Thermal ring opening of 1,1-dibromo and 1-bromo-2-chloromethylcyclopropanes: observation of a formal debromochlorination

Abstract  When the title compounds are thermolyzed in the gas phase under vacuum or in hot quinoline, several products are formed. A predominant product in all cases is a chlorine-free buta-1,3-diene which has been formed by formal debromochlorination, a reaction not previously observed during thermolysis of chlorinated bromocyclopropanes. Graphical Abstract        

Electron spin resonance studies of electron addition to 2-chloro- and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane

The products of electron addition to 2-chloro- and 2-bromo-2-nitropropane, which include their radical anions, have been detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy.Radical anions of various aliphatic α-substituted nitro compounds have been proposed as reactive intermediates in radical-anion chain substitution reactions (S_RN1) (Scheme 1) and other related reactions.     

Experimental and computational study of the conrotatory ring opening of various 3-chloro-2-azetines

A combined experimental and theoretical study is presented on 2-azetines, a class of azaheterocyclic compounds, which are difficult to access but have shown a unique reactivity as strained cyclic enamines. New highly substituted 2-azetines bearing aryl substituents at the 2- and 4-position were synthesized from 3,3-dichloroazetidines. Whereas 2-aryl-3,3-dichloroazetidines gave stable 2-aryl-3-chloro-2-azetines upon treatment with sodium hydride in DMSO, 2,4-diaryl-3,3-dichloroazetidines showed a remarkably different reactivity in that they afforded benzimidoyl-substituted alkynes under similar mild treatment with base. The formation of the alkynes involves electrocyclic ring opening of intermediate 2,4-diaryl-3-chloro-2-azetines and elimination of hydrogen chloride. Ab initio theoretical calculations confirmed the experimental findings and demonstrated that the 4-aryl substituent is responsible for this remarkably enhanced reactivity of 2-azetines toward electrocyclic conrotatory ring opening by a significant decrease in reaction barrier of about 30 kJ/mol. This activation effect by an aryl group in the allylic position toward electrocyclic ring opening of unsaturated four-membered rings is of general importance since a similar increased reactivity of 4-aryloxetes, 4-arylthiete-1,1-dioxides, and 3-arylcyclobutenes has been reported in literature as well.     

Vibrational assignment and rotational isomerism of 2-chloro-1-butene and 2-bromo-1-butene

Infrared spectra were obtained for 2-chloro-l-butene and 2-bromo-l-butene that show the presence of trans and gauche rotamers in both compounds. Vibrational assignments were made with the aid of normal coordinate calculations that utilized a thirty-eight parameter valence force field.     

Thermal isomerization of 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene under adiabatic-compression conditions

The thermal isomerization of 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene under adiabatic-compression conditions at 660–850 K occurs in two independent directions with the formation of isopropylacetylene and isoprene; kinetic parameters for each of these routes were obtained. The formation of products of the gem-dimethylvinylcyclopropanation of olefins during their copyrolysis with 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene is not observed, apparently because of the occurrence of isomerization of 3,3-dimethyl-cyclopropene in the gas phase at 660–850 K without the participation of gemdimethylvinylcarbene.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2008–2010, September, 1989.The authors thank A. I. Ioffe and N. V. Volchkov for participation in the discussion of the obtained results.     

The Structure and Thermal Stability of 1,2-Dimethoxycarbonyl-3,3-dimethylcyclopropene

The X-ray crystal structure of 1,2-dimethoxycarbonyl-3,3-dimethylcyclopropene (1) is reported and the geometry is contrasted to that of cyclopropene (2) and 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene (3). Ab initio and density functional theory calculations were carried out in order to examine the conformational preference of the ester groups (i.e., s-cis vs. s-trans) and to probe the thermal stability of 1 via a model compound, 1-methoxycarbonyl-3-methylcyclopropene. Experimental activation parameters for the unimolecular isomerization were measured and compared to an analogous dibenzoylcyclopropene derivative.     

