Meldrum's acid and its analogs

2-Substituted or 2,2-disubstituted 4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxanes, which are analogs of Meldrum's acid and were obtained by reaction of malonic acid with acetic anhydride and the appropriate carbonyl compound in the presence of sulfuric acid, exist in solution preferably in a single form according to the PMR and ¹³C NMR spectral data. Fluctuation of the CH₂ group is not observed. The mass spectra are characteristic and are distinguished by splitting out of the carbonyl compound from the molecular ion or successive splitting out of CO₂ and ketene molecules. The Meldrum acid analogs do not affect plant growth but have a depressive effect on the central nervous system of animals and low toxicity.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1482–1486, November, 1975.     

Alkylation ofβ-diketones of the hexahydroindan series and their enamines

Conclusions The reactions of hexahydro-1,3-indandlone with ammonia and some amines were studied, and the structures of the products formed were proved. In the alkylation of-diketones of the hexahydroindan series and their enamines under the usual conditions C-alkylation products are not formed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1214–1218, July, 1966.     

Reaction of perfluoroisobutylene with potassium thiocyanate

Conclusions The authors obtained perfluoroisobutenyl isothiocyanate by reacting perfluoroisobutylene with potassium thiocyanate, and studied some of its properties.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1176–1178, May, 1969.     

The crystal structure of iododimethyl(trimethylamine)aluminum

The crystal structure of iododimethyl(trimethylamine)aluminium has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data collected by counter methods. I(CH₃)₂Al · N(CH₃)₃ crystallizes in the othorhombic space group Pnma with cell dimensions a=12.59(1), b=10.75(1), c=7.58(1)å, and p_calc=1.58 g·cm^?3 for Z=4. Least-squares refinement gave a final weighted R Value of 0.071 for 574 independet observed reflections. Each monomeric molecule lies on a crystallographic mirror plane with the trimethylamine and iododimethylaliminium groups in a staggered configuration about the aluminum  nitrogen bond.