Synthesis of Octadecahydroxylated C70

Synthesis of novel hydrophilic [70]fullerenols was described. The reaction involved an oleum-induced oxidative sulfation of the C₇₀ molecules with a product yield of 86%. The rate of fullerene sulfation was accelerated either moderately or greatly by the addition of P₂O₅ or SeO₂, respectively. Hydrolysis of the resulting polycyclosulfated C₇₀ in H₂O at 80°C afforded [70]fullerenols in a yield of more than 72%. The negative ion MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of [70]fullerenols showed a well-defined pattern of ion fragmentations with a nearly constant, consecutive weight increase in 17 mass units from the mass of C₇₀. Detection of a molecular ion at m/z 1146 was indicative for the composition of [70]fullerenols as octadecahydroxyfullerenes, containing 18 hydroxy addends per C₇₀ cage. That correlates the structure of their polycyclosulfated precursors to nonacyclosulfated [70]fullerenes, C₇₀(SO₄)₉.     

Kinetic studies in mass spectrometry—IV. The [M — Cl] reaction in substituted chlorobenzenes and the question of molecular ion isomerization.

The [M]⁺˙ → [M ? Cl]⁺ reaction in a series of m- and p-X substituted chlorobenzenes has been studied, utilizing a simple kinetic approach, comparison of metastable ion relative abundances, and by measurement of ionization and appearance potentials. All evidence obtained is consistent with rearrangement prior to cleavage in the molecular ions, in which substituent position becomes effectively randomized. These findings are related to known hydrogen randomization reactions occurring in either the molecular ion or [M ? Cl] ion of chlorobenzenes. Mechanisms involving carbon scrambling via such species as ionized benzvalenes or prismanes, or ring-opening to isomeric acyclic molecular ions in which hydrogen randomization might occur can be entertained, but mechanisms involving simple hydrogen shifts in the intact benzene ring appear less likely.     

Novel use of an isotope separator to determine the position of fluorine-18 in labelled 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethanes

A novel technique is described for measuring the site selectivity of methods for labelling the major CFC-alternative, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFA 134a), with fluorine-18 (t_1/2 = 109.7 min). The carbon–carbon bond in radiofluorinated HFA 134a is broken in the ion source of an isotope separator. Radioactivity associated with the ion beam of the [CF₂ ¹⁸F]^+. fragment (m/z = 68) is collected, measured and divided by the integrated mass of the simultaneously collected ion beam for the [CF₃]^+. fragment (m/z = 69) to give the ‘specific radioactivity’ (in nCi nmol^–1) of the radiolabel in the 1-position. Similarly, the ‘specific radioactivity’ of the radiolabel in the 2-position is calculated from the measured radioactivity of the ion beam from the [CH₂ ¹⁸F]^+. fragment (m/z = 32) and the integrated mass of the simultaneously collected ion beam from the [CH₂F]^+. fragment (m/z = 33). The selectivity of the labelling procedure for a particular position is then given by the decay-corrected ratio of specific radioactivity at that position to the sum of specific radioactivities. The labelling of HFA 134a by the reaction of [¹⁸F] fluoride with trifluoroethylene was found to have 97% selectivity for the CF₃ group, whereas labelling by the reaction of [¹⁸F] fluoride with 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl p-toluenesulphonate was found to have 91% selectivity for the CH₂F group. This information is of value for tracer studies of the fate of HFA 134a in man following its inhalation as a drug propellant. The described technique is of potentially wider value for determining the position of fluorine-18 in labelled polyfluorinated molecules.     

Differentiation of the isomeric 1,2-cyclopentanediols by ion-molecule reactions in a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer

Collisionally activated decompositions and ion-molecule reactions in a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer are used to distinguish between cis- and trans-1,2-cyclopentanediol isomers. For ion kinetic energies varying from 5 eV to 15 eV (laboratory frame of reference), qualitative differences in the daughter ion spectra of [MH]⁺ are seen when N₂ is employed as an inert collision gas. The cis ?1,2-cyclopentanediol isomer favors H₂O elimination to give predominantly [MH- H₂O]⁺. In the trans isomer, where H₂O elimination is less likely to occur, the rearrangement ion [HOCH₂CHOH]⁺ exists in significantly greater abundance. Ion-molecule reactions with NH₃ under single-collision conditions and low ion kinetic energies can provide thermochemical as well as stereochemical information. For trans ?1,2-cyclopentanediol, the formation of [NH₄]⁺ by proton transfer is an exothermic reaction with the maximum product ion intensity at ion kinetic energies approaching 0 eV. The ammonium adduct ion [M + NH₄]⁺ is of greater intensity for the trans isomer. In the proton transfer reaction with the cis isomer, the formation of [NH₄]⁺ is an endothermic process with a definite translational energy onset. From this measured threshold ion kinetic energy, the proton affinity of cis ?1,2-cyclopentanedioi was estimated to be 886 ± 10 kJ mol^?1.     

