Reactivity of coordinated O2? towards. One-electron oxidants

Ion-radical complexes Ti(IV) (O ₂ ^– ) are unreactive towards most oxidants except Ce(IV) and Cr₂O ₇ ^2– . The one-electron redox potential for the O_{2 coord.}/O _{2 coord.} ^– couple lies between 1 and 1.6 V.

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- O ₂ ^– Ti(IV) , Ce(IV) Cr₂ O ₇ ^2– . - O_{2 .}/O ₂ ^– . 1 1,6 .

     

Determination of oxidants with photoreduced methylviologen

Summary Determination of Oxidants with Photoreduced Methylviologen Optimal conditions for photogeneration of the reduced form of methylviologen are described in detail. The generation is done by photochemical reaction of the system 3,10-dimethyl-5-deazaisoalloxazine-methylviologen-electron donor (EDTA, oxalate or arginine). The methylviologen radical cation is suitable as a reductimetric titrant. A method has been developed for the determination of micromolar quantities of organic and inorganic substances byin situ photochemical generation of the reduced form of methylviologen. Spectrophotometric end-points can be utilized because of the intense blue colour of the titrant. Amperometric end-points can also be utilized. A precision of 1.5% can be obtained with both detection methods.     

Reactivity of 1-chloro-3-phenyldiazirines

p-Substituted 1-chloro-3-phenyldiazirines (5), the putative intermediates of the reaction of N,N,N'-trichlorobenzamidines (10) with excess of bromide ions, react further to afford mixtures of 3-bromo- (4) and 3-chloro-3-phenyldiazirines (6). The 6:4 ratios inversely correlate with the Hammett sigma(p) and sigma(p)+ constants of the p-substituents. The formation of 4, proposed to proceed by anti-S(N)2' mechanism, is predominant with electron-withdrawing p-substituents. Compounds 6, the major products with electron-donating p-substituents, may arise from 5 by a [1,3]-sigmatropic shift of chlorine proceeding via polar transition structures 12. The results of a gas-phase DFT (B3LYP/6-31+G*) study on the two mechanisms are consistent with experiment.     

Oxidation of aniline with strong and weak oxidants

Oxidative polymerization of aniline by the action of a strong oxidant, ammonium peroxodisulfate, and a weak oxidant, silver nitrate, was studied in media with different acidities. Depending on the reaction conditions, the organic fraction of the products contained either nonconducting aniline oligomers or conducting high-molecular polyaniline. The effect of the oxidation potential on the oxidation process and formation of supramolecular structures by oxidation products was discussed on the basis of analysis of the kinetics and products of aniline oxidation by spectroscopic, conductometric, thermogravimetric, chromatographic (gel permeation), and electron microscopic methods. A relation was revealed between the morphology of composite materials and their electric conductivity.     

Reactions of powdered silicon with some pyrotechnic oxidants

Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) have been used to examine the thermal behaviour, in N₂ and in air, of the Si/Sb₂O₃, Si/KNO₃, Si/Fe₂O₃ and Si/SnO₂ pyrotechnic systems, in relation to the behaviour of the individual constituents.TG curves for Si powder, heated alone in air, showed that limited oxidation of Si occurred above 700°. In N₂, Sb₂O₃ sublimed completely between 500 and 900° and, in air, sublimation was accompanied by oxidation to Sb₂O₄. The Sb₂O₄ decomposed at higher temperatures. DSC curves for KNO₃ heated in N₂ showed the usual crystalline transition and melting endotherms followed by endothermic decomposition between 400 and 950°. DSC and TG curves of SnO₂and Fe₂O₃ revealed no thermal events when samples were heated to 1000° in either N₂ or air.For the Si/Sb₂O₃ system, the oxidation of Si by Sb₂O₃ between 590 and 700°, was complicated by sublimation of Sb₂O₃ in N₂ and also by the oxidation of Sb₂O₃ in air. No thermal events were observed for the Si/SnO₂and Si/Fe₂O₃ systems when heated under a variety of conditions in either N2 or in air, although these systems do sustain combustion on suitable ignition. In the Si/KNO₃ system, oxidation of Si occurs in a KNO₃ melt at temperatures above 560° in nitrogen and in air.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels TG und DSC wurde das thermische Verhalten der pyrotechnischen Systeme Si/Sb₂O₃, Si/KNO₃, Si/Fe₂O₃ und Si/SnO₂in N₂ und in Luft im Vergleich zum Verhalten der einzelnen Komponenten untersucht.TG-Aufnahmen über das Erhitzen von Si-Pulver in Luft zeigten eine begrenzte Oxidation von Silizium oberhalb 700°C. Sb₂O₃ sublimiert in Stickstoff vollständig zwischen 500 und 900°C, in Luft wird die Sublimation durch Oxidation zu Sb₂O₄ begleitet. Sb₂O₄ zersetzt sich bei höheren Temperaturen. DSC-Aufnahmen für KNO₃ in N₂ zeigen die gewohnten Umwandlungs- und Schmelzendothermen, gefolgt von einer endothermen Zersetzung zwischen 400 und 950°C. Die DSC- und TG-Kurven für SnO₂und Fe₂O₃ zeigen bei Erhitzen bis 1000°C weder in N₂ noch in Luft den Verlauf thermische Prozesse an.Bei dem System Si/Sb₂O₃ spielt sich neben der Oxidation von Si durch Sb₂O₃ zwischen 590 und 700°C auch eine Sublimation von Sb₂O₃ in N₂ sowie eine Oxidation von Sb₂O₃ in Luft ab. Für die Systeme Si/SnO₂und Si/Fe₂O₃ konnten durch Erhitzen unter einer Reihe von Bedingungen weder in Luft noch in N₂ Thermoprozesse nachgewiesen werden, obwohl diese Systeme nach geeigneter Zündung den Brennvorgang aufrechterhalten. Im System Si/KNO₃ erfolgt sowohl in N₂ als auch in Luft oberhalb 560°C die Oxidation von Si in der KNO₃-Schmelze.

