Alkylation of pyrocatechol in <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl alcohol-sulfuric acid-benzene

Alkylation of pyrocatechol with tert-butyl alcohol in benzene in the presence of sulfuric acid gave 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzene-1,2-diol in a higher yield than in analogous reaction with tert-butyl alcohol. This result was rationalized by reduction of inhibitory effect of liberated water, formation of heterogeneous system, and occurrence of the alkylation process in nonpolar organic phase. Intermediate products were identified and found to undergo intra- and intermolecular tert-butyl group transfer with formation of more stable 3,5-di-tertbutylbenzene-1,2-diol. The formation of p-di-tert-butylbenzene indicated participation of benzene in crossalkylation processes.     

Titanium tetra-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butoxide-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl hydroperoxide oxidizing system: Physicochemical and chemical aspects

The reaction of titanium tetra-tert-butoxide with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (1: 2) (C₆H₆, 20 C) involves the steps of formation of the titanium-containing peroxide (t-BuO)₃TiOOBu-t and peroxytrioxide (t-BuO)₃TiOOOBu-t. The latter decomposes with the release of oxygen, often in the singlet form, and also homolytically with cleavage of both peroxy bonds. The corresponding alkoxy and peroxy radicals were identified by ESR using spin traps. The title system oxidizes organic substrates under mild conditions. Depending on the substrate structure, the active oxidant species can be titanium-containing peroxide, peroxytrioxide, and oxygen generated by the system.     

Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of derivatives of 6<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>-acetylmethylenepenicillanic acid <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl ester

The sulfoxide of 6Z-[2-(methoxyimino)propylidene]penicillanic acid tert-butyl ester and the sulfones of 6Z-[2-(hydroxyimino-, methoxyimino-, benzyloxyimino-, 2-bromo- and 4-bromobenzyloxyimino)-propylidene]penicillanic acid in the syn and anti forms have been synthesized by the condensation of the sulfoxide and sulfone of 6Z-acetylmethylenepenicillanic acid tert-butyl ester with hydroxylamine, methoxyamine, benzyloxyamine, 2-bromo- and 4-bromobenzyloxyamines. The syn and anti isomers of 3Z-(2-methoxyiminopropylidene)-4R-(benzothiazolyl-2-dithio)-2-oxoazetidinyl-1R-(2-propenyl)acetic acid tert-butyl ester were obtained by opening of the thiazolidine ring in 6Z-[2-(methoxy-imino)propylidene]-1-oxopenicillanic acid tert-butyl ester with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole. The 3Z-(2-methoxyiminopropylidene)-4R-(methylsulfonyl)-2-oxoazetidinyl-1-(2-propylidene)acetic acid tert-butyl ester was synthesized by the interaction of 1,8-diazobicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene and methyl iodide with 6Z-[2-(methoxyimino)propylidene]-1,1-dioxopenicillanic acid tert-butyl ester. A dependence of the cytotoxic effect in relation to cancer and normal cells in vitro on the structure of the substituent in position 6 and the syn and anti isomerism of the oxyimino group was established for the synthesized compounds.     

Runaway reaction on <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl peroxybenzoate by DSC tests

Tert-butyl peroxybenzoate (TBPB) is one of the sensitive and hazardous chemicals which have been popularly employed in petrifaction industries in the past. This study attempted to elucidate its unsafe characteristics and thermally sensitive structure so as to help prevent runaway reactions, fires or explosions in the process environment. We employed differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to assess the kinetic parameters (such as exothermic onset temperature (T ₀), heat of reaction (ΔH), frequency factor (A)), and the other safety parameters using four different scanning rates (1, 2, 4 and 10°C min⁻¹) combined with curve-fitting method. The results indicated that TBPB becomes very dangerous during decomposition reactions; the onset temperature and reaction heat were about 100°C and 1300 J g⁻¹, respectively. Through this study, TBPB accidents could be reduced to an accepted level with safety parameters under control. According to the findings in the study and the concept of inherent safety, TBPB runaway reactions could be thoroughly prevented in the relevant plants.     

Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of (<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl 1-phenylethylcarbamate

An N-tert-butyloxycarbonylated organic synthesis intermediate, (S)-tert-butyl 1-phenylethylcarbamate, was prepared and investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG). The molar heat capacities of (S)-tert-butyl 1-phenylethylcarbamate were precisely determined by means of adiabatic calorimetry over the temperature range of 80-380 K. There was a solid–liquid phase transition exhibited during the heating process with the melting point of 359.53 K. The molar enthalpy and entropy of this transition were determined to be 29.73 kJ mol⁻¹ and 82.68 J K⁻¹ mol⁻¹ based on the experimental C _p–T curve, respectively. The thermodynamic functions, [H_T⁰ - H_298.15⁰ H_{T}^{0} - H_{298.15}^{0} ] and [S_T⁰ - S_298.15⁰ S_{T}^{0} - S_{298.15}^{0} ], were calculated from the heat capacity data in the temperature range of 80–380 K with an interval of 5 K. TG experiment showed that the pyrolysis of the compound was started at the temperature of 385 K and terminated at 510 K within one step.     

Interaction of 9-substituted anthracenes with oxidation systems <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylhydroperoxide-metal <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butoxide

9-R-Anthracenes (R = Me, Ph) are effective acceptors of peroxyl and metalalkoxyl radicals in the systems tert-butylhydroperoxide-metal tert-butoxide (M = Al, V, Cr; C₆H₆, 20°C). Isolation of 9-R-9,10-dihydro-9,10-di-tert-butylperoxyanthracenes, 10-R-10-tert-butylperoxy-9-anthrones as major products reliably confirms the formation of tert-butylperoxy radicals and can be used for quantitative assessment of their content.     

Mono-<Emphasis Type="Italic">meso</Emphasis>-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylporphyrin

Summary. Treatment of meso-tetra(tert-butyl)porphyrin with sulfuric acid/n-butanol affords a mixture of porphyrin and mono-tert-butylporphyrin in relatively high yield.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>-and <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-conformers of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-chloroacetylcytisine

N-Chloroacetylcytisine was synthesized by acylation of (–)-cytisine. Stable Z- and E-conformers with respect to rotational isomerism around the N-12–CO bond were found in PMR spectra at room temperature. The point at which PMR resonances of the Z- and E-conformers coalesced upon heating was measured. The transition barrier between the conformers was estimated.     

Specific features of the reaction of vanadyl acetylacetonate with <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl hydroperoxide

Reaction of vanadyl acetylacetonate with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (benzene, 20°C) at any molar ratio leads to the elimination of ligand and its oxidation mainly to CO₂ and acetic acid. At the (acac)₂VO: t-BuOOH ratio above 1:10 liberation of oxygen partially in the singlet state takes place.     

Thermal runaway hazards of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl hydroperoxide by calorimetric studies

Thermal runaway reactions associated with exothermic behaviors of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) solutions and TBHP reacting with alkaline contaminants were studied. A differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to characterize these inherent behaviors of TBHP solutions with KOH, NaOH, LiOH and NH₄OH. The exothermic peak in thermal curves of TBHP solutions with different alkali were detected by DSC thermal analysis. By thermal analysis, we compared various heats of decomposition of TBHP solutions with alkaline impurities, and determined the incompatible hazards of various TBHP solutions with alkaline contaminants. Comparing with TBHP in various diluents, the adiabatic runaway reaction via vent sizing package 2 (VSP2) indicated that aqueous TBHP intrinsically possesses the phenomena of thermal explosion with dramatic self-reactive rate and pressure rise under adiabatic conditions. Many commercial organic peroxides may have different hazard behaviors. Therefore, using thermal method to classify the hazards is an important subject.     

Effect of the medium on the reaction of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl hypochlorite with hydrocarbons

The selectivity in the reaction of tert-butyl hypochlorite with 2,3-dimethylbutane in various solvents may be described by a three-parameter correlation equation taking into account the ability of solvents to nonspecific solvation and their cohesion energy density.     

