有机溶剂化效应对多元配合物显色反应作用的研究 Ⅰ.有机溶剂对 M-CAS-CTMAB 体系显色反应微环境影响之初探

本文研究了有机溶剂加入后,表面活性剂增敏型体系微环境的变化。用核磁共振方法确定了有机溶剂分子与CTMAB胶束分子的作用部位。通过CTMAB溶液电导率测定及c.m.c值的测定,发现有机溶剂加入确实形成了一种新胶束。还研究了有机溶剂对显色反应速度的影响。并考察了体系微环境变化与相应显色液吸光度值的关系。我们的实验初步表明,有机溶剂的存在,改变了原有的CTMAB胶束,是增敏作用的重要因素,因而改变了发生显色反应的微环境。     

Effect of solvent on aggregation and reactivity of two lithium enolates(1)

Studies with two lithium enolates show that aggregation varies from comparable to lower in dimethoxyethane (DME) compared to tetrahydrofuran (THF) but that aggregation is much higher in methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Alkylation reactions, which occur dominantly with the enolate monomers, are exceptionally slow in MTBE, but even acylation reactions that can occur with aggregates are orders of magnitude slower in MTBE. These reactions apparently require additional solvation of the lithium cation, and MTBE is ineffective at such solvation.     

Ionic liquid assisted synthesis of S-heterocycles

Some organic solvents are highly toxic, flammable, and even explosive. In particular, high vapor pressures and toxicity of certain volatile organic solvents may cause significant environmental problems. Therefore, alternative solvents or media with tunable and versatile solvation properties for conducting chemical reactions and materials synthesis have been actively sought. Ionic liquids have numerous applications not only as environmentally benign reaction media, but also as catalysts and reagents. Due to the increase of environmental consciousness in chemical research and industry, the challenge for a sustainable environment calls for clean procedures that avoid the use of harmful organic solvents. Due to the special properties of ILs (ionic liquids) such as wide liquid range, good solvating ability, negligible vapor pressure, non-inflammability, non-volatility, environment friendly medium, high thermal stability, good stability in air and moisture, easy recycling and rate promoters etc. they are used in organic synthesis. Therefore, ionic liquids have attracted the attention of chemists and act as catalyst and reaction medium in organic reactions with high activity. Highly efficient methods are explored for the preparation of S-heterocycles with the application of ILs as catalyst and reaction medium.     

Decreased Water Mobility Contributes To Increased α-Synuclein Aggregation**

The solvation shell is essential for the folding and function of proteins, but how it contributes to protein misfolding and aggregation has still to be elucidated. We show that the mobility of solvation shell H₂O molecules influences the aggregation rate of the amyloid protein α-synuclein (αSyn), a protein associated with Parkinson's disease. When the mobility of H₂O within the solvation shell is reduced by the presence of NaCl, αSyn aggregation rate increases. Conversely, in the presence CsI the mobility of the solvation shell is increased and αSyn aggregation is reduced. Changing the solvent from H₂O to D₂O leads to increased aggregation rates, indicating a solvent driven effect. We show the increased aggregation rate is not directly due to a change in the structural conformations of αSyn, it is also influenced by a reduction in both the H₂O mobility and αSyn mobility. We propose that reduced mobility of αSyn contributes to increased aggregation by promoting intermolecular interactions.     

钪-铬天青S-阳离子表面活性剂的显色反应及有机溶剂化效应的研究

本文系统地研究了八种有机溶剂对钪(Ⅲ)-铬天青S-长链季铵盐多元络合物显色反应的溶剂化效应。结果表明不加有机溶剂时,Sc-CAS-OtTAB络合物的摩尔吸光系数为1.4×10⁵升/摩尔·厘米,当适量有机溶剂如甲醇或二甲基甲酰胺存在时,该体系的摩尔吸光系数可提高到3.2×10⁵升/摩尔·厘米。拟定了可以用于直接测定烯土氧化物和镧钪铁氧体中微量钪的分光光度法。测定了钪多元络合物的组成及溶剂化数,探讨了溶剂化效应的机理。     

Anatomy of Long‐Lasting Love Affairs with Lithium Carbenoids: Past and Present Status and Future Prospects

After a long adolescence, the chemistry of lithium carbenoids has currently been entering its maturity bringing a dowry of a more in‐depth and less empirical knowledge of the structure and configurational stability of such double‐faced intermediates; this, thanks in particular to the synergistic and harmonic cooperation between calculations and the most modern NMR techniques now at our disposal. Such knowledge has stimulated the development of fruitful stereoselective applications in the field of organic synthesis, providing in addition a rationale to observed selectivities. Such aspects together with the role played by aggregation and solvation on the structure–reactivity relationship are highlighted throughout this Minireview with selected examples extracted from recent literature.     

Acceleration of organic reactions through aqueous solvent effects

The parallels between organic reactions conducted with water as the solvent and reactions conducted under high pressure can be understood in light of theories of aqueous solvation and hydrophobic effects. Such parallels provide powerful tools for promoting reactions of nonpolar compounds.     

