Reactivity of the 4,5-didehydroisoquinolinium cation

The chemical properties of a 1,8-didehydronaphthalene derivative, the 4,5-didehydroisoquinolinium cation, were examined in the gas phase in a dual-cell Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer. This is an interesting biradical because it has two radical sites in close proximity, yet their coupling is very weak. In fact, the biradical is calculated to have approximately degenerate singlet and triplet states. This biradical was found to exclusively undergo radical reactions, as opposed to other related biradicals with nearby radical sites. The first bond formation occurs at the radical site in the 4-position, followed by that in the 5-position. The proximity of the radical sites leads to reactions that have not been observed for related mono- or biradicals. Interestingly, some ortho-benzynes have been found to yield similar products. Since ortho-benzynes do not react via radical mechanisms, these products must be especially favorable thermodynamically.     

Reactivity of the cadmium ion in concentrated phosphoric acid solutions

The solvation transfer coefficients which characterize the changes of ion reactivity with phosphoric acid concentration have been calculated for cadmium from the constants of the successive chloride complexes, and for silver and diethyldithiophosphate from potentiometric measurements. They evidence the strong desolvation of the cadmium species in concentrated phosphoric acid media, causing a remarkable increase of its reactivity. They allow the results of liquid-liquid extraction, precipitation and flotation reactions to be correctly interpreted and their changes to be foreseen when the reagents are modified.     

5,8-isoquinolinediones. II. Chemical and electrochemical behavior of the 5,8-isoquinolinedione system

We have devised two general synthetic schemes to 5,8-isoquinolinediones and have investigated the chemical and electrochemical behavior of these compounds. The 1,4-addition reactions of these quinones with amines was shown to occur at the 7-position and a number of 7-amino-5,8-isoquinolinediones. were synthesized. The 1,4-addition of hydrogen bromide was also studied. The ethylenic double bond of the 5,8-quinone system underwent Diels-Alder additions to yield the oxidized forms of the adducts. The nucleophilic displacement of the methoxy group in 7-methoxy-5,8-isoquinoline was accomplished with both potassium hydroxide and morpholine. A Polarographic study of the half-wave potentials of substituted 5,8-isoquinolinediones showed a linear correlation between the change in the half-wave potential of the quinone system (ΔE° 1/2) resulting from the introduction of different substituents, and the substituent constants (σ_p-x).     

Diels-Alder Reactions of 5,8-Ethano-5,8-dihydro-1,4-naphthoquinone with Cyclic Dienes

Diels-Alder cycloadditions of 1,3-cyclohexadiene and cyclopentadiene to π -facially dissymmetric 5,8-ethano-5,8-dihydro-1,4-naphtboquinone (1) were examined. The stereochemical outcome of the reactions, determined by a combination of chemical and spectral methods, indicates that addition of cyclic dienes to 1 occurs preferentially at the face syn to the etheno-bridge of 1. Cycloadducts 7a/7b and 8a/8b obtained from Diels-Alder reactions of 1 with cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene undergo [2+2]-photocyclization to give caged compounds 9a/9b and 10a/10b , respectively. Stereoselective reduction of the enedione double bond in 7a/7b and 8a/8b with aqueous TiCl₃ in acetone affords cis-bis-bicyclic ring-fused 1,4-cyclo-hexadiones 11a/11b , and 12a/12b , respectively.     

Reactivity of the carbocation generated in the photolysis of 1,2,2,4,6-pentamethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline toward azide ion

The reaction of the azide ion with the carbocation generated in the photolysis of 1,2,2,4,6-pentamethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline in methanol was studied by pulse (conventional and laser) and steady-state photolysis techniques. The adduct of the azide ion was characterized by ¹H NMR spectrum. Experimental results were interpreted taking into account a competition between the addition of methanol and azide ion to the carbocation. The rate constants for the reaction of the azide ion with the carbocation (k _Az) were measured at 2—48 °C in a wide range of [N₃ ^–]₀ concentrations from 2·10^–7 to 0.1 mol L^–1 at different ionic strengths () of the solution. The resulting k _Az values are more than an order of magnitude lower than those for diffusional-controlled reactions and vary from 3.2·10⁸ ( = 0) to 4.5·10⁶ L mol^–1 s^–1 ( = 0.8 mol L^–1) in the presence of NaClO₄ (18 °C). The activation energy of addition of the azide ion to the carbocation is 21 kJ mol^–1, which is by 12 kJ mol^–1 lower than the activation energy of the reaction of the carbocation with methanol. The features of the reaction under study are discussed from the viewpoint of the structures of carbocations generated in the photolysis of dihydroquinolines.     

