Studies on the 4-benzoylpyridine-3-carboxamide entity as a fragment model of the Isoniazid-NAD adduct

An ortho-metallation-electrophilic substitution sequence was employed as a key step to build the 4-benzoylpyridine framework. It was found that 4-benzoylpyridine-3-carboxamide and an N-pyridyl alkylated derivative both exist in a unique cyclized hemiamidal structure, not in the usually expected keto-amide open form. These structures represent fragment models of the Isoniazid-NAD adducts involved in the mechanism of action of the antituberculous drug Isoniazid.     

Photoinduzierte Cycloadditionen von 3-Benzyl-2H-azirin

Irradiation of 2-azido-3-phenyl-propene ( 5 ) in pentane or benzene solution with a high pressure lamp (pyrex filter) yields 3-benzyl-2H-azirin ( 6 ), which on further irradiation behind quartz or vycor in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid methylester or carbon dioxide yields 4-benzyl-5-methoxy-5-trifluoromethyl-3-oxazolin ( 8 ) and 4-benzyl-3-oxazolin-5-one ( 9 ), respectively (scheme 2). A small amount of 3-phenylacetonitrile is also formed.     

Goldstone mode singularities and equation of state of an isotropic magnet

Static properties of an isotropic magnet are calculated in the whole critical region including the magnetization curve. The method proposed is a resummation of renormalized perturbation theory without use of recursion relations. This is possible because only special diagrams or subdiagrams show infrared divergencies at the magnetization curve due to Goldstone modes. The arguments given are heavily based on Ward identities. The resulting perturbation theory is well behaved in the total critical region and exhibits explicitely the form of the Goldstone mode singularities at the magnetization curve. The equation of state is calculated including two-loop contribution. Resulting effective exponents are then correct in order in the whole critical region. In various limits agreement with known results is found. A one-loop calculation of the correlation functions is also given.     

Einflu? der Wertigkeit bei der flammenabsorptionsspektrometrischen Bestimmung des Chroms

Zusammenfassung Die Intensität des flammenabsorptionsspektrometrischen Cr-Signals hängt in einer sehr komplexen Weise von der Wertigkeit des Chroms und der Flammentemperatur ab. Ferner ist ein ausgeprägter Kalium-Einfluß vorhanden. Alle diese Schwierigkeiten können am besten dadurch eliminiert werden, daß in der Lachgasflamme gearbeitet und die Analysenlösung mit einer höheren K-Konzentration gepuffert wird.

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Effect of valency on the determination of chromium by flame absorption spectrometry

The intensity of the chromium signal in AAS depends in a very complex manner strongly on the valency of the Cr and the flame temperature. It is furthermore influenced by potassium, if present. The best way to overcome all these interferences is to use the nitrous oxide flame and to buffer the solution with a higher concentration of potassium.

     

Optisch aktive übergangsmetall-komplexe LXIV. Neue optisch aktive Cp(CO)Fe-acyl-komplexe mit

The novel complexes CpFe(CO)(COR)P(C₆H₅)₂NR'R^* with Cp = C₅H₅,C₉H₇ (indenyl); R = CH₃, C₂H₅, CH(CH₃)₂, CH₂C₆H₅;R` = H, CH<sub>3</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>, CH<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub> and R<sup>*</sup> = (S)-CH(CH<sub>3</sub>)(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>), have been synthesized by reaction of CpFe(CO)<sub>2</sub>R wiht P(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>NR`R^* and characterized analytically as well as spectroscopically. The pairs of diastereoisomers RS/SS have been separated by preparative liquid chromatography and fractional crystallization, respectively. The optically pure complexes (+)₄₃₆- und ()₄₃₆-CpFe(CO)(COR)P(C₆H₅)₂NR`R^* are configurationally stable at room temperature. At higher temperatures they equilibrate with CpFe(CO)₂R and epimerize with respect to the Fe configuration.     

