Synthesis of methyl-substituted benzofuro-, benzothieno-, and benzoselenopheno[2,3-b]pyridines

Three-ring systems with benzo[b]furan, benzo[b]selenophene, and benzo[b]thiophene rings condensed with the pyridine ring and with a methyl group in the position of the pyridine ring were synthesized by the reaction of 2-chloro-3-nitro-6-methylpyridine with sodium phenoxide, sodium thiophenoxide, or sodium selenophenoxide, reduction of the resulting 2-phenoxy-, 2-phenylthio-, and 2-phenylseleno-3-nitro-6-methylpyridines with stannous chloride in concentrated hydrochloric acid, diazotization of the substituted 3-aminopyridines, and heating of the diazonium compounds in 25% sulfuric acid.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1541–1543, November, 1972.     

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Characterization of 6-(p-tolyl)-6-H-Decachlorobenzo[cd]pyrene

A new perchlorinated fused compound, 6-(p-tolyl)-6H-decachloro-benzo[cd]-pyrene 1, was synthesized with solvothermal reaction,a novel approach developed in our group. 1 is an interesting molecule for it is similar in structure to chlorinated fragment molecules of fullerenes^[1]. Besides, its homologues such as 6-methyl-6H-benzo[cd]pyrenes, 6-methoxycarbonyl-6H-benzo[cd]pyrene and 6-mesyloxyl-6H-benzo[cd]pyrene[2] have been synthesized as parent hydrocarbons of benzo[cd]pyrenyl system, which were investigated for its NBMO properties^[3].     

Arene imine derivatives of nitrogen heterocycles: 1a,9b-dihydrobenz[h]-azirino[f]quinoline, 1a,9b-dihydrobenz[f]azirino[h]quinoline and 1a,9b-dihydroazirino[f][1,10]phenanthroline

The syntheses of the K-imine derivatives of benzo[h]quinoline ( 1 ), benzo[f]quinoline ( 2 ) and 1,10-phenanthroline ( 3 ) are described. The parent nitrogen heterocycles were oxidized with sodium hypochlorite to the corresponding K-oxides, 4, 6 and 8 , which in turn were reacted with sodium azide. The resulting azido alcohols were then cyclized with triethyl phosphite to the title compounds 5, 7 and 9 . The oxirane ring cleavage in benzo[h]quinoline 5,6-oxide ( 4 ) and in benzo[f]quinoline 5,6-oxide ( 6 ) by sodium azide proceeded by the predicted regioselectivity: 4 gave trans-5-azido-5,6-dihydro-6-benzo[h]quinolinol ( 11 ) and trans-6-azido-5,6-dihydro-5-benzo[h]quinolinol ( 10 ) as the major and minor products respectively, and 6 yielded solely trans-6-azido-5,6-dihydro-5-benzo[f]quinolinol ( 12 ). The latter compound proved by X-ray analysis to crystallize as a hydrogen bonded dimer.     

Direct determination of selected polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in a coal liquefaction product by synchronous luminescence techniques

Synchronous fluorescence and the room-temperature phosphorescence methods were used to determine selected polynuclar aromatic hydrocarbons in a coal liquid (solvent-refined coal) product without a preseparation step. The procedure identified and quantified ten polynuclear aromatic compounds including anthracene, 2,3-benzofluorene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[e]pyrene, carbazole, dibenzothiophene, fluoranthene, fluorene, perylene and pyrene. Standard deviations for repeated determinations ranged from 10–30% for concentrations in the range of 0.1–6 mg g^-1. The data obtained by these methods agree with results by other methods within the estimated experimental uncertainty.     

