Kinetic Potentiometric Determination of some Thiols with Iodide Ion‐Sensitive Electrode

Abstract

This paper describes a kinetic potentiometric method for the determination of thiols (RSH): l‐cysteine (cys), N‐acetyl‐l‐cysteine (NAC), l‐glutathione (glu), and d‐penicillamine (pen). The proposed method is based on the reaction of formation the sparingly soluble salts, RSAg, between RSH and Ag⁺ ions. During this reaction potential‐time curves were recorded by using an electrochemical cell with commercial iodide selective electrode. The rectilinear calibration graphs are obtained in the RSH concentration range from 1.0×10^?5 to 1.0×10^?3 M. The applicability of the proposed method was demonstrated by determination of chosen compounds in pharmaceutical dosage forms.     

Indirect Simultaneous Kinetic Determination of L‐Cysteine and Homocysteine by ANNs

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Simultaneous determination of cysteine and homocysteine in binary mixtures was performed by application of neural networks on the spectral kinetic data. This method is based on the complexation of bivalent iron with 2,2′–bipyridin (bipy). Iron(III) is quantitatively reduced to iron(II) with cysteine and homocysteine in the presence of 2,2′–bipyridin producing iron(II)–bipy complex (λmax=522 nm), and it can be used as a visible spectrophotometric signal for indirect simultaneous determination of the cysteine and homocysteine concentrations. On the basis of the difference in the rate between the two reactions, these two amino acids can be determined simultaneously using principal component‐artificial neural networks (PC‐ANN). The parameters controlling behavior of the system were investigated and optimum conditions selected. Determinations were made over the concentration range 0.10–5.50 µg · mL^?1 of cysteine and 0.1–5.00 µg · mL^?1 of homocysteine. Applying this method satisfactorily to simultaneous determination of these amino acids with total relative standard error less than 5% validated the proposed method.     

Kinetic Study of Complex Formation of by 2‐Nitroso‐1‐naphthol with Cobalt (II) Ion in Presence of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Surfactant

The kinetic complex formation of 0.001 M 2‐nitroso‐1‐naphthol (NAPH)with 0.01 M cobalt (II) ion (Co²⁺) in aqueous in presence of 0.02 M NaOH at 30°C in aqueous and/or in and 0.002 M cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) have been studied using spectrophotometer at 430 nm. The present data showed that the reaction is first‐order with respect to [Co²⁺]_T and NAPH. Also, k _obs have constant values within concentration 0.015–0.05 M of NaOH and decreases with increase of concentration of CTAB to 0.002 M, then, k _obs have constant values up to 0.005 M. The rate of the reaction in the presence of micelles has been explained with the pseudo‐phase model of the kinetics. Association constants of Co²⁺ and NAPH to CTAB micelle have been calculated. The activation parameters ΔH* and ΔS* have been obtained. The increase of reaction rate with sodium benzoate (C₇H₅O₂Na) also has been discussed.     

An Approximate Kinetic Treatment of Slow‐Initiated Living Polymerization. I. First‐Order Initiation and Propagation

A new method for deriving the initiation rate constant for a slowinitiated living polymerization process in which all reactions are first order with respect to all participants is presented. The method is based upon an approximate analytical solution of the set of differential equations modeling this class of processes. The solution is found by asymptotic expansion of the unknown functions, using a dimensionless parameter which characterizes the process.     

An Efficient Synthesis of Derivatives of 2‐Acetamido‐4‐amino‐2,4,6‐trideoxy‐D‐galactopyranose

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Methyl 2‐acetamido‐4‐amino‐2,4,6‐trideoxy‐α‐D‐galactopyranoside (10) was synthesized from D‐glucosamine hydrochloride in eight steps in an overall yield of 31%. Key steps include the selective benzoylation at O‐3 of methyl 2‐acetamido‐2,6‐dideoxy‐α‐D‐glucopyranoside in 89% yield and the subsequent Mitsunobu reaction using diphenylphosphoryl azide as the azide source which proceeded in 92% yield. Di‐ and mono‐benzyloxycarbonyl derivatives of 10 were also prepared.     

