The kinetics of the attachment of polymer chains to reactive latex particles and the resulting latex stabilization

Poly(vinyl benzyl chloride) latex was reacted with ethanolamine and with amine terminated chain molecules containing up to 33 ethylene oxide residues. The kinetics of these reactions were essentially independent of the length of the chain carrying the amine group. An increasing length of the chains bound to the surface of the latex particles produced an increasing latex stabilization.     

Chemoselective reductions of 2-acyl-1H-indole-3-carboxaldehydes

A novel procedure for the chemoselective reduction of 2-acyl-1H-indole-3-carboxaldehydes has been developed. Low temperature lithium triethylborohydride reduction affords the indol-2-yl carbinol whilst sodium cyanoborohydride reduction in acetic acid affords the 3-hydroxymethyl analogs. Both processes are high yield, and provide access to intermediates of potential utility for indole alkaloid synthesis.     

Facile Synthesis of 2′-Deoxyribofuranosides of Allopurinol and 4-Amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine via Phase-Transfer Glycosylation

Phase-transfer glycosylation of 4-methoxy-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine with the 2-deoxyribofuranosyl chloride 9 formed the N(1)-β-nucleoside 10a as main product (39%). As by-products the α-D -anomer 11a (7%) and the N(2)-isomer 12a (18%) were isolated. Assignment of these isomers was made on the basis of their ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra. Removal of the sugar-protecting groups yielded the 4-methoxy-nucleosides 10b, 11b , and 12b , respectively. Nucleophilic displacement of the 4-MeO-group gave the 2-deoxyribofuranosides 1–4 of allopurinol and 4-amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine.