Toward the natural didemnaketal A: total synthesis of the isomer of didemnaketal A

The total synthesis of isomer of didemnaketal A was achieved in 26 steps. The position of esters is switched at C7 and C8 with respect to their proposed position in natural didemnaketal A, which shows potent anti-HIV activity but so far has not been synthesized in the laboratory. Structural analysis of synthetic isomer of didemnaketal A indicates that the esters at C7 and C8 are correctly assigned, suggesting that the problems for the structural reassignment of natural didemnaketal A lie elsewhere.     

Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of β-Halohydrins from Epoxides Catalyzed with Ceric Ammonium Nitrate

Ce(IV) as ceric ammonium nitrate can effectively catalyze ring opening of epoxides with halides under very mild conditions and easy procedure to give the corresponding β-chloro-and β-bromohydrins in excellent yields. The reactions occur with both substituted and unsubstituted quaternary ammonium halides and with high regio- and stereoselectivity. The reaction of optically active styrene oxide with chloride ion was found to be highly stereospecific and afforded the corresponding β-halohydrin in 96% ee.     

Remarkable stereoselectivity switch in synthesis of carbonyl substituted N-arylamidrazones with low lipophilicity

Reaction of carbonyl substituted hydrazonoyl chlorides with amines usually leads to Z-configured amidrazone derivatives via nucleophilic substitution of the chlorine atom. Surprisingly, N,N-dimethylcarboxamide substituted hydrazonoyl chlorides yielded E-amidrazones when dialkylamines were used as nucleophilic reagent. The lipophilicities of the obtained amidrazones were found to be drastically reduced compared to their corresponding carboxanilides.     

Molecular Chirality Recognized by Achiral Compounds

Abstract

Three cases are described where chirality is recognized by achiral molecules, where chirality is induced into achiral compounds through interactions with chiral compounds, and lastly where induced chirality in the solid-state is utilized for an enantio-selective photoreaction. In the first instance, the thermodynamically and kinetically preferred diastereoisomer of an optically labile chromium complex depended on the nature of the achiral solvent. In the second case, for the first time 1,2-chloroethane was trapped and observed in a chiral near-eclipsed form and 1-chloropropane in the truly eclipsed form at room temperature in a 1:1 inclusion complex with an optically active host molecule. Finally, induced chirality in a prochiral compound in the solid-state was successfully employed in an enantio-selective photoreaction. In the two cases, solid-state CD provided valuable information.     

Studies on diisopropylnaphthalene substitutional isomerism

The concentrations of diisopropylnaphtalene (DIPN) isomers in experimental equilibrium mixtures obtained on amorphous aluminosilicate and HY zeolite have been measured by GC method. The total energy and Gibbs free energy of the isomers were calculated by DFT method at the B3PW91/3-21G level. Comparison of the populations based on the DFT energies with the experimental concentrations of DIPN isomers are in good agreement. This fact can suggest that isomerization is mainly determined by thermodynamic equilibrium.     

Synthesis of isomerically pure carboxylate- and sulfonate-substituted xanthene fluorophores

Xanthene-based fluorophores such as fluorescein and rhodamine are typically prepared by acid-catalyzed condensation of the appropriate resorcinol or 3-aminophenol with phthalic anhydride. Condensation of substituted phthalic anhydride species results in functionalized fluorophores that are formed as mixed isomers. Crystallization approaches to isomer separation have been reported elsewhere for symmetric fluorescein carboxylates. We describe crystallization-based separation of protected fluorescein sulfonates and coupling conditions to form sulfonamides, precursors for carboxylate-substituted rhodamines, and precursors for asymmetrically substituted fluoresceins and rhodafluors.     

Tricarbonyl(dialkylamidocyclohexa-1,3-diene)iron: Preparation,Isomerization and Stereochemistry

The direct reaction of iron pentacarbonyl with diethylamidocyclohexadiene gave three isomeric tricarbonyliron complexes, 1, 2 and 3. Only 1 isomerized to give 2 under acidic conditions, whereas 3 remained unchanged. The chemical properties of the tricarbonyl(amidocyclohexadiene)iron complexes differed from those of the tricarbonyl(carboxycyclohexadiene)iron complexes. Complex 3 which underwent no hydride abstraction with triphenylmethyl hexafluorophosphate, has an exo stereochemistry.     

二苯并-18-冠-6-硝化产物异构体的分离及顺式化合物的结构测定

在改进的条件下,二苯并-18-冠-6硝化反应的产率达90％以上。提出一种分离二硝基二苯并-18-冠-6的顺、反异构体的方法。反应产物经元素分析和红外光谱鉴定,异角X射线衍射法测定了顺式二硝基二苯并-18-冠-6的晶体结构。晶体空间群为P2_1/n,α=15.95i(7),b=20.411(9),c=8.173(4),β=101.09(4)°,Z=4。结构用直接法解出,R=0.067。     

四种溴代甲苯异构体的质谱区分

本工作用四种较新的质谱技术(碰撞诱导解离(CID),电荷剥离(CS),电荷分离(CSe),电子捕获诱导解离(ECID)谱研究了邻、间、对溴甲苯和溴化苄四种异构体。四种技术在一定程度上都可区分这些异构体。其中比较四种异构体ECID谱中ECID峰的相对强度可得到满意的区分效果。