The reaction mechanisms of boron amidinate and small molecules: a density function theory study

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to explore the reaction mechanisms for the reactions of “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLPs) with small molecules. Four reactions were studied in the present investigation. A new N-heterocyclic carbene borane, boron amidinate compound HC(iPrN)₂B(C₆F₅)₂ (1), classified as FLPs, was chosen as the common reactant of these reactions. It was used to react with CO₂, CO, and two terminal alkynes, methylacetylene and phenylacetylene. The reactions of 1 with CO₂ and CO can both be regarded as the concerted addition mechanisms. In these reactions, the formations of the C2–N2 and B–O1 bonds take place simultaneously. For the reactions of 1 and methylacetylene or phenylacetylene, our calculations indicated that a deprotonation pathway and the connection between B atoms and terminal alkyne C atoms occur by a concerted manner simultaneously, together with the connection between N2 and hydrogen atoms. We also investigated the reaction mechanisms according to the frontier molecular orbital (FMO) theory and carried out electric charge analyses, finding that the two results were consistent with each other perfectly. Electric charges transfer from HOMO of 1_OPEN to LUMO of CO₂ or CO. In contrast, electric charges transfer from HOMO of methylacetylene or phenylacetylene to LUMO of 1_OPEN.     

VICARIOUS NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION WITH SULFUR CONTAINING CARBANIONS

Abstract

Carbanions stabilized with sulfur containing substituents are versatile intermedi-ates in organic synthesis. The great value and importance of such carbanions is connected with specific properties of the sulfur atom which is capable to exist in a variety of valent states and to form many functional groups. These various sulfur-containing groups exert different carbanion stabilizing effects and can also serve as leaving groups in nucleophilic substitution or elimination reactions. Taking into account numerous types of sulfur containing functional groups and a variety of reactions they can promote, it is well understandable that reactions of sulfur-containing carbanions have been thoroughly studied and widely exploited in organic synthesis. The reactions of such carbanions with aliphatic electrophilic partners: alkylating agents, carbonyl compounds and Michael acceptors consist a major section of this field and were subject of numerous studies as well as many monographs.¹ Contrary to that, not very much was known about reactions of such carbanions with electrophilic aromatic compounds. Actually, there are only few reports on nitroarylation of sulfur-containing carbanions via replacement of halogen orfho- or para- to the nitro group in halonitrocornpounds.² There are also some reports on the alkylation of nitroarenes and heterocyclic compounds in the reaction with sulfonium3 and sulfoxonium4 ylides, dimethylsulfoxide carbanion,⁵ and dialkyl or alkyl aryl sulfones carbanions.⁶     

Phosphorus Containing Tri-and Hexamacrocycles

Abstract

Multisite receptors containing more than two macrocyclic cavities. despite of the fact that their syntheses, most often, require sophisticated pathways, arc of very high interest since they may allow new insights into ion channel transfer, ion conduction.[1] We report here a method which combine simple reactions, high yields (80%), with easily prepared starting reagents[2], of two new polymacrocyclic system, a tri-(r) and an hexamacrocyck(II). They were obtained by a condensation reaction between 4-formylbenzo-15-crown-5 (3 or 6 quiv, respectively) and phosphouihydrazide (1 equiv.) or hexahydrazide (1 equiv.) in tetrahydrofuran.     

Living Anionic Polymerization of 4-(α-Alkylvinyl)styrene Derivatives

Summary. The anionic polymerization of four bis-functionalized styrene derivatives with α-alkylvinyl groups have been carried out in THF at −78°C with the initiator prepared from oligo(α-methylstyryl)lithium and potassium tert-butoxide. The four monomers herein used are 4-isopropenylstyrene (4), 3-isopropenylstyrene (5), 2-isopropenylstyrene (6), and 4-(α-isopropylvinyl)styrene (7). It was found that under such polymerization conditions, the vinyl groups of both 4 and 7 are selectively polymerized and the isopropenyl and α-isopropylvinyl groups remain completely intact to afford stable living anionic polymers. As expected, the resulting polymers possessed precisely controlled chain lengths and narrow molecular weight distributions. More importantly, they also possessed the pendant isopropenyl and α-isopropylvinyl group in each monomer unit possible for further modification. On the other hand, the anionic polymerization of either 5 or 6 proceeded more or less along with the unwanted side reactions leading to chain-branching, followed by cross-linking. The positional effect of isopropenyl group on the polymerization and the cause of possible side reactions were discussed.     

