Electronic Effects in X(CH2)nY Homologous Series by NMR and Quantum Chemistry

The ^79,81Br NQR spectra of compounds of the Br(CH₂) _n COOH (n = 1-5) and Br(CH₂) _n COOSi·(CH₃)₃ (n = 1, 2, 4, 5) homologous series were measured at 77 K. The NQR frequencies of compounds of the first series as n increases to 3 and then oscillate. The ³⁵Cl NQR frequencies of Cl(CH₂) _n Cl series molecules, estimated from the Cl3p populations resulting from RHF/6-31G(d) calculations, steadily decrease as n increases from 1 to 10. No oscillation of calculated ³⁵Cl frequencies was revealed for compounds of the latter series (by contrast to experimental observations). The calculation results give no way to deducing the mechanism of the oscillation effect.     

Massenspektrometrische Untersuchungen an Organophosphorverbindungen. II—Elektronenstoßinduzierte Fragmentierungen von Tetraorganodiphosphandisulfiden

The behaviour under electron impact (70 eV) which includes some rearrangement processes of some tetraorganodiphosphanedisulfides R₂P(S)-P(S)R₂ (R ? CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, C₃H₅, C₆H₅) and CH₃RP(S)–P(S)CH₃R (R ? C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, C₆H₅, C₆H₅, C₆H₅,CH₂) is reported and discussed. Fragmentation patterns which are consistent with direct analysis of daughter ions and defocusing metastable spectra are given. The atomic composition of many of the fragment ions was determined by precise mass measurements. In contrast to compounds R₃P(S) loss of sulphur is not a common process here. The first step in the fragmentation of these compounds is cleavage of one P–C bond and loss of a substituent R?. The second step is elimination of RPS leading to [R₂PS]⁺ from which the base peaks in nearly all the spectra arise. The phenyl substituted compounds give spectra with very abundant [(C₆H₅)₃P]^+. and [(C₆H₅)₂CH₃P]^+. ions respectively, resulting from [M]^+. by migration of C₆H₅. Rearrangement of [M]^+. to a 4-membered P-S ring system prior to fragmentation is suggested.     

Effect of method of ion preparation on low-energy collision-induced dissociation mass spectra

The collision-induced dissociation (CID) mass spectra of protonated cocaine and protonated heroin have been measured using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer at 50 eV ion/neutral collision energy for protonated molecules prepared by different protonating agents. The CID mass spectra of protonated cocaine using H⁺(H₂O)_n, H⁺(NH₃)_n and H⁺((CH₃)₂NH)_n as protonating agents are essentially identical and it is concluded that, regardless of the initial site of protonation, the fragmentation reactions occurring on collisional activation are identical. By contrast, protonated heorin prepared with H⁺(H₂O)_n and H⁺(NH₃)_n as protonating agents show substantial differences. That formed by reaction of H⁺(H₂O)_n shows a much more abundant peak corresponding to loss of CH₃CO₂H. From a comparison with model compounds, and from a consideration of the three-dimensional structure of heroin, it is concluded that with H⁺(H₂O)_n as protonating agent significant protonation occurs at the acetate group attached to the alicyclic ring, leading to acetic acid loss on collisional activation, but that reaction of H⁺(NH₃)_n leads to protonation at the nitrogen function. The proton attached to nitrogen cannot interact with the acetate group and, consequently, the probability of loss of acetic acid on collislional activation is greatly reduced.     

