O‐Triorganosilyl Carbamoselenoates – Synthesis and Reactions

A series of O‐triorganosilyl carbamoselenoates were isolated in good yields from the reaction of sodium or potassium carbamoselenoates with triorganosilyl chlorides. The O‐silyl carbamoselenoates readily reacted with RbF and CsF and with organo‐germanium, ‐tin, and ‐lead halides and gave the corresponding heavy alkali metal and Se‐substituted Group 14 organometal and carbamoselenoates in moderate to good yields.     

Synthesis of Diaryl Ethers, Diaryl Sulfides, Heteroaryl Ethers and Heteroaryl Sulfides under Microwave Heating

Diaryl ether moiety is found in a pool of naturally occurring and medicinally important compounds.[1] As a consequent, considerable efforts have been devoted to the assembly of this framework.[2] Recently, we have developed a microwave heating version of the synthesis of diaryl ethers as well as aryl sulfides. Under our conditions, even the extremely electron-poor 4-nitrophenol works well and its reaction with 1-halo-4-nitrobenzenes produces 4-(nitrophenoxy)-benzonitriles in satisfactory yield. The scope of the present protocol has been expanded to hydroxylated six-membered heterocycles as well as 2-pyrimidinethiol with mildly activated aryl halides, affording heteroaryl ethers and respectively sulfides. The advantages of the present method include the wide substrate scope, no use of any metal catalysts, the ease of product isolation and high yields.     

气相色谱法测定甲苯氧化产物中的甲苯及苯甲醛

采用以氢火焰离子化检测器的气相色谱法,对甲苯气相氧化制备苯甲醛产物中的甲苯及苯甲醛进行了鉴定和定量分析,确定了色谱条件和各组分的重量校正因子,该法操作简单,速度快,精度高。     

Radical Arylation of Phenols,Phenyl Ethers,and Furans

Radical arylations of para‐substituted phenols and phenyl ethers proceeded with good regioselectivity at the ortho position with respect to the hydroxy or alkoxy group. The reactions were conducted with arenediazonium salts as the aryl radical source, titanium(III) chloride as the reductant, and diluted hydrochloric acid as the solvent. Substituted biaryls were obtained from hydroxy‐ and alkoxy‐substituted benzylamines, phenethylamines, and aromatic amino acids. The methodology described offers a fast, efficient, and cost‐effective new access to diversely functionalized biphenyl alcohols and ethers. Free phenolic hydroxy groups, aromatic and aliphatic amines, as well as amino acid substructures, are well tolerated. Two examples for the applicability of the methodology are the partial synthesis of a β‐secretase inhibitor and the synthesis of a calcium‐channel modulator.     

Bromination of Anisoles Using N‐Bromophthalimide: A Synthetic and Kinetic Approach

N‐Bromophthalimide (NBP)‐triggered bromination of aromatic compounds has been studied in the presence of aqueous acetic acid. Reaction Kinetics indicated first order in [NBP] and zero order in [Anisole]. The reactions afforded very good yields of corresponding bromo derivatives under kinetic conditions. The mechanism of the reaction is explained through the formation of acetyl hypobromite due to the interaction of NBP and acetic acid, which in turn reacts with anisole to afford a bromo derivative of anisole.     

钯催化的酰胺羰化反应研究-溶剂的影响

考察了不同溶剂(如N-甲基吡咯烷酮、乙腈、聚乙二醇、1-甲基-3-己基咪唑六氟磷酸盐)以及不同共催化剂(如十六烷基三甲基溴化铵、四丁基溴化铵、溴化锂)对苯甲醛酰胺羰化反应的影响.与使用高沸点的有机溶剂N-甲基吡咯烷酮相比,使用乙腈、聚乙二醇和1-甲基-3-己基咪唑六氟磷酸盐作溶剂,反应后处理过程大大简化,反应界面更加友好.聚乙二醇作溶剂首次应用于酰胺羰化反应.     

Solubilization chromatography: Ethers,carboxylic acids,and hydrocarbons

Synthetic mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic ethers, satmated fatty acids, and substituted benzenes and naphthalenes were separated by elution through columns of ion-exchange resins with aqueous solutions of acetic acid as eluent An attempt was made to use a resin of low capacity for the separation of such mixtures, and the results of this attempt are used to help elucidate the theory of solubilization chromatography     