Substitution reactions under NH3 chemical ionization conditions in cis-/trans-1,2-dihydroxybenzosuberans

The nucleophilic substitution reaction under NH₃ chemical ionization (CI) conditions in cis- and trans-1,2-dihydroxybenzosuberans (1–4) has been studied with the help of ND₃ CI and metastable data. The results indicate that in the parent diols 1 (cis) and 2 (trans), the substitution ion [M_sH]⁺, is produced mainly by the loss of H₂O from the [MNH₄]⁺ ion (S_Ni reaction) while in their 7-methoxy derivatives 3 and 4, the ion-molecule reaction between [M? OH]⁺ and NH₃ seems to be the major pathway for the formation of [M_sH]⁺. The substitution ion from 1 and 2 and the [MH]⁺ ion from trans-1-amino-2-hydroxybenzosuberan give similar collision-induced dissociation mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra. Interestingly, their diacetates do not undergo the substitution reaction.     

Reaction of 5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine with t-butyl hypochlorite: An aromatic nitrenium ion intermediate?

The reaction of 5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine with t-butyl hypochlorite and this same reaction in the presence of silver(I) were studied in an attempt to generate dibenz[b,f]azatropylium, an aromatic nitrenium ion. Analysis of the product mixture from this reaction mitigate against formation of this ion. An alternate mechanism is presented.     

The origin of the [M – 1]+ ion in the mass spectra of N,N-dialkylbenzamides. A reinvestigation of the mechanism

A reinvestigation of the mechanism of formation of the [M – 1]⁺ ion in a series of N,N-dialkylbenzamides suggests that previous mechanisms put forward to account for the formation of the [M – 1]⁺ ion are deficient. A new mechanism is proposed which accounts for the data observed previously, as well as our results for a series of N,N-dialkyl-2-chlorobenzamides, 4-substituted N,N-dimethylbenzamides and some related compounds. For the N,N-dialkyl-2-chlorobenzamides, comparison of the abundances of the [M – 1]⁺ ion with the [M – 35]⁺ ion suggests that a concurrent reaction is occurring, besides loss of the ortho aromatic hydrogen atom. A study of substituent effects on the intensity ratio [M – 1]⁺/[M]⁺ shows an upward concave plot of this against σ⁺, suggesting that two competing mechanisms occur for the formation of the [M – 1]⁺ ion.     

The gas enhanced negative ion mass spectra of polychloroanisoles

Methane or a methane–oxygen mixture was used as an enhancement gas to obtain negative ion mass spectra of polychloroanisoles. Dichloroanisoles did not react with oxygen but the more highly chlorinated anisoles did. Compounds with hydrogen ortho to the methoxy group had [M? 1]^? ions, while others gave . The fragment arose through loss of an ortho chlorine and amethyl hydrogen. The loss of HCl followed by oxygen displacement of a remaining ortho or para chlorine produced [M? 55]^? ions; the para position was the preferred site of displacement. Another ion-molecule reaction with oxygen leads to [M? CH₂Cl]^?. The fragmentations resemble those of chlorinated aromatics such as the polychlorodibenzodioxins.     

Zur Lenkung der intramolekularen Diels-Alder-Reaktion von Cyclopentadienen mit olefinischen Substituenten