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. H. J. Seifert on the occasion of his 60^th birthday     

Modification of polyolefin surfaces with iron cluster oxidants

Modification of polyethylene and polypropylene film and powder surfaces with oxygen and hydrogen peroxide is promoted by nonporphyrinic, nonfree radical based iron reagents such as Fe₃O(OCOCH₃)₆(C₆H₅N)_3.5 and FeCl₃ ? 6H₂O/picolinic acid. These oxidation systems introduced small amounts of carbonyl groups onto the surface of these hydrocarbon polymers. The most visible manifestation of this reaction was increased polyolefin wettability toward water. IR spectroscopy, XPS spectroscopy, and chemical derivatization all were used to verify that the reaction had occurred and that a chemically derivatizable surface had been prepared. The overall process produced a fraction of the density of functional groups introduced by conventional etching chemistry.     

The oxidation of some enamines with metal oxidants

4-(1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-morpholine, 1-morpholino-styrene and 1-morpholino-2-methyl- styrene were treated with lead tetraacetate. The products obtained were N-acetyl-morpholine, the 2-acetoxy-ketone and in the case of the first substrate its enamine. The 2-morpholino-ketone was also formed in the reactions with 4-(1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-morpholine and 1-morpholino-2-methylstyrene. 4- (1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-morpholine reacted with thallium triacetate and mercuric diacetate, giving very similar results. A mechanistic scheme is discussed, where an intermediate product derived from the addition of two acetoxy groups to the enamine double bond is cleaved via an α-elimination path.     

Reactivity of diaminogermylenes with ruthenium carbonyl: Ru3Ge3 and RuGe2 derivatives

The nature of the products of the reactions of [Ru(3)(CO)(12)] with diaminogermylenes depends upon the volume and the cyclic or acyclic structure of the latter. Thus, the triruthenium cluster [Ru(3){μ-Ge(NCH(2)CMe(3))(2)C(6)H(4)}(3)(CO)(9)], which has a planar Ru(3)Ge(3) core and an overall C(3h) symmetry, has been prepared in quantitative yield by treating [Ru(3)(CO)(12)] with an excess of the cyclic 1,3-bis(neo-pentyl)-2-germabenzimidazol-2-ylidene in toluene at 100 °C, but under analogous reaction conditions, the acyclic and bulkier Ge(HMDS)(2) (HMDS = N(SiMe(3))(2)) quantitatively leads to the mononuclear ruthenium(0) derivative [Ru{Ge(HMDS)(2)}(2)(CO)(3)]. Mixtures of products have been obtained from the reactions of [Ru(3)(CO)(12)] with the cyclic and very bulky 1,3-bis(tert-butyl)-2-germaimidazol-2-ylidene under various reaction conditions. The Ru(3)Ge(3) and RuGe(2) products reported in this paper are the first ruthenium complexes containing diaminogermylene ligands.     

Reactivity of a 10-I-3 hypervalent iodine trifluoromethylation reagent with phenols

The reaction of the 10-I-3 hypervalent iodine electrophilic trifluoromethylation reagent 1-trifluoromethyl-1,2-benziodoxol-3-(1H)-one (2) with 2,4,6-trimethylphenol, after deprotonation with NaH and in the presence of 18-crown-6 in a polar, nonprotic solvent, affords 1,3,5-trimethyl-2-(trifluoromethoxy)benzene (4) only as a byproduct. Trifluoromethylation occurs preferentially at the ortho- and para-positions of the aromatic core, giving the corresponding trifluoromethylcyclohexadienones 5 and 6. In case the ortho- and/or para-positions are not substituted, the corresponding products of an aromatic, electrophilic substitution are obtained in moderate yield, for example, 2-trifluoromethyl-4-tert-butylphenol (10a) from 4-tert-butylphenol (10).     

