Voltammetric determination of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) at a carbon paste electrode modified with vanadyl(IV)-Salen complex

The preparation and electrochemical characterization of a carbon paste electrode modified with the N,N-ethylene-bis(salicylideneiminato)oxovanadium(IV) complex [VO(Salen)] as well as its behavior in relation to the oxidation of pyridoxine (Vitamin B₆) are described. The electrochemical behavior of the modified electrode and the electrooxidation of pyridoxine were investigated using cyclic voltammetry. The best voltammetric response was obtained for an electrode composition of 15% (m/m) [VO(Salen)] in the paste, KCl solution of pH 5.5-8.0 and scan rate of 25 mV s⁻¹. A sensitive linear voltammetric response for pyridoxine was obtained in the concentration range of 4.5×10⁻⁴ to 3.3×10⁻³ mol l⁻¹ with a slope of 42.5 μA mmol⁻¹ l, and a detection limit (3σ/slope) of 3.7×10⁻⁵ mol l⁻¹ using linear sweep voltammetry. Among several compounds tested only Vitamin B₁ seems to interfere in the analyte signal. The concentrations of pyridoxine in pharmaceutical formulations using the proposed electrode and an official spectrophotometric method based in the reaction with N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine are in agreement at the 95% confidence level and within an acceptable range of error.     

Spectroscopic and electronic structure studies of the diamagnetic side-on CuII-superoxo complex Cu(O2)[HB(3-R-5-iPrpz)3]: antiferromagnetic coupling versus covalent delocalization

Magnetic, vibrational, and optical techniques are combined with density functional calculations to elucidate the electronic structure of the diamagnetic mononuclear side-on CuII-superoxo complex. The electronic nature of its lowest singlet/triplet states and the ground-state diamagnetism are explored. The triplet state is found to involve the interaction between the Cu xy and the superoxide pi v * orbitals, which are orthogonal to each other. The singlet ground state involves the interaction between the Cu xy and the in-plane superoxide pi v * orbitals, which have a large overlap and thus strong bonding. The ground-state singlet/triplet states are therefore fundamentally different in orbital origin and not appropriately described by an exchange model. The ground-state singlet is highly delocalized with no spin polarization.     

The amidoalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons

The Nyberg procedure (the use of trifluoroacetic acid in chloroform) for the efficient amidoalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons is limited to substrates more nucleophilic than benzene. The reaction involves protonation of the electrophile, cleavage to a carbonium ion and alkylation of the nucleophile by the carbonium ion. Either the cleavage step or the alkylation step may be rate-determining. The present work identifies some cases where a carbonium ion is formed but fails to alkylate the nucleophile (with benzene and nitro-substituted benzenes as nucleophiles) and other cases where the reaction conditions are not sufficient to permit cleavage of the protonated electrophile (the reactions of N-phthalimidomethylamides).     

Observation and evaluation of the synchronous ligand atom pyramidal inversions in binuclear rhenium carbonyl halide complexes of disulphides and diselenides: an X-ray crystal structure of [Re2Br2(CO)6(C6H5CH2SeSeCH2C6H5)]

The dinuclear complexes [Re₂X₂(CO)₆(RCH₂EECH₂R)] (X = Cl or Br, R = Ph or Me₃Si, E = S or Se) have been prepared and characterized. A variable temperature ¹H NMR study on these complexes demonstrated the pyramidal atomic inversion process at the coordinated sulphur and selenium atoms. Total band-shape fittings were used to yield activation parameters for the rate process, in which the two sulphur or selenium atoms undergo synchronous or correlated inversion.     

The formation of thioamide complexes of manganese,molybdenum and rhodium from organosilicon and organotin intermediates

The interaction of N-trimethylsilylthioacetanilide and N-phenyl-S-trimethyl- tinthioacetimidate, with carbonyl halides of molybdenum, manganese and rhodium afforded a range of N-phenylthioacetamido metal carbonyl complexes in which the group behaves as a chelating ligand, and also in two different ways as a bridging group in binuclear products.     

