Electrochemical transformations of 4-(nitroaryl)-1,2- and -1,4-dihydropyridines in acetonitrile

The potentials of the electrolytic oxidation and reduction of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl- 1,2- and -1,4-dihydropyridines with a nitroaryl substituent in the 4 position and their oxidized forms were determined by the method of a rotating disk electrode with a ring. The mechanism of the electrochemical oxidation of the starting dihydropyridines in acetonitrile on a graphite electrode was ascertained. The first step in the electrolytic reduction of the starting dihydropyridines is the addition of an electron to the nitro group to give anion radicals, the fine electronic structures and the hyperfine structure (hfs) constants of which were determined by EPR spectroscopy. The pyridinium fragment in the electrolytic oxidation products is reduced more readily than the nitro group in the aryl substituent.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1099–1105, August, 1985.     

Synthesis,Structure, and Electrochemical Characteristics of 4-Aryl-2-carbamoylmethylthio-5-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic Acid Nitriles

We have obtained 4-aryl-2-carbamoylmethylthio-5-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid nitriles by S-alkylation of the corresponding 2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid nitrile by iodoacetamide or one-pot multicomponent synthesis methods: condensation of 2-arylidene-acetoacetic acid ethyl ester, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and iodoacetamide; acetoacetic acid ethyl ester, 3-aryl-2-cyanothioacrylamide, piperidine, and iodoacetamide; acetoacetic acid ethyl ester, an aromatic aldehyde, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and iodoacetamide. We have carried out a comparative analysis of the capability of 2-alkylthio-4-aryl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid nitriles for electrochemical oxidation as a function of the electronic properties of the aryl substituent in the 4 position of the heterocycle and the 2-alkylthio substituent. X-ray diffraction data indicate the existence of a hydrogen bond between the C=O of the 2-carbamoylmethylthio substituent and the NH of the hydrogenated heterocycle, which explains the more facile oxidation of the studied compounds compared with 2-methylthio-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines.Dedicated to Academician V. Minkin to show our appreciation for his contribution to organic chemistry and his wonderful humanity, remembering his collaboration with his colleagues from Riga.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 416–428, March, 2005.     

Electrochemical conversions of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine derivatives

The electrochemical oxidation and reduction potentials of 9 derivatives of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine in acetonitrile on a glassy graphite disk electrode have been established. Indenodihydropyridines are oxidized with considerably greater difficulty and reduced considerably more easily than the corresponding 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridines which is explained by the presence of the cyclopentane fragment which ensures the coplanarity of the carbonyl groups with the aminovinyl system of the heterocycle. The mechanism of electrooxidation has been studied by the rotating disk electrode with a ring method which revealed the reasons for the process.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, 1992 pp. 1223–1229, September, 1992.     

Electrochemical Conversions of 2-Methyl-3-nitro-4-phenylquinoline, Its Quinolinium Salts, and Hydrogenated Derivatives

Classical polarography, cyclic voltammetry, and EPR spectroscopy was used to study electrochemical reduction and oxidation of 3-nitro derivatives of 2-methyl-4-phenylquinoline, the corresponding quinolinium perchlorates, and 1,2- and 1,4-dihydroquinolines. The nitro derivatives of quinoline and 1,2-dihydroquinoline are reduced in the first step at the nitro group; the quinolinium cations are reduced at the heterocycle followed by reduction of the nitro group; and in 1,4-dihydroquinolines, the nitro group is not reduced. Electrochemical reduction processes associated with electron transfer in the heterocycle mainly display the same behavior as established for pyridine derivatives. But important differences were observed in electrochemical oxidation: the N-methyl derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline is oxidized significantly more easily than the corresponding N-unsubstituted derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline (in the 1,4-dihydropyridine series, the difference in pot! enti als is fairly small), and even more easily than the corresponding N-methyl derivative of 1,2-dihydroquinoline.     