Nitroxides: applications in synthesis and in polymer chemistry

This Review describes the application of nitroxides to synthesis and polymer chemistry. The synthesis and physical properties of nitroxides are discussed first. The largest section focuses on their application as stoichiometric and catalytic oxidants in organic synthesis. The oxidation of alcohols and carbanions, as well as oxidative C-C bond-forming reactions are presented along with other typical oxidative transformations. A section is also dedicated to the extensive use of nitroxides as trapping reagents for C-centered radicals in radical chemistry. Alkoxyamines derived from nitroxides are shown to be highly useful precursors of C-centered radicals in synthesis and also in polymer chemistry. The last section discusses the basics of nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMP) and also highlights new developments in the synthesis of complex polymer architectures.     

Synthesis, structure, and computational studies of the tetrameric magnesium imides [2,4,6-Cl3C6H2NMg.S]4 (S=1,4-dioxane and tetrahydrofuran)

The magnesium imide complexes [(ArNMg.diox)4.3(diox)] (4) and [(ArNMg.THF)4.tol] (5) (where Ar=2,4,6-Cl3C6H2, diox=1,4-dioxane, and THF=tetrahydrofuran) were prepared by the equimolar reaction of Bu2Mg with the primary amine in suitable solvent mixtures. The successful synthesis of the halide-substituted imides is notable because similar reactions with the less acidic organo-substituted anilines cease upon monodeprotonation. Both 4 and 5 form unusual Mg4N4 cubane aggregates in the solid state. Computational studies (HF/6-31G*) indicate that a combination of sterics and metal solvation determines the aggregation state adopted.     

Kinetic study of thermal Z to E isomerization reactions of azobenzene and 4-dimethylamino-4'-nitroazobenzene in ionic liquids [1-R-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide with R = butyl, pentyl, and hexyl

Thermal Z to E isomerization reactions of azobenzene and 4-dimethylamino-4'-nitroazobenzene were examined in three ionic liquids of general formula 1-R-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (R = butyl, pentyl, and hexyl). The first-order rate constants and activation energies for the reactions of azobenzene measured in these ionic liquids were consistent with those measured in ordinary organic solvents, which indicated that the slow isomerization through the inversion mechanism with a nonpolar transition state was little influenced by the solvent properties, such as the viscosity and dielectric constant, of ionic liquids. On the other hand, the rate constants and the corresponding frequency factors of the Arrhenius plot were significantly reduced for the isomerization of 4-dimethylamino-4'-nitroazobenzene in ionic liquids compared with those for the isomerization in ordinary organic molecular solvents with similar dielectric properties. Although these ionic liquids are viscous, the apparent viscosity dependence of the rate constant could not be explained either by the Kramers-Grote-Hynes model or by the Agmon-Hopfield model for solution reactions. It is proposed that the positive and the negative charge centers of a highly polar rotational transition state are stabilized by the surrounding anions and cations, respectively, and that the ions must be rearranged so as to form highly ordered solvation shells around the charge centers of the reactant in the transition state. This requirement for the orderly solvation in the transition state results in unusually small frequency factors of 10(4)-10(7) s(-1).     

Quantum-chemical predictions of absolute standard redox potentials of diverse organic molecules and free radicals in acetonitrile

A calibrated B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2p)//B3LYP/6-31+G(d) method was found to be able to predict the gas-phase adiabatic ionization potentials of 160 structurally unrelated organic molecules with a precision of 0.14 eV. A PCM solvation model was benchmarked that could predict the pK(a)'s of 15 organic acids in acetonitrile with a precision of 1.0 pK(a) unit. Combining the above two methods, we developed a generally applicable protocol that could successfully predict the standard redox potentials of 270 structurally unrelated organic molecules in acetonitrile. The standard deviation of the predictions was 0.17 V. The study demonstrated that computational electrochemistry could become a powerful tool for the organic chemical community. It also confirmed that the continuum solvation theory could correctly predict the solvation energies of organic radicals. Finally, with the help of the newly developed protocol we were able to establish a scale of standard redox potentials for diverse types of organic free radicals for the first time. Knowledge about these redox potentials should be of great value for understanding the numerous electron-transfer reactions in organic and bioorganic chemistry.     

Correlations of the rate constants of phosphorylation reactions with the empirical parameters of the solvent polarity

Regression analysis of the solvent effects on the rate constants of nucleophilic substitution at the phosphoryl group was performed with the use of the empirical parameters of solvent polarity which characterize the ability of the solvents to electrophilic and nucleophilic solvation. The nucleophilic solvation of reagents by solvents, as a rule, favors the phosphorylation reactions. In the phosphorylation reactions of anionic nucleophiles, the electrophilic solvation of anions influences negatively the reactions rates. The phosphorylation of amines by chlorides of phosphorus acids is facilitated by the electrophilic solvation of a separated anion. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 271–274, February, 1998.     