Extension of conjugation leading to bathochromic or hypsochromic effects in OPV series

Four OPV series 1-4 (a-d) with a terminal dialkylamino group as electron donor were prepared by Wittig-Horner reactions. To study the influence of the push-pull effect on the long-wavelength absorption, three of the four series contained terminal acceptor groups (CN, CHO, NO(2)). The length of the chromophores strongly affects the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT)-an effect which superimposes upon the extension of the conjugation. Increasing numbers n of repeat units cause an overall bathochromic shift for the purely donor-substituted series 1 a-4 a and the series 1 b-4 b with CN as weak acceptor. The two effects annihilate each other in the series 1 c-4 c with terminal CHO groups, so that the absorption maxima are almost independent of the length of the chromophore. A hypsochromic shift is observed for the series 1 d-4 d, which contains the strong acceptor group NO(2). This anomaly disappears on protonation of the dialkylamino group because the push-pull effect disappears in the ammonium salts. The results can be explained by semiempirical quantum mechanics (AM1, INDO/S). The HOMO-LUMO transition, which is mainly responsible for the ICT, becomes less important in the electron transitions S(0)-->S(1) when the distance between donor and acceptor is increased. The commonly used VB model, which contains an electroneutral and a zwitterionic resonance structure, is contrasted with a MO model with dipole segments at both ends of the OPV chains. The latter model turned out to be more appropriate-at least for donor-acceptor-substituted OPVs with n >/= 2.     

An Unexpected Formation of a 14‐Membered Cyclodepsipeptide

The treatment of diluted solutions of the hydroxy diamides 6a and 6b in toluene with HCl gas at 100° gave the dimeric, 14‐membered cyclodepsipeptide 10 in up to 72% yield (Scheme 3). The same product was formed from the linear dimer of 6b , the depsipeptide 11 , under the same conditions (cf. Scheme 4). All attempts to prepare the cyclic seven‐membered monomer 9 , starting with different precursors and using different lactonization methods failed, and 10 was the only product which was isolated (cf. Scheme 6). For example, the reaction of the ester 20 with NaH in toluene at 80° led exclusively to the cyclodimer 10 . On the other hand, the base‐catalyzed cyclization of the hydroxy diester 22 , which is the ‘O‐analogue' of 20 , yielded neither the seven‐membered dilactone, nor the 14‐membered tetralactone, but only the known trimer 23 and tetramer 24 of 2,2‐dimethylpropano‐3‐lactone (cf. Scheme 7).     

Carbophile Additionen von Organocupraten mit 1,3-Thiazol-5(4H)-thionen

Carbophilic Additions of Organocuprates and 1,3-Thiazole-5(4H)-thiones Organocuprates and 1,3-thiazole-5(4H)-thiones 1 react in THF at 0° via carbophilic addition onto the C? S bond to give 4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole-5-thiols 3 (Scheme 3). This observation is in marked contrast to the previously described reaction of organolithium compounds and 1 , which undergo a thiophilic addition onto the exocyclic S-atom. As an exception, treatment of the 1,3-thiazole-5(4H)-thione 1a with tert-butyl cuprate leads to 7a (Scheme 3).     

The gas phase structure of tetrakis(trifluoromethylthio)ethene, CF3S)2C=C(SCF3)2

The geometric structure of (CF₃S)₂C=C(SCF₃)₂ in the vapour phase was determined by electron diffraction. The molecule possesses D₂ symmetry with the S---CF₃ bonds oriented perpendicular to the ethene plane, in alternating directions up-down-up-down. The following skeletal geometric parameters were obtained (r_a distances and angles, experimental uncertainties are 3σ values): C=C = 1.34Å (ass.), C(sp²---S = 1.761(5)Å, S---C(sp³) = 1.832(5)Å, S---C---C = 119.6(4)°, C---S---C = 100.6(13)°, and ø(C=C---S---C) = 90.9(11)°. The gas phase conformation differs considerably from the crystal structure, where the molecule possesses C_i symmetry and the CF₃ groups, which are bonded to cis-standing sulfur atoms, lie on the same side of the ethene plane with dihedral angles ø(C=C---S---C) of 117° and 127°.