Chemoselective amination of 5-bromo-2-chloro-3-fluoropyridine

The chemoselective functionalization of 5-bromo-2-chloro-3-fluoropyridine (1c) is described. Catalytic amination conditions (Pd2dba3, Xantphos, base) afford exclusively the bromide substitution product (2) for both secondary amines and primary anilines. A reversal in chemoselectivity is observed under neat conditions in the absence of palladium catalysis, with substitution at the 2-chloro position preferred to generate 3. Last, selective substitution of the 3-fluoro group is achieved under SNAr conditions to afford the dihalo adduct (4).     

Preparation and fungitoxicity of 3-bromo-6-chloro- and 6-bromo-3-chloro-8-quinolinols

Summary 3-Bromo-6-chloro- and 6-bromo-3-chloro-8-nitro, -8-amino-, and -8-hydroxyquinolines along with 3-bromo- and 3-chloroquinolin-6,8-diols were prepared and tested for antifungal activity against six fungi (Aspergillus niger, A. oryzae, Myrothecium verrucaria, Trichoderma viride, Mucor cirinelloides, Trichophyton mentagrophytes) inSabouraud dextrose broth. Compounds with chlorine in the 3 position were generally more fungitoxic than the corresponding analogues with bromine. 6-Bromo-3-chloro-8-quinolinol inhibited four fungi at levels below 1 µg/ml andA. niger andM. cirinelloides at 2 µg/ml each.

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Synthese und Fungitoxizität von 3-Brom-6-chlor- und 6-Brom-3-chlor-8-chinolinolen

Zusammenfassung 3-Brom-6-chlor- und 6-Brom-3-chlor-8-nitro-, -8-amino- und -8-hydroxychinoline sowie 3-Brom- und 3-Chlorchinolin-6,8-diole wurden hergestellt und gegen sechs Pilzstämme (Aspergillus niger, A. oryzae, Myrothecium verrucaria, Trichoderma viride, Mucor cirinelloides, Trichophyton mentagrophytes) inSabouraud-Dextrosenährmedium auf lhre fungizide Aktivität untersucht. Verbindungen mit Chlor in Position 3 sind durchwegs fungitoxischer als die entsprechenden Bromanalogen. 6-Brom-3-chlor-8-chinolinol hemmt das Wachstum von vier Pilzen bei Konzentrationen unter 1 µg/ml und das vonA. niger undM. cirinelloides bei einer Konzentration von jeweils 2 µg/ml.

     

Conformations and vibrational spectra of 2-chloro-3-fluoro-1-propene and 2-bromo-3-fluoro-1-propene

The infrared spectra of 2-chloro-3-fluoro- and 2-bromo-3-fluoro-1-propene as vapours and liquids were recorded in the region 4000–4050 cm^?1. Additional spectra of the amorphous and crystalline solids at ?170 °C and of the liquids in polar and non-polar solvents were recorded between 4000 and 200 cm^?1.Raman spectra, including semi-quantitative polarization measurements of the liquids were obtained. Spectra were also recorded with the samples dissolved in polar and non-polar solvents, and unannealed as well as annealed crystalline solids were studied at ?180 °C.Approximately 14 vibrational bands present in the spectra of the liquids, solutions and the glassy solids vanished in the infrared and Raman spectra of the crystals. From various criteria it can be concluded with certainty that the more polar (gauche) and less polar (cis) conformers were present in the crystalline chloro- and bromo- compounds, respectively. From infrared and Raman band intensities it was estimated that the conformational equilibrium in chlorofluoro-propene was highly displaced towards cis in the vapour, with both conformers approximately equally abundant in the liquid state (30 °C). For bromofluoro- propene the equilibrium was still further displaced towards the cis conformer.A striking similarity between the spectra of the two compounds was ob- served. The fundamental frequencies have been tentatively assigned and checked by force constant calculations. Dipole moments and relative stabilities of the conformers were estimated by a CNDO calculation.     

