Mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution reactions of methylated hydroxylamines with bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate. Mass spectrometric identification of key intermediates

Mono- and dimethylation of hydroxylamine on nitrogen does not significantly affect rates of initial attack of NHMeOH and NMe(2)OH on bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)phosphate (BDNPP), which is largely by oxygen phosphorylation. O-Methylation, however, blocks this reaction and NH(2)OMe then slowly reacts with BDNPP via N-attack at phosphorus and at the aryl group. With NHMeOH, the initial product of O-attack at phosphorus reacts further, either by reaction with a second NHMeOH or by a spontaneous shift of NHMe to the aryl group via a transient cyclic intermediate. There is a minor N-attack of NHMeOH on BDNPP in an S(N)2(Ar) reaction. Reactions occurring via N-attack are blocked by N-dimethylation, and reaction of NMe(2)OH with BDNPP occurs via O-attack, generating a long-lived product. Reaction mechanisms have been probed, and intermediates identified, by using both NMR and MS spectroscopy, with the novel interception of key reaction intermediates in the course of reaction by electrospray ionization mass and tandem mass spectrometry.     

Synthesis of hybrid mesoporous spheres using the chitosan as template

Hybrid mesoporous spheres of Al and Si oxides were synthesized for the mixture of organic material (chitosan) with inorganic material (aluminum and silicon hydroxide). It was observed that chitosan with larger polymerization degree, resulted in a larger mechanical resistance of the spheres. The oxides were characterized by the following: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), as well as, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and adsorption isotherms of N₂ (BET). Highly uniform oxide sphere diameters were obtained (average of 1.0 mm). The results of the adsorption isotherms indicated that the material is mesoporous. The surface area of the materials ranged between 620 and 245 m²/g, and the pore volume varied between 0.82 and 0.28 cm³/g, depending on the molar ratio of the organic and inorganic materials.     

Reactions of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate with hydroxylamine

For dephosphorylation of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate (BDNPP) by hydroxylamine in water, pH region 4-12, the observed first-order rate constant, k(obs), initially increases as a function of pH, but is pH-independent between pH 7.2 and pH 10. The initial BDNPP cleavage by nonionic NH(2)OH (<0.2 M) involves attack by the OH group and follows first-order kinetics, but the overall initial reaction of BDNPP liberates ca. 1.7 mol of 2,4-dinitrophenoxide ion (DNP). This initial reaction generates a short-lived O-phosphorylated hydroxylamine, 2, followed by three possible reactions: (1) reaction of 2 with hydroxylamine, generating 2,4-dinitrophenyl phosphate (DNPP, 3), which subsequently forms DNP; (2) intramolecular displacement of the second DNP group and rapid decomposition of the cyclic intermediate to form phosphonohydroxylamine and eventually inorganic phosphate; (3) a novel rearrangement with intramolecular aromatic nucleophilic substitution involving a cyclic intermediate and migration of the 2,4-dinitrophenyl group from O to N. Values of k(obs) increase modestly with pH > 10, the reaction is biphasic, and the yield of DNP increases. An increase in [NH(2)OH] also increases the yield of DNP, due largely to accelerated hydrolysis of DNPP.     

NO donors cis-[Ru(bpy)2(L)NO] and [Fe(CN)4(L)NO] complexes immobilized on modified mesoporous silica spheres

The reaction of [Ru(bpy)₂Cl₂] and Na₂[Fe(CN)₄(dmso)₂] complexes with isonicotinic acid immobilized on silica spheres (Si-ATPS-ISN) followed by a NO bubbling produced Si-ATPS-ISN-[Ru(bpy)₂(NO)] (system I) and Si-ATPS-ISN-[Fe(CN)₄(NO)] (system II). The characterization of these systems was carried out by UV–Vis, FTIR spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques. As judged by the FTIR data, the nitric oxide ligand has an NO⁺ character in both systems (ν(NO⁺): 1938 cm⁻¹). The NO release, which was monitored by means of FTIR, electrochemistry, and NO sensor electrode, was observed for both systems upon white light irradiation and chemical reduction by cysteine. These results indicated that the system (II) presents a higher potential for controlled NO release. The characterization (FTIR and UV–Vis) of the systems after the NO release suggested the formation of the aqua systems ATPS-ISN-[Ru(bpy)₂(OH₂)] and ATPS-ISN-[Ru(bpy)₂(OH₂)].     

Preparation, characterization and structure of ruthenium phosphine complexes containing non-innocent ligands

Phosphine ruthenate complexes containing the non-innocent ligands 4-chloro-1,2-phenylenediamine (opda-Cl) and 3,3′,4,4′-tetraamminebiphenyl (diopda) were synthesized and characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, electrochemistry, ³¹P{¹H} NMR and electronic spectroscopies. Crystals of cis-[RuCl₂(dppb)(bqdi-Cl)] complex were isolated as a mixture of two conformational isomers due to different positions of the chlorine atoms of the o-phenylene ligand in relation to the P1 atom of the phosphine moiety.     

Reaction of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate with hydrazine and hydrogen peroxide. Comparison of O- and N- phosphorylation

Nonionic hydrazine reacts with anionic bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate (BDNPP), giving 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine and dianionic 2,4-dinitrophenyl phosphate by an S(N)2(Ar) reaction, and at the phosphoryl center, giving 2,4-dinitrophenoxide ion and a transient phosphorylated hydrazine that rearranges intramolecularly to N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-N-phosphonohydrazine. Approximately 58% of the reaction at pD = 10 occurs by N-phosphorylation, as shown by (31)P NMR spectroscopy. Reaction of HO(2)(-) is wholly at phosphorus, and the intermediate peroxophosphate reacts intramolecularly, displacing a second 2,4-dinitrophenoxide ion, or with H(2)O(2), giving 2,4-dinitrophenyl phosphate and O(2). Rate constants of O- and N-phosphorylation in reactions at phosphorus of NH(2)NH(2), HO(2)(-), and NH(2)OH and its methyl derivatives follow Bronsted relationships with similar slopes, but plots differ for oxygen and nitrogen nucleophiles. The reaction with NH(2)NH(2) has been probed by using both NMR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass and tandem mass spectrometry, with the novel interception of key reaction intermediates in the course of reaction.