Measurement of benzo[a]pyrene,benzo[k]fluoranthene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene by ultraviolet spectroscopy

Microchimica Acta - The technique for determining benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[k]fhuoranthene, and benzo[g,h,i]perylene respectively inμg amounts by UV absorption measurements is described. The...     

Simultaneous determination of perylene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene by synchronous fluorescence using a micellar system

Summary Perylene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene have been studied in the presence of several surfactants. A synchronous spectrofluorimetric method has been developed for simultaneous determination of perylene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene in a hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTAB) micellar medium, with detection limits of 0.12 and 0.21 ng/ml for perylene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene, respectively. The method has been applied to the determination of both hydrocarbons added to sea water with acceptable results.     

Electronic spectroscopy of benzo[g,h,i]perylene and coronene inside helium nanodroplets

We have recorded the electronic spectra of benzo[g,h,i]perylene and coronene and their van der Waals complexes with argon and oxygen with a helium-nanodroplet depletion spectrometer. These molecules differ by the addition of one and two fused benzene rings to perylene, which was previously studied in helium. The coronene spectrum is similar to a previously reported jet-cooled laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectrum. The van der Waals complexes with argon and oxygen show different complexation sites and maximum number of adsorbants. We report a vibronically resolved benzo[g,h,i]perylene S(1) <-- S(0) spectrum. The spectral lines are split in a similar way to that of several molecules studied before. However, surprisingly, while the van der Waals complexes with argon are free of the splitting, the complexes with oxygen retain the splitting, with increased linewidth and splitting. We could also observe the S(2) <-- S(0) origin transition of benzo[g,h,i]perylene which was previously observed by cavity ring down spectroscopy. While in general the two spectra are quite similar, the relative intensities and spectral shifts of several lines are different.     

A facile route to water-soluble coronenes and benzo[ghi]perylenes

Click reactions at the bay-position of perylenes and a new route to benzo[ghi]perylenes and coronenes are presented. Irradiation with light leads to an electrocyclic reaction of the newly formed triazole ring(s) with the neighbouring bay-positions of the perylene core and after oxidation by air, the benzo[ghi]perylenes and coronenes are obtained. By using Newkome dendrimers as substituents for perylene diimides (PDIs), water solubility can be achieved after removal of the tert-butyl protecting groups. The aggregation and optical properties of the bay-functionalised PDIs, benzo[ghi]perylenes and coronenes are investigated by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy.     

Resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy of benzo[g,h,i]perylene

We report zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy of benzo[g,h,i]perylene (BghiP) via resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI). Our analysis concentrates on the vibrational modes of both the first electronically excited state and the ground cationic state. Extensive vibronic coupling due to a nearby electronically excited state manifests through strong Franck-Condon (FC) forbidden bands, which are stronger than even the FC allowed bands in the REMPI spectrum. Theoretical calculations using Gaussian are problematic in identifying the electronic configurations of the excited electronic states and predicting the transition energies. However, by setting the keyword for the second excited electronic state, both density functional theory and configuration interaction methods can reproduce the observed spectrum qualitatively. The general agreement significantly helps with the vibrational assignment. The ZEKE spectra demonstrate propensity in preserving the vibrational excitation of the intermediate electronic state. In addition, almost all ZEKE spectra exhibit a similar vibrational distribution, and the distribution can be reproduced by an FC calculation from the vibronic origin of the first excited electronic state to the cationic state using Gaussian 09. These results suggest a remarkable structural stability of BghiP in accommodating the additional charge. All observed vibrational bands of the cation are IR active, establishing the role of ZEKE spectroscopy in mapping out far-infrared bands for astrophysical applications.     

The synthesis of 6,9-bis[(aminoalkyl)amino] substituted benzo[g]quinoxaline-, benzo[g]quinazoline- and benzo-[g]phthalazine-5,10-diones via regiospecific displacements

