Stabilisation of [WF5]+ and WF5 by Pyridine: Facile Access to [WF5(NC5H5)3]+ and WF5(NC5H5)2

The enhanced reactivity of [WF₅]⁺ over WF₆ has been exploited to access a neutral derivative of elusive WF₅. The reaction of WF₆(NC₅H₅)₂ with [(CH₃)₃Si(NC₅H₅)][O₃SCF₃] in CH₂Cl₂ results in quantitative formation of trigonal-dodecahedral [WF₅(NC₅H₅)₃]⁺, which has been characterised as its [O₃SCF₃]⁻ salt by Raman spectroscopy in the solid state and variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy in solution. The salt is susceptible to slow decomposition in solution at ambient temperature via dissociation of a pyridyl ligand, and the resultant [WF₅(NC₅H₅)₂]⁺ is reduced to WF₅(NC₅H₅)₂ in the presence of excess C₅H₅N, as determined by ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy. Pentagonal-bipyramidal WF₅(NC₅H₅)₂ was isolated and characterised by X-ray crystallography and Raman spectroscopy in the solid state, representing the first unambiguously characterised WF₅ adduct, as well as the first heptacoordinate adduct of a transition-metal pentafluoride. DFT-B3LYP methods have been used to investigate the reduction of [WF₅(NC₅H₅)₂]⁺ to WF₅(NC₅H₅)₂, supporting a two-electron reduction of W^VI to W^IV by nucleophilic attack and diprotonation of a pyridyl ligand in the presence of free C₅H₅N, followed by comproportionation to W^V.     

Umlagerung von 5-Amino-5-X-pentadienalen zu 2-Aminopyrylium-Salzen

Rearrangement of 5-Amino-5-X-pentadienals to 2-Aminopyrylium Salts Various 2-aminopyrylium salts 7 (X=Cl, Br, I) are available in a simple one-pot procedure by reacting `push-pull' enynes 5 with equivalent amounts of HCl, HBr, or HI. On the other hand, reaction of HF or AcOH with `push-pull' enynes 5 is considerably slower so that an excess of HF or AcOH is needed for the reaction to 7 (X=F, AcO). The 2-aminopyrylium salts 7 are the key intermediates in the postulated rearrangement of 5-amino-5-halogeno-pentadienals 6 to 5-halogenopenta-2,4-dienamides 8 (Scheme 1, bottom), which is vinylogous to the well-known rearrangement of 3-amino-3-X-propenals 2 to 3-X-propenamides 3 (Scheme 1, top).     

Oxetane from A-nor-steroides: 2-alpha, 5-oxido-A-nor-5-alpha-cholestane, 2-beta, 5-oxido-A-nor-5-beta-cholestane and 2-alpha-ethyl-2-beta,2'-oxido-A-nor-5-alpha-cholestane

Treatment of 2β-tosyloxy-A-nor-5α-cholestane-5-ol ( 2 ) with t-butoxide in t-butanol gave 2α, 5-epoxy-A-nor-5α-cholestane ( 3 ) in quantitative yield. When A-nor-5β-cholestane-2α, 5-diol ( 4 ) was treated with tosyl chloride in pyridine 2β-chloro-A-nor-5β-cholestane-5-ol ( 7 ) and 2α-tosyloxy-A-nor-5β-cholestane-5-ol ( 8 ) were obtained. Whereas the chloride 7 was resistant to t-butoxide the tosylate 8 was transformed into an 1 : 1 mixture of 2α, 5-epoxy-5β-cholestane ( 10 ) and 2ξ-t-butoxy-A-nor-5β-cholestane-5-ol ( 11 ). In 2α-tosyloxy-A-nor-5α-cholestane-5-ol ( 12 ) substitution occurred as the only reaction. Both oxetanes 3 and 10 isomerize after heating above 50° and in polar or protic solvents to form A-nor-Δ³⁽⁵⁾-cholestene-2α-ol ( 6 ) and -2β-ol ( 14 ) respectively. Also, 2, 5-diols are encountered. 2α-Ethyl-2β, 2′-epoxy-A-nor-5α-cholestane ( 23 ) was synthesized starting from A-nor-5α-cholestane-2-one ( 17 ). The intermediates were the ester 16 , the diol 18 , the hydroxy-tosylate 19 and the chlorhydrin 20 . The spirocyclic oxetane 23 was reduced by LiAlH₄ in dioxane (not in ether). By chromatography on silica gel 23 was isomerized to the homoallylic alcohol 21 and transformed into 2-methylene-A-nor-5α-cholestane ( 24 ) by fragmentation. The IR. and NMR. spectra of the new oxetanes were compared with those of a series of known oxetanes.     