多元络合物显色反应中的有机溶剂化效应——铁(Ⅲ)-铬天青S-溴化十六烷基三甲铵-含氧有机溶剂体系

本文研究了Fe(Ⅲ)-铬天青S(CAS)-溴化十六烷基三甲铵(CTAB)体系显色反应的有机溶剂化效应.拟定了测定痕量铁的分光光度法.探讨了溶剂化效应机理.测定了络合物组成及溶剂化数.研究了有机溶剂对CAS离解常数(K_a3,K_a4)及Fe(Ⅲ)-CAS络合物稳定常数的影响.     

Dependence of enthalpies of formation of the Cu<Superscript>2+</Superscript> complexes with glycinate ions on the composition of water—dimethylsulfoxide solvent

Enthalpies of the complexing reactions of copper (II) with glycinate ions in mixtures of water with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) containing up to 0.9 mole parts of organic component (298 K) were obtained using a titration calorimeter. It was established that upon an increase in the DMSO content, the exothermicity of complexing increases at the first and second steps of the coordination. The obtained results were analyzed from the viewpoint of the solvation approach, based on the thermodynamic characterization of all reagents. It was shown that the main origin of the increase in the exothermicity of the complexing reactions is a weakening of ligand solvation when the DMSO concentration increases.     

Solvent Effect on the Rate of Dimerization of Cyclopentadiene

The rate of dimerization of cyclopentadiene and some other cycloaddition reactions is determined by electrophilic solvation of the substrate with some contribution of other solvation factors, primarily nonspecific solvation. The corresponding dependence is described by multiparameter equations.     

Microsolvated transition state models for improved insight into chemical properties and reaction mechanisms

Over the years, several methods have been developed to effectively represent the chemical behavior of solutes in solvents. The environmental effects arising due to solvation can generally be achieved either through inclusion of discrete solvent molecules or by inscribing into a cavity in a homogeneous and continuum dielectric medium. In both these approaches of computational origin, the perturbations on the solute induced by the surrounding solvent are at the focus of the problem. While the rigor and method of inclusion of solvent effects vary, such solvation models have found widespread applications, as evident from modern chemical literature. A hybrid method, commonly referred to as cluster-continuum model (CCM), brings together the key advantages of discrete and continuum models. In this perspective, we intend to highlight the latent potential of CCM toward obtaining accurate estimates on a number of properties as well as reactions of contemporary significance. The objective has generally been achieved by choosing illustrative examples from the literature, besides expending efforts to bring out the complementary advantages of CCM as compared to continuum or discrete solvation models. The majority of examples emanate from the prevalent applications of CCM to organic reactions, although a handful of interesting organometallic reactions have also been discussed. In addition, increasingly accurate computations of properties like pK(a) and solvation of ions obtained using the CCM protocol are also presented.     

Intrinsic nucleofugality scale within the framework of density functional reactivity theory

Nucleofugality is a measure of the quality of a leaving group in substitution and elimination reactions. In a conceptual DFT context, the nucleofugality is calculated for an elaborate set of common organic leaving groups, both in the gas phase and in two organic solvents (dichloromethane and methanol). An intrinsic nucleofugality scale is constructed showing fair agreement with the classical trends in leaving group capacity in organic chemistry. The correlation of the results with acidities (tabulated pK(a) values) on one hand and experimental solvolysis reaction rate constants (kinetic parameters) on the other hand is discussed. Finally, a conceptual DFT based formula is derived, describing the influence of the solvation energy on the nucleofugality; excellent correlations were found with explicit calculations for the studied leaving groups.     

On the “negative effect of nucleophilic solvation” in monomolecular heterolysis

Critical analysis of the evidence for the operation of the “negative effect of nucleophilic solvation” in the monomolecular heterolysis reactions of organic compounds was performed. The existence of this effect is not proved.     

Atomic decomposition of the protein solvation free energy and its application to amyloid-beta protein in water

We report the development of an atomic decomposition method of the protein solvation free energy in water, which ascribes global change in the solvation free energy to local changes in protein conformation as well as in hydration structure. So far, empirical decomposition analyses based on simple continuum solvation models have prevailed in the study of protein-protein interactions, protein-ligand interactions, as well as in developing scoring functions for computer-aided drug design. However, the use of continuum solvation model suffers serious drawbacks since it yields the protein free energy landscape which is quite different from that of the explicit solvent model and since it does not properly account for the non-polar hydrophobic effects which play a crucial role in biological processes in water. Herein, we develop an exact and general decomposition method of the solvation free energy that overcomes these hindrances. We then apply this method to elucidate the molecular origin for the solvation free energy change upon the conformational transitions of 42-residue amyloid-beta protein (Aβ42) in water, whose aggregation has been implicated as a primary cause of Alzheimer's disease. We address why Aβ42 protein exhibits a great propensity to aggregate when transferred from organic phase to aqueous phase.     

The Donor‐Base‐Free Aggregation of Lithium Diisopropyl Amide in Hydrocarbons Revealed by a DOSY Method

Lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) is a very prominent reagent that plays a key role in organic synthesis, serving as a base par excellence for a broad range of deprotonation reactions. However, the state of aggregation in solution in the absence of donor bases was unclear. In this paper we solved this problem by employing DOSY NMR experiments based on a newly elaborated external calibration curve (ECC) approach with normalized diffusion coefficients.