Synthesis, Cardiovascular Activity, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Nitriles of 5-Ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic Acid

Nitriles of 4-aryl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid have been obtained by the methylation of 1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolates; of 1,4-dihydropyridine-2(3H)-thiones in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of piperidine, and of a mixture of 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro- and 1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolates with methyl iodide. One-pot multicomponent synthesis has also been used in the condensation of ethyl 2-arylmethyleneacetoacetate, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide; of ethyl acetoacetate, 3-aryl-2-cyanothioacrylamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide; and of ethyl acetoacetate, an aromatic aldehyde, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide. The latter, a five-component method, takes place rapidly and under mild conditions, it is efficient (yields of 75-96%, economy of time, labour, and resources) and green (there is no need to synthesize lachrymators, such as 3-aryl-2-cyanothioacrylamides).The cardiovascular activity and the electrochemical oxidation of the synthesized 2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridines have been investigated. A comparative analysis has been carried out of the ability towards electrochemical oxidation as a function of the electronic properties of the substituent at position 4 of the heterocycle.     

Electrochemical oxidation of substituted 1H-1,2-diazaphenalenes

It was shown by cyclic voltammetry and electrolysis at controlled potential at a platinum electrode and also by TLC and UV spectroscopy that the electrochemical oxidation of substituted 1H-1,2-diazaphenalenes in anhydrous acetonitrile takes place in a single one-electron stage with the formation of a stable radicalation. The oxidation potentials of a series of derivatives of 1H-1,2-diazaphenalene and the parameters of the equation for the correlation of these potentials with the Taft substituent constants were determined.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1098–1100, August, 1987.     

Synthesis and Electrochemical Oxidation of Nitriles of 4-Aryl-2-carbamoylmethylthio-5-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic Acids

Nitriles of 4-aryl-2-carbamoylmethylthio-5-ethoxycarbonyl-6-hydroxy-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carboxylic acids were obtained by the alkylation of 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-2-thiolate with iodoacetamide or by a three-component synthesis by condensing 2-arylmethylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with 2-cyanothioacetamide in the presence of piperidine with subsequent reaction with iodoacetamide. Nitriles of 4-aryl-2-carbamoylmethylthio-5-ethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acids were obtained by the dehydration of 6-hydroxy-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridines or with a one-reactor three-component system from 2-cyano-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)thioacrylamide, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and iodoacetamide. The electrochemical oxidation of the synthesized nitriles was investigated and it was established that derivatives of 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine as a rule are oxidized readily to the corresponding 1,4-dihydropyridines. A comparative analysis has been carried out of the ability of hydrogenated pyridines to be oxidized electrochemically depending on the electron-withdrawing properties of the substituents in the heterocycle.     

1,4-二氢吡啶衍生物的电化学行为

1;4-二氢吡啶衍生物的电化学行为;循环伏安法     

掺硼金刚石电极电催化氧化酚类有机物的取代基效应

本文主要以当前水环境中存在酚类有机污染物为研究对象,探讨酚类有机污染物在掺硼金刚石(BDD)电极上的取代基效应,具体研究具有不同位置及种类官能团的取代酚类有机污染物在BDD电极上的电催化氧化过程,通过化学需氧量和浓度变化考察有机污染物在电催化降解过程中的降解趋势,深入分析电极种类、官能团位置与种类与电催化氧化活性之间的联系的同时,研究阳极材料电催化氧化有机污染物的机理及动力学。结果表明,有机物在电极表面的电催化过程以电产生羟基自由基为媒介,对苯二酚在不同电极上的电催化活性与电极析氧电位及表面产生羟基自由基量有着重要的联系,BDD电极拥有最强的电催化氧化活性;不同取代基团的对位取代酚在BDD电极上的电化学降解实验显示电催化反应速率受取代官能团自身的电子效应制约,有机物矿化过程中羟基自由基首先进攻苯环的对位发生取代反应,同时取代基脱离苯环过程成为整个取代酚类电化学降解过程的决速步骤,且有机物的电催化反应速率与取代基特征Hammett常数σ呈近似线性关系。     

Free radicals in electrochemical reduction of 3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridines with nitrophenyl groups in positions 2, 4, and 6

In the electrochemical reduction of 2,6-bis- and 2,4,6-tris(nitrophenyl) derivatives of 3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine, in the first stage, one of the para-nitrophenyl groups in position 2 or 6 of the heterocycle is reduced. Free radicals have been obtained and identified, the primary species being ion radicals of the nitrophenyl type. The presence of the heterocycle in the molecule of the 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative stabilizes secondary free radicals of the nitrosophenyl type. In the process of electrochemical reduction, no evidence has been found of any intramolecular transfer of electrons or protons from the dihydropyridine part of the molecule to the nitrophenyl groups. Derivatives of 2,6-bis(p-nitrophenyl)-3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine have been synthesized, and the oxidation and methylation of these derivatives have been studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 481–487, April, 1991.     

