Stereoselective E/Z photoisomerization of oxazolidinone functionalized enecarbamates: direct and triplet sensitized irradiation

Oxazolidinone-functionalized enecarbamates undergo diastereoselective E/Z photoisomerization upon direct and triplet sensitized irradiations with chiral/achiral sensitizers, showing that the enhanced product diastereoselectivity depends on the solvent and temperature.     

Die potentiometrische Bestimmung von Jod und jod-freisetzenden Oxydationsmitteln

Zusammenfassung Zwischen dem Redoxpotential und dem log der Jodkonzentration jodidhaltiger wäßriger Lösungen besteht unabhängig vom pH-Wert über 3–4 Zehnerpotenzen ein weitgehend linearer Zusammenhang, der eine einfache und genaue quantitative Bestimmung von Jod ermöglicht. Da unter diesen Bedingungen sehr viele Oxydationsmittel äußerst rasch und quantitativ unter Bildung von Jod (bzw. Trijodid) reagieren, kann die Methode sehr vielseitig angewandt werden (z. B. zur Bestimmung von Chlor, Brom, O- und N-Halogenverbindungen, Ozon u. a.).Die Leistungsfähigkeit der Methode ist vor allem gekennzeichnet durch die rasche Redoxpotentialeinstellung in jodidhalügen Jodlösungen, die absolute Konstanz der als Meßelektrode dienenden Platinelektrode, die unter sorgfältiger Einhaltung der gewählten Meßbedingungen (Temperatur, Jodidkonzentration, Gesamtionenstärke) eine Nacheichung praktisch nicht notwendig macht, sowie die Möglichkeit, mit den gleichen Reagenzien den Konzentrationsbereich 10^–1–2,5×10^–8 M/l zu vermessen. Mit den relativen Standardabweichungen 0,7–1,2% im Bereich 10^–3–10^–5 M/l, 1,5–1,7% bei 10^–6 M/l bzw. 4,4–9,1% bei 10^–7 M/l stellt die potentiometrische Jodbestimmung eines der genauesten analytischen Verfahren im Bereich niederer Konzentrationen dar, das zudem durch einen äußerst geringen meßtechnischen Aufwand gekennzeichnet ist.

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The potentiometric determination of iodine and iodine releasing oxidants

Summary Between the redox potential and the log of the iodine concentration of aqueous iodine solutions (pH<9) containing an excess amount of iodide exists independent of the pH-value over a concentration range of 3–4 powers a nearly linear relation, which enables a simple and precise determination of iodine. Since under these conditions a great many oxidants react very fast and quantitatively forming iodine (resp. tri-iodide) the method can be used very versatile (e. g. for the determination of chlorine, bromine, O- and N-halogene compounds, ozone). The efficiency of the method is characterized above all by the fast adjustment of the redox potential in iodine solutions containing iodide, the constancy of the Pt-electrode, by which carefully observing the choosen measuring conditions (temperature, iodide concentration, total ionic strength) a recalibration is virtually unnecessary, and the possibility to measure with the very same reagents the concentration range 10^–1–2.5×10^–8 M/l. With relative standard deviations of 0.7–1.2% in the range 10^–3–10^–5 M/l, 1.5–1.7% at 10^–6 M/l resp. 4.4–9.1% at 10^–7 M/l the potentiometric determination of iodine, though requiring only a very simple instrumental fitting out, represents one of the most precise analytical methods at low concentration levels.

     

On the origin of geminal regioselectivity in the ene reaction of singlet oxygen with substituted alkenes

The geminal regioselectivity observed in the ene reaction between singlet oxygen and alkenes with anion-stabilizing groups is rationalized on the basis of a perepoxide intermediate, in which in analogy to the nucleophilic attack on protonated epoxides, the perepoxide is opened preferentially at the C---O bond weakened by the substituent.     

(2+2)-cycloaddition of triazolinediones to strained bicycloalkenes

Substituted norbornenes and dibenzobarrelene react under forced conditions with $\text{N}$-methyl-1,2,4-triazolin-3,5-diones to afford urazoles via (2+2)-cycloaddition.     

