Regioselective reduction of keto groups in Michael adducts of levoglucosenone and cyclohexanone

Conditions for the highly regioselective reduction of the specified keto groups in the Michael adduct of levoglucosenone and cyclohexanone have been developed. Selective reduction of the keto group in the cyclohexanone moiety was performed under the action of lithium metal in NH₃/THF system. Reduction of the keto group in the carbohydrate residue was accomplished microbiologically or by refluxing with NaBH(OAc)₃ in benzene.     

Cyclization-cycloaddition casade of rhodium carbenoids using different carbonyl groups. Highlighting the position of interaction

A series of 3-diazoalkanediones, when treated with a catalytic quantity of a rhodium(II) carboxylate, were found to afford oxabicyclic dipolar cycloadducts derived by the trapping of a carbonyl ylide intermediate. The reaction involves generation of the 1,3-dipole by intramolecular cyclization of the keto carbenoid onto the oxygen atom of the neighboring keto group. Both five- and six-ring carbonyl ylides are formed with the same efficiency. A study of the tandem cyclization-cycloaddition cascade of several alpha-diazo ketoesters was also carried out, and the cascade sequence proceeded in high yield. When the interacting keto carbonyl group was replaced by an imido group, the rhodium(II)-catalyzed reaction proceeded uneventfully. In contrast, alpha-diazo amidoesters do not undergo nitrogen extrusion on treatment with a Rh(II) catalyst. Instead, the diazo portion of the molecule undergoes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with various dipolarophiles to give substituted pyrazoles as the final products.     

The Reduction of a Natural Diterpene Containing a, B-Unsaturated Keto Group

Hedychenone (1), a diterpene containing a, B-unsaturated keto group, was reduced by aluminum-mercury alloy, and a dimerized product (2) was obtained as the major product. The coupling occurred at B position of the keto group.     

The Reduction of a Natural Diterpene Containing o, β-Unsaturated Keto Group

Hedychenone (1), a diterpene containing α, β-unsaturated keto group, was reduced byaluminum-mercury alloy, and a dimerized product (2) was obtained as the major product. Thecoupling occurred at β position of the keto group.     

An ab initio study of excited states of guanine in the gas phase and aqueous media: Electronic transitions and mechanism of spectral oscillations

Ground state geometries of the four tautomeric forms keto‐N9H, keto‐N7H, enol‐N9H, and enol‐N7H of guanine were optimized in the gas phase at the RHF level using a mixed basis set consisting of the 4‐31G basis set for all the atoms except the nitrogen atom of the amino group for which the 6‐311+G* basis set was used. These calculations were also extended to hydrogen‐bonded complexes of three water molecules with each of the keto‐N9H (G9‐3W) and keto‐N7H (G7‐3W) forms of guanine. Relative stabilities of the four above‐mentioned tautomers of guanine as well as those of G9‐3W and G7‐3W complexes in the ground state in the gas phase were studied employing the MP2 correlation correction. In aqueous solution, relative stabilities of these systems were studied using the MP2 correlation correction and polarized continuum model (PCM) or the isodensity surface polarized continuum model (IPCM) of the self‐consistent reaction field (SCRF) theory. Geometry optimization in the gas phase at the RHF level using the 6‐31+G* basis set for all atoms and the solvation calculations in water at the MP2 level using the same basis set were also carried out for the nonplanar keto‐N9H and keto‐N7H forms of guanine. Thus, it is shown that among the different tautomers of guanine, the keto‐N7H form is most stable in the gas phase, while the keto‐N9H form is most stable in aqueous solution. It appears that both the keto‐N9H and keto‐N7H forms of guanine would be present in the ground state, particularly near the aqueous solution–air interface. Vertical excitation and excited state geometry optimization calculations were performed using configuration interaction involving single electron excitation (CIS). It is found that the absorption spectrum of guanine would arise mainly due to its keto‐N9H form but the keto‐N7H form of the same would also make some contribution to it. The enol‐N9H and enol‐N7H forms of the molecule are not expected to occur in appreciable abundance in the gas phase or aqueous media. The normal fluorescence spectrum of guanine in aqueous solution with a peak near 332 nm seems to originate from the lowest singlet excited state of the keto‐N7H form of the molecule while the fluorescence of oxygen‐rich aqueous solutions of guanine with a peak near 450 nm appears to originate from the lowest singlet excited state of the keto‐N9H form of the molecule. The origin of the slow damped spectral oscillation observed in the absorption spectrum of guanine has been explained. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 21: 826–846, 2000     

