Synthesis from geraniol of (2<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>,6<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>,10<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>,14<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)-16-hydroxygeranylgeraniol and some of its derivatives

Several α,ω-bifunctional derivatives of E,E,E-geranylgeraniol were prepared via convergent synthesis starting with geraniol (8), which was converted in three steps into the tetrahydropyranyl ether of 8-chlorogeraniol (9) and 8-hydroxygeranylphenylsulfone (10). Combination of synthons 9 and 10 with subsequent reductive removal of the phenylsulfonyl group produced the tetrahydropyranyl ether of ω-hydroxygeranylgeraniol (5), hydrolysis of which gave exclusively trans-ω-hydroxygeranylgeraniol (1). Derivatives 5–7 of geranylgeraniol were synthesized using standard methods. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 231–234, May–June, 2007.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of heteroaromatic <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-ylides with 3-[(<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)-2-aryl(hetaryl)-2-oxoethylidene]indolin-2-ones

A series of 6a′,7′,8′,9′-tetrahydrospiro[indoline-3,7′-pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline]-2-one derivatives were synthesized by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. The regio-and stereoselectivity of the reaction were established by X-ray diffraction study. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2357–2361, October, 2005.     

Synthesis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-3-alkoxy-4-hydroxy(alkoxy,acyloxy)-phenylmethylene(2-hydroxyphenyl)amines

By the reaction of vanillin and vanillal derivatives with 2-aminophenol previously unknown E isomers of azomethines (Schiff bases) containing hydroxy, ether, and ester groups were synthesized.     

Synthesis and Antioxidative Activity of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-Dialkyl-ω-[4-hydroxy(methoxy)aryl]alkylamines and Their <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Oxides

Aminoalkylphenols of various structures were prepared by reactions of ω-[4-hydroxy(methoxy)aryl]haloalkanes with dialkylamines. The corresponding N-oxides were prepared by oxidation of aminoalkylphenols with hydrogen peroxide and cumene hydroperoxide. The inhibiting activities of these compounds in a model reaction of thermal autooxidation of lard were compared.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 78, No. 5, 2005, pp. 796–801.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dyubchenko, Nikulina, Terakh, Prosenko, Grigor’ev.     

Structure and photochromism of 2-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-acyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-arylaminomethylene)benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>]thiophen-3(2<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>)-ones

It was shown by electron absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis that steric strains in photochromic 2-(N-acyl-N-arylaminomethylene) benzo[b]thiophen-3(2H)-one molecules ortho-substituted in the N-phenyl ring increase the quantum yield of the N→O photoinduced rearrangement in accord with an increase in the steric constant of the ortho-substituent.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2151–2155, October, 2004.     

Synthesis of 4-[(1<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>,4<Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>)-3-Oxo-<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-menthan-2-ylidenemethyl]benzoic Acid and Its Esters

Carbonylation of (E)-2-(4-halobenzylidene)-p-menthan-3-ones, catalyzed by PdCl₂(PPh₃)₂, gave a distereometric mixure of 4-[(1R,4R)- and (1R,4S)-3-oxo-p-menthan-2-ylidenemethyl]benzoic acids, whose reaction with phenols gave 1R,4R diastereomers of the corresponding esters.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2005, pp. 659–664.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Drushlyak, Kutulya, Pivnenko, Vashchenko.     

4-Functionally Substituted 3-Heterylpyrazoles: XIV. <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Benzyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-[3-aryl(heteryl)-4-pyrazolylmethylene]amines and Their Derivatives

Reduction with sodium tetrahydridoborate of Schiff bases derived from 3-aryl(heteryl)pyrazole-4-carbaldehydes and benzylamines gave N-benzyl-N-[3-aryl(heteryl)-4-pyrazolylmethylene]amines which were acylated with benzoyl chloride and succinic and maleic anhydrides to obtain the corresponding amides. Treatment of the title compounds with phenyl isothiocyanate afforded substituted thioureas.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 98–103.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Bratenko, Panimarchuk, Chornous, Vovk.     

3,3,3-Trifluoro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>′-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,2-propanediamine and its <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-mono-and <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-dicarboxyethyl derivatives: synthesis,protolytic and complexation properties

3,3,3-Trifluoro-N′-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,2-propanediamine (5) was synthesized by the reaction of 2-diazo-1,1,1-trifluoro-3-nitropropane or 3,3,3-trifluoro-1-nitropropene with 3-aminobenzotrifluoride followed by the reduction of the nitro group. The Michael 1,4-addition of diamine 5 to acrylic acid occurs only at the N(1) atom and affords N-mono-or N,N-dicarboxyethyl derivatives 6 and 7, depending on the reactant ratio. Protolytic equilibria 5–7 in aqueous solutions were studied by pH-potentiometry and UV spectroscopy. Only the aliphatic amino group can be protonated in an aqueous solution, while the aromatic amino group remains unprotonated even in 12 M HCl. The stability constants of transition metal (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) complexes with ligands 5–7 were determined by pH-potentiometric titration. The stability of the complexes and selectivity of the ligands toward Cu²⁺ ions increase with an increase in the number of N-carboxyethyl groups. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2465–2469, November, 2005.     

