Synthesis and characterization of mixed ligand complexes of bio-metals with pyrimidine nucleoside (uridine) and amino acids

The mixed ligand complexes of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) with uridine and amino acids, L-alanine, L-phenylalanine and L-tryptophan were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, conductivity data, infrared spectra, electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility data. In these complexes, the nucleoside (uridine) acts as a monodentate ligand coordinating through O(4) under the conditions of investigation, whereas the amino acids coordinate through the carboxylate oxygen and the amino nitrogen. Distorted octahedral geometry for Cu(II) and octahedral geometries for both Ni(II) and Co(II) are proposed.     

A novel method for quantitative analysis of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate by fluorine‐19 nuclear magnetic spectroscopy

A new method utilization of NMR spectra was developed for structural and quantitative analysis of enol forms of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate. Acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate were determined by ¹⁹F NMR upon derivatisation with р‐fluorobenzoyl chloride. The base‐catalyzed derivatives of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate reaction with р‐fluorobenzoyl chloride were analyzed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopies. E and Z configurations of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate were separated and purified by thin layer chromatography. In addition, the ability of ¹⁹F NMR for quantitative analysis of acetylacetone by integration of the appropriate signals of the derivatives were tested and compared. The results further testified the enol forms of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate and the feasibility of ¹⁹F NMR method. This method can be potentially used to characterize E and Z isomers and quantitatively analyze E/Z ratio of β‐diketone and β‐ketoester homologues. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis and characterization of some pyrimidine, purine, amino acid and mixed ligand complexes

Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes of barbital, thiouracil, adenine, amino acids (methionine, lysine and alanine) and some mixed ligands were prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, electronic spectra, magnetic susceptibility and ESR spectra. Coordination of the metallic centre to the oxygen and nitrogen atoms of barbital, thiouracil, amino acids and coordinate to amino group and nitrogen atom of adenine occurred. Electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements were utilized to infer the structure of the complexes which are octahedral for Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cd(II) and tetrahedral for Mn(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) complexes. ESR spectra were observed for copper complexes with a d(x2)-(y2) ground state with small g(||) values indicating strong interaction between the ligands and their metal ions.     

Synthesis and electrochemistry of M(II) N2O2 schiff base complexes: X-Ray structure of {Ni[Bis(3-chloroacetylacetone)ethylenediimine]}

The synthesis and characterization of [Ni(BCE)] and [Cu(BCE)] (where BCE = bis(3-chloroacetylacetone)ethylenediimine) are described. The coordination geometry of [Ni(BCE)] was determined by X-ray crystallography. It was found to be planar and four coordinate in the solid state. The electrochemical properties of M(Chel), where M = Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), and Chel = BAE (bis(acetylacetone)ethylenediimine), BBE = bis(benzoylacetone)ethylenediimine, BFE (bis(1,1,1-triflouroacetylacetone) ethylenediimine and BCE ligands were investigated in DMF and DMSO as solvents. The oxidation potentials changed from left to right in the periodic table in the trend: Co < Ni < Cu, while the reduction potentials changed according to the trend: Ni > Co > Cu. The oxidation potentials of M(II) to M(III) (M = Ni and Cu) increased according to the Schiff base ligands in the trend: BAE < BBE < BCE < BFE, while the reduction potentials followed a reverse trend: BAE > BBE > BCE > BFE. The oxidation potentials of M(II) to M(III) increased according to the solvent in the trend: DMSO < DMF.     

Optically active 4- and 5-coordinate transition metal complexes of bifurcated dipeptide Schiff bases

Symmetrical and unsymmetrical benzophenone Schiff bases of bifurcated dipeptides [e.g., Ar2C=N-CHR1- CONH-HNCO-CHR2-N=CAr2] have been synthesized using Boc methodology. These ligands may be regarded as chiral porphyrin mimics because of the alpha-carbons of the amino acids. The Schiff bases function as effective ligands for transition metals, particularly the late transition metals Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn. Upon metal insertion, there is loss of the amide protons, resulting in N4 chelating ligands that retain the amino acid based chirality as well as newly generated metal-centered chirality, which for the Ni(II) complexes have been shown by X-ray analysis to be lambda (left-handed helix) if the amino acids are S. For Ni(II) and Cu(II), metal insertion results in highly colored complexes and is easily followed by UV-vis spectrophotometry. Several Ni(II) complexes were also characterized by 1H NMR. Co(II) and Mn(II) complexes were characterized by CW EPR. Two Cu(II) complexes, 7f.CuII and 7k.CuII, were characterized by EPR (ENDOR and ESEEM), which clearly showed the pentacoordinate nature of 7k.CuII.     

