First and Efficient Method for Reduction of Aliphatic and Aromatic Nitro Compounds with Zinc Borohydride as Pyridine Zinc Tetrahydroborato Complex: A New Stable Ligand‐Metal Borohydride

Pyridine zinc tetrahydroborate, [(Py)Zn(BH₄)₂], as a new stable ligand‐metal borohydride, is prepared quantitatively by complexation of 1:1 zinc borohydride and pyridine at room temperature. This reagent efficiently reduces different aromatic and aliphatic nitro compounds to their primary amines in refluxing THF. In addition, the reduction shows chemoselectivity for aliphatic nitro compounds over the aromatic nitro compounds.     

On a way to new types of the polyfunctional and polytopic systems based on cage metal complexes: Cadmium-promoted nucleophilic substitution with low-active nucleophilic agents

The nucleophilic substitution of the reactive halogen atoms of clathrochelate precursors with soft nucleophilic agents was promoted by cadmium(II) ion using various types of cadmium-containing compounds. Cadmium(II) activates the C–Hal bond both by the coordination of halogen substituents to this ion and the formation of anionic forms of a nucleophilic agent with cadmium amides, that increase the electron density on a reactive site of this agent. The cadmium-promoted substitution reactions of the reactive chlorine ribbed substituents in the di- and hexachlorine-containing clathrochelate precursors afforded the clathrochelate ribbed-functionalized derivatives of soft nucleophiles [alcohols (including fluorinated ones) and aromatic amines (including the nucleophiles with electron-withdrawing substituents)] by efficient one-pot procedures in high yields under mild conditions with generated in situ low-basic cadmium(II) alcoholates and amides. The complexes obtained were characterized using elemental analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, IR, UV–Vis, ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer, and NMR spectroscopies, and X-ray crystallography. The potential of cadmium-promoted reactions for synthesis of different types of organic and coordination compounds is discussed.     

Analysis of a C9?C10 aromatic hydrocarbon pyrolysis distillate by multidimensional capillary GC and multidimensional capillary GC-MS

This paper describes the use of multidimensional capillary gas chromatography for analysis of individual components in a C₉? C₁₀ aromatic hydrocarbon pyrolysis distillate containing substantial amounts of aromatic olefins. By coupling this GC-GC system on-line to a mass spectrometer difficulties in identifying overlapping compounds were overcome. No coelution of different types of compound was observed, but a few isomeric compounds such as methylstyrenes were poorly separated.     

An interlocked coordination cage based on aromatic amide ligands

An interlocked M_4 L_8 coordination cage was synthesized by coordination-driven self-assembly of palladium(Ⅱ) ions with aromatic amide bidentate ligands.The reaction of the ligand and the metal at 2:1 ratio led to the monomeric M_2 L_4 cage as the kinetic product,while the thermodynamic product M_4 L_8 cage was obtained by prolongating the reaction.This conve rsion and the interlocked structure was clearly revealed by using ~1 H NMR,mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.The driving force of interlocking was mainly attributed to the interactions(hydrogen bonding,aromatic stacking and electrostatic interaction) arising from the aptitude of flexibility of the amide ligand.     

Synthesis, structures and inclusion properties of tetranaphthalides: new macrocyclic clathrate hosts

Novel tetranaphthalide host compounds 3 and 4 bearing isomeric naphthalene moieties have been synthesized and their inclusion properties were investigated. These host compounds enclathrated several kinds of ketones, cyclic ethers, amides, sulfoxides and aromatic compounds. The structures of two representative inclusion compounds containing different host molecules and a common guest (dimethyl sulfoxide) were investigated by X-ray diffraction to determine the nature of guest inclusion and to rationalize their distinctly different thermal decomposition profiles.     

Conversion of Oxygenates to Aromatic Hydrocarbons on a Commercial Zeolite Catalyst: Comparison of Ethanol and Dimethyl Ether

Conversion of oxygenates to aromatic hydrocarbons in the syngas medium in the presence of a commercial zeolite-containing catalyst was studied. The influence of pressure on aromatization of dimethyl ether and ethanol was examined. At 400°C, an increase in the pressure from 0.1 to 3.0–10.0 MPa leads to a sharp increase in the yield of aromatic compounds. Dimethyl ether and ethanol, which are isomers belonging to different classes of compounds, were compared as substrates in conversion to aromatic hydrocarbons. At elevated pressure, dimethyl ether compared to ethanol exhibits higher selectivity in formation of the desired synthesis products, allowing synthesis of liquid hydrocarbons with increased content of arenes.

     

SnCl2-catalyzed three-component one-pot Mannich-type reaction: efficient synthesis of β-aminocarbonyl compounds

Abstract  

SnCl₂-catalyzed three-component one-pot Mannich reaction of acetophenone or p-chloroacetophenone with different aromatic aldehydes and aromatic amines in ethanol at ambient temperature gave the corresponding β-aminocarbonyl compounds in good to excellent yields. Four new compounds are reported for the first time.     

