A novel pathway in the photooxygenation of cyclic allenes

[equation--see text] The photooxidation of cyclic allenes gives rise to cyclic 1,2, 3-trione hydrates. The formation of these compounds points to a novel photooxidation mechanism involving both singlet and triplet oxygen. Upon placement of a methyl group on the allene, the mechanism shifts to predominantly an "ene" reaction. The corresponding cycloadditions with 4-methyl-1,3,4-triazoline-3, 5-dione (MTAD) with cyclic allenes involve 2 equiv of MTAD. The dipolar intermediates are trapped with H(2)O to give alpha-urazole-substituted 2-cycloalkenones.     

Nitrenes, diradicals, and ylides. Ring expansion and ring opening in 2-quinazolylnitrenes

Tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline (9) is converted to 2-azidoquinazoline (10) on sublimation at 200 degrees C and above, and the azide-tetrazole equilibrium is governed by entropy. 2-Quinazolylnitrenes 11 and 27 and/or their ring expansion products 14 and 29 can undergo type I (ylidic) and type II (diradicaloid) ring opening. Argon matrix photolysis of 9/10 affords 2-quinazolylnitrene (11), which has been characterized by ESR, UV, and IR spectroscopy. A minor amount of a second nitrene, formed by rearrangement or ring opening, is also observed. A diradical (19) is formed rapidly by type II ring opening and characterized by ESR spectroscopy; it decays thermally at 15 K with a half-life of ca. 47 min, in agreement with its calculated facile intersystem crossing (19T --> 19OSS) followed by facile cyclization/rearrangement to 1-cyanoindazole (21) (calculated activation barrier 1-2 kcal/mol) and N-cyanoanthranilonitrile (22). 21and 22 are the isolated end products of photolysis. 21 is also the end product of flash vacuum thermolysis. An excellent linear correlation between the zero-field splitting parameter D (cm(-1)) and the spin density rho on the nitrene N calculated at the B3LYP/EPRIII level is reported (R2 = 0.993 for over 100 nitrenes). Matrix photolysis of 3-phenyltetrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline (25) affords the benzotriazacycloheptatetraene 29, which can be photochemically interconverted with the type I ring opening product 2-isocyano-alpha-diazo-alpha-phenyltoluene (33) as determined by IR and UV spectroscopy. The corresponding carbene 37, obtained by photolysis of 33, was detected by matrix ESR spectroscopy.     

Synthesis of diverse benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-one-based compounds using 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene

This paper discusses the synthesis of benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-one-based compounds from 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (1), including benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-ones (5-11) and five novel benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-one-based tricycles: 6-hydroxy-4H-1-oxa-4,5,8-triazaanthracen-3-one (14), 3,8-dihydro-5-oxa-1,3,8-triazacyclopenta-[b]-naphthalene-7-one (15, 17, 21), 3,8-dihydro-5-oxa-1,2,3,8-tetraazacylopenta[b]-naphthalene-7-one (16, 20), 3,8-dihydro-1H-5-oxa-1,3,8-triazacyclopenta[b]-naphthalene-2,7-dione (18, 22), and 5,8-dihydro-4H-1-oxa-4,5,8-triazaanthracene-3,6,7-trione (19). Finally, a chemical library based on 15 was synthesized in parallel solution-phase reactions.     

水相中四氯化碳的激光闪光光解研究

利用激光闪光光解技术研究了水相中四氯化碳光分解和光氧化的微观机制,并且指证了水相中四氯化碳受光激发所产生的瞬态光谱中的一些瞬态物种的特征吸收峰。并对这些瞬态物种的行为和归宿进行了研究。研究表明在248nm激光作用下,四氯化碳受光激发将分解为CCl~3^.自由基和Cl^.自由基。CCl~3^.自由基在无氧/有氧条件下的反应途径是不同的:在无氧条件下CCl~3^.自由基将进行偶合反应生成更难于降解的C~2Cl~6;而在有氧条件下CCl~3^.自由基则与O~2反应生成CCl~3O~2^.自由基,而CCl~3O~2^.自由基最终转变为COCl~2,这意味着光氧化能够有效地降解CCl~4。Cl^.自由基基本上不受氧气存在的影响,其归宿是与水分子发生电荷转移反应。     

