Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Hydrostannation of Acetylenes. Regio- and Stereoselective Trans-Addition of Tributyltin Hydride and Dibutyltin Dihydride

Lewis acids such as ZrCl(4) or HfCl(4) catalyze the hydrostannation of acetylenes 1 by tributyltin hydride to produce the cis vinylstannanes 2 by regio- and stereoselective anti-hydrostannation. The hydrostannation of acetylenes using dibutyltin dihydride was also catalyzed by ZrCl(4) to give the stereodefined Z-Z divinyltin derivatives 4 by an anti-hydrostannation pathway. The use of nonpolar solvents such as toluene or hexane was essential for obtaining high stereoselectivity and chemical yield. Since ZrCl(4) and HfCl(4) are not soluble in such solvents, the hydrostannations were carried out in a heterogeneous system. The reactions of internal acetylenes with Bu(3)SnH proceeded smoothly, although the use of stoichiometric amounts of ZrCl(4) gave better results. The ZrCl(4)-catalyzed hydrostannation at 0 degrees C gave better yields and stereoselectivities than the reaction at room temperature. To help clalify the reason, the reaction of Bu(3)SnH with ZrCl(4) was monitored by (1)H and (119)Sn NMR spectroscopy, and it was found that Bu(3)SnH reacted with ZrCl(4) at room temperature to afford a mixture of tributyltin hydride, dibutyltin dihydride, and tetrabutyltin.     

One- or two-dimensional organometallic arrays containing PdIr2(μ3-S)2 mixed-metal sulfido cluster units connected via the nicotinamide or isonicotinamide ligands on their Pd sites through hydrogen-bonding interactions

Mixed-metal sulfido cluster [(PdCl₂)(Cp*Ir)₂(μ₃-S)₂] (Cp*=η⁵-C₅Me₅) dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ reacted with two equivalent of L (L=nicotinamide, isonicotinamide, or N-methylnicotinamide) in the presence of AgBF₄ to give the cationic clusters [(PdL₂)(Cp*Ir)₂(μ₃-S)₂][BF₄]₂. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of these products have disclosed that in the solid state the PdIr₂S₂ cores are self-assembled to form one-dimensional chains through the intermolecular hydrogen-bonding between the amide groups for L=nicotinamide or two-dimensional sheets via the hydrogen-bonding between the amide groups and the BF₄ anions for L=isonicotinamide, whereas no organization of the cluster cores is observed for L=N-methylnicotinamide.     

An effective method to use ionic liquids as reaction media for asymmetric reduction by Geotrichum candidum

An effective method was developed to use an enzyme in ionic liquids; the asymmetric reduction of ketones by Geotrichum candidum in ionic liquids proceeded smoothly with excellent enantioselectivity when the cell was immobilized on water-absorbing polymer containing water, while the reaction without the polymer did not proceed.     

Concise synthesis of anti-HIV-1 active (+)-inophyllum B and (+)-calanolide A by application of (-)-quinine-catalyzed intramolecular oxo-Michael addition

(-)-Quinine-catalyzed intramolecular oxo-Michael addition (IMA) of 7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-8-tigloylcoumarins was developed for the enantioselective construction of 2,3-dimethyl-4-chromanone systems in the context of the asymmetric synthesis of anti-HIV-1 active Calophyllum coumarins. Combination of the IMA and MgI(2)-assisted demethylation of the 5-methoxy group along with isomerization of the formed chromanone systems as key steps successfully led to the concise synthesis of (+)-inophyllum B and (+)-calanolide A, possible candidates for AIDS drugs. Further examination of the asymmetric IMA with cinchona alkaloids lacking a methoxy group on the quinoline skeleton suggested the influence of the methoxy substituent on stereoselectivity at the stereogenic centers of the chromanone systems.     

Protein identification by peptide mass fingerprinting and peptide sequence tagging with alternating scans of nano-liquid chromatography/infrared multiphoton dissociation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

We have developed a method for protein identification with peptide mass fingerprinting and sequence tagging using nano liquid chromatography (LC)/Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). To achieve greater sensitivity, a nanoelectrospray (nano-ES) needle packed with reversed-phase medium was used and connected to the nano-ES ion source of the FTICR mass spectrometer. To obtain peptide sequence tag information, infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) was carried out in nano-LC/FTICR-MS analysis. The analysis involves alternating nano-ES/FTICR-MS and nano-ES/IRMPD-FTICR-MS scans during a single LC run, which provides sets of parent and fragment ion masses of the proteolytic digest. The utility of this alternating-scan nano-LC/IRMPD-FTICR-MS approach was evaluated by using bovine serum albumin as a standard protein. We applied this approach to the protein identification of rat liver diacetyl-reducing enzyme. It was demonstrated that this enzyme was correctly identified as 3-alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase by the alternating-scan nano-LC/IRMPD-FTICR-MS approach with accurate peptide mass fingerprinting and peptide sequence tagging.     

Diastereoselective Synthesis of a Hydroazulene Derivative by Tandem Michael-Wittig Reactions

The reaction of a cyclic phosphonium ylide [ 1 ] with enoate 2 gives a hydroazulene derivative with stereoselectivity.     

Searching for a molecule with a wide frequency domain for non-resonant two-photon ionization to measure the ultrashort optical pulse width

The frequency domain of non-resonant two-photon ionization, defined as a frequency separation from half of the ionization energy to the excitation energy, was investigated using density functional theory calculations. Several organic compounds have the potential for use in the measurement of the ultrashort optical pulse width in the ultraviolet region using an autocorrelator consisting of a mass spectrometer as a two-photon-response detector.