Struktur von S-9,10-Dimethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantan und 9,10-Diethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantan

Structure of S-9,10-Dimethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantane and 9,10-Diethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantane S-9,10-Dimethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantane ( 1 ) and 9,10-diethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraarsa-2,4,6,8-tetraoxaadamantane ( 2 ) have been prepared by the reaction of propionic acid, propionic anhydride and butyric acid, butyric anhydride, respectively, with arsenic(III)-oxide. The crystals of 1 are rhombic, a = 6.902(4), b = 11.121(5), c = 13.988(8), space group P2₁2₁2₁. The crystals of 2 are monoclinic, a = 11.757(10), b = 11.255(10), c = 18.631 (18), β = 91.78(7), space group P2₁/n. The mean bond lengths and angles in 1 are AsO = 1.790 Å, AsC = 1.959 Å, OAsO = 100.60°, CAsO = 99.65°, AsOAs = 128.77°, AsCAs = 118.73°, and in 2 they are AsO = 1.780 Å, AsC = 1.978 Å, OAsO = 101.45°, CAsO = 99.55°, AsOAs = 129.64°, AsCAs = 117.72°.     

A novel MCR of isocyanates, aldehydes, and dienophiles

[reaction: see text] A novel one-pot procedure for the three-component coupling reaction of isocyanates, aldehydes, and dienophiles (IAD reaction) has been developed. Condensation of isocyanates and aldehydes and subsequent Diels-Alder reactions with electron-deficient dienophiles furnishes endo-selective amino-substituted cyclohexenes in good yield.     

Cytochemical differences in bacterial glycocalyx.

To examine new cytochemical aspects of the bacterial adhesion, a strain 41452/01 of the oral commensal Streptococcus sanguis and a wild strain of Staphylococcus aureus were grown with and without sucrose supplementation for 6 days. Osmiumtetraoxyde (OsO4), uranyl acetate (UA), ruthenium red (RR), cupromeronic blue (CB) staining with critical electrolytic concentrations (CECs), and the tannic acid-metal salt technique (TAMST) were applied for electron microscopy. Cytochemically, only RR-positive fimbriae in S. sanguis were visualized. By contrast, some types of fimbriae staining were observed in S. aureus glycocalyx: RR-positive, OsO4-positive, tannophilic and CB-positive with ceasing point at 0.3 M MgCl2. The CB staining with CEC, used for the first time for visualization of glycoproteins of bacterial glycocalyx, also reveals intacellular CB-positive substances-probably the monomeric molecules, that is, subunits forming the fimbriae via extracellular assembly. Thus, glycosylated components of the biofilm matrix can be reliably related to single cells. The visualization of intracellular components by CB with CEC enables clear distinction between S. aureus and other bacteria, which do not produce CB-positive substances. The small quantities of tannophilic substances found in S. aureus makes the use of TAMST for the same purpose difficult. The present work protocol enables, for the first time, a partial cytochemical differentiation of the bacterial glycocalyx.     

High-temperature elemental analysis and pyrolysis techniques for stable isotope analysis

A universal method for pyrolysis and elemental analysis, suitable for the online determination of deuterium, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes for organic and inorganic substances, is presented. The samples are pyrolytically decomposed in a high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) system, at a temperature exceeding 1400 degrees C, in the presence of reactive carbon. The method is suitable for the analysis of stable isotope ratios from hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. The instrumentation and experimental procedure are simple and cost-effective. The reproducibility of the delta values for D/H is better than 3 per thousand, and for (18)O, (13)C (organic) and (15)N (inorganic) it is approximately 0.2 per thousand. The HTP system is suitable for solid and liquid samples and can use an autosampler for the samples. Results are presented for the isotopic composition of international reference materials and selected laboratory reference materials, which demonstrate the precision and accuracy of the method. Possible problems in the measurement of nitrates and their solutions are particularly discussed. The analyses of oxygen isotopes in selected geological samples (carbonates, silicate, biotite) are demonstrated.     

