Directed Aminomethylation of Pyrrole,Indole, and Carbazole with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N′</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N′</Emphasis>-Tetramethylmethanediamine

Catalytic aminomethylation of pyrrole and indole with N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylmethanediamine in the presence of 5 mol % of ZrOCl₂·8H₂O proceeds selectively at the positions 2, 5 of pyrrole and 1, 3 of indole. Carbazole under the same conditions affords 3-formyl-9-aminomethyl derivative. The reaction in the presence of 5 mol % of K₂CO₃ occurs as monoaminomethylation: for pyrrole at the position 2, for indole at the position 3, and for carbazole at the nitrogen atom of the substrate. Water-soluble 1,1′-(1H-pyrrole-2,5-diyl)bis(N,N-dimethylmethanamine) exhibits a fungistatic activity with respect to phytopathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani.     

Pseudo-Polymorphs of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-Bis(4-nitrophenyl)-2,6-Pyridinedicarboxamide

Three pseudo-polymorphs of N, N′-bis(4-nitrophenyl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide 1 were characterized by X-ray crystallography. The C–H ⋅s O hydrogen bond was found to contribute significantly to the assembly of this host. With the variation of the guest, the host changed the molecular conformation and the supramolecular synthons. In all three cases concerned, the solvent guests were bonded through direct host-guest interaction and accommodated in the voids formed by the assembly of the host.     

1,3-Diamino-2-Hydroxypropane-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-Tetraacetic Acid: Crystal and Molecular Structures

The synthesis, IR spectroscopic study, and X-ray diffraction analysis (CIF file CCDC no. 1574078) are carried out for 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid (I). The structural units of a crystal of compound I are (H_4.5HPdta)^0.5– anions, (H_5.5HPdta)^0.5+ cations, and molecules of water of crystallization joined by a branched network of hydrogen bonds: strong intermolecular O–H…O and intramolecular N–H…O bonds.     

Unusual transformation of (1<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>,1′<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>,2<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>)-1-(3-diisopropylamino-3-oxopropyl)-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)cyclopropane in the course of the cyclopropylcarbinyl rearrangement

The cyclopropylcarbinyl rearrangement of (1R,1′ S,2S)-1-(3-diisopropylamino-3-oxo-propyl)-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)cyclopropane and the participation of the amide moiety in the intramolecular process smoothly affords the (2′ E,5S)- N,N-diisopropyl-N-[5-(but-2′-enyl)tetra-hydrofuran-2-yridene ] ammonium salt.     

A Lemieux–Johnson oxidation of shikimic acid derivatives: facile entry to small library of protected (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>,3<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>,4<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>)-2,3,4,7-tetrahydroxy-6-oxoheptanals

The Lemieux–Johnson oxidation was employed for the cleavage of the carbon–carbon double bond of shikimic acid derivatives. Through this procedure, a series of the sixteen novel (2S,3S,4R)-2,3,4,7-tetrahydroxy-6-oxoheptanals bearing three contiguous stereocentres have been synthesized in excellent yields.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-Chloro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-unsaturated carbonyls as convenient precursors of highly substituted benzenes

The Diels–Alder reactions of three β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 1–3 with different dienes were carried out to afford highly functionalized cyclohexenes 4–9, bearing quaternary centers, in good yields. These cycloadducts (CAs) undergo dehydrochlorination with subsequent aromatization in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene DBU to produce new substituted benzenes 11–14. Compound 10 is the product of lactonization and removal of an HCl molecule from compound 7. All products were characterized by NMR, IR, elementary analysis and some of them by MS. Structure assignments of isomers were carried out on the basis of NMR chemical shifts and coupling constants using 1D, 2D and heteronOe NMR techniques.     

Complex formation of magnesium and calcium ions with trimethylenediamine-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>’,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>’-tetraacetic acid

Stability constants and heat effects of the formation reactions of magnesium and calcium trimethylenediaminetetraacetates at 298.15 K and ionic strength of 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 (mol/L KNO₃) have been determined by means of potentiometry and calorimetry. Standard thermodynamic parameters (log K⁰, Δ_rG⁰, Δ_rH⁰, and Δ_rS⁰) of the studied equilibriums have been determined.     