Reactivity of acetonyl anion with nitroaromatics: an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization study

Nucleophilic attack by the acetonyl anion (CH₃COCH) on highly electron‐deficient nitroaromatics such as trinitrotoluene (TNT) results in the carbon‐bonded anionic σ‐complexes (Meisenheimer complexes). The complexes are generated at atmospheric pressure with relatively low internal energy and do not dissociate under atmospheric pressure chemical ionization conditions, but can be dissociated upon collisional activation to produce characteristic nitrobenzyl‐substituted acetonyl anions via elimination of HNO₂. Further fragmentation produces deprotonated nitrotoluene anions through the loss of CH₂CO, while loss of CH₂COCH₃ and CH₃COCH₃ yields nitroaromatic molecular anions and their H‐loss counterparts. Hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) scrambling is observed in the fragmentation products of the [TNT · CD₃COCD₂]^? complex to extents which vary for different fragmentation pathways. Selective Meisenheimer complex formation, together with its distinctive fragmentation pattern, supplies a highly discriminatory method for detection of TNT and related compounds. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Gas-phase ion–molecule reactions in dilute mixtures of dimethyl ether in krypton. Bimolecular and clustering reactions

The results of high-pressure variable-temperature and variable ionizing electron energy studies of gas-phase ion-molecule reactions of dimethyl ether in krypton are presented. Near the ionization threshold a series of peaks corresponding to (CH₃OCH₃)_nH⁺ (n = 1-4) clusters are observed. At higher ionizing electron energies, two new series of peaks appear, corresponding to [CH₃OCH₂]⁺(CH₃OCH₃)_n and [(CH₃)₃O]⁺ (CH₃OCH₃)_n clusters. The onium ion, [(CH₃)₃O]⁺, has been previously reported at elevated temperatures under methane chemical ionization conditions. It was suggested that the onium ion is formed by reaction of (CH₃)₂OH⁺ with CH₃OCH₃ with subsequent elimination of methanel, i.e. by fragmentation of an adduct ion. The present results strongly suggest that, under our conditions, [CH₃OCH₂]⁺ rather than thermal (CH₃)₃OH⁺, is the precursor to [(CH₃)₃O]⁺.     

Collisionally activated dissociation spectra of protonated methyl N-alkanoates studied using a triple quadrupole

The collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) spectra of protonated methyl n-alkanoates CH₃ (CH₂)_nCOOCH₃ with n = 1?9 were studied using a triple quadrupole. The influence of hydrocarbon chain length and collision energy on characteristic fragment ions such as those due to the loss of methanol was examined. It was found that most characteristic fragment ions became less important in the CAD spectra with increasing chain length of the esters and finally disappeared in the higher members of the series. Special care would have to be taken when trying to use such neutral losses in analysis for identifying the presence of a certain class of compounds.     

Electron-impact fragmentation of aliphatic polynitro compounds

The mass spectra of two series of aliphatic polynitro compounds are reported and discussed. The fragmentation patterns of aliphatic nitro and polynitro compounds are similar in that no appreciable molecular ion current is observed; however, there are several other features in the fragmentation of aliphatic polynitro compounds which differ from that of nitroalkane spectra. Both series of compounds studied-C(NO₂)_x(CH₃)_4?x, where x = 4 to 0 and C₂(NO₂)_x(CH₃)_6?x, where x = 6,4,2-show a decrease in the number and intensity of alkylions with an increase in the NO⁺ and NO₂⁺ ion current as x increases. The main ions resulting from the more nitrated compounds are [NO]⁺, [NO₂]⁺, [CO₂]^+. and [CH₃CO]⁺, whose noncharged counterparts are the principal species produced in the detonation of these compounds. This similarity of the products of the two processes suggests the use of mass spectroscopy for the investigation of the initial explosive processes. The principal fragmentation pathways of the polynitroalkanes have been elucidated by exact mass measurements and the observation of metastable ion transitions.     

Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of some alkoxv- and chloro-silanes

The positive and negative FAB mass spectra of a series of alkoxy- and chloro-silanes X_m(CH₃)₃-_mSi(CH₂)_nR [m = 1 or 3, n = 3, 10 or 17, X = Cl or OMe or OEt, R = Me, NH₂, glycidoxy, COOMe, NHCO(CH₂)₇COOMe or NHCO(CH₂)₁₀CH₂OAc] were recorded in NBA and NPOE matrices. The chlorosilanes underwent rapid hydrolysis into silanols which condense to form siloxanes, the process being complete in NBA and partial in NPOE, yielding siloxane-based fragment ions in the positive spectra and silyloxyanions in the negative spectra. The alkoxysilanes were more resistant to hydrolysis, affording abundant [MH – HX]⁺ ions (X = OMe or OEt) in their positive FAB spectra and moderate to high intensity [M – H]^? ions in the negative mode, the latter undergoing characteristic sequential loss of C₂H₄, EtOH and C₂H₄. Significant variations were observed in the positive spectra of all the silanes with change of matrix.     

