Yamamura M, Kano N, Kawashima T. Systematic Study on the Structures and Reactivity of Hydrazobenzenes and Azobenzenes Bearing a Chalcogenophosphoryl Group.
Inorg Chem 2006;
45:6497-507. [PMID:
16878964 DOI:
10.1021/ic0601790]
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Abstract
Hydrazobenzenes 3-5 bearing a chalcogenophosphoryl group were synthesized by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Their X-ray crystallographic analyses and NMR and IR spectra showed the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the N-H protons and the chalcogenophosphoryl groups. The intermolecular hydrogen bonds in phosphine oxide 3 and selenide 5 were observed in the solid state. Phosphine oxide 3, sulfide 4, and selenide 5 constructed a dimeric structure, a discrete monomeric structure, and a chain structure, respectively. As the chalcogen atom changed, the crystalline structures of the 2-chalcogenophosphorylhydrazobenzenes also changed. The hydrogen bonds affected the oxidation reactions of the hydrazobenzenes, and oxidation of hydrazobenzenes bearing a lighter chalcogen atom was more difficult. For azobenzenes bearing a chalcogenophosphoryl group, X-ray crystallographic analyses and NMR spectra showed little interaction between the azo group and the chalcogenophosphoryl groups. However, in the UV-vis spectra, the red shifts of the absorption maxima due to the n --> pi transitions indicated intramolecular interactions in the excited state, in contrast to the corresponding 4-substituted azobenzenes. In addition, photoirradiation of phosphine oxide (E)-7 gave (Z)-7, whereas that of phosphine sulfide (E)-8 and phosphine selenide (E)-9 did not give (Z)-8 and (Z)-9, suggesting that heavy chalcogen atoms quench excited states by through-space interactions. Introduction of a chalcogenophosphoryl group at the 2-position had a significant effect on the structure, spectral properties, and reactivity of hydrazobenzenes and azobenzenes. Although azobenzene (E)-10 bearing a hydroxyphosphoryl group at the 2-position did not show hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state, its optical properties and photoisomerization ratio were different from those of (E)-7.
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