The Photorearrangements of a Naphthobarrelene-like System. Dependence on excited-state spin multiplicity and electronic configuration,and evidence for biradical intermediates. Preliminary communication

8-Benzoyl-9-deuterio-naphtho [de-2.3.4]bicyclo [3.2.2]nona-2,6,8-triene ( 1 ) rearranged quantitatively in a photochemical di-π-methane-type process to 2-, 6-, and 9-deuteriated 1-benzoyl-naphtho [de-2.3.4]tricyclo [4.3.0.0^2,9]nona-2, 6-diene ( 8a–c ). The phenylhydroxymethyl analogue 2 underwent a similar regioselective rearrangement to 9a–c . The rearrangement 1 → 8a–c is proposed to proceed along three reaction paths evolving from two primary photochemical processes of naphthylvinyl and vinyl-vinyl bonding ( 1 → 3 + 6 ). Evidence for a competition between several paths and involvement of biradical intermediates derives from changes in the isotopomeric composition with temperature, and from laser flash detection (λ_exc 353 nm) of a transient. The dependence of the quantum yield for product formation from 1 on excitation wavelength and sensitizer triplet energy leads to the conclusion that reaction to the primary biradicals occurs directly from the S₁ (n, π*) and T₂ (n, π* ) states, and that reaction from T₁ (π, π*) and from S₂ (π, π*) proceed either directly or via T₂.     

Chemical HF laser emission from the CHF + O2 reaction

HF laser emission was observed in the flash photolysis (λ ? 165 nm) of mixtures of O₂ and CHFCl₂. A total of 15 transitions ranging from Δυ = 3 → 2 to 1 → o were identified. The laser intensity was found to increase linearly with flash energy. The effects of temperature, reactant concentration and buffer gas pressure have been examined. The stimulated emission is concluded to result primary from the following reactions:

No CO₂ laser emission was detected. A simple gain calculation revealed that only a small fraction of reaction energy (E_int ≈ 180 kcal/mole) was channeled into the HF product. Since the addition of D₂ generated weak DF laser emission (Δυ = 3 → 2 to 1 → o) at only a minor expense (< 10%) to the HF emission, F atoms are believed to be formed as one of the minor decomposition products of FCOOH.     

Photochemistry of Isothiocoumarin (= 1H-[2]benzothiopyran-1-one)

Irradiation (λ = 350 nm) of 1H-[2]benzothiopyran-1-one ( 2 ) in the solid state affords selectively and in good yield 6aα, 6bα, 12bα, 12cα -tetrahydrocyclobuta[1, 2-c:4, 3-c′]bis([2]benzothiopyran)-5, 8-dione ( 3 ), the head-to-head (HH) cis-cisoid-cis-cyclodimer of 2 , X-Ray analysis of 2 confirms that this reaction proceeds according to the well-established topochemical principles. The same dimer 3 is obtained in low yields on irradiation of 10⁻¹ M solutions of 2 in either MeOH or MeCN, while no conversion at all is observed in benzene. On irradiation of 2 in MeCN in the presence of tetrachloroethene, the [2 + 2] photocycloadduct 4 is formed in good yield, the conversion 2 → 4 being efficiently quenched by naphthalene. In contrast, no reaction is observed -on irradiation of 2 in the presence of 2, 3-dimethylbut-2-ene, neither in polar nor in apolar solvents.     

The ion kinetic energy and mass spectra of isomeric methyl indoles

The mass spectra of the seven isomeric methylindoles were recorded and the [metastable ion]/[daughter ion] ratios for the reactions m/e 130 → m/e 103 and m/e 103 → m/e 77 have been obtained. The ratios indicate that the decomposing [M — 1] ions (m/e 130) from the 4, 5, 6 and 7 isomers are energetically similar as are the [M — 1] ions from the 2 and 3 isomers. The results observed for the m/e → 103 m/e 77 reaction showed that the decomposing m/e 103 ions from the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 isomers all have the same energy distribution. N-Methylindole gave ratios which were similar to the 4 to 7 isomers at 70eV but different at 20 eV. The ion kinetic energy (IKE) spectra of all the isomeric methylindoles were also obtained and the results compared with the data obtained from the [metastable ion]/[daughter ion] approach. The results from the IKE spectra indicated that the energy distributions of the [M — 1] and [(M — 1) — HCN] ions from 1-methylindole and the [(M — 1) — HCN] ions from 2-methylindole could readily be distinguished from other isomers whose [metastable ion]/[daughter ion] ratios were similar. Thus by using both techniques certain ambiguities can be resolved.     