Reactions of ionized dibutyl ether

The reactions of ionized di-n-butyl ether are reported and compared with those of ionized n-butyl sec-butyl and di-sec-butyl ether. The main fragmentation of metastable (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. is C₂H₅? loss (?85%), but minor amounts (2–4%) of CH₃?, C₄H₇?, C₄H₉?, C₄H₁₀ and C₄H₁₀O are also eliminated. In contrast, C₂H₅? elimination is of much lower abundance (20 and 4%, respectively) from metastable CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+. and [CH₃CH₂(CH₃)CH]₂O^+., which expel mainly C₂H₆ and CH₃? (35–55%). Studies on collisional activation spectra of the C₆H₁₃O⁺ oxonium ions reveal that C₂H₅? loss from (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. gives the same product, (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂ ⁺O?CHCH₃) as that formed by direct cleavage of CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+.. Elimination of C₂H₅? from (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+. is interpreted by means of a mechanism in which a 1,4-H shift to the oxygen atom initiates a unidirectional skeletal rearrangement to CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH(CH₃)CH₂CH₃^+., which then undergoes cleavage to CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂⁺O?CHCH₃ and C₂H₅?. Further support for this mechanism is obtained from considering the collisional activation and neutralization-reionization mass spectra of the (C₄H₉)₂O^+. species and the behaviour of labelled analogues of (CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂)₂O^+.. The rate of ethyl radical loss is suppressed relative to those of alternative dissociations by deuteriation at the γ-position of either or both butyl substituents. Moreover, C₂H₅? loss via skeletal rearrangement and fragmentation of the unlabelled butyl group in CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH₂CH₂CD₂CH₃^+. occurs approximately five times more rapidly than C₂H₄D? expulsion via isomerization and fission of the labelled butyl substituent. These findings indicate that the initial 1,4-hydrogen shift is influenced by a significant isotope effect, as would be expected if this step is rate limiting in ethyl radical loss.     

Metastable ion study of organosilicon compounds part II—hexamethyldisiloxane

Unimolecular reactions of the metastable silicenium ion (CH₃)₃SiOSi(CH₃)₂ ⁺ generated by dissociative ionization of bexamethyldisiloxane were investigated by mass-analysed ion kinetic energy (PUKE) Spectrometry. The characteristic fragmentations observed were losses of CH₄ and (CH₃)₂Si?O molecules. Complete scrambling of all methyl groups prior to these reactions was found by investigating the MIKE spectra of deuterium labelled analogues (CD₃)₃SiOSi(CH₃)₂⁺ and (CH₃)₃SiOSi(CD₃)₃⁺. The loss of methane was accompanied by a large kinetic energy release (T_0.5 = 482 meV). The MIKE spectra of silicenium ions were compared with those of their carbon analogues. The most predominant reaction of metastable (CH₃)₃COC(CH₃)₃⁺ ion was the loss of CH₂?C(C H₃)₂ leading to protonated acetone. Significant differences between the ion fragmention characteristics of silicon and carbon compounds were found.     