Reactivity of the triple ion and separated ion pair of tris(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium with aldehydes: a RINMR study

Low-temperature rapid-injection NMR (RINMR) experiments were performed on tris(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium. In THF/Me2O solutions, the separated ion (1S) reacted faster than can be measured at -130 degrees C with MeI and substituted benzaldehydes (k >/= 2 s -1), whereas the contact ion (1C) dissociated to 1S before reacting. Unexpectedly, the triple ion reacted faster with electron-rich benzaldehydes relative to electron-deficient ones. The addition of HMPA had no effect on the rate of reaction of the triple ion with p-diethylaminobenzaldehyde, and the immediate product of the reaction was the HMPA-solvated separated ion 1S, with the Peterson product forming only slowly. Thus, the aldehyde is catalyzing the dissociation of the triple ion. HMPA greatly decelerated the reaction of 1S (<10 -10), providing an estimate of the Lewis acid activating effect of a THF-solvated lithium cation in an organolithium addition to an aldehyde.     

Synthesis of 5-trifluoromethyl-5,8-dideazafolic acid and 5-trifluoromethyl-5,8-dideazaisofolic acid

The target folate analogue 5-trifluoromethyl-5,8-dideazafolic acid has been elaborated in a seven-step reaction sequence beginning with 2-fluoro-6-trifluoromethylbenzonitrile. The bridge-reversed isomer 5-trifluoromethyl-5,8-dideazaisofolic acid was prepared in six steps using the common intermediate 2,6-diamino-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-5-trifluoromethylquinazoline. The key intermediate 2-amino-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-5-trifluoromethyl-quinazoline was prepared using two distinct synthetic routes and the resulting products were found to be identical.     

Reactivity in the gas phase. Behaviour of isoxazoles under negative ion chemical ionization conditions

[M ? H⁺]^? ions of isoxazole (la), 3-methylisoxazole (1b), 5-methylisoxazole (1c), 5-phenylisoxazole (1d) and benzoylacetonitrile (2a) are generated using NICI/OH^? or NICI/NH₂^? techniques. Their fragmentation pathways are rationalized on the basis of collision-induced dissociation and mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra and by deuterium labelling studies. 5-Substituted isoxazoles 1c and 1d, after selective deprotonation at position 3, mainly undergo N ? O bond cleavage to the stable α-cyanoenolate NC ? CH ? CR ? O^? (R = Me, Ph) that fragments by loss of R? CN, or R? H, or H₂O. The same α-cyanoenolate anion (R = Ph) is obtained from 2a with OH^?, or NH₂^?, confirming the structure assigned to the [M ? H⁺]^? ion of 1d, On the contrary, 1b is deprotonated mainly at position 5 leading, via N? O and C(3)? C(4) bond cleavages, to H? C ≡ C? O ^? and CH₃CN. Isoxazole (1a) undergoes deprotonation at either position and subsequent fragmentations. Deuterium labelling revealed an extensive exchange between the hydrogen atoms in the ortho position of the phenyl group and the deuterium atom in the α-cyanenolate NC ? CD = CPh ? O^?.     

Bis-allylic Reactivity of the Funicolides, 5,8(17)-diunsaturated briarane diterpenes of the sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis from the tuscan archipelago,leading to 16-nortaxane derivatives

Funicolides A–C ( 1–3 ), D ( 5 ), and E ( 7 ) and 7-epifunicolide A ( 4 ), new 5,8(17)-diunsaturated briarane diterpenes, as well as the known analogue brianthein W ( 6 ), were isolated from the pennatulacean coral Funiculina quadrangularis (PALLAS , 1766) collected in the Tuscan archipelago. Easy degradation under oxidative and/or basic conditions served to assign the ester groups at C(2) or C(14), while revealing bis-allylic reactivity at C(7) with formation of 16-nortaxane derivatives.     

Triamino-s-triazine triradical trications. An experimental study of triazine as a magnetic coupling unit

[structure: see text] Triamino-s-triazine derivatives 3a, 4, and 5 have been prepared, and their cationic states have been analyzed electrochemically. At 298 K, 3a+ has a limited lifetime in CH2Cl2 solution. However, 4+ and 5+ are long-lived under such conditions, and quartet states of 4(3+) and 5(3+) are observed by ESR spectroscopy. Variable-temperature ESR analysis and NMR shift susceptibility measurements indicate that 5(3+) is a doublet ground state with a populated quartet state.     

Reactivity of 4-nitro- and 4-nitro-7-halogeno-2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles toward methoxide ion

4-Nitro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole reacted with sodium methoxide (0.1-1 M) in methanol yielding 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4, 7-dione monoxime (syn+anti). Methoxy-dehalogenation of 4-nitro-7-halogeno-derivatives yielded 4-nitro-7-methoxy-2,1,3-benzothadiazole under similar conditions. In both eases transitions attributable to the formation of Meisenheimer complexes were detected.     

A Simple Efficient Synthesis of 5,8-Isoquinolinedione

5,8-Isoquinolinedione was synthesized from 5-hydroxyisoquinoline by nitrosation at C-8, reduction of the nitroso group and oxidation of the resultant 5-hydroxy-8-aminoisoquinoline.