The electrochemical oxidation of 2,6-dichloro-1,4-phenylenediamine

The electrochemical oxidation of 2,6-dichloro-1,4-phenylenediamine was studied at a glassy carbon electrode in a 50 vol% methanol—water mixture containing 0.1M HClO₄. Single sweep voltammograms are compared with curves obtained by digital simulation. Characteristic reaction parameters, such as formal potentials, charge transfer coefficients, rate constants of the electrochemical and the chemical steps, and diffusion coefficients, were determined from potential-step experiments in combination with a simulation—curvefitting routine.     

Pathways of Electrochemical Oxidation of Indolic Compounds

The electrochemical behaviour of indole and a group of indole‐containing compounds with a substituent at the C3 position, indol‐3‐acetamide (IAM), tryptamine, gramine, indole acetic acid (IAA), indole propionic acid (IPA), indole butyric acid (IBA) and tryptophan, was investigated at a glassy carbon electrode, in order to determine their oxidation pathways. Indole undergoes one irreversible pH dependent oxidation, whereas the oxidation process of indole derivatives was more complex, a two step, the oxidation at C2 position on the pyrrole ring followed by the hydroxylation at the C7 position of the benzene moiety of indoles, irreversible pH dependent oxidation.     

Electrochemical Characterization and Voltammetric Determination of Benzoyl Derivatives of Phenobarbital Using Glassy Carbon Electrode

The electrochemical behavior of a number of benzoyl barbiturates was studied using a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The kinetics of the electrode process is determined, the contribution of physical adsorption to the electrochemical process is estimated, and the mechanism of the possible electrochemical reaction is proposed. It is shown that the electrochemical reduction potentials of benzoyl phenobarbital derivatives are determined by the LUMO energies, calculated by the B3LYP 6‐311+G method. It is established that the process is quasi‐reversible, complicated by adverse reactions. The influence of halogen type and its position in the benzoyl residue of the studied substances on the analytical signal is established. The effective values of the dissociation constants of various forms of benzoyl derivatives were calculated using the example of halonal, for which the values 3.16 ? 10^?8 and 6.31 ? 10^?12, respectively, were found.     

Synthesis and characterization of p-phenylenediamine derivatives bearing an electron-acceptor unit

[reaction: see text] Two series of aniline oligomers bearing fused heterocycles as an electron-acceptor unit were synthesized. They consist of aniline or its derivatives as an electron donor and benzothiadiazole (BT) or quinoxaline (QX) as an electron-acceptor unit. Benzothiadiazoles 1-3 were synthesized by palladium-catalyzed amination. Quinoxalines 4-6 were prepared by palladium-catalyzed amination or transformation from the benzothiadiazoles. These compounds showed a HOMO-LUMO gap smaller than those of their analogues such as thiophene-substituted BT/QXs. Cyclic voltammetry revealed that the electrochemical behavior is dependent on the position of the acceptor heterocycle. Chemical oxidation with Ag2O afforded the corresponding 1,4-quinonediimine derivatives as an E,E-isomer, stereoselectively. As for the BT pentamer analogues 2 and 3, the first oxidation selectively occurred at the amino group adjacent to the benzothiadiazole unit, giving the regiospecific half-oxidized derivatives. Furthermore, the fully oxidized derivative 24 was isolated and characterized.     

Volt-amperometry of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives

It was found that compounds of the 3,5-dicarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine series are oxidized on a rotating platinum microelectrode in acetonitrile at potentials that are accessible for electrochemical investigation (from 0.8 to 1.4 V relative to a saturated calomel electrode). The electrochemical oxidation potentials of 41 compounds were determined, and the influence of electronic effects of substituents introduced into various positions of the dihydropyridine ring on E_p and E_1/2 was revealed. The potentials obtained were compared with the peculiarities of the chemical and enzymatic oxidation of-the corresponding compounds.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 84–87, January, 1972.     

