Development of an approach to the synthesis of the ABC ring system of Hemibrevetoxin B

An efficient approach for the synthesis of a model of the ABC ring system of Hemibrevetoxin B is described. Key features include a ring expansion to yield the ring C oxepane, the reduction of a 2-furyl ketone with high levels of 1,3-stereocontrol, and an Achmatowicz oxidative ring expansion to yield the ring A tetrahydropyran. All seven stereogenic centers present in the model compound were controlled with high levels (>98:<2) of diastereoselectivity.     

A theoretical and experimental study of the racemization process of hexaaza[5]helicenes

A dynamic ¹H NMR study, together with DFT calculations, of bis-([1,2,3]triazolo)[1,5-a:5′,1′-k][1,10]phenanthroline 2 has allowed to identify the ring and open forms of a new example of ring/chain tautomerism, as well as their interconversion barriers (ring/ring and ring/open). The barrier of the exchange process between the chain forms and the ring form was found higher than the ‘racemization’ process in the closed form, so the ring opening does not contribute to the ‘racemization’. The di-1,10-methyl and di-1,10-iodo derivatives have been prepared and their properties calculated.     

Synthesis of the BCD ring system of azaspiracid: construction of the trispiro ring structure by the thioether approach

The synthesis of the BCD ring system of azaspiracid 1 has been attained. Construction of the stereochemistry of the C₁₃ position was successfully controlled by connection between the B ring and the C ring with a sulfur atom.     

π–π Stacking Interaction in an Oxidized CuII–Salen Complex with a Side-Chain Indole Ring: An Approach to the Function of the Tryptophan in the Active Site of Galactose Oxidase

In order to gain new insights into the effect of the π–π stacking interaction of the indole ring with the Cu^II–phenoxyl radical as seen in the active form of galactose oxidase, we have prepared a Cu^II complex of a methoxy-substituted salen-type ligand, containing a pendent indole ring on the dinitrogen chelate backbone, and characterized its one-electron-oxidized forms. The X-ray crystal structures of the oxidized Cu^II complex exhibited the π–π stacking interaction of the indole ring mainly with one of the two phenolate moieties. The phenolate moiety in close contact with the indole moiety showed the characteristic phenoxyl radical structural features, indicating that the indole ring favors the π–π stacking interaction with the phenoxyl radical. The UV/Vis/NIR spectra of the oxidized Cu^II complex with the pendent indole ring was significantly different from those of the complex without the side-chain indole ring, and the absorption and CD spectra exhibited a solvent dependence, which is in line with the phenoxyl radical–indole stacking interaction in solution. The other physicochemical results and theoretical calculations strongly support that the indole ring, as an electron donor, stabilizes the phenoxyl radical by the π–π stacking interaction.     

Reaction of the thiolsulfonate group with the aromatic nucleus: A new ring closure

The double ring closure of N,N-bis[2- (alkyl- or arylsulfonylthio)ethyl]anilines to form 2,3,5,6-tetrahydro[1,4]thiazino[4,3,2-de][1,4]benzothiazines, a new ring system, is reported. The effects of various benzene ring substituents upon the ring closure are described.     

Determination of the site of protonation of substituted benzenes in water chemical ionization mass spectrometry

The site of protonation of a substituted benzene may be determined using chemical onization mass spectrometry with D₂O as a reagent gas. The observation of extensive exchange of the ring hydrogens for deuteriums is linked to protonation on the benzene ring. The lack of this exchange coupled with the formation of cluster ions (the association of the protonated species with one or more D₂O molecules) is evidence of protonation on the substituent rather than the ring. Aniline, benzaldehyde and nitrobenzene are observed to protonate at the substituent while toluene, bromobenzene, biphenyl and iodobenzene protonate on the ring. The dimethylbenzenes protonate on the ring while the diaminobenzenes protonate at one of the substituents. The dihydroxybenzenes, as well as a number of other compounds in which an oxygen is attached directly to the ring, protonate predominantly at the substituent although a small amount of exchange of one ring hydrogen is observed.     

Theoretical Study of the Geometry of Dibenzoazepine Analogues

The geometry of dibenzoazepine analogues—typical multifunctional drugs—was investigated to find the geometrical parameters sensitive to the substitution of the central seven-membered ring. Exploration of the crystal structure database (CSD) shows that the geometrical parameter sensitive to the substitution of the carbon atom distance of the central ring not included in the aromatic rings to the plane through the carbon atoms common for the central ring and the aromatic side rings. Presence of the double bond in the central ring was reflected in its partial aromaticity expressed by the HOMED parameter. Some derivatives of 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine with flat conformation of the central ring are characterized by mobility of the electron density comparable to the mobility in the aromatic side rings. Influence of the surrounding on the investigated compounds was confirmed by comparison of the optimized molecules and the molecules in the crystal state where the packing forces can influence the molecular geometry.     

