Synthesis, structure, and spatial arrangement of Si-substituted N-(dimethylsilylmethyl)imides

The synthesis of N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)succinimide and N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)-glutarimide by the reaction of the corresponding N-trimethylsilylimides with chlorodimethylsilane and by the reaction of unsubstituted imides with a mixture of hexamethyldisilazane with dimethylchloromethylchlorosilane is described. The formation of N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)succinimide is followed by substitution by the silicon atom, which, depending on the reagent ratio, provides N-(dimethylsuccinimidomethyl)succinimide as the major or minor product. ¹H, ¹³C, and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the silicon atom in N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)glutarimide is five-coordinate. By contrast, in N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)succinimide and N-(dimethylsuccinimidomethyl)succinimide, according to NMR and X-ray diffraction data, the silicon atom is four-coordinate. Quantumchemical calculations by the AM1 method show that the molecular conformations of N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl)imides containing an intramolecular OSi bond are not energetically most favorable in the gas phase.Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 74, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1617–1623.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Pogozhikh, Ovchinnikov, Kramarova, Negrebetskii, Shipov, Albanov, Voronkov, Pestunovich, Baukov.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Silicon—nitrogen bond cleavage in N-(dimethylimidosilylmethyl)imides and dimethyl(lactamomethyl)aminosilanes with BF3 etherate as an alternative route to N-(dimethylf luorosilylmethyl)imides and related compounds

N-(Dimethylfluorosilylmethyl)succinimide (2a) and N-(dimethylfluorosilylmethyl)phthalimide (2b) were synthesized by the Si—N bond cleavage in readily accessible N-(dimethylimidosilylmethyl)imides with BF₃ etherate. Analogously, (O→Si)-chelated 1-(dimethylfluorosilylmethyl)-2-pyrrolidone was prepared from 1-(dimethylmorpholinosilylmethyl)-2-pyrrolidone. X-ray diffraction study demonstrated that the silicon atom in the crystals of 2b is pentacoordinated. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 558–561, March, 2006.     

Molecular characteristics and surface layer structure of poly(siloxane imides)

The effects of spontaneous ordering of molecular chains of poly(siloxane imide) block copolymers in the surface layers of thin films on glass and gold supports have been studied by the oblique polarized beam and photoelasticity methods. The effective thermodynamic rigidity of molecular chains of the block copolymers (the statistical segment length) has been found to be A = 10.4 × 10^?7 cm. The orientational ordering of molecular chains in poly(siloxane imide) surface layers is characterized by small values of the orientational order parameter (S ₀ ～ 0.007). This finding is explained by the microphase separation of the block copolymers. The evaporated gold layer contributes to the effect of surface birefringence owing to formation of the ordered system composed of islets—clusters of gold atoms.     

Cyclophosphazenerhenium(VII) imides

Summary The cyclophosphazenerhenium(VII) dioxide N(PPh₂N)₂-ReO₂ (1 mol) reacts with aryl isocyanates, ArNCO (2 mol), in PhMe to yield solid red-brown compounds which are substitution products, or substitution plus addition products, or mixtures of both. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, mass, i.r. and n.m.r. spectroscopies.Dedicated to the late Dr G. Srivastava, Chem. Dept., Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India.     

Electronic structure of N-(halodimethylsilylmethyl)lactams

Conclusions A CNDO/2 calculation showed that N-(halodimethylsilylmethyl)lactams with Hal=F, Cl, and Br have large positive charge on the silicon atom. The magnitude of this charge decreases upon compression of the C¹C²SiC³ fragment and increases with extrusion of the silicon atom from the plane of the three equatorial substituents.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1935–1936, August, 1988.     

Reactions of alkyl (halomethyl)furancarboxylates with hexamethylenetetramine

All isomers of (aminomethyl)furancarboxylic acids were prepared by the Delepine reaction from alkyl (halomethyl)furancarboxylates. Treatment of the initially formed quaternary salt with an ethanolic HCl solution yielded the salts of the corresponding unstable amino acid esters. A procedure for their purification to a high degree of purity was developed. Hydrolysis of the crude esters yielded stable amino acid salts.     

