Electrochemical Behavior of Thalidomide at a Glassy Carbon Electrode

Thalidomide is an oral drug marketed in the 1950s as a sedative and an anti‐emetic during pregnancy that was removed from the market when its teratogenic side effects appeared in new born children due to inadequate tests to assess the drug's safety. Recent studies evaluating the use of thalidomide in cancer and HIV diseases have sparked renewed interest. The electrochemical behavior of thalidomide on a glassy carbon electrode has been investigated using cyclic, differential and square‐wave voltammetry in aqueous media at different pHs. The oxidation mechanism of thalidomide is an irreversible, adsorption‐controlled process, pH dependent up to values close to the pK_a and occurs in two consecutive charge transfer reactions. A mechanism of oxidation of thalidomide involving one electron and one proton to produce a cation radical, which reacts with water and yields a final hydroxylated product is proposed. The reduction of thalidomide is also a pH dependent, irreversible process and occurs in a single step, with the same number of electrons and protons transferred. The reduction mechanism involves the protonation of the nitrogen that bridges the two cyclic groups, and the product of the protonation reaction causes irreversible dissociation. Both thalidomide and the non electroactive oxidation and reduction products are strongly adsorbed on the glassy carbon electrode surface.     

Nickel‐Catalyzed Homoallylation of Aldehydes and Ketones with 1,3‐Dienes and Complementary Promotion by Diethylzinc or Triethylborane

Regio‐ and stereoselective homoallylation of saturated aldehydes and ketones to give bishomoallyl alcohols 1,3‐anti‐ 1 is achieved with [Ni(acac)₂] (cat.) and Et₂Zn [Eq. (a)]. This new catalyst system thus complements the previously reported combination of [Ni(acac)₂] with Et₃B, which offers advantages in the homoallylation of unsaturated and aromatic aldehydes. acac=acetylacetonato.     

天然铜－锌超氧化物歧化酶的电化学行为的研究

天然铜－锌超氧化物歧化酶的电化学行为的研究韩吉林，陈洪渊，钱雯，金生浩（南京大学化学系，南京，２１００９３）（南京医科大学）关键词铜－锌超氧化物歧化酶，极谱法，伏安法超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）是一种广泛存在于生物体内的金属酶，它能够催化超氧阴离子自由基...     

Direct Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones with 2,4-Ionene-Based Borohydride Exchange Resin as a Novel Polymer-Supported Reducing Agent

Direct reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones were accomplished efficiently using high-capacity, ionene-based, polymer-supported borohydride reagent in isopropyl alcohol at reflux under neutral conditions. The reagent is easily prepared by mixing aqueous solution of 2,4-ionene bromide with an alkaline solution of sodium borohydride at room temperature. The generality of reaction was established using both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes, ketones, and amines.     

Solvent-Free Crossed Aldol Condensation of Ketones with Aromatic Aldehydes Mediated by Magnesium Hydrogensulfate

Summary.  Crossed aldol condensations of ketones with aromatic aldehydes are carried out efficiently in the presence of magnesium hydrogensulfate under solvent-free conditions in good to excellent yield without the occurrence of any self-condensation. Similar reactions in solution do not proceed satisfactorily. Corresponding authors. E-mail: p-salehi@cc.sbu.ac.ir Received September 20, 2001. Accepted (revised) January 16, 2002     

Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones to Their Corresponding Amines with NaBH<Subscript>4</Subscript> in Micellar Media

Summary. A variety of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones were efficiently reduced to their corresponding amines when treated with primary and secondary amines and NaBH₄ in micellar media at room temperature under neutral conditions.     

Zinc Chloride Anhydrous as New and Effective Catalyst for Conversion of Ketones and Aldehydes to Corresponding Gem‐dihydroperoxides

Zinc chloride anhydrous has been used as an efficient and new catalyst for conversion of ketones and aldehydes to corresponding gem‐dihydroperoxides by aqueous hydrogen peroxide (30%) in room temperature with excellent yields and notable reaction times.     

