Vibrational spectra of diacetylene and its deuterated species

Infrared and Raman spectra of diacetylene-d₀, -d₁, and -d₂ have been recorded and a complete vibrational analysis is proposed for each of these three species.     

Molecular structure and vibrational analysis of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-α-d3

The X-ray structures of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-α-d₃ have been determined at 130 K. The molecular structure and vibrational spectra are calculated by the MNDO-PM3 method, and are in agreement with experimental results. The short intra-and intermolecular hydrogen contacts correlate with the known thermal and ionization degradation pathways of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.     

Fluorescence self-quenching of substituted N,α-diphenylnitrones in various solvents

Photophysical and photochemical properties for N,α-diphenylnitrone 1a, α-p-methoxyphenyl-N-phenylnitrone 1b, N-(t-butyl)-α-phenylnitrone 1c, cis-α-cyano-N,α-diphenylnitrone 1d, trans-α-cyano-N,α-diphenylnitrone 1e, α-methoxycarbonyl-N,α-diphenylnitrone 1f and α-ethoxycarbonyl-N,α-diphenylnitrone 1g were investigated. Photolysis studies in polar and protic solvent such as ethanol revealed that the singlet-state formation was preferred in nitrones and this was confirmed by the fluorescence investigations. Absorption and fluorescence spectra indicated considerable shifts with variation in polarity of the solvent.     

Synthesis of N-glycyl-β-glycopyranosyl amines,derivatives of natural oligosaccharides — glucose analogs of Lex antigen

Treatment of the natural tri-, tetra-, and pentasaccharides, β-d-Galp-(1→4)-[α-l-Fucp-(1→3)]-d-Glcp, α-l-Fucp-(1→2)-β-d-Galp-(1→4)-[α-l-Fucp-(1→3)]-d-Glcp, and α-l-Fucp-(1→2)-[α-d-GalNAcp-(1→3)]-β-d-Galp-(1→4)-[α-l-Fucp-(1→3)]-d-Glcp, which are glucose analogs of Le^x, with ammonium carbamate in aqueous methanol gave the corresponding β-glycopyranosyl amines. After their N-acylation with N-Z-glycine N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester (Z is benzyloxycarbonyl) with subsequent hydrogenolytic removal of Z-group, corresponding N-glycyl-β-glycopyranosyl amines were obtained in yields up to 70%.     

Calculation of the in-plane force constants and vibrational spectra of pyridine and its deuterated derivatives by the CNDO/2 force method

The in-plane vibrations of pyridine and its deuterated derivatives (4-d₁, 2,6-d₂, 3,5-d₂, and d₅) have been studied with the CNDO/2 force method. The calculated values of the force field scaled by five empirical parameters yield good agreement with the experimental spectra. The results seem to permit the reassignment of some bands.     

The vibrational spectra and rotational isomerism of methyl ethyl sulphone-d0, -d3 and -d5

The infrared and Raman spectra of methyl ethyl sulphone, methyl ethyl sulphone-1,1,1-d₃ and methyl ethyl sulphone- 1,1,1,3,3-d₅ have been presented with vibrational assignments. Two solid states have been identified in which the molecules are either the trans or the gauche rotational isomers: one solid, the A form, occurs in cooled KBr disks used for infrared spectra while the other was found in CsI disks under ambient conditions. A mixed crystal form has also been found. In the liquid state the enthalpy of the B rotational isomer is slightly less than that of the A isomer by 90 (± 140) J mol⁻¹     

Synthesis and asymmetric oxidation of thioglycosides derived from neomenthanethiol and α-d-galactose

6-Deoxy-6-[(1S,2S,5R)-2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexylsulfanyl]-1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-galactopyranose was synthesized in 94% yield from 1,2 : 3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-galactopyranose and neomenthanethiol, and its oxidation gave the corresponding diastereoisomeric sulfoxides in up to 84% yield and de values of up to 52%. The isopropylidene protective groups were removed from the sulfide and sulfoxides by treatment with trifluoroacetic acid in chloroform.     

A new ellagic acid derivative from Polygonum runcinatum

A new ellagic acid derivative, 3,3′-dimethylellagic acid-4′-O-(6″-galloyl)-β-d-glucoside, named runcinatside (5), together with four known compounds 3,3′-dimethylellagic acid (1), 3,3′,4′-trimethylellagic acid (2), 3,3′-dimethylellagic acid-4′-O-β-d-glucoside (3) and 3-methylellagic acid-4′-O-α-l-rhamno-pyranoside (4), was isolated from the roots of Polygonum runcinatum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Var. sinense Hemsl and the structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic methods and comparison with previously reported data. All compounds showed antioxidant activities in vitro and compound 5 possessed the highest activity.     