Photooxidation of n-octanal in air: experimental and theoretical study

Dilute mixtures of n-octanal in synthetic air (up to 100 ppm) were photolyzed with fluorescent UV lamps (275-380 nm) at 298 K. The main photooxidation products were 1-hexene, CO, vinyl alcohol, and acetaldehyde. The photolysis rates and the absolute quantum yields were found to be slightly dependent on the total pressure. At 100 Torr, Φ(100) = 0.41 ± 0.06, whereas at 700 Torr the total quantum yield was Φ(700) = 0.32 ± 0.02. Two decomposition channels were identified: the radical channel C(7)H(15)CHO → C(7)H(15) + HCO and the molecular channel C(7)H(15)CHO → C(6)H(12) + CH(2)═CHOH, having absolute quantum yields of 0.022 and 0.108 at 700 Torr. The product CH(2)═CHOH tautomerizes to acetaldehyde. Carbon balance data lower than unities suggest the existence of unidentified decomposition channel(s) which substantially contributes to the photolysis. On the basis of experimental and theoretical evidence, n-octanal photolysis predominantly proceeds to form Norrish type II products as the major ones.     

Unambiguous evidence for the participation of singlet oxygen ( 1 ) in photodynamic oxidation of amino acids

Abstract— A variety of experimental tests have been applied to the methylene-blue-sensitized photooxidation of amino acids to distinguish between singlet oxygen and non-singlet oxidation mechanisms. Conventional flash photolysis and laser photolysis were used to measure the rate constants for the quenching of excited triplet sensitizer and singlet oxygen by the amino acids histidine. tryptophan and methionine and the nucleotide guanosine-5′-monophosphate. In the case of histidine, the rate constants alone rule out an oxidation mechanism involving direct reaction with excited dye. With the other amino acids, and with guanosine monophosphate, the oxidation rates might be accounted for by either mechanism. The inhibition of the photo-oxidation of both tryptophan and methionine as well as histidine by the singlet-oxygen quenchers N₃^? and tetramethylethylene suggests that these reactions occur via a singlet-oxygen mechanism. A newly developed test of singlet oxygen reactions involving a comparison of photooxidation rates in normal and perdeuterated solvents has been used to establish that the photooxidation of tryptophan proceeds primarily by a singlet-oxygen mechanism. These experiments appear to constitute the first proof that singlet oxygen is involved in the photooxidation of the three amino acids tryptophan, methionine and histidine.     

PHOTOINDUCED GENERATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND HYDROXYL RADICALS IN MELANINS

The hydrogen peroxide produced during photolysis of melanin pigments has been measured using an oxidase electrode. The photooxidation has been shown to occur via the superoxide intermediate. In the presence of superoxide dismutase the rate of photo-induced production of hydrogen peroxide is increased, reflecting the ability of melanin to scavenge superoxide radicals. Evidence for metal-ion dependent formation of hydroxyl radicals during photooxidation of melanin pigments was obtained using electron spin resonance-spin trapping procedures. Superoxide dismutase increased the rate of formation of hydroxyl radicals in the system. Mechanisms of metal ion-induced production of hydroxyl radicals during photolysis of melanin pigments are discussed.     

Oxidation of di- and tripeptides of tyrosine and valine mediated by singlet molecular oxygen, phosphate radicals and sulfate radicals.

Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of tyrosine (Tyr) and valine (Val) di- and tripeptides (Tyr-Val, Val-Tyr and Val-Tyr-Val) mediated by singlet molecular oxygen [O(2)((1)Delta(g))], phosphate (HPO(4)(*-) and PO(4)(*2-)) and sulfate (SO(4)(*-)) radicals was studied, employing time-resolved O(2)((1)Delta(g)) phosphorescence detection, polarographic determination of dissolved oxygen and flash photolysis. All the substrates were highly photooxidizable through a O(2)((1)Delta(g))-mediated mechanism. Calculated quotients between the overall and reactive rate constants for the quenching of O(2)((1)Delta(g)) by Tyr-derivatives (k(t)/k(r) values, accounting for the efficiency of the effective photooxidation) were 1.3 for Tyr, 1 for Tyr-Val, 2.8 for Val-Tyr and 1.5 for Val-Tyr-Val. The effect of pH on the kinetics of the photooxidative process confirms that the presence of the dissociated phenolate group of Tyr clearly dominates the O(2)((1)Delta(g)) quenching process. Products analysis by LC-MS indicates that the photooxidation of Tyr di- and tripeptides proceeds with the breakage of peptide bonds. The information obtained from the evolution of primary amino groups upon photosensitized irradiation is in concordance with these results. Absolute rate constants for the reactions of phosphate radicals (HPO(4)(*-) and PO(4)(*2-), generated by photolysis of the P(2)O(8)(4-) at different pH) and sulfate radicals (SO(4)(*-), produced by photolysis of the S(2)O(8)(2-)) with Tyr peptides indicate that for all the substrates, the observed tendency in the rate constants is: SO(4)(*-) > or = HPO(4)(*-) > or = PO(4)(*2-). Formation of the phenoxyl radical of tyrosine was detected as an intermediate involved in the oxidation of tyrosine by HPO(4)(*-).     

