Synthesis and polymerization of N-vinylindole

The reaction of indole with acetylene under pressure is investigated. It is shown that under the action of KOH in aqueous dioxane at 220° C, N-vinylindole C₁₀H₉N is formed in 66% yield, and that this compound undergoes free radical and cationic polymerization.     

The crystal and molecular structures of 1,1′-divinyl-2,2′-biimidazolyl

The crystal and molecular structures of 1,1-divinyl-2,2-biimidazolyl (L) were determined by x-ray crystallographic analysis. It was established that the molecule of L has crystallographic symmetry 2 and a cisoid conformation with an angle of rotation of 128° between the imidazole rings. The length of the C²-C² bond is increased to 1.485(11) Å compared with the length of the analogous bond in unsubstituted 2,2-biimidazolyl (1.423 Å). Localization of the N=C multiple bond is observed [1.297(9) Å]. The other N-C bonds of the ring are almost equalized (1.374 Å) and are close to the standard values for bonds of the C _sp ²-N type in imidazoles. The angle between the plane of the heterocycle and the plane passing through the atoms of the vinyl group amounts to 7°.N. S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117907 Moscow. Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033 Irkutsk. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1376–1380, June, 1992.     

The vinylation of benzotriazole

The reaction of benzotriazole with acetylene under pressure in the presence of potassium hydroxide and cuprous chloride has been examined. 1-Vinylbenzotriazole was obtained in 75% yield.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1289–1290, September, 1970.     

15N NMR spectra and specific intramolecular interactions in N-vinylazoles

The factors that affect the chemical shifts in the ¹⁵N NMR spectra of N-vinylazoles were investigated. It was shown that an additional positive contribution to the shielding constant of the pyridine nitrogen atom occurs in the s-cis-(N₍₂₎) conformation of N-vinylpyrazoles due to overlapping of the electron cloud of its unshared electron pair and the s-orbital of the vinyl group hydrogen -cis-atom.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1055–1059, August, 1991.     

Indicator properties of oligoethylene glycol hybrids with sterically hindered phenols

Aqueous solutions of hybrid compounds (conjugates) formed by polyethylene glycols modified at the terminal hydroxy groups with sterically hindered phenol lose their phase stability at a certain temperature which depends on the molecular weight of polyethylene glycol, structure of sterically hindered phenol, conjugate concentration, and composition of the medium. This property may be used to estimate the effect of structural factors on the hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance in the conjugate-water system.     

Reaction of 1-vinylpyrazoles with tetracyanoethylene

It was shown that in the reaction of tetracyanoethylene with 1-vinylpyrazoles in aprotic solvents, one of the first stages involves the formation of - complexes. The final products of the reaction are 1-(2,2,3,3-tetracyano-1-cyclobutyl)pyrazoles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 924–926, July, 1989.     

Isothermal catalytic combustion of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-pentane/air mixtures on platinum wire

The transient response of the input power necessary to maintain isothermal conditions after a step temperature perturbation applied to a platinum wire immersed in a gaseous fuel/air mixture allows for the measurement of the reaction heat flow rate, directly related to the rate of the catalytic combustion. The S-shaped variation of this rate in time is employed to evaluate the induction period of the catalytic ignition. The effect of mixture composition, total pressure, and catalyst temperature on the induction period for the catalytic ignition of lean to stoichiometric n-pentane/air mixtures on isothermally heated platinum wire is reported and discussed. The mixture composition was varied between 1.40 and 2.56% n-pentane in air, the total pressure between 20 and 101 kPa, and the wire temperature between 470 and 600 K. The reaction rates, turnover frequencies, overall and partial reaction orders, and activation energies were determined from the analysis of the obtained results and compared to other reported data.