Multielectron atom transfer reactions of perchlorate and other substrates catalyzed by rhenium oxazoline and thiazoline complexes: reaction kinetics, mechanisms, and density functional theory calculations

The title complexes, the Re(O)L(2)(Solv)(+) complexes (L = hoz, 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline(-) or thoz, 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-2-thiazoline(-); Solv = H(2)O or CH(3)CN), are effective catalysts for the following fundamental oxo transfer reaction between closed shell molecules: XO + Y --> X + YO. Among suitable oxygen acceptors (Y's) are organic thioethers and phosphines, and among suitable oxo donors (XO's) are pyridine N-oxide (PyO), t-BuOOH, and inorganic oxyanions. One of the remarkable features of these catalysts is their high kinetic competency in effecting perchlorate reduction by pure atom transfer. Oxo transfer to rhenium(V) proceeds cleanly to afford the cationic dioxorhenium(VII) complex Re(O)(2)L(2)(+) in a two-step mechanism, rapid substrate (XO) coordination to give the precursor adduct cis-Re(V)(O)(OX)L(2)(+) followed by oxygen atom transfer (OAT) as the rate determining step. Electronic variations with PyO derivatives demonstrated that electron-withdrawing substituents accelerate the rate of Re(VII)(O)(2)L(2)(+) formation from the precursor adduct cis-Re(V)(O)(OX)L(2)(+). The activation parameters for OAT with picoline N-oxide and chlorate have been measured; the entropic barrier to oxo transfer is essentially zero. The potential energy surface for the reaction of Re(O)(hoz)(2)(OH(2))(+) with PyO was defined, and all pertinent intermediates and transition states along the reaction pathway were located by density functional theory (DFT) calculations (B3LYP/6-31G). In the second half of the catalytic cycle, Re(O)(2)L(2)(+) reacts with oxygen acceptors (Y's) in second-order reactions with associative transition states. The rate of OAT to substrates spans a remarkable range of 0.1-10(6) L mol(-)(1) s(-)(1), and the substrate reactivity order is Ph(3)P > dialkyl sulfides > alkyl aryl sulfides > Ph(2)S approximately DMSO, which demonstrates electrophilic oxo transfer. Competing deactivation and inhibitory pathways as well as their relevant kinetics are also reported.     

A new access to polyhydroxy piperidines of the azasugar class: synthesis and glycosidase inhibition studies

A new synthetic strategy has been devised to access a variety of polyhydroxylated piperidines belonging to the azasugar class of glycosidase inhibitors. The key precursor (3aR, 7aR)-5-benzyl-2,2-dimethyl-7-methylenehexahydro[1,3]dioxo[4,5-c]pyridine is obtained by photoinduced electron transfer (PET) cyclization of the corresponding alpha-trimethylsilylmethylamine radical cation to the tethered acetylene functionality. The new molecules have been evaluated for inhibitory properties for certain beta-glycosidases and have been found to be moderate to weak inhibitors of the enzymes under study.     

Synthesis and pharmacological activity of 4-(4'-(chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidine) derivatives

A new series of 4-(4'-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidine derivatives (2-5), substituted at nitrogen, were synthesized and tested as potential analgesic compounds as well as evaluated for their effect on hypotensive activity. Results showed that all the derivatives exhibit significant analgesic activity in male Wistar rats at a dose of 50 mg/kg of body weight after intramuscular injection, when tested by thermal stimuli (tail flick test). Pethidine was used as reference drug. Compounds 2, 3 and 5 produced reduction in blood pressure in normotensive rat.     

Organotin(IV) derivatives as biocides: An investigation of structure by IR, solution NMR, electron impact MS and assessment of structure correlation with biocidal activity

A brief account is given of the synthesis, structural chemistry and the antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic effects of organotin complexes of 2-[(2,4-dichloroanilinocarbonyl)]benzoic acid. The unimolar and bimolar substitution products have been characterized by elemental analysis and spectral studies, including IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, ¹¹⁹Sn NMR, and mass spectra. The data support the binding of the oxygen atom to the tin atom in [R₂Sn(OOCR’)₂] and [R₃Sn(OOCR’)] (R = Me, Bu, and Ph, R’ = 2-[(2,4-dichloroanilinocarbonyl)]benzoic acid). Based on these studies, with a coordination number of four, a distorted tetrahedral geometry has been proposed for the resulting derivatives in solution. The free ligand (R’/COOH) and its respective tin complexes were tested in vitro against a number of microorganisms to assess their biocidal properties and to correlate them with the structures of the derivatives.     

