Dipole moments of aryl cis - and trans -styryl sulphides and sulphones

The dipole moments of thirteen aryl styryl sulphides and eleven aryl styryl sulphones have been determined. Among them are eightcis-trans isomeric pairs, four sulphides and four sulphones. The styryl group is found to conjugate with the sulphide function as an electron-withdrawing group. The angles which the styrylthio and styrylsulphonyl groups make with their axes of rotation are calculated. The observed dipole moments of the sulphides and sulphones are compared with the moments calculated by the vector addition of group moments. The dipole moments ofcis aryl styryl sulphides and sulphones are found to be generally lower than those of theirtrans isomers. An explanation is offered attributing the cause to sterically enhanced styryl-sulphur conjugation in thecis isomers.     

Kinetic studies on the formation of N-nitroso compounds X. The nitrosation ofN-methylacetamide and its differences with respect to the nitrosation of amines

The kinetics of the nitrosation ofN-methylacetamide have been studied using spectrophotometry. Significant differences with respect to the mechanism of nitrosation of amines were observed: the absence of catalysis by halides, the existence of general basic catalysis by acetate and its chlorated derivatives obeyingBrønsted's law (with =0.49), and the primary isotopic effect (with a ratio of 7.9 between the rate constants for the elementary process in H₂O and D₂O). All this indicates that the slow step of the mechanism must be the transfer of a proton from the protonated nitrosamide to the reaction medium.

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Kinetische Untersuchungen zur Bildung von N-Nitroso-Verbindungen, 10. Mitt.: Die Nitrosierung vonN-Methylacetamid und die Unterschiede in bezug auf die Nitrosierung von Aminen

Zusammenfassung Die Kinetik der Nitrosierung vonN-Methylacetamid wurde mittels Spektrophotometrie untersucht. Es wurden signifikante Unterschiede zum Mechanismus der Nitrosierung von Aminen beobachtet: die Abwesenheit einer Katalyse durch Halogenide, die Existenz einer generellen basischen Katalyse durch Acetat und dessen chlorierten Derivaten unter Übereinstimmung mit demBrønstedschen Gesetz (mit =0,49) und einem beobachtbaren Isotopeneffekt (mit einem Verhältnis von 7,9 zwischen den Geschwindigkeitskonstanten in H₂O und D₂O). All das zeigt an, daß der geschwindigkeitsbestimmende Schritt im Mechanismus der Transfer eines Protons vom protonierten Nitrosamid zum Reaktionsmedium sein muß.

     

Quantitative Analysis of Spectral Effects due to the Z/E Conformational Equilibria in Derivatives of the Amides and Hydrazides of Dicarboxylic Acids

The contributions from anisotropic magnetic screening and electronic effects to the relative chemical shifts of the NH protons in the amides and N,N-dimethylhydrazides of succinic and glutaric acids were calculated. It was shown that the splitting of the signals of the NH protons is largely determined by the redistribution of electron density in the molecule during the conformational transition.     

Nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers. IV. Second‐order optical nonlinearity of NLO polyurea and copolyurea with NLO dipole moments aligned transverse to the main backbone

This article presents the molecular orientation and second‐order optical nonlinearity of newly prepared polyureas and copolyurea with dipole moments aligned transverse to the main backbone. Nonlinear optical (NLO) polyureas, TPU and TPU2, were prepared from 2,4‐diamino‐4′‐nitroazobenzene (2R‐DIAMINE) with 4,4′‐diphenylmethane diisocyanate (DMDI) and tolylene 2,4‐diisocyanate, respectively. NLO copolyurea was prepared from DMDI with 2R‐DIAMINE and m‐phenylene diamine. TPU and TPU2 gave d₃₃ values of 12.5 and 9.8 pm/V, respectively, under optimum poling conditions. A time‐dependent decay curve of second‐order nonlinear susceptibility was fitted well with a Kohlrausch–Williams–Watts stretched exponential function. The relaxation time of TPU2 was 4.2 × 10⁸ s at 100 °C. Copolyurea was uniaxially drawn in ratios of 1.5 and 2.0. The average molecular angles Φ_X , Φ_Y , and Φ_Z in three laboratory frames were evaluated from the refractive indices. Φ_Y decreased and Φ_X and Φ_Z increased with an increasing draw ratio. The dependence of the second‐order harmonic intensity on the incidence angle, that is, the Maker fringe pattern, was fitted with two independent tensor components, d₃₃ and d₃₁, for undrawn film and five independent tensor components, d₃₃, d₃₂, d₃₁, d₁₅, and d₂₄, for drawn films. For drawn films, Kleinman symmetry was not satisfied: d₃₁ ≠ d₁₅ and d₃₂ ≠ d₂₄. An increase in the draw ratio gave rise to a large increase in the tensor component d₃₃. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 39: 247–255, 2001     

Reaction of 4,6-bis(tert-butyl)-2,2,2-trichlorobenzo[d]-1,3,2-dioxaphosphole with phenylacetylene. ipso-Substitution of the tert-butyl group

The reaction of 4,6-bis(tert-butyl)-2,2,2-trichlorobenzo[d]-1,3,2-dioxaphosphole with phenylacetylene follows the mechanism of ipso-substitution of the tert-butyl group that is in para-position relative to the endocyclic O atom of the heterocycle, predominantly yielding 8-(tert-butyl)-2,6-dichloro-2-oxo-4-phenylbenzo[e]-1,2-oxaphosphorinine (NMR data). The structure of its hydrolysis product, 8-(tert-butyl)-6-chloro-2-hydroxy-2-oxo-4-phenylbenzo[e]-1,2-oxaphosphorinine, was proved by X-ray diffraction analysis.