Efficient synthesis of functionalized spiro-2,5-dihydro-1,2-λ-oxaphospholes

The reaction of ethyl propiolate with triphenylphosphine (Ph₃P) in the presence of N-alkylisatins led to ethyl 2,2,2-triphenyl-2,5-dihydro-1,2-λ⁵-oxaphosphole-4-carboxylate-spiro-1-alkyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-ones in good yield. The reaction of dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates with Ph₃P in the presence of N-alkylisatins led to dialkyl 2,2,2-triphenyl-2,5-dihydro-1,2-λ⁵-oxaphosphole-3,4-dicarboxylate-spiro-1-alkyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-ones and alkyl 4-(alkoxy)-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-3-furancarboxylate-spiro-1-alkyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-ones.     

Structure and thermal reactivity of Zn(II) salts of isocinchomeronic acid (2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid)

The synthesis, an improved refined crystal and molecular structure re-determination, and the thermal decomposition behavior of two Zn(II) derivatives of isocinchomeronic acid (2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid or H₂2,5-pydc) are presented. [Zn(2,5-pydc)(H₂O)₃Zn(2,5-pydc)(H₂O)₂]₂ (1) crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group with a = 7.106(2), b = 11.450(2), c = 11.869(1) Å, α = 107.29(1), β = 104.08(1), γ = 90.32(2)°, and Z = 2. [Zn(2,5-pydc)(H₂O)₂] · H₂O (2) is orthorhombic (P2₁2₁2₁ space group), with a = 7.342(1), b = 9.430(1), c = 13.834(2) Å, and Z = 4. The structures were refined to agreement R ₁-factors of 0.0315 (1) and 0.0336 (2). Complex (1) is arranged as molecular Zn₄(2,5-pydc)₄(H₂O)₁₀ tetramers, the cages of which define channels that remain unblocked by anions. Compound (2) is polymeric with Zn(2,5-pydc)(H₂O)₂ and Zn(2,5-pydc)(H₂O)₃ units linked through bridging ligands. Both compounds were synthesized under mild conditions in aqueous media, without need to resort to hydrothermal media. Changing the pH from 4.51 to 5.75 suffices to direct the chemical processes toward the orthorhombic compound rather than to the triclinic one.     

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[4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone ( 1 )], a flavour component of pineapple and strawberry, has been prepared by a two-step synthesis starting with readily available 3-hexyne-2,5-diol. By the same method 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone ( 2 ) and 2-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone ( 3a ) have been prepared from 2-pentyne-1,4-diol and 3-heptyne-2,5-diol, respectively.     

Syntheses, structures, and photoluminescence of three-dimensional lanthanide coordination polymers with 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid

Four new open-framework coordination polymers of lanthanide 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylates, with the formulas Pr2(pydc)₃(H₂O)₂ (1), Ln(pydc)(Hpydc) (Ln=Tb (2), Er (3), Eu (5)), and Gd(pydc)(nic)(H₂O) (4) (H₂pydc=2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid, Hnic=nicotinic acid), have been hydrothermally synthesized and four of them (except Eu (5)) have been structurally characterized. Complex 1 consists of two types of ligand-binding modes contributing to link the PrO₇N(H₂O) polyhedral chains to three-dimensional (3D) open-framework architecture. Complexes 2 and 3 are isostructural and feature unique 3D cage-like supramolecular frameworks remarkably different from that of 1, owing to the different ligand-bridging pattern. Complex 4, however, has the distinct 3D open-framework architecture due to the presence of unexpected nicotinate ligands, which may be derived from pydc ligands via in-situ decarboxylation under the hydrothermal condition.     

An improved synthesis and some reactions of diethyl 4-oxo-4H-pyran-2,5-dicarboxylate

The reaction of ethyl 2-(dimethylamino)methylene-3-oxobutanoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of sodium hydride in THF gave diethyl 4-oxo-4H-pyran-2,5-dicarboxylate, from which 4-oxo-4H-pyran-2,5-dicarboxylic and 4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acids and their derivatives were obtained in good yields.     