Determination of Aldehydes and Ketones in Fuel Ethanol by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection

A new methodology was developed for analysis of aldehydes and ketones in fuel ethanol by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to electrochemical detection. The electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, 2-furfuraldehyde, butyraldehyde, acetone and methyl ethyl ketone derivatized with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) at glassy carbon electrode present a well defined wave at +0.94 V; +0.99 V; +1.29 V; +1.15 V and +1.18 V, respectively which are the basis for its determination on electrochemical detector. The carbonyl compounds derivatized were separated by a reverse-phase column under isocratic conditions with a mobile phase containing a binary mixture of methanol / LiClO_4(aq) at a concentration of 1.0 × 10⁻³ mol L⁻¹ (80:20 v/v) and a flow-rate of 1.1mL min⁻¹ . The optimum potential for the electrochemical detection of aldehydes-DNPH and ketones-DNPH was +1.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The analytical curve of aldehydes-DNPH and ketones-DNPH presented linearity over the range 5.0 to 400.0 ng mL⁻¹, with detection limits of 1.7 to 2.0 ng mL⁻¹ and quantification limits from 5.0 to 6.2 ng mL⁻¹, using injection volume of 20 μL. The proposed methodology was simple, low time-consuming (15 min/analysis) and presented analytical recovery higher than 95%.     

磺胺二甲嘧啶的极谱伏安行为

本文考察了磺胺二甲嘧啶在多种底液中的极谱伏安行为，发现其在ＢｒｉｔｏｎＲｏｂｉｎｓｏｎ（ＢＲ）缓冲溶液（ｐＨ２．２）中产生一个良好的还原峰，峰电位为－０．８５Ｖ（ｖｓ．ＳＣＥ），峰电流与磺胺二甲嘧啶浓度在１×１０－７３×１０－４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ范围内呈良好的线性关系，检出限为９×１０－８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ，大多数金属离子和无机阴离子不干扰测定，可望用于定量测定用多种电化学方法研究了该还原峰电流的性质，结果表明，它是具有吸附性质的不可逆还原峰     

A Green Procedure for the Oxidation of Benzyl Halides to Aromatic Aldehydes or Ketones in Aqueous Media

Green oxidation of benzyl halides to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones was achieved in aqueous media using trimethylamine N-oxide generated in situ from trimethylamine and H₂O₂. The yield of the reaction was excellent and the workup was simple.     

Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones in a Heterogeneous System in THF and under Solvent-Free Conditions Using Sodium Borohydride-Silica Phosphoric Acid

Summary. A chemoselective, fast, efficient, and high yielding method for the preparation of amines by reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones using sodium borohydride in the presence of silica phosphoric acid in THF and under solvent-free conditions at room temperature is described.     

Electrochemical Redox Behavior of Omeprazole Using a Glassy Carbon Electrode

The electrochemical redox behavior of omeprazole (OMZ), a gastric acid pump inhibitor, was investigated at a glassy carbon electrode using cyclic, differential pulse and square‐wave voltammetry over a wide pH range. The pH‐dependent oxidation occurs in two irreversible consecutive charge transfer reactions. Adsorption of the nonelectroactive product was also observed. The first oxidation involves removal of one electron, followed by deprotonation and leads to the formation of a hydroxylated species. The second oxidation process is related to the hydroxyl and amino groups in the benzimidazole moiety. The reduction is irreversible, also pH‐dependent, and occurs in a single step at the sulfoxide group in a diffusion‐controlled mechanism. The diffusion coefficient of omeprazole was calculated to be D_OMZ=2.31×10^?6 cm² s^?1.     

高效液相色谱三元梯度分离法测定大气中11种醛酮类化合物的研究

研究选择了以２,４－二硝基苯肼衍生化三元梯度洗脱的高效液相色谱测定大气中１１种醛酮类化合物的最佳色谱分离条件,醛酮类化合物的检出限０．４５到２．０４ｎｇ,各化合物保留时间和相对标准偏差ｓ,≤０．３８％在所测定的含量范围内具有很好的线性关系,每种化合物的相关系数均大于０．９９９;研究了涂敷２,４－二硝基苯肼硅胶吸附采样夹的制作方法,并应用于大气环境中醛酮类化合物的分析。方法简单、快速,１１种醛酮类化     

Oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones using selenium ionic liquid

A new type of ionic liquid supported selenium reagents were synthesized and found to be an excellent catalyst in the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones in the presence of 30%H₂O₂.The predictable solubility of ionic liquids allows an easy separation of the oxidation products from the reaction mixture.Furthermore,the oxidation reaction can be carried out using an ionic liquid as the solvent,and the ionic liquid-supported selenium reagents can be recycled and used for four times with a little decrease in catalytic performance.     

