Hétérocyclisations intramoléculaires par réaction d'oxymercuration III. Régiosélectivité et stéréosélectivité de l'oxymercuration intramoléculaire de phénols orthoallyliques

The intramolecular heterocylization of ortho-allylic phenols by oxymercuration has been realized with compounds having different substituents on the allylic chain. In all cases, only the corresponding benzofuran is formed. However, with a substituent at the terminal carbon of the double bond, we also observed the formation of benzopyran. The influence of the solvent and the mercuric salt on the orientation of this reaction has been examined. There is evidence of a molecular rearrangement during the reduction.     

Liaison hydrogène O-H-O symétrique : II. Spectres de vibration des oxalates acides de lithium hydratés et anhydres

Infrared and Raman spectra of polycrystalline LiHC₂O₄, LiHC₂O₄, · H₂O and their D and ⁶Li containing isotopic derivatives have been investigated at 300 and 90 K in the 4000–50 cm⁻¹ region. All the internal and external optically active modes of lithium hydrogen oxalate monohydrate have been identified and an assignment is given. The spectroscopic data are consistent with X-ray data showing an asymmetric short hydrogen bond with a positive deuterium isotope effect. The dehydration of LiHC₂O₄, · H₂O changes the type of hydrogen bond which becomes symmetric of the double minimum type. The deuteration of LiHC₂O₄, on the other hand. weakens the hydrogen bond and makes it asymmetric again. The asymmetry appears more pronounced at low temperature.     

Etudes stéréochimiques XIV. Adduits de Diels-Alder en série résiniques; action des peracides et ouvertures acido-catalysées d'époxydes

Studies in Stereochemistry XIV. Diels-Alder adducts in the resin series; action of peracids and acid-catalysed ring opening of epoxides The synthesis of Diels-Alder compounds of type 2 with a 17-nor-13(14)-atisène skeleton is described (cf. Schemes 1–3). Depending on the nature and configuration of substituents R¹ and R² on the carbon atoms 15 and 16, an epoxide ( 24–33 ) or a ketone ( 35–38 ) or a mixture of epoxide, ketone and lactone is obtained by the action of p-nitroperbenzoic acid on the double bond of these adducts (cf. Scheme 4). A simplified reaction scheme is suggested to explain the formation of the various products. In an acid-catalysed reaction, the epoxides isomerize mainly into ketones. Nevertherless, in some cases, dienes (e.g. 52 ) or hydroxy-γ-lactones of (13R*, 14S*)-configuration (e.g. 50 ) resulting from the opening of the epoxide ring with retention of configuration were obtained.     

Le mécanisme de la réduction polarographique des dérivés ditosyloxylés et son implication en électrochimie préparative

The cleavage of a single SO₂? O bond occurs during the polarographic reduction of a tosyloxy group (p? CH₃C₆H₄SO₂O = TsO) in aprotic medium and intramolecular cyclisation may ensue when a second TsO group is present on the same molecule. The polarographic behaviour of aliphatic ditosyloxy derivatives is discussed on the assumption that oriented vicinal derivatives at the interface assume a conformation which resembles the geometry of the transition state for an intramolecular elimination with anchimeric assistance of one of the tosyloxy groups. This situation favours the electron transfer, whereas the same geometric requirements hinder the intramolecular interaction of the TsO groups of the oriented non-vicinal derivatives. This interpretation agrees well with the fact that the large scale electrolysis of vicinal ditosyloxy derivatives give much higher yield of cyclic ethers than the higher homologues. It is also shown that intramolecular interaction between TsO groups can occur through an intervening double bond in a non-vicinal derivative.     

