Reactions of isomeric 3,6- and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinones with NH3

The interaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (1) and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (2) with NH₃ in water—alcohol medium and with (NH₄)₂CO₃ in a solid phase has been studied. Redox processes with participation of a nucleophile of the medium take place for1, while2 reacts with NH₃ at the carbonyl group with transformation of the quinone imide. The mechanism of redox transformation of1 has been proposed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1789–1793, September, 1995.This work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 94-03-08653).     

Synthesis and stereochemical nonrigidity of isomeric Zn(ii)bis-[N-isopropyloxy(mercapto)naphthaldiminates]

Kinetics and reaction mechanisms governing inversion of the tetrahedral configuration at the metal center in the series ofbis-chelate Zn(II) complexes of 3,2-, 1,2-, and 2,1-oxy(mercapto)naphthaldimines, respectively4–6, have been studied with the use of dynamic¹H NMR spectroscopy. A polytopal rearrangement of the diagonal twist type has been found to be an energetically preferable pathway of the inversion reaction for complexes4 and5 with a ZnN₂O₂ coordination site, whereas the inversion reaction for complexes with a ZnN₂S₂ coordination site occurs by an intramolecular dissociation-recombination pathway that involves cleavage of a Zn-N coordination bond. In the case of complexes6, the inversion reaction is governed mainly by intramolecular degenerate ligand exchange reactions.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11. pp. 2261–2265, November, 1995.This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 93-03-18692) and the International Science Foundation (grant No. RNJ 000).     

A chemo-enzymatic approach to optically active 3-(4-methoxycarbonyl)phenyl-2-methyl-1-propanols

With a view to obtaining both enantiomers of 3-(4-methoxycarbonyl)phenyl-2-methyl-1-propanols, (R)-1 and (S)-1, from the respective racemate, (±)-1, the hydrolysis of its acetate, (±)-2, in the presence of porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL) has been studied. The optical puriry of (R)-1 and (S)-1 thus obtained was unsatisfactory (ee 22–27%), and could not be increased beyondee 33% by repeated enzymatic hydrolysis of the unconverted fraction of the acetate. In contrast with this, the biohydrogenation of 3-(4-methoxycarbonyl)phenyl-2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol (4) with fermentingSaccharomyces cerevisiae afforded (S)-1 of considerably higher optical purity (ee 41–90 %, depending on the strain). The stereochemical correlation of the products obtained in the two biochemical processes under study shows that the PPL-catalyzed hydrolysis of (±)-2 produces preferably (R)-1.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 761–766, April, 1995.The authors express their gratitude to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for financial support (Grant No. 93-03-5893).     

New mesoionic systems of azolopyridine series 2. Synthesis,structures, and biological activity of 2-aminothiazolo[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]pyridinium salts and thiazolo[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]pyridinium 2-imidates

A new procedure was developed for the synthesis of 2-aminothiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium salts 8 by the reaction of 2-halo-N-phenacylpyridinium salts with KSCN. The anion compositions of salts 8 were studied by ion chromatography. Acylation of salts 8 afforded representatives of the previously unknown bicyclic mesoionic thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium 2-imidate system 9. The three-dimensional structures of 2-amino-3-(p-bromobenzoyl)thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium thiocyanate and N-trifluoroacetyl-3-(p-nitrobenzoyl)thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridinium 2-imidate were established by X-ray diffraction analysis.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 226–232, January, 2005.     

Electrophilic mercuration of icosahedral monocobaltacarboranes

Electrophilic mercuration of cobaltacarboranes 1,2-R₂-3-Cp-3,1,2-CoC₂B₉H₉ (1) where R = H (1a), CH₂OH (1b) was studied. Dimercurated complexes containing Hg atoms bound with boron atoms in positions 9 and 12 of the dicarbollyl ligand are the main products of the reaction with strong electrophiles such as mercury acetate or trifiuoroacetate in the corresponding acids. Mercuration of1a under milder conditions,i.e., with Hg(OCOCF₃)₂ in CH₂Cl₂ or Hg(OAc)₂ in a CH₂Cl₂-AcOH mixture, affords 9-monomercurated complexes as the main products.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 719–722, April, 1994.This work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 93-03-18654).     