Formation of compound I by photo-oxidation of compound II

[reaction: see text] Compound I is the heme-iron(IV)-oxo porphyrin radical cation formed in peroxidase and catalase enzymes by reaction with hydrogen peroxide. As an alternative to chemical oxidations of porphyrin-iron(III) species, various compound I species were produced by 355 nm laser flash photolysis photooxidation of the corresponding compound II species, porphyrin-iron(IV)-oxo derivatives. The method is demonstrated by production and kinetic studies of the compound I species from 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin-iron, from horseradish peroxidase, and from wild-type horse skeletal myoglobin.     

Trypanocidal constituents in plants 6. 1) Minor withanolides from the aerial parts of Physalis angulata

Further study of the methanol extract of the aerial parts of Physalis angulata (Solanaceae) resulted in the isolation of new withanolides, designated physagulins L, M and N, together with known withanolide, physagulin D and flavonol glycoside, quercetin 3-O-rhamnosyl-(1-->6)-galactoside. The chemical structures of these new withanolides were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analyses to be (20R,22R)-15alpha-acetoxy-5alpha,6beta,14beta,17beta,27-pentahydroxy-1-oxo-witha-2, 24-dienolide, (20S,22S)-15alpha-acetoxy-5alpha,6beta,14alpha,23beta-tetrahydroxy-1-oxo-witha-2,16,24-trienolide and (20S,22R)-15alpha-acetoxy-5beta,6beta-epoxy-14alpha-hydoxy-3beta-methoxy-1-oxo-witha-16,24-dienolide, respectively. All these compounds showed weak trypanocidal activity against trypomastigotes, an infectious form of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent for Chagas' disease. Withanolides obtained in the previous paper showed considerable trypanocidal activity, suggesting the structure-activity relationships.     

2-pyrazinylnitrene and 4-pyrimidylnitrene. Ring expansion to 1,3,5-triazacyclohepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene and ring opening to (2-Isocyanovinyl)carbodiimide

Tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine/2-azidopyrazine 9T/9A undergo photolysis in Ar matrix at cryogenic temperatures to yield 1,3,5-triazacyclohepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene 21 as the first observable intermediate, and 1-cyanoimidazole 11 and (2-isocyanovinyl)carbodiimide 22 as the final products. The latter tautomerizes to 2-(isocyanovinyl)cyanamide 23 on warming to 40 K. The same intermediate 21 and the same final products are obtained on matrix photolysis of the isomeric tetrazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine/4-azidopyrimidine 24T/24A. These photolysis results as well as those of the previously reported thermal ring contraction of (15)N-labeled 2-pyrazinyl- and 4-pyrimidylnitrenes to 1-cyanoimidazoles can all be rationalized in terms of selective ring opening of 21 or nitrine 10 to a nitrile ylide zwitterion 28 prior to formation of the final products, 11 and 22. The results are supported by high-level ab initio and DFT calculations (CASPT2-CASSCF(6,6), G3(MP2), and B3LYP/6-31+G) of the energies and IR spectra of the intermediates and products.     

Withasteroids ofPhysalis. III. Physanolide and 4β-hydroxywithanolide E

Two withanolides have been isolated from the epigeal part ofPhysalis viscosa L. One of them with the compositions C₂₈H₃₈O₈ has been identified as 4-hydroxy-withanolide E, and for the second, which has been called physanolide, the structure of 14,17,20R-trihydroxy-1,4-dioxo-22R-witha-5,24-dienolide has been proposed on the basis of its UV, IR, PMR, and mass spectra, and also the results of a partial synthesis of 14-hydroxyandrost-5-ene-1,4,17-trione, obtained by its oxidation.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 187–192, March–April, 1981.     