Concise synthesis of 5-methyl-, 5-formyl,and 5-carboxy analogues of 2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate

We describe a concise and efficient synthesis of 5-methyl-, 5-formyl-, and 5-carboxy-analogues of 2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate which are well known for their various biological applications. A protection-free one-pot synthesis was used to convert 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytidine into 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate in high yield. 5-Formyl-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate was obtained upon photosensitized oxidation (UV-A irradiation, λ ∼365 nm) of an aerated aqueous solution of 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate with the use of menadione as the photosensitizer. 5-Formyl-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate was converted into 5-carboxy-2′-deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate by using biphasic TEMPO/BAIB oxidation method in high yield.     

Les Phases Na5NbO5 et Na5TaO5 Structure Cristalline de Na5NbO5

Na₅Nb0₅ and Na₅Ta0₅ Phases. Crystal Structure of Na₅NbO₅ New ternary oxides of formulas Na₅NbO₅ and Na₅TaO₅ have been prepared. They crystallize in the monoclinic system (space group C2/c). The crystal structure of Na₅NbO₅ has been determined. It derives from a NaCl-type structure by ordering of the cations and of the oxygen vacancies in the anionic sublattice, the corresponding formula being Na_5/6Nb_1/6O_5/6□_1/6. Sodium and niobium have a distorted square-pyramidal surrounding.     

2-Sulfanilamido-5-methylthio-pyrimidin und 2-Sulfanilamido-5-methylsulfonyl-pyrimidin

Zusammenfassung 2-Amino-4-hydroxy-5-methylthio-pyrimidin, gewonnen aus Formylmethylthioesigsäuremethylester und Guanidin, wird über die 4-Chlorverbindung in das 2-Amino-5-methylthio-pyrimidin umgewandelt. Für diese Reaktion bewährt sich, als neue Methode in dieser Reihe, besonders die Alkalibehandlung des aus der Chlorverbindung erhaltenen Triphenylphosphoniumsalzes. Aus dem 2-Amino-5-methylthio-pyrimidin wird das 2-Sulfanilamido-5-methylthio-pyrimidin und dessen Oxydationsprodukt, das 2-Sulfanilamido-5-methylsulfonyl-pyrimidin, gewonnen.

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2-Sulfanilamido-5-methylthiopyrimidine and 2-sulfanilamido-5-methylsulfonylpyrimidine (New sulfonamides, XVII)

2-Amino-4-hydroxy-5-methylthiopyrimidine, obtained from guanidine and methyl formylmethylthioacetate, was first converted to the 4-chloro derivative and then to 2-amino-5-methylthiopyrimidine. The latter reaction step in this series of compounds was advantageously carried out by alkali treatment of the triphenylphosphonium salt prepared from the 4-chloro derivative. In subsequent steps, 2-sulfanilamido-5-methylthiopyrimidine and its oxidation product, 2-sulfanilamido-5-methylsulfonylpyrimidine, were prepared.

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16. Mitt.:H. Egg, Mh. Chem.100, 34 (1969).     

Synthesis of (5R)- and (5S)-5-Methyl-5, 6-dihydrouridine Derivatives

The hydrogenation of 2′, 3′-O-isopropylidene-5-methyluridine (1) in water over 5% Rh/Al₂O₃ gave (5 R)- and (5 S)-5-methyl-5, 6-dihydrouridine (2) , separated as 5′-O-(p-tolylsulfonyl)- (3) and 5′-O-benzoyl- (5) derivatives by preparative TLC. on silica gel and ether/hexane developments. The diastereoisomeric differentiation at the C(5) chiral centre depends upon the reaction media and the nature of the protecting group attached to the ribosyl moiety. The synthesis of iodo derivatives (5 R)- and (5 S)- 4 is also described. The diastereoisomers 4 were converted into (5 R)- and (5 S)-2′, 3′,-O-isopropylidene-5-methyl-2, 5′-anhydro-5, 6-dihydrouridine (7) .     