The synthesis of 6,9-difluoro substituted benzo[g]quinoxaline-5,10-diones ( 3A ), benzo[g]quinazoline-5,10-diones ( 3B ) and benzo[g]phthalazine-5,10-diones ( 3C ) have been accomplished. Treatment of 3A, 3B or 3C with diamines or N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)ethylenediamine led to the corresponding 6,9-bis[(aminoalkyl)amino]-substituted analogues related to 2A, 2B and 2C , respectively. The mono-substituted derivatives 4h and 4i could be isolated from displacements commencing from 3A . A competitive ring-opening of the pyrimidine ring of 2C occurred during the reaction with N,N-dimethylethylenediamine. Removal of the BOC-protecting group from 2Ac led to the hydrochloride salt 2Ab . A novel synthetic pathway to 6,9-dihydroxybenzo[g]-phthalazine-5,10-dione ( 21a ) was developed. Conversion of 21a to the ditosylate 21b was readily accomplished. Treatment of 21b with N,N-dimethylethylenediamine or N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)ethylenediamine led to 2Ca and 2Cc , respectively. Removal of the BOC-protecting group from 2Cc with trifluoroacetic acid followed by ion-exchange led to the hydrochloride salt 2Cb . Treatment of ditosylate 21b with N-(t-butoxycar-bonyl)ethylenediamine also led to the mono-substituted analogue 25a along with a small amount of the O-S cleavage product 25b . Treatment of 25a with N,N-dimethylethylenediamine led to the unsymmetrically substituted derivative 25c which was converted into the trifluoroacetate salt 25d.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives. XI. 2,4-Diamino-substituted benzo[g]quinolines

Previously unknown 2,4-diamino-substituted benzo[g]quinolines were synthesized from 2,4-dihydroxybenzo[g]quinoline.     

Synthesis of new benzo[h]‐ and benzo[f]chromeno[2,3‐b]‐pyridine‐5‐ones

A number of new benzo[h]‐ and benzo[f]chromeno[2,3‐b] pyridine‐5‐ones derivatives were synthesized from benzo[h]‐ and benzo[f]‐chromone‐carbonitriles and amino‐benzo[h]‐ and benzo[f]chromone‐carbaldehydes. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 17:2–7, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20152     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

In the condensation of 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-4-oxobenzo[g]quinollne with ammonia, which leads to the formation of 4-aminobenzo[g]quinoline, the by-products are benzo[g]quinoline (V) and 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrobenzo]quinoline (VI), which are also obtained from 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-4hydroxybenzo[g]quinoline by its dehydration and the subsequent disproportionation of the dihydrobenzo[g]quinoline formed.For communication II, see [1].     

Second-derivative constant-wavelength synchronous scan spectrofluorimetry for determination of benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene in drinking water

The use of derivative constant-wavelength synchronous scan fluorimetry is reported for the determination of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants in drinking water (linearity range 0.4-4 mug 1(-1)). The limits of detection (LD) and quantification (LQ) (mug 1(-1)) are 0.01 and 0.07 for benzo[b]fluoranthene, 0.03 and 0.12 for benzo[a]pyrene and 0.19 and 0.57 for indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene in the presence of three other pollutants, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[ghi]perylene and fluoranthene. The precision (RSD /= 85%) were satisfactory.     

Nouvelle méthode d'accès aux benzo[h]furo[3,2-c]quinoléines,analogues isostériques des benzo[c]phénanthridines

A convenient synthesis of the benzo[h]furo[3,2-c]quinoline ring is reported. Hydrogenation of dienic adducts 5 gives comppounds 6. Successive pyrolysis and alcaline hydrolysis of 6 provide diacids 9 which in the presence of anhydrous ammonium acetate and acetic acid undergoes intramolecular cyclisation to give benzo[h]furo[3,2-c]quinolone derivatives 12. The modulation of the 7-carboxy group and introduction of amino groups in the 6 position are then realized.     

Oxidation and hydrogenation of benzo[g]isoquinolines

The oxidation of methyl-substituted (in the pyridine and benzene rings) benzo[g]isoquinolines to substituted 2-azaanthraquinones was realized. It was established that the pyridine ring is partially reduced to give 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[g]isoquinolines in the hydrogenation of benzo[g]isoquinolines in the presence of rhenium heptasulfide.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 517–519, April, 1979.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

A method for the synthesis of 3-substituted benzo[g]quinolin-4-ones by the condensation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[g]quinolin-4-one with aromatic aldehydes in an alkaline medium has been developed. It has been found that the first stage of the reaction is the formation of the corresponding benzylidene derivative, which then isomerizes into the more stable benzyl derivative. The structure of the 3-substituted benzo[g]quinolin-4-ones obtained, as existing in the tautomeric oxo form, is confirmed by their IR and UV spectra.For Communication VI, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinii, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 798–801, June, 1970.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

The electronic spectra of linear benzo[g]quinoline, its 4-substituted derivatives, and some hydrogenated derivatives are examined and discussed.See [1] for communication IX.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 662–665, May, 1972.     

