Activated Sterically Strained C=N Bond in N-Substituted <Emphasis Type=Italic>p</Emphasis>-Quinone Mono- and Diimines: XVI. Structural Characteristics

N-Substituted 1,4-quinone imines with an activated sterically hindered C=N bond characteristically react with nucleophiles via 1,2-addition to that bond with formation of quinolide compounds. The C=N–X bond angle in these quinone imines ranges from 130 to 145°, the upper limit being defined by their thermodynamic stability. According to the X-ray diffraction data, the real C=N–X can be smaller than 130°C, but in this case considerable deviations of the nitrogen atom and substituent attached thereto from the mean-square plane of the quinoid ring and twisting of the C=N bond are observed.     

Activated Sterically Strained C=N Bond in N-Substituted p-Quinonemono- and -diimines: XI. Redox Potentials of 2,6- and 3,5-Dimethyl-N-phenylsulfonyl-1,4-benzoquinonimines

Due to steric effect of the methyl groups the lone electron pair on the nitrogen atom in 3,5-dimethyl-N-phenylsulfonyl-1,4-benzoquinonimine is forced out of the quinoid ring plane, so that the nitrogen atom adopts a near-sp hybridization. As a result, its electrophilicity and hence redox potential increase, leading to activation of the CÍN bond to addition of nucleophiles, as compared to the corresponding 2,6-dimethyl isomer.     

Activated Sterically Strained C = N Bond in N-Substituted p-Quinonemono- and -diimines: X. Reactions of N-[N-Arylsulfonylbenz(acet)imidoyl]-3,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinonimines with Alcohols

N-[N-Arylsulfonylbenz(acet)imidoyl]-3,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinonimines react with alcohols to give the corresponding adducts at the activated CÍN bond. The adducts lose alcohol molecule on heating to afford initial quinonimines. Hydrolysis of the title compounds leads to formation of the corresponding quinones and N-arylsulfonylamidines.     

Acivated Sterically Strained C=N Bond in N-Substituted <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Quinone Mono- and Diimines: XII. Bromination of 4-Acylaminophenols

Exhaustive bromination of 4-acylaminophenols gives the corresponding 2-acylamino-3,5,6-tribromo-1,4-benzoquinones.     

Spectrophotometric assay of yeast vitality using 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-benzoquinone and tetrazolium salts.

A method for the spectrophotometric assay of yeast vitality was developed using 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-benzoquinone and tetrazolium salts. The metabolic efficiency of 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-benzoquinone by yeast cells was used as an index of yeast vitality. 2,3,5,6-Tetramethyl-1,4-benzoquinone was reduced to 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-hydroquinone by yeast cells. Then, the superoxide anion radicals generated from O2 by reduction with 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-hydroquinone under alkaline conditions reduced tetrazolium salts to formazan, which exhibited absorbance maxima at 440 nm. A linear relationship between the absorbance and viable cell density was obtained in the range of 1.0 x 10(5)-2.0 x 10(7) cells/ml for a sample solution. During the cultivation of yeast cells, the absorbance showed almost an anti-parallel change with that of glucose in yeast growth and fermentation, suggesting that the absorbance change reflected the vitality of yeast cells.     

Synthesis and Trapping of Iminoboranes by M=B/C=N Bond Metathesis

Although the metathesis of metal–boron double bonds with elemental chalcogenides is an established process, no similar reactivity has been observed with element–nitrogen bonds. Such a reaction would provide a new route to iminoborane compounds (RB≡NR′), which have recently experienced renewed synthetic interest. Herein, we present the first observation of M=B/C=N metathesis reactions, which led to the isolation of a stable iminoborane in addition to further iminoborane cycloaddition products.     

Reactions of Polyhalopyridines. 16. Synthesis and Reactions of 2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-4-perfluoroalkylthiopyridines

Identical reaction products, viz. 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-perfluoroalkylthiopyridines 3a-c, were obtained on thermal decomposition of Xe(II) bisperfluoroalkylcarboxylates in the presence of mercaptotetrafluoropyridine and bis(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-pyridyl) disulfide. Compounds 3a-c readily interact with N-, O-, and S-containing nucleophiles, though with the first two types of reactant only with substitution of fluorine atoms in position 2 of the pyridine ring. In the latter case products are obtained both with retention of the perfluoroalkylthio group on interaction with sodium N,N-dimethyldithiocarbamate, and with total fission of that group in the case of alkali metal methanethiolate and toluenethiolate.     

