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Duraj, Stan A.

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NASA NTRS1994

Snythesis and characterization of the first main group oxo-centered trinuclear carboxylate

The synthesis and structural characterization of the first main group oxo-centered, trinuclear carboxylato-bridged species is reported, namely (Ga3(mu(sub 3)-O) (mu-O2CC6H5)6 (4-Mepy)3) GaCl4 center dot 4-Mepy (compound 1), where 4-Mepy is 4-methylpyridine. Compound 1 is a main group example of a well-established class of complexes, referred to as 'basic carboxylates' of the general formula (M3(mu(sub 3)-O)(mu-O2CR)6L3)(+), previously observed only for transition metals.

Duraj, Stan A.↗

NASA NTRS1994

Trans-Bis(acetato-0)bis(4-methylpyridine-N)copper(II)

The structure of trans-bis(acetato-O)bis (4-methylpyridine-N)copper(II), (Cu(C2H3O2)2(C6H7N)2), reported herein, represents a monomeric parent acetate complex with a distorted square-planar arrangement of acetate and 4-methylpyridine ligands around the Cu atom with the following distances and angles: Cu-N = 2.027(4) and Cu-O(1) = 1.950 (3) A; O(1)-Cu-N = 89.1 (2) and O(1)-Cu-N' = 90.0(2)deg. The Cu atom resides on a center of inversion. the most important dihedral angles are the angle between the 4-methylpyridine plane and the acetate plane (O(1), O(2), C(21), and C(22)), 78.2 deg, and the angle between the 4-methylpyridine ring and the coordination plane (Cu, N, O(1)), 31.6 deg.

Jedrzejas, Marek J.↗

NASA NTRS1994

Trans-Bis(acetato-o)bis(4-methylpyridine-N)copper(II)

The structure of trans-bis(acetato-O)bis(4-methyl- pyridine-N)copper(II), (Cu(C2H302)(sub 2)(C6H7N)(sub 2)), re- ported herein, represents a monomeric parent acetate complex with a distorted square-planar arrangement of acetate and 4-methylpyridine ligands around the Cu atom with the following distances and angles: Cu-N = 2.027 (4) and Cu-O1 = 1.950 (3) A; O1-Cu-N = 89.1 (2) and O1 -Cu-N' = 90.9 (2)deg. The Cu atom resides on a center of inversion. The most important dihedral angles are the angle between the 4-methylpyridine plane and the acetate plane (O1, O2, C21 and C22), 78.2 deg and the angle between the 4-methylpyridine ring and the coordination plane (Cu, N, O1), 31.6 deg.

Jedrzejas, Marek J.↗

NASA NTRS1992

Room temperature synthesis of copper indium diselenide in non-aqueous solution using an organoindium reagent

A novel two-phase synthesis of CuInSe2 at 25 C from Cu2Se and Cp3In in 4-methylpyridine has been discovered. Characterization of the material produced shows it to be platelet-shaped crystallites with an average particle size of 10 microns, less than 2 percent C and H, with a small amount of unidentified crystalline impurity. The results demonstrate that it is possible to produce from solution a material that is ordinarily synthesized in bulk or films at much higher temperatures or using extraneous reagents and/or electrons. The use of a solid-state reagent as a starting material which is converted to another solid-state compound by an organometallic reagent has tremendous potential to produce precursors for a wide range of solid-state materials of interest to the electronics, defense, and aerospace communities.

Hepp, Aloysius F.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Reactivity of pi-complexes of Ti, V, and Nb towards dithioacetic acid: Synthesis and structure of novel metal sulfur-containing complexes

In order to use sulfur-containing resources economically and with minimal environmental damage, it is important to understand the desulfurization processes. Hydrodesulfurization, for example, is carried out on the surface of a heterogeneous metal sulfide catalyst. Studies of simple, soluble inorganic systems provide information regarding the structure and reactivity of sulfur-containing compounds with metal complexes. Further, consistent with recent trends in materials chemistry, many model compounds warrant further study as catalyst precursors. The reactivity of low-valent organometallic sandwich pi-complexes toward dithiocarboxylic acids is described. For example, treatment of bisbenzene vanadium with CH3CSSH affords a divanadium tetrakis(dithioacetate) complex. The crystallographically determined V-V bond distance, 2.800(2), is nearly the same as the V-V bond distance in a V(mu-nu squared-S2)2V' unit in the mineral patonite (VS4)n. The stability of the V2S4 core in the dimer is demonstrated by evidence of V2S4(+) in the mass spectrum (70 eV, solid probe) of the vanadium dimer. Several other systems relevant to HDS catalysis are also discussed.

Duraj, Stan A.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Synthesis and structures of metal chalcogenide precursors

The reactivity of early transition metal sandwich complexes with sulfur-rich molecules such as dithiocarboxylic acids was studied. Researchers recently initiated work on precursors to CuInSe2 and related chalcopyrite semiconductors. Th every high radiation tolerance and the high absorption coefficient of CuInSe2 makes this material extremely attractive for lightweight space solar cells. Their general approach in early transition metal chemistry, the reaction of low-valent metal complexes or metal powders with sulfur and selenium rich compounds, was extended to the synthesis of chalcopyrite precursors. Here, the researchers describe synthesis, structures, and and routes to single molecule precursors to metal chalcogenides.

Hepp, Aloysius F.↗