Reagents for directed modification of biopolymers

The synthesis of new heterobifunctional reagents that are photo-activated, namely, 6-azido-1,3,4,5,7,8-hexafluoro-2-naphthoic acid (2), succinimido-6-azido-1,3,4,5,7,8-hexafluoro-2-naphthoate (3), andN-(n-butyl)-1,3,4,5,7,8-hexafluoro-2-naphthamide (4), which simulates the product of addition of acid2 to biopolymers, is described. The photolysis of azides2 and4 in methanol and pyridine was studied. Azide4 is superior to photoreagents based on perfluoroaromatic azides of the benzene series in spectral photosensitivity and rate of photolysis in the UV region (334–405 nm). When azide4 is irradiated with light at wavelengths above 400 nm, the rate of its photolysis in methanol increasesca. 10-fold in the presence of a singlet sensitizer, 9-aminoacridine, which makes reagent3 promising for designing binary systems sensitive to visible light. For Part 8, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 328–333, February, 1998.     

Synthesis and structures of pyridoannelated 1,2,3,4-tetrazine 1,3-dioxides

Treatment of 2- and 4-amino-3-(tert-butyl-NNO-azoxy)pyridines with nitrating agents (N₂O₅or NO₂BF₄) afforded the first representatives of pyridoannelated 1,2,3,4-tetrazine di-N-oxides, viz., pyrido[2,3-e][1,2,3,4]tetrazine 1,3-dioxide (9), 7-nitropyrido[2,3-e][1,2,3,4]tetrazine 1,3-dioxide (10), and pyrido[3,4-e][1,2,3,4]tetrazine 2,4-dioxide (11). These compounds were studied by ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁴N NMR spectroscopy. The 1:1 complex of compound 10 with benzene was studied by X-ray diffraction analysis.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2471–2477, November, 2004.     

F and H nmr spectra, ionic mobility, and phase transitions in thallium(i)/ammonium hexafluorohafnates

Ionic mobility in (NH₄)₂HfF₆ (I), Tl₂HfF₆ (II), and NH₄TlHfF₆ (III)has been studied by ¹H and¹⁹F NMR in the temperature range 160-440 K. Types of ionic motion are determined, and activation energies are estimated. Phase transitions are found at ≈390 and ≈365 K forII and III. Compounds I and III are assumed to be superionic conductors in the temperature range 370-420 K. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 730-736, July-August, 2000 We are grateful to V. B. Logvinova for performing syntheses of the compounds. This work was supported by RFFR grant Nos. 99-03-32672a and 99-03-32477.     

Synthesis of brominated 2-(tert-butyl-NNO-azoxy)anilmes

2-(tert-Butyl-NNO-azoxy)aniline was prepared by selective reduction of 2-(tert-butyl-NNO-azoxy)nitrobenzene. Its bromination yielded the correspondingpara-bromo- andortho, para-dibromoanilines (3a,b).meta-Bromoanilines (6a,b) were synthesized by selective replacement of theortho-bromine atoms in ortho,para-bromo(tert-butylazoxy)benzenes (5a,b) by ammonia in toluene under pressure.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1620–1623, September, 1994.This work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 93-03-18461).     

Co<Superscript>II</Superscript> and Rh<Superscript>I</Superscript> complexes with <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>-symmetric chiral diamines of the dioxolane series

The reaction of di-μ-chlorobis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)dirhodium with (4S, 5S)-2,2-dimethyl-4,5-bis(methylaminomethyl)-1,3-dioxolane (1) gave the complex [Rh(cod)(1)]Cl (cod is 1,5-cyclooctadiene). The composition of the complexes CoCl₂ · L₂ and [Rh(cod)(L₂)]X (L₂ = 1, (4S,5S)-2,2-dimethyl-4,5-bis(aminomethyl)-1,3-dioxolane, and (4S, 5S)-2,2-dimethyl-4,5-bis(dimethylaminomethyl)-1,3-dioxolane; X = Cl, TfO) was studied using IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. In the Rh^I cyclooctadienediamine complexes, the diene molecule forms a stronger bond with the metal atom than that in the cyclooctadienediphosphine analogs. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2270–2274, October, 2005.     

