The effect of the structure of bonded cyanoalkyl stationary phases on their selectivity in the liquid chromatographic separation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Summary The paper discusses the effect of the length and structure of the hydrocarbon chain connecting the nitrile group to the silica gel surface on the chromatographic properties of cyanoalkyl phases.When using non-polar and polar mobile phases, the selectivity of the cyanodecyl phases toward PAHs is higher than of the cyanopropyl phase and of hydroxylated silica gel.Polar additives to the mobile phase drastically decrease the retention on silica gel and on the cyanopropyl phase while affect the properties of cyanodecyl phases only to a considerably less degree. Newly synthesized phases with different structures of the hydrocarbon chain are compared with the commerical cyano-and ODS-phases. The retention mechanism on the cyanoalkyl phases is discussed.     

Synthesis and properties of stable aromatic bis(nitrile oxides)

A number of stable bis(nitrile oxides) based on dimesitylmethane and didurylmethane and their analogs in which two aromatic rings are joined by various bridging groups were synthesized. The thermal isomerization of the bis(nitrile oxides) to diisocyanates and the relative reactivities of the bis(nitrile oxides) in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to styrene were studied.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1398–1403, June, 1991.     

Chiral covalent organic framework incorporated organic polymer monolithic capillary column for enantioseparations

A chiral covalent organic framework was synthesized, characterized, and incorporated into organic polymer monolithic capillary columns to provide chiral stationary phases for enantioseparations. The prepared monolithic capillary columns were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and elemental analysis. To obtain better enantioseparations, the columns’ preparation conditions, and enantioseparation conditions were optimized. Baseline resolutions of several chiral compounds were obtained with good reproducibility and stability. Furthermore, the mechanism of chiral recognition was investigated using molecular docking with AutoDock. Docking results showed that the enantioselectivity factor rather than resolution is correlated with the binding free energy difference between enantiomers with the chiral covalent organic framework. And abundant acetoxy and nitrile groups as well as benzene rings in the chiral covalent organic framework are responsible for the enantioseparation ability of the chiral monolithic capillary columns.     

Synthesis of a novel bicyclic scaffold inspired by the antifungal natural product sordarin

A simplified bicyclic scaffold inspired by the antifungal natural product sordarin was designed and synthesized which maintains the carboxylic acid/aldehyde (or nitrile) pharmacophore. Docking studies with the target for sordarin, the fungal protein eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2), suggested that the novel scaffolds may bind productively. A densely functionalized chiral cyclopentadiene was constructed in 8 steps and utilized in a Diels-Alder reaction with acrylonitrile. The resulting [2.2.1] cycloheptene was transformed into a scaffold possessing vicinal carboxylic acid and nitrile groups, with orientations predicted to provide high affinity for eEF2. The synthetic approach disclosed here sets the stage for a renewed medicinal chemistry campaign against eEF2.     

Synthesis of dienes with 1,1-Captodative substitution

1,1-Captodative butadienes carrying amino, thioether or methoxy groups combined with nitrile and ester substituents were synthesized via a [3,2] sigmatropic rearrangement, an alkylation-halogenation-dehydrohalogenation sequence or via the Wittig-Horner reaction.     

Compatibilization of elastomer-based blends

The reactive compatibilization of ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM)-based dissimilar elastomer blends has been investigated in terms of mechanical properties and swelling degree. The use of mercapto-functionalized copolymers resulted in an improvement of mechanical properties of natural rubber-EPDM blends. The mercapto-groups are able to react with the carbon-carbon double bonds of the high diene rubber, resulting in a good interaction between phases. These interactions were confirmed by the amount of insoluble material obtained in non-vulcanized blends. From dynamic mechanical properties and swelling degree, one can suggest a covulcanization process in these blends cured with sulfur-based system. Blends composed by nitrile rubber with EPDM displayed good results in terms of mechanical properties when mercapto-functionalized EVA was employed instead of functionalized EPDM, probably because of the higher polarity of the former associated to its lower viscosity. Additionally, an improvement on mechanical properties was also achieved by using EPDM functionalized with mercapto or anhydride groups in combination with nitrile rubber functionalized with epoxy or oxazoline groups.     

Synthesis and investigation of new organometallic polymers on the basis of polyacrylonitrile

The regularities of complex formation of PAN nitrile groups with hexacarbonyls of VIB group metals were studied. PAN metal carbonyl complexes with various degrees of complexation were synthesized. Thermal transformations of PAN metal carbonyls were investigated. It was shown that the thermal changes of PAN chromium carbonyls are anomalous, but this does not prevent from the formation of polyconjugated areas and the enchancement of conductivity.     

