Hydroxylation of substituted diatomic phenols and their derivatives

Oxidation of 3,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechol in protic media is accompanied by the formation of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone. Hydroxylation of the 3,5-isomer results in dealkylation and isomerization with the formation of 6-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-para-benzoquinone and the quinone mentioned above, respectively. Their ratio depends on the nature of the solvent. Analogous processes accompany redox transformations of 2,6-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,6-diphenyl-para-benzoquinone, and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol adsorbed on silica gel. Derivatives of 3,5-substituted pyrocatechols formed under conditions of heterophase oxidation in air are capable of transformations to form nitrogen-containing compounds. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2007–2010, October, 1998.     

Synthesis and reactivity of substituted alkoxymethylphosphonites and their derivatives

Alkoxy‐substituted methylphosphonites and their derivatives are prepared using an organomagnesium method of synthesizing the organophosphorus compounds and alkoxymethylation of various PH acids and their derivatives. Also, certain properties of these promising compounds as important precursors of new functionalized organophosphorue compounds with alkoxymethyl fragments are presented. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 23:281–289, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.21015     

Exchange equilibria of substituted phenols and their O-tricyclohexylstannyl derivatives

Conclusions Investigations of metal-proton exchange equilibria using m- and p-substituted phenols and their tricyclohexylstannyl derivatives in CHCl₃ or C₅H₅N have shown that the polar effects of the substituents mainly destabilize the less polar H-O bond when compared with the more polar Sn-O.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2298– 2301, October, 1987.     

Condensation of aniline,o-phenylenediamine,and their substituted derivatives with some lactones

The corresponding N-arylbutyrolactams and 2-benzimidazolylalkanols were obtained by the reaction of aniline, o-phenylenediamine, and their derivatives with some lactones.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 641–644, May, 1972.     

二苯并四硫代富瓦烯类衍生物的合成和电化学行为

合成了四个二苯并四硫代富瓦烯(DB-TTF)的衍生物(3a～b, 4a～b), 给出了它们的核磁共振氢谱和碳谱, 质谱,紫外吸收光谱及元素分析等数据. 用=循环伏安法测定了它们的氧化电位, 并将此与DB-TTF的氧化电位作了比较.发现: 两端取代的硫酮基对分子体系的吸电子效应较强,会明显增大分子的第一氧化电位 , 而且会降低分子内的Coulomb作用力, 相比之下, 在四周顶点上取代的烷氧基对分子体系的给电子效应较弱.     

Synthesis of novel coumarin substituted amide derivatives and their antibacterial activities

A series of novel coumarin substituted amide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial activities. Result indicated that compounds 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l, 3m, 3n, 3o and 3q exhibited excellent antibacterial activities against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and Xanthomonas citri subsp. Citri (Xcc) in vitro, which were better than those of commercial agricultural antibacterial thiodiazole-copper. The title compounds with electron-withdrawing group showed better antibacterial activities than those of compounds with electron-donating group, and the title compounds bearing the same substituent group exhibited better antibacterial activities against Xcc than antibacterial activities against Xoo.     

Homochiral 4-hydroxy-5-hexenoic acids and their derivatives and homologues from carbohydrates

Efficient routes to chiral 4-hydroxy-5-hexenoic acids and lactones from d-gluconic acid-δ-lactone and l-mannonic acid-γ-lactone are described. In this approach, the starting lactones are converted to 2,6-dibromo compounds that readily undergo zinc mediated elimination to generate the terminal alkene group in concert with 2-deoxygenation. The integrity of the remaining stereocenters is preserved during the reaction. The related important pharmaceutical intermediates (S)-3-hydroxy-4-pentenoic acid and (S)-1,3-dihydroxy-4-pentene were also prepared from 2-deoxyribose via the corresponding aldonolactone.     

Natural products and their derivatives as G-quadruplex binding ligands

G-quadruplexes comprise a class of secondary structures that are formed in guanine-rich sequences in eukaryotic genomes and play a crucial role in the regulation of many biological events. G-quadruplexes have become targets for anticancer drugs with high selectivity vs. duplex DNA and low cytotoxicity against normal cells. Natural products and their derivatives display polymorphism, structural complexity, and potent activity. It is, therefore, reasonable to seek ligands targeting G-quadruplexes from natural products. Recently, many successful examples have been reported, showing ligands with excellent anticancer activities. In this review, we summarized the development of research on natural products and derivatives that target G-quadruplex structures in an effort to guide future studies.     

Preparation of substituted 9,10-dihydro-9-sila-3-azaanthracenes and their derivatives

3-Methyl-4-dimethylphenylsilylpyridine and 3-methyl-4-methyldiphenylsilylpyridine, which were obtained from -picoline and dimethylphenylchlorosilane and methyldiphenylchlorosilane, respectively, were converted by catalytic dehydrocyclization to 9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydro-9-sila-3-azaanthracene and 9-methyl-9-phenyl-9,10-dihydro-9-sila-3-azaanthracene. The corresponding silaazaanthrones were obtained from them and were converted to tertiary silaazaanthrols with a methyl or phenyl group attached to the C₁₀ atom. On the basis of an analysis of data from the PMR spectra of the silaazaanthracenes it was assumed that they exist in the form of an equilibrium mixture of boat conformations. 9-Methyl-9-phenyl-10-methylene-9,10-dihydro-9-sila-3-azaanthracene was obtained in the form of a stable crystalline substance by dehydration of the corresponding silaazaanthrol. Potassium tert-butoxide cleaves the Si-C bond in the silaazaanthrone system; this was confirmed by isolation of 1,2-dimethyl-1,2-diphenyl-1,2-bis (2-nicotinoylphenyl)disiloxane.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 240–244, February, 1981.     

