X-ray diffraction and spectral study of products of reaction between 2,7-dinitro and 2,4,7-trinitrophenanthrenequinone and nitromethane

The molecular and crystalline structures of three products of the reaction between 2,7-dinitro- and 2,4,7-trinitrophenanthrenequinone with nitromethane in an HMPTA solution were studied by x-ray diffraction. Two of these products are H-bonded 1:1 solvates.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University, 117198 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1575–1584, July, 1992.     

Synthesis and physicochemical properties of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone monoxime and its nitro derivatives

Phenanthrenequinone monoxime and its mono-, di-, and trinitro derivatives were synthesized. The acidity constants and their variation with the number and position of nitro groups were determined. The electronic and IR spectra of the nitro compounds were studied. The bands in the electronic spectra were assigned based on quantum-chemical calculations in the Pariser—Parr—Pople approximation. Correlations between the pK _a values and some calculated characteristics of the compounds under study were found. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1106–1110, June, 1999.     

Reactions of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone and its nitro derivatives with acetone in the presence of Al2O3

The addition of acetone to 9,10-phenanthrenequinone and 2-nitro-, 2,7-dinitro-, and 2,4,7-trinitro-9,10-phenanthrenequinones in the presence of Al₂O₃ affords mono- and bisadducts. The crystal structures of 10-hydroxy-10-(2-oxopropyl)-2-nitro-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-9-one and 9,10:10,9-bishemiketal of 9,10-dihydroxy-2-nitro-9,10-bis(2-oxopropyl)-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene were determined.