Electrochemical oxidation of ferrocenylsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

1-p-Ferrocenylphenyl- and 4-ferrocenylsubstituted Hantzsch esters were subjected to electrochemical oxidation using a graphite cyclic rotating disk electrode in acetonitrile medium; in each case the initial response was one-electron oxidation of the ferrocenyl substituent to give a ferrocenium cation, which was followed by a two-electron electrochemical oxidation of the dihydropyridine ring involving intermediate deprotonation of the latter and formation of a ferroceniumpyridinium dication. We have also detected for the first time at room temperature relatively stable cation radicals of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridine containing a cationic ferrocenium substituent in the 4-position; these proved to be more stable than cation radicals of dihydropyridines containing ferrocenyl substituents attached to the nitrogen atom.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 70–74, January, 1987.     

Electrochemical behavior of 5-substituted 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidine derivatives studied by cyclic voltammetry

This study demonstrates the electrochemical activity of selected 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidine compounds containing different substituents at the C5-position on the Pt-electrode in 0.1 M TBAHFP + MeCN in the potential range from −2 V to 2 V. The mechanism of electrode processes is discussed. It is shown that a chemical step is involved in irreversible electrochemical processes. The effect of the substituent at the C5-position on reduction and oxidation potentials is also noted. The regions of a linear dependence of the current peak on the concentration of the compounds examined are determined. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Electrochemical Oxidation of Compounds Containing 1,4-Dihydropyridine and Pyridinium Rings — Analogs of Gene Transfection Agents

A study was carried out on the electrochemical oxidation of 1,4-dihydropyridines, found as substituents in pyridinium salts, which are strong electron acceptors. The potentials for their oxidation in acetonitrile were determined. NMR spectroscopy was used to find the relative acidity of the N–H and C–H protons and the oxidation potentials were determined for the anionic products of the ionization of the N–H bond in dihydropyridine. The only product of the preparative electrolysis, in contrast to chemical oxidation, is the corresponding pyridine, namely, the oxidized dihydropyridine form.     

Scanning electrochemical mapping of spatially localized electrochemical reactions induced by surface potential gradients

The influence of a surface potential gradient on the location and extent of electrochemical reactions was examined using a scanning electrochemical microscope. A linear potential gradient was imposed on the surface of a platinum-coated indium tin oxide electrode by applying two different potential values at the edges of the electrode. The applied potentials were used to control the location and extent of several electrochemical reactions, including the oxidation of Ru(NH3)6(2+), the oxidation of H2, and the oxidation of H2 in the presence of adsorbed CO. Scanning electrochemical mapping of these reactions was achieved by probing the feedback current associated with the oxidation products. The oxidation of Ru(NH3)6(2+) occurred at locations where the applied potential was positive of the formal potential of the Ru(NH3)6(2+/3+) redox couple. The position of this reaction on the surface could be spatially translated by manipulating the terminal potentials. The rate of hydrogen oxidation on the platinum-coated electrode varied spatially in the presence of a potential gradient and correlated with the nature of the electrode surface. High oxidation rates occurred at low potentials, with decreasing rates observed as the potential increased to values where platinum oxides formed. The extent of oxide formation versus position was confirmed with in-situ ellipsometry mapping. In the presence of adsorbed carbon monoxide, a potential gradient created a localized region of high activity for hydrogen oxidation at potentials between where carbon monoxide was adsorbed and platinum oxides formed. The position of this localized region of activity could be readily translated along the surface by changing the terminal potential values. The ability to manipulate electrochemical reactions spatially on a surface has potential application in microscale analytical devices as well as in the discovery and analysis of electrocatalytic systems.     

Synthesis of Pyridines by Anodic Oxidation of 1,4-Dihydropyridines

Anodic oxidation of a series 1,4-dihydropyridines were performed in acetonitrile-tetrabutylammonium perchlorate electrolyte solution at platinum electrode using controlled potential electrolysis. On the bases of electroanalytical results the electrochemical oxidation mechanism of 1,4-dihydropyridines could be designed ECEC process. As a result of two-electron oxidation corresponding pyridines were obtained in yields ranging from 85%–92%. The advantages of electrochemical synthesis of pyridine derivatives are simple reaction condition, low cost and of high purity products.