Photoinduced Processes of Supramolecular Nanoarrays Composed of Porphyrin and Benzo[ghi]perylenetriimide Units through Triple Hydrogen Bonds with One‐Dimensional Columnar Phases

One‐dimensional supramolecular columnar phases composed of porphyrins (electron donor: D) and benzo[ghi]perylenetriimides (electron acceptor: A) through triple hydrogen bonds have been successfully constructed to perform sequential light‐harvesting and electron‐transfer processes. A series of benzo[ghi]peryleneimide derivatives have been synthesized to examine the substituent effects such as imide and nitrile groups on the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties. Then, formation of the 1:1 supramolecular complex between zinc porphyrin and benzo[ghi]perylenetriimide derivatives through triple hydrogen bonds was confirmed by Job's plot of ¹H NMR titration. Next, the one‐dimensional supramolecular nanoarrays were successfully prepared in a mixed solvent. X‐ray diffraction (XRD) measurement suggested that these nanoarrays contained one‐dimensional columnar phases composed of stacked donor and acceptor layers. Finally, femtosecond transient absorption and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements clearly indicated that photoinduced electron transfer occurred via the singlet excited states in the supramolecular columns.     

Synthesis of γ-tetrazole analogues of l-glutamic acid and its derivatives

The γ-(5-tetrazolyl)-α-amino-l-butyric acid, an analogue of l-glutamic acid, was synthesized from methyl γ-cyano-α-benzyloxycarbonylamino-l-butyrate by transformation of the nitrile group into tetrazole nucleus by using tri-n-butyl-tin azide and removal of protecting groups. The synthesis of peptide derivatives containing γ-(5-tetrazolyl)-α-amino-l-butyryl residue is also described.     

Nitrogen-Based Linkers with a Mesitylene Core: Synthesis and Characterization

Mesitylene was used as a core in seven new tritopic nitrogen containing linkers. Three of the linkers, each containing three nitrile groups, were obtained through Suzuki, Sonogashira and Heck-type coupling reactions. Next, these were converted to tetrazol-5-yl moieties by the cycloaddition of sodium azide to the nitrile functionalities. The last linker, containing three 1,2,3-triazol-4-yl moieties, was synthesized by the Huisgen cycloaddition of phenyl azide to the corresponding alkyne. The latter was obtained via a Corey–Fuchs reaction sequence from the previously reported formyl derivative. As the proof of concept for their potential in MOF design, one of the nitriles was used to build an Ag-based network.     

Preparation and characterization of poly(isobutyl methacrylate) microbeads with grafted amidoxime groups

Poly(isobutyl methacrylate) (PiBMA) microspheres with a 800- to 1500-μm diameter range synthesized by suspension polymerization technique were used as the trunk polymer in the preparation of a highly efficient new adsorbent. Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) was grafted onto the trunk polymer by pre-irradiation grafting technique. Grafting conditions were optimized, and GMA grafted PiBMA beads were modified with iminodiacetonitrile (IDAN) in ethanol at 80 °C. The nitrile groups were then amidoximated by using 6% (m/v) hydroxylamine hydrochloride in methanol solution. The IDAN modification and the conversion of the nitrile groups to amidoxime were followed by FT-IR spectroscopy. The surface morphology and thermal behavior of the PiBMA and its modificated forms were also characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques further confirming modification and amidoximation.     

Gas-chromatographic separation of aromatic amines, nitriles and hydrocarbons-I

A mixture of mono- and di-substituted nitriles was separated on six different liquid phases, but a mixture of mono- and di-substituted anilines was separated on only two liquid phases. The forces influencing the separation and elution order of these solutes are discussed. The absence of selective interactions between aromatic hydrocarbons and the various liquid phases was proved thermodynamically. An ortho methyl substituent increases the log of the specific retention volumes of the nitrile solutes by an approximately constant amount.     

Comparative study of polyimides containing different flexible linkages

Two series of polyimides were synthesized based on different aromatic dianhydrides containing various flexible linkages and two aromatic diamines containing ether and nitrile groups. The structure of the polymers was confirmed by FTIR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The correlation between some physical properties, such as solubility, thermal stability and glass transition temperature, and conformational rigidity parameters, such as Kuhn segment, characteristic ratio and rigidity parameter p, was studied.     

Addition of Nitrile Oxides to Aryl Allyl Ethers

3,5-Disubstituted isoxazolines with an aryloxymethyl group in position 5 have been synthesized. The [2+3] cycloaddition reaction of benzonitrile oxide to a 5-chlorosalicylic acid derivative containing two allyl groups occurs to give a compound with an oxazolinylmethyl fragment both in the ester and the ether parts of the molecule. The addition of nitrile oxides to the aryl allyl ethers occurs regiospecifically to give the 5-substituted isomer.     