On the Course of the Intramolecular Diels-Alder-Reaction of Cyclopentadienes with Olefinic Substituents The 1:3 mixture of 4-bromobicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one and -7-one ( 1/2 ), available by N-bromosuccinimide bromination of bicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one, reacted rapidly with the organo-magnesium and -zinc reagents 3, 10a, 10b and 10d by cyclobutanone ring opening and bromide ion expulsion to give the 5-substituted cyclopentadienes 5, 12a, 12b/12c , and 12d as non-isolated intermediates. Further transformation occured in situ either by a direct intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction (path a) or by a [1,5]-H-migration prior to the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction (path b). The intermediate 5 followed only path a to give the bridged norbornene derivative 7 , the intermediates 12a, 12b and 12c followed only path b to give the annellated norbornene derivatives 15a, 15b and 15c , respectively, and the intermediate 12d followed both paths to give the bridged 14d and the annellated norbornene derivative 15d (in the ration of about 1.4:1). These observations are discussed in terms of the relative velocities of [1,5]-H-migrations and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. The major conclusions are: (1) bridged norbornene derivatives with a six-membered ring C (such as 14d ) can be prepared by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction from 5-alkenyl-cyclopentadienes 12 , as long as the dienophilic double bond is activated by an appropriate substituent (as in 12d ); (2) such 5-alkenyl-cyclopentadienes 12 are available from the reaction of the bromo-bicyclo-heptenones 1/2 with suitable C-nucleophiles 10 .     

Furan derivatives. Part 10. Synthesis of cyclohepta[cd]benzofuran

Cyclohepta[cd]benzofuran 2 was synthesized by heating (5-oxo-5H-benzocyclohepten-4-yloxy)acetic acid 16 with sodium acetate in acetic anhydride or by photocyclization of 16 in acetonitrile. Several reactions of cyclohepta[cd]benzofuran 2 were examined. Protonation of 2 with trifluoroacetic acid occurred at the 2-position to give a tropylium ion 17 . Catalytic hydrogenation of 2 with palladium on charcoal proceeded smoothly to give tetrahydrocyclohepta[cd]benzofuran 18 . The Diels-Alder reaction of 2 with tetracyano-ethylene produced an adduct 19 . Formylation of 2 with phosphorus oxychloride and dimethylformamide occurred easily at the 2-position to afford compound 20 . Cyclohepta[cd]benzofuran 2 has both properties of heptafulvene and benzofuran.     

Fast atom bombardment induced ring rupture of silatranes

During a comparison study of the fast atom bombardment (FAB) and electron impact mass spectra of 1-organyl-2,9,10-trioxa-6-aza-1-silatricyclo[4.3.3.0^1,6]dodecanes, an unusual ion peak at m/z 164 was noticed in the FAB spectra. Accurate mass measurement indicated that m/z 164 corresponds to protonated 1-[N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-1-propanol (BHAP), which is produced by a ring-rupture reaction. Further experiment showed that the intensity of the [BHAP + H]⁺ ion peak increased markedly as the 7keV Ar⁰ bombardment proceeded, suggesting a FAB-induced reaction. The possible mechanism is also discussed.     

Development of a targeted adductomic method for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon DNA adducts using online column‐switching liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

Human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from sources such as industrial or urban air pollution, tobacco smoke and cooked food is not confined to a single compound, but instead to mixtures of different PAHs. The interaction of different PAHs may lead to additive, synergistic or antagonistic effects in terms of DNA adduct formation and carcinogenic activity resulting from changes in metabolic activation to reactive intermediates and DNA repair. The development of a targeted DNA adductomic approach using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) incorporating software‐based peak picking and integration for the assessment of exposure to mixtures of PAHs is described. For method development PAH‐modified DNA samples were obtained by reaction of the anti‐dihydrodiol epoxide metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) and dibenz[a,h]anthracene with calf thymus DNA in vitro and enzymatically hydrolysed to 2′‐deoxynucleosides. Positive LC/electrospray ionisation (ESI)‐MS/MS collision‐induced dissociation product ion spectra data showed that the majority of adducts displayed a common fragmentation for the neutral loss of 116 u (2′‐deoxyribose) resulting in a major product ion derived from the adducted base. The exception was the DB[a,l]P dihydrodiol epoxide adduct of 2′‐deoxyadenosine which resulted in major product ions derived from the PAH moiety being detected. Specific detection of mixtures of PAH‐adducted 2′‐deoxynucleosides was achieved using online column‐switching LC/MS/MS in conjunction with selected reaction monitoring (SRM) of the [M+H]⁺ to [M+H–116]⁺ transition plus product ions derived from the PAH moiety for improved sensitivity of detection and a comparison was made to detection by constant neutral loss scanning. In conclusion, different PAH DNA adducts were detected by employing SRM [M+H–116]⁺ transitions or constant neutral loss scanning. However, for improved sensitivity of detection optimised SRM transitions relating to the PAH moiety product ions are required for certain PAH DNA adducts for the development of targeted DNA adductomic methods. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Alkylation of Indoles with Tertiary Amines by Oxidation of a sp3 C?H Bond and Lewis Acid Catalysis

