First examples of the cocrystallization of diastereomers of chiral phosphorus compounds

The first three examples of the cocrystallization of covalent diastereomers of phosphorus compounds containing different chiral elements (centres of chirality on carbon and phosphorus, and an axis of chirality) are reported. The phenomenon can be attributed to the complementarity of the molecular shapes of the diastereomers. The X-ray data of all the crystals exhibit centrosymmetric statistics regardless of their very different natures. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Viktor Naumov (1932–2007).     

Synthesis and some reactions of 4-carboxy-2-thiazolylhydrazones

The condensation of thiosemicarbazones with bromopyruvic acid gives thiazolylhydrazone hydrobromides, which were converted to the free bases. The question of the site of protonation was studied by PMR spectroscopy. The possibility of self-protonation in 4-carboxythiazolylhydrazone crystals is not excluded. The thiazolylhydrazones are brominated in the 5 position. Both cyclization to thiazolyltriazoles and the Chetteueya—Walker reaction are realized in the case of oxidation with lead tetraacetate.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 537–543, April, 1991.     

Stereochemistry of 1,3-Diheterocyclanes: III. Crystal and Molecular Structure and Conformations of cis- and trans-5-Phenoxy-1,3,2-dioxathiane 2-Oxides

The stereoisomers of 5-phenoxy-1,3,2-dioxathiane 2-oxide both exist as chair conformers with an axial S = O bond. The features of conformational behavior, distinguishing this diastereomeric pair from earlier studied are explained in terms of the conformational energies of substituents in the 1,3-dioxane series.     

Jacobsen-type enantioselective hydrolysis of aryl glycidyl ethers. 31P NMR analysis of the enantiomeric composition of oxiranes

The enantioselective partial hydrolysis of a number of racemic aryl glycidyl ethers in the presence of chiral Co(salen)-catalyst was studied. The enantiomeric composition of the isolated (R)-aryl glycidyl ethers was analyzed by ³¹P NMR using optically active substituted 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes. A synthesis of -adrenoblocking agents (S)-toliprolol and (S)-moprolol based on the simultaneously obtained (S)-3-aryloxypropane-1,2-diols was proposed.     

Electrochemical reduction of 5-halo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxanes and 2-halo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediols

The character of the first stage of reduction of 5-X-5-nitro-1,3-dioxanes 1—10 and 2-X-2-nitro-1,3-propanediols 11 and 12 is independent of the nature of halogen (X = Br, Cl) and substituents in position 2 of the dioxane cycle. The transfer of two electrons to a molecule of compound 1—12 is accompanied by the anionoid elimination of halogen and formation of the anion of nitronic acid. The high mobility of halogen is mainly due to the acceptor nitro group capable of further transformations in the -position to halogen. The direction of further reduction involving the electron transfer to electrochemically active groups in the aromatic fragment of the molecule is determined by the nature of these groups. Chloro-, bromo-, and iodophenyl-substituted derivatives 4, 5, and 8—10 are reduced as typical halobenzenes. In the case of nitrophenyl-substituted compounds 3 and 7, the dioxane cycle opens to form dianions of p- and m-nitrobenzaldehydes along with the reduction of the nitroso group through the stages of formation of the radical anion and radical anion of the nitroso group. The radical anions of the nitro and nitroso derivatives were identified by ESR.     

New approach to cyclic sulfites and sulfates through reactions of sulfur oxychlorides with glycidols

Reactions of 2,3-epoxyalcohols (glycidols) with thionyl chloride or sulfuryl chloride afford cyclic sulfites or sulfates, respectively. These reactions yield predominantly 4-chloroalkyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolane oxides. The configuration of the C(4) atom in the latter compounds exactly corresponds to that of the C(2) atom of the parent glycidol, whereas the configuration of the exocyclic atom is almost completely reversed with respect to that of the C(3) atom of the precursor. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1586–1593, September, 2000.     

Regiochemistry of Cleavage of Monosubstituted Oxiranes by Phosphorochloridites. Enantiomeric Composition of Oxiranes by 31P NMR Spectral Data

The regioisomeric composition of the adducts of unsymmetrical oxiranes with achiral and chiral phosphorochloridites was studied. Factors allowing enantiomeric assessment of chiral oxiranes with the aid of chiral derivatizing organophosphorus reagents were revealed.     

Electroreduction of Phthalazines and 1,2,5-Thiadiazoles: Structural Factors Determining the Opening of Heterocycle

Electrochemical reduction of phthalazines and 1,2,5-thiadiazoles containing nucleofugaceous groups at the carbon -atoms are studied in aprotic and proton-donating media. Heteroatoms, substituents, and media are found to affect potentials and reaction path for the electroreduction. The factors determining the reductive opening of heterocycles are revealed. In diazines the heterocycle opening in annelated systems is induced by the electron transfer, provided there exist (a) a heteroatom–heteroatom bond and (b) an easily splitting-off group at the carbon -atom, whose nucleofugacity is comparable with or exceeds that of the chloride ion. Stability of the 1,2,5-thiadiazole cycle toward its reduction is determined by the substituent and the medium nature. On adding a nucleofugaceous group to the molecule, the transfer of two electrons in an aprotic medium results in the heterocycle opening with the formation of iminonitrile; when two easily splitting-off groups are present, the electron transfer makes the cycle decompose into inorganic anions.