Synthesis of some polycyclic noncondensed pyrimidine structures

Methods for the synthesis of compounds containing two or more pyrimidine rings linked through aliphatic chains with different numbers of carbon atoms are described.Deceased.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 335–340, February, 1995     

An EELS and EXELFS study of amorphous hydrogenated silicon carbide

A series of thin films of amorphous hydrogenated silicon carbide (a-SiCH) produced by RF plasma decomposition of propane and silane has been studied by electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and extended energy-loss fine structure (EXELFS) studies. The composition of the films has been determined by EELS and the nearest neighbour spacings have been determined by EXELFS. These results, along with the energy of the plasmon loss peaks, have been compared with the deposition conditions for each film. The results show that for a large gas ratio (C₃H₈/(C₃H₈+SiH₄)) the films have a high proportion of carbon and are similar to a-CH in structure, whereas those films prepared with Y = 0.4 or 0.5 have nearest neighbour spacings consistent with those for tetrahedrally bonded carbon. The films prepared with lowest Y have nearest neighbour spacings similar to those for amorphous silicon carbide. The results for a-SiCH have been compared with the results of EELS and EXELFS of CVD diamond films, amorphous carbon and amorphous silicon.     

Aminomethylation of (ω-alkylthioalkyl)phenols

The reactions of ()-alkylthioalkyl)phenols with formaldehyde and secondary amines afforded the corresponding aminomethyl derivatives, in which the dimethylamino group may be replaced by the alkylthio group.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1504–1507, June, 1996.     

Some peculiarities of hydrosilylation of α,ω-divinyloligosilanes

The stability of Si-Si bonds in linear and cyclic permethyloligosilanes and in ,-divinyloligosilanes under conditions of hydrosilylation in the presence of the Speier's catalyst was studied. Polycarbosilanes containing silylene fragments in their backbone chains were prepared by the reaction of 1,4-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene with ,-divinyloligosilanes. It was found that the structure of these polymers is disturbed due to the side reaction involving the cleavage of the Si-Si bond in vinyloligosilanes under the action of H₂PtCl₆.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2547–2549, October, 1996.     

Synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkyl)-ω-(trialkylsilyl)alkanols

The synthesis of alkanols of the general formula R₃Si(CH₂)_nCH(OH)R_F (n = 1–3) is elaborated and their behavior under GC-MS is studied.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1516-1519, June, 1996.     

Electrochemical oxidation of tetramethyl esters of α,α,ω,ω-alcaneteracarboxylic acids

Cyclization of esters of butane-1,1,4,4- and pentane-1,1,5,5-tetracarboxylic acids during electrolysis in methanol in the presence of Nal produces, with a yield of 95%, the esters of cyclobutane-1,1,2,2- and cyclopentane-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylic acids. Under similar conditions, esters of the highest ,,,-alkanetetracarboxylic acids undergo iodation and hydroxymethylation due to electrical oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. During electrolysis in methanol in the presence of NaOAc, the esters of ,,,-alkanetetracarboxylic acids undergo effective hydroxymethylation, followed by cyclization into substituted five- and six-member lactones, or tetrahydrofurans when structurally possible.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2332–2339, October, 1992.     

Studies of the energy spectrum of α, ω- substituted polymethine chains. II. Polymethine chains with odd number of methine groups

The analysis of the experimental data for the energy of the longest wavelength optical transitions _n,opt of substituted polymethines X (CH)_2n+1 X shows that in the asymptotic case (n) _,opt does not tend to zero, as it follows from the empirically established correlations, but has a finite, non-zero value. It is shown that the energy gap of odd polymethines is the same as that of the even polymethines - the polyenes (E 2 eV). The substituents (X N, O, B) are responsible for the appearance of levels in the gap. These, depending on the substituent character, are vacant (X B) or occupied (X N, O). The transition from or to such a level determines the longest wavelength optical transition energy of polymethines.     

Donor-acceptor interaction of p,p′-dimethoxystilbene with α,β-dinitrostilbene

A study was carried out on the interactions of the Z and E forms of the indicated stilbenes in all four possible combinations. Charge transfer complexes are formed and only Z-p,p-dimethoxystilbene converts to its E form.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organometallic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 210–211, January, 1992.     