玫瑰红作用下γ-六氯环己烷在冰相中的光敏化降解

考察了在玫瑰红(RB)存在下γ-六氯环己烷(γ-HCH)在冰中的光降解.结果表明,光敏剂RB通过其激发态[RB]~*及其产生的~1O_2~*加速了γ-HCH的光降解,RB浓度是影响光降解率最显著的因素;γ-HCH在较低初始浓度下的光敏化降解更快;无机盐离子的种类和浓度可以改变冰表面上类液层(LLL)的比例从而影响γ-HCH的光解.通过分析γ-HCH光降解产物提出了RB存在时冰中γ-HCH的光降解作用机理.     

Studies on the photooxidation mechanism of polymers. I. Photolysis and photooxidation of polystyrene

A new mechanism has been proposed for the photooxidation of polystyrene as film and in benzene. The initial stage of the photooxidative degradation may involve reactions of singlet oxygen with polystyrene molecules. Singlet oxygen may be formed in the reaction between excited benzene ring in polystyrene molecule and molecular oxygen. The addition of singlet oxygen quenchers such as 1,3-cyclohexadiene or β-carotene reduces the rate of polymer degradation in benzene solution. The mechanisms of the photolysis of polystyrene as film and in benzene solution, in vacuo and in the presence of oxygen, are discussed and interpretations proposed. The pronounced yellowing of polystyrene during the photooxidation process is interpreted as a reaction involving benzene ring-opening photooxidation in polystyrene molecule. These results were obtained by comparing ultraviolet and infrared spectra in experiments of photooxidation of pure liquid benzene and polystyrene film.     

Sensitized Photooxidation of Ortho-Prenyl Phenol: Biomimetic Dihydrobenzofuran Synthesis and Total 1O2 Quenching†

The sensitized photooxidation of ortho-prenyl phenol is described with evidence that solvent aproticity favors the formation of a dihydrobenzofuran [2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran], a moiety commonly found in natural products. Benzene solvent increased the total quenching rate constant (k_T) of singlet oxygen with prenyl phenol by ~10-fold compared to methanol. A mechanism is proposed with preferential addition of singlet oxygen to prenyl site due to hydrogen bonding with the phenol OH group, which causes a divergence away from the singlet oxygen ‘ene’ reaction toward the dihydrobenzofuran as the major product. The reaction is a mixed photooxidized system since an epoxide arises by a type I sensitized photooxidation.     

New terpenoids from Stachys parviflora Benth

Two new triterpenoidal saponins were isolated from the n-butanolic extract of Stachys parviflora (Lamiaceae). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data as stachyssaponin A; 3beta, 15alpha, 19alpha, 21beta, 22alpha-pentahydroxyolean-12-ene-28-oic acid 3-O-{alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 --> 3)-beta-D-glucopyranoside}-22-O-{alpha-L-arabinofuranosyl-(1 --> 3)-beta-D-glucopyranoside} (1) and stachyssaponin B; 2beta, 3beta, 15alpha, 21beta-tetrahydroxyolean-12-ene-28-oic acid 2-O-[alpha-L-arabinofuranoside]-3, 21-bis-O-[beta-D-glucopyranoside] (2).     

Mechanistic aspects of the formation of aldehydes and nitriles in photosensitized reactions of aldoxime ethers