Photochemische Reaktionen. 52. Mitteilung [1]. Zur Photochemie von α,β-ungesättigten cyclischen Ketonen: Spezifische Reaktionen der n,π*- und π,π*-Triplettzustände von O-Acetyl-testosteron und 10-Methyl-Δ1,9-octalon-(2)

The photochemistry of the conjugated cyclohexenones O-acetyl testosterone ( 1 ) and 10-methyl-Δ^1,9-octalone-(2) ( 24 ) has been investigated in detail. The choice of reaction paths of both ketones depends strongly on the solvent used. In t-butanol, a photostationary equilibrium 1 ? 3 is reached which is depleted solely by the parallel rearrangement 1 → 5 (Chart 1; for earlier results on these reactions see [2a] [6] [7]). In benzene, double bond shift 1 → 16 (Chart 3) occurs instead, which is due to hydrogen abstraction from a ground-state ketone by the oxygen of an excited ketone as the primary photochemical process. In toluene, the major reaction is solvent incorporation ( 1 → 17 , Chart 4) through hydrogen addition to the β-carbon of the enone, accompanied by double bond shift and formation of saturated dihydroketone as the minor reactions. Contrary in part to an earlier report [19], the photochemical transformation of the bicyclic enoné 24 exhibit a similar solvent dependence. The corresponding products 25 – 29 are summarized in Chart 5 and Table 1. Sensitization and quenching experiments established the triplet nature of the above reactions of 1 and 24 . Based on STERN -VOLMER analyses of the quenching data (cf. Figures 2, 4–8, and Table 3), rearrangement, double bond reduction and toluene addition are attributed to one triplet state of the enones which is assigned tentatively as ³(π, π*) state, and the double bond shift is attributed to another triplet assigned as ³(n, π*) state (cf. Figure 9). The stereospecific rearrangement of the 1α-deuterated ketone 2 to the 4β-deuterio isomer 4 shows the reaction to proceed with retention at C-1 and inversion at C-10. The 4-substituted testosterone derivatives 33 – 36 (Chart 8) were found to be much less reactive in general than 1 . In particular, 4-methyl ketone 33 remains essentially unchanged on irradiation in t-butanol, benzene and toluene.     

Photochemische Reaktionen. 106. Mitteilung. Zur Photochemie tetraalkylsubstituierter γ-Keto-olefine

The Photochemistry of Tetraalkyl Substituted γ-Keto-olefines The photochemistry of 7,8-dihydro-β-ionone ( 1 ) in solution is shown to depend on temperature, polarity and viscosity of the solvent. UV. irradiation (λ ≥ 245 nm) in pentane at +25° converts 1 to the isomeric ethers 3 (16%), 5A (48%) and 5B (22%), whereas at ?65° 7,8-dihydro-γ-ionone ( 26 ) is obtained in 12% yield together with 13% of 3 , 12% of 5A and 9% of 5B . The ¹n,π*-excitation of 1 in acetonitrile gives similar results. In the more viscous 1,2,3-triacetoxypropane the photoisomerization 1 → 26 takes place even at + 60° (10% yield, cf. 40% at ?15°). In alcoholic solvents, however, no formation of 26 is detected, but the hitherto unknown [2+2]-photocycloaddition 1 → 11 can be observed (4% at ?7°, 15% at ?65S° in 2-propanol). An intermediate e may be involved (Scheme 14). In addition to the photoreactions 1 → 3, 5A, 5B and 11 the isomerization of 1 to the novel spirocyclic ketone 28 takes place in alcoholic solvents only. Photoisomerization 1 → 3 is presumably a photo-ene process involving a stereoselective intramolecular H-transfer. This type of photoisomerization is restricted to cyclic γ-keto-olefines. The tetraalkylated acyclic γ-keto-olefines 14 and 15 photoisomerize exclusively by [2+2]-cycloaddition, independent of the solvent. On ¹n,π*-excitation the δ,?-unsaturated bicyclic ketone 44 undergoes Norrish-Type-II photofragmentation to the diene 45 or isomerizes to the γ, ?-unsaturated ketone 17 . Competition between these two reactions is strongly temperature dependent: photolysis in pentane at ?72° yields quantitatively 45 , whereas at + 35° only 30% of 45 and 68% of 17 are obtained. UV. irradiation of the novel spirocyclic ketone 28 gives as primary photoproduct the isomeric aldehyde 29 , and in a secondary photoreaction the isomeric oxetanes 30A and 30B . Experiments with deuteriated substrates show that the isomerization of type 28 → 29 is stereocontrolled.     