Vibrational spectra of cyanosubstituted cyclopropanes—III. Cyanocyclopropane and cyanocyclopropane-1-d1

The vibrational spectra of cyanocyclopropane have been reinvestigated with the gas phase i.r. spectrum reported for the first time. The i.r. spectra of cyanocyclopropane-1-d₁ have been measured from 4000 to 200 cm⁻¹ in the liquid and the gaseous phases and from 4000 to 400 cm⁻¹ in the polycrystalline state. Raman spectra of the liquid down to 50 cm⁻¹ were obtained. A vibrational assignment of all fundamentals is proposed. With the present data, we had to reassign several fundamentals published in the literature.     

Vibrational spectra of 1,3-dideuterioallene and normal mode calculations for allene

Infrared and Raman spectra of 1,3-d₂-allene were measured and fundamental frequencies were assigned. The frequencies were used with previously published data for the d₀, d₄, d₁ and 1,1,-d₂ isotopomers of allene in force field calculations. A new ab initio quantum mechanical force field calculated at the 6-31G** level was scaled to fit the anharmonic fundamental frequencies and used to provide some of the interaction constants for a second, conventionally refined force field.     

Vibrational spectra of 1,3,5-hexatriene and methylated derivatives—II. The coupling pattern for lateral methylation

The vibrational spectra of E-2-methyl-hexatriene (E2MH), 4-d-E-2-methyl-hexatriene (dE2MH), and E-3-methyl-hexatriene (E3MH) were measured and interpreted using semi-empirical QCFF/π calculations and empirical valence force field (VFF) calculations. The vibrational patterns of E2MH and E3MH are discussed on the basis of the VFF calculations. It is found that the vibrational pattern of E3MH resembles that of E-1,3,5-hexatriene whose normal modes to a high degree can be described by global symmetry coordinates, whereas the pattern of E2MH resembles that of isoprene whose normal modes are more influenced by local symmetry coordinates. The effect of steric hindrance on methyl group conformation and the coupling of the methyl group vibrations with those of the polyene chain are discussed.     

Concise synthesis of two natural steroidal glycosides isolated from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Allium schoenoprasum</Emphasis>

Two natural steroidal glycosides, diosgenin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) and laxogenin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-β-d-glucopyranoside (2) with important cytotoxic activity against the HCT 116 and HT-29 human colon cancer cell lines have been efficiently synthesized via straightforward sequential glycosylation reaction with the combined use of N-phenyltrifluoroacetimidates and trichloroacetimidates donors at room temperature. All structures of the synthesized new compounds were identified by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and HRMS spectra.     

Direct determination of the absolute configuration of a cyclic thiolsulfinate by VCD spectroscopy

Experimental and calculated vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra of the enantiomers of the conformationally rigid thiolsulfinate, naphtho[1,8-cd]-1,2-dithiole 1-oxide 1, obtained by chromatographic resolution of the racemate, were in excellent agreement, showing a (+)-(S)-1/(−)-(R)-1 relationship.     

Experimental and ab initio theoretical vibrational Raman optical activity of tartaric acid

The vibrational Raman optical activity (ROA) spectra of (2R,3R)-(+) tartaric acid-d₀ in H₂O and (2R,3R)-(+) tartaric acid-d₄ in D₂O between 300 and 1800 cm⁻¹ measured in backscattering are reported. Ab initio Raman intensifies were evaluated using basis sets at 6-31G, 6-31G* and double zeta plus polarization (DZP) levels. Ab initio ROA intensities were obtained at two levels: in one calculation both the normal coordinates and the polarizability and optical activity tensor derivatives were evaluated with the 6-31G basis set; in a second calculation normal coordinates obtained with the DZP basis set were used to evaluate the normal coordinate derivatives of polarizability and optical activity tensors from the corresponding Cartesian derivative tensors obtained with the 6-31G basis set. Sufficiently good correlation was found between many of bands in the theoretical and experimental Raman and ROA spectra for both the -d₀ and -d₄ species to confirm that the absolute configuration of the ( + )-enantiomer is indeed (2R,3R) and to suggest that the trans COOH and trans COOD conformations are dominant. Tartaric acid-d₄ shows very similar ROA to tartaric acid itself in the range 300–800 cm⁻¹ but quite different in the range 800–1450 cm⁻¹, which provides insight into the influence of normal mode composition on ROA spectra. It was found that the normal mode compositions are much more sensitive to the level of basis set used than the polarizability and optical activity tensor derivatives.     

n,π* Fluorescence from selected vibronic levels of pyrimidine-d4 vapour: franck-condon factors,ground and excited state anharmonic coupling

