Ab initio and semiempirical study of structure and electronic spectra of hydroxy substituted naphthoquinones

The geometries of hydroxy derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ), viz., 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (2HNQ), 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (5HNQ), and 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (DHNQ), have been optimized using the semiempirical and ab initio theoretical methods. Semiempirical methods used for the optimization are Austin Model 1 (AM1) and Zerner's Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap/1(ZINDO/1). For ab initio calculations the 6-31G* basis set is used. The electronic spectra of 1,4-naphthoquinone and its hydroxy derivatives are calculated using the semiempirical Zerner's Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap/Spectroscopy (ZINDO/S) method employing the geometries optimized at AM1, ZINDO/1 and ab initio levels and compared with their electronic absorption spectra measured by us. For hydroxy substituted systems, such calculations for spectral assignments are made for the first time. It is found that though the predictions of the three theoretical methods for the geometries are similar, the predictions of the ZINDO/S method using the ZINDO/1 optimized geometries, are better for the transition wavelengths in the visible region of the hydroxy substituted naphthoquinones, especially for 5HNQ and DHNQ.     

New aspects of the preparation and control of juglone

The presence of juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) in a culture of the actinomyceteStreptoverticillium hiroshimense, strain 34, is demonstrated for the first time. A method is proposed for determining the content of derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone in the culture medium using EPR spectroscopy.Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (99871) 41 71 29. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 227–229, May–June, 2000.     

Reactions of 5-oxo-1-phenylpyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides with 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives and the properties of the obtained products

N′-(4-Oxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-1-ylidene)-1-phenyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides and N′-(3-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-1-ylidene)-1-phenyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides were synthesized by reactions of 5-oxo-1-phenylpyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides with 1,4-naphthoquinone or 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. The alkylated analogues of the above products were obtained using ethyl iodide. The interaction of 5-oxo-1-phenylpyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides with 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone was followed by formation of N′-(3-chloro-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1-phenyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazides. All these compounds were characterized using ¹H, ¹³C NMR, IR and mass spectra. Some of the new compounds were tested for the antimicrobial and antifungal activity.     

A new combination of cyclohexylhydrazine and IBX for oxidative generation of cyclohexyl free radical and related synthesis of parvaquone

The present paper demonstrates a single-step and straightforward synthesis of parvaquone through intermediacy of cyclohexyl radical generated from novel combination of cyclohexylhydrazine and o-iodoxybenzoic acid and subsequently trapped by 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone. Formation of cyclohexyl free radical using this new combination was reaffirmed by cyclohexylation of readily available 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinone.     

Amination of naphthoquinones with azidotrimethylsilane

A new method for the synthesis of aminonaphthoquinones from 1,2- or 1,4-naphthoquinones and azidotrimethylsilane is described. In a similar manner 2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-naphthoquinone was transformed into 2-amino-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone. The mechanism of these transformations and the formation of by-products are discussed.

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Aminierung von Naphthochinonen mit Azidotrimethylsilan

Zusammenfassung Eine neue Methode zur Herstellung von Aminonaphthochinonen aus 1,2- oder 1,4-Naphthochinonen und Azidotrimethylsilan wird beschrieben. In analoger Weise wurde 2,3-Epoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-naphthochinon in 2-Amino-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthochinon umgewandelt. Eine mechanistische Deutung dieser Umsetzung und die Bildung von Nebenprodukten wird diskutiert.

     

Chemistry of naphthazarin derivatives: XV. Bromination of naphthazarin and its derivatives

Bromination of a number of naphthazarin (5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) derivatives having different substituents in the aromatic ring with molecular bromine in carbon tetrachloride was studied. Preparative procedures for the synthesis of 2-bromo-5,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-bromo-6,7-dichloro-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-bromo-3,5,8-trihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 2-bromo-6,7-dichloro-3,5,8-trihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone were developed.     

Time-resolved ESR study of the lowest excited triplet states of para-quinones in glassy matrices at 77 k

The lowest excited nπ* triplet of 9.10-anthraquinone, 1.4-naphthoquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone were studied in glassy matrices at 77 K using a time-resolved ESR method. The D value of the triplet state of 9,10-anthraquinone varied from ?0.351 cm^?1 in a polar solvent to ?0.318 cm^?1 in a non-polar solvent. Both 1,4-naphthoquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone in polar solvents showed triplet state spectra with a D value of ?0.330 cm^?1. A computer simulation revealed the existence of widely distributed zero-field splitting parameters in the glassy condition. These data are compared with an analysis of CIDEP results of para-quinones.     