Photoexcitation and photodissociation lasers. III. mechanisms of CO laser emission from the vacuum UV photodissociation of CH2COO2 and CH2COSO2 mixtures

CO laser emission was detected in the vacuum UV flash photolysis of CH₂CO. The emission is attributed to the initial photodissociation reaction

Addition of O₂ to the CH₂CO system caused a pronounced enhancement in the laser intensity. This effect is believed to be due to the removal of the CH₂ + CH₂CO reaction, which produces uninverted CO molecules. A greater laser output was obtained when SO₂ was used instead of O₂. In the O₂-added system, a total of 16 transitions ranging from Δv(8→7) to (4→3) were identified. Addition of SO₂ increased the total number of lines to 34, lasing in the range between (11→10) and (4→3). This enhancement is ascribed to the occurrence of the reaction

In addition to these chemical effects, the effects of flash energy, inert gases and total pressures have been investigated.     

Z-discrimination avoidance in mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectral studies performed on an unmodified ZAB-E mass spectrometer

A method is introduced by which mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra free from Z-discrimination can be obtained for both collisionally activated (CA) and metastable decomposition reactions. The method, performed on a ZAB-E instrument fitted with a collision cell, but applicable also to the ZAB-2F, involves summation of the ‘height resolved’ contributions (formed by beam collimation in the Z-axis and selected by electrostatic deflection of the incident beam) using the signal averaging facility normally available. Representative results (at 8 or 10 keV energy) are given for the CA (Ar target) reactions [CS₂]²⁺ → [CS]⁺; [CS₂]⁺ → S⁺ and [CH₃OH]⁺ → [m/z = 12–31]⁺, and for the metastable reaction [m/z 45]⁺ → [m/z 29]⁺ in ethanol.     

Zum Mechanismus der sequentiellen Radikal-Cyclisierung von (Bromomethyl)silyl-ethern terpenoider Alkohole

On the Mechanism of Sequential Radical Cyclization of (Bromomethyl)silyl Ethers of Terpernoid Alcohols The cyclic products of the Bu₃SnH-promoted radical reaction of (E)-1-[(bromomethyl)dimethylsilyloxy]-2-methylhept-2-ene ( 6 ) consists to 98% of a 1:2 mixture of (±)-(4RS,5RS)- and (±)-(4-RS,5SR)-4-butyl-2,2,5-trimethyl-1-oxa-2-silacyclohexane ( 8a and 8b , respectively). It is, therefore, concluded that the 6-‘endo’→5-‘exo’ tandem cyclization of the 5-mehtyl-3-oxa-2-siladeca-5,9-dien-l-yl radical (reaction 1 → 2 ) is not necessarily a concerted process, but may be explained as a sequence of individual steps via free-radical intermediates.     