Tetramethylcyclobutadiene)cobalt complexes of protected aromatic amino acids*

Reactions of [(C4Me4)Co(MeCN)3]PF6 with aromatic amino acid derivatives give the arene complexes [(C4Me4)Co(amino acid)]PF6 (amino acid = ethyl ester of N-acetylphenylalanine, N-acetyltyrosine or N-acetyltryptophan) in 75–85% yields; the structure of the tyrosine complex was determined by X-ray diffraction.     

Characterization of an NH-pi interaction in Co(III) ternary complexes with aromatic amino acids

The NH-pi interaction has been detected in the crystal structures of Co(III) ternary complexes with N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)-(S)-phenylalanine (BCMPA) and aromatic amino acids including (S)-phenylalanine ((S)-Phe), (R)-phenylalanine ((R)-Phe), and (S)-tryptophan ((S)-Trp)). Additionally, this interaction has been studied in solution for Co(III) ternary complexes with BCMPA or NTA (NTA = nitrilotriacetic acid) and several amino acids (AA) by means of electronic absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and (1)H NMR spectroscopies. The CD intensities of the Co(III) complexes with aromatic amino acids measured in the d-d region ( approximately 20.5 x 10(3) cm(-)(1)) are significantly decreased in ethanol solutions relative to water. Analogous complexes with aliphatic amino acids do not exhibit this solvent effect. The (1)H NMR spectra of the Co(III) complexes with aromatic amino acids measured in DMSO-d(6) exhibit upfield shifts of the NH peaks compared with those with aliphatic amino acids, which suggest a shielding effect due to the aromaticity. The upshift values coincide with those experimentally evaluated from the crystal structures. The magnitude of the upfield shifts agrees well with Hammett's rule, indicating that the increase of pi-electron densities on the aromatic rings leads attractive NH-pi interaction that exerts a larger shielding effect for the NH protons. In ligand-substitution reactions of the carbonatocobalt(III) complexes with amino acids, the yields of those with aromatic amino acids are higher than the yields obtained for complexes with aliphatic amino acids. This observation is discussed in connection with the important contribution of the NH-pi interaction as one of the promotion factors in the reaction.     

Synthesis of New (4‐Acetonylidene‐2,6,8,9‐tetramethyl‐7H‐imidazo[1,5,4‐e,f][1,5]benzodiazepine) Derivatives

Imidazobenzodiazepine derivatives were obtained by cyclization of the condensation products 7‐amino‐2,5,6‐trimethylbenzimidazole with acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate. By careful examination of spectroscopic data and the open‐chain intermediate isolation, we have identified the formed compound structure.     

C- and O-Alkylation with α-Haloketones of the Adamantane Series

Reactions of 1-adamantyl bromomethyl ketone and 1-(1-adamantyl)-3-bromo-2-propanone with acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate in a mixture of dry diethyl ether with anhydrous methanol in the presence of sodium methoxide afforded 3-(1-adamantylcarbonylmethyl)-2,4-pentanedione, ethyl 2-(1-adamantylcarbonylmethyl)-3-oxobutanoate, 4-acetyl-1-(1-adamantyl)-2,5-hexanedione, and ethyl 2-acetyl-5-(1-adamantyl)-4-oxopentanoate. The Knoevenagel-Cope reactions of 1-adamantyl bromomethyl ketone and 1-(1-adamantyl)-3-bromo-2-propanone with diethyl malonate yielded, respectively, diethyl 1-(1-adamantyl)-2-bromoethylidenemalonate and diethyl 1-(1-adamantylmethyl)-2-bromoethylidenemalonate. O-Alkylation of ethyl acetoacetate with 1-adamantyl bromomethyl ketone gave ethyl 3-(1-adamantylcarbonylmethoxy)-2-butenoate. Carboxylic acids reacted with 1-adamantyl bromomethyl ketone to form the corresponding 2-(1-adamantyl)-2-oxoethyl carboxylates.     