Transition moment orientation and rotational bias of three carbonyl groups in large polarization FLCs observed by polarized FTIR

Polarized FTIR measurements have been made on four ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds which have a large spontaneous polarization; two of them have a hydroxyl group that can form a hydrogen bond. Particular attention was given to three C-O stretching peaks: keto, ester, and lactic acid. We found that the polar absorbance pattern and peak positions of the keto C-O group stretching vibration are clearly different in compounds with and without the hydroxyl group. We have succeeded in interpreting these measurements by calculating IR transition moment directions for the vibrational modes of several model compounds using quantum chemical methods, including HF/6-311G SCF and B3LYP/6-31G(d) and B3LYP/6-31G(d,f) DFT calculations. Rotational bias was clearly observed even in the ester C-O group in the molecular core in the SmC* phase of the compound with a hydrogen bond.     

COVALENTLY LINKED TYROSINE-PYROPHEOPHORBIDE a AND TRYPTOPHAN-PYROPHEOPHORBIDE a COMPOUNDS: SYNTHESIS AND PHOTO-INDUCED CROSS COUPLING WITH 1, 4-BENZOQUINONE

Abstract— Tyrosine-linked pyropheophorbide a ( 2 ) and tryptophan-linked pyropheophorbide a ( 3 ) were synthesized. Neither the phenol group of the tyrosine end nor the indole group of the tryptophan end showed upfield shifts as observed for the tyrosine-linked mesoporphyrin II ( 17 ) and the tryptophanlinked mesoporphyrin II ( 18 ). When the keto group at the C-9 of 2 and 3 was reduced to methylene group [tyrosine-linked 9-deoxopyropheophorbide a ( 5 ) and tryptophan-linked 9-deoxopyropheophorbide a ( 6 )], the phenol group of the tyrosine and the indole group of the tryptophan showed upfield shifts, indicating the intramolecular hydrogen bonds between amino acid moieties and the keto group at the C-9 in 2 and 3 . Irradiation of 2 and 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ) in benzene led to a clean formation of a quinone-linked pyropheophorbide a ( 8 ) in 56% yield. Triplet radical pair composed of tyrosine radical and semiquinone radical was assigned as the reaction intermediate for the formation of 8 by means of CIDNP technique. Irradiation of 5 under the identical conditions led to the formation of benzoquinone-linked 9-deoxo-mesopyropheophorbide a ( 10 ) and benzoquinone-linked 9-deoxophylloerythrin a ( 11 ) in 45 and 22%, respectively. Magnesium and zinc complexes of 2 underwent the similar photoaddition reaction much less efficiently. However, irradiation of the tryptophan-linked model compounds 3 and 6 in the presence of BQ did not give the coupling product.     

Investigations on the Reactivity of Fascaplysin,Part II,General Stability Considerations and Products Formed with Nucleophiles

Reversible deprotonation of fascaplysin ( 1 ) was achieved with non‐nucleophilic bases (Scheme 1). Under basic aqueous conditions, opening of ring D of 1 occurred, yielding zwitter‐ionic reticulatine 2a , whereas, in a methoxide‐containing MeOH solution, an unexpected addition of three molecules of MeOH to the pyridinium ring produced an isomer mixture 3 of a trimethoxy‐substituted compound (Scheme 2). Transformation of the keto group of 1 to the oxime 4A took place in the presence of pyridine as base (Scheme 3). Grignard and alkyllithium reagents added as expected to the keto group of 1 , providing tertiary alcohols 5 and 6 (Scheme 4).     