Quantum dynamics of vibration–vibration energy transfer for vibrationally excited HF colliding with H2

The rate constants for H₂–HF energy transfer processes, especially for those in vibrationally excited states, are very demanding in astrophysics and chemical laser engineering, especially for those in vibrationally excited states. Based on our recent potential energy surface, we used the coupled-states approximation including the nearest neighboring Coriolis couplings with energy-based local basis set to perform dynamics calculation for the H₂–HF energy transfer system. Rate constants for vibrational transitions (1; 3) → (0; 4), (1; 3) → (2; 2), and (0; 3) → (1; 2) were obtained. For state-to-state rate constants, transitions that have no internal angular momentum gap dominate at high temperatures. The vibrational-resolved rate constant for (1; 3) → (0; 4) initially decreases and then increases with the temperature, while those for (1; 3) → (2; 2), and (0; 3) → (1; 2) transitions monotonically increase. The calculated rate constants are in good agreement with the available experimental results. These dynamical data can be further applied to the numerical simulation of hydrogen fluoride chemical laser. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Study of the HNO + HNO and HNO + NO reactions by intracavity laser spectroscopy

Flash photolysis of CH₃CHO and H₂CO in the presence of NO has been investigated by the intracavity laser spectroscopy technique. The decay of HNO formed by the reaction HCO + NO → HNO + CO was studied at NO pressures of 6.8–380 torr. At low NO pressure HNO was found to decay by the reaction HNO + HNO → N₂O + H₂O. The rate constant of this reaction was determined to be k₁ = (1.5 ± 0.8) × 10^?15 cm³/s. At high NO pressure the reaction HNO + NO → products was more important, and its rate constant was measured to be k₂ = (5 ± 1.5) × 10^?19 cm³/s. NO₂ was detected as one of the products of this reaction. Alternative mechanisms for this reaction are discussed.     

Conformational Analysis of C-Disaccharides using Molecular Mechanics Calculations

ABSTRACT

Relaxed-residue energy maps based on the MM3 force field were computed for the methyl glycosides of eight C-linked D-glucosyl disaccharides: the two-bond axial-equatorial linked disaccharides β-kojibioside [(1→2)α–], β-nigeroside [(1→3)α–] and β-maltose [(1→4)α–], the two-bond equatorial-equatorial linked disaccharides β-sophoroside [(1→2)β–], β–laminarabioside [(1→3)β-], β–cellobioside [(1→4)β–] and the three-bond-linked (1→6) disacharides C-isomaltoside and C-gentiobioside. Optimized structures were calculated on a 20° grid spacing of the torsional angles about the C-glycosidic bonds and the final isoenergy surfaces were based on 11664 conformations, for the two-bond-linked disaccharides and 69984 conformations for the three-bond-linked disaccharides. Boltzmann-weighted ³J coupling constants were calculated and compared to the experimental values. They are satisfactory except for maltose where hydrogen bonds cause an over-estimation of the energy differences between the conformers. The energy maps are similar to maps of the corresponding O-disaccharides, but there are differences in the locations and the relative energies of the minima. The preferred conformations of the C-glycosidic bonds are as if they were conforming to the exo-anomeric effect but are closer to staggered conformations than shown by the MM3 results for the O-linkages.     

Photochemische Reaktionen. 65.(vorläufige) Mitteilung. Spezifisch π → π*-induzierte Photoisomerisierungen von 10-Dimethoxymethyl-Δ1,9-octal-2-on. Ein photochemischer Zugang zu [4.4.3]-12-Oxapropellan-Derivaten

Selective n → π* excitation of the α,β-unsaturated enone 1 in hydrocarbon solvents resulted in a deconjugation reaction to 3 , reminiscent of results previously reported for similar systems [2], whereas the photoreactivity of 1 in alcohol solvents at wavelengths >3400 Å was so small that only product 4 has been identified as yet. Excitation of the π → π* transition of compound 1 at 2537 Å initiated additional phototransformations which could not be effected by irradiation in the first absorption band. The [4.4.3]-12-oxapropellane derivative 2 was identified as one of the two new major photo-isomers. A 6:8 mixture of products 2 and 3 , plus about 1 part of an isomer of still unknown structure (see however, the Addendum), were readily formed in hydrocarbon solvents, and a 1:10 ratio of 2 and the unknown product was obtained in methanol. Abstraction of a methoxyl hydrogen by the ketone oxygen is proposed to account for the primary photochemical step in the cyclization to 2 . A hydrogen-deuterium isotope effect of 2.7 was observed in a competitive experiment using 1 and 1-d _6. 34% of one deuterium atom were exchanged for hydrogen when 1-d ₆ was photolyzed to 2-d ₆ in t-butyl alcohol, which suggests an intermediate of type a in the pathway 1 → 2 possessing a readily exchangeable proton. Steric considerations would require a strongly distorted, non-planar excited-state geometry of the enone group of 1 for the oxygen to approach a methoxyl hydrogen. The transformation 1 → 2 represents a novel reaction type in photochemical processes of conjugated enones which are specifically induced by π → π* excitation only.     