Generation of diazo-2-methylenecyclopropane and its 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to acrylates

N-(2-Methylenecyclopropyl)-N-nitrosourea (2) was synthesized for the first time (yield 70%) and its decomposition induced by bases was studied. In particular, treatment with MeONa/MeOH at-30°C in the presence of methyl methacrylate gives the corresponding I-pyrazoline stereoisomers, the products of [3+2]-cycloaddition of diazo-2-methylene-cyclopropane (1) generatedin situ. Decomposition of2 on treatment with K₂CO₃ at 0–5°C in the presence of acrylonitrile also proceeds as [3+2]-cycloaddition: however, the expected 2-pyrazoline easily isomerizes into 5(3)-isopropenyl-3(5)-cyanopyrazole. Buta1,2,3-triene is the main product of base-induced decomosition of2 in the absence of unsaturated substrates. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1210–1214, July, 2000.     

F and H nmr spectra, ionic mobility, and phase transitions in thallium(i)/ammonium hexafluorohafnates

Ionic mobility in (NH₄)₂HfF₆ (I), Tl₂HfF₆ (II), and NH₄TlHfF₆ (III)has been studied by ¹H and¹⁹F NMR in the temperature range 160-440 K. Types of ionic motion are determined, and activation energies are estimated. Phase transitions are found at ≈390 and ≈365 K forII and III. Compounds I and III are assumed to be superionic conductors in the temperature range 370-420 K. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 730-736, July-August, 2000 We are grateful to V. B. Logvinova for performing syntheses of the compounds. This work was supported by RFFR grant Nos. 99-03-32672a and 99-03-32477.     

Synthesis of optically active hydridocarbonyl triosmium clusters with terpene derivatives as ligands. Molecular structure and absolute configuration of a cluster with a bridging dihydroimidazole ligand

Reactions of the triosmium clusters Os₃(CO)₁₁(NCMe) (1) and Os₃(CO)₁₀(NCMe)₂ (2) with terpene derivatives,viz., (1S,3S,4R,6R)-3-(N,N-dimethylamino)-4-amino-3,7,7-trimethylbicyclo [4.1.0]heptane (3). (3bR,4aR)-(3,4,4-trimethyl-3b,4,4a,5-tetrahydrocyclopropa [3,4]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyrazol-1-yl)acetic acid (4a), and (3bR,4aR)-3-(3,4,4-trimethyl-3b, 4,4a,5-tetrahydrocyclopropa[3,4]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyrazol-1-yl)propionic acid (4b), were studied. A complex with the terminally coordinated ligand is formed in the first step of the reaction of diamine3 with cluster1. Heating of the resulting complex is accompanied by activation of one of the methyl groups of the ligand to form diastereomers with the bridging tricyclic dihydroimidazole ligand. One of these diastereomers was studied by X-ray diffraction analysis and its absolute configuration was established. Pyrazolycarboxylic acids react with cluster2 as simple organic acids and are coordinated as a bridge at the Os—Os bond through the carboxyl group. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1447–1454, August, 2000.     

Photo-and thermochromic properties of 1′,3′,3′-trimethyl-6-nitro-8-pyridiniomethylspiro[2H-[1]benzopyran-2,2′-indoline] chloride in the crystalline state

1′,3′,3′-Trimethyl-6-nitro-8-pyridiniomethylspiro[2H-[1]benzopyran-2,2′-indoline] chloride (1) was synthesized. Single crystals (crystal hydrates) of the open merocyanine form of compound 1 were obtained under the dark conditions, and their crystal structure was studied. On irradiation with visible light compound 1 crystallizes from propan-2-ol in the polycrystalline closed form. The spectral and photochemical properties of compound 1 in the polycrystalline state and the kinetic characteristics on thermal transformation of the closed form to the open form were studied. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1548–1553, September, 2006.     