Le diméthyl- et le diéthyl-tétracarbonylosmium Synthèse et réactivité

The sodium salt Na₂[Os(CO)₄] has been obtained in high yields by the reduction of either OsH₂(CO)₄ or Os₃(CO)₁₂ with sodium sand in the presence of catalytic amounts of 2, 2′-bipyridyle. The reaction of Na₂[Os(CO)₄] with alkylating agents such as methyl and ethyl iodide produces OsR₂(CO)₄ (R = CH₃, C₂H₅). NMR. and IR. spectra indicate a cis-octahedral structure of symmetry C_2v for these new alkyl compounds. Bromine breaks one osmium-carbon bond in cis-Os(CH₃)₂(CO)₄ to give cis-OsCH₃Br(CO)₄, whereas in cis-Os(C₂H₅)₂(CO)₄ both ethyl groups are easily displaced by bromine to give cis-OsBr₂(CO)₄. Under CO pressure and at elevated temperature cis-Os(CH₃)₂(CO)₄ is converted to Os(CO)₅ and ethane. With cis-Os(C₂H₅)₂(CO)₄ two CO are inserted in osmium-carbon bonds to give . NMR. and IR. data suggest a cis-configuration for this derivative and the possibility of the presence of rotational isomers.     

Spectres de rotation de la molécule de chlorobenzène : II. Variétés isotopiques multisubstituées et structure géométrique précise

In order to complete the r_s structure of chlorobenzene given in a preceding paper, a variety of isotopic species of this molecule were synthesized and their microwave spectra studied. This made twenty isotopic species available, enabling the determination of the geometrical parameters by a least squares method. Fitting only differences of moments of inertia either for monosubstituted species or to multiply substituted species gave the same result. They hardly differ from the r_o values and agree with the r_s values obtained by the Kraitchman equations. The resulting error limits were reduced, however.

The following structural parameters were obtained, C₁C₂ = 1.399 Å, C₂C₃ = 1.386 Å, C₃C₄ = 1.3976 Å, C₁Cl = 1.7248 Å, C₂H₂ = 1.080 Å, C₃H₃ = 1.081 Å, C₄H₄ = 1.081 Å, C₆C₁C₂ = 120° 16, C₁C₂C₃ = 119°78, C₂C₃C₄ = 120°24, C₃C₄C₅ = 119°80, C₁C₂H₂ = 119°45, C₂C₃H₃ = 119°76.

The structure of the ring differs significantly from C₆ symmetry. The deformation can be regarded as a compression of the position C₁ while the angle of C₂H₂ bond is also changed.     

Synthèse et réactivité d'un nouvel hydrure organostannique à “queue polaire”: le dibutyl-4,7,10-trioxaundécylstannane

A new tin hydride was prepared by reduction of the tin chloride obtained in the addition of hydrogenochlorodibutylstannane to the allyl methyl ether of diethyleneglycol. The efficiency of this compound in reductions and reductive additions to alkenes of alkyl halides was demonstrated as well as the easy separation of the organic products of reaction from the organotin compounds by liquid-solid chromatography over silica.     

Bonding properties of bicyclopropylidene: gas phase electron diffraction study and X-ray crystal structure analysis

The C=C double bond length in bicyclopropylidene (1) was found to be 131.4(1) and 130.4(8) pm by electron diffraction at 20° and X-ray diffraction at −40°C respectively. This value is in remarkable agreement with that obtained by molecular mechanics calculations; it is significantly shorter than the double bond in normal olefins.     

Synthèse de nouveaux polyesters insaturés styrèniques à partir de diols isomoléculaires à ponts thio-éthers. Étude par RMN et tenue thermique

The synthesis of unsaturated polyesters cross-linked by means of styrene have been carried out from high isomolecular weight diols containing thio-ether bonds. The ¹H-NMR peaks have been attributed. Those polyesters exhibit softness to a certain extent in conjunction with relatively high degradation temperatures (T_d 400°C).     

Étude structurale et vibrationnelle de solides moléculaires paramètres cristallins''et spectre d''absorption infrarouge en lumiére polarisée de

X-ray studies indicate that indanone-1 crystals belong to a monoclinic system, space group P2₁/c (C⁵_2h), with the following parameters: a = 7.90±0.01 Å; b = 12.38±0.01 Å; c = 7.39±0.01 Å; β = 99°±30' and Z = 4. A vibrational assignment of fundamental bands observed in the polarized infrared spectrum between 4000 cm⁻¹ and 250 cm⁻¹ is proposed. The band fine structure analysis at 77 °K shows a doublet structure, which agrees with X-ray data.     