Dichloromethyl tert-butyl ketone in the Darzens reaction

The condensation of dichloromethyl tert-butyl ketone (1) with benzaldehyde, para-bromobenzaldehyde, and 2,4-dichlorobenzaldehyde under conditions for the Darzens reaction gives 1-aryl-1-chloro-4,4-dimethyl-2,3-pentanediones (2–4). In the case of nitrobenzaldehydes, the reaction products are 1-aryl-2-chloro-1,2-epoxy-4,4-dimethylpentanones (5 and 6), which isomerize to -chloroketones (7 and 8) upon prolonged storage or heating at reflux in benzene.A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 420083 Kazan. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 438–441, February, 1992.     

Reactions of aminals of conjugated ω-dimethylaminoaldehydes with coumarin derivatives

The reactions of aminals of conjugated -dimethylaminoaldehydes with various derivatives of 4-methyl- or 3-acetyl coumarins produce -dimethylaminopolyenones containing coumarin fragments. Unlike the starting coumarins, these polyenones practically do not fluoresce. Dialkyl-substituted coumarins with hydroxyl groups in positions 5 or 7 react with -dimethylaminoacrolein aminal to give salts consisting of 1 mole of doubly charged dimethylaminopropenylidenedimethylammonium cations and 2 moles of phenoxide ions (derived from the starting coumarins). The structure and the properties of the salts in solutions have been studied by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 537–543, March, 1995.The authors are grateful to I. V. Komlev for providing coumarins3 and4.     

Synthesis of α,ω-dichloropermethyloligosilanes by reactions of polydimethylsilane with metal chlorides

The reactions of high-molecular-weight polydimethylsilane with metal chlorides in variable oxidation states at high temperature in the absence of a solvent afford mixtures of ,-dichloropermethyloligosilanes Cl(Me₂Si) _m Cl (m= 2—9). The influence of the reaction conditions (temperature, reaction time, and the reagent ratio) on the composition and yields of the reaction products was examined.     

Synthesis of tryptamines containing a sulfo group in the benzene ring

It has been shown that sulfophenylhydrazines can be used successfully in a single stage synthesis of tryptamines from arylhydrazines and -chlorocarbonyl compounds.K. A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow 127550, Russia. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 623–624, May, 2000.     

Concerning the enantiomerization barrier of hypericin

Summary The Syntheses of -(R)-menthyl and ,-bis-(R)-menthyl derivatives2 and3 of hypericin were achieved, and the corresponding diastereomers could be separated. The equilibria between the respective diastereomers are slightly displaced in favor of the chromatographically faster moving ones. Kinetic measurements on these easily equilibrating diastereomers of2 and3 provided anArrhenius activation energy for the interconversion barrier between the two propeller conformers of 83 and 89 kJ/mol. It could be shown that the -menthyl residues are of minor relevance to the height of this barrier, as is also the case for thebay hydroxyl ionization and quinone tautomerization equilibria. It was thus concluded that the intrinsic barrier for the propeller conformer enantiomerization of hypericin is in the order of 80 kJ/mol. These results are in accord with those obtained from semiempirical calculations.

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Zur Enantiomerisierungsbarriere von Hypericin

Zusammenfassung Nach Synthese der -(R)-Menthyl- und ,-bis-(R)-Menthylderivate2 und3 des Hypericins konnten die entsprechenden Diastereomerenpaare getrennt werden. Die Gleichgewichte sind etwas zugunsten der chromatographisch rascher wandernden Diastereomeren verschoben. Kinetische Messungen an diesen leicht äquilibrierenden Diastereomeren von2 und3 führten zu einerArrheniusschen Aktivierungsenergie für die Interkonversionsbarriere zwischen den beiden Propellerkonformeren von 83 und 89 kJ/mol. Es konnte gezeigt werden, daß die -Menthylreste für die Höhe dieser Barriere nur geringfügige Bedeutung haben, ebenso wie dasbay-Hydroxyl-Ionisierungsgleichgewicht und das Tautomeriegleichgewicht. Daraus wurde geschlossen, daß die intrinsische Barriere für die Enantiomerisierung der beiden Hypericinpropellerkonformeren in der Größenordung von 80 kJ/mol liegt. Dieses Resultat stimmt mit den Ergebnissen semiempirischer Rechnungen überein.

     

Homolytic addition of polyhaloalkanes to α-vinyloxy-ω-trialkylstannoxy-alkanes as a new route to 2-perhaloalkylmethyl-substituted 1,3-dioxacyclanes

Photoinduced reactions of -vinyloxy--trialkylstannoxyalkanes, CH₂=CHO(CH₂) _n OSnEt₃ (n = 2 to 4), with polyhaloalkanes result in 2-perhaloalkylmethyl-substituted 1,3-dioxacyclanes.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1824–1826, September, 1995.     

