Aromatic substitution

It is demonstrated that a previously developed topological expression for the total π-electron energy of aromatic molecules provides a good qualitative account of localization energies. The logarithm of the ratio of the algebraic structure counts for the ground state and the localized reaction intermediate is the principle energy determining factor. This expression fails for hydrocarbons with unusually small HOMO-LUMO separations. An alternative topological expression that includes a correction for this situation provides an excellent non-empirical explanation for the successful empirical use of Dewar reactivity numbers in correlating exact localization energies. The present analysis provides an explanation for the success of the traditional resonance structure counting technique in predicting relative rates of aromatic substitution. The analysis develop applied only to alternant hydrocarbons.     

Selenoketene substitution structure

Microwave studies (26.5–40 GHz) of further isotopic species of selenoketene formed by pyrolysis of 1,2,3-selenodiazole (¹²CH₂¹²C^76,77,82Se, ¹²CH₂¹³C⁸⁰Se and ¹³CH₂¹²C⁸⁰Se) and by pyrolysis of 5-deuterio-1,2,3-selenodiazole (¹²CHD¹²C^78,80Se) are reported. In conjunction with earlier results for ¹²CH¹²C^78,80Se an r_s structure has been derived with distances SeC (1.706 Å), CC (1.303 Å), CH (1.0908 A) and a HCH bond angle of 119.7°. The geometry of the CH₂C moiety of selenoketene is closer to allene, CH₂CCH₂, than to ketene, CH₂CO.     

Nucleophilic substitution in hydroxyisoxazolidines

Nucleophilic substitution of the hydroxy-group in 3- (or 5-)hydroxyisoxazolidines affords the aryl(alkyl)amino-, alkoxy-, and hydrazino-compounds. 5-Dimethylhydrazinooxazolidines exist preferentially in the linear form.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1661–1665, December, 1988.     

Nucleophilic substitution in nitrofluorenones

The reaction of 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone with amines, thiols, and phenol in a polar aprotic solvent led to the preferable substitution of the nitro group in the position 2, and in the reaction of 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone first the nitro group in the position 4 was replaced. The different regioselectivity is due evidently to the steric hindrances to the nucleophilic attack on the atom C⁴ caused by the nitro group in the position 5 of tetranitrofluorenone.     

Statistics of substitution polymers

Equations are developed for predicting the distributions of degree of substitution and block length in substitution copolymers which result when homopolymers are subjected to substitution reactions. Several different cases are treated differing in complexity from entirely random substitution to substitution affected by substituents already present on the same and on the neighboring repeat units. The equations are then applied to chlorinated polyethylene as an example of their use.     

羟乙基瓜尔胶中羟乙基摩尔取代度以及取代位置的表征

本文探索了表征羟乙基瓜尔胶(HEG)中羟乙基摩尔取代度(MS)以及取代位置的化学方法。当反应温度为110℃,时间为14hr,HEG中羟基与混酐比例为1:2.5时,用混酐化学法可准确测定HEG的羟乙基MS,测定结果与计算值的相对误差小于10%。在pH=10.30和0℃的条件下,瓜尔胶的伯羟基被2,2,6,6-四甲基哌啶氮氧化物(TEMPO)-NaClO-NaBr体系选择性氧化成羧基,由此可表征羟乙基链段的取代位置。在瓜尔胶醚化生成羟乙基瓜尔胶的过程中,醚化反应并不是完全发生在伯羟基上。伯羟基的反应活性是仲羟基的6-10倍。随着MS的增大,连接在仲羟基上羟乙基链段占所有羟乙基链段的比例逐渐增大,当MS=0.4时该比例基本不再变化,为40%左右。     

羟丙基瓜尔胶中羟丙基摩尔取代度以及取代位置的表征

本文探索了表征羟丙基瓜尔胶(HPG)中羟丙基摩尔取代度(MS)以及取代位置的化学方法.当反应温度为110℃、反应时间为14h以及HPG中羟基与对甲苯磺酸-乙酸酐摩尔比为1:3.5时,用对甲苯磺酸-乙酸酐化学法和气相色谱法可准确测定HPG的羟丙基MS,与1H-NMR测定结果相对误差小于10%.在pH=10.30和0℃的条件下,瓜尔胶的伯羟基被2,2,6,6-四甲基哌啶氮--氧化物(TEMPO)-NaClO-NaBr体系选择性氧化成羧基,由此可表征羟丙基链段的取代位置.     