Electrochemical Behavior of Some Thiotriazoles in Aqueous‐Alcoholic Media at GCE

An electrochemical study related to the electrooxidation of 4‐amino‐3‐thio‐5‐methyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (I), 4‐amino‐3‐thio‐5‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (II) and 3‐thio‐5‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (III), in 10% v/v methanol‐acetate buffer pH 4.6 has been performed. A variety of electrochemical techniques such as differential pulse voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, double‐potential step chronoamperometry, rotating‐disk electrode voltammetry and coulometry, were employed to clarify that the mechanism of the electrode process follows the oxidation of thiol compounds. All the compounds exhibit similar redox behavior under the given conditions. They display one irreversible oxidation peak, which is diffusion controlled. From the plot of current function in cyclic voltammetry and the ratio of i_c/i_a less than one in double‐potential step chronoamperometry, it was established that these compounds undergo an one electron oxidation followed by a dimerization process involving the formation of disulfide derivative (EC mechanism). The pK_a values were obtained by the dependence of limiting current and potential with in the wide pH interval. The transfer coefficients, the diffusion coefficients and rate constant of coupled chemical reaction were also reported. The substituent effects were also investigated.     

偶氮染料在酸性介质中的电还原性质

研究了4个偶氮染料在酸性介质中的电还原性质。偶氮基在酸性介质中的还原均为不可逆四电子一步全还原。邻、对位上有吸电子基(如—CO_2Bu-n)的偶氮基较间位有吸电子基时更易被还原。分子中同时含有偶氮基和硝基时,偶氮基先被还原。     

Coupling of Solvolysis and C?C Linkage: A Promising Synthetic Route to Functionalized Carboxylic Acids,Aldehydes, and Ketones

Numerous additions of carbocations to chloroolefins or acetylenes can be coupled with a solvolysis step when performed in a suitable acid; the products are variously substituted carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and ketones. Factors determining the success of these syntheses are the stability of the intermediate carbocations and suppression of the competing addition of protons to the unsaturated reaction component. Under the conditions of the Tscherniac-Einhorn reaction, amidomethylation of chloroolefins and acetylenes, i.e. the introduction of acylaminomethyl groups, is shown not to involve a trigonal α-chloro carbocation or a linear vinyl cation, but instead to proceed via a cyclic oxazinium ion intermediate.     

Synthesis and catalytic activity of a fluorous-tagged TEMPO radical

A fluorous-tagged TEMPO radical has been prepared and its catalytic activity in the chemoselective oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds has been investigated. The new fluorous radical proved to be an efficient, selective and easily recoverable catalyst, which can be conveniently used in standard organic solvents and then isolated and recycled by fluorous liquid-liquid extraction.     

1,3-Bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride in combination with triethylamine: an improved catalytic system for hydroacylation/reduction of activated ketones

A rapid, economic, and high yielding methodology has been developed for hydroacylation/reduction of activated ketones by using 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride as a catalyst in combination with triethylamine. The reaction proceeded at an ambient temperature via generating N-heterocyclic carbene in situ that interacted with the (hetero)aryl aldehyde employed. While the reduction of ketones takes place in MeOH, the hydroacylation process was found to be effective in THF for both electron rich and deficient aldehydes.     

Aerobic oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds mediated by poly(ethylene glycol)-supported TEMPO radicals

Two poly(ethylene glycol)-supported TEMPO (PEG-TEMPO) has been successfully applied as soluble, recyclable catalysts in the chemoselective oxidation of primary and benzylic alcohols with molecular oxygen in the presence of Co(NO₃)₂ and Mn(NO₃)₂ as co-catalysts (Minisci's conditions). Under those conditions, secondary alcohols are also oxidized to ketones, although usually in lower yields. The insertion of a spacer between the PEG moiety and TEMPO has beneficial effects on both the activity and ease of recovery of the supported catalyst.