Synthesis and photoinduced isomerization ofansa{·5,·5′-[1,1′-(1-silacyclopent-3-ene-1,1-diyl)bis(indenyl)]} dichlorozirconium The crystal structure of itsmeso form

ansa{·⁵,·⁵′-[1,1′-(1-silacyclopent-3-ene-1,1-diyl)bis(indenyl)]} dichlorozirconium (1a,b) was synthesized. The crystal structure ofmeso-[(1,4-CH₂CH=CHCH₂)Si(C₉H₆)₂ZrCl₂] (1b) was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. Photoinduced interconversion of the racemic (1a) andmeso forms was studied under various conditions. The photostationary state (rac: meso=55∶45) was established rapidly when solutions ofansa-zirconocene were irradiated with visible light. Deceased Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2351–2356, November, 1998.     

Two new acids from mangrove endophytic fungus (No. ZZF13)

Two new acids 1 and 2, together with a known compound, purpactin A (3), were isolated from endophytic fungus No. ZZF13. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of 1D, 2D NMR, and HREIMS spectra. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp.336-337, July-August, 2008. Original articlesubmitted April 24, 2007.     

Synthesis of 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes and 3,8-dioxabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-1(6)-enes by electrophilic cyclization of 3,4-dimethylene-1,6-hexanediols

3,4-Dimethylene-1,6-hexane diols2 obtained by allylboration of ketones with 2,3-dimethylene-1,4-bis(dipropylboryl)butane1 undergo cyclization on treatment with I₂/NaHCO₃ to give 1,5-cis-di(iodomethyl)-2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes (4) and/or 3,8-dioxabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-1(6)-enes (5). 4,4,9,9-Tetramethyl-3,8-dioxacyclodeca-1,6-dione (9) was synthesized by ozonolysis of bicyclic compound5b. The structure of compound5e was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1308–1314, July, 1995.This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 94-03-18193) and the International Science Foundation (Grant No. M3Y000).     

Polyfluorinated hydrazones in organic syntheses

The reaction of poly- and perfluoroaldehyde hydrazones with hydrazine hydrate was studied. A new preparative method for obtaining the hitherto inaccessibleN,N-unsubstituted bis-hydrazones of polyfluorinated -oxoaldehydes was developed based on this reaction.For Part 2, seeIzv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim., 1995, 2465 [Russ. Chem. Bull, 1995,44, 2360 (Engl. Transl.)].Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2526–2527, December, 1995.This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 94-03-08548) and the International Science Foundation (Grant Nos. NDL 000 and NDL 300).     

Properties and structures of porphyrexides

The molecular and crystal structures of porphyrexides, viz., 4-amino-2-imino-(1) and (Z)-2-amino-4-bromoimino-5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole 1-oxyls (7), and their diamagnetic precursors were determined. Compound 1 is kinetically unstable because it is oxidized with atmospheric oxygen to form (E)-1,2-bis[1-amino-1-(cyanoimino)-2-methyl-propan-2-yl]diazene 1,2-dioxide. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 441–447, March, 2006.     

New method for the synthesis of β-tropolones: Structures of condensation products of o-quinones with 2-methylquinolines and the mechanism of their formation

A new method was developed for the synthesis of functionalized β-tropolones based on acid-catalyzed condensation of 2-methylquinoline derivatives with 3,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,2-benzoquinone and 4,6-di(tert-butyl)-3-nitro-1,2-benzoquinone (14). The mechanism of the multistep reaction giving rise to β-tropolones and their tautomerism were studied by quantum chemical methods (DFT B3LYP/6-31G**). The reaction of 2-methylquinoline derivatives containing the tertiary amino group at position 4 with quinone 14 is accompanied by the formation of derivatives of a new heterocyclic system, viz., 4,6-dioxo-2-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octa-2,7-diene N-oxide. The molecular and crystal structures of two 5,7-di(tert-butyl)-3-hydroxy-2-(quinolin-2-yl)tropolones and two dioxoazabicyclooctadiene N-oxides, as well as of the preparatively isolated intermediate of the first condensation step and of the by-product of the reaction were established by X-ray diffraction. Dedicated to Academician O. M. Nefedov on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1956–1977, November, 2006.