The chemistry of chromyl fluoride III. Reactions with inorganic systems

Reactions of CrO₂F₂ with MF or MF₂ gave the corresponding M₂CrO₂F₄ and MCrO₂F₄ fluorochromates. With the Lewis Acids (SO₃, TaF₅, SbF₅) and (CF₃CO)₂O known and new chromyl compounds [CrO₂(CF₃COO)₂, CrO₂(SO₃F)₂, CrO₂FTaF₆, CrO₂FSbF₆, CrO₂FSb₂F₁₁] were produced. Chromyl fluoride and inorganic salts (CF₃COONa and NaNO₃) produced the following complexes - Na₂CrO₂F₂(CF₃COO)₂ and Na₂CrO₂F₂(NO₃)₂. Unusual solid products were obtained with CrO₂F₂ and NO, NO₂, SO₂.A new method of preparing CrO₂F₂ is also presented.     

Novel approaches to the analysis of the Maillard reaction of proteins

The Maillard reaction comprises a complex network of reactions which has proven to be of great importance in both food science and medicine. The majority of methods developed for studying the Maillard reaction in food have focused on model systems containing amino acids and monosaccharides. In this study, a number of electrophoretic techniques, including two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis, are presented. These have been developed specifically for the analysis of the Maillard reaction of food proteins, and are giving important insights into this complex process.     

Mixed dialkyltin(IV) trifluoroacetates

Mixed dialkytin(IV) trifluoroacetates,Me EtSn(O₂CCF₃)₂,Et Pr ⁿ Sn(O₂CCF₃)₂ andPr ⁿ Bu ⁿ Sn(O₂CCF₃)₂ have been prepared by metathetical reactions of the corresponding dialkyltin(IV) chlorides with silver trifluoroacetate in CH₂Cl₂. They are monomeric in benzene and nonconducting inMeNO₂ andMeCN. Bidentate trifluoroacetate groups are indicated by their IR spectra.Mössbauer spectra confirmtrans-arrangement of theR-Sn-R moiety.¹H,¹⁹F NMR and mass spectra are also discussed.

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Gemischte Dialkylzinn(IV)-trifluoracetate

Zusammenfassung Die gemischten Dialkylzinn(IV)-trifluoroacetateMe EtSn(O₂CCF₃)₂,Et Pr ⁿ Sn(O₂CCF₃)₂ undPr ⁿ Bu ⁿ Sn(O₂CCF₃)₂ wurden über Metathese-Reaktionen der entsprechenden Dialkylzinn(IV)-chloride mit Silbertrifluoracetat in CH₂Cl₂ dargestellt. Sie sind monomer in Benzol und nichtleitend inMeNO₂ undMeCN. Die IR-Spektren zeigen zweizähnige Trifluoracetat-Gruppen an. DieMössbauer-Spektren bestätigen dietrans-Anordnung derR-Sn-R-Einheit. Die¹H-,¹⁹F-NMR und die Massenspektren werden ebenfalls diskutiert.

     

Stoichiometric and catalytic oxygen activation by trimesityliridium(III)

Trimesityliridium(III) (mesityl = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) reacts with O(2) to form oxotrimesityliridium(V), (mes)(3)Ir=O, in a reaction that is cleanly second order in iridium. In contrast to initial reports by Wilkinson, there is no evidence for substantial accumulation of an intermediate in this reaction. The oxo complex (mes)(3)Ir=O oxidizes triphenylphosphine to triphenylphosphine oxide in a second-order reaction with DeltaH++ = 10.04 +/- 0.16 kcal/mol and DeltaS++ = -21.6 +/- 0.5 cal/(mol.K) in 1,2-dichloroethane. Triphenylarsine is also oxidized, though over an order of magnitude more slowly. Ir(mes)(3) binds PPh(3) reversibly (K(assoc) = 84 +/- 3 M(-1) in toluene at 20 degrees C) to form an unsymmetrical, sawhorse-shaped four-coordinate complex, whose temperature-dependent NMR spectra reveal a variety of dynamic processes. Oxygen atom transfer from (mes)(3)Ir=O and dioxygen activation by (mes)(3)Ir can be combined to allow catalytic aerobic oxidations of triphenylphosphine at room temperature and atmospheric pressure with overall activity (approximately 60 turnovers/h) comparable to the fastest reported catalysts. A kinetic model that uses the rates measured for dioxygen activation, atom transfer, and phosphine binding describes the observed catalytic behavior well. Oxotrimesityliridium does not react with sulfides, sulfoxides, alcohols, or alkenes, apparently for kinetic reasons.     

