Spectroscopic Properties of Organic Azo Compounds

Azo compounds are characterized by a low-energy ¹(n,π^*) electronic state, which gives rise to a weak band at long wavelengths in the absorption spectrum. Coupling of this state with other low-lying molecular states is responsible for the high intensity of the “azo band” compared to other forbidden transitions, for its lack of vibrational structure, and for the inability of nearly all organic azo compounds to fluoresce.     

A Simple and Efficient Method for the Reduction of Azo Compounds

Abstract

Reduction of azo compounds using hydrazine hydrate as reducant without catalyst is described, which proceeded smoothly in mild condition and did not pollute the environment.     

Synthesis, Metal Complexation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Three New Azo Compounds

The synthesis of azo compounds [4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-4'-hydroxyazo benzene (1), 4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-2'-hydroxy-5-tert-butylazobenzene (2), 7-[4-(N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)phenylazo-8-hydroxy quinoline (3)] have been carried out by reacting phenol, 4-tert-butyl phenol and 8-hydroxy quinoline with N'-2-thiazol-2-ylsulfanylamide as coupling component. The resulting ligands (2 and 3) were treated with two transition metal salts (e.g., CuCl₂2H₂O andNiCl₂6H₂O). Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of the azo derivative ofphenol were obtained and characterised by IR, UV-Vis, ¹H NMR, spectroscopic and elemental analysis techniques. All the complexes have a metal : ligand ratio of 1 : 2 and are square-planar.     

Determination of Molybdenum in Human Urine by Spectrophotometric Method using Thiazolylazo Compounds as Chromogenic Reagents

ABSTRACT

Four azo compounds based on diazotization of 2-aminobenzothiazole have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis as well as different spectroscopic techniques. The potentiality of the prepared compounds as new chromogenic reagents for the spectrophotometric determination of Mo⁶⁺ was studied by extensive investigation of optimum conditions favouring the formation of the coloured complexes. Beers law is obeyed in the concentration range 0.2-8.5 μg ml^?1 whereas Ringbom optimum concentration range was 0.8-7.5 μg ml^?1. The detection limit was 0.05 μg ml^?1. The molar absorptivity and Sandell sensitivity of the formed complexes are calculated. The effect of interfering ions on the determination of Mo⁶⁺ was investigated. The relative standard deviations for six replicate determinations of 5.0 μg ml^?1 of Mo⁶⁺ are 1.23, 1.47, 1.05 and 1.38 % using reagents I, II, III and IV, respectively. The proposed method has been applied to investigate the amount of Mo⁶⁺ in human urine samples. The molybdenum levels found between 0.5-2.1 μg/100 ml.     

Dehydrogenation of Unsymmetric Hydrazo Compounds in Ionic Liquid: Novel Green Synthesis of Azo Compounds

Using NBS (N‐bromosuccinimide) and the ionic liquid (1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate) as an oxidation system, twelve unsymmetric azo compounds were efficiently prepared from hydrazo compounds for the first time. In contrast to the known methods, this novel access to azo compounds presented here is operationally simple, environmentally benign and has the advantage of enhanced atom utilization. Furthermore, the solvent and the basic catalyst used can be recovered conveniently and reused efficiently.     

Gold‐Catalyzed Direct Hydrogenative Coupling of Nitroarenes To Synthesize Aromatic Azo Compounds

The azo linkage is a prominent chemical motif which has found numerous applications in materials science, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. Described herein is a sustainable heterogeneous‐gold‐catalyzed synthesis of azo arenes. Available nitroarenes are deoxygenated and linked selectively by the formation of N?N bonds using molecular H₂ without any external additives. As a result of a unique and remarkable synergy between the metal and support, a facile surface‐mediated condensation of nitroso and hydroxylamine intermediates is enabled, and the desired transformation proceeds in a highly selective manner under mild reaction conditions. The protocol tolerates a large variety of functional groups and offers a general and versatile method for the environmentally friendly synthesis of symmetric or asymmetric aromatic azo compounds.     

The synthesis of azo compounds from nitro compounds using lead and triethylammonium formate

Aromatic nitro compounds were reduced to the corresponding symmetrically substituted azo compounds using lead as catalyst and triethylammonium formate as hydrogen donor. Various azo compounds containing additional reducible substituents including halogens, nitrile, acid, phenol, ester, methoxy functions, etc, have been synthesized in a single step by the use of this reagent. The conversion is reasonably fast, clean, high yielding and occurs at room temperature in methanol.     

