The palladium(II) complex [Pd(C6F5)Cl(bpzm*)] (5) [bpzm* = bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane] was characterized by 1H,1H-TOCSY, 1H-NOE difference spectra, 1H,19F-HOESY and 13C,1H-HMBC 2D-NMR techniques. Chemical exchange of the methylene protons from 1H,1H-NOESY cross peaks and exchange of the ortho- and meta-fluorine atoms, respectively, from 19F,19F-EXSY cross peaks indicates that the Pd-bpzm* chelate ring boat-to-boat inversion occurs at a rate slower than the NMR time scale together with a concomitant change of the C6F5 atom positions. The presence of three 19F-NMR signals for 2Fo : 1Fp : 2Fm of the C6F5 ligand for complexes [Pd(C6F5)Cl(tmeda)] (1) and [Pd(C6F5)Cl(bipy)] (3) (tmeda = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine; bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine) is interpreted as being due to identical hemi-spaces above and below an apparent symmetry plane coinciding with the Pd-coordination plane instead of free ring rotation. The molecular structures of 1, 3 and 5 from single-crystal studies suggest that the hindered C6F5 rotation is not limited to 5 but is also present in 1 and 3 due to ligand repulsion. Complexes [Pd(C6F5)Cl(tmeda)] (1), [Pd(C6F5)OH(tmeda)] (2), [Pd(C6F5)Cl(bipy)] (3), [Pd(C6F5)OH(bipy)] (4) and [Pd(C6F5)Cl(bpzm*)] (5) have been applied as pre-catalysts for the vinyl homopolymerization of norbornene in combination with the cocatalyst methylaluminoxane (MAO). Activities of more than 106 gpolymer/(molPd h) could be reached with these catalytic systems. Based on the spectrochemical series, pre-catalysts 1 and 2 with the pure σ-donor and more weakly bound aliphatic amine ligands showed higher polymerization activities than compounds 3–5 with modest π-accepting and stronger bound aromatic substituents. This is reasoned with a kinetic activation effect through a faster removal of the more weakly bound ligands upon reaction with MAO together with the chloro or hydroxo ligands to give the active, almost "naked" Pd2+ cations. For the activation mechanism, 1H-, 13C- and 19F-NMR studies of the MAO activated complex 5 showed about 13% chlorine-to-methyl exchange for a molar Pd : Al ratio of 1 : 10. For 5 : MAO at a Pd : Al ratio of 1 : 100 abstraction of C6F5 takes place with a redox reaction giving Pd metal and C6F5-CH3 in the absence of norbornene monomer.
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An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.
Within the history of music, the scholarship on the great female figures from across all time periods—most notably composers, performers, patrons, and teachers—continues to grow. In addition to these notable individuals, however, there were numerous anonymous women, most often associated with musical teaching or private performances in the European salons, who achieved a prominent place in their society. In this work, I propose to address this with an approach to the case of the lesser-known composer and poet Marie Mennessier-Nodier (1811–1893). Following a review of the place of women musicians in current academic research, I delve into the life and the legacy of Marie Mennessier-Nodier, as well as her place in the musical context in which she lived: nineteenth-century French Romanticism. Ultimately, the research on Marie Mennessier-Nodier allows us to reflect on the women who, despite their exclusion from the ‘great history’, were nevertheless important in shaping new generations of musicians and the artistic life of their context.
Contrary to common belief a single C–H⋯F–C contact in [(η5-C5H5)Pd(C6F5)(PPh3)] is strong enough to pair two independent molecules and render them crystallographically different as suggested by its strongest 1H–19F dipole–dipole coupling in a 2-D CP/MAS PILGRIM NMR experiment together with solid state 1-D 19F{1H} and 2-D 19F RFDR NMR spectroscopy – thereby proving the power of 2-D solid-state NMR for assessing the strength of supramolecular contacts.
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.