The synthesis and liquid crystal transition temperatures of some weakly polar nematic trans-4-substituted-cyclohexyl (E)-alk-2-enoates

The effect on the liquid crystal transition temperatures of introducing various groups (for example incorporating C=C, O, CO₂ and CO) into the terminal alkyl chain of a weakly polar model compound 1-[trans-4-(trans-4-propylcyclohexyl)cyclohexyl]pentane has been investigated systematically. Only the compound containing both an ester function and a trans-carbon-carbon double bond exhibited a wide-range nematic mesophase at elevated temperatures. Therefore, a wide variety of trans-4-substituted-cyclohexyl (E)-alk-2-enoates incorporating a carbon double bond with a trans-configuration (E) in the terminal alkyl chain has been synthesized. Nearly all the two-ring esters prepared exhibit a nematic phase over a wide temperature range (≤ 100°C) at elevated temperatures (≤ 200°C). The tendency to form smectic mesophases is often low. Comparisons with the corresponding derivatives incorporating either just a carboxy group (COO) or just a carbon-carbon double bond (C=C) in the same positions indicate that synergetic effects lead to broader nematic phases than would otherwise have been expected. The new compounds are easily prepared from known starting materials.     

Synthèses d'indoles par cyclisation réductrice. II Nouvelle mélhode de synthèse des indole carboxamides-3, donnant accés aux dérivés de la gramine

A new synthetic method for 3-indolecarboxamides, in two steps from 2-halogenonitrobenzenes, is reported. These benzene derivatives, reacting with sodium salts of cyanoacetamides in N,N-dimethylformamide, give 2-(2-nitrophenyl)cyanoacetamides. Catalytic hydrogenation of the nitro derivatives, at 80°, leads directly to 3-indolecarboxamides. Reduction of the amides by lithium aluminium hydride gives finally 3-aminomethylindoles (gramine and its derivatives), so obtained by a new synthetic route.     

Polymérisation anionique des diènes. IV. Contribution aux etudes des mécanismes de propagation stéréospécifique des isoprène et butadiène par les organo-alcalins

By taking into account different possible interactions between the living end, the counterion and the nature of the solvent used on the one hand, and the influence of the temperature on the kinetics and the microstructures of polydienes on the other hand, it has been possible to suggest some new explanations concerning the mechanisms of the anionic propagation of butadiene and isoprene. In hydrocarbon media, the stereospecificity of the 1,4 propagation initiated by lithium should be considered as the consequence of the coordination of the counterion by both of the two bonds of the diene molécule. The stereospecificity of the vinyl propagation by the same counterion in dioxane solvent should be the consequence of the competition between the (Li⁺, dioxane) and (Li⁺, diene) coordination complexations. In this case, the Li⁺ counterion should only be coordinated by only one of the two double bonds of the diene molecule. With isoprene, the π-electron donation should originate mainly from the C₃?C₄ double bond. The decrease of the stereospecificity is due to the increasing size of the alkali counterion and the separation or the dissociation of the growing ion-pairs.     

Synthèse de copolymères greffés à base de polyéthylène—1

Polyethylene macromolecular free radical initiators, obtained by ozonization, are used to prepare graft copolymers with methyl methacrylate, styrene and vinyl chloride. The reactions parameters are the number of initiator groups (found by DPPH), peroxide and hydroperoxide proportions (respectively 36 and 64%), decomposition rate (K_d at 90° 10⁻¹sec⁻¹) and monomer concentration. The molecular structure of these copolymers is defined.     