Synthesis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-nitro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide

Nitration of N,N′-bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide with N₂O₅ or (NO₂)₂SiF₆ afforded N-nitro-N´-(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide, the first representative of N-nitro carbodiimides. Its further nitration led to the release of CO₂, which is presumably formed in the course of N,N´-dinitrocarbodiimide decomposition. The reactions of N-nitro-N´-(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide with nucleophiles take place both at the tri methylsilyl group (for example, with NH₃) to give nitrocyanamide salts and at the carbodiimide C atom (for example, with Et₂NH) to give the corresponding nitroguan idines.     

Thermophysical properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimеthylacetamide mixtures with <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-butanol

The refraction, dielectric, viscosity, density, data of the binary mixtures of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) with n-butanol at 308.15 and 313.15 K. The measured parameters used to obtain derived properties like Bruggeman factor, molar refraction and excess static dielectric constant, excess inverse relaxation time, excess molar volume and excess viscosity, excess molar refraction. The variation in magnitude with composition and temperature of these quantities has been used to discuss the type, strength and nature of binary interactions. Results confirm that there are strong hydrogen-bond interactions between unlike molecules of DMA+ n-butanol mixtures and that 1: 1 complexes are formed and strength of intermolecular interaction increases with temperature.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-arylsulfanyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-arylsulfonyl(acyl)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-phenylthiourea sodium salts

Reactions of N-arylsulfonyl(acyl)arenesulfenamide sodium salts with phenyl isothiocyanate afforded N-arylsulfanyl-N-arylsulfonyl(acyl)-N-phenylthioura sodium salts which were found to increase thermal stability of finely dispersed poly(vinyl chloride).Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 40, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1532–1535.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Koval, Oleinik.     

Synthesis,structural, and spectral studies of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-bis- (5-methylsalicylidene)-2,2′-diamino-4-4′-di-(trifloromethyl)-diphenyl disulfide

A new disulfide compound N,N′-bis-(5-methylsalicylidene)-2,2′-diamino-4-4′-di-(trifloromethyl)-diphenyl disulfide (C₃₀H₂₂F₆N₂O₂S₂) was prepared and characterized by ¹H-NMR, IR, mass spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Spectroscopic assignments and the crystallographic results indicate the predominance of the phenol-imine tautomeric form. [For example, N=C double bonds 1.274(9)Å and 1.275(9)Å, two very close hydrogen peaks to the atomic positions of O atoms in difference Fourier map and two strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds (O–H\(\cdots\)N) with O\(\cdots\)N distances of 2.611(10) and 2. 613(8) Åstrongly indicate that this tautomeric form is preferred]. The strong effect of the para CF₃ groups in the molecular and crystallographic arrangement was attributed to the electronegativity of the CF₃ groups.     

Converting dipyrrinones to lactim ethers to fluorescent <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-difluoroboryl derivatives

A high-yield straightforward conversion of lactams to lactim ethers is shown by the conversion of (10H)-dipyrrin-1-ones to (11H)-dipyrrin-1-ol methyl and ethyl ethers in 90% yield from heating in neat trimethyl or triethyl phosphite at 160°C. Unlike the parent dipyrrinones, which form intermolecularly hydrogen-bonded dimers in CHCl₃, their lactim ethers are shown to be monomeric by vapor pressure osmometry. The latter react with boron trifluoride etherate to N,N′-bridged BF₂ derivatives that exhibit strong fluorescence (φ_F 0.6–0.8) near 535 nm. X-Ray crystal structures were obtained of the lactim ethyl ether of kryptopyrromethenone and the BF₂ derivative of the lactim ethyl ether 2,3-diethyl-7,8-dimethyl-(10H)-dipyrrin-1-one. Correspondence: David A. Lightner, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0020 USA.     

