Condensation of o-diamino derivatives of anthraquinone and naphthoquinone with mesityl oxide

Anthraquinone- and naphthoquinonediazepines are formed by the reaction of 1,2- and 2,3-diamino-9,10-anthraquinones and 2,3-diamino-1,4-naphthoquinones with mesityl oxide. It was shown by spectral methods that naphthoquinonediazepine exists in two tautomeric forms.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 138–141, January, 1976.     

Extraction studies of copper with mesityl oxide

Summary A method has been developed for the extraction of copper(II) both at microgram and milligram level from bromide media using mesityl oxide as an extractant. The copper-bromo complex formed at 3.5 mol/l hydrobromic acid concentration showed quantitative extraction into mesityl oxide. Various experimental parameters such as acid concentration, period of equilibration, stripping agents and diverse ions have been studied. The stripped metal ion is monitored spectrophotometrically or by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The method is applicable to the analysis of pharmaceutical and alloy samples.     

Catalytic preparation of mesityl oxide from acetone

In the process of the aldol condensation of acetone the preparation of mesityl oxide has been studied with respect to the temperature and the nature of catalyst. Strong basic ion exchangers Ionenaustauscher III (Merck III) and Lewatit MP 500 were used in the temperature range from 0 to 50°C. Better results are achieved with Merck III, as is evident from DAA/MO yields, rate constants and energy activation values. Empirical expressions for DAA/MO production are given.

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An electrochemical study of the dimerization of mesityl oxide

This paper deals with the polarographic reduction of mesityl oxide as an example of an electrodimerization process which does not fit the classical mechanism involving radical-radical dimerization in the reaction layer. Various mechanisms are discussed on the basis of the experimental results found.     

Recyclable synthesis of mesityl iodonium(III) salts

An efficient protocol for C–H condensation of hypervalent iodine compounds toward arenes in fluoroalcohols has been applied to the recyclable preparation of mesityl iodonium(III) salts. The electrophilicities of [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]mesitylene (MesI(OH)OTs) and iodomesitylene diacetate (MesI(OAc)₂) are suitably enhanced in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. A series of nucleophilic aromatic compounds react smoothly with MesI(OH)OTs and MesI(OAc)₂ or in situ hypervalent iodine(III) species, generated from iodomesitylene, to provide the target mesityl iodonium(III) salts in good yields at room temperature with broad functional group tolerance. This C–H condensation strategy merits high para-regioselectivities during the diaryliodonium(III) salt formation, but the major limitation in the case of low-reactive aromatic substrates is byproduct formation resulting from the self-condensation of the nucleophilic mesitylene ring in MesI(OH)OTs and MesI(OAc)₂.     

Structures of the products of condensation of phthalazone hydrazones with mesityl oxide

It was established on the basis of data from the UV and PMR spectra, the dipole moments, and the synthesis of fixed structures that the products of the condensation of phthalazone hydrazones with mesityl oxide have the structures of mixed phthalazone azines and mesityl oxide rather than the phthalazinylhydrazone structure that was previously assumed for them.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 678–683, May, 1981.     

Regioselective synthesis of functionally hindered α-methylstyrenes through ring transformation of 2H-pyran-2-ones with mesityl oxide

A regioselective synthesis of α-methylstyrenes with electron-withdrawing or -donating substituents is described and illustrated by carbanion-induced ring transformation of 2H-pyran-2-one with mesityl oxide in excellent yield. The potential of the reaction lies in the creation of an aromatic ring possessing an isopropenyl unit from six-membered lactones at room temperature under mild reaction conditions.     

Radiation induced graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile on natural rubber

Acrylonitrile graft natural rubber was prepared by initiating the polymerization of acrylonitrile in natural rubber field latex using γ-rays. The reaction was carried out at different rubber-monomer concentrations and the properties of the modified rubbers were compared with those of natural rubber and nitrile rubber.     

Reductive coupling of α,β-enones I: Reduction of methyl-vinyl ketone and mesityl oxide.