H NMR Spectra and electronic structure of binuclear niobocene and titanocene containing fulvalene ligands

¹H NMR spectra of binuclear metallocene hydride complexes, (η⁵ : η⁵-C₁₀H₈)(C₅H₅)₂M₂(μ-H)₂ (M = Nb, 20°C and Ti, (−60 to +25°C), were studied. The Nb complex is diamagnetic and gives a high resolution spectrum. The coordination of bridging hydride H atoms provides Nb atoms with complete 18 electron configuration. In its ground state, the Ti complex is also diamagnetic (the spectrum at −60°C agrees to that) in spite of only 17 electron configuration of each Ti atom. However, the population of the excited triplet state in the case of the Ti complex is appreciable at temperatures higher than −30°C, the proton resonance lines being shifted downfield and significantly broadened as compared with the spectrum at −60°C.     

Régio et périsélectivité de réactions de diels-alder et des cycloadditions dipolaires-1,3 avec une triazépine-1,2,4: Approche théorique

e.s The cycloaddition of 1,3-dipoles (mesitonitrile, C,N-dimethylnitrone) and various dienophiles (DMAD, maleic anhydride) to 1,2,4-triazepine 1 are peri and regiospecific. Nitrone excepted the preferred orientation of addition is predicted correctly by FMO/MNDO calculation.     

Sels d'aziridinium stables c-fonctionnalisés II: Stéréochimie de la quaternisation,synthèses stérèodirigées de composés n-trideutériométhylés et attribution de leurs configurations relatives par el'fet overhauser nucléaire

Aziridines bearing a functionality on a ring carbon and an alkyl or deuteriomethyal group on nitrogen have been quaternized at different temperatures. The configurations of the resulting, stable, diastereomeric aziridinium ions have been assigned by Nuclear Overhauser effect. The stereoselectivity in quaternization is discussed.     

Polymérisation et copolymérisation cationiques des methylindenes

A study of cationic polymerization and copolymerization of methylindenes has been carried out by experimental methods and by means of quantic chemistry. The study showed a great variation among initiators in efficiency for the various monomers. The study of the effect of temperature on polymerization was carried out for dimethyl-5,7-indene. Polymerization enthalpies and reactivity ratios were determined; the values that were obtained allowed a classification of methylindenes with regard to their reactivity toward a single cation. Total electron densities, free valences, and mobile bond orders, frontier electron densities, and superdelocalizabilities on position 1 and 2 were calculated for all methylindenes. In determining location energies of the electronic double bond in position 2 and the stabilization energies at the time of the attack by a cation, a theoretical classification of the monomers with respect to their reactivity in cationic polymerization was obtained. The agreement between calculation and experimental results is shown to be satisfactory.     

Fluorénacènes et fluorénaphènes Synthèses dans la série des indéno-fluorènes,XIX Dérivés tétraméthylés du trans-fluorénaphène et du trans-fluorénacène

By condensation of isophthaloyldichloride resp. of terephthaloyldichloride with 4-bromo-1,2-xylene according Friedel-Crafts, followed in each case by a double cyclisation and a final reduction, the 2,3,9,10-tetramethyl-7,12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-a]fluorene resp. the 2,3,8,9-tetramethyl-6, 12-dihydro-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene are synthesized.     

Etude des composés d'addition d'acides de Lewis,XXXVII [1] composés d'addition de quelques quinones avec TiCl4, et relation entre les fréquences carbonyle et diverses grandeurs physicochimiques

1:1 or 1:2 solid stoichiometric adducts of TiCl₄ with anthraquinone-1,4, anthraquinone-1,2, naphtacenequinone-5,12, pentacenequinone-6,13 have been prepared. The very important lowering Δω(C?O) of the respective IR. carbonyl frequencies, ranging from ?160 to ?100 cm^?1, shows that the acceptor is linked by a dative bond to the carbonyl oxygen atom acting as donor. On the basis of calculations and various considerations, the reduction of the C?O double bond character is confirmed. Linear relations are found to exist between the oxydo-reduction or the polarographic reduction potential of the quinones, and their antisymetric ω_a(C?O) frequencies, the values of Δω, and the O → Ti vibrations, respectively.