Electron ionization mass spectra of novel 2,3:4,5-bis-O-(1-methylethylidene)-β-D-fructopyranose derivatives and related sugar sulfamates

The electron-impact (EI) mass spectral fragmentation of ten bis-O- (1-methylethylidene)fructopyranose derivatives and three related sugar sulfamates were investigated. In particular, 2,3:4,5-bis-O - (1-methylethylidene)-β-D-fructopyranose sulfamate (topiramate), a potent anticonvulsant, was examined in greater detail. The fragmentation of the 2,3:4,5-bis-O-(1-methylethylidene) fructopyranose derivatives in general was not very dependent on the nature of substitution; the mechanisms of the common and unique fragmentation patterns are presented. These compounds showed characteristic peaks at m/z [M – 15]⁺, [M – 15 – 58]⁺, [M – 15 – 58 – 60]⁺, [M ? CH₂X]⁺ and [M ? CH₂X – 58]⁺ where X = OSO₂NR₂ (R ? H, CH₃, and/or Ph), OC (O)NHR, NH₂, CI and OH. The fragmentation of isomeric bis-O-(1-methylethylidene) derivatives of aldopyranose, ketopyranose and ketofuranose sulfamates was also investigated. The results indicate that isomeric sugar sulfamates can be easily distinguished in the EI mode. Key fragmentation pathways are discussed for these compounds.     

Synthesis and mesomorphism behaviour of chalcones and pyrazoles type compounds as photo-luminescent materials

The following organic and organic–inorganic hybrid compounds were prepared as photo-luminescent materials following efficient and practical synthetic methods: 1,3-bis[4-(n-alkoxy)phenyl]-2-propen-1-one (where, n-alkoxy: O(CH₂)_nH, n = 6,7,8,9 or 10); 3,5-bis[4-(n-alkoxy)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole (where, n-alkoxy: O(CH₂)_nH, n = 6,7,8,9 or 10) (in case of n = 7, a mixture of 3,5-bis(4-heptyloxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazole and 3,5-bis(4-heptyloxyphenyl)-4H-pyrazole was detected) and bis(3,5-bis [4-(n-alkoxy) phenyl]-1H-pyrazole) silver(I) nitrate (where, n-alkoxy: O(CH₂)_nH, n = 6,7,8,9 or 10). The prepared compounds have been characterised and their structures were elucidated depending upon (FTIR, UV-Vis, ¹HNMR, ¹³CNMR, 2D ¹H-¹H-COSY, 2D ¹H-¹³C-HSQC and mass spectra) in addition to molar conductivity measurements for silver(I) complexes. The mesomorphism behaviour of the prepared compounds was studied using polarised light optical microscopy and confirmed with differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray powder diffraction techniques. The studies showed that among all of these compounds only the pyrazole derivatives are liquid crystal materials. The luminescent properties of all the prepared compounds were also investigated which confirmed that all of these compounds are photo-luminescent in the crystalline solid state and in the mesophase.     

Mass spectra of some neopentylphosphorus derivatives

The fragmentation patterns and major metastable ions of the mass spectra of the neopentyl-phosphorus derivatives [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₃P, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂P(O)H, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]_nPX_3-n (n = 1 and 2; X = H, Cl, C₆H₅ and CH = CH₂), [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₃PS, [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]_nP(S)R_3-n (n = 1 and 2; R = C₆H₅ and CH = CH₂), [(CH₃)₃ CCH₂]₂PCH₂CH₂P[CH₂C(CH₃)₃]₂, ([CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂PCH₂PCH₂-CH₂P(H)C₆H₅ and [(CH₃)₃CCH₂]₂PCH₂CH₂P(S)(CH₃)₂ are described. Fragmentation of a neopentyl group by elimination of either C₄H₈ or CH₃ is very favourable when the neopentyl group is bonded to either a tricoordinate or tetracoordinate phosphorus atom. In neopentylphosphines with two or three neopentyl groups, stepwise elimination of C₄H₈ from all of the neopentyl groups occurs very readily. The resulting [(CH₃)_nPX]^+._3-n ions are often the most intense ions in the mass spectra.     