Effect of chloroform on the structure and gas-separation properties of poly(ether imides)

The FTIR spectra of poly(ether imide) films prepared from their chloroform solutions were recorded in a wide temperature interval. The cast films were shown to contain residual solvent. This residual solvent existed in films as unbound chloroform that may be removed by heating to 60–70°C and as bound chloroform that is involved in complex formation with polymers and may be removed by heating at temperatures close to their glass transition temperatures (180°C). Quantum-chemical calculations were performed for structures that model fragments and monomer units of poly(ether imides), as well as their complexes with chloroform. Chloroform was shown to be capable of preferential binding with an oxygen atom in a Ph-O-Ph′ fragment via hydrogen bonds. In this case, the conformational set of poly(ether imide) chains is changed. The above evidence is invoked to explain changes in transport characteristics with time for poly(ether imide) films cast from chloroform solutions.     

Conformational analysis of 5,5-bis(halomethyl)-1,3-dioxanes

Investigation of stationary points on the potential energy surface of a number of 5,5-bis(halomethyl)-1,3-dioxanes using DFT-approximation of PBE/3ζ revealed the only path of chair form interconversion proceeding through an intermediate minimum corresponding to a 2,5-twist-conformer.     

Molecular structure of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridinium bromide

X-ray diffraction, structural analysis was employed to establish the structure of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridinium bromide, C₇H₁₀NO⁺-Br^–. The plane of the pyridinium ring is twisted by 93 relative to the C-C bond of the side-chain. The N-C-C-O torsion angle is 63.6. The OH bond is oriented toward the heteroaromatic ring. The H-O-C-C torsion angle is 84.4. The molecular packing in the crystal lattice is such that the bromide ions are found between the heteroaromatic rings and the hydrogen bonded to the hydroxyl groups.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2617–2619, November, 1990.     

Light-sensitive chalcone-containing poly(amido imides)

Soluble poly(amido imides) and copoly(amido imides) containing main-and side-chain chromophore chalcone groups have been synthesized. Thermo-and photocrosslinking of polymer chains in films under UV irradiation have been studied. The mechanical properties, dielectric behavior, and photosensitivity and photoconductivity characteristics of the polymers have been investigated.     

Crystal structure of N-(3-nitrocinnamoyl)-N-(2-chlorophenyl)hydroxylamine

All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Chemical Reagents and Specially Pure Chemicals. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 161–164, September–October, 1990.     

Effect of structure and conformational composition on the transport behavior of poly(ether imides)

With the example of two isostructural poly(ether imides), the effects of isopropylidene and hexafluoroisopropylidene groups and hydrogen bonding with chloroform on changes in geometry and energy parameters of polymer chains have been analyzed. The relationship between changes in the geometry characteristics of polymer chains and the gas-separation behavior of films cast from these poly(ether imides) has been established. It has been shown that an increase in permeability is related to a rise in rotation barriers and, consequently, to enhancement of chain rigidity, while the improvement of gas-separation selectivity is associated with a reduction in the amount of isoenergy conformers and an increase in the conformational uniformity of polymer chains. As was detected by FTIR spectroscopy and confirmed by quantum-chemical calculations, the conformational nonuniformity and the small-scale mobility of poly(ether imide) chains are possible only in the Ph-O-Ph′ fragment. The data obtained are applicable for estimation of the role of molecular mobility of polymer chains in the mechanism of gas or penetrant transfer through the polymer film and for predicting the transport behavior of polymers from this family. With the example of two other poly(ether imides), the prediction is confirmed by the experimental data on gas separation.     

N-(Chlorodimethylsilyl)methyl anilides: synthesis and structure

N-(Chlorodimethylsilyl)methyl anilides of formula RC(O)N(C₆H₄X)CH₂SiMe₂Cl (R = Me, Ph; X = H, Me, Cl) were obtained by the reaction of N-TMS-containing anilides with ClCH₂Si(Hal)Me₂ (Hal = F, Cl). The silicon atom in these compounds is pentacoordinate according to the results of NMR and X-ray diffraction analysis.