Phenylated polyimides: Diels-Alder reaction of biscyclopentadienones with dimaleimides

A series of phenylated polydihydrophthalimides has been synthesized by the Diels-Alder reactions of 3,3′-(oxydi-p-phenylene)bis(2,4,5-triphenylcyclopentadienone) and 3,3′-(p-phenylene)bis(2,4,5-triphenylcyclopentadienone) with N,N′-o-, -m-, and -p-phenylenedimaleimide. The polydihydrophthalimides were soluble in dimethylformamide (DMF) and had intrinsic viscosities that ranged from 0.33 to 1.01, the polymers were dehydrogenated thermally and chemically to afford the corresponding phenylated polyphthalimides. The totally aromatic polyimides were also soluble in DMF but had intrinsic viscosities only as high as 0.41. The thermogravimetric analyses of the polyphthalimides showed breaks near 530°C in air and in nitrogen atmospheres.     

1,3,5-Trisubstituted hexahy drotriazines as mannich reagents. I. Preparation of secondary aminomethyl sulfide hydrochlorides

1,3,5-Trisubstituted hexahy drotriazines react with hydrogen chloride in the presence of anhydrous solvents to form useful intermediates for the introduction of the RNHCH₂- group into compounds which undergo the Mannich reaction. The effectiveness of the new aminomethyl-ating agent has been demonstrated by the preparation of secondary aminomethyl sulfide hydro-chlorides.     

An ab initio molecular orbital study of intramolecular H-bonding: 1,3 propanediol

An ab initio molecular orbital calculation has been carried out for three different conformations of 1,3 propanediol, one of which permits intramolecular H-bond studied by ab initio quantum mechanical methods. The ΔE for H-bonding formation is compated to be 0.9 kcal/mole and the charge redistributions and molecular orbital energy changes are compared to those found in intermolecular H-bonds.     

Snapshots of dioxygen activation by copper: the structure of a 1:1 Cu/O(2) adduct and its use in syntheses of asymmetric Bis(mu-oxo) complexes

The X-ray structure of a 1:1 Cu/O(2) adduct revealed side-on (eta(2)) O(2) coordination. Density functional calculations corroborated the structure, indicated a significant contribution of a Cu(III)-(O(2)(2-)) resonance form, and provided insights into the key bonding interactions. Reaction of a 1:1 adduct supported by a slightly different beta-diketiminate ligand with Cu(I) reagents resulted in the formation of novel asymmetric bis(mu-oxo) complexes that were identified by EPR, UV-vis, and Raman spectroscopy, as well as by an X-ray structure in one instance.     

The first structural and spectroscopic characterization of a neptunyl polyoxometalate complex

The reaction between PW9O349- and NpO2+ has yielded the first structurally characterized neptunyl(V) polyoxometalate complex, [Na2(NpO2)2(A-PW9O34)2]14-. This complex is isostructural with the uranyl(VI) analogue, and there is also spectroscopic evidence for its existence in solution. The complex is readily extracted into toluene, and this may have significance in the sequestering and/or separation of the neptunyl ion in terms of nuclear waste management.     

Synthesis of Pyranthiones

A general method for the preparations of pyranthiones is particularly useful for preparing substituted xanthiones which are unavailable by established procedures. Reaction of a xanthone with p-tosyl isocyanate or with trichloroacetyl isocyanate produces the corresponding imino derivatives, which upon treatment with n-butylamine followed by hydrogen sulfide gives the desired xanthione in good yield.     

Simultaneous analysis of methionine- and leucine-enkephalin from rat brain: quantification by liquid chromatography-electrochemistry

This study focuses on the application of liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (LC-ED) for the analysis of methionine-enkephalin (ME) and leucine-enkephalin (LE) extracted from rat brain regions. The high applied potentials necessary for enkephalin detection required the development of an efficient sample processing protocol. Brain extracts were processed using chromatographic mode sequencing (CMS). The decrease in electroactive interfering substances by CMS improved the chromatographic resolution of ME and LE and the electrode performance. Other qualitative and analytical methods were used to evaluate the enkephalin data obtained by LC-ED for rat brain regions. This study demonstrates that LC-ED provides both the sensitivity and specificity necessary for the analysis of enkephalins from rat brain regions.     

Energetics of proton transfer between carbon atoms (H3CH ? CH3)−

Ab initio calculations were carried out to study the potential energy surface of (H₃C? H? CH₃)^?. The 6–31G* basis set is supplemented by a set of diffuse p functions on both C and H (with a range of exponents for the latter). The binding energy of CH₄ and CH₃^? to form the (H₃CH? CH₃)^? complex is about 2 kcal/mol, much smaller than for comparable ionic H-bonded systems involving O or N atoms. Nearly half of this interaction energy is due to correlation effects, computed at second and third orders of Møller-Plesset perturbation theory. Correlation is also responsible for substantial reductions in the energy barrier to proton transfer within the complex. This barrier is computed to be 13?15 kcal/mol at the MP3 level, depending upon the exponent used for the H p functions.     

13C NMR studies of molecular relaxation processes in polar fluids

A study of the dynamical molecular structure of a dilute polar fluid is reported, in which ¹³C spin-lattice relaxation times of decanol in deuterated cyclohexane are presented for the individual carbon atoms, and the results are discussed in the context of viscosity data of decanol in alkane systems. The two techniques provide complementary information about the mobility of the alcohol chains and the onset of multimer formation, which is also pertinent to the dynamics of electron solvation in the same systems.     

Synthesis of phenylated phthalimides. The diels-alder reaction of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone with maleimides

A series of phenylated dihydrophthalimides has been synthesized by the Diels-Alder reaction of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone with maleimide, N-phenylmaleimide, and N,N'-o-, -m-, and -p-phenylenedimaleimide. Subsequent dehydrogenation of these compounds yielded the corresponding phenylated phthalimides. These phthalimides were also obtained in one step when the initial reactions were carried out in refluxing nitrobenzene.