Some “single vibronic level” fluorescence spectra of pyrimidine-d₄ are reported. The progression forming modes are ν″_6a (659 cm⁻¹) and ν″₁₂ (1048 cm⁻¹) and in contrast to pyrimidine-d₀ excitation of up to 7 quanta may be clearly identified. The ground-state Fermi resonance between ν_6a1 and 2ν_16b2, so significant in the fluorescence spectra of pyrimidine-d₀, is absent for pyrimidine-d₄. Analyses of the spectra have enabled comparable studies of Franck-Condon factors and Fermi resonances to be carried out. They have provided confirmation of vibrational assignments and have provided the underlying reason for the much sharper and more discrete nature of the pyrimidine-d₄ spectra.     

Vibrational analysis of the benzophenone molecule and influence of its conformation on vibrational transitions

IR and Raman spectra of benzophenone and several of its isotopomers (d_5⁻, d_l0⁻, ¹³C- and ¹³Cd₅-benzophenone) are the experimental basis for the normal coordinate analysis. The possibility of determining the conformation of the benzophenone molecule in solution from its vibrational spectrum is considered carefully. The dihedral angle between the central part of the molecule and the phenyl ring has been determined by fitting the calculated to the observed spectra. The final force field for the molecule was obtained for the dihedral angle of 35°.     

Heteropoly compounds as octahedral high valence complex. Spectrochemical properties of Waugh-structure enneamolybdonickelate(IV) and enneamolybdomanganate(IV) ions

Electronic absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra in UV-vis region of Waugh-structure [XMo₉O₃₂]^6?(X = Ni(IV), Mn(IV)) ion in aqueous solution and solid IR spectra have been measured. The Ni(IV) ion in the polyanion has a low-spin d⁶ electronic configuration and the Mn(IV) ion has a d³ configuration. Visible absorption spectrum of the nickelate(IV) polyanion is interpreted to be mainly governed by charge-transfer transitions of the “ligand”, Mo₉O₃₂, to Ni(IV) ion, rather than d-d transitions, while visible absorption of the manganate(IV) polyanion is governed, to a great extent, by d-d transitions. It is indicated by the MCD spectrum that the splitting of the first d-d absorption in the manganate(IV) polyanion is due to a contribution of the spin-forbiden transition, rather than from a trigonal splitting of the spin-allowed transition. Absorption and MCD spectra in UV region are due to charge-transfer transition within a common “ligand”, which are less influenced by the kind of heteroatom, Ni(IV) or Mn(IV). The MCD pattern by the intra-ligand charge-transfer is especially characteristic of the Waugh-structure polyanions.     

Infrared spectroscopy of oxygen bond systems

The vibrational spectra of various types of oxygen-bonded systems with other elements are interpreted in terms of factor group analysis and normal vibration analysis. The stereochemical structures of pseudo-octahedral (MO_nL_6-n) and pseudo-tetrahedral (MO_nL_4-n) compounds with terminal oxygen atoms and of M₂OL_n compounds with oxygen bridge bonding are discussed on the basis of our own data and those from the literature.The present work also contains certain general statements concerning p_π-d_π interactions in oxy compounds of metals having d and p electrons.     

Vibrational spectra and structure of dimethyl oxalate and dimethyl oxalate-d6

The vibrational spectra of dimethyl oxalate-d₆, have been examined in connection with a re-examination of the spectra and structure of dimethyl oxalate. The vibrational spectra of the compound had previously been interpreted as being consistent with a transC_2h structure in the solid phase and a non-planar C₂, form in the liquid and gas phases. This behaviour is not consistent with that observed in similar compounds and a re-evaluation of the facts suggests that the major spectral changes which are observed may be caused by destroying an intermolecular association in going from the solid to the liquid phase, which allows the methyl groups to assume positions out of the plane. Some modifications and additions have been made in the vibrational assignment and assignments are presented for the deuterated compound.     

Low frequency raman spectra of isotopic mixed benzophenone crystals

In this paper, we present an experimental study of vibrational lattice modes in isotopic mixed crystals of benzophenone-h₁₀ and -d₁₀. Our results are discussed using theoretical and experimental data concerning other molecular isotopic mixed crystals. The spectra show two regions; in the first (ν < 100 cm^?1) we did not observe an interaction between the various vibrational lattice bands; in the second region (ν > 100 cm^?1), the interaction appears clearly. The 111.5 cm^?1 and 73 cm^?1 torsional modes of benzophenone-h₁₀ have the same behaviour as the external modes throughout the whole concentration range (0–100% of benzophenone-d₁₀).