Colorlmetric Analysis of Malathion and Parathion Using Fluoboric Acid

Abstract

Monohydroxyfluoboric acid is described as a reagent for the determination of the organophosphorus compounds malathion and parathion. The reagent breaks the ether linkage to phosphorous to form a phosphoro-or phosphono-fluoridate which is then coloriraetrically determined by reaction with hydrogen peroxide and 2,7-diaroinofluorene. From 0.01 to 0.50 mg./ml. of the organophosphorus compounds can be determined.     

Inclusion Compounds of Hyocholic Acid with Specific Alcohols

Abstract

Hyocholic acid forms lattice-type inclusion compounds with specific aliphatic alcohols. In these compounds, water molecules are also included and they play an important role in the formation of inclusion spaces.     

HPLC Determination of Amino And Carbonyl Compounds with Dabsyl Chloride and Dabsyl Hydrazine

The new chromophoric reagent, 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4′-sulfonyl chloride (dabsyl chloride) was synthesized by reaction of sodium 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene 4′-sulfonate with phosphorus pentachloride. Dabsyl chloride reacted rapidly with all amino acids, aliphatic amines, and polyamines to form the corresponding dabsyl derivatives. The dabsyl amino acids (10^?11 mol) were visualized on thin layer plates and found to be photo-stable. During the last 12 years, in combination with HPLC, this newly developed labeling reagent has been shown to be very promising for microdetermination of amino acids, aliphatic amines and polyamines. Recently, another new chromophoric reagent, dabsylhydrazine, was synthesized from the reaction of dabsyl chloride with hydrazine. This reagent reacted readily with monosaccharides and carbonyl compounds to form the corresponding chromophoric dabsylhydrazones with strong absorbance at 425 nm. The application of this new reagent in HPLC analysis of monosaccharides was discribed. By use of Nova-PAK C₁₈ reverse-phase column and a concave gradient system of water and acetonitrile as eluent, the detection limits of monosaccharides in the range of 10 pmol have been reached.     

The Chemistry of α-Carbonyl Azo Compounds

α-Carbonyl azo compounds such as diesters of azodicarboxylic acids, diacylazo compounds, and esters of arylazocarboxylic acids are highly reactive. They add e.g. to amines, aromatic compounds, olefins, CH acids, Grignard and diazo compounds, aldehydes, ketones, and ketenes. These reactions can be used for the preparation of triazanes, hydrazones, oxa-diazoline, azomethinimine, and diazetidine derivatives, etc. α,α′-Dicarbonyl azo compounds are among the strongest dienophiles known.     

Rhodium‐Catalyzed Geminal Oxyfluorination and Oxytrifluoro‐Methylation of Diazocarbonyl Compounds

A new reaction for the rhodium‐catalyzed geminal‐difunctionalization‐based fluorination is presented. The substrates are aromatic and aliphatic diazocarbonyl compounds. As the fluorine source a stable and easily accessible benziodoxole reagent was used. A variety of alcohol, phenol, and carboxylic acid reagents were employed to introduce the second functionality. The reaction was extended to trifluoromethylation using a benziodoxolon reagent. The fluorination and trifluoromethylation reactions probably proceed by a rhodium‐containing onium ylide type intermediate, which is trapped by either the F or CF₃ electrophiles.     

Zur Konstitution des 1,5-Diphenylcarbazonato—Diphenylbor-Chelates — ein chemischer Beweis

Further development of the reagent 1,5-diphenylcarbazone (1) with regard to higher sensitivity and better selectivity requires the knowledge of the constitution of the chelates. For this purpose 1-methyl-1,5-diphenylcarbazonato—diphenylboron was synthesized, which can only be formed from the enol-form of the so far unknown unsymmetrical 1-methyl-1,5-diphenyl-carbazone6. From the various compounds which contain the hydrazo part of 1,5-diphenylcarbazone (1). only picolinic acid phenylhydrazide14 forms a boron chelate, from which it can be concluded that the boron atom is coordinated to the N-5 of the azo group (formula5).     

Synthesis and Dehydration of Oxadithia and Trithiadioxime Crown Compounds

The reaction of 2,2‐oxydiethanethiol and 2‐[2‐mercaptoethyl) thio] ethanethiol with dichloroglyoxime (DCGO) in absolute EtOH led to crown compounds, oxadithia (5Z,6Z)‐1,4,7‐oxadithiadiononane‐5,6‐dionedioxime (1) and trithia (2Z,3Z)‐1,4,7‐trithionane‐2,3‐dionedioxime (2), respectively. The compounds 5,6,8,9‐tetrahydro [1,4,7]oxadithionine[5,6‐c][1,2,5]oxadiazole (3) and 5,6,8,9‐tetrahydro[1,4,7]trithionino[2,3‐c][1,2,5]oxadiazole (4) were prepared by dehydration of 1 and 2 in aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide at 170–180°C, respectively.     

