Asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-indicol by a carbene cyclization-cycloaddition cascade strategy

The first total synthesis of a secodolastane, (-)-indicol, has been accomplished. The key reaction is a rhodium(II)-mediated carbene cyclization-cycloaddition cascade, by which the core bicyclo[5.4.0]undecane skeleton was assembled. In this one-pot reaction, a domino series of transformations resulting in the construction of three sigma bonds and three stereocenters was realized in good yield.     

Solid-state mechanochemical synthesis of cobalt(III), iron(III), and chromium(III) bisdicarbollyl complexes

Thallous dicarbollide reacts with cobalt(II), iron(III) and chromium(III) chlorides without a solvent under conditions of mechanical activation to form the corresponding carborane complexes of tervalent metals. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1715–1717, October, 1993.     

Solid-state mechanochemical synthesis of tris(4-imino-2-pentanonato)chromium,Cr[CH3C(NH)CHC(O)CH3]3

Tris(4-imino-2-pentanonato)chromium was prepared by solid-state synthesis under conditions of mechanical activation of a mixture of chromium(III) chloride and sodium 4-imino-2-pentanonate and characterized by IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electronic absorption spectroscopy.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2227–2229, December, 1994.The present work was carried out as a part of Project No. 1.164 Mechanochemical Synthesis of Complex Compounds of The State Scientific and Technical Program Ecologically Safe Processes in Chemistry and Chemical Technology with the financial support of the Ministry of Science of the RF.     

First radical addition onto ketenimines: a novel synthesis of indoles

A novel radical-mediated synthesis of 2-alkyl indoles is described. The method is a nonchain process based on the intramolecular addition of benzylic radicals onto the central carbon atom of a ketenimine function, resulting in a 5-exo-dig cyclization.     

Structure and thermal behavior of metastable sillenites prepared by mechanochemical synthesis

The structure and thermal behavior of metastable solid solutions with nominal compositions Bi₂PbO₄, Bi₄HgO₇, Bi₁₂TlO_19.5, and Bi₁₂Cd_0.7O_18.7 with the sillenite structure obtained by mechanochemical treatment in a planetary mill (thermal decomposition of the metastable Bi₄CdO₇ phase with a bcc structure above 700 K) have been studied. The large Pb²⁺ atoms occupy up to ~30% positions in the sillenite structure (Hg²⁺ and Hg(1) occupy up to ~15% of (24f) positions). The (2a) sites are partially occupied by bismuth with a minor shift along the [111] axis and are transformed into the (8c) site, forming an umbrella structure with c.n. 3. The relatively small Cd²⁺and Tl³⁺ cations partially occupy the (2a) sites. During annealing, the metastable Pb-sillenites are partially stabilized with a loss of oxygen and increasing content of bismuth. Sillenite with a high content of lead retains its structure until it melts at 923 K. Cadmium sillenite reacts with CdO, passing into a rhombohedral structure at 900 K (30 K below the melting point). Mercury sillenite Bi₄HgO₇ decomposes with isolation of metallic mercury at ~600 K.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by V. V. ZyryanovTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 480–490, May–June 2004.     

Visible-Light Cascade Photooxygenation of Tetrahydrocarbazoles and Cyclohepta[b]indoles: Access to C,N-Diacyliminium Ions

Tetrahydrocarbazoles and perhydrocyclohepta[b]indoles undergo a catalytic cascade singlet oxygenation in alkaline medium, which leads to chiral tricyclic perhydropyrido- and perhydroazepino[1,2-a]indoles in a single operation. These photooxygenation products are new synthetic equivalents of uncommon C,N-diacyliminium ions and can be functionalized with the aid of phosphoric acid organocatalysis.     

Chemistry of 3-(2-Haloacyl)indoles

This review presents a systematic and comprehensive survey of the methods ofpreparation and the chemical reactivity of 3-(2-haloacyl)indoles. These compounds are important intermediates for the synthesis of a variety of otherwise difficult to obtain synthetically useful and novel heterocyclic systems. The data published over the past few years are reviewed here for the first time.     

Visible‐Light Cascade Photooxygenation of Tetrahydrocarbazoles and Cyclohepta[b]indoles: Access to C,N‐Diacyliminium Ions

Tetrahydrocarbazoles and perhydrocyclohepta[b]indoles undergo a catalytic cascade singlet oxygenation in alkaline medium, which leads to chiral tricyclic perhydropyrido‐ and perhydroazepino[1,2‐a]indoles in a single operation. These photooxygenation products are new synthetic equivalents of uncommon C,N‐diacyliminium ions and can be functionalized with the aid of phosphoric acid organocatalysis.     

Ball milling: a green mechanochemical approach for synthesis of Ni (II), Co (II) and Cu (II) complexes

A series of Ni (II), Co (II) and Cu (II) complexes were synthesized with excellent yields via a one‐pot ball milling chelation reaction of those metals and β‐diketone. The process offers numerous advantages, such as better yield, short reaction time and mild reaction conditions. The computational studying was estimated to approve the geometry of the isolated solid compounds by applying density functional theory. The synthesized compounds were interpreted by using various spectroscopic techniques [infrared (IR), ¹H‐NMR, ¹³C‐NMR, UV–visible, electron spin resonance (ESR) and mass spectrometry] together with some physical studies (molar conductance and magnetic susceptibility). The outcomes data displayed that the (HD¹), (HD²) and (HD³) acted as neutral and/or mononegative bidentate ligands. The ESR as well as electronic spectra suggested the octahedral configuration for all isolated complexes, expect [Cu (HD2)(OAc)2]·2H₂O has square planar structure. Also, the in vitro antimicrobial assay was done by using the well diffusion method for HD¹, HD², HD³ and their complexes.