Stereocontrolled synthesis of the IJK ring segment of yessotoxin

A stereocontrolled synthesis of the IJK ring segment of yessotoxin is described. Cyclization of 11 mediated by SmI₂ gave the IJ ring system 12 as the sole product. Construction of the K ring moiety was performed by the acid catalyzed cyclization of epoxy alcohol 20 to afford the IJK ring segment in a highly stereocontrolled manner.     

A study of the ring size in the copolymer of divinyl ether and maleic anhydride by H-NMR spectroscopy

The well-known alternating 1:2 cyclocopolymer of divinyl ether (DVE) and maleic anhydride (MA) possesses a wide spectrum of biological activities, including antitumor. Recent research on the structure of a variety of cyclopolymers has raised a question about the ring size of this cyclocopolymer. In this article we report on an extensive spectroscopic study of its structure. By use of deuterated monomers the H-NMR peaks at δ 2.31, 3.47, 4.06, and 4.49 ppm with an area ratio of 2:1:1:1 were assigned to the hydrogens of methylenes, methines on the backbone anhydride unit, methines on the ring anhydride unit, and methines adjacent to oxygen on the cyclic ether ring, respectively. By examination of the possible isomeric structures of the bicyclic ring, the splitting of each peak group was further assigned for cis and trans disubstitutions on the anhydride unit. The splitting pattern from the 300-MHz NMR spectrum of the DVE-2,3-dideuteriomaleic anhydride (DMA) copolymer confirmed the unsymmetrical ring structure. ¹³C-NMR spectra were consistent with the conclusion from the H-NMR spectra. A chair-form, six-membered ring with predominantly trans geometry in the anhydride ring was assigned to the structure of DVE–MA copolymer. On the basis of little or no change in the ¹³C-NMR spectra of the copolymers prepared at different temperatures it was concluded that there was no significant change in structure with temperature. This led to the assignment of the energetically favored, six-membered ring structure to the copolymer prepared under these conditions. A mechanism for cyclocopolymerization, based on the HOMO–LUMO interaction of the comonomers and the intramolecular radical addition on the preoriented double bond, was proposed. This mechanism leads to the formation of the six-membered ring structure of the copolymer as the only product. A ¹³C-NMR study of the structure of the copolymer prepared in chloroform by Kunitake and Tsukino is being published as a companion article.     

Satellite Hole Investigation of the Vibrational Modes of 9-Aminoacridine upon Binding to DNA

The spectral features of satellite holes are used to investigate 9-aminoacridine-DNA interactions. The hole depths of the outer ring vibronic modes are reduced more than that of the inner ring vibronic modes, implying that inner ring motion is less perturbed than outer ring motion. As a result, the mode coupling between the inner ring and outer ring is reduced upon binding to DNA. However, similar hole frequency and width of the satellite hole corresponding to the NH₂ mode upon binding to DNA imply that the amino group of 9-aminoacridine sits outside the DNA.     

Harnessing the ortho‐Directing Ability of the Azetidine Ring for the Regioselective and Exhaustive Functionalization of Arenes

This work demonstrates how the directing ability of the azetidine ring could be useful for regioselective ortho‐C?H functionalization of aryl compounds. Robust polar organometallic (lithiated) intermediates are involved in this synthetic strategy. The reagent n‐hexyllithium emerged as a safer, yet still effective, basic reagent for the hydrogen/lithium permutation relative to the widely used reagent nBuLi. Two different reaction protocols were discovered for regioselective lithiation at the ortho positions adjacent to the azetidine ring, which served as a toolbox when other competing directing groups were installed on the aromatic ring. The coordinating ability of the azetidine nitrogen atom, as well as the involvement of dynamic phenomena related to the preferential conformations of 2‐arylazetidine derivatives, were recognized to be responsible for the observed reactivity and regioselectivity. A site‐selective functionalization of the aromatic ring was achieved for aryl azetidines with either coordinatively competent groups (e.g. methoxy) or inductively electron‐withdrawing substituents (e.g. chlorine and fluorine). By fine‐tuning the reaction conditions, regioselective introduction of several substituents on the aromatic ring could be realized. Several substitution patterns were accomplished, which included 1,2,3‐trisubstitution, 1,2,3,4‐tetrasubstitution, and 1,2,3,4,5‐pentasubstitution, up to the exhaustive substitution of the aromatic ring.     

Regioselective C-H Functionalization of the Six-Membered Ring of the 6,5-Fused Heterocyclic Systems: An Overview

The regioselective C-H functionalization of the five-membered ring of the 6,5-fused heterocyclic systems is nowadays well documented due to its high reactivity compared to the six-membered ring. So, developing new procedures of C-H functionalization of the six-membered ring “by thinking out of the box” is extremely challenging, which explains the limited number of reports published to date. This review paper aims to highlight advances achieved in this emerging chemistry research and discusses recently reported methods.     