Cobalt 2-pyrazinephosphonates: syntheses,structures, and magnetic properties

Reactions of Co(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O with 2-pyrazinephosphonic acid (2-paPO₃H₂) under two different hydrothermal conditions gave two new cobalt 2-pyrazinephosphonates, Co(2-paPO₃H)₂ (1) and Co(2-paPO₃)(H₂O) (2). Compound 1 was obtained at 160 °C, while 2 was obtained at 180 °C. In 1, two Co(II) units are bridged by two O–P–O’s into a dimer and the dimers are linked by pyrazinyl groups into a 1-D double chain. In 2, the {CoO₄N₂} and {CPO₃} polyhedra are interconnected via edge and corner-sharing into a metal phosphonate layer, and the layers are pillared by pyrazinyl groups into a 3-D network. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility studies reveal that both complexes have weak antiferromagnetic coupling between Co(II) ions.     

Synthesis of Phosphorylated Derivatives of Enamino-Carbonyl Compounds

Abstract

The reactions of enaminocarbonyl compounds (1) with phosphorylisocyanates have been investigated. Experiment established that the reactions with the participation of amino group and (or) C-2 atom form respectively ureas (2) and (or) their vinylogs (3) depending on the structure (1) i.e. the reactions proceed in two competitive directions.     

Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Poly (Oxyethylene)S Functionalized with Quaternary Phosphonium End Groups

Abstract

Poly(oxyethylene)s functionalized with quaternary phosphonium end groups were obtained by converting terminal hydroxyl end groups into phosphoniurn ion groups in the polymer-analogous reactions with phosphines and hydrogmu chloride. The products were characterized by: IR, UV. H NMR spectroscopy, thin-layer chromatography.     

Theoretical study of the mechanism of stable phosphorus ylides derived from 2-aminothiophenol in the presence of different dialkyl acetyelenedicarboxylates

A stepwise reaction mechanism between triphenylphosphine 1 and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates 2 in the presence of a SH-acid, such as 2-aminothiophenol 3, has been investigated theoretically with B3LYP method using 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. Potential energies of all structures participating along the reaction path have been evaluated. For all the reactions investigated, the first step was recognized to be the rate-determining step. Quantum mechanical calculations clarified the existence of reaction product as a mixture of two E- or Z-geometrical isomers, and indicate which one of them represents the major form. The effect of subsituated alkyl groups on the potential energy surfaces was investigated. Also, the natural bond orbital method was applied for better understanding the molecular interactions.     

Transition Metal Complexes of (Aminomethyl) Pyridyl-Substituted Cyclotfuphosphazenes; Thermal Depolymerization of Phenoxy(Aminomethyl)-Pyridyl Phosphazene Copolymers

Abstract

Different types of phosphazenes with (aminoalkyl)pyridyl side groups were synthesized. Mono- and cis-non-geminal disubstituted species 1 and 2 are formed when the remaining chlorine atoms of penta- or tetraphenoxy-substituted cyclotriphosphazenes are replaced by the pyridyl groups. Geminal di- and hexasubstituted compounds 3 and 4 can be obtained from reactions of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene with the pyridine derivative.     

Novel electron-deficient oligo(phenyleneethynylene) derivatives for molecular electronics

This work reports synthesis and characterizations of two new electron-poor “oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE) type” molecular wires for fundamental studies of electron transport in molecular junctions. These OPE derivatives display three aromatic rings functionalized (i) with NO₂ (OPN) or fluorine (OPF) groups on the central aryl core and (ii) with the requisite protected thiolate anchoring groups on the lateral rings at both ends. We show that the moderately effective Sonogashira couplings can give access to such rare electrodeficient molecules but are unfortunately associated with significant side reactions. We detail the choice of adequate reaction conditions to allow the recovery of suitable amounts of compounds bearing several strongly electron-withdrawing substituents on their central ring for further study of the physical properties.     