Photoinduced transformations in single crystals of 1,2-bis(2-[(<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)-3-oxo-3-phenylprop-1-enyl]phenoxy)ethane and 1,5-bis(2-[(<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>)-3-oxo-3-phenylprop-1-enyl]phenoxy)-3-oxapentane

Differences in the parameters of pre-organization of chalcone podands to intermolecular photoinduced [2+2] cycloaddition (PCA) in crystals were discovered. As a result of PCA, the chalcone podand with two oxyethylene units forms stereoregular cyclobutane-containing polymer chains over the whole volume of the single crystal. In the case of the chalcone podand with one oxyethylene unit, the PCA reaction in single crystal becomes impossible; however, its mechanical destruction results in the formation of surface layers with stacking dimers. In these layers, photodimerization occurs due to a decrease in topochemical control from the molecular lattice.     

UV/Vis Spectroscopic Properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(2′-Hydroxy-4′-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimethyl-aminobenzylidene)-4-nitroaniline in Various Solvents and Solid Environments

Summary.  N-(2′-Hydroxy-4′-N,N-dimethylaminobenzylidene)-4-nitroaniline [HDBN] has been used as a model for investigating intra- and intermolecular D–A (donor–acceptor) interactions in various environments by means of UV/Vis spectroscopy. UV/Vis spectra of HDBN have been measured in various solvents, ethanolic solutions of different pH, adsorbed on silica, and in the solid state. A bathochromic shift of ν_max is observed with increasing the dipolarity/polarizability and HBD (hydrogen bond donor) capacity of the solvent, which is described by means of a multiple LSE (linear solvation energy) relationship in terms of the empirical Kamlet-Taft solvent polarity parameters. The adsorption of HDBN on Aerosil^? 300-silica particles in non-HBA (hydrogen bond acceptor) solvents is explained in the same sense. Mobile protons and sol–gel entrapping cause a hypsochromic shift due to protonation of the lone electron pair of the 4′-N,N-dimethylamino group. Hydroxide ions attack the 2′-hydroxy group which causes a bathochromic shift. A strong intramolecular hydrogen bond between the 2′-hydroxyl hydrogen and the imine nitrogen atom is present in the solid-state structure causing an unprecedented bathochromic shift. Corresponding author. E-mail: stefan.spange@chemie.tu-chemnitz.de Received July 8, 2002; accepted (revised) September 30, 2002     

Synthesis of 2-aryl-6-nitro-4-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">vic</Emphasis>-triazol-1-yl)-1<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-indoles from <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis>-2,4,6-trinitrostilbenes

A method is developed for the preparation of 4-(vic-triazol-1-yl)indoles that involves replacement of the ortho-NO₂ group in E-2,4,6-trinitrostilbenes by an azido group, condensation of E-2-azido-4,6-dinitrostilbenes with acetylacetone, replacement of the second ortho-NO₂ group in the resulting stilbenes by N₃, and subsequent thermolysis of the azide into the target indole. The reactions of E-2-azido-4,6-dinitrostilbenes with cyclohexane-1,3-dione gave E-2-amino-4,6-dinitrostilbenes, which can be used for selective transformation of the ortho-NO₂ group into an amino group in E-2,4,6-trinitrostilbenes. Dedicated to Academician N. K. Kochetkov on the occasion of his 90th birthday. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1293–1296, May, 2005.     

Contribution to the Protonation of a Calix[4]arene: DFT Calculated Structure of Protonated <Emphasis Type="Italic">p-tert</Emphasis>-Butylcalix[4]arenetetrakis(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-diethylacetamide)

Summary. By using DFT calculations, the most probable structure of the p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenetetrakis(N,N-diethylacetamide) · H₃O⁺ complex species was derived. In this complex, the hydroxonium ion H₃O⁺ is predominantly bound by strong hydrogen bonds to three phenoxy oxygens of the ligand and partly to the remaining phenoxy oxygen atom by two somewhat weaker hydrogen bonds. Besides, the H₃O⁺ cation is also bound to two carbonyl oxygens of the mentioned ligand by further two weaker hydrogen bonds.     

Synthesis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Arylsulfonyl-α-thienylglycines from <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(2,2,2-Trichloro-1-thienylethyl)arenesulfonamides

Reactions of N-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)arenesulfonamides with thiophene, 2-chlorothiophene, and 2,5-dichlorothiophene, as well as of N-(2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl)arenesulfonamides with 2-chlorothiophene, lead to formation of the corresponding N-(2,2,2-trichloro-1-thienylethyl)arenesulfonamides. Alkaline hydrolysis of the latter occurs selectively at the trichloromethyl group to give N-arylsulfonyl-α-thienylglycines.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 93–96.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Aizina, Rozentsveig, Ushakova, Levkovskaya, Mirskova.     

Alkalli Metal Complexes with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(4′-Benzo-15-Crown-5)-2-(Amino-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-tosyl)-phenylaldimine

Complexes of Li, Na, and K with N-(4′-benzo-15-crown-5)-2-(amino-N-tosyl)-phenylaldimine (L) are synthesized and their IR spectra are studied with assignment of the basic vibration frequencies of the ligand and complexes. The conformation states of macrocycles in the title complexes are analyzed. The macrocycle conformation in complexes of L with the Li, Na, and K salts is not influenced by the nature of a metal or acido ligands. The structures of the synthesized compounds are suggested on the basis of the spectral and elemental analysis data.__________Translated from Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, Vol. 31, No. 7, 2005, pp. 512–517.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ivanova, Dorokhov, Pyatova, Bicherov, Burlov, Garnovskii, Tsivadze.