Synthèse de l'analogue sélénié de la sérotonine

Starting from 2-bromo-5-methoxyacetophenone, an unambiguous synthesis of the selenium analog of serotonine is described with a 25% overall yield. Application of the Wittig reaction to selenoindoxyls appears to be a successful pathway to products of this nature.     

Recherches dans la série des cyclitols,XL. Préparation de cyclopentane-triols et de cyclopentène-triols et -diols

Two as yet unknown cyclopentene-triols have been prepared. The replacement of the halogen of cyclopentene derivatives brominated in the allylic position has been investigated. In the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide and sodium hydrogen carbonate, the bromine of some of the above mentioned allylic derivatives or the tosyloxy group of a dibenzoyloxy-monotosyloxy-cyclopentane derivative is replaced by a hydroxyl group without formation of any keto compound. The mechanism of action of the substitution agents is discussed.     

Séparation de traces métalliques sur goutte de mercure; application à la préconcentration de Cu(II) et Cu(I)

A method for the rapid separation of copper(II) traces on metallic mercury is proposed. The separation is rendered possible by the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I) on mercury in the presence of iodide ions followed by the adsorption of the uncharged complex, Cu(I), on Hg⁰. After a minute of agitation, this adsorption is quantitative (90–100%) for initial concentrations of Cu(II) between 10^?4 to 10^?6 M and iodide cone, of 10^?2 to 10^?3 M at pH 3. The volumes of the aqueous solutions are of the order of 3–10 ml and those of the drops of mercury between 0.5–1 ml. The tests were made using the isotope ⁶⁴Cu (T _1/2 = 12.8 h).     

Séparation des terres rares par chromatographie sur échangeurs d'ions II. Séparation et analyse de la paire europium-gadolinium [1]

A displacement chromatography technique is described for the separation of europium and light rare earths using the eluent ethylene-diaminetetraacetate buffered by ammonium acetate giving a determined pH in the separation columns. This method gives concentrations up to 20 g of pure rare earth oxides per liter of eluate. A chromatographic method of analysis of europium in presence of other rare earths is also described.     

Recherches dans la série de la quinoléine: Préparation et oxydation du chlorhydrate de (1-quinoléinio)acétate

Reaction of quinoline with chloroacetic acid yields N-carboxymethyl-quinolinium chloride ( 1 ) (75%), which is oxidised by K₃Fe(CN)₆ in the presence of a base to N-carboxymethyl- 2 -quinolone ( 2 ) (70%). If 2 is heated in pure form at 300°, 1,3-Bis(2-quinolon-1-yl)acetone ( 4 ) (43%) is obtained; the expected N-methyl-2-quinolone ( 5 ) is formed by decarboxylation of 2 in benzyl benzoate at 275° (34%).     

Alcoylation d'acridanone-9. Premiers exemples de O-alcoylation dans cette série de composés

The results of nucleophilic substitution of the 2-methoxy-9-acridone are discussed in terms of competition between both ionic sites N^? and O^?, of the molecule. They are the first examples of O-alkylation of substituted 9-acridone.     

Transposition de neber en série tétrahydropyrannone

The Neber rearrangement applied to the oxime tosylates of the 4- and 3-tetrahydropyranones gives the α-aminoacetals 5 and 20 , as well as 3-amino-4,4-diethoxy and 2-amino-3,3-diethoxy-tetrahydropyranes. The hydrolysis of the former gives the pyrazine 6 and the latter gives the aminoketone 21. On the other hand the aminoacetal 5 allows one to obtain the 4-acetoxy-3-trimethylammonium tetrahydropyran iodide ( 12 ) with a preferential cis axial acetoxy equatorial trimethylammonium conformation. The oxime tosylate of the 3-tetrahydropyranone readily undergoes the Beckman rearrangement into lactam 18 whose open chain product is the (3-aminopropoxy)acetic acid ( 19 ).     

Synthèses en série de la céto-6 imidazo[4,5,1-ij] quinoléine

A six step synthesis of 4,5-dihydroimidazo[4,5,I-ij]quinolin-6-one type from o-nitraniline is described. The final 6-keto group on the reduced pyridine moiety allows the introduction of various substituents.     

Sur la séparation des terres rares XIII. Systèmes de solubilité comprenant des chlorures de terres cériques [1]

In aqueous solution, the chlorides of lanthanum, cerium and praseodymium cristallize as heptahydrates, those of the other rare earth elements as hexahydrates. Therefore, a miscibility gap exists in the solid phases in all systems comprising the two types of chlorides. Five ternary systems and a quaternary one with this behaviour have been studied.     

Sur la synthèse de quelques furochromènes,analogues pharmacochimiques de la xanthylétine et de la séseline

Some furochromenes substituted at the 2-position by an electron-attracting group were obtained starting from ortho-hydroxyformyl derivatives of 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromene following various processes which are indicated. These new furochromenes are pharmacochemical analogues of some natural pyranocoumarins, and as such they are potential photosensitizers.     

Sur le mécanisme de la réaction de meth-cohn-tarnowski de préparation des thiocoumarines

Reaction of 2-t-butylthiobenzaldehyde with N-(2-dialkylaminoethyl)-cyanacetamides followed by heating of the resulting 3-(2-t-butylthiophenyl)-2-cyanoacrylamides in polyphosphoric acid leads to the formation of 3-carboxamido-2-imino-2H-benzo[b][l]thiopyrann intermediates which afford thiocoumarins on hydrolysis. The authors postulate the intermediate formation of a thiophenate ion by an electronic mechanism involving six centers.     