First identification of benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene as a product of fuel pyrolysis, using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array ultraviolet-visible absorbance detection and mass spectrometry

We present HPLC/UV/MS evidence to support the identification of benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene as a product of supercritical toluene pyrolysis. Mass spectral data confirm that compound I-eluting in between co-eluting benzo[a]coronene/phenanthro[5,4,3,2-efghi]perylene and benzo[pqr]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene, all three of which have been unequivocally identified as C(28)H(14) products of toluene pyrolysis-is also a C(28)H(14) product component. The UV spectrum of compound I is presented, and indicates that it is a benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). Five of the eight benzenoid C(28)H(14) PAH isomers have published UV spectra, and characteristics of the remaining three are deduced from annelation theory. Only one of these compounds, benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene, is predicted to have a UV spectrum with characteristics that we find in the spectrum of compound I. In addition, benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene is the only benzenoid C(28)H(14) isomer whose length-to-breadth ratio is consistent with the HPLC retention time of compound I. The reaction mechanism through which benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene is formed in this environment is shown, and is consistent with reaction pathways of other large PAH found in this product mixture.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

4-Amino-substituted benzo[g]quinolines have been synthesized for the first time by the condensation of 4-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[g]-quinoline with amines. This reaction is characterized by the addition of the amine, the splitting out of water, and the complete aromatization of the initial hydrogenated heterocyclic system. The UV spectra of the compounds obtained are similar to those of 4-amino-substituted quinolines, their maxima being displaced somewhat into the long-wave region.For part III, see [2].     

Substituted 2- and 4-benzylpyridines in the synthesis of benzo[g]quinolines and benzo[g]isoquinolines

Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic analogs of anthracene, viz., benzo[g]isoquinolines and benzo[g]quinolines, were obtained by dehydrocyclization on a K-16 catalyst of mixtures of methyl-substituted 2- and 4-benzylpyridines with methyl groups in various positions of the pyridine and benzyl rings, which are formed by benzylation of -picoline, as well as pyridine, by the Ladenburg method. The spectral characteristics of the synthesized compounds are presented.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 673–676, May, 1980.     

Supersonic jet fluorescence spectrometry of perylene and benzo[a]pyrene

A supersonic jet instrument for fluorescence spectrometry is described. It consists of a high-temperature free expansion nozzle for continuous sample introduction and a vacuum chamber equipped with a high-speed pumping system. Rotationally cooled spectra obtained with the supersonic jet are compared with gas-phase spectra measured at high temperature for perylene and benzo[a]pyrene molecules. Each component of the unresolved band structure in the high-temperature spectra was found to be composed of a rotational congestion of several vibrational bands. For a 1:1 mixture of perylene and benzo[a]pyrene, selective detection is possible by using supersonic jet spectrometry. The detection limit for perylene is 100 ng. The advantage of this technique over other low-temperature spectrometric methods based on Shpol'skii and matrix isolation effects are discussed.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

The synthesis of 4-aminobenzo[g]quinoline has been effected by the following three methods: 1) replacement of the halogen in 4-chlorobenzo[g]quinoline by an amino group; 2) dehydrogenation of the oxime of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-oxobenzo[g]quinoline; 3) direct condensation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-oxobenzo[g]quinoline with ammonia.     

Error propagation as a factor in selection of measurement intervals for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by second-derivative spectrofluorimetry

The most suitable wavelength intervals were selected for the determination of 4 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; benzo[g,h,i]perylene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, pyrene, and triphenylene) in very complex mixtures of 11 PAHs: anthracene, benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, phenanthrene, pyrene, and triphenylene. The multiple linear regression algorithm was applied to measurements made in several wavelength intervals previously selected on the basis of sensitivity and minimum number of interfering compounds. Of the different models obtained, those displaying minimum error propagation in the analytical result were selected. By applying the models proposed in this study, we precisely and accurately determined benzo[g,h,i]perylene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, pyrene, and triphenylene in complex mixtures--a feat that could not be achieved by the use of constant-wavelength spectrofluorimetry in combination with second-derivative techniques.