Cascade Reactions in Tunable Lamellar Micro‐ and Mesopores for C=C Bond Coupling and Hydrocarbon Synthesis

Two‐dimensional MFI zeolite nanosheets contain Brønsted acid sites partially confined at the intercept between micro‐ and mesopores. These acid sites exhibit exceptional reactivities and stabilities for C=C bond coupling and ring‐closure reactions that transform light aldehydes to aromatics. These sites are much more effective than those confined within the micropores of MFI crystallites and those unconfined on H₄SiW₁₂O₄₀ clusters or mesoporous aluminosilicate Al‐MCM‐41. The partially confined site environment solvates and stabilizes the transition states of the kinetically relevant steps during aromatization.     

末端炔烃对碳氧和碳氮双键的加成反应

概述了末端炔烃对碳氧和碳氮双键的加成反应,包括末端炔烃对醛、酮、硝酮、醛亚胺和酮亚胺的加成反应.     

Unprecedented Reaction Pathway of Sterically Crowded Calcium Complexes: Sequential C−N Bond Cleavage Reactions Induced by C−H Bond Activations

Five bis(quinolylmethyl)‐(1H ‐indolylmethyl)amine (BQIA) compounds, that is, {(quinol‐8‐yl‐CH₂)₂NCH₂(3‐Br‐1H ‐indol‐2‐yl)} ( L¹H ) and {[(8‐R³‐quinol‐2‐yl)CH₂]₂NCH(R²)[3‐R¹‐1H ‐indol‐2‐yl]} ( L^2–5H ) ( L²H : R¹=Br, R²=H, R³=H; L³H : R¹=Br, R²=H, R³=i Pr; L⁴H : R¹=H, R²=CH₃, R³=i Pr; L⁵H : R¹=H, R²=n Bu, R³=i Pr) were synthesized and used to prepare calcium complexes. The reactions of L^1–5H with silylamido calcium precursors (Ca[N(SiMe₂R)₂]₂(THF)₂, R=Me or H) at room temperature gave heteroleptic products ( L^{1, 2} )CaN(SiMe₃)₂ ( 1 , 2 ), ( L^{3, 4} )CaN(SiHMe₂)₂ ( 3 a , 4 a ) and homoleptic complexes ( L^{3, 5} )₂Ca ( D3 , D5 ). NMR and X‐ray analyses proved that these calcium complexes were stabilized through Ca⋅⋅⋅C−Si, Ca⋅⋅⋅H−Si or Ca⋅⋅⋅H−C agostic interactions. Unexpectedly, calcium complexes (( L^3–5 )CaN(SiMe₃)₂) bearing more sterically encumbered ligands of the same type were extremely unstable and underwent C−N bond cleavage processes as a consequence of intramolecular C−H bond activation, leading to the exclusive formation of (E )‐1,2‐bis(8‐isopropylquinol‐2‐yl)ethane.     

Activated sterically strained C=N bond in N-substituted p-quinone mono- and diimines: XIII. Reactions of N-alkyl(aryl, trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl-, N-arylsulfinyl- and N-arylsulfanyl-1,4-benzoquinone monoimines with alcohols

Steric strains arising between the substituent atoms at nitrogen (S, SO, or SO₂) and the methyl group located in positions 3 or 5 of the quinoid ring of 3,5-dimethyl-substituted quinone monoimines lead to the increased angle C=N-S. As a result in these quinone monoimines the reactions of 1,2-addition become thermodynamically possible since the formation of quinolide structures with the sp³-hybridized carbon atom removes the steric strain.     

金属复分解闭环反应合成C=C键的研究进展

金属复分解反应是合成C=C键的有效方法,被广泛地用于合成各种类型的化合物,特别是碳环、杂环化合物以及天然产物的合成。本文综述了近年来金属复分解反应合成C=C键的最新研究进展。参考文献31篇。     

Boraalkenes Made by a Hydroboration Route: Cycloaddition and B=C Bond Cleavage Reactions