Chiral discrimination of D- and L-amino acids using iodinated tyrosines as chiral references: Effect of iodine substituent

L-Tyrosine and iodinated L-tyrosines, i.e., 3-iodo-L-tyrosine and 3,5-diiodo-L-tyrosine, are successfully used as chiral references for the chiral discrimination of aliphatic, acidic, and aromatic amino acids. Chiral discrimination is achieved by investigating the collision-induced dissociation spectra of the trimeric complex [Cu(II)(ref)(2)(A) - H](+) ion generated by electro spraying the mixture of D- or L-analyte amino acid (A), chiral reference ligand (ref) and M(II)Cl(2) (M = Ni and Cu). The relative abundances of fragment ions resulted by the competitive loss of reference and analyte amino acids are considered for measuring the degree of chiral discrimination by applying the kinetic method. The chiral discrimination ability increases as the number of iodine atom increases on the aromatic ring of the reference and the discrimination is better with Cu when compared with Ni. A large chiral discrimination is obtained for aliphatic and aromatic amino acids using iodinated L-tyrosine as the reference. Computational studies on the different stabilities of the diastereomeric complexes also support the observed differences measured by the kinetic method. The suitability of the method in the measurement of enantiomeric excess over the range of 2% to 100% ee with relative error 0.28% to 1.6% is also demonstrated.     

New complexes of some d-electron elements with 3-methyladipic acid

Conditions for the preparation of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) 3-methyladipates were investigated and their qualitative composition and magnetic moments were determined. The IR spectra and powder diffraction patterns of the complexes prepared of the general formula M(C₇H₁₀O₄)·nH₂O (n=0-11) were recorded and their thermal decomposition in air were studied. During heating the hydrated complexes are dehydrated in one (Co, Ni) or two steps (Mn, Zn) losing all crystallization water molecules (Co, Ni) or some water molecules (Mn, Zn) and then anhydrous (Co, Ni, Cu) or hydrated complexes (Mn, Zn) decompose directly to oxides (Mn, Co, Zn) or with intermediate formation the mixture of M+MO (Ni, Cu). The carboxylate groups are bidentate (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu) or monodentate (Zn). The complexes exist as polymers. The magnetic moments for the paramagnetic complexes of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) attain values 5.48, 4.49, 2.84 and 1.45 B.M., respectively. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Benzopyrans. Part 42. Reactions of 4‐Oxo‐4H‐1‐benzopyran‐3‐carbaldehyde with some active methylene compounds in the presence of ammonia

The title aldehyde 1 in the presence of ammonia gives the pyridine derivatives 9‐11 respectively with acetylacetone, diethyl malonate and ethyl cyanoacetate, and ethyl (or methyl)‐l‐benzopyrano[4,3‐b]pyri‐dine‐3‐carboxylate 22 (or 23 ) with ethyl (or methyl) acetoacetate. Acetylacetone pretreated with ammonia condenses with 1 giving the fused pyridine 24 . Ammonia converts the ester 6 to the pyridine 13 or 14 . Chromic acid oxidation of 22 and 23 affords the coumarinopyridines 25 and 26 , respectively.     

Recherches en série azabenzodiazépine VII. Synthése de pyrazolo[3,4-b]diazépines-1,4

Condensation of ethyl acetoacetate or acetylacetone with 4,5-diaminopyrazoles are reported and discussed. They gave new pyrazolo[3,4-b]-1,4-diazepines or intermediates which can be cyclised.     

Facile α-metallation of ketone with a rhodium porphyrin complex under mild conditions

Acetone, acetylacetone, and ethyl acetoacetate undergo facile and direct metallation at the α-positions of carbonyl groups with a cationic rhodium(III) porphyrin complex under mild conditions.     

