Halogenation of Some Alkyl-Substituted 4-Aroyloxyimino- and 4-Arylsulfonyloxyimino-2,5-cyclohexadienones

The chlorination and bromination of 2,3-dimethyl-, 3-methyl-6-isopropyl-, and 2,6-diisopropyl-4-aroyl(or arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-2,5-cyclohexadienones follow the proposed rules of halogenation of 4-aroyl(or arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-2,5-cyclohexadienones: the reaction occurs preferentially at the cis-CÍC bond of the quinoid ring; simultaneous halogenation at both double bonds is not observed; halogen adds mainly across unsubstituted CÍC bond; no halogenation occurs at the double bond already substituted by a halogen; bromination of the CÍC bond with an alkyl substituent is more difficult than chlorination; the second halogen molecule adds only after regioselective dehydrohalogenation.     

The hydrolysis of 4-acyloxy-4-substituted-2,5-cyclohexadienones: limitations of aryloxenium ion chemistry

The title compounds serve as potential precursors to aryloxenium ions, often proposed, but primarily uncharacterized intermediates in phenol oxidations. The uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed decomposition of 4-acetoxy-4-phenyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone, 2a, generates the quinol, 3a. (18)O-Labeling studies performed in (18)O-H(2)O, and monitored by LC/MS and (13)C NMR spectroscopy that can detect (18)O-induced chemical shifts on (13)C resonances, show that 3a was generated in both the uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed reactions by C(alkyl)-O bond cleavage consistent with formation of an aryloxenium ion. Trapping with N(3)(-) and Br(-) confirms that both uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed decompositions occur by rate-limiting ionization to form the 4-biphenylyloxenium ion, 1a. This ion has a shorter lifetime in H(2)O than the corresponding nitrenium ion, 7a (12 ns for 1a, 300 ns for 7a at 30 degrees C). Similar analyses of the product, 3b, of acid- and base-catalyzed decomposition of 4-acetoxy-4-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone, 2b, in (18)O-H(2)O show that these reactions are ester hydrolyses that proceed by C(acyl)-O bond cleavage processes not involving the p-tolyloxenium ion, 1b. Uncatalyzed decomposition of the more reactive 4-dichloroacetoxy-4-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone, 2b', is also an ester hydrolysis, but 2b' undergoes a kinetically second-order reaction with N(3)(-) that generates an oxenium ion-like substitution product by an apparent S(N)2'mechanism. Estimates based on the lifetimes of 1a, 7a, and the p-tolylnitrenium ion, 7b, and the calculated relative stabilities of these ions toward hydration indicate that the aqueous solution lifetime of 1b is ca. 3-5 ps. Simple 4-alkyl substituted aryloxenium ions are apparently not stable enough in aqueous solution to be competitively trapped by nonsolvent nucleophiles.     

Decay kinetics of aryloxy and semiquinone radicals in the presence of copper ions

The decay kinetics of aryloxy and semiquinone radicals in the presence of copper ions in aqueous solutions has been studied by means of the flash photolysis technique. The radicals are involved in electron transfer reactions and those leading to the formation of intermediate complexes with copper ions. The complexes of p-benzosemiquinone anion radicals and 2-hydroxyphenoxy radicals with cupric ions decay in bimolecular self-reactions at a much slower rate than the original radicals. The increased stability of the complexes compared with the initial radicals is attributed to partial delocalization of the unpaired electron over the electron shell of copper and to steric hindrances in the self-reactions of complexes.     

New substituent effects of the trimethylsilyl group: photochemistry of 3-trimethylsilyl-2,5-cyclohexadienones and preparation of 4-alkylidenecyclopentenones

The 4-acetoxymethyl-4-alkyl-3-trimethylsilyl-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ones 9a-g were prepared from methyl 2-trimethylsilylbenzoate by the Birch reduction-alkylation reaction. Type A photorearrangements of 9a-g were regiospecific to give mixtures of two diastereomers of the corresponding 5-trimethylsilylbicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-ones 11a-g. These bicyclohexenones are uniquely photostable; the diastereomers do not photointerconvert nor do they undergo the type B photorearrangement. Bicyclohexenones 11a-g undergo acid-catalyzed protiodesilylative rearrangement to give the 4-alkylidene-2-cyclopenten-1-ones 25a-g. It was of interest to find that the 4-(3'-butenyl)-2,5-cyclohexadienone 9e photorearranged to the 5-trimethylsilylbicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-one 11e rather than undergoing the intramolecular 2 + 2 photocycloaddition. Furthermore, the 4-acetoxymethyl-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5-trimethylsilyl-2,5-cyclohexadienone 30a did not show type A photobehavior at 366 and 300 nm, while the 4-(3'-butenyl) analogue 30b gave the intramolecular 2 + 2 cycloadduct 31b. The effects of the trimethylsilyl and methoxy substituents on the photochemical reactivity of 2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ones are discussed from the perspective of n --> p* vs pi --> p* character of the triplet states of the dienones.     

