Kinetic characteristics of the ring-chain tautomeric equilibria of 2,3,3-trimethyl-1-aryl-2-hydroxy-5-pyrrolidones

The kinetics of the ring—chain tautomeric equilibria of a number of p-substituted 2,3,3-trimethyl-1-aryl-2-hydroxy-5-pyrrolidones in 50% aqueous pyridine were studied by dynamic PMR spectroscopy, and the effect of substituents on the kinetic parameters of this process was determined. The free energies of activation (G) decrease regularly on passing from electron-donor to electron-acceptor substituents. A good correlation between G and the ⁺ and substituent constants is observed. On the basis of the data obtained, it was concluded that the ratedetermining step in the process is detachment of a proton under the influence of the base to give the corresponding anion.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 758–763, June, 1978.     

Preparation of macrocyclic thioether-diester compounds of fourteen-seventeen ring members

A series of macrocyclic thioether diester compounds of fourteen-seventeen-membered rings have been prepared from oxalyl, malonyl, substituted malonyl, succinyl, and substituted succinyl, chlorides and various dithiaglycols (compounds 1–12 ). A twelve-membered macrocyclic thioetherdithiolester (compound 13 ) was also prepared from thiadiglycolyl chloride and 2-mercaptoethyl sulfide.     

含呋喃环Schiff碱型大环化合物的合成及其与Ba^2+,Sr^2+配合行为

利用Mn^2+，Ba^2+及Sr^2+作为模板离子，合成了一类新型的含呋喃环系 Schiff碱型大环化合物，如L^1和配合物L^2Ba(ClO4)2，L^3Ba(ClO4)2和L^4Ba (ClO4)2.L^2-L^4的Ba^2+配合物经与NaSO4水溶液反应解络，得到自由配体L^2， L^3和L^4，配体L^2和L^3分别与Sr^2+作用，得到配合物L^2Sr(ClO4)2和L^3Sr (ClO4)2。上述大环配体和各种配合物均经元素分析，IR，^1H NMR，MS等证实了它 们的结构和组成。     

Tetrahedron report number 230 : Synthesis of macrocyclic compounds by ring enlargement

A summary of important ring expansion strategies, including recent references, is presented in Section 1. Subsequently the synthesis of macrocyclic ketones, lactams and lactones involving the heterolytic cleavage of the bridge bond in bicyclic intermediates is discussed. Typical applications in the field of natural product synthesis are shown. Finally the ring enlargement strategies are compared, pointing out the advantages and drawbacks of each method.     

Substituent and solvent effects on tautomeric equilibria of barbituric acid derivatives and isoterically related compounds

N-Mono and N,N-dialkyl/diarylbarbituric acids exist in solution as a single tautomer. The ¹³C nmr spectroscopy shows that they are present in the triketo form in a number of polar and non-polar solvents. 2-Thiobarbituric acid derivatives, however, show extensive tautomerization. Their ¹³C chemical shift assignments were achieved by utilizing models 11a , 11c , 12b and 12d and from which relative tautomer distribution ratios were determined. These ratios were correlated with the dielectric constant of the various solvents (?). Thio-barbituric acids also formed adducts with solvents having carbonyl groups, characteristic observed only with barbiturates possessing the thione or thiophenolic group. 6-Amino and 6-methyluracils and thiouracils exist in DMSO solution as stable “ene” forms as do orotic acid, 24 , and its thio analogue 25. Compound 25 undergoes disproportionantion and tautomerization when heated or on prolonged standing in solution. Literature contradictions regarding the structure of “4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine,” 26 , were resolved and its tautomers in solution correctly assigned by ¹³C nmr. Anions of barbiturics and related systems exist in one of the two possible types A and B, depending on whether ring nitrogens are substituted (type A), or not (type B). Rapid H/D exchange at C₅ was evident from C-deuterium coupling. The redistribution of charge through C₄(C₆) carbonyl groups shown by ¹³C shifts of carbonyl carbon atoms of up to 10 ppm as compared to the CO carbons of the neutral species was evident.     

Synthesis of macrocyclic compounds that are condensed with a pyrazole ring

2-Carbethoxy-[11]--cyclothien-1-one, 2-carbethoxycyclopentadecanone, and 2,15-dicarbethoxy-[9,9]--cyclodithiene-1,14-dione were converted to 2-phenyl-1-methyl-[11]--cyclothieno [1,2-d] pyrazol-3-one, 2-phenyl-1-methyl-4,5-tridecamethylenepyrazol-3-one, and 2,16-diphenyl-1, 15-dimethyl- [9,9]-, -cyclodithienobis [(1,2-d, 14,15-d) pyrazole]-3,17-dione, respectively, by condensation with phenylhydrazine and subsequent methylation.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 920–923, July, 1980.     