Determination of critical micellar concentrations of cholic acid and its keto derivatives

The critical micellar concentration (CMC) values of keto derivatives of cholic acid (3,12-dihydroxy-7-oxo-5β-cholanoic acid, 3,7-dihydroxy-12-oxo-5β-cholanoic acid, 12-hydroxy-3,7-dioxo-5β-cholanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-7,12-dioxo-5β-cholanoic acid, 3,7,12-triketo-5β-cholanoic acid) and cholic acid itself, were determined. Replacement of hydroxyl groups in cholic acid molecule with keto groups yields the derivatives whose CMC values increase with increase in the number of keto groups introduced. The CMCs of derivatives with the same number of keto groups but at different positions do not differ significantly. The relationship between the number of keto groups in the molecule of cholic acid keto derivatives and CMC value can be described by the following equation: CMC = 43 number of keto groups + 14.667. The effect of NaCl concentration on CMC increases with increase in the number of keto groups.     

Mechanisms of electron-transfer oxidation of NADH analogues and chemiluminescence. Detection of the keto and enol radical cations

The radical cation of an NADH analogue (BNAH: 1-benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide) has been successfully detected as the transient absorption and ESR spectra in the thermal electron transfer from BNAH to Fe(bpy)(3)(3+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) and Ru(bpy)(3)(3+). The ESR spectra of the radical cations of BNAH and the dideuterated compound (BNAH-4,4'-d(2)) indicate that the observed radical cation is the keto form rather than the enol form in the tautomerization. The deprotonation rate and the kinetic isotope effects of the keto form of BNAH(*)(+) were determined from the kinetic analysis of the electron-transfer reactions. In the case of electron transfer from BNAH to Ru(bpy)(3)(3+), the chemiluminescence due to Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) was observed in the second electron-transfer step from BNA(*), produced by the deprotonation of the keto form of BNAH(*)(+), to Ru(bpy)(3)(3+). The observation of chemiluminescence due to Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) provides compelling evidence that the Marcus inverted region is observed even for such an intermolecular electron-transfer reaction. When BNAH is replaced by 4-tert-butylated BNAH (4-t-BuBNAH), no chemiluminescence due to Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) has been observed in the electron transfer from 4-t-BuBNAH to Ru(bpy)(3)(3+). This is ascribed to the facile C-C bond cleavage in 4-t-BuBNAH(*)(+). In the laser flash photolysis of a deaerated MeCN solution of BNAH and CHBr(3), the transient absorption spectrum of the enol form of BNAH(*)(+) was detected instead of the keto form of BNAH(*)(+), and the enol form was tautomerized to the keto form. The rate of intramolecular proton transfer in the enol form to produce the keto form of BNAH(*)(+) was determined from the decay of the absorption band due to the enol form and the rise in the absorption band due to the keto form. The kinetic isotope effects were observed for the intramolecular proton-transfer process in the keto form to produce the enol form.     

Synthesis,Structure, and Keto-Enol Tautomerism of 3-R<Superscript>1</Superscript>-5,5-R<Superscript>2</Superscript>,R<Superscript>2</Superscript>-6-R<Superscript>3</Superscript>-2,3,5,6-Tetrahydropyran-2,4-diones

Ethyl esters of 2,4-dibromo-2-R¹-4-R²-3-oxopentanoic and -hexanoic acids react with zinc and aliphatic or aromatic aldehydes under the conditions of the Reformatskii reaction to give 3-R¹-5,5-R², R²-6-R³-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyran-2,4-diones, which are obtained in three forms: keto, enol with enolization of the keto group, and enol with enolization of the ester group. The keto form is isolated by crystallization from a mixture of CCl₄ and petroleum ether; the first enol form, from MeOH, EtOH, and polar aprotic solvents; and the second enol form, from CHCl₃. The second enol form is oxidized in DMSO to form a keto compound containing a hydroxy group at the 3-position of the heteroring.     

