Synthetic applications of ethyl 3-bromodifluoromethyl-3-benzyloxy-acrylate as a gem-difluorination building-block: Its reactions with aldehyde and epoxide

Synthetic applications of ethyl 3-bromodifluoromethyl-3-benzyloxy-acrylate as a versatile and multifunctionalized gem-difluorination building block to introduce difluoromethene subunit into some new hydroxy esters have been investigated. It was found that its zinc mediated reaction with a variety of aldehyde in DMF gave the Reformatsky reaction mode product, β-hydroxy ester, in good yield, while its tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) promoted reaction with a limited scope of aldehyde produced Barbier reaction mode product, δ-hydroxy ester, in moderate yield. The reaction of its zinc reagent with styrene oxide resulted in rearrangement of the epoxide to 2-phenyl-acetaldehyde, and then the zinc reagent condensed with this aldehyde to provide the Reformastsy reaction type product, β-hydroxy ester, in low yield.     

A novel three-component butenolide synthesis

[reaction: see text]. 5-Acylamino butenolides can be assembled by a multicomponent reaction (MCR) of isocyanides, glyoxals, and acetophosphonic acid diethylesters, followed by a intramolecular Wittig-type reaction. The reaction can be performed either in one pot or with the isolation of the intermediate Passerini product. This versatile reaction offers three independent inputs displayed in the final product. Applications in combinatorial chemistry and natural product synthesis can be envisioned.     

C_（60）的胺加成反应和电喷雾电离质谱（ESI－MS）检测

报道了Ｃ６０与１，３－丙二胺和Ｎ，Ｎ－二甲基－１，３－丙二胺的加合反应，反应产物未经预先离子化处理直接用ＥＳＬ－ＭＳ进行检测。由于反应产物从甲苯溶液中析出，避免了生成多胺基加合物，产物以单加成物为主。当加合反应在空气氛下进行时，有加合氧的产物Ｃ６０Ｏｎ（ＮＨ２—ＣＨ２ＣＨ２ＣＨ２ＮＲ２）ｍ（Ｒ＝Ｈ，ＣＨ３）存在。实验发现：Ｎ，Ｎ－二甲基－１，３－丙二胺比１，３－丙二胺更容易与Ｃ６０发生多胺基加成和氧加成反应。通过控制反应条件可制备Ｃ６０二胺的单加成产物。     

Specific features of the chemical reaction of carbonyl groups with hydrazine accosting to the data of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

The reaction of hydrazine vapor with surface carbonyl groups was used for the quantitative determination of functional groups of organic polymers. The specific features of this reaction were studied using poly(vinyl methyl ketone) as an example. It was shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy that the main reaction product at the initial stage is hydrazinecarbinol, which is then consecutively converted to hydrazone and azine. The results of calculations predict that virtually the only reaction product is azine. It was shown that the wrong identification of the reaction product has lead to the distortion of the results of analysis.     

Reaction Between Copper Nitrate Hydrate and Methoxydimethyloctylsilane in Methanol

The reaction rate was determined for copper nitrate hydrate with methoxydimethyloctylsilane (MDOS) in methanol. The rate constants of hydrolysis and condensation were established by quantitative measurement of the product and Karl Fischer water determination. The reaction with the hydrated copper salt resulted in the phase separation of an insoluble product from the reaction mixture. The structure of the product was determined, by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to be a dimer of the MDOS. The results showed the alcohol, producing condensation reaction was negligible in the formation of the dimer. contrary to the case for the well-known reaction by trialkoxysilanes and tetraalkoxysilanes.     

介质环境对辣根国氧化物酶催化荧光反应体系的影响

探讨了缓冲溶液,溶剂和表面活性剂对对羟基苯丙酸-国氧化氢- 辣根国沿化区酶反应体系反应平衡及产物荧光性质的影响,表明二聚体荧光产物中存在酸碱平衡,应荧光滴定法求得其酸离解常数pK~a≈8.3.碱式产物的荧光强于酸式, 碱性环境使酶活性降低,反应平衡时间延长,阳离子胶束溴化十六烷基三甲胺(CTMAB) 和氯化十六烷基三甲铵(CTMAC)对该体系兼有催化和增敏作用,据此提出一种更为灵敏的测定辣根过氧化物酶的方法.     