Hydroboration of styrene or vinylcyclohexane with the IMes(C₆F₅)BH⁺ cation followed by deprotonation provided a convenient synthetic entry to the [B]=CHCH₂R boraalkenes 9 a and 9 b . The in situ generated IMes(SCN)BH⁺ system reacted similarly with 1,1-diphenylethene followed by deprotonation to give the isothiocyanato substituted boraalkene 9 c . The boraalkenes underwent [2+2] cycloaddition reactions with a small series of heterocumulenes to give the respective four-membered heterocycles. The [B]=CHCH₂R+CO₂ cycloadducts 13 a and 13 b added the borane HB(C₆F₅)₂ with cleavage of the central B−C σ-bond. CS₂ underwent an unusual reaction with the boraalkenes, namely insertion into the B=C bond with formation of the borylated dithioketene acetal under complete rupture of the strong B=C double bond. The intermediate dithiobora-β-lactone type intermediate was isolated in the case of the isothiocyanato-boraalkene reaction and characterized by X-ray diffraction.     

Activated sterically strained C=N bond in N-substituted p-quinone mono- and diimines: XIV. Reaction of some 3,5-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone monoimines with alcohols

Steric strain in the C=N-C fragment in 3,5-disubstituted N-acyl-1,4-benzoquinone monoimines, unlike their N-arylsulfonyl analogs, leads to increase of the C=N-C angle above 130° or twisting of the double C=N bond and loss of planarity of the quinoid ring. This structural transformation enhances the reactivity of the C=N bond so that 1,2-addition of alcohols becomes possible with formation of sterically unstrained cyclohexadienone structure with sp ³-hybridized C⁴ carbon atom.     

Chemistry of Several Sterically Bulky Molecules with P=P,P=C,and C≡P Bond

Several sterically protected, low-coordinate organophosphorus compounds with P=P, P=C, and C≡P bond are described in this study. Molecules such as diphosphenes, phosphaalkenes, 1-phosphaallenes, 1,3-diphosphaallenes, 3,4-diphosphinidenecyclobutenes, and phosphaalkynes are stabilized with an extremely bulky 2,4,6-tri-t-butylphenyl (Mes*) group. The synthesis, structures, physical, and chemical properties of these molecules are discussed, together with some successful applications in catalytic organic reactions.     

13C-13C Coupling Constants in Structural Studies: XXXII. Additivity of Spin-Spin Couplings in Sterically Strained Heterocycles

Calculations in terms of the self-consistent finite perturbation theory (SCPT) and analysis of contributions of localized molecular orbitals in terms of the polarization propagator theory (CLOPPA) indicate additivity of ¹³C-¹³C coupling constants in saturated sterically strained heterocycles. Their fused derivatives, especially those containing 3rd Period elements, show considerable deviations of the calculated coupling constants from the additive values.     

Synthesis of 6-Aroyl-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyran-2,4-diones and Their Reaction with Phenylhydrazine

Methyl 4-bromo-3-oxo-2,2,4-trimethylpentanoate reacts with zinc and arylglyoxals yielding 6-aroyl-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyran-2,4-diones. The latter with phenylhydrazine afford 6-(1-aryl-2-phenylhydrazonomethyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyran-2,4-diones.     

Studies of potential inversion in the electrochemical reduction of 11,11,12,12-tetracyano-9,10-anthraquinodimethane and 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-1,4-benzoquinodimethane

The electrochemical reduction of the title compounds, 2a and 3a, and 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane, 1a, was studied in acetonitrile. The reduction of 1a shows normal ordering of potentials, i.e., the potential for insertion of the first electron, E degrees1, is more positive than the potential for the second step of reduction, E degrees2. Thus, E degrees1 - E degrees2 > 0. By contrast, 2a and 3a show inversion of potentials where introduction of the second electron occurs with greater ease than the first (E degrees1 - E degrees2 < 0). The extent of inversion has been determined by simulation of the cyclic voltammograms obtained at 298 and 257 K. Electron paramagnetic resonance measurements at room temperature of solutions containing equimolar mixtures of the neutral and dianion allow determination of the concentration of anion radicals from which the disproportionation equilibrium constant and E degrees1 - E degrees2 can be calculated. The results were in good agreement with the voltammetric determinations. Calculations were conducted to characterize the structural changes accompanying reduction to the anion radical and dianion forms. Fast scan experiments at low temperatures (up to 10 000 V/s at 257 K; 500 V/s at 233 K) were conducted in an attempt to detect intermediates in the reduction, but none was found. Thus, it is not possible to state whether structural change and electron transfer are concerted or occur in discrete steps.