Simple Device for Isolation of Organic Compounds from Water

Abstract

A simple device for isolation of organic compounds from aqueous samples has been designed and its operating parameters tested during bioth periodic and continuous operation using isolation of organochlorine compounds as an example.

A stream of an aqueous sample is pumped at elevated temperature by a piston pump to an unit for expransion of the liquid phase surface, where the liquid is sprayed on the walls of the unit and flows down freely.

Organochlorine compounds passing to the gaseous phase are purged with a stream of purified air, oxidied and the chlorides formed are determined coulometrically. The designed device, due to its simplicity, can be built and employed in each averagely equipped laboratory.     

Synthesis and Structures of Titanosiloxane Cage Compounds

Reaction of (triphenylmethyl)silanetriol (1) with cyclopentadienyltitanium trichloride (CpTiCl₃) in the presence of triethylamine as a HCl scavenger gave both compounds of a partial open-cage type {[Ph₃CSiO(OH)]₃(Ph₃CSiO_3/2)(CpTiO_3/2)₄} (2) and cube type (Ph₃CSiO_3/2CpTiO_3/2)₄ (3). The 1:1 reaction of 1 and CpTiCl₃ in toluene solvent at reflux temperature for 3 d afforded compounds 2 (22%) and 3 (36%). When 1 is reacted with a 1.5 fold excess of CpTiCl₃ under the same conditions, compound 3 was obtained in high yield (81%) along with 2 in trace quantities. Compounds 2 and 3 were fully characterized by the analyses of ¹H, ¹³C, ²⁹Si NMR, IR, and FAB MS data. The solid-state structure of 3 was determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. Compound 3 had shown to have catalytic activity for the oxidation of alkenes such as 1-octene, cyclooctene, and norbornene with t-butyl hydrogen peroxide. The effect of solvent was observed in this epoxidation reaction. The order of reactivity were decreased as follows: CHCl₃ > hexane THF.     

Determination of Nanogram Amounts of Inorganic and Organic tin Compounds by Molecular Emission Cavity Analysis

Abstract

The rapid determination of nanogram amounts of tin compounds using Molecular Emission Cavity Analysis is described. Binary mixtures of certain tin compounds e.g. dibutyltin oxide and tributyltin oxide can be determined simultaneously.     

Discrimination of Primary Amines from Other Fluorescent Compounds in Biological Fluids

Abstract

Experimental condition and parameters involved in HPLC distinction of primary amines from non-primary amine compounds with native fluorescence were investigated. The discrimination conditions were designed to enable utilization of the sensitive reagent fluorescamine as a means of monitoring primary amines in physiologic fluids.     

Synthesis and Promising Properties of a New Family of High‐Nitrogen Compounds: Polyazido‐ and Polyamino‐Substituted N,N′‐Azo‐1,2,4‐triazoles

A new family of high‐nitrogen compounds, that is, polyazido‐ and polyamino‐substituted N,N′‐azo‐1,2,4‐triazoles, were synthesized in a safe and convenient manner and fully characterized. The structures of 3,3′,5,5′‐tetra(azido)‐4,4′‐azo‐1,2,4‐triazole ( 15 ) and 3,3′,5,5′‐tetra(amino)‐4,4′‐azo‐1,2,4‐triazole ( 23 ) were also confirmed by X‐ray diffraction. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was performed to determine their thermal stability. Their heats of formation and density, which were calculated by using Gaussian 03, were used to determine the detonation performances of the related compounds (EXPLO 5.05). The heats of formation of the polyazido compounds were also derived by using an additive method. Compound 15 has the highest heat of formation (6933 kJ kg^?1) reported so far for energetic compounds and a detonation performance that is comparable to that of octahydro‐1,3,5,7‐tetranitro‐1,3,5,7‐tetrazocine (HMX), while compound 23 has a decomposition temperature of up to 290 °C.     

Azo compounds and Schiff 's bases derived from 5-(4-pyridyl)-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole: synthesis,mesomorphic properties and structural study by semi-empirical calculations

The synthesis and liquid crystalline properties of new Schiff 's bases (series 3a-f) and azo compounds (4a-f) incorporating pyridine and 1,3,4-thiadiazole rings are reported. The first homologues in the series of Schiff's bases (3a-c) show a monotropic mesophase and the homologues 3d-f display an enantiotropic SmA phase. The only azo compounds to exhibit liquid crystalline properties are the homologues 4e, f which show a monotropic nematic phase. These series are compared with Schiff's bases and azo compounds analogues (series 5 and 6), previously reported by us and an AM1 study of the structure/mesomorphic property relationship is described.