Complexation of fluoride anion and its ion pairs with alkali metal cations by tetra-substituted lower rim calix[4]arene tryptophan derivative

Abstract

Selective binding of fluoride anion and its alkali metal cation ion pairs by a fluorescent calix[4]arene (L) derivative bearing tryptophan moieties was studied in acetonitrile at 25 °C. It was found that LF^? and LF₂^2? complexes were formed and their stability constants were determined by means of UV and ¹H NMR titrations. Both amide and indole NH groups were involved in the stabilisation of the fluoride complexes, i.e. L afforded two anion-binding sites. ¹H NMR titrations provided evidence of simultaneous complexation of both Na⁺ cation and fluoride anion resulting in the formation of a ternary NaLF complex. In this ion pair complex, the Na⁺ cation was most probably bound primarily by the calixarene ether and amide oxygen atoms, whereas the indole NH groups interacted with the fluoride ion. A highly favourable ion pairing between Na⁺ and F^– in acetonitrile was studied using potentiometric measurements. The results pointed out the importance of fluoride pairing with alkali metal cations in aprotic organic solvents and the necessity of taking these reactions into account in the course of speciation studies of such solutions.     

EQUILIBRIA AND REACTION RATES OF PHOSPHORUS SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS IN 2-R-1,3,2-DISUBSTITUTED PHOSPHORINANES

Abstract

Equilibrium constants and reaction times were observed for six equilibria involving methanol, ethanol, dimethylamine, diethylamine and pyrrolidine with 2-R-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes wherein R = MeO (1), EtO (2), Me₂N (3), Et₂N (4) and (CH₂)₄N (5), or 2-R-1,3-dimethyl-1,3,2-diazaphosphorinanes wherein R equalled the same five groups (6–10, respectively). Reaction times of amine substitutions were shorter for diaza compounds and for those reactions which contained pyrrolidine. Equilibrium constants were dependent not only upon the nucleophilicities of the exchanging groups, but also upon the steric interactions of the 2-substituents with the groups in the 1 and 3 positions. Thus, the values of K's for the equilibria 5 + Me₂NH → 3 + (CH₂)₄NH, and 10 + Me₂NH → 8 + (CH₂)₄NH were experimentally identical, whereas K for 9 + Me₂NH → 8 + Et₂NH was ca. eight times that for 4 + Me₂NH → 3 + Et₂NH. The reactions were acid catalyzed, and, for amine substitutions with 8–10, exchange could be rapid on the NMR time scale. Equilibrium positions of amine-containing reactions were [H⁺] dependent, where coordination of the less basic amine to phosphorus became increasingly favored by the addition of acid. These observations raise questions about a recent mechanistic proposal for catalyzed substitution reactions. Similar substitution reactions, such as Me₂NH with the isomeric 4-methyl analogues of 3, provide a procedure for the determination of cis-trans isomer equilibrium distributions.     

First asymmetrically beta-tetrasubstituted porphyrin-based discotic lamellar liquid crystal

The synthesis and liquid crystalline properties of a new asymetrically tetrasubstituted porphyrin, namely 2,4-bis[2-(o-didodecyloxyphenoxycarbonyl)ethenyl]-6,7-bis[2-(m -didodecyloxycarbonyl)ethyl]-1,3,5,8-tetramethylporphyrin, 1 (figure 1), obtained from a commercially available porphyrin, hemin 2, are reported here. The synthetic route basically consists of two reactions: on the one hand, one esterification of the two propionic acid groups in positions 6 and 7 in the hemin 2 with the phenol 12, and on the other hand, a Heck-type reaction between the two vinyl groups in positions 2 and 4 of the hemin 2 and the iodo-aryl derivative 9. This is the first example of a porphyrin-based discotic liquid crystal which is neither symmetrically substituted nor prepared via total synthesis from monopyrrole units. It exhibits a well-defined enantiotropic discotic lamellar mesophase (D_L) in a range of temperature from -2°C to the clearing point at 70°C. This interval includes room temperature, which makes this molecule suitable for a wide variety of applications.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of 2-(1,2,3-Dithiazol-5- Ylidene)Aminothiophenes

The reaction of aminothiophenes (1) with Appel's salt (2) affords 2-(1,2,3-dithiazol-5-ylidene)aminothiophenes (3). Under the action of ZnCl₂, the latter compounds are transformed into 1,3-oxazin-4-one systems (4). The reactions of compounds 4 with dienophiles under atmospheric or high pressure give thienopyridines (6–11); the reactions with amines produce pyrimidinones (12) and guanidines (14–15).     

