Synthescs and some reactions of N,N'-diamino-2,2′- and −4,4′-bipyridinium salts

The syntheses and some reaetions of N,N'-diamino-2,2′- and 4,4′-bipyridinium salts (IV, V and VI) are described. These compounds are prepared by the reaction of bipyridyls (I-III) with O-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine in moderate to good yields. Compounds IV and VI were found to give the N,N'-diacyl derivatives by the reaction with acyl chlorides and to undergo 1,.3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with an acetylenic compound to give 1:2 adducts. Photo-irradiation of N,N'-dibenzoylimino-2,2′-bipyridinium betaine (IX) isomerizes to a mono diazepine derivative (XVI).     

New routes to the v-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine ring systems

New routes to the v-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine ring systems are described. Treatment of the N-amine salts of 2-picolinealdehyde oxime or 2-pyridyl ketone oximes with polyphosphoric acid gave v-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines in fair yields. Treatment of 2-picolyl ketones or their oximes with O-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine produced directly pyrazolo-[1,5-a]pyridines. These reactions were extended to the quinoline cases.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions of 3-acylimino-1-methylbenzimidazolium betaines

3-Acylimino-1-methylbenzimidazolium betaines undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with activated alkenes (methyl acrylate, acrylonitrile, and fumaronitrile) and methyl propiolate to produce 2-substituted 1-methylbenzimidazoles. The transformation involves the initial formation of a 1,3-dipolar cycloadduct followed by the N? N bond cleavage. The primary adducts can be isolated from the reaction with methyl acrylate and acrylonitrile.     

New process for producing cellulose acetate from wood in concentrated acetic acid

To explore further potential applications of acetic acid pulp, an investigation was conducted to develop a direct method for producing cellulose acetate from wood in combination with atmospheric acetic acid pulping. The process consists of delignification, totally chlorine-free bleaching, and esterification, with the concentrated acetic acid aqueous solution being used as only solvent throughout the process. The acetic acid pulp with kappa number of 30 and ISO brightness of 16 was bleached with 5% ozone on pulp to kappa number of 1.4 and brightness of 61. The resulting bleached pulp was further bleached with peracetic acid to kappa number of less than 1.0 and brightness of 68. The final bleached acetic acid pulp was acetylated with acetic anhydride in the concentrated acetic acid for 45 min to produce cellulose acetate with an apparent degree of substitution (DS) of 2.54. Although the product was lower grade compared with commercially available cellulose diacetate because it was prepared from the chemical pulp but not dissolving pulp, the product was almost soluble in acetone. Eventually, the DS of the acetone-soluble fraction was 2.62. The acetone solubility might be attributed to the original acetic acid pulp that had been partially acetylated during the pulping.     

Synthesis of 1-substituted 3-anilino-4-diethylaminomethyl-5-oxo-3,4-dehydropiperidines and 2-substituted 1,2,3,5,6,11-hexahydro-5-phenyl-4H-pyrido[3,4-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-4-ones

The Synthesis of novel 1-substituted 3-anilino-4-diethylaminomethyl-5-oxo-3,4-dehydro-piperidines and 2-substituted 1,2,3,5,6,11-hexahydro-5-phenyl-4H-pyrido[3,4-b][1,5]benzo diazepin-4-ones from the β-arylaminovinylketones derived from N-substituted piperidine-3,5-diones is described.     

Graft polymerization of vinyl monomers onto cotton fibres pretreated with amines

The influence of treating cotton fibres with several amines on the mechanical properties, moisture sorption ability before and after graft polymerization, and on graft yields for various water-soluble and water-insoluble vinyl monomers were analysed. As compared to water, the treatment with amines, ethylenediamine (EDA) in particular, resulted in a decrease in the crystallinity and tensile strength of the cotton fibres, and an increase in the moisture sorption. The graft yields of amine-treated cotton fibres using water-soluble monomers, acrylic acid (AA), methacrylic acid (MAA) and acrylamide (AM) were greater than those observed for water-treated cotton fibres, whereas the graft yields using water-insoluble monomers, methyl acrylate (MA), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and vinyl acetate (VA) were lower. The moisture sorption ability was improved by the graft polymerization with water-soluble monomers. The improvement was enhanced for MA and MAA by treatment with sodium hydroxide to form the corresponding sodium carboxylate derivatives. The tensile strength of EDA-treated cotton was slightly reduced by grafting, while that of the water-activated cotton yarn was barely changed. These results suggest that the graft polymerization of amine-treated cotton fibres with certain vinyl monomers increased the moisture sorption ability without resulting in increased fibre rigidity.     

Synthesis and [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of 3‐[(trimethylsilylmethylamino)(methylthio)‐methylene]heterocyclic compounds

3‐[(Trimethylsilylmethylamino)(methylthio)]methylene‐2‐coumaranone ( 4a ) and 1‐methyloxindole ( 4b ), readily prepared by reactions of the corresponding bis(methylthio)methylene heterocyclic compounds ( 2a, b ), with (trimethylsilylmethyl)amine (3), were found to be synthetic equivalents of heterocyclic alkylidene‐azomethine ylides. Reactions of 4a, b with reactive heterodipolarophiles such as aldehydes and ketones and reactive alkenes in the presence of cesium fluoride gave the 1,3‐dipolar cycloadducts, 3‐(2‐oxazoli‐dinylidene)‐oxindole and ‐coumaran‐2‐one derivatives ( 8a‐j, 9a‐h ), as well as pyrrolylidenecoumaran‐2‐one and oxindole derivatives ( 12‐15,17,18 ), via the 1,3‐elimination of (methylthio)trimethylsilane.     

Size‐Selective Complexation and Extraction of Endohedral Metallofullerenes with Cycloparaphenylene

A new strategy for the non‐chromatographic extraction of metallofullerenes from solutions of arc‐processed raw soot is based on the size‐selective complexation with cycloparaphenylene (CPP). [11]CPP has a high affinity for M_x@C₈₂ (x=1, 2); for example, Gd@C₈₂ can be selectively extracted from a fullerene mixture by the addition of [11]CPP. This approach should open new opportunities in metallofullerene chemistry, including for the bulk extraction of metallofullerenes.