Polybromoaromatic Compounds: IX. Reactions of Polybromobenzyl Bromides with Enolates Derived from Some Dicarbonyl Compounds

The reaction of polybromobenzyl bromides RC₆Br₄CH₂Br (R = Br, OCH₃) with diethyl malonate sodium salt in ethanol and dimethylformamide leads to formation of diethyl 2-(polybromobenzyl)malonates, whereas in aqueous ethanol ethyl polybromobenzyl malonates are formed. The same polybromobenzyl bromides react with an equimolar amount of ethyl acetoacetate sodium salt or acetylacetone sodium salt to give C-alkylation products; with excess sodium enolates ethyl 3-(polybromophenyl)propionates and 4-(polybromophenyl)-2-butanones are formed, respectively.     

Synthesis and anti-hbv activity of 4-aminoanti- pyrine derivatives

The reactions of 4-aminoantipyrine with acetylacetone, ethyl acetoacetate, morpholine, piperazine, and ethyl cyanoacetate were studied. All structures were determined by 1H NMR and mass spectroscopy techniques.     

Synthesis and Complexing Ability of Hyperbranched Polyester Polyols Containing Carboxylic Acid Fragments

New hyperbranched polyester polycarboxylic acids containing terminal propanoic and acrylic acid fragments have been synthesized. According to the IR spectral data, the complexation of polydentate hyperbranched polyester polycarboxylic acids with Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) ions involves chelation and bidentate bridging coordination by the terminal carboxy groups. All Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) complexes with the obtained polyester polypropanoic acids are characterized by octahedral geometry of the coordination entity (MO₆). The Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) complexes with polyester polyacrylic acids have tetrahedral configuration of the coordination entity (MO₄).     

Investigation of aromatic hydroxyoxime-transition metal complexes by infrared spectroscopy

The preparation and infrared spectroscopic studies of coordination compounds of salicylaldoxime, 2-hydroxy-acetophenone oxime, 2-hydroxy-benzophenone oxime and 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzophenone oxime with copper (II), nickel (II), cobalt (II) and iron (II) are described. The frequency of the C=N stretching vibration is usually higher in the complex than that in the ligand. The higher this frequency is, the larger the stability constant of the complex will be, but there is no quantitative relationship. In the case of complexes of salicylaldoxime with Cu (II), Ni (II), Co (II) and Fe (II), v_O=N values are correlated linearly with the ionization potentials of the central metal ions. The frequency of the OH stretching vibration is closely related to the geometric configuration of the complex. Thus aromatic hydroxyoximes form coordination compounds with Co (II) and Fe (II) with cis configuration possessing six-membered hydrogen-bonded ring. This is indicated in the infrared spectra by the complete absence of the OH stretching band, or by the appearance of an extremely broad and flat band of very low intensity. However, Cu (II) or Ni (II) complex possesses trans configuration with five-membered hydrogen-bonded bridge showing characteristic OH absorption band in the infrared region. The v_oh's of complexes investigated are closely related to the polar nature of substituents on the benzene ring. By examining the spectra of ⁶³Cu and ⁶⁵Cu complexes with 2-hydroxy-4(5)-substituted benzophenone oximes in the far infrared region, the characteristic frequency of M-O and M-N were assigned for a series of aromatic hydroxyoxime-transition metal complexes.     

Reaction of 6-methyluracyl derivatives with acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate

Reaction of acetylacetone and ethyl acetoacetate with 1-(ω-bromoalkyl)-3,6-dimethyluracyls and 1,3-bis(ω-bromoalkyl)-6-methyluracyls lead to the formation of uracyl derivatives containing the ketone and ketoester fragments. Conditions leading to the highest yields of the compounds synthesized were found.     

Reaction of carbanions of β-diketones and β-keto esters with hydrazidic bromides

The carbanions of acetylacetone, dibenzoylmethane, ethyl acetoacetate and ethyl benzoylacetate react with hydrazidic bromides (2) in ethanol at room temperature to give substituted pyrazoles (3–6) respectively in good yields. The procedure appears to be a convenient and unequivocal method for preparing a particular pyrazole isomer. The structure assignments of the compounds prepared were based on elemental analyses and spectral and chemical evidence.