Tetra-CMPO-derivatives of calix[4]arenes fixed in the 1,3-alternate conformation

Calix[4]arene derivatives fixed in the 1,3-alternate conformation and substituted at one side by four carbamoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) residues were synthesised. Two CMPO groups are directly attached to the wide rim, while the second pair is bound to the narrow rim via a tri- or tetramethylene spacer. Similar compounds, in which two CMPO groups at the wide rim are combined with two picolinamide groups or two ionisable carboxylic groups at the narrow rim, were also prepared. Some of these calixarene derivatives were studied as extractants for lanthanides (La³⁺, Eu³⁺, Yb³⁺) and thorium (Th⁴⁺) from acidic solution into methylene chloride. For selected samples, stability constants in methanol were determined by spectrophotometric titrations. Three compounds (1b′, 13, 17) in the 1,3-alternate conformation and one intermediate in the cone conformation (18) were confirmed by a crystal structure.     

Thiol peroxidase-like activity of some intramolecularly coordinated diorganyl diselenides

Several new diaryl diselenides having intramolecular coordinating groups have been synthesized by ortho-lithiation/Na2Se2 routes in good yield. Bis[2-(N-phenylferrocenecarboxamide)] diselenide (10), bis[2-(N-tert-butylferrocenecarboxamide)] diselenide (11), (S)(S)-bis[2(-N-phenethylferrocene-carboxamide)] diselenide (12) were synthesized by the ortho-lithiation route. Bis[2-(N,N-dimethyl-aminomethylnaphthyl)] diselenide (13) was synthesized by lithium/bromide exchange reaction whereas bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) diselenide (14) was prepared by the reaction of disodium diselenide with 2,4-dinitro-1-chlorobenzene. Thiol peroxidase-like activities of the diorganodiselenides have been evaluated by using H₂O₂ as substrate and PhSH as cosubstrate. Diselenides (13) and (14) with dimethylami-nomethyl- or nitro-donor groups in close proximity to selenium, show much better thiol peroxidase-like activities compared to diselenides10–12 with amide donor groups. Cyclic voltammetry study of diselenides10–12 derived from redox-active ferrocenamide has been carried out. Dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Bhaskar G Maiya.     

OCCURRENCE OF LIGAND COUPLING IN THE REACTIONS OF VARIOUS SULFOXIDES WITH GRIGNARD REAGENTS

Abstract

Ligand coupling reactions take place not only between benzyl and 2-pyridyl groups and two 2-pyridyl groups in the treatment of benzyl, alkyl and aryl 2-pyridyl sulfoxides with Grignard reagents, but also between such groups as p-benzenesulfonylphenyl, 4-pyridyl, 2-quinolyl and 2-pyrimidyl, and the benzyl group. There are cases in which ligand exchange precedes ligand coupling, especially with 2-heteroaryl groups. In addition, even some alkyl groups were found to couple with the 2-pyridyl group. The ease of coupling seems to be associated with the electronegativity of the coupling carbon atom of the ligand, when one compares the ¹³C NMR chemical shifts.     

Hydroxyoligophosphites and -Phosphonites on the Basis of 1,4:3,6-Dianhydro-D-sorbitol

The interaction of 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-D-sorbitol with phosphorous and phenylphosphonous acid amidochlorides leads to oligophosphites and -phosphonites with free hydroxyl groups on the periphery of their molecules. The obtained compounds were introduced into reactions via the transformation of trivalent phosphorus and hydroxyl groups.     

Facile synthesis and anti-proliferative activity evaluation of quinoxaline derivatives

Abstract

A series of “drug-like” compounds based on quinoxaline scaffold with arylsulfonyl hydrazinyl, arylformyl hydrazinyl or arylsulfonyl groups at C-2 and aryloxy groups at C-3, were synthesized in 4 or 5 steps involving cyclization, chlorination and coupling reactions. Cellular anti-proliferative activities of these quinoxaline derivatives in vitro were determined, which revealed that the inhibitory potency and selectivity of 6f was comparable to that of the positive control.     

ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS OF METAL CARBONYL ANIONS

Abstract

Metal carbonyl anions exhibit one- and two-electron reactions. The two-electron processes involving transfer of groups (hydrogen, alkyl, and halogen) between metal centers are related to the nucleophilicity. The one-electron processes are primarily outer-sphere electron transfer for the metal carbonyl anions. These reactions are observed in the presence of oxidants such as coordination complexes, pyridinium salts, metal carbonyl dimers and metal carbonyl clusters. However, in contrast to organic reactions, the metal carbonyl anions may undergo inner-sphere electron transfer. Reactions of metal carbonyl anions of low nucleophilicity with metal carbonyl cations or halides are best interpreted as inner-sphere, one-electron transfer.