5′-substituted-5′-deoxy nucleosides

The methyl esters of the uronic acids derived from uridine, 5-fluorodeoxyuridine, 6-aza-2′-deoxyuridine and 2′,3′-o-isopropylideneadenosine were converted to the amides with aqueous d0·88 ammonia. After protection of the sugar hydroxyls each 5′-carboxamide was dehydrated with phosphoryl chloride at ?5° to yield, after deprotection, the respective novel 5′-nitrile nucleosides. Treatment of the protected 5′-nitrile nucleosides with ammonium azide in DMF gave, after deprotection, the novel 5′-C-tetrazole nucleosides.     

Zur kenntnis ‚Kationen-reicher’︁ Tantalate und Niobate Über Na5TaO5 und Na5NbO5

On Tantalates and Niobates ‘rich in Cations’. On Na₅TaO₅ and Na₅NbO₅ Colourless, transparent single crystals of Na₅TaO₅ [annealed mixtures of Na₂O, Li₂O, and Ta₂O₅, Na : Li : Ta = 6.6 : 1.1 : 1, Ni-cylinder, 1000°C, 75 d] as well as Na₅NbO₅ [annealed mixtures of Na₂O, Li₂O, and Nb₂O₅, Na : Li : Nb = 6.6 : 1.1 : 1, Ni-cylinder, 1000°C, 75 d] have been prepared. Single crystal data show that both isotypic oxides represent a deformed variant of the NaCl-type of structure [Na₅TaO₅: 1154 from 1250 I₀ (hkl), four-cycle diffractometer Philips PW 1100, ω2-θ scan, Ag? Kα , R = 4.88%, space group c2/c with a = 629.3(1) pm, b = 1025.4(2) pm, c = 1004.6(2) pm, b? 106.80(2)°, z = 4 and Na₅NbO₅: 998 from 1247 I₀(hkl), four-cycle diffractometer Philips PW 1100, ω-2θ scan, Ag? Kα , R = 8.58% and R_w = 7.67%, space group C2/2 with a = 629.1(1) pm, b = 1024.4(2) pm, c = 1004.2(2) pm, b? = 106.80(2)°, Z = 4]. The Madelung Part of Lattice Energy, MAPLE, and Effective Coordination Numbers, ECoN, the latter derived from Mean Effective Fictive Ionic Radii, MEFIR, as well as Charge Distribution, CHARDI, are calculated.     

Heat capacities and related thermal properties of DyNi5, HoNi5 and ErNi5 between 5 and 300 K

Heat capacity data and calculated thermodynamic functions are presented for DyNi₅, HoNi₅ and ErNi₅. λ-type thermal anomalies are noted at 12.0 K (DyNi₅), 4.1 K (HoNi₅) and 8.0 K (ErNi₅). Schottky-type anomalies are observed at higher temperatures. The λ and Schottky anomalies are ascribed to the destruction of ferromagnetic order and to crystal field excitation, respectively. A deficiency of magnetic entropy, compared to Rln(2J + 1), is noted corresponding roughly to Rln2. This suggests that the ground state in the ordered materials is a doublet. ErNi₅ is analyzed using a Hamiltonian containing terms representing the crystal field and magnetic interactions. The analysis shows that a doublet ground state can result with reasonable values of the crystal field parameters. The parameters are shown to be consistent with the heat capacity behavior of ErNi₅. Ordering temperatures are not proportional to the de Gennes function.     

On the synthesis and animation of 5-chloro-and 5-bromo-1,7-naphthyridine

A new synthesis of 5-chloro- and 5-bromo-1,7-naphthyridine, using 8-amino-1,7-naphthyridine as starting material is described. On amination with potassium amide in liquid ammonia, the 5-bromo compound undergoes a tele-amination into 8-amino- and 2-amino-1,7-naphthyridine and a Chichibabin reaction yielding 8-amino-5-bromo-1,7-naphthyridine. The reaction with the 5-chloro compound occurs at a much lower rate than the 5-bromo compound and only gives 8-amino-5-chloro-1,7-naphthyridine in a small yield. Convincing ¹H-nmr evidence is presented, showing that the 5-bromo- and 5-chloro-1,7-naphthyridine give addition of the amide ion at position 8 and that the 5-chloro compound also gives addition at position 2.     

