Thermal and photochemical oxidation of 2,6-dimethylphenyl phenyl ether: A model for poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)

The oxygenation of 2,6-dimethylphenyl phenyl ether (I) at 260°C has resulted in the formation of 4-methylxanthone (II), 2-hydroxy-3-methylbenzophenone(III), 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (IV), 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzoic acid (V), 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzyl o-cresotinate (VI), 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzyl alcohol (VII), and 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzyl 2-phenoxy-3-methylbenzoate (VIII), The photochemical oxidation at 75° produced compounds II, III, IV, VII, and VIII. Oxidation of poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-phenylene oxide) film at 200°C and photochemically at 50°C produced a carbonyl band at ca. 1730 cm^?1. The gel content of the photochemically aged film could be significantly reduced and the 1730 cm^?1 peak in the thermally aged specimen could be moved to longer wavelength by base treatment. The isolation of compound VIII in both processes with the model compound and the results with the polymer allows us to propose an ester group as a crosslinking unit in thermally and photochemically aged polymer film.     

Pyrrolidines from beta-aminoselenides via radical cyclization. Diastereoselectivity control by the N-substituent

N-Allyl-beta-aminoalkyl phenyl selenides-precursors of 3-aza-5-hexenyl radicals-were prepared by ring opening of N-allylaziridines with benzeneselenol under acidic conditions or by sodium cyanoborohydride reduction of N-allylimines of alpha-phenylselenenyl ketones. The effect of various N-protective groups (acyl, sulfonyl, or phosphinoyl) on diastereoselectivity in thermally or photochemically initiated 3-aza-5-hexenyl reductive radical cyclization was studied. Whereas N-unprotected derivatives afforded trans-2,4-disubstituded pyrrolidines with good selectivity, the diphenylphosphinoyl group directed cyclization to occur in a highly cis-selective manner.     

Chemiluminescence from arylcarbene oxidation: Phenylchlorocarbene and (2-chlorophenyl)carbene

Chemiluminescence is observed in the thermal reaction of phenylchlorocarbene or (2-chlorophenyl)carbene and O₂, matrix-isolated in Ar. The chemiluminescence spectra closely match the phosphorescence of the corresponding carbonyl compounds. The reactivity of both carbenes towards O₂ is very different. Singlet carbene phenylchlorocarbene reacts thermally only slowly with O₂ up to 60 K. The oxidation products phenylchloroformate, benzoyl chloride and O(³P) are mainly formed photochemically on irradiation of the diazirine precursor. Triplet carbene (2-chlorophenyl)carbene reacts readily with O₂ at cryogenic temperatures to give mostly 2-chlorobenzaldehyde-O-oxide. The carbonyl-O-oxide is photochemically easily cleaved to give 2-chlorobenzaldehyde and O(³P). The reaction step leading to carbonyl compounds in their excited states is in both carbene oxidations the recombination of the free carbene and O(³P).     

Long-range magnetic interactions in trans-1,4-cyclohexylene- and 1,3-adamantylene-bis(p-nitrenylbenzene) by pi-sigma-pi hyperconjugation

[structure: see text]. Di(phenylnitrene)s linked with trans-1,4-cyclohexylene (3) and 1,3-adamantylene (4) units were generated photochemically at cryogenic temperatures. The EPR spectra are attributed to quintets. The temperature dependence of the signal intensities indicates that both quintets are thermally accessible states with energy gaps DeltaE(S-Q) = 138 and 300 J x mol(-1), respectively. DFT calculations showed that the magnetic interactions originated in the pi-sigma-pi hyperconjugative through-bond interactions.     

Synthesis and reactivity of allenes substituted by selenenyl groups at 1- and 3-positions

1,3-Bis(methylseleno)- and 1,3-bis(benzylseleno)-1,3-diphenylpropadienes were synthesized by reaction of Ph(2)C(3) dianion, prepared from 1,3-diphenylpropyne and n-butyllithium, with dimethyl diselenide or benzylselenocyanate in the presence of TMEDA, and reaction of the dianion with a mixture of dimethyl diselenide and benzylselenocyanate yielded 1-benzylseleno-3-methylselenoallene along with the symmetric allenes. Diselenocyclic allenes and tetraselenocyclic bisallenes were also obtained by reacting the dianion with corresponding alkane diselenocyanates. The thermal reaction of the 1,3-bis(alkylseleno)allenes mainly afforded enediynes through radical pathway, and the nine-membered cyclic allene provided intramolecular cyclization product via an intramolecular rearrangement. Heating of the cyclic bisallenes gave compounds derived from intramolecular cyclization products together with a small amount of the enediynes. Irradiation of allenes caused rearrangement of the selenenyl group to give alkynes, and the alkynes also reacted photochemically to yield the enediynes.     