Anodic chlorination of aromatic compounds in acetic acid part II

The anodic chlorination of aromatic compounds in anhydrous acetic acid has been further investigated. Evidence has been found for two different methods of electrochemical chlorination, in the systems Cl₂/aromatic compounds and Cl^?/aromatic compounds. These methods were also compared with the uncatalyzed chemical chlorination reaction. The yields of monochlorinated products and the related isometric distributions were taken into account. Since the isomeric distributions are equal with chemical and electrochemical chlorination methods, the formation of the same intermediate was proposed for both.     

Adsorption of aromatic compounds from solutions in <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-heptane by modified nanoporous silica

The adsorption of anisole, anthracene, benzoic acid, benzene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, phenol, and carbon tetrachloride from dilute solutions in n-heptane on the modified nanoporous silica sorbents, Silasorb C18 and Phenyl-Silasorb, at 298 K is investigated by developing liquid chromatography. The Henry law constants and Helmholtz energy of adsorption for these aromatic compounds are calculated from their retention values. The adsorption isotherms of the aromatic compounds are calculated from their chromatographic peaks with allowances made for longitudinal smearing. A correlation is made between the Henry law constants calculated from the retention values of the aromatic compounds and from their adsorption isotherms. The influences of the surface modification of the silica adsorbents and the molecular structure of the aromatic compounds on their elution from the chromatographic column with n-heptane as the eluent are discussed. Contributions of functional groups in the molecules of the aromatic compounds to the Helmholtz energy of adsorption on different surfaces are estimated.     

Practical and Regioselective Halogenations of Aromatic Compounds Using Tetrabutylammonium Peroxydisulfate

Abstract

The halogenated aromatic compounds have been important intermediates for various synthetic methods. Electron-rich aromatic compounds were easily iodinated using tetrabutylammonium peroxydisulfate (1) and iodine in mild conditions with excellent yields. Bromination was achieved using 1 and bromine, and regioselective bromination of highly activated aromatic compounds was also achieved using 1 and lithium bromide in mild conditions with excellent yields.     

Methodology for Bioassay-Directed Fractionation Studies of Air Particulate Material and Other Complex Environmental Matrices

Abstract

A normal phase HPLC methodology using a semi-preparative polyaminocyano column in conjunction with a selection of short-term genotoxicity assays has been developed for bioassay-directed fractionation studies of complex environmental mixtures. To illustrate the effectiveness of this methodology, an organic extract prepared from respirable air particulate samples collected in Hamilton, Canada was separated into a non-polar aromatic fraction and a polar aromatic fraction using a combination of alumina and Sephadex LH20 chromatography. These fractions were evaluated for their genotoxic potential using the Salmonella/microsome (Ames) assay with six different strains of Salmonella.

The non-polar aromatic fraction was analyzed by normal phase HPLC and the eluent was collected in one-minute subfractions; these subtractions were bioassayed in three different Salmonella strains (YG1021 -S9, YG1024 -S9 and YG1029 +S9) to afford three different mutation profiles of this sample. Some subfractions which exhibited high mutagenic responses were subjected to further chemical analyses using GC/MS in order to identify those compounds responsible for the genotoxic responses. The nitroarene compounds 2-nitrofluoranthene, 1-nitropyrene and 2-nitropyrene and higher molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzo[a]pyrene and indeno[l,2,3-cd]pyrene were identified and quantified in some of the biologically active subfractions. The normal phase gradient conditions afforded very reproducible retention times for a series of polycyclic aromatic standards with a broad range of compound polarities. In addition, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were observed to elute from the normal phase HPLC column in a series of peaks; successive peaks contained PAH of increasing molecular weight while any individual peak was shown to contain PAH of the same molecular weight.     

Mild chlorination of aromatic compounds with tin(IV) chloride and lead tetraacetate

SnCl₄/Pb(OAc)₄ acts as a safe source of Cl₂ for the chlorination of aromatic compounds. A variety of aromatic compounds are effectively chlorinated with SnCl₄/Pb(OAc)₄ under mild conditions. The mixture is a selective chlorinating agent, particularly with polyalkylbenzenes, polycyclic aromatic compounds and anisoles.     

Pyrolysis/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of asphaltene fractions

Two n-heptane-precipitated asphaltene samples, characterized by elemental analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, were fractionated according to relative molecular size by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Both the whole asphaltene samples and their fractions were analysed by pyrolysis/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The data obtained from the pyrograms (average side-chain length, aromaticity index, sulphur compounds vs. aliphatic compounds, presence of SO₂ and CO₂) demonstrated that, in the case of asphaltenes, GPC fractionation results in the separation of different chemical structures ranging from lower molecular mass, highly aromatic and polar compounds to higher molecular mass, less polar and aromatic compounds.     