Preparation of Some Derivatives of N‐tert‐Butyldecahydro‐3‐isoquinoline Carboxamide

N‐tert‐Butyldecahydro‐3‐isoquinoline carboxamide (1) is a key structural fragment present in a variety of medicinally important HIV protease inhibitors. Derivatives of this carboxamide were prepared by alkylation with either 2‐iodoethanol, allyl bromide, or bromoacetaldehyde dimethylacetal. The corresponding aldehyde of the dimethylacetal derivative was prepared by reaction with BBr₃ in CH₂Cl₂.     

Kinetic profiling of prolinate-catalyzed α-amination of aldehydes

Deconvolution of the role of off-cycle species from the desired catalytic cycle leads to an optimized protocol for the prolinate-catalyzed amination of aldehydes. The scope of complex reaction networks will be greatly broadened by understanding ancillary rate processes that influence the productive catalytic pathway.     

Kinetic Studies of Electrochemical Oxidation of 1,3-Benzenedithiol

The electrochemical oxidation of 1, 3-benzenedithiol was investigated in a 0. 100 mol/L tetrabutylammonium perchlorate/acetonitrile electrolyte. The electrochemical techniques used were potential sweep, bulk electrolysis, rotating disc and the potential step method. The combination of the techniques yielded the number of electrons transferred per molecule, the reaction order, the transfer coefficient, the diffusion coefficient and concentration of dithiol anions, the standard heterogeneous rate constant as well as the formal potential and equilibrium constant of the preceeding dissociation reaction. This paper also illustrates the methods for studying the electrode kinetics of reactions which (a) involve a chemical reaction preceeding the electron-transfer process, (b) have insoluble polymer products, and (c) are totally irreversible.     

Preparation of Alkyl Carbamate of 1‐Protected Indole‐3‐methylamine as a Precursor of Indole‐3‐methylamine

A series of alkyl carbamates 3 of 1‐protected indole‐3‐methylamines, alkyl carbamates 6 of thiophenylmethylamines, and pyrrolylmethylamines were prepared from the corresponding acetamides 2 and 5 in good to excellent yields via diacetoxyiodobenzene‐promoted Hofmann rearrangement. For a successful Hofmann rearrangement, an electron‐withdrawing group on position 1 of indolylacetamide and pyrrolylacetamide was required. The alkyl carbamate 3g was demonstrated to serve well as a stable precursor of 1‐protected indole‐3‐methylamine 1.     

One‐Pot Synthesis of Ene‐Lactams via N‐Debenzylation of Keto‐Containing N‐2,4‐Dimethoxylbenzylamides

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A general method of ene‐lactam preparation is described. Ene‐lactams can be prepared efficiently from keto‐containing N‐2,4‐dimethoxylbenzylamides in good to excellent yields. This method is applicable for the preparation of substituted δ‐, γ‐, and ?‐ene‐lactams and bicyclic ene‐lactams.     

Synthesis of 2,3‐Dihydroxy‐1‐Epilupinine

The 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition of unsaturated D‐threo‐hexaldonolactone 3 and a six‐membered cyclic nitrone 11 led to a single adduct 15, which could be transformed into (1S, 2S, 3S, 9aS)‐2,3‐dihydroxy‐1‐hydroxymethyl‐quinolizidine 28 related to epilupinine via a reaction sequence involving rearrangement of the six‐membered lactone ring into a five‐membered one, removal of the terminal carbon atom from the sugar chain, cleavage of the N‐O bond, and the intramolecular alkylation of the nitrogen atom.      

Bromination of 4‐Dichloromethyl‐4‐methylcyclohexa‐2,5‐dien‐1‐ones

Bromination of 4‐dichloromethyl‐4‐methylcyclohexa‐2,5‐dien‐1‐one and 4‐dichloromethyl‐3,4‐dimethylcyclohexa‐2,5‐dien‐1‐one has been studied. The reaction conditions required for the formation of mono‐, di‐, and tribrominated products have been optimized.     