Spectroscopic and quantum chemical investigation of enol-enol tautomerism of 2-acetyltetronic acid

Vibratonal spectra of 2-acetyltetronic acid (ATA) (3-acetyloxolane-2,4-dione) were investigated in different aggregate states.Ab initio quantum chemical calculations (3-21G basis set) of 2-formyltetronic acid as analogue of ATA and semi empirical calculation of ATA were carried out. The tautomeric forms of ATA can be arranged in the following series with respect to thermodynamic stability (in decresing order):1a,1b,2a,2b.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1043–1048, June, 1995.     

Energetics of intramolecular hydrogen bonds and conformations of ω-diphenylphosphoryl- and ω-diphenylthiophosphoryl-substituted aliphatic alcohol molecules

A series of conformationally heterogeneous and energetically multilevel -diphenylphosphoryl- and -diphenylthiophosphoryl-substituted aliphatic alcohols, whose molecules are capable of five-, six-, and seven-membered ring closure due to the OH...O=P or OH...S=P intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB), was studied by IR spectroscopy and molecular mechanics. The data obtained confirm the previous assumption that the energy of IHB (E _IHB) differs substantially from the difference of enthalpies of conformers with and without IHB (–H ), which is experimentally determined by the temperature dependence of the intensity of IR (OH) absorption bands. The measured –H values can be positive, zero, or negative at significant IHB effects, i.e., at high (OH) and E _IHB values.     

Reaction of aminals of conjugated unsaturated ω-dimethylaminoaldehydes with 1,2-, 1,3-, 1,4-, 1,5-, and 1,6-diketones

The condensation of aminals of -dimethylaminoacrolein and 5-dimethylaminopenta-2,4-dienal with cyclic and acyclic 1,2-, 1,3-, 1,4-, 1,5-, and 1,6-diketones was studied. A series of previously unknown bis(,-dimethylaminopolyenyl)diketones was synthesized; their structures were established by means of¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopies. The electron absorption spectra were employed to study the mutual influence of -aminopolyene chromophores separated by two C=O groups.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1235–1241, July, 1993.     

Separation and identification ofα, ω-diiodoperfluoroalkanes in gas chromatography

Summary The separation of ,-diiodoperfluoralkanes on a glass capillary column coated with OV-101 methylsilicone was investigated. Retention indices were determined at three temperatures (140, 150 and 160°C). The correlation between the retention indices and the boiling points of the investigated compounds was studied.     

Intercalation of α,ω-Alkanediamines in Layered Aluminium Dihydrogen Triphosphate Dihydrate

Intercalation of ,-alkanediamines, NH₂(CH₂) _n NH₂ (n = 3–10), into layered aluminium dihydrogen triphosphate dihydrate, AlH₂(P₃(O₁₀... 2H₂O, was investigated by XRD, DTA-TG, elemental analysis, and solid-state ³¹P, ¹³C and ²⁷Al NMR. ,-Alkanediamines are intercalated to form a monomolecular layer in the interlayer region, in which the alkanediamines incline at 57 ± 5° to the phosphate layers, whereas n-alkylamines form a bilayer structure with the same inclination angle. Two amino groups in an ,-alkanediamine molecule bridge the layered sheets of phosphates.     

On the synthesis of ω-appended hypericin derivatives

Summary A method for the preparation ofbis--appended hypericin derivatives bearingn-octyl,n-hexadecyl, and 2-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-ethoxy)-ethoxymethyl substituents was developed. The key step — the synthesis of appropriately -substituted emodin derivatives — was achieved by solvolyzing 3-bromomethyl-1,6,8-triacetyloxy-anthracene-9,10-dione (-bromo triacetylemodin) in an appropriate alcohol in the presence of silver perchlorate. The correspondingbis--substituted hypericins were then prepared conventionally by dimerizing the -substituted emodin anthrones. The latter were prepared by reduction of the -appended emodins.

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Zur Synthese von -substituierten Hypericinderivaten

Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Darstellung vonbis--substituierten Hypericinderivaten wurde entwickelt. Der Schlüsselschritt — die Synthese der entsprechenden Emodinderivate — wurde durch die Solvolyse von 3-Bromomethyl-1,6,8-triacetyloxyanthracen-9,10-dion (-Bromtriacetylemodin) im entsprechenden Alkohol in Gegenwart von Silberperchlorat ermöglicht. Die entsprechendenbis--substituierten Hypericinderivate wurden auf konventionelle Weise durch Dimerisierung der -substituierten Emodinanthrone dargestellt. Letztere erhielt man durch Reduktion der -substituierten Emodine.