5-Hydroxy-3-phenyl-5-vinyl-2-isoxazoline and 3-phenyl-5-vinylisoxazole: synthesis and reactivity

5-Hydroxy-3-phenyl-5-vinyl-2-isoxazoline has been synthesized by reacting benzonitrile oxide with the enolate ion of methyl vinyl ketone. From 5-hydroxy-5-vinyl-2-isoxazoline, 5-vinylisoxazole was then quantitatively obtained by dehydration-aromatization under acidic conditions. Similar results, though not quantitative, were also found by treatment in 2-propanol under basic conditions (i-PrOH/H₂O, Na₂CO₃, reflux). In contrast to 2-propanol, reactions performed in methanol (and, in part, those carried out in ethanol) revealed a more complex behaviour, the nucleophilic addition of ROH onto the vinyl group being mainly observed. Nucleophilic addition was also found with alkyllithiums. The mechanism of the nucleophilic addition is discussed. Epoxidation and further reaction with benzonitrile oxide of both 3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-5-vinyl-2-isoxazoline and 3-phenyl-5-vinylisoxazole are also described.     

Some data on the character of the titanium -cyclopentadienyl ring bond in C5H5Ti(OC2H5)3 and (C5H5)2 Ti(OCOCH3)2

Summary On the basis of the formation of ferrocene during the reaction of C₅H₅Ti(OC₂H₅)₃ and (C₅H₅)₂Ti(OCOCH₃)₂ with FeCl₂ and the ease with which the bond of the cyclopentadienyl ring with the metal in these compounds may be hydrolyzed the hypothesis has been stated that the bond of the titanium atom with the cyclopentadienyl rings in (C₅H₅)₂Ti(OCOCH_{5 2} and C₅H₅Ti(OC₂H₅)₃ has an ionic character to a considerable degree.     

Spectrophotometric study of 5-arylidene- and 5-(5-arylfurfurylidene)rhodanines

5-Arylidenerhodanines and the previously undescribed 5-[5-(4-R-phenyl)furfurylidene]rhodanines were synthesized by the Andreasch method. It is assumed that Fermi resonance appears in the IR spectra of some of these compounds in the region of carbonyl absorption; bands of associated N-H bonds were identified. It is shown that in the case of 4-N(CH₃)₂-benzylidenerhodanine the long-wave band in the electronic spectra is a bathochromically shifted band of the same nature as the band in the spectra of 5-arylidenerhodanine derivatives with weak donor groups. The introduction of an arylfurfurylidene grouping gives rise to a substantial bathochromic shift of the absorption band of their molecules.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1490–1494, November, 1977.     

5-Halogenierte N-Hydroxypyrimidine

Zusammenfassung Es wird die 5-Halogenierung der isomeren N-Benzyloxy- und N-Hydroxyuracile beschrieben. Die Einwirkung von 2 Mol Chlor auf 1-Benzyloxyuracil, gefolgt von milder alkalischer Hydrolyse, führt zu Ringspaltung. Das 5-Fluor-1-hydroxyuracil (18) wird auf drei verschiedenen Wegen erhalten, wobei eine neue Variante eines Pyrimidinringschlusses verwendet wird. Das 3-Hydroxy-5-fluorcytosin (21) wird durch Persäureoxydation von 2-Chlor-4-amino-5-fluorpyrimidin und nachfolgende Hydrolyse erhalten. Essiganhydrid lagert es um in 4-Acetoxyamino-5-fluor-2-oxodihydropyrimidin (23). Die Desaminierung von (21) zum isomeren 3-Hydroxy-5-fluoruracil gelang nicht.

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The halogenation of the isomeric N-benzyloxy- and N-hydroxyuracils in position 5 is described. Treatment of benzyloxyuracil with 2 moles Cl₂ followed by mild alkaline hydrolysis causes ring cleavage. 1-Hydroxy-5-fluorouracil (18) can be obtained by three different methods including a new cyclization reaction. 3-Hydroxy-5-fluorocytosin (21) was prepared by peracid oxidation of 2-chloro-4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidine and subsequent hydrolysis. With acetic anhydride the latter rearranges to give 4-acetoxyamino-5-fluoro-2-oxodihydropyrimidine (23). Deamination of21 to the isomeric 3-hydroxy-5-fluorouracil is not feasible.