Synthesis of novel furan and thiophene PAH'S related to acephenanthrylene

The total syntheses of furan and thiophene PAH's related to acephenanthrylene are reported. Cyclobutanones which were obtained by [2 + 2] addition of ketenes with 2,3-dihydrofuran or 2,3-dihydrothiophene regioselectively could be converted into angular PAH skeleton molecules by rearrangements with polyphosphoric acid. 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone was applied for aromatization to achieve the formation of PAH's.     

Experimental and theoretical studies of the conformational structures of the mixed clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene with water

A concerted experimental (mass-selective, double-resonance laser spectroscopic technique) and theoretical (correlated quantum chemistry calculation) study of hydrogen-bonded clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene (CNN) with water has been carried out to probe geometrical structures of the conformational isomers. The structures of the two low-energy conformers of CNN-H2O and CNN-(H2O)2, calculated at the MP2/cc-pVDZ level of theory, are consistent with the mass-selective infrared-ultraviolet double-resonance spectra and the partially resolved rotational band contours of the S1 <-- S0 origin bands. The facile loss of a neutral water molecule from the cluster ion of CNN-(H2O)2, relative to that of CNN-H2O, is in accord with the proposed structures of the clusters.     

Synthesis of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido-[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-diones

The sodium ethoxide catalyzed condensation of 4,5-diaminopyrimidine ( 3 ) with diethyl malonate afforded 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 4 ). Methylation of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 4 ) using sodium hydride and two equivalents of iodomethane gave 5,9-dimethyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 5 ) which on further methylation using sodium hydride and one equivalent iodomethane yielded 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5,7,9-trimethyl-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 6 ). Reaction of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5H-pyrirnido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 4 ) with 4.2 equivalents of sodium hydride and 4.1 equivalents of iodomethane afforded 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-5,7,7, 9-tetramethyl-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 7 ). 6,7,8,9-Tetrahydro-5,7,7,9-tetramethyl-5H-pyrimido[4,5-b][1,4]diazepine-6,8-dione ( 7 ) exhibited weak anticonvulsant activities in the subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole and maximal electroshock anticonvulsant screens indicating it is a partial bioisostere of the anticonvulsant drug clobazam ( 2 ).     

Reactions of Triruthenium Clusters with Quinolines: X-Ray Structures of [Ru3(μ-CO)(CO)7{μ3-η2-P(C6H5)CH2P(C6H5)2)}{μ-η2-C9H5(CH3)N}] and [Ru3(CO)10(μ-H){μ-η2-C9H6N}]

The reactions of [Ru₃(CO)₁₀(μ-dppm)] 4 with quinolines afforded [Ru₃ (μ-CO)(CO)₇{μ₃-η²-P(C₆H₅)CH₂P(C₆H₅)₂)}{μ-η²-C₉H₅(R)N}] (8, R = 4-Me; 9, R = H) as the major products along with small amounts of known compound [Ru₃(CO)₉{μ₃-η³-P(C₆H₅)CH₂P(C₆H₅)(C₆H₄)}] 5. The molecular structure of 8 has been determined by single crystal X-ray studies. The reaction of 5 with 4-methylquinoline in refluxing cyclohexane afforded 8 and two known dinuclear compounds, [Ru₂(CO)₆{μ-CH₂P(C₆H₅)(C₆H₄)P(C₆H₅}] 10 and [Ru₂(CO)₆ {μ-(C₆H₄)P(C₆H₅)(CH₂)P(C₆H₅}] 11, in 40, 12, and 10% yields, respectively. The compounds 10 and 11 are also formed from the thermolysis of 4 in addition to the major compound 5. The solid state structure of the previously reported [Ru₃(CO)₁₀(η-H){μ-η²-C₉H₆N}] 2a is also reported for comparison.     

Reactions of (Z)-3-aryl-3-chloropropenals with nucleophiles: stereoselective formation of (E)-vinylogous esters, (E)-vinylogous amides, and vinamidinium salts

The highly stereoselective conversions of (Z)-3-aryl-3-chloropropenals to (E)-3-alkoxy-3-arylpropenals, to (E)-3-aryl-3-morphorlinopropenals, and to vinamidinium salts are reported. The stereochemical assignments were based on 2D-NMR experiments.