2-Quinolyl- and 1-isoquinolylnitrenes: ring expansion and ring opening in heteroarylnitrenes

Argon matrix photolysis of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoline 8 and tetrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinoline 7 causes nitrogen elimination and ring expansion to 1,3-diazabenzo[d]cyclohepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene 13. The photolysis of tetrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinoline 7 also causes ring opening to o-cyanophenylketenimine 22. Mechanisms of ring opening of heteroarylnitrenes are discussed.     

Molecular association in 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (Halothane)

Intermolecular interactions and the role of fluorine substitution have been investigated for a halogenated-ethane anesthetic. 2-Bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane, BrClCHCF₃ (Halothane), has been in situ pressure frozen in a diamond anvil cell and its structure determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 1.85(5) GPa/296 K. Crystal is triclinic, space group . In this racemic structure the enantiomorphic molecules are substitutionally disordered at the same general positions in that way that bromine and chlorine atoms occupy the same site at the 50:50 ratio. Despite the fact that only the Br and Cl atoms are disordered, the crystal packing is dominated by halogen?halogen and halogen?hydrogen interactions. This X-ray diffraction study provides structural explanation of considerably increased vapor pressure of Halothane compared to its hydrogenated analogue.     

The highly stereoselective decarboxylation of (+)-1-bromo-1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoropropanoic acid to give (+)-1-bromo-1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane [(+)-halothane] with retention of configuration

The absolute configuration of the title acid 2 has been determined to be S by X-ray crystallography. Thus, decarboxylation of 2 produces (S)-(+)-halothane with 99% retention of configuration. This behavior is compared to other stereoselective decarboxylation reactions of α-haloacids from the literature that also gave high degrees of retention of configuration when in the form of their quaternary ammonium salts, which contain one proton. The proton of the ammonium salt is necessary in order to protonate the anionic intermediate formed from decarboxylation. In the absence of this relatively acidic proton, we had previously found that using triethylene glycol (TEG) as both the solvent and proton source for the decarboxylation reaction of acid 2 caused poor stereoselectivity. This was in contrast to 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-methoxypropionic acid 6, which showed a high degree of retention of configuration in TEG. In order to rationalize this differing behavior, we report DFT studies at PCM-B3LYP/6-31++G⁷ level of theory (the results were additionally confirmed with 6-311++G⁷ and aug-cc-pVDZ basis sets). The energy barrier to inversion of configuration of the anionic reaction intermediate 11 of acid 2 is 10.23 kcal/mol. However, we find that the anionic intermediate 10 from acid 6 would rather undergo β-elimination instead of inversion of configuration. Thus the planar transition state required for inversion of configuration is never reached, regardless of the rate of proton transfer to the anion.     

Electrochemical oxidative ring opening of 1-methylcyclobutanol

The manganese(III) acetate-mediated electrooxidative ring opening of 1-methylcyclobutanol (1) in acetic acid affords pentane-2-one (2) as the major product. The reaction of 1-methylcyclobutanol with Mn(OAc)₃-LiCl gives 5-chloropentane-2-one (4.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1306–1307, May, 1996     

Vibrational spectra and ab initio analysis of tert-butyl,trimethylsilyl, trimethylgermyl,trimethylstannyl and trimethylplumbyl derivatives of 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene. XII. 1,2-Di-tert-butyl-3,3-dimethylcyclopropene

The synthesis of 1,2-di-tert-butyl-3,3-dimethylcyclopropene (I) is performed and its IR and Raman spectra are measured. Optimized geometries of I are obtained at the HF/6-31G* and CCSD/cc-pVDZ levels. The ab initio calculated spectra are used for the assignments of the experimental spectral data. The results obtained are compared with the corresponding data for 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene and 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene. These experimental data and the total vibrational analysis of I supplement the information obtained in the series of investigations of tert-butyl, trimethylsilyl, trimethylgermyl, trimethylstannyl, and trimethylplumbyl derivatives of 3,3-dimethylcyclopropene.