Tandem mass spectrometry study of p38α kinase inhibitors and related substances

The p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase α (p38α) is an important drug target widely investigated for therapy of chronic inflammatory diseases. Its inhibitors are rather lipophilic and as such not very favourable lead compounds in drug discovery. Therefore, we explored various approaches to access new chemical space, create diversity, and generate lead libraries with improved solubility and reduced lipophilicity, based on known p38α inhibitors, e.g., BIRB796 and TAK‐715. Compound modification strategies include incubation with human liver microsomes and bacterial cytochrome P450 mutants from Bacillus megaterium and treatment by electrochemical oxidation, H₂O₂, and intense light irradiation. The MS/MS fragmentation pathways of p38α inhibitors and their conversion products have been studied in an ion‐trap–time‐of‐flight MSⁿ instrument. Interpretation of accurate mass MSⁿ data for four sets of related compounds revealed unexpected and peculiar fragmentation pathways that are discussed in detail. Emphasis is put on the usefulness of HRMSⁿ‐based structure elucidation in a screening setting and on peculiarities of the fragmentation with regard to the analytes and the MS instrument. In one example, an intramolecular rearrangement reaction accompanied by the loss of a bulky group is observed. For BIRB796, the double‐charge precursor ion is used in MS², providing a wider range of fragment ions in our instrument. For TAK‐715, a number of related compounds could be produced in a large‐scale incubation with a Bacillus megaterium mutant, thus enabling comparison of the structure elucidation by ¹H NMR and MSⁿ. A surprisingly large number of homolytic cleavages are observed. Competition between two fragmentation pathways involving either the loss of CH₃^? or OH^? radicals was observed for SB203580 and its conversion products. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis of end-functionalized polystyrenes with organosilicon end-capping reagents via living cationic polymerization

The end-functionalization of living polymers with bases (methanol, benzylamine, diethyl sodiomalonate, and sodium methoxide) and organosilicon compounds [X ? Si(CH₃)₃;X ? : CH₂?C(CH₃)COO? , CH₃COO? , CH₂?CHCH₂? , C₆H₅? ] was investigated in the living cationic polymerization of styrene initiated with the 1-phenylethyl chloride/SnCl₄/nBu₄NCl system in CH₂Cl₂ at ?15°C. The four bases and C₆H₅SiMe₃, independent of their structures, were apparently incapable of reacting with the living end and invariably led to polystyrenes with the ω-end chlorine [～ ～ ～ CH₂CH(Ph)Cl] originated from the initiating system. The number-average end-functionality (F?_n) of the chloride, determined by ¹H-NMR, was close to unity (F?_n > 0.9). The presence of chlorine in the polymer was also confirmed by elemental analysis. In contrast, the quenching by the trimethylsilyl compounds with X = methacryloxy, acetoxy, and allyl gave ω-end-functionalized polystyrenes with the corresponding terminal groups (X) for which the F?_n values were close to unity (F?_n > 0.9). The effects of the structure of silyl compounds on end-capping are also discussed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Synthesis of Mixed Thiuram Disulfides

Abstract

Tris(aminomethyl)phosphines and their oxides form triacidic salts that, unlike the free bases, are air-stable and non-hygroscopic. The salts of the unsubstituted compounds, (NH₃ ⁺CH₂)₃ P(O)_n 3X^?(3b: n = O, X = Br; 4a-c: n = 1, X = Cl, Br, or I), may be prepared directly from 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (1) or its oxide (2) or from tris(N-carbomethoxylaminomethyl)phosphine oxide (9) by hydrolysis with the appropriate acid. The behaviour of the compounds towards acids and nucleophilic reagents is discussed.     

Zur Interpretation 29Si-NMR-chemischer Verschiebungen

The ²⁹Si-NMR chemical shifts δ(²⁹Si) of (CH₃)_4?nSiX_n compounds and some ¹³C-NMR chemical shifts δ(¹³C) of analogous carbon compounds are discussed by means of relative paramagnetic screening constants σ*, calculated by a simplified model. In this model only the Si(3P)- and C(2P)-orbitals are considered; for the calculations, the electronegativities of Si, C and the X-substituents and a single empirical parameter are necessary. The calculated values of σ* are in good agreement with the change of the chemical shifts which are observed for the (CH₃)_4?nMX_n compounds with different X and n. These results clearly show that δ(²⁹Si) and δ(¹³C) depend primarily on the σ-charge of the Si- and C-atom, and that (P? d)π-interactions on the Si-atom are of minor importance.     