Ruthenium porphyrins (particularly [Ru(2,6‐Cl₂tpp)CO]; tpp=tetraphenylporphinato) and RuCl₃ can act as oxidation and/or Lewis acid catalysts for direct C‐3 alkylation of indoles, giving the desired products in high yields (up to 82 % based on 60–95 % substrate conversions). These ruthenium compounds catalyze oxidative coupling reactions of a wide variety of anilines and indoles bearing electron‐withdrawing or electron‐donating substituents with high regioselectivity when using tBuOOH as an oxidant, resulting in the alkylation of N‐arylindoles to 3‐{[(N‐aryl‐N‐alkyl)amino]methyl}indoles (yield: up to 82 %, conversion: up to 95 %) and the alkylation of N‐alkyl or N‐H indoles to 3‐[p‐(dialkylamino)benzyl]indoles (yield: up to 73 %, conversion: up to 92 %). A tentative reaction mechanism involving two pathways is proposed: an iminium ion intermediate may be generated by oxidation of an sp³ C? H bond of the alkylated aniline by an oxoruthenium species; this iminium ion could then either be trapped by an N‐arylindole (pathway A) or converted to formaldehyde, allowing a subsequent three‐component coupling reaction of the in situ generated formaldehyde with an N‐alkylindole and an aniline in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst (pathway B). The results of deuterium‐labeling experiments are consistent with the alkylation of N‐alkylindoles via pathway B. The relative reaction rates of [Ru(2,6‐Cl₂tpp)CO]‐catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of 4‐X‐substituted N,N‐dimethylanilines with N‐phenylindole (using tBuOOH as oxidant), determined through competition experiments, correlate linearly with the substituent constants σ (R²=0.989), giving a ρ value of ?1.09. This ρ value and the magnitudes of the intra‐ and intermolecular deuterium isotope effects (k_H/k_D) suggest that electron transfer most likely occurs during the initial stage of the oxidation of 4‐X‐substituted N,N‐dimethylanilines. Ruthenium‐catalyzed three‐component reaction of N‐alkyl/N‐H indoles, paraformaldehyde, and anilines gave 3‐[p‐(dialkylamino)benzyl]indoles in up to 82 % yield (conversion: up to 95 %).     

Study of the characteristic fragmentation behavior of hydroquinone glycosides by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry with optimization of collision energy

The fragmentation behavior of hydroquinone glycosides involving one or two sugar groups from Fraxinus sieboldiana and their analogue arbutin was investigated systematically by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry in negative ion mode. The characteristic fragmentation reaction of these compounds was through the homolytic and heterolytic cleavage of the O‐glycosidic bond to produce radical aglycone ion ([Y₀ ? H]^??) and aglycone ion (Y₀^?), respectively. Unambiguous differentiation between the mono‐O‐glycoside isomers which differ in glycosylation position was achieved by comparing the relative abundance of [Y₀ ? H]^?? and Y₀^? ions with the optimized collision energy. In the fragmentation of 1, 4‐di‐O‐glycosides, only the Y₀^? ion was produced when the first glucosyl residue was expelled. However, both the [Y₀ ? H]^?? and Y₀^? ions were present when the second glucosyl residue was eliminated. In addition, an interesting [Y₀‐2H]^? ion was present in the product ion spectra of hydroquinone glycosides with methoxy group(s) substituted at C‐3 or/and C‐5 positions of the benzene ring. The results of this study can facilitate the rapid determination of hydroquinone glycosides in crude plant extracts and also reveal that the systematic investigation and optimization of collision energy play an important role in the differentiation of isomers which have subtle differences in structures. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electrospray-Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Part 2. Neighboring-Group Participation in the Mass-Spectral Decomposition of 4-Hydroxycinnamoyl-spermidines

The three mono substituted N-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]spermidines 1–3 have been studied by positive-ion electrospray-ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Because of the neighboring-group participation, the MS/MS of [ 1 + H]⁺ and [ 2 + H]⁺ are essentially similar, while compound 3 can be easily distinguished from 1 and 2 because of the characteristic ions at m/z 218. However, with the source collision-induced dissociation (source-CID) MS/MS technique, the compounds 1 and 2 can be unambiguously distinguished by the signal of the pyrrolidinium ion (m/z 72) from their daughter ion (m/z 275). The source-CID MS/MS of the labeled compound N-(4-aminobutyl)-N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-[3-(4- hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en[¹⁵N]amide] ([¹⁵N(4)]- 2 ) provide more information on the decomposition mechanisms and proved the occurrence of a partial transamidation reaction 2→1 during the measurement.     