Synthesis of 2-mercapto-substituted thieno[2,3-d]thiazoles and ben zothieno[3,2-d] thiazoles

2-Mercaptothieno[2, 3-d]thiazoles were synthesized from bis(2-nitro-3-thienyl) disulfide by successive reduction of, initially, the disulfide bond and the nitro group in the presence of carbon disulfide without isolation of the intermediate 2-nitro-3-mercaptothiophene. 2-Mercaptobenzo-[b]thieno[3, 2-d]thiazole was synthesized by reaction of 3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene hydrochloride with sulfur monochloride and cleavage of the resulting benzo[b]thienothiazothionium chloride with sodium sulfide in the presence of carbon disulfide.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1355–1356, October, 1976.     

Admicelle-enhanced synchronous fluorescence spectrometry for the selective determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water

A simple and rapid method for the highly sensitive determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water was developed. Benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, perylene, and pyrene in water were concentrated into sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-alumina admicelles. The collection was performed by adding SDS and alumina particles into the sample solution at pH 2. After gentle mixing, the resulting suspension was passed through a membrane filter to collect the SDS admicelles containing highly concentrated PAHs. The filter was placed on a slide glass and then covered admicellar layer with a fused silica glass plate before setting in a fluorescence spectrometer. Benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, perylene, and pyrene were selectively determined by the synchronous fluorescence scan (SFS) analysis with keeping wavelength intervals between excitation and emission to 98, 35, 29, and 45 nm, respectively. Because of the minimum spectral overlapping, 1-40 ng l⁻¹ of benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and perylene as well as 10-150 ng l⁻¹ of pyrene were selectively determined with eliminating the interferences of other 12 PAHs. The detection limits were 0.3 ng l⁻¹ for benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and perylene, and 1 ng l⁻¹ for pyrene. They were 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than the detection limits in normal aqueous micellar solutions. The application to water analysis was studied.     

Synthesis of Novel Benzotriazoloazepine Derivatives

Eight new benzotriazoloazepine derivatives have been synthesized starting from 7‐methoxy‐2,3,4,5‐tetrahydro‐1H‐2‐benzo[c]azepin‐1‐one. The compounds 2a–c have been synthesized by the reaction of 7‐methoxy‐2,3,4,5‐tetrahydro‐1H‐2‐benzo[c]azepin‐1‐thione with various hydrazides. Reaction of 5 with hydrazine hydrate, followed by treatment of the resultant hydrazone with formic acid, gave corresponding 9‐alkoxy‐6,7‐dihydro‐5H‐benzo[c][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐a]azepine(6 a , b ). Cyclization of 5 with methyl carbazate gave 9‐alkoxy‐6,7‐dihydro‐2H‐benzo[c][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐a]azepin‐3(5H)‐one (7 a–c ). The structures of the compounds were confirmed by their elemental analysis and spectral data. Their anticonvulsant activities have been initially screened.     

Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of diols and tetrols from reactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon epoxides with hemoglobin

We have evaluated both electron ionization (EI) and negative-ion chemical ionization (NICI) methods for the analysis of trimethylsilyl derivatives of a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) alcohols including styrene diol, benzo[e]pyrene diol and tetrols, cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene diols, benzo[a]pyrene-4,5-diols, chrysene tetrols, benz[a]anthracene tetrols I and II, and syn- and anti-benzo[a]pyrene tetrols. NICI is the more sensitive method for all compounds except styrene diol. Detection limits are compound-dependent and range from 1 fmol for cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene diol to 1 pmol for benzo[e]pyrene diol. The EI detection limit for styrene diol is 60 fmol. PAH alcohols related to the compounds listed above were observed following hydrolysis of hemoglobin which had been reacted with PAH epoxides in vitro. Benzo[a]pyrene tetrols and a chrysene tetrol were observed following hydrolysis of hemoglobin isolated from human smokers' blood. Hydrolysis of styrene oxide treated hemoglobin in 18O-labeled water revealed at least two mechanisms of ester hydrolysis, including the BAL 1 pathway.     