Iodine-promoted selective 3-selanylation and 3-sulfenylation of indoles with dichalcogenides under mild conditions

A simple method was developed for the synthesis of 3-chalcogen indoles via iodine-promoted direct 3-selanyl- and 3-sulfenylation of indoles with dichalcogenides. The reaction was carried out smoothly in EtOH under air at room temperature, selectively giving a series of 3-chalcogen indoles bearing different functional groups in good to excellent yields. The procedure has the merits of environmental friendliness, easy operation, wide substrate scope and mild reaction conditions.     

Atom-economical brominations with tribromide complexes in the presence of oxidants

Bromination is an important transformation in organic synthesis, and novel efficient bromination techniques are still required. Herein, we demonstrate atom-economical brominations using (DMI)₂HBr₃, a novel tribromide complex, with oxidants such as DMSO and Oxone. Using this system, olefinic and aromatic brominations, as well as selective α-monobrominations of ketones proceeded well to afford the desired bromides in good yields. Importantly, in these reactions all of the bromine atoms in this complex are used to brominate.     

Electronic structure of UH,UF, and their ions

A relativistic effective core potential (REP) has been generated for the uranium atom and used in self-consistent-field calculations of the A states of UH, UF, and their ions. Energy curves were calculated at the base configuration level which ensures the dissociating atoms are described by Hartree–Fock wavefunctions. The electronic bonding of these molecules is found to be similar to that of comparable alkaline–earth hydrides and fluorides. The uranium 6p, 6d, and 5f orbitals retain their atomic character but the orbitals extend into the bonding region and are distorted by overlap repulsion and electrostatic effects. Nonetheless, the atomic energetic coupling determines that low energy states will have the maximum spin multiplicity and maximum orbital angular momentum projection consonant with the charge-transfer bonding.     

ChemInform Abstract: Reactions of Uranium Atoms with Ammonia: Infrared Spectra and Quasi‐Relativistic Calculations of the U:NH3, H2N—UH,and HN=UH2 Complexes.

ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 200 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.     

3-甲氧亚甲四氢噻吩的合成及其反应性能的研究

1967年Stoll,M.等人从咖啡中分离出一种具有强烈器官感受性质(Organolepticproperty)的物质。Bucchi,等人最后确定其化学结构为2-甲基-3-噁-8-硫代双环〔3,3,0〕-1,4二烯,俗称咖噁呋喃(Kahweo-furan〕(Ⅱ)。     

Reactivity of 3-hydroxypyridine and its derivatives with respect to oxidizing and reducing radicals

Conclusions 3-Hydroxypyridine and its alkyl-substituted derivatives react with e^–and the H and OH radicals; their relative reactivity has been determined.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2216–2218, October, 1981.     

Removal of the potent greenhouse gas NF3 by reactions with the atmospheric oxidants O(1D), OH and O3

Nitrogen trifluoride, NF(3), a trace gas of purely anthropogenic origin with a large global warming potential is accumulating in the Earth's atmosphere. Large uncertainties are however associated with its atmospheric removal rate. In this work, experimental and theoretical kinetic tools were used to study the reactions of NF(3) with three of the principal gas-phase atmospheric oxidants: O((1)D), OH and O(3). For reaction (R2) with O((1)D), rate coefficients of k(2)(212-356 K) = (2.0 ± 0.3) × 10(-11) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) were obtained in direct competitive kinetics experiments, and experimental and theoretical evidence was obtained for F-atom product formation. These results indicate that whilst photolysis in the stratosphere remains the principal fate of NF(3), reaction with O((1)D) is significant and was previously underestimated in atmospheric lifetime calculations. Experimental evidence of F-atom production from 248 nm photolysis of NF(3) was also obtained, indicating that quantum yields for NF(3) destruction remain significant throughout the UV. No evidence was found for reaction (R3) of NF(3) with OH indicating that this process makes little or no contribution to NF(3) removal from the atmosphere. An upper-limit of k(3)(298 K) < 4 × 10(-16) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) was obtained experimentally; theoretical analysis suggests that the true rate coefficient is more than ten orders of magnitude smaller. An upper-limit of k(4)(296 K) < 3 × 10(-25) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) was obtained in experiments to investigate O(3) + NF(3) (R4). Altogether these results underpin calculations of a long (several hundred year) lifetime for NF(3). In the course of this work rate coefficients (in units of 10(-11) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) for removal of O((1)D) by n-C(5)H(12), k(6) = (50 ± 5) and by N(2), k(7) = (3.1 ± 0.2) were obtained. Uncertainties quoted throughout are 2σ precision only.     

Reactivity of indanedioneketene dimer with amines

The highly reactive indanedioneketene 5, resulting from the thermal decomposition of phenyliodonium ylide of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (lawsone, 4), in the absence of nucleophiles dimerizes to the corresponding tetraoxo spiro oxetanone 6 in quantitative yield. This oxetanone exhibits an interesting reactivity toward amines.