Synthesis,Structures, and Thermal Properties of Cobalt(II) Thiocyanate Coordination Compounds with 2,5‐Dimethylpyrazine

Reactions of Co(NCS)₂ with 2,5‐dimethylpyrazine lead to the formation of five compounds of compositions Co(NCS)₂(H₂O)₄ · 4(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) ( 1 ), Co(NCS)₂(H₂O)₄ · 3(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) ( 2 ), Co(NCS)₂(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine)(H₂O)₂ · 3(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) ( 3 ), [Co(NCS)₂]₂(H₂O)₆ · 4(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) · 4H₂O ( 4 ), and Co(NCS)₂(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine)(MeOH)₂ ( 5 ). 1 and 2 are simple aqua complexes, in which the Co cations are octahedrally coordinated by two thiocyanate anions and four water molecules, whereas in 3 the Co cations are linked by the 2,5‐dimethylpyrazine ligands into chains. In compound 4 Co(NCS)₂](H₂O)₆ dimers are observed, which are linked by bridging water molecules. In compound 5 the Co cations are connected into chains by the 2,5‐dimethylpyrazine co‐ligand and are additionally coordinated by terminal anionic ligands and methanol molecules. Thermogravimetric measurements of compounds 1 – 4 show several mass steps, in which the water and the co‐ligands and the water molecules are stepwise removed. Elemental analysis, XRPD investigations, and IR spectroscopic investigations indicate that all of these compounds decompose into new phases of composition Co(NCS)₂(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine)₂ ( 6 ) that on further heating decompose into [Co(NCS)₂]₃(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) ( 8 ) via Co(NCS)₂(2,5‐dimethylpyrazine) ( 7 ) as intermediate. Compound 7 can be directly obtained by thermal removal of methanol from compound 5 .     

Synthesis of imidazolidin-4-one and 1H-imidazo[2,1-a]isoindole-2,5(3H,9bH)-dione derivatives of primaquine: scope and limitations

The synthesis of imidazolidin-4-one derivatives of primaquine as potential antimalarial agents is described. The target compounds were synthesized in three steps: (i) condensation of (±)-primaquine with N^α-protected amino acids, (ii) removal of the N^α-protecting group, and (iii) reaction of the N-acylprimaquine with a carbonyl compound: acetone, three cyclic ketones and veratraldehyde. Using 2-formylbenzoic acid in the third step afforded 1H-imidazo[2,1-a]isoindole-2,5(3H,9bH)-diones. All products were isolated in good to excellent yields. Whereas imidazolidin-4-ones were formed as mixtures of all possible diastereomers in equal amounts, 1H-imidazo[2,1-a]isoindole-2,5(3H,9bH)-diones were produced in a stereoselective fashion. The compounds hydrolyse very slowly (t_1/2 5-30 d) in pH 7.4 buffer to release primaquine. These primaquine derivatives are being submitted to biological assays, and preliminary results of their antimalarial activity are quite encouraging.     

A convenient synthesis of new pyrido[3,2-e][1,4]diazepine-2,5-diones and pyrido[2,3-e][1,4]diazepine-2,5-diones

A convenient synthesis of a series of pyrido[3,2-e][1,4]-diazepine-2,5-diones 8 and pyrido[2,3-e][1,4]diazepine-2,5-diones 9, is reported using the condensation of α-amino acid methyl ester derivatives with 1H-pyrido[3,2-d][1,3]oxazine-2,4-dione and 1H-pyrido[2,3-d][1,3]oxazine-2,4-dione. Compounds 8 and 9 were also synthesized by peptide coupling of α-amino acid methyl ester derivatives with β-amino acids (2 or 3) followed by the cyclisation in tetrahydrofuran with sodium hydride (NaH).     

Palladium-catalyzed [3+2+1] cyclocarbonylative coupling of 1,3-cyclohexanediones, alkynes, and carbon monoxide: an atom-economic route to chromene-2,5-dione derivatives

3,4,7,8-Tetrahydro-2H-chromene-2,5(6H)-dione derivatives were efficiently synthesized with excellent selectivity via a [3+2+1] cyclocarbonylative coupling of 1,3-cyclohexanediones, terminal alkynes, and CO catalyzed by Pd(PPh₃)₄.     