Specifically (π → π*)-Induced Cyclohexenone Reactions 6-Benzylbicyclo [4.4.0]dec-1-en-3-ones

6-Benzylbicyclo [4.4.0]dec-1-en-3-one ( 9 ) and the 2-methyl homologue ( 10 ) underwent a (γ → α )-1, 3-benzyl shift to the β,γ-unsaturated ketones 21 and 22 , respectively, when excited in the π π* absorption band. The quantum yield was ca. 0.1 at 254 nm for the formation of both products in alkane solvents. These reactions occur specifically from the S₂(π, π*) state in competition with its decay to the S₁(n, π*) and T states. The triplet reaction of 9 , initiated by n → π* irradiation and by sensitization, was a double-bond shift to 20 , whereas no identifiable product was observed from 10 under these conditions. Direct and acetone-sensitized irradiations of 21 and 22 resulted in oxadi-π-methane rearrangements to mixtures of syn- and anti- 30 and syn- and anti- 31 , respectively.     

IR Photolysis of Liquid Hexamethyldisiloxane by Pulse CO2Laser Radiation

The IR photolysis of liquid hexamethyldisiloxane [(CH₃)₃Si]₂O by pulse CO₂laser radiation was studied. The experiments were performed both with and without a graphite powder as a sensitizer. The presence of the graphite sensitizer increases the efficiency of dissociation. To provide the highest penetration of the laser emission into a medium, the irradiation of samples were carried out with tuning far from the maximum of the Si–O bond absorption band (1055 cm^–1) using the 10P16 line (_las= 947.78 cm^–1). This tuning makes it possible to separate the process of IR multiphoton dissociation of the vapor over the liquid phase and to carry out the reaction in the liquid at a low (1 J/cm²) energy fluence of laser radiation. The IR spectra of irradiated liquid samples indicate the formation of linear and cyclic polystructures.     

Generation of shaped pulses for IR — laser chemistry

10 μm laser pulses with different temporal shape and a duration between 2 and 80 ns were produced in a TEA-CO₂ laser by the technique of a saturable absorber in an intracavity cell. At low absorber gas pressures (≤ 400 Pa) single longitudinal mode operation of the laser was obtained at a great number of CO₂ laser lines with 9 different selective absorbers. Stable mode locked operation has been achieved over the entire range of the CO₂ laser leading to pulses of 2 ns duration. Single peaks of the mode locked pulse train were sliced out by a fast CdTe electro-optical switch and amplified in a second CO₂ laser up to an energy of 2 J corresponding to an intensity of 1 GW. The spectral properties of the useful absorbers are presented systematically. As an application we show some quantitative results on the nonlinear intensity dependence of the IR-laser chemical reaction CF3B→^nhvCF₃ + Br in the transition range from case C to case B.     

Preparation and characterization of nickel(II), copper(II) and palladium(II) complexes with 5,14-dihydro-7,16-diethyl-dipyrazo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine

A novel macrocycle, 5,14-dihydro-7,16-diethyldipyrazo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine, has been synthesized from 1,2-diaminopyrazine and 2-ethyl-3-ethoxyacrolein. The absorption bands appearing in the energy range greater than 20000 cm^?1 were attributable to the π → π transitions. The bands in the range of the 20100–23300 cm^?1 show more bathochromic shift and greater intensity than those observed for corresponding 5,14-dihydro-7,16-diethyldibenzo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine and/or 5,14-dihydro-7,16-diethyl-(Z)-dipyrido[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine. The nickel(II), copper(II) and palladium(II) complexes of 5,14-dihydro-7,16-diethyldipyrazo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecine have been synthesized using a metal template reaction. In ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectra, the signals of annulene skeleton for metal-free ligand and its complexes were found to observe in the lower field than those of the dibenzoanalogue.     