Interaction of Fluosilicic Acid with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N-tert</Emphasis>-Butyl-Substituted Urea. Crystal Structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-Di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylurea

Fluosilicic acid reacts with solutions of N,N-di-tert-butylurea (DTBU) in methanol or acetone to form crystalline compounds 2DTBU ? H₂SiF₆ and 2DTBU ? H₂SiF₆ ? Me₂CO, which were characterized by the IR and ¹⁹F NMR spectra and mass spectroscopy supplemented by theoretical calculations. According to the data of IR and ¹⁹F NMR spectra, the complexes are hexafluorosilicates of O-protonated DTBU. They undergo hydrolysis in organic media with water traces; their solubility in water is very low (0.10 and 0.14 wt %, respectively). In the DTBU structure, two independent ligand molecules are joined by hydrogen bonds NH?O(N?O) 2.888(5)–2.944(5) Å).     

System vanadium alkoxy compound-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl hydroperoxide-oxidant of hydrocarbon C-H bonds

Vanadium alkoxy compounds [(t-BuO)₄V, (t-BuO)₃VO] react with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (C₆H₆, 20°C) to liberate oxygen, partly in the singlet form, and to form alkoxyl and peroxyl radicals via the intermediacy of vanadium peroxides and trioxide. These systems are capable of oxidizing hydrocarbon C-H bonds. The process is radical in nature and involves formation of carbon-centered radicals and their reaction with oxygen generated in the systems. Vanadium-containing peroxides, too, take part in the oxidation reaction.     

Molecular properties of the copolymers of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-diallyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimethylammonium chloride and maleic acid

The hydrodynamic and conformational properties of molecules of poly(N,N-diallyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride) and N,N-diallyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride-maleic acid copolymers of different compositions in solutions with various ionic-strength and pH values, as well as of the polyelectrolyte complex based on the copolymer with dodecyl sulfate anions in chloroform, are studied. For poly(N,N-diallyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride) molecules in a 1 M NaCl solution, the Kuhn segment length and the hydrodynamic diameter of the chain are estimated as A = 3.9 nm and d = 0.48 nm, respectively. In acidic solutions with pH 3.5, the copolymers demonstrate behavior typical for polyelectrolytes. In an alkaline solution with pH 13, when 1 M NaCl is added to the solution of the copolymer containing 29 mol % maleic acid units, there is an antipolyelectrolyte effect that manifests itself as an increase in the intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer and in the hydrodynamic radius of its molecules. It is found that an increase in the fraction of maleic acid units in the copolymer from 12 to 42 mol % brings about a reduction in the equilibrium rigidity of its macromolecules from 4.1 to 2.2 nm. The equilibrium rigidity of polyelectrolyte-complex molecules is higher than that of initial copolymer molecules owing to steric interactions arising between the aliphatic chains of dodecyl sulfate anions. In an electric field, the molecules of the complex are oriented owing to the induced dipole moment resulting from the displacement of dodecyl sulfate anions along the chain contour.     

Hydrogels of starch-g-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylacrylate) and starch-g-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-butylacrylate) copolymers

The synthesis, characterization, and hydrogel properties of starch-g-(tert-butylacrylate) and starch-g-(n-butylacrylate) copolymers were studied. The optimum conditions for the grafting process of tert-butylacrylate into 1.0 g of starch were as follows: [tert-butylacrylate] = 0.04 mol/L, [CAN] = 9.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol/L, temperature = 20 °C in 100 mL solution, whereas the results using n-butylacrylate monomer were as follows: [n-butylacrylate] = 0.04 mol/L, [CAN] = 4.0 × 10⁻³ mol/L, temperature = 30 °C in 100 mL solution. The grafting evidences of monomers into starch were done through TG and its derivative DTG for thermal changes and mass losses, scanning electron microscope (SEM) for morphological changes, powder X-ray for crystallinity measurements and FTIR for functional group changes. Acid hydrolysis method was used efficiently to allow the calculations of the viscosity average molecular weight (M _v) of the grafted chains on starch and consequently the real percent of grafting efficiency (i.e. %GY). The capability of starch-g-(n-BAC) hydrogel to absorb water were found 10 times more than starch-g-(tert-BAC) hydrogel, which were clarified through the X-ray and SEM results.     