Synthesis and optical properties of conjugated N,N-dimethyl and thienyl end-capped 2,5-(arylethynyl)thiophene oligomer structures

End-capped (N,N-dimethylaminophenyl) and 2′-thienylethynyl 2,5-thiophene oligomer structures were synthesized by heterocoupling between the terminal acetylenes such as: p-(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)ethyne (3) [or 1-(p-(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-p-(ethynylphenyl)ethyne, 4]; p-(β-ethenyl-2′-thienyl)phenylethyne (E-9) [or p-(β-ethynyl-2′-thienyl)phenylethyne, 11], and 2,5-diiodothiophene, catalyzed by the Cl₂Pd(PPh₃)₂/CuI system, in good to excellent yields. The 2,5-di[(3′,5′-di(trimethylsilylethynyl)phenyl]_x-1-ethynyl]thiophene oligomers were prepared by heterocoupling between 3′,5′-di[(trimethylsilylethynyl)phenyl]_x-1-ethyne (n = 0-2) terminal acetylenes and 2,5-diiodothiophene, in excellent yields. The terminal acetylenes were efficiently prepared by a specific protection-deprotection methodology. All the ethynylphenyl compounds obtained show fluorescence radiation emission, with a bathochromic shift of the wavelength that increases with the chain conjugation.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of three copper coordination polymers with pyridine derivatives from hydro(solvo)thermal in situ decarboxylation reactions of 2,5-dicarboxylpyridine

The hydro(solvo)thermal self-assembles of CuI, KI and 2,5-dicarboxylpyridine [2,5-(COOH)₂py] in different molar ratios in H₂O/alcohol solutions produced three Cu coordination polymers as 2-D [N-C₂H₅py][Cu₃I₄] 1, 1-D [N-CH₃py][Cu₂I₃] 2 as well as 1-D [Cu(2-COOpy)₂]H₂O 3 (N-C₂H₅py=N-ethylpyridine, N-CH₃py=N-methylpyridine, 2-COOpy=2-carboxylpyridine). N-C₂H₅py in 1 and N-CH₃py in 2 derived from the solvothermal in situ simultaneous decarboxylation and N-alkylation reactions of 2,5-(COOH)₂py. The semi-decarboxylation reaction of 2,5-(COOH)₂py into 2-COOpy occurred in the preparation of 3. X-ray single-crystal analysis revealed that CuI is transformed into a 2-D [Cu₃I₄]⁻ layer in compound 1 and a 1-D chain in compound 2, templated by [N-C₂H₅py]⁺ and [N-CH₃py]⁺, respectively. Compound 3 is a divalent Cu compound. The Cu(II) centers with a 4+2 geometry are coordinated by μ₃-mode 2-COOpy ligands. All of the title compounds were characterized by CHN analysis, IR spectrum analysis and TG analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibit fluorescence properties with the maximum emissions at 581 nm for 1 and 537 nm for 2.     

Silver(I) Complexes of Schiff Bases Derived from Thiophene-2,5-dicarboxaldehyde and Furan-2,5-dicarboxaldehyde

The reactions of Schiff bases, derived by the condensation of thiophene-2,5-dicarbaldehyde and furan-2,5-dicarbaldehyde with 2-thienylmethylamine or 2-furanmethylamine, with silver nitrate have been studied in refluxing anhydrous methanol under nitrogen atmosphere. Complexes thus formed have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, electrical conductance, cyclic voltammetry, and ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, IR, LTV-Vis, and mass spectroscopic studies. The experimental results reveal that the complexes are primarily ionic in nature, consisting of (L)₃Ag₂ dication and Ag(NO₃)₃ negatively charged dianions. The molecular structure of one of the complexes, [((C₄H₃O)CH₂N? CH(C₄H₂S)CH? NCH₂(C₄H₃O))₃Ag₂] [Ag(NO₃)₃] has been studied in the solid state. The complex is crystallized in the triclinic space group $ {\rm P}\bar 1 $ with a = 12.889(7) Å, b = 14.884(5) Å, c = 15.084(6) Å, α = 92.18(4)°, β = 79.78(4)°, γ = 110.92(4)°. The structure is disordered. Each Ag in dication is tri-coordinated by three azomethine N atoms from three ligands, and each ligand employs two azomethine N atoms to coordinate to two Ag ions such that the geometry around the Ag ?Ag axis conforms to a propeller-shape. The two Ag ions are between the two N₃ planes with Ag ? Ag distance ca. 4.8.1 Å. There is no bonding between any Ag ion and any thiophene of the three ligands. However, two Ag ions and three thiophene S atoms form a trigonal bipyramidal geometry.     