ASSESSMENT OF GENOTOXICITY AND MUTAGENICITY OF 1,2-DIOXETANES IN HUMAN CELLS USING A PLASMID SHUTTLE VECTOR

Abstract— 1,2-Dioxetanes are efficient sources of triplet excited carbonyl compounds on thermal decomposition. They cause photochemical and photobiological transformations in the dark. In order to study the genotoxicity and mutagenicity of 1,2-dioxetanes, the replicating shuttle vector pZ189 was damaged with 3,3,4-trimethyl-l,2-dioxetane(TrMD) or 3-hydroxymethyl-3,4,4-trimethyl-l,2-dioxetane (HTMD) in vitro and subsequently transfected into normal human lymphoblasts. We found a dose-dependent increase of genotoxicity (decrease of plasmid survival) and increase of mutation frequency with both dioxetanes. However, TrMD was less mutagenic than HTMD at similar genotoxicity. Sequence analysis of the supF gene revealed more point mutations than deletions. Single base substitutions occurred exclusively at G:C sites: 94.6% of point mutations with TrMD and 100% with HTMD were G:C to T:A and G:C to C:G transversions. These are the typical mutations following 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxo-G) formation, the main DNA lesion induced by TrMD and HTMD. Only with TrMD we found 5.4% G:C to A:T transitions, probably reflecting the more pronounced ability of TrMD to form some pyrimidine dimers. Our results indicate that 8-oxo-G is also the most relevant modification in in vivo mutagenesis.     

The complexes of tetramethylresorc[4]arene with amines. Effect of the amine concentration on the complex composition

The complexation of tetramethylresorc[4]arene with primary and secondary amines in acetonitrile was investigated spectrophotometrically. The stoichiometry of the complexes formed was shown to depend on the amine concentration. Based on the proposed complexation models, the formation constants of the complexes as well as their thermodynamical parameters were determined and discussed. Depending on the amine concentration, two types of solid complexes of tetramethylresorc[4]arene with amines were obtained. The composition of these complexes was confirmed by ¹H NMR.     

Chiral hydroperoxides as oxygen source in the catalytic stereoselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols by sandwich-type polyoxometalates: control of enantioselectivity through a metal-coordinated template

The epoxidation of allylic alcohols is shown to be efficiently and selectively catalyzed by the oxidatively resistant sandwich-type polyoxometalates, POMs, namely [WZnM(2)(ZnW(9)O(34))(2)](q)(-) [M = OV(IV), Mn(II), Ru(III), Fe(III), Pd(II), Pt(II), Zn(II); q = 10-12], with organic hydroperoxides as oxygen source. Conspicuous is the fact that the nature of the transition metal M in the central ring of polyoxometalate affects significantly the reactivity, chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, and stereoselectivity of the allylic alcohol epoxidation. For the first time, it is demonstrated that the oxovanadium(IV)-substituted POM, namely [ZnW(VO)(2)(ZnW(9)O(34))(2)](12-), is a highly chemoselective, regioselective, and also stereoselective catalyst for the clean epoxidation of allylic alcohols. A high enantioselectivity (er values up to 95:5) has been achieved with [ZnW(VO)(2)(ZnW(9)O(34))(2)](12)(-) and the sterically demanding TADOOL-derived hydroperoxide TADOOH as regenerative chiral oxygen source. Thus, a POM-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of excellent catalytic efficiency (up to 42 000 TON) has been made available for the development of sustainable oxidation processes. The high reactivity and selectivity of this unprecedented oxygen-transfer process are mechanistically rationalized in terms of a peroxy-type vanadium(V) template.     

PHOTOCHEMISTRY and PHOTOBIOLOGY WITHOUT LIGHT

Abstract— This review covers the literature since 1980 on chemically and enzymatically generated electronically excited species. The emphasis lies on triplet states of carbonyl products that are derived from dioxetanes and dioxetanones as precursors or from suitable enzymatic oxygenations. Singlet oxygen, an important excited state species in biological processes, is not explicitly treated. The utilization of triplet excited carbonyl products to promote photochemical and photobiological transformations by energy transfer are of primordial interest and not the photomechanistic behavior, photophysical properties and inherent photochemical reactions of such excited state species. Thus, the coverage concentrates on photodamage of DNA and RNA, the photochemistry of flavins, vitamin D, tryptophan, arachidonic acid, chlorophyll, lipid peroxidation, urocanase activation, excitation of chlorophlasts, and the aerobic oxidation of Schiff bases derived from amino acids and proteins. The potential perspectives of employing authentic dioxetanes and enzymatically generated dioxetane intermediates as effective photon equivalents in photochemotherapy, phototoxicity, photoaffinity labeling and photogenotoxicity are pointed out, in the hope of stimulating more intensive activity in this emerging and novel bioorganic and photobiological field.     

Intramolecular silyl migration in the singlet oxygenation of 2-methyl-5-trimethylsilylfuran

Tetraphenylporphyrin-sensitized photooxygenation of 2-methyl-5-trimethylsilylfuran ($\text{4}$) affords quantitatively trimethylsilyl 2-oxo-4-pentenoate ($\text{5}$), presumably via intramolecular Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement of the intermediary dioxirane ($\text{3a}$).