Synthesis of benz[f]indole-4,9-diones via acetylenic derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone

A synthetic route to benz[f]indole-4,9-diones from 1,4-naphthoquinone is described. Effective methods for cross-coupling of 3-acetylamino-2-bromo-1,4-naphthoquinone with terminal acetylenes and cyclization of the resulting 3-acetylamino-2-alkynyl-1,4-naphthoquinones are developed.     

A new type of palladium(0) complex having both electron-withdrawing and -donating sites in a ligand: 5,8-dihydro- and 5,8,9,10-tetrahydro-1,4-naphthoquinone complexes

A new type of palladium(0) complex, (5,8-dihydro-1,4-naphthoquinone)Pd(PPh₃)₂ and (5,8,9,10-tetrahydro-1,4-naphthoquinone)Pd(PPh₃)₂, having both olefin and quinone or dihydro-quinone sites in a ligand molecule was prepared. IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopic studies of these complexes suggested that it is the quinone or dihydro-quinone CC bond which is complexed to Pd. Ligand exchange reactions showed that the stability order of the olefinic quinone complexes was as follows: (1,4-naphthoquinone)Pd(PPh₃)₂ > (5,8-dihydro-1,4-naphthoquinone) Pd(PPh₃)₂>(5,8,9,10-tetrahydro-1,4-naphthoquinone)Pd(PPh₃)₂.     

Normal coordinate analysis of fused-ring p-quinones: In-plane vibrations of 1,4-naphthoquinone and 9,10-anthraquinone

A normal coordinate analysis of the in-plane vibrations of 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, 9,10-anthraquinone and their fully deuterated analogues has been performed by using the overlay technique. The 38 parameters Modified Internal Valence Force Field has been successfully derived by combining those available for catacondensed aromatic hydrocarbons and for chlorinated p-benzoquinones. The results of the calculations clear up most of the remaining uncertainties in the vibrational assignments of 1,4-naphthoquinone and 9,10-anthraquinone. The reported force field provides a useful framework on which to base the vibrational analyses of the family of fused-ring p-quinones.     

Reaction of benzoquinones and naphthoquinones with 1,8-diamino-3,6-dioxanonane and with 1,11-diamino-3,6,9-trioxaundecane

Reaction of 1,4-naphthoquinone or 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone with α,ω-diamino-derivatives of poly(alkylenoxides) leads to the formation of α,ω-bis(quinonyl) amines. A similar reaction with chloranil, bromanil, dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone, S-phenylbenzoquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone itself, leads to the formation of quinoid crown ethers.     

Application of rhodanine,fluorene and semicarbazide hydrochloride as new spectrophotometric reagents for quinones

New selective and sensitive Spectrophotometric methods for quinone determination are described. Quinone samples are treated with either methanolic solution of rhodanine, fluorene in ammoniacal media or aqueous semicarbazide hydrochloride solution. Semicarbazide is the most sensitive reagent for the determination of 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. Quinones substituted with electron withdrawing groups are better determined using rhodanine. The average recovery is 99.1%, 98.7% and 99.2% using rhodanine, fluorene and semicarbazide as reagents, respectively.     

Photoreactions of 1,4-Naphthoquinones: effects of substituents and water on the intermediates and reactivity

The photochemistry of lapachol and other 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ) derivatives, e.g. 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (MeONQ), 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (2-HONQ) or 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (5-HONQ) and 2-methyl-5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (P-NQ) in solution at room temperature was studied by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy after nanosecond laser pulses at 248 nm. The triplet state and semiquinone radicals were observed for MeONQ, HONQ and P-NQ, whereas for lapachol, intramolecular H-atom and charge transfer processes take place, as in the case of vitamin K1. The photoinduced reaction of NQ into HONQ is initiated by nucleophilic water addition to the triplet state, and for the secondary reactions, a modified mechanism is proposed.     

Isomerization of 4-arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones to 2-arylamino-1,4-naphthoquinones

4-Arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones isomerize into 2-arylamino-1,4-naphthoquinones upon refluxing in acetic acid. The isomerization follows two routes via intermediate 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-arylamino-1,4-naphthoquinone 4-N-arylimines.     