Enhancement of the bimolecular reaction of hydrogen iodide by vibrational excitation

The bimolecular reaction of HI in CO₂, which was excited vibrationally by irradiation of a continuous-wave CO₂ laser light, was investigated in the temperature range of 721–980 K. An enhancement of the reaction rate by a factor of about 2.5 was observed in the 1:1 HI? CO₂ mixture in comparison with the rate in pure HI when both sample gases were irradiated by a CO₂ laser (50 W) at 1 torr. However, in the HI-SF₆ mixtures the decomposition rate of HI was not accelerated by irradiation of the CO₂ laser. Thus the enhancement is attributed to vibrational excitation of HI through collisional energy transfers from laser-excited CO₂ (00°1). At lower total pressures or at lower partial pressures of HI in HI-CO₂ mixtures the enhancement was more significant because of inefficient vibrational deactivation of excited HI. A model calculation gave the result in agreement with the experimental one if the effective activation energy is assumed as E_a? = E_a - αE_vib, where E_a is the activation energy for the thermal reaction, E_vib is the vibrational energy of two colliding HI molecules, and α is estimated to be about 0.7. This means that a part of the vibrational energy of reacting HI is employed to reduce the activation energy for the translational or rotational degree of freedom.     

The mechanism and kinetics of energy transfer processes in Xe–CCl4–M (M=CO,CO2) mixtures irradiated by xenon resonance light

The mechanism and kinetics of energy transfer from the Xe(6s[3/2]₁) resonance state to CO and CO₂ molecules have been investigated by XeCl(B–X) (λ_max=308 nm) fluorescence intensity measurements at stationary conditions in Xe–CCl₄–M systems. Steady-state analysis of the fluorescence intensity dependence on the xenon and M pressure at constant CCl₄ concentration shows that these processes occur in two- and three-body reactions: Xe(6s[3/2]₁⁰)+M→products; Xe(6s[3/2]₁⁰)+M+Xe→products. The two-body rate constants for above reactions have been found to be (0.7±0.2)×10⁻¹⁰ and (4.9±0.4)×10⁻¹⁰ cm³ s⁻¹ for CO and CO₂, respectively. The three-body rate constants have been found to be (3±1)×10⁻²⁹ and (2.4±0.3)×10⁻²⁸ cm⁶ s⁻¹ for CO and CO₂, respectively. It has been shown that the third order reaction is a very effective channel of xenon excited atoms decay at high xenon pressures (P(Xe)>50 Torr).     

Zum Mechanismus der Photochemie des Benzfurazans

Mechanistic studies on the photochemical reactions of benzfurazan . From other works it is known that irradiation of benzfurazan ( 1 ) in methanol gives the carbaminacid-ester 4 , whereas in benzene the azepinederivative 3 is obtained (Scheme 1). The compounds 5–8 (Scheme 2) have been proposed as intermediates. In our investigations we detected and characterized by means of UV.- and IR.-spectroscopy the two species 5 and 8 . Irradiation of 1 with 350 nm light at room temperature in a strongly polar solvent (e.g. H₂O) yields exclusively 5 (Fig. 1) with a quantum yield of 0.48. In non polar solvents (e.g. hexane) 5 isomerizes in a second photochemical step to 8 (quantum yield 0.43) (Fig. 3). Thermally, 5 can be converted back to 1 . The rate constant for this reaction at room temperature is 2 · 10^–5s^–1. The transformation 5 → 8 was also investigated at low temperature. There was no direct evidence for any intermediates of the type oxazirene ( 6 ) or nitrene ( 7 ). However, the formation of azepine 3 upon irradiation of 5 in benzene suggests as intermediate the nitrene 7 which could be converted into 8 in a fast thermal reaction (Scheme 3).