Anion substitution in zinc chalcogenides

Anion substitution effects on the structure and energy of zinc chalcogenides were studied with the semiempirical molecular orbital method MSINDO. Cyclic clusters of different sizes were chosen as model systems. The convergence of the bulk properties of the perfect clusters with increasing cluster size was tested. Single and multiple substitution of oxygen atoms in zinc oxide by sulfur and of sulfur atoms in zinc sulfide by oxygen served to determine the energetics of substitution for these two cases. It was found that the substitution of oxygen by sulfur in ZnO is easier than the substitution of sulfur by oxygen in ZnS in agreement with experimental results. The interaction between two oxygen atoms vs. two selenium atoms in zinc sulfide was investigated. Oscillations of the cluster energy in dependence of the distance between the two doping atoms were observed. These are explained by the relative sites of the doping atoms in the crystal lattice. The magnitude of the oscillations is smaller in ZnS:Se than in ZnS:O, because the difference between the anion radii of S2- and Se2- is smaller than between S2- and O2-. This is also reflected in the band gap.     

Electrophilic substitution reactions of dipyrroheptane

Dipyrroheptanes have been reacted with a number of electrophiles, including aryldiazonium salts, acyl chlorides and isocyanates to give selectively the mono- or disubstituted derivatives. The bis(trichloroacetyl) dipyrroheptane can be used for the synthesis of amide and ester derivatives.     

Nucleophilic substitution in 1,2,3-thiadiazoles

By reactions of nucleophilic substitution of the halogen atom in 5-halo-1,2,3-thiadiazoles (IV), we have obtained 5-amino- (I, V), hydrazino-(VI, VII, IX, X), and mercapto- (VIII) 1, 2, 3-thiadiazoles. We show that upon reaction with amines, a mixture of 5-amino-1, 2, 3-thiadiazoles (I) and 5-mercapto-1, 2, 3-triazoles (II) is formed, and also the reaction product of compounds I and IV,: the selectivity of this process depends only on the type of solvent.Organic Synthesis Technology Department, Urals State Technical University—UPI, Ekaterinburg 620002. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 554–559, April, 1994. Original article submitted February 28, 1994.     

Chloride substitution in sodium borohydride

The dissolution of sodium chloride and sodium borohydride into each other resulting in formation of solid solutions of composition Na(BH₄)_1−xCl_x is studied. The dissolution reaction is facilitated by two methods: ball milling or combination of ball milling and annealing at 300 °C for three days of NaBH₄-NaCl samples in molar ratios of 0.5:0.5 and 0.75:0.25. The degree of dissolution is studied by Rietveld refinement of synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD) data. The results show that dissolution of 10 mol% NaCl into NaBH₄, forming Na(BH₄)_0.9Cl_0.1, takes place during ball milling. A higher degree of dissolution of NaCl in NaBH₄ is obtained by annealing resulting in solid solutions containing up to 57 mol% NaCl, i.e. Na(BH₄)_0.43Cl_0.57. In addition, annealing results in dissolution of 10-20 mol% NaBH₄ into NaCl. The mechanism of the dissolution during annealing and the decomposition pathway of the solid solutions are studied by in situ SR-PXD. Furthermore, the stability upon hydrogen release and uptake were studied by Sieverts measurements.     

Electrophilic substitution reactions of metallabenzynes

The electrophilic substitution reactions of metallabenzynes Os(≡CC(R)═C(CH(3))C(R)═CH)Cl(2)(PPh(3))(2) (R = SiMe(3), H) were studied. These metallabenzynes react with electrophilic reagents, including Br(2), NO(2)BF(4), NOBF(4), HCl/H(2)O(2), and AlCl(3)/H(2)O(2) to afford the corresponding bromination, nitration, nitrosation, and chlorination products. The reactions usually occur at the C2 and C4 positions of the metallacycle. These observations support the notion that metallabenzynes exhibit aromatic properties.