Total Synthesis of Hapalindole‐Type Natural Products

A unified and bioinspired oxidative cyclization strategy was used in the first total syntheses of naturally occurring 12‐epi‐hapalindole Q isonitrile, hapalonamide H, deschloro 12‐epi‐fischerindole I nitrile, and deschloro 12‐epi‐fischerindole W nitrile, as well as the structural revision of the latter. Hapalindoles H and Q were also synthesized.     

Synthesis and characterization of novel bisphthalonitrile resins linked by different molecular weight main-chain polybenzoxazines

A series of novel type bisphthalonitriles with different molecular weight main-chain polybenzoxazines as linkages have been successfully synthesized using 4, 4′-diaminodiphenyl methane, paraformaldehyde, bisphenol A and 4-nitrophthalonitrile as initial materials. The structures were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR). The formation of benzoxazine and the existence of nitrile groups were confirmed by the absorbance at 950cm^?1 of benzene attached with oxazine ring and 2231 cm^?1 of nitrile groups. The characteristic resonance peaks observed at about 4.52 (C-CH₂-N) and 5.28 ppm (N-CH₂-O) also determined the structure of benzoxazine ring. The curing behaviors were monitored by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and FT-IR. Two-stage polymerization mechanisms were observed according to the ring-opening of benzoxazine and the polymerization of nitrile groups catalyzed by phenolic hydroxyl groups, which generated during the curing reaction of benzoxazine. The polymerization of these bisphthalonitriles exhibited self-promoted curing behaviors. The completion of polymerization was proved by the disappearance of the band located at 950 cm^?1 in FT-IR. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to investigate the thermal stability, and the results showed that the cured polymers achieved extremely high char yield from 61.1% up to 74.2% at 800°C under nitrogen and exhibited increasing decomposition temperature as the contents of phthalonitrile groups increased, which indicated that the polymerization of phthalonitriles could improve the thermal stability.     

Synthesis and Reactions of a 2(5H)‐Furanone Bearing Two Furyl Substituents

A 2(5H)‐furanone bearing two furyl rings was synthesized. The behavior of this furanone toward some nitrogen nucleophiles, namely, hydrazine hydrate, benzylamine, and ammonium acetate, was studied. The nitrile group at position‐3 of the furanone was utilized to construct thiazolidine ring by the action of thioglycollic acid. The acid hydrazide synthesized from the previous step was allowed to react with some carbonyl compounds, namely, acetonylacetone, acetylacetone, ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl cinnamate, diethylmalonate, phthalic anhydride, benzil, and 4‐methoxybenzaldehyde, to form pyrrole, pyrazole, and pyrazolopyridazine ring systems bearing two furyl groups. The structures of all the products obtained were illustrated from their analytical and spectral data.     

Synthesis of 4-Arylpyridines Containing Electron-Withdrawing Groups on the Benzene Ring

4-Arylpyridines 5 that contain electron-withdrawing groups such as nitrile, methyl ester, fluoride, and trifluoromethyl on the benzene ring were synthesized in moderate yields (29-63%) by reaction of mixed copper, zinc aryl organometallics 1 with various 1-(ethoxycarbonyi)pyridinium chlorides 2 followed by o-chloranil oxidization under reflux in toluene.     

Amidoxime polymers - copper complexes

The aminolysis of nitrile groups in macroporous acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers leads to amphoteric ion exchange resins with 1.0 - 3.3 mmol/g amidoxime groups content. The starting copolymers were synthesized from the same monomer mixture, but the composition of diluents used were different. The resulting polymers with amidoxime groups have different sorption of Cu(II) ions, the highest values between 1.3 and 3.5 mmol/g at pH 5. EPR and IR spectra were used to indicate the formation of the complexes between Cu(II) ions and amidoxime polymers. On the basis of the EPR parameters structure of complexes formed at different pH and Cu(II) concentration was postulated.     

The extraction of uranium by amidoximated orlon

The nitrile groups in polyacrylonitrile (Orlontrade mark) fabric were converted to amidoxime groups to produce an amidoximated orlon fabric. The amidoximated fabric was evaluated for its ability to extract uranium from aqueous solution with a wide range of temperature and pH values. The conversion of nitrile groups to amidoxime groups was simple and relatively inexpensive. In general, the modified orlon fabric showed superior extractability of uranium at all temperatures and pH values tested when compared to untreated Orlontrade mark fabric.