Halogenation of N-Substituted p-Quinonimines and p-Quinone Oxime Esters: I. Chlorination and Bromination of 4-Aroyloxyimino- and Arylsulfonyloxyimino-2,5-cyclohexadienones

Chlorine and bromine addition to 4-aroyloxyimino- and 4-arylsulfonyloxymino-3-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadienones initially occurs at the C⁵ÍC⁶ double bond. The second chlorine molecule adds at both C²Í^C and C⁵ÍC⁶ double bonds. The chlorination of 2,5-dialkyl-substituted 4-aroyloxyimino- and 4-arylsulfonyloxymino-2,5-cyclohexadienones involves either of the CÍC bonds in the quinoid ring.     

Photochemically generated silicon—carbon double-bonded intermediates : XII. Some properties of silacyclopropenes and silapropadienes produced by photolysis of ethynylpolysilanes

The photolysis of six ethynyl-substituted polysilanes has been investigated in the presence or absence of methanol. Irradiation of 1-ethynyl-2-phenyl- and 1-ethynyl-1-phenyltetramethyldisilane (I and II), 1-ethynyl-1,1-diphenyltrimethyldisilane (III) and 2-ethynylheptamethyltrisilane (V) in the presence of methanol produced methoxysilanes arising from the corresponding reactive silacyclopropene and silapropadiene intermediates. Irradiation of 1-enthynylheptamethyltrisilane (IV) led to the formation of dimethylsilylene, ethynylpentamethyldisilane and 1,1-dimethyl-2-pentamethyldisilanyl-1-silacyclopropene intermediate. The photolysis of tris(trimethylsilyl)ethynylsilane (VI) in the presence of methanol produced 1-trimethylsilyl-1-bis(trimethylsilyl)methoxysilylethene and hexamethyldisilane. Photolysis of II and III in the absence of a trapping agent gave the respective bis(silyl)acetylenes, via a 1,2-hydrogen shift, from the transient silacyclopropenes, in moderate yields, whereas the yields of the rearranged acetylenes from IV and V were low.     

Stationary nutations and CIDEP of benzyl radicals during photolysis of methyl benzyl ketone

Transient benzyl radicals are generated by photolysis of methyl benzyl ketone in toluene solution. Modulation of the rate of radical initiation at 86 kHz causes stationary nutations of the magnetization. They are detected by ESR spectroscopy and used to evaluate the relaxation times as well as the chemically induced dynamic electron polarization of the spin system.     

Halogenation of N-Substituted p-Quinonimines and p-Quinone Oxime Esters: II. Chlorination and Bromination of 4-Aroyl(arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-2-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadienones

Halogenation of 4-aroyl(arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-2-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadienones yields Z,E-isomeric 4-aroyl(arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-5,6-dihalo-2-methyl-2-cyclohexenones and (E)-4-aroyl(arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-5,6-dihalo-6-methyl-2-cyclohexenones. Further chlorination leads to formation of (Z,E)-4-aroyl(arylsulfonyl)oxyimino-2,5,6-trichloro-6-methyl-2-cyclohexenones.     

Characterization of the transient species generated by the photoionization of Berberine: A laser flash photolysis study

Using 266 nm laser flash photolysis it has been demonstrated that Berberine (BBR) in aqueous solution is ionized via a mono-photonic process giving a hydrated electron, anion radical that formed by hydrated electron react with steady state of BBR, and neutral radical that formed from rapid deprotonation of the radical cation of BBR. The quantum yield of photoionization is determined to be 0.03 at room temperature with KI solution used as a reference. Furthermore utilizing pH changing method and the SO₄⁻ radical oxidation method, the assignment of radical cation of BBR was further confirmed, the pK_a value of it was calculated, and the related set up rate constant was also determined.     

One-pot multistep synthesis of 4-acetoxy-2-amino-3-arylbenzofurans from 1-aryl-2-nitroethylenes and cyclohexane-1,3-diones

[reaction: see text] A novel method for synthesizing 4-acetoxy-2-amino-3-arylbenzofurans (4) from 1-aryl-2-nitroethylenes (1) and cyclohexane-1,3-diones (2) is described. The method features one-pot operation of a solution of 1 and 2 in THF with catalytic Et3N (rt, 12 h) followed with Ac2O, Et3N, and DMAP (rt, 5 h), although the process consists of 13 elementary reactions.     