7─羟基喹啉与甲醇、乙醇形成1：2桥式氢键化合物的AM1法研究

利用半经验ＡＭ１方法计算了基态与第一激发态７－羟基喹啉的两种异构体及其与甲醇等溶济分子形成１：２桥式氢键化合物的结构与稳定性。在基态，烯醇式结构比酮式结构稳定；而在第一激发态酮式比烯醇式稳定。１：２桥式氢键的形成使得酮式能量降低比烯醇式多。烯醇式１：２桥式氢键化合物呈交叉式结构，酮式１：２桥式氢键化合物呈折叠式结构，激发态的形成对氢键结构影响不大。在７－羟基喹啉羟基（或羰基）的邻位和间位引入取代基后，对喹啉环和桥式氢键结构的影响均不明显。     

Synthesis of alkyl (4,5-Dichloroisothiazol-3-yl) ketones and some of their derivatives

Reactions of 4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-ylcarbonitrile with methylmagnesium iodide and ethylmagnesium bromide afforded the corresponding alkyl (4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-yl) ketones. The reaction of (4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-yl) methyl ketone with morpholine and piperidine provided 5-morpholino-(piperidino)-substituted derivatives, by the action of sodium borohydride in 2-propanol the keto group was reduced to alcoholic hydroxy group. The bromination of (4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-yl) methyl ketone with elemental bromine gave bromomethyl (4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-yl) ketone, whose reaction with thiourea resulted in 2-amino-4-(4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-yl)thiazole.     

7─羟基喹啉与甲醇、乙醇形成1：2桥式氢键化合物的AM1法研究

利用半经验ＡＭ１方法计算了基态与第一激发态７－羟基喹啉的两种异构体及其与甲醇等溶济分子形成１：２桥式氢键化合物的结构与稳定性。在基态，烯醇式结构比酮式结构稳定；而在第一激发态酮式比烯醇式稳定。１：２桥式氢键的形成使得酮式能量降低比烯醇式多。烯醇式１：２桥式氢键化合物呈交叉式结构，酮式１：２桥式氢键化合物呈折叠式结构，激发态的形成对氢键结构影响不大。在７－羟基喹啉羟基（或羰基）的邻位和间位引入取代基后，对喹啉环和桥式氢键结构的影响均不明显。     

Selective reduction of 3-keto group in steroidal ketoaldehydes

Convenient preparation of some steroidal 3-hydroxyaldehydes from corresponding 3-ketoaldehydes was achieved by protection of the aldehyde group with t-butylamine followed by in situ reduction of the keto group with Li (t-BuO)₃AlH. Final cleavage of hydroxyaldimine was accomplished by eluting the reduction mixture on basic alumina.     

3‐(1‐Hydroxy­ethyl­idene)‐1‐phenyl­pyrrolidine‐2,4‐dione

Analysis of C₁₂H₁₁NO₃ revealed a coplanar N‐substituted phenyl group on a pyrrolidine ring with two keto moieties and a hydroxy­ethyl­idene functionality. The hydroxy group forms part of a hydrogen‐bonding network characterized by a short intramolecular H?O distance of 1.81 (3) Å, and a longer intermolecular interaction with an H?O distance of 2.38 (3) Å. Both keto groups form additional intra‐ and intermolecular C—H?O contacts with H?O distances ranging from 2.26 to 2.41 Å.     

Base-induced chemiluminescent decomposition of bicyclic dioxetanes bearing a (benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-hydroxyphenyl group: a radiationless pathway leading to marked decline of chemiluminescence efficiency

Charge-transfer-induced decomposition (CTID) of bicyclic dioxetanes 1b-d bearing a 3-hydroxylphenyl moiety substituted with a benzothiazol-2-yl group at the 2-, 6-, or 5-position was investigated, and their chemiluminescence properties were compared to each other, based on those for a 4-benzothiazolyl analogue 1a. Dioxetanes 1c and 1d underwent CTID to give the corresponding oxido anions of keto esters 8c or 8d in the singlet excited state with high efficiencies similarly to the case of 1a. On the other hand, 1b showed chemiluminescence with quite low efficiency, though it gave exclusively keto ester 2b. The marked decline of chemiluminescence efficiency for 1b was attributed to 1b mainly being decomposed to 8b through a radiationless pathway, in which intramolecular nucleophilic attack of nitrogen in the benzothiazolyl group to dioxetane O-O took place to give cyclic intermediate cis-11.     