Fluorimetric detection of tautomeric equilibria in 8-aminoquinolines

The 1-methylquinolinium cations derived from 8-aminoquinoline and 8-amino-6-methoxyquinoline were prepared by methylation of the corresponding nitroquinolines and reduction of the nitro-compounds. The dissociation constants of the protonated species of these compounds are almost identical to those of doubly-protonated 8-aminoquinoline and 8-amino-6-methoxyquinoline, respectively, suggesting that the parent quinolines are exclusively first protonated at the ring nitrogen atom. However, the molar absorptivities of the 1-methyl derivatives at their longest-wavelength absorption maxima are substantially greater than the corresponding absorptivities of the unmethylated aminoquinolines, a result which suggests tautomerism of the singly-protonated parent quinolines, with a proportion of the population protonated at the amino group. Fluorescence spectroscopy reveals a single emission from the 8-amino-6-methoxy-1-methylquinolinium ion and two excitation-wavelength-dependent fluorescences from the 8-amino-6-methoxyquinolinium ion, confirming the occurrence of tautomerism and supporting choice of the absorptiometric approach rather than the titrimetric approach as the preferred method for the detection of tautomerism and the calculation of tautomeric equilibrium constants.     

Computations of 36 tautomer/isomer equilibria of different lactams

Gas-phase energies of 36 tautomer/isomer pairs of 18 six-membered N-heterocyclic compounds were computed quantum chemically. Among the considered B3LYP, BH&HLYP, BH&HLYP(G), and PW6B95 DFT functionals, the latter two provide accurate tautomer/isomer pair energies with root-mean-square deviations (rmsd) relative to experiments of 0.2 and 0.3 kcal/mol, respectively. Since only few (namely five) experimental data are available, 15 tautomer/isomer pair energies were computed with the very precise QCISD(T)(quadruple-ζ) method serving as reference. Relative to this reference the PW6B95 DFT functional is slightly superior to the BH&HLYP(G) functional, yielding an rmsd of 0.7 and 0.8 kcal/mol, respectively. In contrast to BH&HLYP(G), the PW6B95 DFT functional yields also accurate tautomer/isomer pair energies if zwitterionic structures are involved. The tautomer/isomer pair states possess different amounts of aromaticity. This is characterized by nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) values. The tautomer/isomer pair reference energies, from which the energies computed with PW6B95 are subtracted, correlate linearly with the corresponding differences in the NICS values. This correlation is used to construct a correction term for the pair energies computed with PW6B95, yielding tautomer/isomer pair energies with rmsd of 0.3 kcal/mol with respect to the more CPU time demanding QCISD(T)(quadruple-ζ) method.     

New calcium-selective electrodes based on crown compounds bearing ester groups in the macrocyclic ring

Calcium-selective electrodes (Ca-SEs) based on the geometric isomers of di-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydrobenzo)-crown esters bearing four ester fragments in the macrocyclic ring were prepared, and their electrochemical properties were studied. It was demonstrated that these electrodes offer promise for medical and biological studies and clinical medicine. The electrodes exhibit high selectivity at crown compound concentrations, ensuring the formation of a 1 : 1 Ca-ionophore complex in the membrane.__________Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2005, pp. 417–419.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Shabanov, Khandar, M. Gasanova, U. Gasanova, Asadov.     

An investigation of tautomeric equilibria by means of mass spectrometry

Changes in the mass spectra with inlet temperature were used in this work to demonstrate the dependence of keto-enol tautomerism of acetylacetone, 3-methyl acetylacetone and 3-allyl acetylacetone on temperature. The largest dependence of temperature were shown by the ion [M ? 42]^+. arising from a McLafferty type rearrangement and by the ion [M ? Me]⁺ resulting from simple α-cleavage. The ion [M ? 42]^+. peak increases with the temperature of the inlet system while the ion [M ? Me]⁺ peak decreases. By assuming that the ion [M ? 42]^+. represents the keto form and that the ion [M ? Me]⁺ represents the cis-enol form (stabilized by the hydrogen bond) one sees that the direction of the intensity variation of these peaks with temperature is in accord with the expected change of keto-enol tautomerism with temperature. A quantitative correlation on the basis of the above assumptions is also approached. Recording of the mass spectra of these three β-diketones at different energies of the incident electrons enables us to estimate whether or not the particular ions present in the mass spectra result from energetically favourable processes. The variation of the intensities of the peaks with the temperature of the inlet at different electron energies is also discussed.     

