A new analytical method for anchoring quantification of amines on resin support

A rapid and quantitative method for monitoring the efficiency of coupling of amino compounds to polystyrene resin through a carbamate linker has been developed. para-Nitrophenyl carbonate activating group has been shown to release a valuable chromophore for quantitatively monitoring the progress and the yield of the reaction.     

Solute-solute-solvent interactions in dilute aqueous solutions of aliphatic diols. Excess enthalpies and gibbs free energies

The heats of dilution and the osmotic coefficients for some aliphatic diols (1,3-propanediol; 1,2-butanediol; 1,3-butanediol; 1,4-butanediol; 2,3-butanediol; 1,5-pentanediol; 1,6-hexanediol) in water at 25°C are reported. The experimental free energy and enthalpy pairwise interaction coefficients were evaluated and are discussed in terms of the hydrophobic-hydrophilic properties of the solutes. The effect of the mutual position of the polar hydrophilic groups in the molecule on the experimental interaction coefficients transposed to the McMillan-Mayer (MM) state is emphasized. The Sawage-Wood additivity of groups (SWAG) approach has been used and critically discussed.Paper presented at J.C.A.T. '86-Ferrara 27–30 Ottobre 1986.     

Regiospecific synthesis of mono-N-substituted indolopyrrolocarbazoles

[reactions: see text] Two complementary and efficient strategies have been developed for the regiospecific synthesis of unsymmetrical indolopyrrolocarbazoles (IPCs) mono-N-substituted with a pentacycle. A halogen in position 2 of the intermediate bisindolylmaleimides 3a-e allows a selective Mitsunobu coupling by exploiting the increased acidity of the 2-chloro-substituted indole nitrogen. It also promotes an easier cyclization of bisindolylmaleimides 4a-e and 7b-e to IPCs. Alkylation of the 2-unsubstituted indole-3-carboxamides 2a,b and further processing to the corresponding IPCs gives access to the opposite regioisomers.     

Comprehensive photokinetic and NMR study of a biphotochromic supermolecule involving two naphthopyrans linked to a central thiophene unit through acetylenic bonds

A photophysical and photochemical study of a biphotochromic compound where two naphthopyran units are linked by an acetylene-thiophene-acetylene bridge has been carried out in toluene. Both fluorescence and intersystem crossing to the triplet manifold were found to compete with the photocoloration process. Two photoproducts (transoid-trans and transoid-cis stereoisomers), absorbing at approximately 480 nm and corresponding to the opening of a single photochromic unit, were detected by spectrophotometric analysis after short irradiation time in diluted solution and identified by 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. After prolonged irradiation at 228 K of highly concentrated solutions (up to 3 x 10(-3) mol dm(-3)), two additional isomers, absorbing at approximately 550 nm, were formed. Their NMR spectra indicate the opening of both photochromic units. An interesting effect of selective vibronic excitation was found, showing that the photoreaction is favored at excited vibronic levels to the detriment of the radiative relaxation.     

Copper(II) in organic synthesis. IV Reaction of the copper(II) acetate complex of isatin-3-arylhydrazones with dimethyl acety-lenedicarboxylate.

The copper(II) acetate complex of isatin-3-phenylhy-drazone (2a) reacted with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) by two competitive pathways: a Cu⁺⁺ oxidation of the ligand and a [2+2] cycloaddition. The former reaction gave 3-car- benindolin-2-one (13) which reacted with DMAD in a l,3-dipolar cycloaddition, to give 3a. This was synthesized by an independent route. The phenyl radical, generated in the same process, was trapped by three DMAD and gave $\text{4a}$. The [2+2] cycloaddition gave a spiro adduct 10 which, by electrocyclic ring opening and intramolecular cyclization, allowed isolation of a pyridazino [3,4-b] indole (|5a). The reaction was performed on $\text{p}$-chlorophe-nylhydrazone 1b and the structure of 5b was demonstrated by X-ray analysis. A rationalization of the reactivity was attempted in terms of MO interactions of the reactants.     

Different Pathways in the Base-Promoted Isomerization of Benzyl Oxiranyl Ethers

The base-promoted isomerization of benzyl oxiranyl ethers was investigated. In particular it was shown that the reaction may proceed toward two main regioisomeric products: a benzyl vinyl ether or a 2-aryl-3-(hydroxyalkyl)oxetane, depending on subtle variations in the substitution on the phenyl ring. Disubstituted oxetanes were obtained in a stereoselective manner, thus providing a good entry to this class of synthetically useful compounds.     

The ring-opening reaction of chromenes: a photochemical mode-dependent transformation

The efficiency of the photochemical ring-opening of chromenes (or benzopyrans) depends on the vibronic transition selected by the chosen excitation wavelength. In the present work, ab initio CASPT2//CASSCF calculations are used to determine the excited-state ring-opening reaction coordinate for 2H-chromene (C) and 2,2-diethyl-2H-chromene (DEC) and provide an explanation for such an unusual mode-dependent behavior. It is shown that excited-state relaxation and decay occur via a multimodal and barrierless (or nearly barrierless) reaction coordinate. In particular, the relaxation out of the Franck-Condon involves a combination of in-plane skeletal stretching and out-of-plane modes, while the second part of the reaction coordinate is dominated exclusively by a different out-of-plane mode. Population of this last mode is shown to be preparatory with respect to both C-O bond breaking and decay via an S(1)/S(0) conical intersection. The observed mode-dependent ring-opening efficiency is explained by showing that the vibrational mode corresponding to the most efficient vibronic transition has the largest projection onto the out-of-plane mode of the reaction coordinate. To support the computationally derived mechanism, we provide experimental evidence that the photochemical ring-opening reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-7,8-benzo(2H)chromene, that similarly to DEC exhibits a mode-dependent photoreaction, has a low ( approximately 1 kcal mol(-1)) activation energy barrier.     

Base promoted isomerization of aziridinyl ethers: a new access to alpha- and beta-amino acids

Aziridinyl ethers are selectively and easily converted to either amino vinyl ethers or alkoxy allylamines by treatment with mixed metal bases (superbases).     

Stereoselective synthesis of conformationally constrained cyclohexanediols: a set of molecular scaffolds for the synthesis of glycomimetics

The practical, stereoselective synthesis of the three diastereoisomeric 1,2-trans-dicarboxy-4,5-cyclohexanediols 1-3 (DCCHDs) is described, starting from a common precursor, easily available in both enantiomeric forms. The regioselective derivatization of all functional groups of 1 is also reported. The three DCCHDs are locked in a single chair conformation and thus can be used to mimic vicinally disubstituted monosaccharides of any relative configuration.     

A biomimetic approach to the synthesis of a mycolic acid motif

A new method for the stereoselective synthesis of the (R,R)-β-hydroxy-α-alkyl fatty acid fragment of mycolic acids, via an asymmetric anti-aldol reaction is reported. The ‘mycolic acid motif’ fragment was prepared in three steps and >98% ee.