Bifunctional polytetrahydrofuran initiator for sequential photochemical and thermal initiation

The polymerization of tetrahydrofuran was initiated with 4,4′-azobis(4-cyanovaleryl chloride) in conjunction with silver hexafluoroantimonate and the living polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) was terminated with pyridinium N-oxide derivatives. The resulting PTHF-macroinitiator possesses both a thermally and photochemically labile group.     

Nitrile imines: matrix isolation, IR spectra, structures, and rearrangement to carbodiimides

The structures and reactivities of nitrile imines are subjects of continuing debate. Several nitrile imines were generated photochemically or thermally and investigated by IR spectroscopy in Ar matrices at cryogenic temperatures (Ph-CNN-H 6, Ph-CNN-CH(3)17, Ph-CNN-SiMe(3)23, Ph-CNN-Ph 29, Ph(3)C-CNN-CPh(3)34, and the boryl-CNN-boryl derivative 39). The effect of substituents on the structures and IR absorptions of nitrile imines was investigated computationally at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. IR spectra were analyzed in terms of calculated anharmonic vibrational spectra and were generally in very good agreement with the calculated spectra. Infrared spectra were found to reflect the structures of nitrile imines accurately. Nitrile imines with IR absorptions above 2200 cm(-1) have essentially propargylic structures, possessing a CN triple bond (typically PhCNNSiMe(3)23, PhCNNPh 29, and boryl-CNN-boryl 39). Nitrile imines with IR absorptions below ca. 2200 cm(-1) are more likely to be allenic (e.g., HCNNH 1, PhCNNH 6, HCNNPh 43, PhCNNCH(3)17, and Ph(3)C-CNN-CPh(3)34). All nitrile imines isomerize to the corresponding carbodiimides both thermally and photochemically. Monosubstituted carbodiimides isomerize thermally to the corresponding cyanamides (e.g., Ph-N═C═N-H 5 → Ph-NH-CN 8), which are therefore the thermal end products for nitrile imines of the types RCNNH and HCNNR. This tautomerization is reversible under flash vacuum thermolysis conditions.     

Cyclic and linear liquid crystalline functionalized polyesters with main-chain ortho-linked units. synthesis and characterization of cyclic lc unimers and dimers with “u”-shaped rigid mesogenic units with alkyl side chains

Although ortho-diphenols had not been extensively used in the synthesis of LC esters, a great variety of molecular structures of low and high molecular weight LC esters containing high proportions of these units can be synthesized. In this paper we describe the synthesis and characterization of new series of low and high molecular weight cyclic and linear LC esters with mesogenic “U”-shaped rigid units with terminal groups which are alkyl chains. Cyclic oligoesters and linear polyesters were formed by the polycondensation of 4,4'-[1,10-decamethylenebis(oxy)]bis(cinnamic acid) with monosubstituted catechols which are the alkyl esters of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid. Although the great importance that concomitant cyclization reactions have in polyesterifications involving high proportions of ortho-diphenols does not seem to have been considered until now, we have found mat these polyesterifications produced linear polyesters along with high proportions of cyclic oligoesters even when reaction conditions disfavored cyclization. Copolymerization with p-hydroxybenzoic acid decreased the amount of cyclic oligomers, however it was necessary to copolymerize with proportions of PB higher than 50 mol-% to get copolyesters with low proportions of cyclic oligomers. As far as we know we describe the first examples of cyclic LC oligoesters and cyclic LC unimers and dimers which display enantiotropic LC mesophases stable over broad ranges of temperature. Cyclic dimers display mesophases whose isotropization temperatures ( > 300°C) are much higher than that of their linear high molecular mass homologues. Cyclic LC unimers and dimers, linear LC polyesters and model compounds were characterized by FAB-MS, GPC, ¹H NMR, DSC and hot-stage polarized microscopy. All these compounds contain reactive C=C double bonds and can be crosslinked thermally and photochemically. Cyclic unimers and dimers can be polymerized termally to produce high molecular mass polymers.     

The 4,4'-(1,2-ethanediyl)bisbenzyl biradical: its generation, detection, and (photo)chemical behavior in solution

The 4,4'-(1,2-ethanediyl)bisbenzyl biradical (2) is clearly and efficiently generated by photolysis of [3.2]paracyclophane-2-one (8) in cyclohexane solution. This intermediate is also formed via two-photon processes from [2.2]paracyclophane (3) and 1,2-bis(4-chloromethylphenyl)ethane (4). The products arising thermally from biradical 2 are [2.2]paracyclophane and [2.2.2.2]paracyclophane (11) (under high-intensity conditions). Furthermore, two-laser two-color flash photolysis shows that biradical 2 is photostable in solution at room temperature. Thus, formation of p-xylylene (1) from 2 occurs neither thermally nor photochemically.     

