Properties and structures of porphyrexides

The molecular and crystal structures of porphyrexides, viz., 4-amino-2-imino-(1) and (Z)-2-amino-4-bromoimino-5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole 1-oxyls (7), and their diamagnetic precursors were determined. Compound 1 is kinetically unstable because it is oxidized with atmospheric oxygen to form (E)-1,2-bis[1-amino-1-(cyanoimino)-2-methyl-propan-2-yl]diazene 1,2-dioxide. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 441–447, March, 2006.     

Heterometallic nickel(II) samarium(III) diethylenetriaminepentaacetate, a starting material for the preparation of samarium nickelate films

A reaction of samarium oxide, nickel oxocarbonate, and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (H₅DTPA) taken in stoichiometric proportions in water gave SmNiDTPA · 10H₂O as a glassy solid. The formation of this heterometallic complex was confirmed by data from elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. An aqueous solution of the complex was used to deposit SmNiO₃ films onto a single-crystal SrTiO₃(001) substrate. The SmNiO₃ phase in films obtained upon 3-h annealing at 500°C was identified by powder X-ray diffraction. Films deposited from a solution of an equimolar mixture of monometallic samarium and nickel diethylenetriaminepentaacetates contained no samarium nickelate.     

The reaction of N-aminophthalimide with isothiocyanates

N-Aminophthalimide ( I ) reacted in refluxing isopropyl alcohol with a number of isothiocyanates to give the related 1:1 addition products, N-(3-substitutedthioureido)phthalimides III. On the other hand, heating I directly with an excess of neat arylisothiocyanates produced the N-arylphthalimides IV. As shown for IIIa, the 1:1 addition products are conveniently deblocked by the Ing-Manske procedure to yield the 4-substituted thiosemicarbazide.     

An improved procedure for the preparation of 2-amino-8-alkylpyrido-[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones (8-alkyl-N5-deazapterins)

We report an improved procedure for the preparation of 8-alkyl-N5-deazapterins which allows clean preparation of all ring-methyl substituted compounds, including 5- and 7-methyl substituted compounds. The procedure was also successfully applied to the preparation of N5-deazapterins with improved yield over previous reports. The uv/visible and pKa data confirm the predicted increased basicity of 8-alkyl-N5-deazapterins compared with the N5-deazapterin parents, and indicate that N5-deazapterins protonate on N8 and 8-alkyl-N5-deazapterins protonate on N3.     

Homolytic dissociation of the carbon-element σ bonds by Grignard reagents

The reaction of 2-ethyl-3-tetrahydrofuryl thiocyanate (I) and triphenylacetonitrile (VIII) with methylmagnesium iodide in ether was studied using GC/MS, PMR and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The reaction of (I) with CH₃MgI gives the product of the homolysis of the C-S bond, namely, bis(2-ethyl-3-tetrahydrofuryl) disulfide (II), in 81% yield. This reaction is assumed to be general in nature since triphenylacetonitrile (VIII) is also homolytically cleaved by the action of CH₃MgI to give triphenylmethane.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2886–2888, December, 1991.     

Structure of phenolic stabilizers for polymers VIII. Crystal structure of 2,2′-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-ter-butylphenol) monoacrylate

L. Ya. Karpov Scientific-Research Physicochemical Institute. Scientific-Research Institute of Rubber and Latex Goods. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 162–164, September–October, 1991.     

Effects of stereoisomerism in the mass spectra of 2,4-disubstituted thiacyclohexanes

The mass spectra of cis- (Ia-c) and trans-2-methyl-4-R-thiacyclohexanes (IIa-c; a R = n-C₄H₉, b R = n-C₅H₁₁, c R = Ph) were studied. It was established that [M-CH₃]⁺ ions, which correspond to the loss of a methyl group from the 2 position, are formed more readily in the case of the less stable trans isomers IIa-c than in the case of cis isomers Ia-c. The three-dimensional structures of the substances have no effect on the degree of elimination of the R substituent. The relative ionization energies (RIE) for Ia,b and IIa,b and the relative appearance energies (RAE) of the [M-CH₃]⁺ ions were measured by the electron impact method. It was found that the RIE are almost 0.05 eV lower and that the RAE of the [M-CH₃]⁺ ions are 0.1 eV lower for trans isomers IIa,b than for cis isomers Ia,b.Communication 4 from the series Ionization and appearance energies in organic chemistry, See [1] for Communication 3.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 333–338, March, 1981.     

Configurational inversion and hexachloroethane chlorination of α-sulfonylcarbanions

The cis fused bicyclic sulfones 1a, 1c and 3a are lithiated in benzene with n-butyllithium under concomitant cis/trans isomerization of the ring fusion, involving intramolecular proton transfer. H/D exchange of the three α-hydrogens in protic solvents proceeds with retention of configuration. The lithiated sulfones are chlorinated with hexachloroethane (HCE) and show a strong preference for introduction of halogen at an equatorial α-position.