Rapid SPE-HPLC determination of the 16 European priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in olive oils

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large class of organic compounds. It has been established that the main source of exposure to these compounds for human beings is through food, particularly fats and oils, due to the lipophilic nature of these polycyclic compounds. The aim of this work was to optimise and validate a method involving SPE and HPLC for rapid determination of the 16 European Union (EU) priority PAHs (required by the Recommendation 2005/108/EC) in vegetable oils. Two spectrofluorometric detectors and a UV-Visible detector in series were used to identify and quantify the target compounds. Linearity, recoveries, LOD, and LOQ were found to be in agreement with the performance criteria for benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) analysis as required by the Commission Directive 2005/10/EC, and satisfactory for all the compounds of interest, except for cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene, which presented a very low signal in the UV. Optimised chromatographic conditions for the separation of 25 PAHs, comprising both EPA and EU priority PAHs plus benzo[e]pyrene and benzo[b]chrysene, have been also proposed.     

Validation of a method for extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sewage sludge and analysis by GC-MS

In the present study, the solid–liquid extraction with low temperature purification was validated for the determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sewage sludge by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Recoveries ranged 70–114% for naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[a]anthracene and chrysene, while the compounds benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene showed recoveries of between 40 and 70%. The relative standard deviation was less than 13% for all of the compounds. Negative matrix effect was observed on the 10 compounds with less retention time in the chromatographic analysis and positive matrix effect noticed on the others. The limits of quantification were from 2 to 20 μg kg^?1, about 30 times less than the maximum residue limit allowed in sludge by the European Union. The validated method produced quantification of 11 PAHs in one sludge sample at concentrations ranging 20–2000 μg kg^?1.     

Nitroazines. 9. Characteristic features of nucleophilic substitution of the nitro group in dihydroazolo[5,1-c] [1,2,4]triazines

The reaction of 6-nitro-7-oxo-4,7-dihydroazolo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazines with O-, N-, and S-nucleophiles leads to the corresponding 6-substituted compounds. In the reaction of 2,4-dimethyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-4,7-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazine with hydrazine hydrate, 3-methyl-5-(N-methylamino)-1,2,4-triazole is formed.Article 8, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 253–257, February, 1989.     

Synthesis of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]phthalazines

5,9-Disubstituted benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]phthalazines are synthesized efficiently from acylbenzoic acids and 2-nitro-5-chlorophenylhydrazine. Nucleophilic substitution in phthalazinones gave a variety of the title compounds after reduction and cyclization.     

Synthesis and biological activity of N-substituted-3-chloro-2-azetidinones

2-Aminobenzothiazole-6-carboxylic acid (1), on condensation with chloroacetyl chloride yielded 2-(2-chloroacetylamino)benzothiazole-6-carboxylic acid (2), which on amination with hydrazine hydrate yielded in turn 2-(2-hydrazinoacetylamino)benzo-thiazole-6-carboxylic acid (3). Compound 3, on condensation with various aromatic aldehydes afforded a series of 2-{2-[N'-(arylidene)hydrazino]acetylamino}benzothiazole-6-carboxylic acids 4a-h, which upon dehydrative annulation in the presence of chloroacetyl chloride and triethylamine yielded 2-{2-[3-chloro-2-(aryl)-4-oxoazetidin-1-ylamino]-acetylamino}benzothiazole-6-carboxylic acids 5a-h. The synthesized compounds 4a-h and 5a-h were screened for their antibacterial activity against four microorganisms: Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive), Bacillus subtilis (Gram positive), Psuedomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative) and Escherichia coli (Gram negative). They were found to exhibit good to moderate antibacterial activity. The antifungal activity of these compounds were also tested against three different fungal species. None of them were active against the species tested.     