Synthesis of lomazarin and norlomazarin, pigments from Lomandra hastilis

5,8-Dihydroxy-2,3,6-trimethoxy-7-ethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (1) was used to synthesize in high yield 5,8-dihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,3,6-trimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (lomazarin, 3), a pigment from Lomandra hastilis. Alkaline hydrolysis of lomazarin produced mainly 5,6,8-trihydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (9) through a retro-aldol decomposition of the 6-keto-form of 5,6,8-trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (13b) formed during the reaction. 2,5,8-Trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-3,6-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (norlomazarin, 4a), a pigment of L. hastilis, and its 3,5,8-trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,6-dimethoxy isomer 4b were formed as a difficultly separable mixture in addition to quinone 9. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 581–584, November–December, 2008.     

Reaction of 2-chloro-3-(4-N,N-dimethylaminoanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinone with cyclic amines (piperidine,morpholine, and pyrrolidine)

It was shown that the reaction of 2-chloro-3-(4-N,N-dimethylaminoanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinone with piperidine in the absence of a solvent gives not only a product of replacement of the chlorine atom by a piperidino group, 3-(4-N,N-dimethylaminoanilino)-2-piperidino-1,4-naphthoquinone, but also 2-(4-N,N-dimethylaminoanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-(4-N,N-dimethylaminoanilino-2-piperidino)-1,4-naphthoquinone. The latter compounds are the only reaction products formed in dimethyl sulfoxide. The reaction with morpholine occurs in a similar way, whereas that with pyrrolidine gives only a product of replacement of the chlorine atom by hydrogen.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2451–2454, December, 1995.     

Comparative Sites for Coordination of Naphthoquinones and its Derivatives: Studies on the Synthesis of a Series of 1,4-Naphthoquinone Derivatives and Their Ni(II) Complexes

Abstract

New derivatives (5–8) of 5-amino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (1) have been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-Vis, ¹H NMR, mass spectra and CNH. These new ligands and the 5-amino-8-hydroxy-l,4-naphthoquinone (1), the 5-amino-6-bromo-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphtho-quinone (2), the 5-acetylamino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (3) and the 5-dodecanoylamino-8-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (4), were complexed with Ni(II) giving the chelates (1a–8a). The structure and site of coordination of these complexes are discussed in relation to their spectroscopic data and thermal analysis.     

Pterocaryquinone, a Novel Naphthoquinone Derivative from Pterocarya tonkinesis

Pterocaryquinone,a novel 1,4-naphthoquinone derivative,was isolated from Pterocarya tonkinesis and itsstructure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods.Pterocaryquinone is a new dimeric 1,4-naphthoquinone deriva-tive having a pentacyclic skeleton with two five-membered carbon rings,which provided a novel structural skeletonfor 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives and showed apoptosis-inducing activity toward mouse cancer tsFT210 cells.     

Concise formal total synthesis of hybocarpone and related naturally occurring naphthazarins

A concise formal total synthesis of the cytotoxic bisnaphthazarin derivative hybocarpone has been completed through the development of routes to the synthetic precursor, 3-ethyl-2-hydroxy-5,7,8-trimethoxy-6-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone. The oxidation of 3-ethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexamethoxy-6-methylnaphthalene under Rapoport conditions gave 3-ethyl-2-hydroxy-5,7,8-trimethoxy-6-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone in modest yields after basic hydrolysis. In addition, treatment of 3-ethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexamethoxy-6-methylnaphthalene with boron tribromide provided access to the naturally occurring naphthazarin, boryquinone. The analogous oxidative demethylation of 3,6-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexamethoxynaphthalene and 3-ethyl-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexamethoxynaphthalene resulted in the synthesis of 2,5,7,8-tetrahydroxy-3,6-dimethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (aureoquinone) and 3-ethyl-2,5,7,8-tetrahydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, respectively. An alternative selective synthetic route to 3-ethyl-2-hydroxy-5,7,8-trimethoxy-6-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone was also developed utilizing an intramolecular Claisen condensation of methyl 2-butyryl-3,5,6-trimethoxy-4-methylphenylacetate with concomitant in situ aerial oxidation.     

Radical decomposition of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-bis-(3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinon-2-yl) amine in basic conditions followed by EPR

EPR spectroscopy was used to assess the radicals produced upon basic decomposition of N,N-bis-(3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinon-2-yl) amine (BClNQA). Three radicals have been trapped and identified: N-bis(3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone) hydrazine radical (6), 2-hydroxy-3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone anion radical (9) and 2-amino-3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone radical (8). The probable reaction mechanism, the structure of intermediates as well as the reaction profile are discussed.