Direct Trimethylsilylation of Phenanthrene and its Products—An Abnormal Silylation of Phenanthrene

Direct trimethylsilylation¹⁾ of phenanthrene in different molar ratio of phenanthrene/sodium/trimethylchlorosilane is reported and discussed. Instead of the aromatic silyl compounds, such as 9-trimethylsilylphenanthrene (V), the hydroaromatic silyl compounds, such as 9, 10–bis (trimethylsilyl)-9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene (I) were obtained preferentially. Structure of these compounds are characterized and discussed. These silylated products have a general trend to change their properties during long time storage in the atmosphere under exposure to light. A significant difference of chemical shifts between silylated aromatic compound (V) and silylated hydroaromatic compound (I-IV) was observed.     

Conformation and chiroptical properties of mandelic acids

Using CD data (solution, solid state, various temperatures), X-ray data and MO calculations for a number of substituted mandelic acids (phenylglycolic acids) an attempt was made to explain the different results for the relation between sign of the ¹L_b CD band and substitution pattern as described in the literature for various types of aromatic compounds. Moreover the reported sector rule has been reconsidered taking into account the sign and magnitude of the spectroscopic moments. It has been found that in any explanation of the signs of the ¹L_b CD bands of substituted aromatic compounds both the conformational behaviour and the spectroscopic moments should be taken into account.     

The Reaction Activity of Aromatic Carbonyl Compounds with Diphenylphosphine Oxide Studied by 31P NMR

Abstract

A series of α-hydroxyphosphine oxides were prepared by the reactions of diphenylphosphine oxide and aromatic carbonyl compounds and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, ³¹P NMR, FT-IR, ESI-MS, and HR-MS spectra. The reaction rates and experimental conditions of aromatic aldehydes and aromatic ketones were obviously different due to the activity of their carbonyls. The different substituents of the aromatic aldehydes affected the reaction rate too, and the quantitative reactivity of their substituent conformed to the Hammett equation. The results were confirmed by ³¹P NMR spectroscopy.     

Synthesis and Properties of Hydrophilic Polymers. 4. Preparation and Characterization of Poly(Oxyethylene) Telechelics with Different Aromatic Termini

Abstract

Several telechelic compounds were prepared by terminal functionalization of poly(oxyethylene) diacid via the reaction of the carboxylic groups with different aromatic amines. Starting from the telechelic diacid, the corresponding diacid chloride was prepared with thionyl chloride after which the compound was allowed to react with aniline, 2-naphtylamine, and 2-aminoanthracene. The telechelic products were characterized by UV/Vis, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, and IR spectroscopy. The UV/Vis spectrometric data were compared to those of the corresponding amines. In addition, refractive indices and solubility characteristics were also determined. In addition, the spectroscopic data were compared with respect to increasing terminal chain extension by the three aromatic compounds.     

Trifluoromethylation of various aromatic compounds by CF3I in the presence of Fe(II) compound, H2O2 and dimethylsulfoxide

Trifluoromethylation of aromatic and hetero-aromatic compounds by CF₃I in the presence of Fe(II) compound, H₂O₂ and dimethylsulfoxide was investigated. Various trifluoromethylated benzene derivatives, six-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds and five-membered hetero-aromatic compounds were obtained under mild conditions. General orientation of electrophilic substitution of aromatic compounds was observed similarly as reported in other radical trifluoromethylation previously.     

Correlation of para substituent carbon-13 chemical shifts in aromatic compounds using polar (inductive) and resonance constants which are identical for aliphatic and aromatic compounds

A correlation of para substituted ¹³C chemical shifts in aromatic compounds with substituent polar (inductive) and resonance constants σ* and σ^r of aliphatic compounds has been studied. It has been shown that the precision of the correlations obtained corresponds to that of the Swain-Lupton and Taft two-parameter equations, but the correlation equation used in this work seems to permit a more exact separation of the substituent effects of aromatic compounds into inductive and resonance contributions. Thus, σ* and σ^r substituent constants are universal parameters which can be used in a correlation analysis of the properties of both aliphatic and aromatic compounds.     

Comparison of photoinduced electron transfer reactions of C60 and aromatic carbonyl compounds

The one-electron reduction potential of the triplet excited state of C₆₀ is similar to those of some aromatic carbonyl compounds. Thus, photoinduced electron transfer is expected to occur from the common electron donors to both C₆₀ and aromatic carbonyl compounds. In this paper comparison is made between photoinduced electron transfer from organosilanes and organostannanes used as the electron donors to the triplet excited states of C₆₀ and aromatic carbonyl compounds, providing valuable insight into their common mechanistic features for the C-C bond formation via photoinduced electron transfer as well as the new functionalization method of C₆₀.