Oxidation of triethylamine by molecular oxygen catalyzed by Ru(III)-ion

The kinetics of Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of triethylamine by molecular oxygen has been investigated in the pH range 1.5 to 2.5 at 35°C and I=0.1 M KCl. The reaction is first order with respect to substrate, catalyst and molecular oxygen concentrations. The rate of the reaction increases with the increase of pH from 1.5 to 2.5 and then there is a slight decrease in the rate above pH 2.5. Based on the kinetic data, a mechanism for the catalytic oxidation of triethylamine is proposed. The major products in the oxidation of triethylamine are the N-oxide, diethylamine and acetaldehyde.

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1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine and its derivatives

The synthesis of the parent ring system and some of the derivatives of 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine are described.     

The cation-chelation mechanism of metal-ion sorption by polyurethanes

The mechanism of sorption of ions by polyurethanes has been investigated through detailed studies of the extraction of cobalt(II) thiocyanate and the salts of several organic acids. Polyether-based polyurethanes. particularly those containing poly(ethylene oxide), were found to be distinctly superior to polyesters in the sorption of salts and performed much better than might be expected by analogy with monomeric liquid solvents. The results were judged to be inconsistent with several possible mechanisms, including adsorption, solvent extraction, weak or strong base anion-exchange, and complexation of metal anions by the polymer. A new proposal, termed the cation chelation mechanism (CCM), was advanced to account for the observations. In this view, a number of cations (including those of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, some transition metals, NH(+)(4), RNH(+)(3) and perhaps H(3)O(+)) may be multiply complexed (chelated) by portions of the polymer, thus facilitating the sorption of accompanying anions. As predicted by the mechanism, moderately strong and selective complexation of several cations was observed to occur with the following order of selectivity: Li(+) < Na(+) < Cs(+) < Rb(+) < K(+) approximately NH(+)(4) < Ag(+) approximately Tl(+) < Ba(2+) < Hg(2+) < Pb(2+). Such behaviour parallels that known for many crown and non-cyclic polyethers and is therefore identified with the polyether portions of the polymer, which are thought to adopt helical conformations surrounding the complexed cations. The cation-chelation mechanism may be widely applicable to the sorption of ions of several types by polyether-based polyurethanes, particularly when large, hydrophobic anions (such as anionic metal complexes) are accompanied by an excess of chelatable cations.     

Diastereotopic effect in some N-substituted-3-methyl-4,1-benzoxazepine-2,5-diones

1H NMR assignment of seven differently N-substituted-3-methyl-4,1-benzoxazepine-2,5-diones (I) revealed that with the exception of allyl, N-methylene protons of the substituents exhibit diastereotopy due to presence of a chiral centre in the heterocyclic ring at C-3. The significant finding is that the methylenes at C-2' in the substituents n-propyl and n-butyl (Id, Ie) also show diastereotopy. However, the one closer to the chiral centre (at C-1') exhibits greater non-equivalence of its protons. The diastereotopic methylene groups reported in this study correspond to the simplest system AB on one hand and as complex as ABMM'X2 or ABMM'X3 on the other. Calculated spectra obtained from assigned set of data for most of the coupled protons were in good agreement with the observed ones.     

Short communications

Preconcentration of phosphate as molybdoantimonylphosphoric acid on polyurethane foam has been combined with X-ray fluorescence measurement of antimony for the indirect determination of phosphate. The extraction is optimum between pH 1 and 3.6 and no interference is observed from silicate. The precision is 5% RSD at the 0.25-mug ml level and the detection limit is 20 ng ml for 100 ml of sample solution.