Synthesis of macrocyclic compounds

New representatives of macrocyclic ansa-ketolactones that include a thiophene ring, the differences in the yields of which during intramolecular acylation under high-dilution conditions were compared with the peculiarities of their three-dimensional structures, were synthesized. The mass spectra of the ketolactones were studied.See [1] for communication XVII.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh, Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 40–44, January, 1975.     

The synthesis of some substituted macrocyclic ether-ester compounds

A series of macrocyclic ether-esters has been prepared by treating various glycols with adipoyl chloride and various substituted malonyl, succinyl and glutaryl chlorides. The prepared compounds include: 15-ethyl- and 15-phenyl-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclohexadecane-14,16-dione (5 and 6); 15-methyl-, 15-phenyl-, cis-cyclohexo-[o]-and benzo-[o]-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacycloheptadecane-14,17-dione (7–10); trans,trans-1,4,7,10,13,18,21,24,27,30-de-caoxacyclotetratriacontane-15, 32-diene-14,17,31,34-tetraone (11); 1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclooctadecane-14,18-dione (12); 15,15,16,16,17,17-hexafluoro- and 16-methyl-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclooctadecane-14,18-dione (13 and 14); 1,4,7,10-tetraoxacyclohexadecane-11,16-dione (15); and 1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclononadecane-14,19-dione (16).     

Dimerization of the keto tautomer of acetohydroxamic acid-infrared matrix isolation and theoretical study

Dimerization of the keto tautomer of acetohydroxamic acid has been studied using FTIR matrix isolation spectroscopy and DFT(B3LYP)/6-31+G(d,p) calculations. Analysis of CH3CONHOH/Ar matrix spectra indicates formation of two dimers in which two intramolecular CO...HON bonds within two interacting acetohydroxamic acid molecules are retained. A chain dimer I is stabilized by the intermolecular CO...HN hydrogen bond, whereas the cyclic dimer II is stabilized by two intermolecular NH...O(H)N bonds. Twelve vibrations were identified for dimer I and six vibrations for dimer II; the observed frequency shifts show a good agreement with the calculated ones for the structures I and II. Both dimers have comparable binding energies (DeltaE(ZPE)(CP)I, II=-7.02, -6.34 kcal mol-1) being less stable than calculated structures III and IV (DeltaE(ZPE)(CP)III, IV=-9.50, -8.87 kcal mol-1) in which one or two intramolecular hydrogen bonds are disrupted. In the most stable 10-membered cyclic dimer III, two intermolecular CO...HON hydrogen bonds are formed at expense of intramolecular hydrogen bonds of the same type. The formation of the less stable (AHA)2 dimers in the studied matrixes indicates that the formation of (AHA)2 is kinetically and not thermodynamically controlled.     

Comprehensive study of the effects of methylation on tautomeric equilibria of nucleic acid bases

Minor tautomers of nucleic acid bases can result by intramolecular proton transfer. These rare tautomers could be stabilized through the addition of methyl groups to DNA bases. A comprehensive theoretical study of tautomers of methylated derivatives of guanine, adenine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil was performed. Molecular geometries of all tautomers were obtained at the density functional theory and MP2 levels with the 6-31G(d,p) basis set, and single-point calculations were performed at the CCSD(T)/6-311G(d,p) level. Tautomers obtained by protonation at the preferred protonation site for methylated isolated bases were compared to their nonmethylated counterparts. The effects of methylation on the relative stabilities of nucleic acid base tautomers are also studied and discussed in this work. The results suggest that some sites on the bases may not be mutagenic and may even stabilize the canonical Watson-Crick form. The results also indicate that a number of methylation sites can stabilize the tautomers, suggesting possible mechanisms for mutagenic changes.     

A quantitative N NMR investigation of tautomeric equilibria of two 1-hydroxybenzimidazoles

¹⁵N nuclear shielding data are used in a study of the tautomeric equilibria of two 1-hydroxybenzimidazoles. The nitrogen signal assignments are supported by INDO-S/SOS shielding calculations. The observation of the N-3 signal is shown to give a quantitatively reliable estimate of the position of equilibrium. In the unsubstituted 1-hydroxybenzimidazole the amount of the hydroxy from present in the equilibrium mixture is found to be proportional to the pK_a value of the solvent employed.