Coordination Behavior of Sterically Protected Phosphaalkenes on the AuCl Moiety Leading to Catalytic 1,6‐Enyne Cycloisomerization

Mes*‐substituted 2,3‐dimethyl‐1,4‐diphosphabuta‐1,3‐diene, 1,2‐diphenyl‐3,4‐diphosphinidenecyclobutene, 2,2‐bis(methylsulfanyl)‐1‐phosphaethene, and 3,3‐diphenyl‐1,3‐diphosphapropenes (Mes*=2,4,6‐tri‐tert‐butylphenyl) were employed as P ligands of gold(I) complexes. The (E,E)‐2,3‐dimethyl‐1,4‐diphosphabuta‐1,3‐diene functioned as a P2 ligand for digold(I) complex formation with or without intramolecular Au–Au contact, which depends on the conformation of the 1,3‐diphosphabuta‐1,3‐diene. The 1,2‐diphenyl‐3,4‐diphosphinidenecyclobutene, which has a rigid s‐cis P?C? C?P skeleton, afforded the corresponding digold(I) complexes with a slight distortion of the planar diphosphinidenecyclobutene framework and intramolecular Au–Au contact. In the case of the 2,2‐bis(methylsulfanyl)‐1‐phosphaethene, only the phosphorus atom coordinated to gold, and the sulfur atom showed almost no intra‐ or intermolecular coordination to gold. On the other hand, the 1,3‐diphosphapropenes behaved as nonequivalent P2 ligands to afford the corresponding mono‐ and digold(I) complexes. Some phosphaalkene–gold(I) complexes showed catalytic activity for 1,6‐enyne cycloisomerization without cocatalysts such as silver hexafluoroantimonate.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Methylzinc Tri(tert‐butyl)silylphosphanide as well as Related Sodium and Potassium Phosphanylzincates

The reaction of dimethylzinc and tri(tert‐butyl)silylphosphane in toluene yielded dimeric methylzinc tri(tert‐butyl)silylphosphanide ( 1 ) which crystallized tetrameric. Compound 1 was deprotonated with sodium in DME and the solvent‐separated dimeric ion pair [(dme)₃Na]⁺ [(dme)Na(MeZn)₂(μ‐PSitBu₃)₂]^? ( 2 ) was isolated. The reaction of 1 in THF with two equivalents of potassium and one equivalent of tri(tert‐butyl)silylphosphane gave dimeric [{tBu₃Si(H)P}{(thf)₂K}₂(MeZn)(PSitBu₃)]₂ ( 3 ). Both of these phosphanylzincates contain Zn₂P₂ cycles with Zn‐P bond lengths of approximately 237 pm, whereas in 1 larger Zn‐P bond lengths of 248.5 pm were found due to the larger coordination numbers of the phosphorus and zinc atoms.     

Synthesis and stereochemical studies of 1- and 2-phenyl-substituted 1,3-oxazino[4,3-a]isoquinoline derivatives

Starting from the 1′- or 2′-phenyl-substituted 1-(2′-hydroxyethyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline diastereomers 3 and 6, 4-unsubstituted and 4-(p-nitrophenyl)- and 4-oxo-substituted 1-phenyl- and 2-phenyl-9,10-dimethoxy-2H,4H-1,6,7,11b-tetrahydro-1,3-oxazino[4,3-a]isoquinolines (7-12) were prepared. The relative configurations and the predominant conformations of the products were determined by NMR spectroscopy, by quantum chemical calculations and, for (2R^∗,4S^∗,11bR^∗)-9,10-dimethoxy-4-(p-nitrophenyl)-2-phenyl-2H,4H-1,6,7,11b-tetrahydro-1,3-oxazino[4,3-a]isoquinoline (11), by X-ray diffraction.     

Low-valent cobalt complexes with three different pi acceptor ligands: experimental and DFT studies of the reduced and the low-lying excited states of (R-DAB)Co(NO)(CO), R-DAB = substituted 1,4-diaza-1,4-butadiene

The complexes (RN=CH-CH=NR)Co(NO)(CO) with R = isopropyl, 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, or p-tolyl are chemically and electrochemically reducible to radical anions at potentials which strongly depend on R. The DFT calculated structure for the neutral compound with R = iPr agrees with the experiment, and the computed structure of the anion radical reveals changes according to a reduction of the R-DAB ligand. EPR results confirm an (R-DAB)-based singly occupied molecular orbital in [(RNCHCHNR)Co(NO)(CO)](.-), with minor but detectable contributions from NO as supported by IR spectroelectrochemistry and as quantified by DFT spin density calculations. The calculations indicate increasingly stabilized CO, NO, and RNCHCHNR pi* acceptor orbitals, in that order. On the basis of TD-DFT (time-dependent density functional theory) calculations, the lowest-lying excited states are assigned to metal-to-(R-DAB) charge transfer transitions while bands due to the metal-to-nitrosyl charge transfer occur at higher energies but still in the visible region. Resonance Raman studies were used to probe these assignments.