Reductive coupling of methyl-vinyl ketone with TiCl₄-Mg gives pinacol $\text{1}$ (25%). According to the reducing agents, mesityl oxide yields 2,4,5,7-tetramethyl-octa-2,4,6-triene $\text{3}$ (with 4TiCl₃-LialH₄), triene $\text{3}$ or 2,4,5,7-tetramethyl-octa-2,6-dien-4,5-diol $\text{5}$ (with TiCl₄-Mg), pinacol $\text{5}$ (with VCl₃-Mg), and 2-acetyl-1,3,3,4,4-pentamethyl-cyclopentane $\text{7}$ (with CrCl₃-Mg or FeCl₃-Mg or ZrCl₄ or ZrCl₄-Mg) as major products.     

Condensation synthesis of high molecular polydimethylsiloxane

Synthesis approach to high molecular organosilicon polymers by condensation way merely starting from low molecular α,ω-dihydroxyoligomers was developed.     

Solvent extraction of tellurium (IV) with mesityl oxide. Direct nephelometric determination

Summary A fast and selective method has been developed for the extraction of tellurium(IV) with mesityl oxide. Tellurium(IV) is quantitatively extracted by pure mesityl oxide from 2.5–3M hydrochloric acid solutions. After stripping with water, it is determined nephelometrically as the bluish sol. The extracted species probably has the composition TeCl₄ · 2MeO. The optimum period of equilibration is 30 seconds. Tellurium can be extracted and determined in the presence of a large excess of selenium, silver, bismuth, lead, copper and nickel which are associated with it in minerals.

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Zusammenfassung Ein schnelles und selektives Verfahren zur Extraktion von Tellur(IV) mit Mesityloxid wurde ausgearbeitet. Aus 2,5- bis 3-m Salzsäure gelingt diese Extraktion quantitativ. Nach Waschen mit Wasser wird das bläuliche Sol nephelometriert. Die extrahierte Substanz hat vermutlich die Zusammensetzung TeCl₄ · 2MeO. Die Gleichgewichtseinstellung erfolgt in 30 sec. Tellur kann so in Gegenwart eines großen Überschusses von Se, Ag, Bi, Pb, Cu und Ni bestimmt werden, mit denen es in Mineralen vergesellschaftet ist.

     

Structure and electronic properties of hydrated mesityl oxide: a sequential quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics approach

The hydration of mesityl oxide (MOx) was investigated through a sequential quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics approach. Emphasis was placed on the analysis of the role played by water in the MOx syn–anti equilibrium and the electronic absorption spectrum. Results for the structure of the MOx–water solution, free energy of solvation and polarization effects are also reported. Our main conclusion was that in gas-phase and in low-polarity solvents, the MOx exists dominantly in syn-form and in aqueous solution in anti-form. This conclusion was supported by Gibbs free energy calculations in gas phase and in-water by quantum mechanical calculations with polarizable continuum model and thermodynamic perturbation theory in Monte Carlo simulations using a polarized MOx model. The consideration of the in-water polarization of the MOx is very important to correctly describe the solute–solvent electrostatic interaction. Our best estimate for the shift of the π–π^* transition energy of MOx, when it changes from gas-phase to water solvent, shows a red-shift of −2,520 ± 90 cm⁻¹, which is only 110 cm⁻¹ (0.014 eV) below the experimental extrapolation of −2,410 ± 90 cm⁻¹. This red-shift of around −2,500 cm⁻¹ can be divided in two distinct and opposite contributions. One contribution is related to the syn → anti conformational change leading to a blue-shift of ~1,700 cm⁻¹. Other contribution is the solvent effect on the electronic structure of the MOx leading to a red-shift of around −4,200 cm⁻¹. Additionally, this red-shift caused by the solvent effect on the electronic structure can by composed by approximately 60 % due to the electrostatic bulk effect, 10 % due to the explicit inclusion of the hydrogen-bonded water molecules and 30 % due to the explicit inclusion of the nearest water molecules.