Reactions within and between adjacent dimethylamino groups: Collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometric study of the 1,9-bis(dimethylamino)phenalenium cation

The electron impact (EI) ionization-induced fragmentation pathways of the new 1,9-bis(dimethylamino) phenalenium cation [1]⁺ were investigated. The peri-dimethylamino substituents of [1]⁺ are incorporated in a trimethine cyanine substructure and show strong steric interactions. A mechanism is proposed for the unusual elimination of CH₃N?CH₂, HN(CH₃)₂ and (CH₃)₃N from [1]⁺ and for the accompanying cyclizations to heterocyclic ions: prior to fragmentation, the intact cation [1]⁺ rearranges, by reciprocal CH₃ and H transfers, to new isomeric cations which decompose subsequently in a characteristic way. A wealth of consistent information on dissociation pathways and fragment structures is provided by collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectra, collision-induced dissociation mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra and exact mass measurements of the salt cation and of its primary fragment ions. The liquid secondary ion mass spectrum of [1]⁺ is very similar to its EI mass spectrum.     

Characterization of Nα-Fmoc-protected ureidopeptides by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS): differentiation of positional isomers

Four pairs of positional isomers of ureidopeptides, FmocNH‐CH(R₁)‐φ(NH‐CO‐NH)‐CH(R₂)‐OY and FmocNH‐CH(R₂)‐φ(NH‐CO‐NH)‐CH(R₁)‐OY (Fmoc = [(9‐fluorenyl methyl)oxy]carbonyl; R₁ = H, alkyl; R₂ = alkyl, H and Y = CH₃/H), have been characterized and differentiated by both positive and negative ion electrospray ionization (ESI) ion‐trap tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The major fragmentation noticed in MS/MS of all these compounds is due to ? N? CH(R)? N? bond cleavage to form the characteristic N‐ and C‐terminus fragment ions. The protonated ureidopeptide acids derived from glycine at the N‐terminus form protonated (9H‐fluoren‐9‐yl)methyl carbamate ion at m/z 240 which is absent for the corresponding esters. Another interesting fragmentation noticed in ureidopeptides derived from glycine at the N‐terminus is an unusual loss of 61 units from an intermediate fragment ion FmocNH = CH₂⁺ (m/z 252). A mechanism involving an ion‐neutral complex and a direct loss of NH₃ and CO₂ is proposed for this process. Whereas ureidopeptides derived from alanine, leucine and phenylalanine at the N‐terminus eliminate CO₂ followed by corresponding imine to form (9H‐fluoren‐9‐yl)methyl cation (C₁₄H₁₁⁺) from FmocNH = CHR⁺. In addition, characteristic immonium ions are also observed. The deprotonated ureidopeptide acids dissociate differently from the protonated ureidopeptides. The [M ? H]^? ions of ureidopeptide acids undergo a McLafferty‐type rearrangement followed by the loss of CO₂ to form an abundant [M ? H ? Fmoc + H]^? which is absent for protonated ureidopeptides. Thus, the present study provides information on mass spectral characterization of ureidopeptides and distinguishes the positional isomers. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Structural diversity of a series of chlorocadmate(II) and chlorocuprate(II) complexes based on benzylamine and its N-methylated derivatives

Protonated benzylamine and its N-methylated derivatives, [C₆H₅CH₂NH_3?n(CH₃)_n]⁺ (n?=?0?3), have been adopted as cations in chlorocadmate(II) and chlorocuprate(II) complexes, showing inorganic–organic hybrid architectures. For the Cd(II) compounds, the anionic structures vary from perovskite-type layers (n?=?0) to chains (n?=?1–3). For Cu(II) compounds, the anionic structures range from perovskite-type layers (n?=?0), chains (n?=?1) to mononuclear species (n?=?2–3). Coordination geometries of the metal ions and intermolecular interactions have been analyzed. Their dielectric properties have been measured.