Preparation of substituted enol derivatives from terminal alkynes and their synthetic utility

Stereodefined enol derivatives of aldehydes are prepared from terminal alkynes. Specifically, terminal alkynes are known to undergo Cp2ZrCl2-catalyzed methylalumination. Here, we show that the resultant vinylalanes can be oxygenated with peroxyzinc species to generate trisubstituted enolates. Electrophilic trapping with carboxylic anydrides or silyl triflates yields trisubstituted enol esters or silanes, respectively. The tandem carbometalation/oxygenation tolerates free and protected alcohols, heterocycles, olefins, and nitriles. Stereodefined enol esters can undergo asymmetric dihydroxylation to yield optically active alpha-hydroxy aldehydes. Reduction with NaBH4 provides the diols of 1,1-disubstituted olefins in excellent ee. An application of this methodology to the enantioselective synthesis of the insect pheromone frontalin is presented. Finally, alpha-hydroxy aldehydes are shown to undergo homologation to a terminal alkyne, reductive amination, oxidation and olefination. Preliminary results indicate that tandem carbometalation/amination can be accomplished with azodicarboxylates. In this way, ene-hydrazines are formed in excellent yield.     

Synthesis of substituted hydroxymethylene diphosphonic acids and their derivatives containing unsaturated fragments

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σ-bonded complexes of substituted phospha- and arsacarboranes and their π-ollyl derivatives

The photochemical reaction of (1,7-B₉H₉CHE)₂Fe²⁻ (E  P or As) with Group VI metal carbonyls leads to the formation of complexes with the general formula, [1,7-B₉H₉CHE-M(CO)₅]₂Fe²⁻. It is proposed that each heteroatom carborane ligand is π-bonded to the iron atom and σ-bonded through either the phosphorus or arsenic atom to a Group VI metal carbonyl. The preparation and characterization of a neutral phosphacarborane σ-complex is described.     

Synthesis of some 1- and 2-carboxyalkyl substituted benzimidazoles and their derivatives

Mono- and disubstituted benzimidazoles were synthesized during alkaline hydrolysis or reactions with ethyl chloroacetate of 1-phenyl substituted 4-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-pyrrolidinones. The properties of the synthesized ethyl-[2-(1-(substituted phenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidinyl-3-yl)-1H-benzimidazolyl]ethanoates have been investigated and their benzimidazolium chlorides, 1-carboxymethylbenzimidazoles, condensation products of 2-{2-[1-(3-methylphenyl)-5-oxo-3-pyrrolidinyl]-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl}acetohydrazide with various aromatic aldehydes and aliphatic ketones have been obtained.     

Determination of carbohydrates as their 3-aminophthalhydrazide derivatives by capillary zone electrophoresis with on-line chemiluminescence detection

A method based on pre-capillary derivatization with luminol (3-aminophthalhydrazide) for carbohydrate analysis using capillary electrophoresis with on-line chemiluminescence (CL) detection was developed. The derivatives of seven monosaccharides were separated and detected by using 200 mM borate buffer containing 100 mM hydrogen peroxide at pH 10.0 as separation electrolyte and 25 mM hexacyanoferrate in 3 M sodium hydroxide solution as post-capillary chemiluminescence reagent with separation efficiencies ranging from 160,000 to 231,000 plates per metre. The minimum amount of carbohydrate derivatized was 2 pmol (corresponding to the concentration of 2 microM). The method also provided a linear response for glucose in the concentration range of 0.1-250 microM with a mass detection limit of 420 amol or a concentration detection limit of 0.1 microM. Preliminary work using the CE-CL format to determine glucose in a rat brain microdialysis sample is presented as a typical case.     

Spectral and photophysical studies of substituted indigo derivatives in their keto forms.

The spectral and photophysical properties of indigo derivatives with di-, tetra-, and hexa-substitution in their neutral (keto) form are investigated in solution. The study comprises absorption and emission spectra, together with quantitative measurements of quantum yields of fluorescence (phi(F)) and singlet oxygen formation (phi(Delta)) and fluorescence lifetimes. The energy difference between the HOMO and LUMO orbitals is dependent on the degree (number of groups) and relative position of substitution. The phi(F) and phi(Delta) values were found to be very low S(0) internal conversion yields and thus, with the other data, to determine the rate constants for all decay processes. From these, several conclusions are drawn. Firstly, the radiationless rate constants, k(NR) , clearly dominate over the radiative rate constants, k(F) , (and processes). Secondly, the main deactivation channel for the compounds in their keto form is the radiationless S(1) approximately approximately -->S(0) internal conversion process. Finally, although the changes are relatively small, internal conversion yield seems to be independent of the overall pattern of substitution. A more detailed investigation of the decay profiles with collection at the blue and red emission of the fluorescence band of indigo and one di-substituted indigo reveals the decays to be bi-exponential and that at longer emission wavelengths these appear to be associated with both rise and decay times indicating that two excited species exist, which is consistent with a keto-excited form giving rise (by fast proton transfer) to the enol-form of indigo. Evidence is presented which supports the idea that intramolecular (and possibly some intermolecular) proton transfer can explain the high efficiency of internal conversion in indigo.     

Quantum-chemical study of aza derivatives of styrylnaphthalenes and their photocyclization products

Quantum-chemical calculation of 1- and 2-styrylnaphthalenes and their aza derivatives 2- and 4-styrylquinolines were carried out by the DFT B3LYP/6-31G* method. The relative stability of the products of their photoisomerization, (E)- and (Z)-isomers and of the photocyclization products, the corresponding derivatives of dihydrophenanthrene (DHP), was calculated. It has been shown that, by the DHP stability, the diarylethylenes in question are divided into two groups in qualitative agreement with experimental data on their photochemical activity in the photocyclization reaction.