Synthesis,Biological Evaluation,and Molecular Modeling of Aza-Crown Ethers

Synthetic and natural ionophores have been developed to catalyze ion transport and have been shown to exhibit a variety of biological effects. We synthesized 24 aza- and diaza-crown ethers containing adamantyl, adamantylalkyl, aminomethylbenzoyl, and ε-aminocaproyl substituents and analyzed their biological effects in vitro. Ten of the compounds (8, 10–17, and 21) increased intracellular calcium ([Ca²⁺]_i) in human neutrophils, with the most potent being compound 15 (N,N’-bis[2-(1-adamantyl)acetyl]-4,10-diaza-15-crown-5), suggesting that these compounds could alter normal neutrophil [Ca²⁺]_i flux. Indeed, a number of these compounds (i.e., 8, 10–17, and 21) inhibited [Ca²⁺]_i flux in human neutrophils activated by N-formyl peptide (fMLF). Some of these compounds also inhibited chemotactic peptide-induced [Ca²⁺]_i flux in HL60 cells transfected with N-formyl peptide receptor 1 or 2 (FPR1 or FPR2). In addition, several of the active compounds inhibited neutrophil reactive oxygen species production induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and neutrophil chemotaxis toward fMLF, as both of these processes are highly dependent on regulated [Ca²⁺]_i flux. Quantum chemical calculations were performed on five structure-related diaza-crown ethers and their complexes with Ca²⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ to obtain a set of molecular electronic properties and to correlate these properties with biological activity. According to density-functional theory (DFT) modeling, Ca²⁺ ions were more effectively bound by these compounds versus Na⁺ and K⁺. The DFT-optimized structures of the ligand-Ca²⁺ complexes and quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis showed that the carbonyl oxygen atoms of the N,N’-diacylated diaza-crown ethers participated in cation binding and could play an important role in Ca²⁺ transfer. Thus, our modeling experiments provide a molecular basis to explain at least part of the ionophore mechanism of biological action of aza-crown ethers.     

Liquid-Crystalline Inositol Ethers,their Syntheses and Columnar Mesophases

Abstract

Syntheses of selected multi-O-alkylethers of the stereoisomeric myo- and scyllo-inositols are described. Necessary conversions of axial hydroxyl groups into equatorial ones have been performed with either potassium superoxide (KO₂) or potassium nitrite (KNO₂) as powerful oxygen nucleophiles for this purpose. Most of the novel cyclitol ethers are thermotropic liquid crystals. Depending on the number, positions, and stereochemical arrangement of alkyl chains attached to the inositol core, these biomolecule mesogens, chemically vicinal diols and a tetrol, show interesting modes of molecular organizations in their columnar liquid-crystalline phases. The architectures of these mesophases are based on hydrogen-bridged multimers. Models for their self-assembled “supramolecular structures” are presented and discussed.     

Synthesis,Structure, and Antibacterial Activities of Diterpenoid Isosteviol-Derived Alkenyl Ethers

Chemistry of Natural Compounds - A series of novel isosteviol-derived alkenyl ethers were synthesized and structurally characterized by IR, NMR, and HR-MS. The tested compounds are more sensitive...     

Electrochemical Reduction of Benzaldehyde as its Girard-P Derivative at the Mercury Electrode and Differential-Pulse Polarographic Determination of Benzaldehyde

 The polarographic behaviour of benzaldehyde as its Girard-P derivative was studied using various electrochemical techniques and a method for the determination of benzaldehyde (10⁻⁶ − 8 × 10⁻⁵ M) by differential-pulse polarography, based on the in situ formation of its Girard-P derivative in aqueous solution at pH 2.5, is proposed. The relative standard deviation was 1.7% (ten determinations at the 5 × 10⁻⁵ M level). The applicability of this method is checked in benzyl alcohol and synthetic samples containing, o-aminophenol, 2-amino pyridine, o-cresol, amylic alcohol, salicylic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid and naphthalene sulfonic acid. Received April 6, 2000. Revision February 13, 2001.     

Wavelength-dependent Photodissociation Dynamics of Benzaldehyde

The ultrafast dynamics of benzaldehyde upon 260, 271, 284, and 287 nm excitations have been studied by femtosecond pinup-probe time-of-flight mass spectrometry. A bi-exponential decay component model was applied to fit the transient profiles of benzaldehyde ions and fragment ions. At the S2 origin, the first decay of the component was attributed to the internal conversion to the high vibrational levels of S1 state. Lifetimes of the first component decreased with increasing vibrational energy, due to the influence of high density of the vibrational levels. The second decay was assigned to the vibrational relaxation of the S1 whose lifetime was about 600 fs. Upon 287 nm excitation, the first decay became ultra-short （-56 fs） which was taken for the intersystem cross from S1 to T2, while the second decay component was attributed to the vibrational relaxation. The pump-probe transient of fragment was also studied with the different probe intensity at 284 nm pump.     

One-Pot Synthesis of Cage-Functionalized,Ketal-Containing Crown Ethers

Acid-catalyzed reaction of pentacyclo[5.4.0.0^2,6.0^3,10.0^5.9]undecane-8,11-dione (1) with penta(ethylene glycol) produced two cage-functionalized, ketal-containing crown ethers, i.e., 2 and 3, in low yield. The structure of 2 was established unequivocally by direct methods. Alkali metal picrate extraction data obtained for 2 and for a structurally related model compound, i.e., 18-crown-6,indicate that 2 is an inefficient alkali metal picrate extracting agent.     

An Improved Method for the Efficient Conversion of Unstaurated Alcohols,Ethers and Esters to Their Corresponding Aldehydes,Ketones, Enol Ethers and Enol Esters

Catalytic conversion of unsaturated alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones with nonacarbonyl diiron in benzene at 40–50 C are performed efficiently in high yields. The efficient preparation of some enol ethers and also preperation of a few esters from their corresponding unsaturated ethers and esters are also performed by this method.     

Microwave Promoted Rapid Isomerisation of Propargyl Ethers into Allenyl Ethers

Abstract: Aryl or alkyl propargyl ethers have been isomerized efficiently with good to excellent yield into corresponding allenyl ethers in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide under the microwave irradiation.