     

Studies in ring-opening polymerization. III. 5-methyl-5-propyl and 5-methyl-5-isopropyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolan-4-one 2-oxide

5-Methyl-5-propyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolan-4-one 2-oxide (MPAS) and 5-methyl-5-isopropyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolan-4-one 2-oxide (MiPAS), which are isomers of the previously studied 5,5-diethyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolan-4-one 2-oxide (DEAS), have been synthesized and their polymerizability compared with that of the last compound. The two unsymmetrically substituted monomers polymerize by a mechanism which is substantially identical to that of their symmetrically substituted counterpart. In dry nonhydroxylic solvents the rate-determining process is the primary scission of the ring, which takes place with elimination of sulfur dioxide and concurrent ring contraction to form an α-lactone intermediate. In this reaction, the parent acid, produced by reaction of the monomer with adventitious traces of moisture, acts as the initiating species. The resultant polymers are all hydroxyl/carboxyl-terminated, but, whereas those derived from the two unsymmetrically substituted monomers are amorphous and readily soluble in a variety of organic solvents, those derived from the diethyl-substituted ring have been shown to be highly crystalline materials which dissolve in very few solvents. The relative polymerization rates are illustrated by the first-order rate constants for decomposition in nitrobenzene at 90°C: DEAS, 20.1 × 10^?5 sec^?1; MiPAS, 11.0 × 10^?5 sec^?1; MPAS, 9.7 × 10^?5 sec^?1. The role of the substituents in determining the magnitude of these constants is discussed in terms of both the Thorpe-Ingold effect and electron donation at C-5.     

Further evaluation of 5-alkyl-5-deaza antifolates. 5-propyl- and 5-butyl-5-deaza analogues of aminopterin and methotrexate

5-Propyl-5-deaza and 5-butyl-5-deaza analogues of classical antifolates were synthesized by extensions of a previously reported general route which proceeds through 2,4-diamino-5-alkylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carbonitrile intermediates followed by reductive condensation with diethyl N-4-(aminobenzoyl)-L-glutarnate to give diethyl esters of 5-alkyl-5-deazaaminopterin types. N¹⁰-Methyl derivatives, i.e., derivatives of 5-alkyl-5-deazamethotrexate, were also prepared by reductive methylation of the N¹⁰-H compounds. 5-Ethyl-5-deazamethotrexate was prepared using an alternative route through 6-(bromomethyl)-2,4-diamino-5-ethylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine. These antifolates were evaluated for inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) from L1210 cells, their effect on L1210 and S180 tumor cell growth in culture, and carrier-mediated transport through L1210 cell membranes. Inhibitory effect on DHFR was lowered relative to methotrexate in 5-propyl-5-deazaaminopterin and 5-propyl-5-deazamethotrexate by 2- to 3-fold (K_i = 9.3 and 11.7 pM, respectively, vs. 4.3 pM for methotrexate) and by 17- to 18-fold in 5-butyl-5-deaza-aminopterin and 5-butyl-5-deazamethotrexate (K_i = 74 and 78 pM, respectively). Molecular modeling using graphics derived from human DHFR show the propyl and butyl compounds interacting with the enzyme in conformations that account for these slight decreases in binding.     

Selective acid hydrolysis of 2-substituted-5-dimethylaminomethyleneaminopyrimidines to 5-amino- and 5-hydroxypyrimidines

Conditions are described for the selective acid hydrolysis of 2-substituted-5-dimethylaminomethyleneaminopyrimidines in 0.2–2 M sulfuric acid, to give high yields of the corresponding 5-amino- and difficultly accessible 5-hydroxypyrimidines.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 801–803, June, 1990.     

Preparation and crystal structure of [μ-Ni(C5H5)P(C6H5)3] [μ-C5H5] [ZnC5H5]2, a nickel-bridged cyclopentadienylzinc dimer

[μ-Ni(C₅H₅)P(C₆H₅)₃] [μ-C₅H₅]₂ [ZnC₅H₅]₂ has been obtained from the reaction of Cp₂Zn with Ni(COD)₂ in the presence of Ph₃P and its structure determined by X-ray crystallography. It consists of two cyclopentadienylzinc moieties bridged by the Ni atom of a CpNiPPh₃ group and by a Cp group. A possible mechanism for the formation of the compound is discussed.     

Conversions of 5-hydroxy-5, 6-dihydro-4H-1, 2, 5-oxadiazines

Oxidation of 5-hydroxy-5, 6-dihydro-4H-1, 2, 5-oxadiazines leads to the formation of 6H-1,2, 5-oxadiazine-5-oxides. Acid treatment of 5, 6-dihydro-4H-1, 2, 5-oxadiazines and 6H-1, 2, 5-oxadiazine-5-oxides results in heterocyclic-ring contraction with the formation of imidazole 3-oxides and 1-hydroxyimidazole 3-oxides. The structures of the products are established by their spectral properties and confirmed by independent synthesis.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1264–1266, September, 1970.