The [CH2CHOH.+, CH3CHO] solvated enol radical cation

The bimolecular reaction of the CH₂CHOH^.+ enol ion (m/z 44) with acetaldehyde gives a strongly dominant product,m/z 45, formed mainly by proton transfer from the ion to the molecule. The abundance of the product coming from a H^. abstraction reaction from the neutral, albeit more exothermic, is negligible. In order to explain this result, the long lived [CH₂CHOH^.+, CH₃CHO] solvated ion was generated by reaction of the CH₂CHOH^.+ enol ion with (CH₃CHO) _n in the cell of a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. The structure of this solvated ion was clearly established. Labeling indicates that [CH₂CHOH^.+, CH₃CHO], upon low energy collisions, reacts by H^. abstraction more rapidly than by H⁺ transfer to the neutral moiety. This shows that the entropic factors are determinant when the enol ion reacts directly with acetaldehyde.     

Mass spectral study of ring E of taraxasterol and compounds with similar ring substitution

The origin of the [M–69]⁺ and [M–111]⁺ signals in the mass spectrum of taraxasterol was studied through the use of C(18), (19), (21), (22) and/or (30) deuteriated derivatives. The generality of these signals for ring systems with an exocyclic methylene group and a methyl moiety on an adjacent carbon was verified with 2-methylmethylenecyclohexane, 1-methyl-2-methylene-trans-decalin, 1,10-dimethyl-2-methylene-trans-decalin and some of their deuteriated derivatives. The most plausible mechanism for the formation of the [M–69]⁺ ion appears to involve cleavage of both bonds allylic to the exocyclic methylene group with a 1,3-hydrogen transfer from the adjacent ring. Genesis of the [M–111]⁺ ion is more complicated but a five-membered allylic ion generated from ring D is proposed.     

Evidence for Triplet Sensitization in the Visible‐Light‐Induced [2+2] Photocycloaddition of Eniminium Ions

Εniminium ions were prepared from the corresponding α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds (enones and enals), and were found to be promoted to their respective triplet states by energy transfer. The photoexcited intermediates underwent intra‐ or intermolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition in good yields (50–78 %) upon irradiation at λ=433 nm or λ=457 nm. Iridium or ruthenium complexes with a sufficiently high triplet energy were identified as efficient catalysts (2.5 mol % catalyst loading) for the reaction. The intermolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition of an eniminium ion derived from a chiral secondary amine proceeded with high enantioselectivity (88 % ee).     

Calix[6]arene‐Based Cascade Complexes of Organic Ion Triplets Stable in a Protic Solvent

Herein we report a D_3h‐symmetric tail‐to‐tail bis‐calix[6]arene 3 featuring two divergent cavities triply connected by ureido linkages. This calix[6]tube was synthesized by a domino Staudinger/aza‐Wittig reaction followed by a macrocyclization reaction. This process also afforded a C_2h‐symmetric isomer that represents a rare example of a self‐threaded rotaxane based on calix[6]arene subunits. The binding properties of 3 have been evaluated by NMR studies. Thus, bis‐calix[6]arene 3 is able to bind simultaneously two neutral ureido guests through an induced‐fit process. The guests are located in the cavities and are recognized through multiple hydrogen‐bonding interactions with the ureido bridges. Host 3 can also simultaneously bind multiple ions and is especially efficient for the complexation of organic ion triplets. The anion is recognized through hydrogen‐bonding interactions at the ureido binding site and is thus located between the two ammonium ions accommodated in the cavities. The resulting [1+1+2] quaternary complexes represent rare examples of cascade complexes with organic cations. These complexes are unique: 1) They are stable even in a markedly protic solvent, 2) the recognition of the ion triplets proceeds in a cooperative way through an induced‐fit process and with a high selectivity, linear cations and doubly charged anions being particularly well recognized, 3) the ions are bound as contact ion triplets thanks to the closeness of the three binding sites, 4) the cationic guests can be exchanged and thus mixed [1+1+1+1] complexes can be obtained, 5) the ureido linkers wrapped around the anion adopt a helical shape and the resulting chirality is sensed by the cations. In other words, bis‐calix[6]arene 3 presents a selective inner tunnel in which multiple guests such as organic ion triplets can be aligned in a cooperative way through induced‐fit processes.