Diethyl 2-[cyano(toluene-4-sulfinyl)methylene]propanedioate and its Diels–Alder adduct with cyclopentadiene

The thermal Diels–Alder cyclo­additon reaction of diethyl 2-­[cyano­(toluene-4-sulfinyl)­methyl­ene]­propane­dioate, C₁₆H₁₇­NO₅S, with cyclo­penta­diene gave the pure racemates of two of the four possible diastereomers, with a complete π-facial selectivity and a high (80:20) endo/exo-sulfinyl selectivity. X-ray diffraction studies of diethyl 2-[cyano­(toluene-4-sulfinyl)­methyl­ene]­propane­dioate and the major isomer of the cyclo­addition product, namely diethyl 3-cyano-3-(toluene-4-sulfinyl)­bi­cyclo­[2.2.1]­hepta-5-ene-2,2-di­carboxyl­ate, C₂₁H₂₃­NO₅S, reveal that the conformation of the substituents on the acrylo­nitrile moiety produces both steric and electronic effects, which affect the stereoselectivity of the reaction.     

On the computation of molecular electronic affinities

Using a multireferent MBPT method (CIPSI) the electronic affinity (EA) of F, CN and HCC is computed. Results show how UMP2 gives unbalanced truncation of the MP series, while ROMP2 has the correct (balanced) behaviour. The good agreement with the experimental EA found for some compounds is accidental and associated to an error compensation. The good agreement with the experimental data found for the ROMP2 and CIPSI EAs is analysed.This paper was presented at the International Conference on The Impact of Supercomputers on Chemistry, held at the University of London, London, UK, 13–16 April 1987     

Photophysical study of naphthalenophanes: evidence of adduct formation with molecular oxygen

The photophysical properties of two atropisomeric naphthalenophanes (1 and 2) have been studied. Their structure only differs in the relative arrangement, syn (1) or anti (2), of the two aromatic units. The compounds emission is mainly excimeric and is strongly quenched in the presence of oxygen. Comparison of emission intensities obtained from steady state and from decay times provides clear evidence of the formation of ground state charge transfer complexes between oxygen and the naphthalenophanes 1 and 2. The calculated values for the association constants are on the order of 10(3) M(-1) (ethanol, room temperature) for both naphthalenophanes.     

Basicity of bisperhalophenyl aurates toward closed-shell metal ions: metallophilicity and additional interactions

The interaction of bisperhalophenyl aurates [AuR₂]^? (R?=?C₆F₅, C₆F₃Cl₂, and C₆Cl₅) with the closed-shell Ag⁺, Cu⁺, and Tl⁺ ions has been studied theoretically and compared with the experimentally known X-ray diffraction crystal structures. Initially, the aurates have been fully optimized at MP2 level of theory in a D _2h symmetry. The analysis of the basicity of the three aurates [AuR₂]^? (R?=?C₆F₅, C₆F₃Cl₂ and C₆Cl₅) against Ag⁺ ions in a C _2v symmetry has been calculated in point-by-point bsse-corrected interaction energy analysis at HF and MP2 levels of theory. Taking into account the experimental observation of additional interactions between the heterometals and C _ipso atoms at the perhalophenyl rings or halogen atoms at the ortho position of the perhalophenyl rings, dinuclear models of the type [AuR₂]^?···Ag⁺ (R?=?C₆Cl₅, and C₆F₅); [AuR₂]^?···Cu⁺ (R?=?C₆F₅, and C₆Cl₅) and [AuR₂]^?···Tl⁺ (R?=?C₆F₅, and C₆Cl₅) with a C _2v , C ₂ , and C _s symmetries have been optimized at DFT-B3LYP level. The interaction energies have been computed through bsse-corrected single point HF and MP2 calculations. The energy stabilization provided and the heterometal preference have been analyzed and compared with the experimental results.     