Production of free radicals and triplets from contact radical pairs and from photochemically generated radical ions

The quantum yields of triplets and free radicals (or radical ions) that escaped recombination in photochemically created primary radical pairs (or radical ion pairs) are calculated. As the products of monomolecular photodissociation, the neutral radicals appear at contact, while the ions are initially distributed over the space due to distant photoionization (bimolecular electron transfer) in the liquid solution. The diffusional dependence of the quantum yields is shown to be different when recombination starts from contact or from separated reactants. The experimental data for recombination of ionized perylene with aromatic amine counterions is well fitted with the noncontact initial distribution provided the recombination is also noncontact and even more distant than ionization.     

[4+2] cycloaddition of intermediates generated from arynes and DMF

The trapping reaction of the transient intermediate ortho-quinone methides, generated by the insertion of arynes into a carbon–oxygen double bond of DMF, with dienophiles was investigated. The [4+2] cycloaddition products were obtained when the diesters of acetylenedicarboxylic acid were employed as dienophiles.     

Benzylic cations with triplet ground states: computational studies of aryl carbenium ions, silylenium ions, nitrenium ions, and oxenium ions substituted with meta pi donors

Density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)) was used to predict the effect of meta substitution on aryl cationic (Ar-X+) species, including aryloxenium ions, arylsilylenium ions, arylnitrenium ions, and arylcarbenium ions. Multireference second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) calculations were used to benchmark the quantitative accuracy of the DFT calculations for representative systems. Substituting the meta positions on these species with pi donors stabilizes a pi,pi* diradical state analogous to the well-known m-xylylene diradical. Notably, the 3,5-bis(N,N-dimethylamino)benzyl cation is predicted to have a triplet ground state by 1.9 kcal/mol by DFT and to have essentially degenerate singlet-triplet states at the CASPT2(10,9) level of theory. Adding electron-withdrawing CF3 groups to the exocyclic carbon of this meta-disubstituted benzyl cation further increases the predicted singlet-triplet gap in favor of the triplet. Other aryl cationic species substituted with strong pi electron-donating groups in the meta positions are predicted to have low-energy or ground-state triplet states. Systems analogous to the naphthaquinodimethane diradicals are also reported.     

Atmospheric chemistry of 2,3-pentanedione: photolysis and reaction with OH radicals

The kinetics of the overall reaction between OH radicals and 2,3-pentanedione (1) were studied using both direct and relative kinetic methods at laboratory temperature. The low pressure fast discharge flow experiments coupled with resonance fluorescence detection of OH provided the direct rate coefficient of (2.25 ± 0.44) × 10(-12) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). The relative-rate experiments were carried out both in a collapsible Teflon chamber and a Pyrex reactor in two laboratories using different reference reactions to provide the rate coefficients of 1.95 ± 0.27, 1.95 ± 0.34, and 2.06 ± 0.34, all given in 10(-12) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). The recommended value is the nonweighted average of the four determinations: k(1) (300 K) = (2.09 ± 0.38) × 10(-12) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1), given with 2σ accuracy. Absorption cross sections for 2,3-pentanedione were determined: the spectrum is characterized by two wide absorption bands between 220 and 450 nm. Pulsed laser photolysis at 351 nm was used and the depletion of 2,3-pentanedione (2) was measured by GC to determine the photolysis quantum yield of Φ(2) = 0.11 ± 0.02(2σ) at 300 K and 1000 mbar synthetic air. An upper limit was estimated for the effective quantum yield of 2,3-pentanedione applying fluorescent lamps with peak wavelength of 312 nm. Relationships between molecular structure and OH reactivity, as well as the atmospheric fate of 2,3-pentanedione, have been discussed.     

Reactions of aminyl radicals during radiolysis and photolysis of aqueous solutions of amino alcohols and their derivatives

It has been found that the radiolysis of the aqueous solutions of α,β-amino alcohols leads to the formation of degradation products of the parent substances. The experimental data suggest that the degradation process includes the stage of the formation of aminyl radicals, which undergo decomposition with the simultaneous cleavage of -C-C- and -O-H bonds through a five-membered transition state. The radiation-induced degradation of amino alcohols is enhanced in an alkaline medium, in which the amino group is deprotonated, and is blocked via the etherification of the hydroxyl group in the parent substances or the introduction of reducing agents.     