Synthesis of O‐β‐D‐Glucopyranosides of 7‐Hydroxy‐3‐(imidazol‐2‐yl)‐4H‐chromen‐4‐ones

The 7‐hydroxy‐3‐formyl‐4H‐chromen‐4‐one 1 reacted with various cyclic 1,2‐dicarbonyl compounds in the presence of ammonium acetate to furnish 7‐hydroxy‐3‐([4,5‐fused] imidazol‐2‐yl)‐4H‐chromen‐4‐ones 2a–f, which on glucosylation with α‐acetobromoglucose affords 2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐β‐D‐glucopyranosyloxy‐3‐([4,5‐fused] imidazol‐2‐yl)‐4H‐chromen‐4‐ones 3a–f. 7‐O‐β‐D‐Glucopyranosyloxy‐3‐([4,5‐fused] imidazol‐2‐yl)‐4H‐chromen‐4‐ones 4a–f were prepared by deacetylation with anhydrous zinc acetate in absolute methanol. The structure of these new O‐β‐D‐glucosides was established on the basis of chemical, elemental, and spectral analysis. These compounds were evaluated for their in vitro biological activity.

     

Heterocyclization of Imidates with 3‐Alkyl‐5‐amino‐1‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazoles: Synthesis of New Triazolotriazines

Some novel triazolo[4,3‐a]triazines derivatives were synthesized by reaction of N‐cyanoimidates and N‐ethoxycarbonylimidates with 3‐alkyl‐5‐amino‐1‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazoles.     

Application of Dichlorovinyl Xyloside for the Novel Synthesis of 2,3,4‐Tri‐O‐methyl‐D‐xylono‐1,5‐lactone

A novel synthesis of 2,3,4‐tri‐O‐methyl‐D‐xylopyranose, 4, and its oxidation product 2,3,4‐tri‐O‐methyl‐D‐xylono‐1,5‐lactone, 5, are reported. The new synthesis applies a regioselective Wittig‐like reaction of tetra-O-acetyl-D-xylopyranase, 1, with triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrachloride to yield an O‐dichlorovinyl xyloside protected at C‐1, 2. The protecting group facilitates the permethylation of xylose and is removed under the methylation conditions, to yield tetra-O-acetyl-D-xylopyranase, 3. The anomeric methyl group was removed under mildly acidic conditions to give 2,3,4‐tri‐O‐methyl‐D‐xylopyranose, 4, in good yield. Compound 4 was oxidized using pyridinium chlorochromate to give the title compound, 5, in 95% yield.     

Structure of 2,4,4,5,5‐pentamethyl‐2‐imidazoline‐1‐oxyl‐3‐oxide

The crystal and molecular structures of the stable nitroxide radical 2,4,4,5,5pentamethyl2imidazoline1oxyl3oxide was determined. The N—O bond lengths are 1.279(2) and 1.280(2), respectively. The O^-—N⁺=C—N— O fragment is nearly planar with carbon atoms of the ethyl fragment that deviated from the O—N⁺=C—N—O plane by –0.204(5) and +0.176(5). The minimum intermolecular distance between the oxygen atoms of NO groups is 4.094.     

Synthesis of cis‐3‐methyl‐4‐aminopiperidine Derivatives

A facile approach for the preparation of cis‐3‐methyl‐4‐aminopiperidine derivatives is described. The synthesis was carried out via regioselective ring opening of N‐benzyl‐3‐methyl‐3,4‐epoxi‐piperidine (8), which can be easily obtained in two steps from the corresponding N‐benzyl‐pyridinium salt (5). Seven new cis‐3‐methyl‐4‐amino and amido piperidines compounds were obtained.     

Facile Synthesis of 3,3‐Dialkyl‐6‐phenyl‐imidazopyridinones

A series of novel 3,3‐dialkylated imidazopyridinones bearing 6‐aryl groups were designed as mimetics of active progesterone antagonists, 3,3‐disubstituted‐5‐arylindoles. The four‐step synthetic route is described. The key steps are base‐catalyzed cyclization, base‐catalyzed alkylation, and Suzuki coupling reaction.     

Facile Synthesis of 2‐Alkylthio‐5,5‐dimethyl‐4H‐imidazol‐4‐ones

The isothiocyanate 3, obtained from aza‐Wittig reaction of iminophosphorane 2 with CS₂, reacts with phenylhydrazine to give thiosemicarbazide 4. Reactions of 4 with alkyl halides in the presence of K₂CO₃ directly provided 2‐alkylthio‐4H‐imidazol‐4‐ones 6 in good yields.