Synthesis and transformations of methyl (E)-2-(acetylamino)-3-cyanoprop-2-enoate und methyl (E)-2-(benzoylamino)-3-cyanoprop-2-enoate,versatile reagents for the preparation of polyfunctional heterocyclic systems

Methyl (E)-2-(acetylamino)-3-cyanoprop-2-enoate ( 2a ), and its 2-benzoyl analog 2b ere prepared from the corresponding methyl (Z)-2-(acylamino)-3-(dimethylamino)propenoates 1 Multifunctional compounds 2 are versatile synthons for preparation of polysubstituted heterocyclic systems such as pyrroles 4 , pyrimidines 5 and 6 , pyridazines 7 , pyrazoles 8 , 9 , and 11 , and isoxazoles 10 .     

Vibrational spectroscopy of the G...C base pair: experiment, harmonic and anharmonic calculations, and the nature of the anharmonic couplings

The results of harmonic and anharmonic frequency calculations on a guanine-cytosine complex with an enolic structure (a tautomeric form with cytosine in the enol form and with a hydrogen at the 7-position on guanine) are presented and compared to gas-phase IR-UV double resonance spectral data. Harmonic frequencies were obtained at the RI-MP2/cc-pVDZ, RI-MP2/TZVPP, and semiempirical PM3 levels of electronic structure theory. Anharmonic frequencies were obtained by the CC-VSCF method with improved PM3 potential surfaces; the improved PM3 potential surfaces are obtained from standard PM3 theory by coordinate scaling such that the improved PM3 harmonic frequencies are the same as those computed at the RI-MP2/cc-pVDZ level. Comparison of the data with experimental results indicates that the average absolute percentage deviation for the methods is 2.6% for harmonic RI-MP2/cc-pVDZ (3.0% with the inclusion of a 0.956 scaling factor that compensates for anharmonicity), 2.5% for harmonic RI-MP2/TZVPP (2.9% with a 0.956 anharmonicity factor included), and 2.3% for adapted PM3 CC-VSCF; the empirical scaling factor for the ab initio harmonic calculations improves the stretching frequencies but decreases the accuracy of the other mode frequencies. The agreement with experiment supports the adequacy of the improved PM3 potentials for describing the anharmonic force field of the G...C base pair in the spectroscopically probed region. These results may be useful for the prediction of the pathways of vibrational energy flow upon excitation of this system. The anharmonic calculations indicate that anharmonicity along single mode coordinates can be significant for simple stretching modes. For several other cases, coupling between different vibrational modes provides the main contribution to anharmonicity. Examples of strongly anharmonically coupled modes are the symmetric stretch and group torsion of the hydrogen-bonded NH2 group on guanine, the OH stretch and torsion of the enol group on cytosine, and the NH stretch and NH out-of-plane bend of the non-hydrogen-bonded NH group on guanine.     

Synthesis and structure of hydroxylammonium fluoroaluminate

Abstract  

Hydroxylammonium fluoroaluminate with the formula (NH₃OH)₂AlF₅ was synthesized by the reaction of solid NH₃OHF and an aqueous solution of aluminum in HF, and its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure consists of NH₃OH⁺ cations and centrosymmetrical AlF₆ octahedra, which are formed by sharing two opposite corners connected in polymeric (AlF₅)_n²⁻ anions. Oxygen and nitrogen atoms of hydroxylammonium cations are donors of hydrogen bonds to terminal fluorine atoms of fluoroaluminate chains. The compound crystallizes monoclinic P2/c, with cell parameters a = 10.8675(3) ?, b = 7.3098(2) ?, c = 7.2071(2) ?, and β = 91.080(2)°. The thermal decomposition of the compound was studied by TG, DSC, and X-ray powder diffraction. By controlled heating of (NH₃OH)₂AlF₅, a new compound with the formula (NH₃OH)AlF₄ was obtained, and the final product of the decomposition is γ-AlF₃.     

Interferometry of pions and kaons in high energy collisions

A hydrodynamic model which reproduces the observed rapidity and transverse momentum spectra of mesons and baryons is applied to the study of Bose-Einstein correlations. The pion correlations are found to be strongly affected by resonance decays, except for pairs of large transverse momenta.For S+S at 200 A GeV, in the central rapidity region the effective longitudinal source radii for pions and kaons differ by a factor of 2, the transverse radii by a factor of 1.3. The lifetime of the source can be extracted from kaon interferometry.     

Transformations of isomeric naphthopyranones. The synthesis of substituted β-naphthyl-α,β-dehydro-α-amino acid derivatives

The opening of the pyranone ring in 2H-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-2-one derivative (1) and 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]-pyran-3-one derivatives 8 and 20 with nucleophiles afforded 3-(naphthyl-1)- and 3-(naphthyl-2)propenoates (substituted β-naphthyl-α,β-dehydro-α-amino acid derivatives) 7, 13, 14, 15, 24 , and 35 .     

Methyl 2-benzoylamino-3-dimethylamonopropenoate in the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. A simple synthesis of amino derivatives of isomeric naphthopyranones and naphthodipyranones

A simple synthesis of the amino derivatives of 3H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran-3-one 5b-d, 8,11 , and 20 , 2H-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-2-one 14 and 19 , 2H,6H-naphtho[1,2-b:3,4-b']dipyran-2,6-dione 9 , 2H,11H-naphtho[2,1-b:3,4-b']dipyran-2,11-dione 12 , and 3H,9H-naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b']dipyran-3,9-dione 15 from the corresponding monohydroxynaphthalenes 2c,d , dihydroxynaphthalenes 2b, 7, 10 , and 13 , and tetralones 16 and 17 with methyl 2-benzoylamino-3-dimethylaminopropenoate (3) in acetic acid is described.     

Vibrational spectra of α-glucose, β-glucose, and sucrose: anharmonic calculations and experiment

The anharmonic vibrational spectra of α-D-glucose, β-D-glucose, and sucrose are computed by the vibrational self-consistent field (VSCF) method, using potential energy surfaces from electronic structure theory, for the lowest energy conformers that correspond to the gas phase and to the crystalline phase, respectively. The results are compared with ultraviolet-infrared (UV-IR) spectra of phenyl β-D-glucopyranoside in a molecular beam, with literature results for sugars in matrices and with new experimental data for the crystalline state. Car-Parrinello dynamics simulations are also used to study temperature effects on the spectra of α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose and to predict their vibrational spectra at 50, 150, and 300 K. The effects of temperature on the spectral features are analyzed and compared with results of the VSCF calculations conducted at 0 K. The main results include: (i) new potential surfaces, constructed from Hartree-Fock, adjusted to fit harmonic frequencies from M?ller-Plesset (MP2) calculations, that give very good agreement with gas phase, matrix, and solid state spectra; (ii) computed infrared spectra of the crystalline solid of α-glucose, which are substantially improved by including mimic groups that represent the effect of the solid environment on the sugar; and (iii) identification of a small number of combination-mode transitions, which are predicted to be strong enough for experimental observation. The results are used to assess the role of anharmonic effects in the spectra of the sugars in isolation and in the solid state and to discuss the spectroscopic accuracy of potentials from different electronic structure methods.