Synthesis and stereoisomerism of derivatives of <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl 7-alkylideneceph-3-em-4-carboxylate

By condensation of tert-butyl 3-methyl-7-oxoceph-3-em-4-carboxylate and its 3-acetoxymethyl analog with acetylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane and 3-trimethylsilylpropyn-2-ylindenetriphenylphosphorane tert-butyl 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methylceph-3-em-4-carboxylate and also 7Z-and 7E-isomers of tert-butyl 3-acetoxymethyl-7-(3-trimethylsilylpropyn-2-ylidene)ceph-3-em-4-carboxylates were synthesized. Oxidation of these compounds with 1 equivalent of meta-chloroperbenzoic acid gave their 1R-and 1S-sulfoxides, and oxidation with 2 equivalents gave the corresponding sulfones. According to data from ¹H NMR spectroscopy, the carbonyl of the β-lactam descreens proton H-9 of the alkylidene group in the 7Z-isomers more strongly than in the 7E-isomers, shifting their signals to weaker field. Analogous shifts of the H-6 signal to weaker field was observed in the 1R-sulfoxides in comparison with that for the 1S-sulfoxide. These results were confirmed by X-ray crystallography of tert-butyl 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methyl-1S-oxoceph-3-em-4-carboxylate and tert-butyl 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methyl-1,1-dioxoceph-3-em-4-carboxy-late. In memory of Professor A.A. Potekhin __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, 618–626, April, 2008.     

Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of derivatives of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl ester of 7<Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>-acetylmethylene-3-methyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid

The condensation of the acetylmethylene group in the tert-butyl esters of 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid and 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid and in 7Z-acetylmethylene-3-methylene-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem with arylmethoxyamines and O-alkylation of the tert-butyl ester of 7Z-(2-hydroxyimino)propylidene-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid using substituted benzyl bromides as well as pyridylmethyl chlorides gave arylmethoxyimino and pyridylmethoxyimino derivatives of these compounds in the syn and anti isomeric forms. The Vilsmaier reagent was used to introduce the N,N-dimethylaminomethylene group at C-2 of the cephem system in the tert-butyl esters of 7Z-[2-(arylmethoxyimino)propylidene]-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid. Subsequent transformation of the N,N-dimethylaminomethylene cephems using hydroxylamine led to 3Z-[2-(anti-arylmethoxyimino)propylidene]-tert-butoxycarbonylmethyl-4-(5-methyl-4-isoxazolylsulfonyl)- azetidin-2-ones. Condensation of the acetyl group in the tert-butyl ester of 7Z-acetylmethylene- 3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid with 4-bromophenylhydrazine gave a cephem with a 2-(4-bromophenylhydrazono)propylidene group at C-7. Acylation of the tert-butyl ester of 7Z-(2-hydroxyimino)propylidene-3-methyl-1,1-dioxo-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid by 2-bromobenzoyl chloride gave a cephem with a 2-(2-bromo-benzoyloxyimino)propylidene group at C-7. Biological screening of these products towards to malignant and normal cells in vitro showed that their antitumor activity and cytotoxic selectivity towards to malignant and normal cells depend on the structure and configuration of the arylmethoxyimino and pyridylmethoxyimino groups in the 7-alkylidene substituent as well as on the presence or absence of N,N-dimethylaminomethylene and carboxyl groups, respectively, at C-2 and C-4 of the cephem system.     

Copolymer of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-diallyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimethylammonium chloride with maleic acid as drug carrier

A copolymer of N,N-diallyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride with maleic acid of constant composition was prepared under the conditions of radical initiation. The possibility of the functionalization of the copolymer with drugs containing amino groups by polymer-analogous transformations was examined. Conditions were found for preparing conjugates of the copolymer with isoniazid. The structures and the quantitative compositions of the conjugates were determined by ¹³С NMR spectroscopy, and the possibility of preparing conjugates with controlled drug content was demonstrated.     

Synthesis and photochemical properties of 3,6-di-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butyl-9<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-carbazole derivatives

Method of synthesis has been developed for a series of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole derivatives and their photochemical properties have been investigated. The dependence of the Steglich esterification reaction on the nature of the catalyst was studied. The synthesized compounds show fluorescent emission in the range 400–600 nm with a high quantum yield.