Spectroscopic and electrical characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis>-bisdiphenylene-<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-phenylallyl radical as an organic semiconductor

The semiconductor properties of the earliest known stable radical, α,γ-bisdiphenylene-β-phenylallyl radical (Koelsch radical, 1^?) were assessed using spectroscopic and electrical techniques. This radical undergoes reversible redox processes, and it has low redox potentials. In addition, 1^? possesses long wavelength absorption bands, owing to the existence of a singly-occupied molecular orbital whose energy level lies between those of the HOMO and LUMO. A spin-coated thin-film of 1^? displays photocurrent and an electron mobility of 6.3 × 10^?7 cm² V^?1 s^?1 on a trially-fabricated organic field effect transistor.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-tetrazolylmethoxyl derivatives of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-methyldiazene <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-oxides

A preparation method was developed for previously unknown tetrazole derivatives containing in the 1, 2, and/or 5 positions of the tetrazole ring N-methyldiazene-N-oxide-N′-oxymethyl groups.     

Allylic oxidation of 19<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>,28-epoxy-a-neo-5<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-methyl-25-nor-18<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>-olean-9-ene

Allylic oxidation of 19β,28-epoxy-A-neo-5β-methyl-25-nor-18α-olean-9-ene by ozone produced 19β,28-epoxy-A-neo-5β-methyl-25-nor-18α-olean-9-en-1-one.     

Preparation and crystal structure of bis(triethylene glycol-<Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>′,<Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>′’,<Emphasis Type="Italic">O</Emphasis>‴)manganese(II) dibromide

A new complex, bis(triethylene glycol-O,O′,O′’,O?)manganese(II) dibromide [Mn(TEG)₂]²⁺·2Br^?, was prepared. Its structure was studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex cation [Mn(TEG)₂]²⁺ is of the host-guest type with two TEG ligands (podands) as hosts. Both TEG ligands are disordered and tetradentate, with all the four oxygen atoms of each ligand participating in the coordination. The Mn²⁺ cation has coordination number 8, and its coordination polyhedron is a distorted bisdisphenoid (trigonal dodecahedron). The geometric parameters (bond lengths, bond and torsion angles) of the complex were determined relatively accurately. In the crystal structure, the ions form infinite thick layers by interionic hydrogen bonds O-H···Br^?.     

Structural characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-bis(2-methoxyethyl) -4,5-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolinium hexafluorophosphate

The crystal and molecular structure of the N,N′-bis(2-methoxyethyl)-4,5-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)- imidazolinium hexafluorophosphate, which is the first example of 1,3- and 4,5-disubstituted imidazolinium salts, have been determined and characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction technique,¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy. The compound, C₂₇H₃₉N₂O₂ ⁺·PF₆ ^?, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pba2 with a = 15.8139(4) Å, b = 22.9346(7) Å, c = 8.069(3) Å. Two charge-assisted C–H\(\cdots\)F type crystal packing interactions between the imidazolinium C–H bonds and the F atoms of hexafluorophosphate counteranions build up zigzag chains along a-axis of the unit cell and indicate that the C–H bonds of the imidazolinium ring are also polarized. In addition, the title salt was modeled by DFT calculations in order to verify charge transfer mechanism observed in its imidazolinium ring.     

3α,14α,22<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>,25-Tetrahydroxy-5β(<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>)-cholest-7-en-6-one,a phytoecdysteroid from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides</Emphasis> possessing anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities

A representative of the ecdysteroid series, 3α,14α,22R,25-tetrahydroxy-5β(H)-cholest-7- en-6-one, possessing anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities, was isolated from a water—ethanol extract of the aerial part of Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides Regel after chromatographic removal of non-polar components.     

Anion coordination complex [Cl⊂Pt(bpt)<Subscript>4</Subscript>]Cl (bpt=<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)-2-thiourea)

The anion coordination complex, [Cl?Pt(bpt)₄]Cl (bpt=N,N′-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)-2-thiourea), was synthesized and studied by X-ray crystal structure analysis, NMR and FAB mass spectra. In the solid state, the Pt(bpt)₄ anion receptor adopts a cone conformation to bind the chloride anion through hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interaction in which the four branches of the thiourea ligands bind the chloride anion to form N-H?Cl^? hydrogen bonds (3.49–3.81 Å). The entraped chloride anion is situated above the Pt(II) center at 3.52 Å. Further second-sphere coordination assemby from the Pt(bpt)₄ core with 8 zinc(II) tetraphenylporphyrins (ZnPr) is discussed.