Size-Exclusion Borane-Catalyzed Domino 1,3-Allylic/Reductive Ireland–Claisen Rearrangements: Impact of the Electronic and Structural Parameters on the 1,3-Allylic Shift Aptitude

The reductive Ireland–Claisen rearrangement through borane-mediated hydrosilylation is reported. The method employs a borane catalyst with a special structural design and affords access to synthetically relevant products with high diastereoselectivity. Depending on electronic and structural parameters, the reaction can be coupled with a 1,3-allylic shift, thus the valence isomer of the Ireland–Claisen product is formed.     

Robustness testing of milling process,analyzing the particle size distribution and crystallinity of the milled samples

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The aim of this work was to discover the robustness of combined wet milling process to determine the interval of the Mel (meloxicam) amount and to...     

Wetting and non-wetting fluids in surface-functionalised activated carbons

Pore filling by non-polar and polar molecules is investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering in activated carbons that had been surface-functionalised to different degrees by oxidation. A pseudo-binary model for the scattering response is used to trace the filling characteristics of water and n-hexane in the pore structure. While the pores are uniformly filled by n-hexane, pore filling by water is only partial. In the latter case, a significant contribution from liquid–vapour interfaces appears and the system becomes fully ternary. This feature is direct evidence of the development of water droplets, which form even in the most oxidised carbon. The appreciable differences between the carbons illustrate the influence on the small-angle X-ray scattering response of surface chemistry and of the polarity of the adsorbed molecules.     

A new synthesis of the linearly fused [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-b]isoquinoline ring. Observation of an unexpected Dimroth rearrangement

A new and general synthesis of the linearly fused [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-b]isoquinoline ring system starting from 2,3-diaminoisoquinolinium salts has been elaborated. Starting compounds bearing an alkyl group in position 4 easily reacted with aldehydes to yield the cyclized products. In the case of a lack of electron donating group in position 4 (e.g., unsubstituted or 4-cyano substituted diamino derivatives) a Dimroth rearrangement took place under the same reaction conditions to yield 3-isoquinolylhydrazones. The mechanism of this unexpected transformation has been verified by isotope labelling experiments. Clarification of the reaction mechanism allowed finding proper reaction conditions to eliminate the rearrangement route, and thus, to perfect successful ring closure to the fused triazoles.     

Cyclodextrin assisted nanophase determination of alkaloid salts

The poor water solubility of the free base and the high dissociation constant (K_a) hinder mainly the assay of alkaloid salts. We have elaborated an enviroment friendly method that can be carried out in aqueous media. The stability difference of the cyclodextrin (CD) complexes of free and protonated bases were used for this purpose. The base is included into the hydrophobic cavity of the CD (which serves as an apolar solvent phase on molecular level) and its solubility in water is increased. Since the base forms more stable inclusion complex than its protonated species, the pK_a is decreased and the potentiometric titration is promoted by this way, too. Six different hydrohalide alkaloid salts have been investigated and the most appropriate CDs were chosen (depending on the size of the molecules and/or substituents). The results of the assays agree well with those obtained by the direct nonaqueous titrations. The stability constants of the inclusion complexes have been also computed.     

RMC_POT: A computer code for reverse monte carlo modeling the structure of disordered systems containing molecules of arbitrary complexity

An approach has been devised and tested for preserving the molecular dynamics molecular geometry taking into account energetic considerations during Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling. Instead of the commonly used fixed neighbor constraints, where molecules are held together by constraining distance ranges available for the specified atom pairs, here molecules are kept together via bond, angle, and dihedral potential energies. The scaled total potential energy contributes to the measure of the goodness‐of‐fit, thus, the atoms can be prevented from drifting apart. In some of the calculations (Lennard‐Jones and Coulombic) nonbonding potentials were also applied. The algorithm was successfully tested for the X‐ray structure factor‐based structure study of liquid dimethyl trisulfide, for which material now significantly more sensible results have been obtained than during previous attempts via any earlier version of RMC modeling. It is envisaged that structural modeling of a large class of materials, primarily liquids and amorphous solids containing molecules of up to about 100 atoms, will make use of the new code in the near future. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Molecular structure of bismuth trichloride from combined electron diffraction and vibrational spectroscopic study

The results of an electron diffraction reanalysis, augmented with a combined electron diffraction and vibrational spectroscopic elucidation, of the molecular structure of BiCl₃ are reported. The principal parameters arer _g (Bi-Cl)=2.424±0.005 å (r =2.417±0.005 å) and <Cl-Bi-Cl=97.5±0.2. They are in excellent agreement with previous electron diffraction analysis [1], utilizing a more limited data range from the same experiment. They are also fully consistent with the expected trends of geometrical variation in the Group V trihalide series. The force fields of BiCl₃, determined by normal coordinate analysis and by combined analysis, agree within experimental error.