Synthesen und pharmakologische Eigenschaften von 2,2-Dialkyl-5-aryl-3-pyridylpyrrolidinen

Syntheses and Pharmacological Properties of 2,2-Dialkyl-5-aryl-3-pyridylpyrrolidines Reaction of the photochemically generated benzonitrile methylides 2 with vinylpyridines yields 2-aryl-4-pyridyl-1-pyrrolines 3. Depending on reduction methods, the compounds 3 are selectively transformed to the corresponding cis- or the trans-substituted pyrrolidines 10 or 11 , respectively. Furthermore, a non-photochemical synthesis has been developed: the easily available nitro-ketones 8 provide through reductive cyclization the pyrrolines 3 or directly the pyrrolidines 11. Twenty-seven compounds of types 10 and 11 have been evaluated in the writhing, hot plate and kaolin tests; especially the cis-pyrrolidines 10 exhibit a valuable antinociceptive activity. Some of the pyrrolines and pyrrolidines have been separated into their enantiomers, which are easily interconverted.     

Strained-Ring and Double-Bond Systems Consisting of the Group 14 Elements Si,Ge, and Sn

The organometallic chemistry of the Group 14 elements E = Si, Ge, Sn in the 1980's is highlighted by the successful construction and characterization of three systems previously thought to be too reactive to exists: (1) three-membered ring compounds including cyclotrisilane, cyclotrigermane, and cyclotristannane, (2) molecules containing E? E double bonds including disilene, digermene, and distannene, and (3) strained polycycles containing a skeleton of Group 14 elements, such as bicyclo[1.1.0]tetrasilane, hexagemaprismane, and octasilacubane. The majority of these numerous compounds now available are fully substituted with bulky ligands to suppress the reactivity intrinsic to the systems. These compounds permit examinations of (1) the variation of physical and chemical properties of a system with these elements and also with the ligands and (2) how two systems are interrelated thermally and photochemically with the intermediacy of the divalent (carbene-like) species. Theoretical calculations on virtually all of the parent compounds discussed in this review are evaluated alongside the experimental results. Some polycycles may constitute a stepping-stone on the way to compounds with a triple bond.     

Thermal and photochemistry of a pyrene dihydrodioxin (PDHD) and its radical cation: a photoactivated masking group for ortho-quinones

Pyrene dihydrodioxins (1 and 2) have been synthesized and shown to be effective photochemical blocking groups for pyrene-4,5-dione (3). The mechanism of quinone release proceeds through the formation of a remarkably stable radical cation. Direct evidence is provided that this radical cation is not only thermally labile but also photochemically labile, and that both pathways lead to quinone extrusion. Once initiated with UV light, the pyrene quinone product serves as an electron-transfer photosensitizer for the further release of quinone with visible light.     

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel 7-substituted-6-fluoro-1- fluoromethyl-4-oxo-4H-[1,3thiazeto[3,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives

A series of 7-substituted-6-fluoro-1-fluoromethyl-4-oxo-4H- [1,3]thiazeto[3,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives (2a-1) was prepared and evaluated for antibacterial activity. These compounds were obtained by deacylation of 4-benzoyloxy-2-(1-chloro-2-fluoroethyl)thio-6,7- difluoroquinoline-3-carboxylate (10) and subsequent intramolecular cyclization followed by substitution with cyclic amines and then hydrolysis. The intramolecular cyclization reaction of 18, one of the diastereomers (17, 18) revealed that the cyclization reaction proceeded through an inversion to afford (-)-11a in good chemical and optical yield. The enantiomers of 2a were prepared from the enantiomers of 11a, which were obtained by the optical resolution of the racemate using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Compounds 2a,b showed excellent in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria including quinolone and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.     

Synthesis of optically active methyl 7 beta-hydroxykaurenoate with potent neuroprotective activity

(-)-Methyl 7 beta-hydroxykaurenoate (3) and its 4-demethyl acetate (-)-4 were both synthesized via methods that contained radical cyclization and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions as key steps. Both compounds displayed potent neuroprotective activity against N-methyl-D-aspartate toxicity in cultured cortical neurons.     

新型过渡金属Co,Rh和Ir硅硼烷夹心化合物的理论研究

过渡金属夹心化合物是重要的结构类型之一, 其中含有直接的金属-硅和金属-硼键化合物是当前活跃的研究课题[1～3]. 最近合成的[Bu4N]2{HFe(MeSiB10H10)}2]和[(η5-C5Me5)M(MeSiB10H10)]-(M=Co, Rh, Ir)就是含笼状硅硼烷配体的新型夹心化合物[4,5], 其各种特性尚待进行系统的理论与实验研究. 笼状硅硼烷配体的原子较多, 有丰富的配体内部轨道, 其夹心化合物的电子结构必有新的特点, 此时电子的排布是否仍满足18电子规则, 其化学键、几何结构及其性能均不十分清楚.     