The monomethyl and dimethyl derivatives of benzo[e]pyrene

Convenient syntheses of the previously unknown complete set of six isomeric monomethyl derivatives of benzo[e]pyrene, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 9- and 10-methylbenzo[e]pyrene, are described. Syntheses of 1-, 2- and 3-methylbenzo[e]pyrene were accomplished through reaction of 7H-benzanthrene (or its 1-Me derivative as appropriate) with 1, 3-bis(dimethylamino)trimethinium perchlorate (or its 1-Me derivative) followed by thermal electrocyclic ring closure accompanied by elimination and aromatization. The earlier claim¹⁶ that the analogous isomeric benzo[a]pyrene derivatives are principal products of reactions of this type is disproven. Synthesis of 3,6- and 4,5-dimethylbenzo[e]pyrene are also described. The structural assignments of all mono- and dimethyl benzo[e] pyrene products are supported by high resolution 270 MHz proton NMR spectra; the chemical shifts and coupling constants of all aromatic protons are fully assigned.     

Condensed imidazo-1,2,4-azines. 4. Synthesis of 1,4-Dihydroimidazo[1,5-c]-1,2,4-triazine derivatives

The reaction of 2-methyl-4(5)-nitro- and 2-methyl-4(5)-nitro-5(4)-bromoimidazoles with -halo ketones was investigated, during which a number of 1-acylmethyl-substituted 2-methyl-4-nitro- and 2-methyl-4-nitro-5-bromoimidazoles were obtained. 1,4-Dihydro derivatives of imidazo[1,5-c]-1,2,4-triazine were synthesized by reaction of the latter with hydrazine and its monosubstituted derivatives. The structures of the 1-acylmethyl-substituted 2-methyl-4-nitro-5-bromoimidazoles and 1,4-dihydro derivatives of imidazo[1,5-c]-1,2,4-triazine were confirmed by their IR, PMR, and mass spectra.See [1–3] for Communications 1–3, respectively.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 833–837, June, 1981.     

On Condensation Reactions of Aceanthrene Quinone: Novel Heterocycles

Summary.  It was found that aceanthrene quinone can be condensed with ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminobenzene, 4-nitro-1,2-diaminobenzene, 1,2-diaminoanthrene quinone, and 4,5,6-triaminopyrimidine derivatives to give aceanthryleno[1,2-b]pyrazine and aceanthryleno[1,2-g]pteridine derivatives. Condensation of aceanthrene quinone with 2-aminoguanidine, semicarbazide, and thiosemicarbazide yielded aceanthryleno[1,2-e]triazines, condensation with 6-hydrazinopyrimidine derivatives gave 3,4-aceanthrylenopyrimido[4,5-c]pyridazines. Reaction of aceanthrene quinone with 2-cyanoethanoic acid hydrazide afforded 10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-aceanthryleno[1,2-c]pyridazine-9-carbonitrile. Treatment of aceanthrene quinone with malononitrile and hydrazine hydrate resulted in 10-aminoaceanthryleno[1,2-c]pyridazine-9-carbonitrile. The antibacterial effects of the prepared compounds were tested. Three of the compounds were tested against 60 cancer types. Received May 6, 2001. Accepted June 5, 2001     

Optimization of the matrix solid-phase dispersion sample preparation procedure for analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils: comparison with microwave-assisted extraction

A fast and simple preparation procedure based on the matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) technique is proposed for the first time for the isolation of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from soil samples. Naphthalene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[e]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene, and indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene were considered in the study. Extraction and clean-up of samples were carried out in a single step. The main parameters that affect extraction yield, such as dispersant, type and amount of additives, clean-up co-sorbent and extractive solvent were evaluated and optimized. The addition of an alkali solution in MSPD was required to provide quantitative recoveries. Analytical determinations were carried out by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. Quantification limits (between 0.01 and 0.6 ng g(-1) dry mass) were well below the regulatory limits for all the compounds considered. The extraction yields for the different compounds obtained by MSPD were compared with the yields obtained by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE). To test the accuracy of the MSPD technique, the optimized methodology was applied to the analysis of standard reference material BCR-524 (contaminated industrial soil), with excellent results.     