Préparation de la 8,14-diméthyl 18-nor-testostérone

Les sécrétions de 4 espèces de Dipterocarpus Viêt-Namiens ont fourni un triterpène tétracyclique, identifié au diptérocarpol de van Itallie et à l'hydroxy-dammarénone-II (I) de Mills. Le diptérocarpol est dégradé (chaîne latérale) et modifié (cycle A) en un analogue de la testostérone (XXX). Sa stéréochimie est discutée.     

Les β-cétonitriles groupes protecteurs de la fonction amine. Préparation d'amino-alcools

β-Ketonitrile-Derived Protecting Groups of the Amino Function. Synthesis of Amino Alcohols The amino group of natural L -amino acid esters is protected by condensation with 2-oxocyclopentanenitrile ( 1 ) or 2-formyl-2-phenylacetonitrile ( 10 ). Only the ester group of the formed cyanoenamino esters 2 and 11 reacts with nucleophilic reagents such as organometallics (RMgX, RLi), borohydrides, or metal amides, whereas the cyanoenamino group is unchanged (Schemes 1 and 2). Cyanoenamino alcohols obtained by reduction of cyanoenamino esters 2 are hydrolyzed under acidic conditions to amino alcohols with retention of the configuration of the starting amino acid. This sequence of reactions allows to prepare derivatives of L -tyrosinol from (?)-L -tyrosine (see, e.g., Scheme 4). Cyanoenamino esters 11 are readily methylated at the N-atom to give N-methylated cyanoenamino esters (Scheme 3). This property is exploited on the way of a multistep procedure to obtain N-methylated amino alcohols homologous to natural (?)-(1R,2S)-ephedrine.     

Préparation de dérivés de sucres acétyléniques terminaux et d'acides ynuroniques par réaction de Wittig. Note de laboratoire

Synthesis of Terminal Acetylenic Sugars Derivatives and Ynuronic Acids Derivatives by Use of a Wittig Reaction The method described for the preparation of terminal acetylenic sugars presents two advantages over earlier procedures: no new asymmetric center is created and the chain can be extended by one or more C-atoms. The method also allows preparation of ynuronic acids. The aldehydosugars derivatives 1–7 gave in good to excellent yields the corresponding gem-dibromoenoses 8–14 from which either the terminal acetylenic sugars derivatives 15–21 or the ynuronic acids 22–24 were easily prepared. A few examples of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions (leading to 28–30 ) with these acetylenic sugar derivatives are also described.     

Groupes de départ inhabituels lors de cyclisations dans la série des quinoxalines,II [1]

Quinoxaline-3-ketones substituted by different groups in position 2 (I) are easily cyclized by hydroxylamine and phenylhydrazine to form isoxazolo[4, 5-b] quinoxalines (II) and pyrazolo [3, 4-b] quinoxalines (III) respectively. The reactions proceed via the oximes resp. phenylhydrazones. Groups displaced are not only the customary leaving groups of aromatic S_N2 reactions (halogens, OH), but likewise H, COOH, CONH₂, CO-Ar, and, less easily, benzyl groups; methyl and phenyl groups were not displaced. The displacement of hydride ion in the presence of excess of hydroxylamine resp. phenylhydrazine is explained in terms of an extension of the theory of osazone formation.     

Note sur la préparation et la scission de l'acide (diméthyl-3, 3-butyl)-phosphorique

3,3-Dimethylbutanol treated with polyphosphoric acid or with an equimolecular amount of POCl₃ gives rise to 3,3-dimethylbutyl phosphoric acid, isolated as baryum salt (yield 20 to 30%) or as sodium salt (yield 15%). Stable in NaOH 1N at 100°C, this monoester is split at pH 4.5 and in HCl 1N much slower than choline phosphate.     

Préparation de polyesteramides alternés

The polycondensation of hydroxyamido acids of general formula HO-R₁-CO-NH-R₂-COOH provides alternating polyesteramides only when R₁ and R₂ are alkyl groups. These aliphatic alternating polyesteramides, according to their structural high regularity, possess a more important content of interchain hydrogen bonds than the random copolymers. The higher melting point of the random copolymers is attributed to the heterogeneity of amide group partition in the chain. The existence of a benzyl group in the structure of the hydroxyamido acids reduces the polycondensation ability and the molecular weights of the products are low. These aromatic monomers are thermally degraded, p-toluic acid evolving; ester and amide functions stoechiometric ratio is not maintained, but infrared and differential thermal analysis show that these aromatic polyestermides keep a reasonable structural regularity.     

Séparation des terres rares par chromatographie sur échangeurs d'ions. I. Technique de l'éluant tamponné

A displacement chromatography technique is described for the separation of rare earths using the eluent ethylene-diaminetetraacetate buffered by ammonium acetate to have a determined pH in the separation columns. This method gives concentrations up to 20 g pure rare earth oxides per liter of eluate.     

Recherches dans la série des cyclitols XXXVII Etude par spectrométrie de masse

Low resolution mass spectra of cyclohexane-triols, -tetrols, -pentols and -hexols and of some of their deuterium labelled derivatives have been measured. The results indicate that for some geometrical isomers quantitative differences between ion intensities are significant, allowing to deduce the stereochemistry of the molecule from its mass spectrum. In all these compounds the electron impact induced elimination of water occurs mainly by interaction between OH groups. There is a correlation between the relative abundance of (M – H₂O)⁺ and (M ?2 H₂O)⁺ ions and the number of axial hydroxyls in the more stable conformation of the molecule. Difficulties encountered in deducing fragmentation patterns, and determination of number and position of deuterium atoms in the molecule of ms-inositol are discussed.