino)methyl)phenyl)amino]ethanol L1. The coordination of the ligand L1 to copper(I) leads to the complex [Cu(L1)2](BF4), whose structure has been determined by an X-ray diffraction study. In the solid state, one of the ligands acts as a monodentate phosphine while the other adopts a tridentate P,N,O coordination mode. A variable-temperature 31P NMR study demonstrated the existence of an equilibrium between the two modes in solution, with a coalescence temperature of ca. 0 °C, indicating a double-hemilabile behavior for the nitrogen and the oxygen functions. L1 reacts with [Pd(Me)(Cl)(COD)] to give a dinuclear complex in which the ligand appears to behave as a bridging anionic P,O ligand. Such a complex could serve as a model for a key intermediate in the proposed mechanism for the homogeneous catalysis of the methoxycarbonylation of propyne by certain palladium(II) complexes containing P,N ligands. L1 can undergo a second ortho-alkylmetalation reaction with n-butyllithium which, after addition of PPh2Cl, provides the new ligand 2-{methyl[2-(bis(diphenylphosphino)methyl)phenyl]amino}ethanol (L2) in high yield.

Cooperative metal-ligand-induced properties of heteroleptic copper(I) xanthate/dithiocarbamate PPh3 complexes

Four new heteroleptic mononuclear complexes, [Cu(PPh3)2L1](1) {L1 = (C9H11O2CS2), [2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]xanthate}, [Cu(PPh3)2L2] (2) [L2 = (C6H7OCS2), benzylxanthate], [Cu(PPh3)2L3] (3) [L3 = (C5H9OCS2), (cyclobutylmethyl)xanthate] and [Cu(PPh3)2L4] (4) [L4 = (NC13H13NCS2), N-benzyl-N-(4-pyridylmethyl)dithiocarbamate], have been synthesized and characterized by using microanalysis, IR, UV/Vis, 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography; their photoluminescent behaviour and molecular electrical conductivity have been investigated. CuI possesses four-coordinate distorted tetrahedral geometry in all the complexes. All are weakly conducting and exhibit semiconductor behaviour in the studied 303363 K temperature range. Complex 4 shows striking luminescent behaviour emitting bluish green light at 480 nm in CH2Cl2 solution at room temperature