Capillary electrophoretic resolution of the enantiomers of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone, the key flavor compounds in strawberry fruit

Summary A simple capillary electrophoretic method with UV detection has been developed for resolution of the enantiomers of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone, the key flavor compounds in strawberry fruit. The separation was performed in fused-silica capillaries (30/40.2 cm long×50μm i.d.) with running buffer consisting of 50mm ammonium acetate, pH 4.0, containing 20mm heptakis-(2,3-O-diacetyl-6-O-sulfato)-β-cyclodextrin (HDAS-β CD). The applied potential was 10 kV, the temperature 25°C, and detection was at 280 nm. The method was used to determine the enantiomer ratio of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (DMHF) isolated from strawberry fruits and from the yeastZygosaccharomyces rouxii. The formation of enantiomerically enriched(+)-DMHF byZ. rouxii was demonstrated for, the first time.     

Copper(II) complexes with 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine and 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxypropenide anion: Syntheses,crystal structures and magnetic properties

The copper(II) complexes of formula [Cu₂(2,5-dpp)(H₂O)₄(CF₃SO₃)₄] · 2H₂O (1) and [Cu₂(2,5-dpp)(H₂O)₂(tcnoet)₄]_n (2) [2,5-dpp = 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine and tcnoet⁻ = 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxypropenide anion] have been prepared and their structures determined by X-ray crystallographic methods. Compound 1 is a dinuclear complex where the 2,5-dpp molecule acts as a bis-bidentate bridge between the two copper centers, the electroneutrality being achieved by four terminally bound triflate anions. Each copper(II) ion presents an elongated octahedral CuN₂O₄ environment with two nitrogen atoms from 2,5-dpp and two water molecules in the basal plane and two triflate-oxygen atoms in the axial positions. Compound 2 is a zigzag chain of copper(II) ions with regular alternating 2,5-dpp and double tcnoet groups as bridges. Each copper(II) ion exhibits an elongated octahedral CuN₅O surrounding with four nitrogen atoms, two from 2,5-dpp, one from a terminally bound tcnoet and the other from a bridging tcnoet occupying the equatorial positions and a water oxygen and a nitrogen from a monodentate tcnoet in the axial sites. The values of the copper–copper separation across 2,5-dpp are 6.763(1) (1) and 6.754(1) Å (2) whereas that through the double tcnoet bridge is 9.559(1) Å (2). The investigation of the magnetic properties of 1 and 2 in the temperature range 1.9–295 K reveal a Curie law behaviour for 1 and a very weak ferromagnetic interaction for 2. The poor ability of the 2,5-dpp ligand to mediate magnetic interactions between the copper(II) ions in the 2,5-dpp-bridged copper(II) complexes contrast with the somewhat better ability of the pyrazine ring in related pyrazine-bridged copper(II) complexes.     

Synthesis of 2H-1,5-benzodioxepin and 2,5-dihydro-1,6-benzodioxocin derivatives via ring-closing metathesis reaction

The synthesis of various 2H-1,5-benzodioxepin and 2,5-dihydro-1,6-benzodioxocin derivatives is described. The key step involves the construction of seven- and eight-membered rings via ring-closing metathesis reaction.     

Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Luminescence of Lanthanide Coordination Polymers with Pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid

The complexes of formulas [Ln₂(pydc)₂(Hpydc)₂(H₂O)₄]·2H₂O [Ln=Ce ( 1 ), Pr ( 2 ), H₂pydc=pyridine‐2,5‐di‐carboxylic acid] have been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, TG and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The structure analyses for 1 and 2 indicate that one‐dimensional metal helical chains are linked through carboxylate groups, and the helical chains are connected with the bridging pydc^2? anion, forming two‐dimensional layered polymeric structures. The luminescent properties of complexes were also discussed.     

