Stavudine

The crystal structure of the title compound (systematic name: 2′,3′‐didehydro‐2′,3′‐deoxy­thymidine), C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄, consists of two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit bound together by hydrogen bonds. The conformational geometry differentiates this form of stavudine from its two previously published polymorphs. In addition, a different hydrogen‐bonding scheme is observed compared with the previous two structures. This polymorph is the thermodynamically most stable form of the anti­viral drug, as evidenced by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and IR data.     

Factors affecting reproducibility in the manufacture of glass and siliceous glass open tubular (capillary) columns

Summary Column characteristics affecting the chromatographic behavior of glass and siliceous glass (fused silica) capillary columns include the dimensional uniformity of the column, the physical and chemical characteristics of the column wall and the characteristics of the liquid phase. In the case of the coated column the uniformity and thickness of the liquid phase film are the most important criteria affecting column reproducibility. The paper discusses these factors and their influence on column performance.Presented in part at the Symposium on Standardized Materials for Chromatography, 181 st National American Chemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 29–April 3, 1981.     

Dicationic Sulfur Analogues of N‐Heterocyclic Silylenes and Phosphenium Cations

DABling with sulfur : Sulfur(II) dications can be prepared using α‐diimines to stabilize the positive charge (see scheme; DAB=diazabutadiene, Dipp=2,6‐diisopropylphenyl, OTf=CF₃SO₃). The bonding is best described as that of a N,N‐chelated sulfur(II) dication; these species represent the first sulfur‐based structural mimics of N‐heterocyclic silylene compounds and phosphenium cations.

     

Cover Picture: Dicationic Sulfur Analogues of N‐Heterocyclic Silylenes and Phosphenium Cations (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2009)

Highly reactive electrophilic compounds centered around multicationic main‐group elements are notoriously difficult to isolate. In the Communication on page 2210 ff., P. J. Ragogna and co‐workers describe the synthesis and characterization of salts of sulfur(II) dications stabilized by two chelating nitrogen atoms. These species are the first sulfur‐based analogues of N‐heterocyclic silylene compounds and are the most recent addition to the family of compounds featuring divalent p‐block elements. Mitch Zimmer is acknowledged for the cover design.

     

Stereodynamics and edge-to-face CH-pi aromatic interactions in o-phenethyl-substituted biaryls

As part of a search for systems that exhibit intramolecular aromatic edge-to-face interactions, a series of four biaryl compounds containing a phenethyl side chain were prepared. These compounds exist as a slowly interconverting mixture of two atropisomers due to steric hindrance to rotation about the biaryl bond. The more thermodynamically stable isomer exhibits an abnormal shielding of an ortho-proton in solution indicative of an edge-to-face CH-pi interaction with the terminal phenyl ring on the side chain. This tilted-T type of geometry was observed in the X-ray crystal structure of one of the compounds. The edge-to-face conformation in solution is estimated by variable temperature NMR studies to be energetically favored by ca. 1.6 kcal mol(-1) but entropically disfavored by ca. 5.0 cal K(-1) mol(-1).     

Efficient total syntheses and structural verification of both diospongins A and B via a common delta-lactone intermediate

The total syntheses of the two aryl C-glycoside natural products diospongins A and B are described. The key reactions involved stereoselective reductions of the appropriate oxocarbenium cations that were derived from a common delta-lactone intermediate.     

An efficient total synthesis and absolute configuration determination of varitriol

The first total synthesis and the absolute configuration determination of varitriol are described.     

Fluorescent lifetime quenching near d = 1.5 nm gold nanoparticles: probing NSET validity

The fluorescence behavior of molecular dyes at discrete distances from 1.5 nm diameter gold nanoparticles as a function of distance and energy is investigated. Photoluminescence and luminescence lifetime measurements both demonstrate quenching behavior consistent with 1/d(4) separation distance from dye to the surface of the nanoparticle. In agreement with the model of Persson and Lang, all experimental data show that energy transfer to the metal surface is the dominant quenching mechanism, and the radiative rate is unchanged throughout the experiment.     

Structure of organic and metal-organic networks based on a bifunctional m-terphenyl carboxylic acid

A series of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based upon the ligand 2,6-diphenyl-1,4-dibenzoic acid [Ph2C6H2(CO2H)2]infinity have been prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The networks exhibit a variety of topologies and coordination modes at the metal center. The reaction of the ligand with cobalt(II) nitrate or zinc(II) nitrate in methanol/pyridine results in the formation of isostructural 1-D chains [(Ph2C6H2(CO2)2)M(py)2(MeOH)]infinity, where M = Zn, Co; however, in the presence of ethanol and triethylamine, Zn(NO3)2 reacts to form a 2-D clay-like network, [(Ph2C6H2(CO2)2)Zn(EtOH)2]infinity. 2-D networks are also formed in similar reactions with copper(II) nitrate or silver(I) nitrate to give [(Ph2C6H2(CO2)(CO2H))2Cu(py)2]infinity, [(Ph2C6H2(CO2)CO2H))2Cu(py)4.2H2O](infinity), and [(Ph2C6H2(CO2)2)Ag2]infinity, respectively. The hydrogen-bonded chains formed by the ligand alone and with 4,4'-dipyridyl are also described.