Effect of substituents at atoms of double bonds on the conformation of the 1,3-cyclohexadiene ring

The effect of alkyl substituents at atoms of double bonds on the conformation of the 1,3-cyclohexadiene ring was studied using a molecular-mechanics method. It was shown that the introduction of substituents results only in a change of the degree of ring puckering. It is concluded that there is equilibrium between flattening and unflattening factors, which then governs the constancy of the ring conformation.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 334–337, July–August, 1992.     

Mechanisms of phosphate transfer on the purine salvage pathway

Abstract

α-D-Ribofuranosyl-1,2-cyclic monophosphate and 5-phospho-α-D-ribofuranosy1-1, 2-cyclic monophosphate were synthesized in good yields. The five-membered ring cyclic phosphates have ³¹p chemical shifts similar to those found for such structures, presumably reflecting the smaller O-P-O bond angle, compared to that in six-membered ring phosphates. The rate of OH^? catalyzed ring opening was similar to that reported for ethylene phosphate, indicating relief of ring strain during hydrolysis. α-D-Ribofuranosyl-1, 2-cyclic monophosphate was found to irreversibly inactivate purine nucleoside phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.1) at its catalytic center.     

Paramagnetic ring current in the diazepine ring of the 1H-benzo-1,5-diazepinium monocation

The signals of all of the protons in the PMR spectrum of 2,4-dimethyl-1H-benzo-1,5-diazepine hydrochloride are shifted to stronger fields by 0.5–1.0 ppm relative to the signals of the analogous protons in model compounds. This shift is explained by the considerable paramagnetic contribution of the eight π electrons of the diazepine ring of the 1H-benzo-1,5-diazepinium monocation to the magnetic susceptibility of the molecule. Calculations of the π-electron ring current and the π-electron component of the magnetic susceptibility of this monocation by the MO LCAO method showed that the ring current in the seven-membered ring is paramagnetic and depends markedly on the magnitude of the coulombic integral for nitrogen.     

Stereochemical features of the structure of germacrane lactones and the applicability of Geissman's rule in this series

Stereochemical features of the structure of the germacrane lactones have been investigated. By correlating the circular dichroism and the results of x-ray structural analyses of the germacranolides with different types of linkage of the lactone ring it has been estabished that Geissman's rule is satisfied in the trans-trans-germacral(10), 4-dienolide series if the lactone ring has the S-conformation and the decadiene ring the chair-chair conformation in the C₆-trans-lactones and, correspondingly, the A and chair-chair conformations in the C₆-cis compounds. The decadiene ring has the boat-boat conformation if there is an exocyclic double bond at C₁₀ in the C₈-trans-germacrolides, and a positive Cotton effect (CE) is observed in the CD spectra in the 220 nm region and a negative one at 200 nm. Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 742–748, November–December, 1990.     

Stereochemical features of the structure of germacrane lactones and the applicability of Geissman's rule in this series

Stereochemical features of the structure of the germacrane lactones have been investigated. By correlating the circular dichroism and the results of x-ray structural analyses of the germacranolides with different types of linkage of the lactone ring it has been estabished that Geissman's rule is satisfied in the trans-trans-germacral(10), 4-dienolide series if the lactone ring has the S-conformation and the decadiene ring the chair-chair conformation in the C₆-trans-lactones and, correspondingly, the A and chair-chair conformations in the C₆-cis compounds. The decadiene ring has the boat-boat conformation if there is an exocyclic double bond at C₁₀ in the C₈-trans-germacrolides, and a positive Cotton effect (CE) is observed in the CD spectra in the 220 nm region and a negative one at 200 nm.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 742–748, November–December, 1990.     

Theoretical study of geometrical effect on the deoxygenation of epoxide by singlet carbenes

The mechanism of the abstraction of oxygen from epoxide by carbenes has been investigated using the B3LYP/6-31G* and MP2/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31G* levels of theory. According to our model calculations, the reactivity of carbene decreases in the order: four-membered ring carbene > six-membered ring carbene > three-membered ring carbene > five-membered ring carbene vinylidene. Moreover, the present work shows that the singlet–triplet splitting of a carbene can be used as a guide for the prediction of its reactivity.     

On the 1H-NMR spectra of highly charged multi-triphenylmethylium ions

Relative to their neutral precursors, higly charged multi-tritylium ions show typical downfield ¹H-NMR shifts, whereas the corresponding phenylfluorenylium ions show upfield shifts. A Hückel based model is presented that accounts for this contrasting behavior in terms of antiaromatic ring current in the five-membered ring of the fluorenyl system with essentially null ring currents in the two six-membered rings.     

Characterization of an unusual ring‐contraction degradant of the antifungal agent posaconazole

Posaconazole, a clinically useful antifungal agent, has several known oxidative degradation products involving the piperazine ring near the center of the molecule. A novel degradant was recently isolated and characterized spectroscopically as a novel ring‐contraction product incorporating a dihydroimidazolium moiety in lieu of the normally present piperazine ring. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.