THE FLUORESCENT PRODUCT OF SCALEWORM BIOLUMINESCENT REACTION: AN IN VITRO STUDY

Abstract— The fluorescence of scaleworms has been attributed by Harvey (1952) to a product of the bioluminescent reaction confined in the scales of these worms. We have purified this fluorescent molecule by gel filtration. This compound has an apparent low molecular weight as shown by polyacrylamide gel clectrophoresis in the presence of SDS. The yield of the fluorescent product, after gel filtration, varies with the stimulation of the bioluminescence, triggered either chemically or enzymatically. The fluorescence spectrum of the purified product is similar to the one observed in vivo , with a maximum centered at 520 nm. Consequently, the fluorescent compound isolated is likely the reaction product of the bioluminescent reaction.     

Photoinitiated Reaction of β-Bromonaphthalene with Pinacolone Ion in DMSO

The radical nucleophilic substitution reaction (SRN1) has been studied widely. The reaction has constituted an important synthetic possibility to achieve substitution of different substrates with different nucleophiles1-3. The main steps of the reaction process are presented in Scheme 1.Scheme 1. Pinacolone enolate ions are widely used as nucleophiles within SRN1reaction 4-6 because it can introduce six carbon atoms into substitution products. In the paper, the photoinitiated reaction of …     

Tertiary recycling of commingled polymer waste over commercial FCC equilibrium catalysts for producing hydrocarbons

A mixture of post-consumer polymer waste (PE/PP/PS) was pyrolysed over cracking catalysts using a fluidising reaction system similar to the FCC process operating isothermally at ambient pressure. Greater product selectivity was observed with a commercial FCC equilibrium catalyst (FCC-E1) with about 53 wt% olefin products in the C₃-C₆ range. Experiments carried out with various catalysts gave good yields of valuable hydrocarbons with differing selectivity in the final products dependent on reaction conditions. A kinetic model based on a lumping reaction scheme for the observed products and catalyst coking behaviours has been investigated. The model gave a good representation of experiment results. This model provides the benefits of lumping product selectivity, in each reaction step, in relation to the performance of the catalyst used and particle size selected as well as the effect of operation conditions, such as rate of fluidising gas and reaction temperature. It is demonstrated that under appropriate reaction temperatures and suitable catalysts can have the ability to control both the product yield and product distribution from polymer degradation, and can potentially lead to a cheaper process with more valuable products.     

The microscopic reaction dynamics and branching ratio in the F + HCOOH and F + H2CO reactions

Infrared chemiluminescence under conditions of arrested relaxation has been applied to the study of the hydrogen and deuterium abstraction reactions of HCOOH, DCOOH and H₂CO with F atoms. Two distinctly different modes of product excitation are observed, depending upon whether the reaction proceeds via the formyl or carboxyl hydrogen. Reaction at the formyl hydrogen (or deuterium) causes substantial inversion in the diatomic product internal energy distributions. The F + H₂CO and F + DCOOH reactions respectively channel 56% and 54% of the available energy into vibration in the product diatomic when they occur at the formyl site. In both cases the product energy distributions are qualitatively similar to those observed in direct reactions of triatomic systems on repulsive energy surfaces. In contrast to these, reaction at the carboxyl hydrogen of DCOOH gives an HF2 product vibrational distribution having a Boltzmann equilibrium shape at a temperature of 4300 K. The ratio of HF to DF product from the F + DCOOH study shows that reaction occurs at the carboxyl hydrogen approximately twice as often as at the formyl site. Comparison with triatomic reactions involving the same mass-combinations implies that abstraction of the formyl hydrogen occurs via single-collision, direct encounters, whereas reaction at the carboxyl site involves a long-lived complex in which extensive randomisation of the reaction exoergicity among all the product vibrational modes can occur.     

