Radical cyclization of sugar-derived beta-(alkynyloxy)acrylates: synthesis of novel fused ethers

[formula: see text] Tributyltin radical mediated cyclization of carbohydrate-derived beta-(alkynyloxy)acrylates leading to highly functionalized cis- and trans-fused bicyclic ethers of various ring sizes is described. The efficacy of the radical cyclization is nicely illustrated in the iterative construction of a trans-fused tricyclic tetrahydropyran.     

Equation of state for the NH3−H2O system

An equation of state (EOS) for the NH₃–H₂O system has been developed. This EOS incorporates a highly accurate end-member EOS and on an empirical mixing rule. The mixing rule is based on an analogy with high order contributions to the virial expansion for mixtures. Comparison with experimental data indicates that the mixed system EOS can predict both phase equilibria and volumetric properties for this binary system with accuracy close to that of the experimental data from 50°C and 1 bar to critical temperatures and pressures.     

Synthesis of [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]V compounds (HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) and an evaluation of vanadium for the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia

Green [HIPTN3N]V(THF) ([HIPTN3N]3- = [(HIPTNCH2CH2)3N]3-, where HIPT = 3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3) can be prepared in a 70-80% yield via the addition of H3[HIPTN3N] to VCl3(THF)3 in THF, followed by the addition of LiN(SiMe3)2. From [HIPTN3N]V(THF), the following have been prepared: {[HIPTN3N]VN2}K, [HIPTN3N]V(NH3), [HIPTN3N]V=NH, [HIPTN3N]V=NSiMe3, [HIPTN3N]V=O, [HIPTN3N]V=S, and [HIPTN3N]V(CO). No ammonia is formed from dinitrogen using {[HIPTN3N]VN2}K, [HIPTN3N]V=NH, or [HIPTN3N]V(NH3) as the initial species under conditions that were successful in the analogous [HIPTN3N]Mo system. X-ray structural studies are reported for [HIPTN3N]V(THF) and [HIPTN3N]V(NH3).     

Synthesis and Diels-Alder Reactions of a New Kind of Chiral Dienophiles: Cyclic Vinyl-p-tolylsulfilimines

A new kind of chiral dienophiles, cyclic vinyl-p-tolylsulfilimines (2a and 2b), were obtained from the corresponding (Z)-sulfinylacrylonitriles with HBF(4) and methanol. The asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of optically pure 2a with cyclopentadiene under mild thermal or catalyzed conditions afforded only the endo-4a adduct with complete endo and pi-facial selectivities. The ability of the sulfilimine moiety to enhance the dienophilic reactivity of the double bond is similar to that of the sulfinyl group.     

Discontinuous approximate molecular electronic wave-functions

Following Kohn (reference 4), Schlosser and Marcus (reference 3), and Weare and Parr (reference 2), an energy functional is defined for a molecular problem which is stationary in the neighborhood of the exact solution and permits the use of trial functions that are discontinuous. The functional differs from the functional of the standard Rayleigh–Ritz method in the replacement of the usual kinetic energy operators T?(μ) with operators T?′(μ) = T?(μ) + Î(μ), where Î(μ) generates contributions from surfaces of nonsmooth behavior. If one uses the ?Ψ · ?Ψ way of writing the usual kinetic energy contributions, one must add surface integrals of the product of the average of ?Ψ and the change of ?Ψ across surfaces of discontinuity.     

Hydrogen atom scattering from physisorbed overlayers: II. A different kind of resonance crossing

Measurements and calculations of resonances in the scattering of H atoms from a Xe monolayer on graphite are presented. At the crossing of two resonances, we observe a splitting which is qualitatively different from those previously known and from the predictions of first-order theories. Its behaviour is explained when coupling through continuum states is included in a second-order theory. Because of this effect, data taken along a symmetry direction do not, in some cases, show resonance features expected from the commonly used zeroth- or first-order theories and therefore contain less information about the bound states than, for example, azimuthal scans.