Purine N-oxides—XLI : The 3-acyloxypurine 8-substitution reaction: On the mechanism of the reaction

The 3-acyloxypurine 8-substitution reaction involves elimination of the 3-acyloxy group and nucleophilic substitution at C-8 to yield 8-substituted xanthines or guanines. In aqueous solutions the reaction of 3-acetoxyxanthine proceeds slowly below pH 2, but is greatly accelerated with an increase of the pH from 3 to 7. It is proposed that the slow reaction involves heterolytic cleavage of the 3-acetoxy moiety from 3-acetoxyxanthine to yield a nitrenium ion at N-3 followed by intermolecular nucleophilic substitution of the incipient carbonium ion at the allylic C-8 position, also the most probable mechanism in polar aprotic solvents. The beginning of the fast reaction coincides with the beginning of ionization of the imidazole hydrogen of 3-acetoxyxanthine. It is proposed that this ionization induces a similar but more rapid departure of the 3-acetoxy group from the anion of 3-acetoxyxanthine to produce dehydroxanthine. The latter, upon protonation, yields the same reactive carbonium ion at C-8 that is formed in the slow reaction. Some reduction of 3-acetoxyxanthine to xanthine accompanies the fast reaction. That reduction has the characteristics of a free-radical mediated reaction. It is proposed that reduction results from a homolytic cleavage of the NO bond in the 3-acetoxyxanthine anion to produce a radical-anion, which abstracts hydrogen from water to yield xanthine. These reaction mechanisms and possible alternatives are evaluated.     

N-Heterocyclic carbene–carbodiimide (NHC–CDI) betaine adducts: synthesis,characterization, properties,and applications

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are an important class of reactive organic molecules used as ligands, organocatalysts, and σ-donors in a variety of electroneutral ylide or betaine adducts with main-group compounds. An emerging class of betaine adducts made from the reaction of NHCs with carbodiimides (CDIs) form zwitterionic amidinate-like structures with tunable properties based on the highly modular NHC and CDI scaffolds. The adduct stability is controlled by the substituents on the CDI nitrogens, while the NHC substituents greatly affect the configuration of the adduct in the solid state. This Perspective is intended as a primer to these adducts, touching on their history, synthesis, characterization, and general properties. Despite the infancy of the field, NHC–CDI adducts have been applied as amidinate-type ligands for transition metals and nanoparticles, as junctions in zwitterionic polymers, and to stabilize distonic radical cations. These applications and potential future directions are discussed.

N-heterocyclic carbene-carbodiimide betaine adducts are zwitterionic amidinate-like structures with tunable properties that have applications as ligands, junctions in supramolecular polymers, and stabilizers for radical cations.     

The role of molecular shape in bilayer elasticity and phase behavior

A previously developed molecular level model for lipid bilayers [G. Brannigan and F. L. H. Brown, J. Chem. Phys. 120, 1059 (2004)] is extended to allow for variations in lipid length and simulations under constant surface tension conditions. The dependence of membrane elasticity on bilayer thickness is obtained by adjusting lipid length at constant temperature and surface tension. Additionally, bilayer fluidity at various lipid lengths is quantified by analysis of a length versus temperature phase diagram at vanishing tension. Regions of solid, gel-like (hexatic) and fluid bilayer behavior are established by identification of phase boundaries. The main melting transition is found to be density driven; the melting temperature scales inversely with lipid length since thermal expansion increases with lipid aspect ratio.     

Discrete-time stimulation of the oscillatory and excitable forms of a FitzHugh-Nagumo model applied to the pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone

A model for the pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) can be reduced to a FitzHugh-Nagumo model subject to regular and quasiregular (i.e., with slight random variation in the interstimulus interval), discrete-time stimulation. The relationship of output pulse frequency (OPF) to stimulus frequency is compared between the excitable and oscillatory forms of the model and discussed in the context of results from other pulse-driven model systems. Some examples of the changes in OPF caused by quasiregular and purely Poissonian stimuli are given for the excitable case. The unstimulated system frequently interacts with the stimulation in such a complex manner that the OPF bears little resemblance to the frequency of stimulation or of the unstimulated system. Furthermore, the inability of the oscillatory form of the model to allow complete suppression of output pulses for moderate stimulation frequencies suggests that the LHRH system can be more appropriately described by the excitable form of the model. (c) 1995 American Institute of Physics.