A novel transformation of O-methyldalbergin

O-methyldalbergin and related 4-phenylcoumarins are markedly different from ordinary coumarins in their behaviour towards alkali. They are stable in boiling alkali and on addition of mercuric oxide yield coumarilic acids. Phenyl-coumarilic acids undergo decarboxylation readily when boiled with aqueous alcoholic mercuric chloride to yield phenyl substituted coumarones.     

New synthetic and structural aspects in the chemistry of alkylaluminum fluorides. The mutual influence of hard and soft ligands and the hybridization as rigorous structural criterion

A general synthetic strategy starting from metal alkyls is reported based on the hydrogen difluoride anion as a suitable reagent for obtaining organometallic fluorides. The newly prepared compounds are [Me(4)N][(i-Bu)(2)AlF(2)] (1), [Ph(4)P][(i-Bu)(2)AlF(2)] (2), and [Ph(4)P][AlF(4)] (3), containing the tetrahedral anions [(i-Bu)(2)AlF(2)](-) and [AlF(4)](-). The actual structures are prototypes that allowed a comparison of inorganic and organometallic fluorides in the frame of the hard and soft acid and base principle, by means of ab initio calculations. A new theoretical model is designed to put in equation form the qualitative statements of the Bent rule. The model allows the rationalization of the tendencies of bond angle variation in [R(2)MX(2)] systems containing a main group metal (M), in terms of hybridization of the central atom and the reciprocal influence of hard and soft ligands.     

Complexation of nicotinamide with Ag+ ions in water-organic solvents

The effect of the water-ethanol and water-DMSO solvent composition on the stability of nicotinamide (NicNH₂) complexes with Ag⁺ ions at an ionic strength of 0.25 (NaClO₄) and a temperature of 25 ± 0.1°C is studied by potentiometric titration. An increase in the EtOH concentration in the mixed solvent is found to result in a higher stability of the nicotinamide complex with silver(I) ions; as the DMSO concentration increases, the complex becomes less stable. The results of the study are analyzed in terms of the solvation thermodynamic approach taking into account the electronic structure of the ligand and the solvation contributions of the fragments of the molecule.     

Charge location and fragmentation under electron impact. IV—the behaviour under electron impact of some N-methyl,N′-R-1,2,4-phosphadiazetidine-3-ones and related compounds

The ionization potentials of a series of N-methyl,N′-R-1,2,4-phosphadiazetidine-3-ones and related compounds have been determined. The nature of the highest occupied orbital of the molecules and the use of empirical rules to rationalize the variations in the ionization potentials are discussed. The changes in the fragmentation patterns are related to the different low ionization potential site(s) in each molecule. The occurrence of various rearrangement ions are discussed on a similar basis.     

Investigation of the state of a symmetrical tert-butyl-substituted macroheterocyclic compound in solution by PMR spectroscopy

The PMR spectra of the macroheterocyclic compound obtained by the reaction of 5-tert-butyl-1,3-diiminoisoindoline with 1,3-phenylenediamine in refluxing butyl alcohol and purified by chromatography on aluminum oxide were recorded. It is shown that the compound does not contain a unified conjugated macroring system. The dependence of the chemical shift of the protons of the endocyclic imino groups on the nature of the solvent was investigated. It is shown that the formation of compound-solvent intermolecular hydrogen bonds is complicated by steric factors.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 62–64, January, 1981.     

Koordinationschemische Untersuchungen an Zinkdialkylen. X. Über die Reaktion von Zinkdimethyl mit sekundären Aminen

Dimethyl zinc reacts with diethyl amine, piperidine and morpholine forming definite 1:2- or 1:1-complexes. The weaker basic secondary amines pyrroline, pyrazolidine and imidazoline cause the evolution of methane and the formation of the corresponding zinc amides. In this way zinc pyrrolide, zinc pyrazolide and zinc imidazolide were obtained in form of pure substances.     

5-Substituted pyrimidine derivatives

The properties and reactivities of 4-hydroxy- and 2,4-dihydroxy-5-(β-hydroxyethyl)pyrimidines and of the products of their transformations have been studied. 4-Chloro- and 2,4-dichloro-5-(β-chloroethyl)pyrimidines have been obtained. A number of 4-alkyl(aryl)amino-5-(β-chloroethyl)pyrimidines have been synthesized, and they have been converted into derivatives of 5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine.     

Calculation of cross sections for positron-Ar collisions

The three-body classical trajectory Monte-Carlo (CTMC) method is used to investigate positron-argon atom collisions. The total ionization cross sections are presented along with singly and doubly differential cross sections. The existence of the cusp-like peak in the triply differential electron and positron spectra at positron impact is predicted.     

Unusual Facial Selectivity in the Cycloaddition of Singlet Oxygen to a Simple Cyclic Diene(1)

Syntheses of 5-isopropyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene and syn-5-isopropyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, by routes that would allow completely diastereoselective introduction of deuterium labels, are described. The reaction of the isopropyl cyclohexadiene with singlet oxygen is shown to give an endoperoxide that is derived by preferential attack on the more sterically hindered face of the diene. A possible mechanistic explanation of this result is that the attack from the less hindered face leads to "ene" reaction rather than endoperoxide formation. However, this mechanism would require that the "ene" reaction and cycloaddition proceed via a common intermediate-presumably a perepoxide.     

New Environmental Applications of Radiation Technology

New environmental applications of radiation technology developed in the laboratory of the author are considered. They include the electron-beam and coagulation purification of molasses slops from a distillery that produces ethanol by fermentation of plant raw materials, the removal of petroleum products (diesel fuel, motor oil, and residual fuel oil) from water by -irradiation, and the electron-beam treatment of multicomponent natural gas mixtures of lower hydrocarbons for the purpose of condensation.