CNDO/2 molecular orbital calculations on the complexes formed between methyllithium and trimethylaluminium with aliphatic amines

Mono-(I), bis-(II), and tris-(triferrocenylphosphine)iron carbonyls (III) were obtained photochemically or thermally in high yields. The photochemical reaction of triferrocenylphosphine with iron pentacarbonyl was found to proceed only at elevated temperature, and it was discovered that I, first formed almost quantitatively, is converted to III by a disproportionation process. Complex II is not formed as an intermediate, notwithstanding the fact that II can be obtained by photochemically induced disproportion, as well as by thermally initiated substitution, from I as starting material. Several aspects of the reaction were explored, and a mechanism is suggested to account for the observed behavior. The product of the thermally initiated reaction of triferrocenylphosphine with butadieneiron tricarbonyl was characterized as a tris(phosphine)iron dicarbonyl (IV), structurally different from III. An examination of carbonyl stretching bands indicated that I and II are very probably trigonal bipyramidal in configuration with the phosphine ligand axially disposed. Consideration is given to possible structural configurations for III and IV.     

Novel Radical Cation Reactions of Bichromophoric Systems. Transannular Aryl Migrations; Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry(,)(1)(,)(2)

Eight aryl-substituted 1,4-pentadienes were subjected to photochemically induced electron transfer using dicyanonaphthalene and dicyanoanthracene. The radical-cations produced underwent a regioselective cyclization, wherein one electron-deficient aryl group of one diarylvinyl moiety bonds to the beta-carbon of the second diarylvinyl group. A pattern of regioselectivity and reactivity was encountered. As cyclization proceeds, the odd-electron density becomes localized in the benzhydryl side chain while the positive charge becomes localized in the second portion of the molecule. Substitution in one diarylvinyl branch designed to delocalize odd-electron density but destabilize electron deficiency led to higher reactivity than the unsubstituted parent 1,1,5,5-tetraphenyl-3,3-dimethyl-1,4-pentadiene. The benzhydryldihydronaphthalene photoproducts themselves proved photochemically reactive. On sensitization, the benzhydryldihydronaphthalene reacted with a transannular 1,5-migration of one aryl group of the benzhydryl moiety. Where the two benzhydryl aryl groups were different, the cyanophenyl group migrated in preference to phenyl, and both diastereomers led to the same product stereoisomer. Ab initio and semiempirical computations were in accord with the radical cation and triplet regioselectivity.     

Stereoselectivity in the formation of tris-diimine complexes of Fe(II), Ru(II), and Os(II) with a C2-symmetric chiral derivative of 2,2'-bipyridine

A C2-symmetric enantiopure 4,5-bis(pinene)-2,2'-bipyridine ligand (-)-L was used to investigate the diastereoselectivity in the formation of [ML3]2+ coordination species (M = Fe(II), Ru(II), Os(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Cu(II), Ni(II)), and [ML2Cl2] (M = Ru(II), Os(II)). The X-ray structures of the [ML3]2+ complexes were determined for Delta-[FeL3](PF6)2, Delta-[RuL3](PF6)2, Lambda-[RuL3](PF6)2, Delta-[OsL3](PF6)2, and Lambda-[OsL3](TfO)2. All of these compounds were also characterized by NMR, CD and UV/VIS absorption spectroscopy. The [FeL3]2+ diastereoisomers were studied in equilibrated solutions at various temperatures and in several solvents. The [RuL3]2+ complexes, which are thermally stable up to 200 degrees C, were photochemically equilibrated.     

芳基吡唑腙及其双杂环化合物的合成与抗菌活性

通过1-苯基-3-(4-甲基苯基)-4-甲酰基吡唑与芳氧乙酰肼的加成反应,合成了5个新型的吡唑腙类化合物(3a～3e);3在酸性条件下环合,合成了5个新型的吡唑双杂环化合物(4a～4e). 3和4的结构经1H NMR,IR,MS和元素分析表征.对3和4分别进行了棉花枯萎病菌(A),棉花黄萎病菌(B),棉花立枯病菌(C),瓜果腐霉病菌(D),番茄早疫病菌(E)及向日葵菌核病菌(F)等初步的抑菌活性测试.结果表明,4的抑菌效果明显高于3;其中4d和4e对A,C和D的抑制率大于90%,对E和F的抑制率大于80%.     

Chirality multiplication and efficient chirality transfer in exo- and endo-radical cyclization reactions of 4-(4'-iodobutyl)quinolones

[reaction: see text] Enantioselective radical cyclization reactions were performed in the presence of chiral complexing agent 1. The title compounds 3 yielded, depending on the 3'-substitution (R = H, Me), the corresponding endo- (4) or exo-product (5). The highest enantioselectivities (99% and 94% ee) were achieved with 2.5 equiv of complexing agent. The cyclization product trans-4 was obtained in 55% ee in the presence of only 0.1 equiv of complexing agent.