Cooperativity in multiple unusual weak bonds

This review covers two aspects concerning cooperativity in multiple weak bonds: a summary of literature results and a theoretical study of a complete series of model complexes. All the 15 combination of five weak bonds were explored: hydrogen bonds, hydric bonds, dihydrogen bonds, halogen bonds and ion–π interactions. Since in several cases there were no examples reported, a systematic exploration has been carried out on simple models at the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ level. The results thus obtained have been analyzed using the atoms in molecules methodology.     

A modification to the Peng–Robinson-fitted equation of state for pure substances

In this work we present two modifications to the Peng–Robinson-Fitted equation of state where pure component parameters are regressed to vapor pressure and saturated liquid density data. The first modification (PR-f-mod) is a method that enhances the equation of state pure component property predictions through simple temperature dependent pure component parameters. In the second modification (PR-f-prop) we propose a temperature dependency for co-volume b in the repulsive parameter of the EoS, and revise the temperature function in the attractive term. The agreement with experimental data for 72 pure substances, including highly polar compounds, is remarkably good. We obtain average absolute deviations in saturated liquid density of less than 1% for all substances studied.     

Copper determination in biological materials by ETAAS using W-Rh permanent modifier

A tungsten-rhodium treatment on the integrated platform of a transversely heated graphite atomiser was used as a permanent chemical modifier for the determination of copper in biological materials by using digested samples as well as slurry sampling in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. The W-Rh permanent modifier was as efficient as Pd+Mg(NO(3))(2) conventional modifier for obtaining good Cu thermal stabilisation in the digested and slurry samples. The permanent W-Rh modifier remained stable by approximately 300 and 250 firings when 20 mul of digested sample and 20 mul of slurry were delivered into the atomiser, respectively. In addition, the permanent modifier increased the tube lifetime up to 1370 and 744 analytical measurements in the digested and slurry samples, respectively. Also, when the W-Rh permanent modifier was employed, there was less variation of the slope of the analytical curves during the total atomiser lifetime, resulting in a decreased need of re-calibration during routine analysis, increasing the sample throughput, and consequently diminishing the variable analytical costs. Detection limits obtained with W-Rh permanent modifier were 0.64 and 0.33 mug g(-1) Cu for digested (dilution factor 100 ml g(-1)) and 1.0% m/v slurries of biological materials, respectively. Results for the determination of copper in the samples were in agreement with those obtained with decomposed sample solutions by using Pd+Mg(NO(3)), since no statistical differences were found after applying the paired t-test at the 95% level.     

1-Alkyl-2,4-dihydro-1H-pyrazino[2,1-b]quinazoline-3,6-diones as glycine templates. Synthesis of Fiscalin B

An excess of base allows the regio- and diastereoselective alkylation at C(4) of the glycine templates 1-methyl(isopropyl)-2,4-dihydro-1H-pyrazino[2,1-b]quinazoline-3,6-diones 9a and 9b without the need for N(2)-protecting groups. While the alkylation of 9a gave exclusively the 1,4-anti-isomers, the isopropyl derivative 9b required much longer reaction times and occurred with lower diastereoselectivity. Fiscalin B 3 was obtained by alkylation of 9b with N-Boc-3-indolylmethyl bromide followed by indole deprotection.     

Fluorimetric determination of aflatoxins by flow-injection analysis

Summary A fast and inexpensive fluorimetric method for the determination of total aflatoxins (B₁, B₂, G₁, and G₂) in food of use in screening numerous samples suspectedly containing these substances is proposed. The sensitivity of the method (determination range between 0.5 and 200.0 ng ml^–1) allows these analytes to be detected at concentrations well below legal limits; hence, separation-detection techniques such as HPLC need only be used with samples in which these compounds are found to occur. The method has been applied to maize, peanut and tapioca samples, obtaining average recoveries of 100.9 with deviations of ±5% with respect to 100% recovery.

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Fluorometrische Bestimmung von Aflatoxinen durch Fließinjektionsanalyse