On the mechanism of photolysis of 4-phenyl-1,3,2-oxathiazolylio-5-oxide in ethanol : Evidence for ketene intermediates

Photolysis of 4-phenyl-1,3,2-oxathiazolylio-5-oxide (1) in ethanol in the presence of oxygen leads to benzonitrile (21%) and ethyl phenylglyoxylate (65%). Photolysis under an atmopshere of ¹⁵NO results in isotope exchange which is considered strong evidence for phenyl(nitrosothio)ketene (2) being in photolytic equilibrium with the starting material. In ethanolic solution saturated with nitric oxide the photolytic equilibrium is shifted towards the starting material resulting in formation of benzonitrile in 100% yield. Benzonitrile is formed by a competitive reaction route via benzonitrile sulfide.¹ Compound 2 does not undergo ethanolysis to ethyl(nitrosothio)phenylacetate (3). Ethyl phenylglyoxylate is probably formed via thiyl radical 6 resulting from homolytic scission of the SNO bond in ketene 2. Singlet molecular oxygen is present during photolysis of 1 but seems to be unimportant to the course of reaction.     

Synthesis and aqueous chemistry of alpha-acetoxy-N-nitrosomorpholine: reactive intermediates and products

[reaction: see text] Alpha-acetoxy-N-nitrosomorpholine (7) has been synthesized starting by the anodic oxidation of N-acetylmorpholine in methanol. The 55% yield of N-nitrosomorpholinic acid, after cyanide-for-methoxy group exchange and hydrolysis, is an improvement of approximately 10-fold over our original 10-step method, and this is readily converted to 7. A study of the kinetics of decomposition of 7 in aqueous media at 25 degrees C and 1 M ionic strength was conducted over the pH range from 1 to 12. The reaction exhibited good first-order kinetics at all values of pH, and a plot of the log of k0, the buffer-independent rate constant for decomposition, against pH indicated that a pH-independent reaction dominates in the neutral pH region whereas acid- and base-catalyzed reactions dominate in the low and high pH regions, respectively. Reaction at neutral pH in the presence of increasing concentrations of acetate ion results in a decrease in the value of k(obsd), to an apparent limiting value consistent with a common-ion inhibition by the capture, and competing base-catalyzed hydration of, an N-nitrosiminium ion intermediate. The 100-fold smaller reactivity of 7 at neutral pH compared with its carbon analogue, alpha-acetoxy-N-nitrosopiperidine, is also consistent with the electronic effects expected for such a reaction. The dinitrophenylhydrazones derived from pH-independent and acid-catalyzed reactions are identical in kind and quantity, within experimental error, to those observed in the decay of alpha-hydroxy-N-nitrosomorpholine. Decay of 7 in the presence of benzimidazole buffer results in the formation of 2-(2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)ethoxy)acetaldehyde (12) and 2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)ethanol (13). Independent synthesis and study of 12 indicates that it is stable at 80 degrees C in 0.1 M DCl, but it slowly decomposes to 13 in neutral and basic media in a reaction that is stimulated by primary and secondary amines, but not by tertiary amines and carbonate buffer. The benzimidazole trapping studies and those of the stability of 12 indicate the possibility that metabolic activation of N-nitrosomorpholine by hydroxylation alpha to the nitroso nitrogen can result in the deposition of a metastable ethoxyacetaldehyde adduct on the heteroatoms of DNA.     

Spin trapping of alkoxyl radicals generated from 5-methyl and 5-aryl-3-alkoxy-4-methylthiazole-2(3H)-thiones in photochemically induced and microwave-initiated reactions

Methoxyl and isopropoxyl radicals were generated from N-alkoxy-4,5-dimethylthiazole-2(3H)-thiones (λ_max∼320 nm) and 5-aryl derivatives (aryl=p-XC₆H₄; X=MeO, H, AcNH, Cl) (λ_max∼335 nm) in photochemically and microwave-induced reactions. Alkoxyl radicals were trapped with dimethylpyrrolidine N-oxide and characterized as spin adducts via EPR. Cumyloxyl radicals were liberated in a similar manner from N-cumyloxy-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylthiazole-2(3H)-thione. A noteworthy bathochromic shift was found for the lowest energy transition of N-(hydroxy)indeno[2,1-d]thiazole-2(3H)-thione (λ_max=376 nm), if compared to the UV-vis absorption of N-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-phenylthiazole-2(3H)-thione (λ_max=338 nm). Syntheses of alkoxyl radical precursors and procedures for conducting N,O-homolysis are described in a full account.     

A novel and convenient synthesis of 5-aryl-4-bromo-3-carboxyisoxazoles: useful intermediates for the solid-phase synthesis of 4,5-diarylisoxazoles

A novel synthesis of 5-aryl-4-bromo-3-carboxyisoxazoles employing a [3+2] cycloaddition of a nitrile N-oxide with 2-aryl-1-bromoalkynes as the key step is described. The utility of these 5-aryl-4-bromo-3-carboxyisoxazoles in the solid-phase synthesis of 4,5-diarylisoxazoles is demonstrated.