Chemistry of the phenoxathiins and isosterically related heterocycles. XVII. First synthesis of a benzoxathiinopyridazine and the determination of structure by 13C-NMR: 1-Methoxy-3,4-diazaphenoxathiin

The reaction of 5-methoxy-3,4-dichloropyridazine with the disodium salt of o-mercaptophenol leads to the formation of 1-methoxy-3,4-diazaphenoxathiin as the sole product of the reaction. The structure of the isolated product was confirmed by ¹³C-nmr spectroscopy, with the development of arguments to discriminate the isolated compound from 4-methoxy-1,2-diazaphenoxathiin, the other product possible in this reaction. Mechanistic considerations in the formation of the isolated product are discussed.     

Unusual manganese(III)-mediated oxidative free radical additions of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to benzonorbornadiene and 7-heterobenzonorbornadienes: mechanistic studies

Benzonorbornadiene and heterobenzonorbornadiene were reacted with dimedone/acetylacetone and Mn(OAc)3 in the presence and absence of Cu(OAc)2. The reaction of benzonorbornadiene with dimedone gave mainly the dihydrofuran addition product, whereas the reaction with acetylacetone produced a rearranged product in addition to the dihydrofuran derivative. On the other hand, oxanorbornadiene gave unusual products such as the cycloproponated compound and a product arising from the incorporation of 2 mol of dimedone. The reaction of azanorbornadiene with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and Mn(OAc)3 always produced rearranged products. The mechanism of formation of the products is discussed. We generally observe that the cyclization reaction takes place after the oxidation of the initially formed radical.     

Reaction of the 4-biphenylnitrenium ion with 4-biphenyl azide to produce a 4,4'-azobisbiphenyl stable product: a time-resolved resonance Raman and density functional theory study

A time-resolved resonance Raman (TR(3)) and density functional theory (DFT) study of the reaction of the 4-biphenylnitrenium ion with 4-biphenyl azide in a mixed aqueous solution is reported. The reaction of the 4-biphenylnitrenium ion with its unphotolyzed precursor 4-biphenyl azide in a mixed aqueous solution generates a 4,4'-azobisbiphenyl stable product via an intermediate species. With the aid of DFT calculations for likely transient species, this intermediate was tentatively assigned to a 4,4'-azobisbiphenyl cation. The DFT calculations predict this reaction can take place via two pathways that compete with one another to produce the trans and cis 4,4'-azobisbiphenyl product. The observation of the 4,4'-azobisbiphenyl cation intermediate demonstrates that the reaction of the arylnitrenium ion with its aryl azide to produce a stable azo product occurs via a stepwise mechanism.     

Influence of low-frequency vibrations on the chemical reaction rate in the liquid phase for reagent association

A bistable state of a reaction system was theoretically shown to be possible for a multistage chemical reaction in the case of reagent association. The conditions for the bistability origin with a possible substantial change in the rate of reaction product formation were determined. The conditions for the appearance of oscillations of intermediate concentrations and the possibility for the origination of the corresponding acoustic frequencies were studied. The action of external vibrations with the frequency coinciding with that of intrinsic intermediate concentration oscillations can increase the reaction rate of reaction product formation.     

A Closer Look at Spontaneous Mirror Symmetry Breaking in Aldol Reactions

The aldol reaction between acetone and 4‐nitrobenzaldehyde run in the nominal absence of any enantioselective catalyst was monitored by chiral HPLC with the aid of an internal standard. The collected data show the presence of a detectable initial enantiomeric excess of the aldol product in the early stages of the reaction in about 50 % of the experiments. Only a small fraction of the reaction contained the non‐racemic aldol product after 24 h. This temporary emergence of natural optical activity could be the signature of a coupled reaction network that leads to a spontaneous mirror‐symmetry‐breaking process, which originates at very low conversions (i.e., strongly depends on events taking place at the very first stages of the process). The reaction is not autocatalytic in the aldol product, which rules out a simple Frank‐type reaction network as the source of the observed symmetry breaking. On the other hand, the isolation and characterisation of a double‐aldol adduct suggested a reaction network that involved both indirect autocatalysis and indirect mutual inhibition between the enantiomers of the reaction product.     