Method validation for determination of the 15 European-priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in primary smoke condensates by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: interlaboratory study

A collaborative study was conducted to validate an analytical method for quantification of the 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) regarded in 2002 as a health concern by the former Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission (SCF) in primary smoke condensates. The method is based on gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of a cyclohexane extract with solid-phase cleanup through silica gel. The analytes were detected in the selected-ion monitoring mode and quantified by using 3 isotopically labeled internal standard compounds. Seventeen laboratories participated in the collaborative validation study, of which 12 reported valid results. The data were subjected to Cochran, single Grubbs, and double Grubbs tests for statistical outliers. A maximum of 2 outliers was eliminated before further statistical evaluation of the method performance characteristics. Depending on the analyte, the results showed relative standard deviations for repeatability between 4.2 and 30% and for reproducibility from 9.9 to 60%. The recoveries varied between about 50 and 85%, except those for cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, and dibenzo[a,h]pyrene. Nevertheless, because Commission Directive 2005/10/EC allows for a recovery range of 50-120% for (BaP) benzo[a]pyrene in various foods, it can be concluded that the method performs appropriately within the analytical range between 5 and 25 microg/kg of primary smoke condensate. For BaP the validated analytical range covered 5-20 microg/kg, and for benzo[a]anthracene (BaA) 10-25 microg/kg. The method is suitable for monitoring BaP and BaA at their respective maximum permitted levels of 10 and 20 microg/kg. Three analytes, benzo[b]-, benzo[j]-, and benzo[k]-fluoranthene could not be separated by all of the participants and were therefore treated as the sum. Nevertheless, with this method the pattern of the respective concentrations of these 15 PAHs can be monitored in primary smoke condensate as suggested by the SCF.     

ENHANCED GROWTH AND EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS OF CHEMICALLY INDUCED TUMOR IN ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATED SYNGENEIC MICE

Abstract— Recent studies have shown that ultraviolet (UV) irradiation induces a systemic effect which enhances subsequent tumor induction by benzo[a]pyrene in a manner which is dependent on the dose of benzo[a]pyrene. The present study was designed to test whether UV-B irradiation renders mice susceptible to subcutaneous or intravenous injection of a regressor tumor induced by benzo[a]pyrene. The sources of UV-B irradiation were banks of 6 Westinghouse FS-40 sunlamps, situated 20 cm above the mouse cages. Female BALB/cAnNHsd received five 30-min dorsal UV-B radiation treatments per week for 12 weeks, resulting in a total dose of approx. 6.4 × 10⁵ J m^-2. Two to seven days after termination of UV treatments, syngeneic regressor tumor cells (BP2) induced by benzo[a]pyrene were injected subcutaneously or intravenously into irradiated mice and unirradiated controls. By 38 days post subcutaneous implantation, 24/30 and 3/30 BP2 implants were detectable in the irradiated and unirradiated mice, respectively. Ultraviolet irradiated mice were also unable to reject lung colonies resulting from intravenous administration of BP2 cells, although they were rejected by unirradiated mice. The mean number of lung colonies per mouse was 16- to 35-fold greater in UV irradiated mice than in unirradiated controls, at 14 to 17 days post injection. Thus, UV irradiation rendered mice, with no known exposure to benzo[a]pyrene, susceptible to a subcutaneous or intravenous injection of a regressor tumor induced by benzo[a]pyrene.     

Reduction of aromatic nitro compounds with phosphine

The reduction of 1- and 2-nitronaphthalene and of some mono- and dinitro-biphenyls with phosphine was carried out under the conditions described by Buckler.¹ Reduction of 1-nitro-naphthalene did not yield any crystalline product while reduction of 2-nitronaphthalene yielded benzo[f]naphtho[2,1-c]cinnoline-N-oxide together with 2,2′-azoxynaphthalene. The mononitro-biphenyls and 4,4′-dinitrobiphenyl were readily reduced to azoxy compounds, while reduction of 2,2′-dinitrobiphenyl gave benzo[c]cinnoline-N,N′-dioxide.