Electron-transfer-induced decomposition of 1,2-dioxetanes in negative-mode matrix- assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

1,2-Dioxetanes bearing an aromatic electron donor undergo intramolecular charge-transfer-induced chemiluminescence (CTICL). Although there has been some controversy regarding the mechanisms involved, there is little experimental evidence to strongly support any of the proposed mechanisms. In the course of our investigations, to clarify these mechanisms, we tried to effectively ionize dioxetanes bearing a phenolic group and found that poly(3-octylthiophene-2,5-diyl) was a promising matrix for negative-mode matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF-MS). Electron-transfer ionization was found to take place for dioxetanes bearing a hydroxyphenyl moiety that had been further substituted with an aromatic group, which acted as an antenna to catch an electron from the matrix. Furthermore, the characteristic fragmentation of dioxetanes 3c-3d was thought to occur by the elimination of 2-methyl-1-propene (56 u) and pivalaldehyde (86 u) from deprotonated ion [M - H](-) of dioxetanes, based on the results of muliple mass spectrometry measurements of dioxetanes using MALDI quadrupole ion trap ToF-MS. Based on a comparison of fragmentation in dioxetanes and the corresponding keto esters, dioxetanes were presumed to initially generate excited keto esters from which fragmentation took place.     

3-X-2(1H)-吡啶酮互变异构体系的理论计算

２（１Ｈ）－吡啶酮类化合物常呈现出诱人的生物活性［１,２］．由于酮式和烯醇式结构具有互变异构化性质,因此确定其互变异构平衡体系中的优势结构及研究取代基对平衡体系的影响,对阐明该类化合物的生物活性及进行构效关系的研究有着重要的意义．当其３－位含有可与２－位羰基或２－位羟基形成分子内氢键的基团时,势必对互变异构平衡产生影响．基于该类化合物的互变异构平衡有着强烈的溶剂效应［３］,本文对３－Ｘ－２（１Ｈ）－吡啶酮（Ｘ＝ＮＯ２,ＮＨ２,ＣＯＯＨ）及其烯醇式互变异构体分别在气相和溶液中进行了理论计算,考察了…     

Dynamics of intramolecular hydrogen-atom migrations in 2-hydroxy-3-nitropyridine studied by low-temperature matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculation

Intramolecular hydrogen-atom migrations in 2-hydroxy-3-nitropyridine have been investigated by low-temperature matrix-isolation infrared (IR) spectroscopy with the aid of density functional theory (DFT) calculation. An IR spectrum measured after deposition was assigned to an enol isomer, the conformation of which is anti in relation to OH versus N in the pyridine ring. When the matrix sample was exposed to UV and visible light (lambda>350 nm), an IR spectrum consistent with a keto product was observed. During the irradiation, an IR spectrum of a transient species, a photoreaction intermediate between anti-enol and keto, was observed, which was assigned to syn-enol. The bands of syn-enol disappeared completely when the irradiation was stopped, while those of the original isomer, anti-enol, reappeared. No reverse isomerization was observable in the corresponding deuterated species. This led to the conclusion that the isomerization from syn to anti occurs through hydrogen-atom tunneling. On the other hand, an aci-nitro form was produced by UV irradiation (lambda=365+/-10 nm) without visible light. The conformation around the aci-nitro group was determined to be cis-cis by comparison with the spectral patterns obtained by the DFT/B3LYP/6-31++G** calculation. The dynamics of the hydrogen-atom migrations between anti- and syn-enols, syn-enol and keto, and anti-enol and aci-nitro are discussed in terms of the potential surfaces obtained by the DFT calculation.