New copper(II) complexes including pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid: synthesis,spectroscopic, thermal properties,crystal structure and how these complexes interact with purified PON 1 enzyme

We report the synthesis of two square-pyramidal copper(II) complexes, [Cu(2,5-pydc)(2-aepy)(H₂O)]·H₂O, 1, and [Cu(2,5-pydc)(2-ampy)(H₂O)]·H₂O, 2 (2-aepy = 2-(aminoethyl)pyridine, 2-ampy = 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine, 2,5-pydc = pyridine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid or isocinchomeronic acid). The synthesized complexes have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, elemental, and thermal analysis techniques. The crystal structure of 1 was established by X-ray analysis. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the complexes are pure. The inhibition of human serum paraoxonase 1 (PON 1, EC 3.1.8.1) enzyme with these complexes were investigated. We used diethyl 4-nitrophenyl phosphate as a substrate to measure the paraoxonase activity of PON 1 enzyme spectrophotometrically. Complexes 1 and 2 decreased the in vitro PON 1 activity with different inhibition mechanisms. Complexes 1 and 2 inhibited paraoxonase activity of this enzyme as competitively and noncompetitively, respectively.     

Analogues of the Quararibea metabolite chiral enolic-γ-lactone from (2S,3S)- and (2S,3R)-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,3-furandicarboxylic acids

Reaction of dialkyl (2S,3S)- or (2S,3R)-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,3-furandicarboxylates with POCl₃ in pyridine followed by diazomethane resulted in the isolation of dialkyl 2S-4-methoxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-2,3-furandicarboxylates, which are analogues of the Quararibea metabolite chiral enolic-γ-lactone (3-hydroxy-4,5-(R)-dimethyl-2(5H)-furanone). An unusual α-hydroxylation of γ-butyrolactone takes place involving POCl₃ in pyridine. When the dehydration was facilitated with methanesulfonyl chloride in triethylamine, instead of POCl₃, aromatic dialkyl 5-[(methylsulfonyl)oxy]-2,3-furandicarboxylates were obtained.     

Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure of a novel luminescent europium complex of 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid

A novel europium complex, Eu(Hdinic)(dinic)(H₂O)₅·4H₂O (dinic = 2,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid), has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and characterized structurally by X-ray diffraction methods. The complex has a mononuclear molecular structure, is monoclinic, space group C2/c, with a?=?13.877(5), b?=?9.632(3), c?=?32.991(11)?Å, β?=?93.414(4)°, V?=?4402(2)?ų, D _c?=?1.948?Mg?m^?3, Z?=?8, F(000)?=?2576, R ₁?=?0.0320. Its photophysical properties are reported.     

Syntheses,structures and properties of copper(II) complexes with thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (H2Tda) and nitrogen-containing ligands

Five copper(II) complexes with thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (H₂Tda): Cu(Tda)(H₂O)⋅(H₂O)₂ (1), Cu(Tda)(im)₂⋅(H₂O) (2), Cu(Tda)(im)₄ (3), [Cu(Tda)(py)₂]_n (4) and [Cu(Tda)(bipy)(H₂O)]_n⋅n[Cu(Tda)(bipy)(H₂O)₂]⋅2nH₂O (5) (im=imidazole, py=pyridine and bipy=2,2′-bipyridine) have been synthesised and their spectroscopic and thermal properties investigated. Three of them (3, 4 and 5) are structurally characterised and the Cu atom is in five coordinate, distorted square pyramidal environments. The thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate molecule is monodentate in 3 in which the molecular structure is stabilised by intermolecular hydrogen bonding involving two of the four non-coordinated nitrogen atoms of the imidazole ligands and carboxylate groups from adjacent Tda²⁻. In 4 the thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate ion is bridging tridentate and bonded to three copper atoms to form a chain polymer with alternating 16-membered ring bridged by two Tda²⁻ and an 8-membered ring bridged by two carboxylates. Complex 5 comprises discrete [Cu(Tda)(bipy)(H₂O)₂] (5a), one dimensional zig–zag chain of [Cu(Tda)(bipy)(H₂O)]_n (5b) and water molecules of crystallization. The thiophene-2,5-dicarboxylate molecule is monodentate in 5a and involved in intermolecular stacking interactions with 2,2'-bipyridine rings, and bidentate in 5b to bridge [Cu(bipy)(H₂O)] to form a one dimensional zig–zag chain.