Unusual reaction of aryldiazoacetates with enamines: highly effective synthesis of γ-ketoesters

The reaction of aryldiazoacetates with enamines catalyzed by copper and rhodium complexes provided γ-ketoesters in good yields. Careful analysis of the crude reaction mixture revealed a substituted enamine as the primary product, which was hydrolyzed over silica gel to give a γ-ketoester as the final product. A reaction mechanism involving nucleophilic addition of an enamine to a metal carbene and subsequent hydrogen transfer was proposed.     

The synthesis of fexofenadine

This work proposes a new simple route for fexofenadine synthesis with low cost and easily obtainable raw materials. We use benzene and methallyl as starting reactants, applying steps of Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction, hydrolysis, oxidation, esterification reaction, and reduction reaction to obtain the intermediate product, followed by N-alkylation reaction to obtain 4-{1-hydroxy-4-[4-(hydroxydiphenyl)-piperidine]butyl}-α,α-dimethylbenzene acetate. Then, the final product fexofenadine is obtained upon hydrolysis. In the synthesis process, we constantly optimize the reaction conditions such as reaction time, reaction temperature, solvent selection, and other factors, thus improving the final yield of the target product fexofenadine to 33.51 %.     

丙烷甲醇制烯烃共反应的热力学和动力学分析

通过计算和实验研究相结合的方法研究丙烷甲醇共进料制烯烃反应热力学及动力学过程.热力学过程采用Gibbs最小自由能法模拟丙烷甲醇制烯烃反应体系的平衡组成,同时结合响应面分析法建立了温度、压力、丙烷甲醇进料摩尔比对产物中丙烯的摩尔分数的函数关系,通过回归方程分析最佳工艺范围.热力学分析了反应条件对平衡产物的影响,随着反应温度升高,平衡产物丙烯的质量分数先增高后降低;平衡产物中丙烯的质量分数随着丙烷甲醇进料中丙烷摩尔比增高而增高,但是实际的反应状态和催化剂也是相关的,因此研究了存在催化剂情况下,丙烷脱氢和丙烷甲醇共进料反应的活化能.反应活化能动力学实验表明,通过添加少量甲醇可以降低耦合过程中丙烷脱氢表观活化能.     

Overcoming Thermodynamically Driven Retro-Diels–Alder Reaction through a Cascade One-Pot Process Exemplified for a Bio-Based Platform Chemical

In this contribution, we describe a new approach to apply thermodynamically unfavored reactions in synthetic chemistry and to integrate them in cascade processes. By means of a new developed procedure for multi-step one-pot syntheses, we succeeded in nearly completely converting a thermodynamically labile Diels–Alder adduct, which strongly tends to react back, to the target product with high conversion of >99 % and in excellent yield by coupling with a rapid subsequent hydrogenation reaction. In detail, the process is based on the use of a rotating reaction vessel to form a thin product film of the thermodynamically labile Diels–Alder product from 2-methylfuran and maleic acid anhydride (as two bio-based raw materials), which then slowly dissolves into solution and is immediately converted by hydrogenation to the target product. Such a combination of Diels–Alder reaction and hydrogenation in a sequential one-pot process without by-product formation enables the efficient production of the product, which represents a valuable bio-based platform chemical. In addition, this process concept generally opens a perspective for the integration of thermodynamically unfavorable reaction steps in multi-step one-pot cascade processes while obtaining the desired target products in high yields.     

Four-coordinate organoboron compounds from β-enaminonitriles and diazonium salts

β-Enaminonitriles react with substituted benzenediazonium tetraphenylborates to form 1,2,4,3λ⁴-triazaborines or 1,3,2λ⁴-oxazaborines. The formation of either the first or the second product is affected by the reaction conditions, especially by the presence of water in the reaction components and in the solvent. If the reaction is performed under anhydrous conditions, the major product is the triazaborine. When ‘wet’ diazonium salts are used or a small amount of water is added into the reaction mixture, oxazaborine is the product.