The photooxidation of a series of aldoxime ethers was studied by laser flash photolysis and steady-state (product studies) methods. Nanosecond laser flash photolysis studies have shown that chloranil (CA)-sensitized reactions of the O-methyl (1), O-ethyl (2), O-benzyl (3), and O-tert-butyl (4) benzaldehyde oximes result in the formation of the corresponding radical cations. In polar non-nucleophilic solvents such as acetonitrile, there are several follow-up pathways available depending on the structure of the aldoxime ether and the energetics of the reaction pathway. When the free energy of electron transfer (DeltaGET) becomes endothermic, syn-anti isomerization is the dominant pathway. This isomerization pathway is a result of triplet energy transfer from CA to the aldoxime ether. For substrates with alpha-protons (aldoxime ethers 1-3), the follow-up reactions involve deprotonation at the alpha-position followed by beta-scission to form the benziminyl radical (and an aldehyde). The benziminyl radical reacts to give benzaldehyde, the major product under these conditions. A small amount of benzonitrile is also observed. In the absence of alpha-hydrogens (aldoxime ether 4), the major product is benzonitrile, which is thought to occur via reaction of the excited (triplet) sensitizer with the aldoxime ether. Abstraction of the iminyl hydrogen yields an imidoyl radical, which undergoes a beta-scission to yield benzonitrile. An alternative pathway involving electron transfer followed by removal of the iminyl proton was not deemed viable based on charge densities obtained from DFT (B3LYP/6-31G*) calculations. Similarly, a rearrangement pathway involving an intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer process was ruled out through experiments with a deuterium-labeled benzaldehyde oxime ether. Studies involving nucleophilic solvents have shown that all aldoxime ethers reacted with MeOH by clean second-order kinetics with rate constants of 0.7 to 1.2 x 10(7) M(-1) s(-1), which suggests that there is only a small steric effect in these reactions. The steady-state experiments demonstrated that under these conditions no nitrile is formed. This is explained by a mechanistic scheme involving nucleophilic attack on the nitrogen of the aldoxime ether radical cation, followed by solvent-assisted [1,3]-proton transfer and elimination of an alcohol, similar to the results obtained for a series of acetophenone oxime ethers.     

Pressure and temperature dependence of the reaction of vinyl radical with ethylene

This work reports measurements of absolute rate coefficients and Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) master equation simulations of the C2H3+C2H4 reaction. Direct kinetic studies were performed over a temperature range of 300-700 K and pressures of 20 and 133 mbar. Vinyl radicals (H2C=CH) were generated by laser photolysis of vinyl iodide (C2H3I) at 266 nm, and time-resolved absorption spectroscopy was used to probe vinyl radicals through absorption at 423.2 nm. Measurements at 20 mbar are in good agreement with previous determinations at higher temperature. A weighted three-parameter Arrhenius fit to the experimental rate constant at 133 mbar, with the temperature exponent fixed, gives k=(7+/-1)x10(-14) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1) (T/298 K)2 exp[-(1430+/-70) K/T]. RRKM master equation simulations, based on G3 calculations of stationary points on the C4H7 potential energy surface, were carried out to predict rate coefficients and product branching fractions. The predicted branching to 1-methylallyl product is relatively small under the conditions of the present experiments but increases as the pressure is lowered. Analysis of end products of 248 nm photolysis of vinyl iodide/ethylene mixtures at total pressures between 27 and 933 mbar provides no direct evidence for participation of 1-methylallyl.     

Synthesis of 16 alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17,19-trione and 3 beta, 16 alpha-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene-17,19-dione; potential intermediates of estriol biosynthesis

16 alpha-Hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17,19-trione (10) was synthesized from the 16 alpha-hydroxy-6 beta,19-epoxy-17-one 3 via protection of the 16 alpha-hydroxy function as its tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether or acetate. Reductive cleavage of the epoxy ring of the silyl ether 4 or the acetate 5 with zinc dust gave the 19-alcohol 6 or 7, which was treated with pyridinium dichromate or Jones reagent, respectively, and then hydrolyzed with diluted sulfuric acid, yielding the desired steroid 10. 3 beta,16 alpha-Dihydroxyandrost-5-ene-17,19-dione (14) was also synthesized from 5 alpha-bromo-3 beta,16 alpha-diacetoxy-6 beta, 19-epoxyandrostan-17-one (11) through the intermediates 12 and 13 with the 3 beta- and 16 alpha-hydroxy functions protected as their acetates in a reaction sequence similar to that above.     

THE QUANTUM YIELD FOR BILIRUBIN PHOTOISOMERISATION

Abstract— The difference extinction coefficient, dL₅₀₀, for the photoisomerisation of bilirubin (BR) bound to human serum albumin is determined, by isolation of the product, as 4000 1000 mol_-1 dm₃ cm_-1, This value is used with laser flash photolysis data to calculate the quantum yield for photoisomerisation as 0.2 +- 0.05 which allows the quantitative demonstration of the much higher efficiency of photoisomerisation compared with self sensitised photooxidation. Similar findings were made for BR in organic solvents and suggest that photoisomerising action is the major relaxation path for excited BR under a variety of conditions.