Photocyclization of 2-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3-carboxylate derivatives: induced and noninduced diastereoselectivity

[reaction: see text] The decarboxylative photocyclization of potassium 2-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octanoate ethylene-linked to phthalimide leads to a mixture of two diastereoisomeric products. The overall noninduced diastereoselectivity is remarkably high, indicating a preference of spin-orbit coupling controlled 1,7-biradical combination process. Memory of chirality vanished due to free rotation about the connecting spacer bonds.     

Recombination dependence of theO(α s 2 ) three-jet cross section ine + e − annihilation

TheO(α _s ² ) QCD corrections to the thrust distribution for three-jet production ine ⁺ e ^? annihilation are found to depend on the algorithm for recombining four partons into three jets. Several recombination schemes are discussed and results are compared. Results of the recombination approach are compared also to recent direct calculations of three-jet thrust distributions. The importance of terms proportional to jet resolution parameters is stressed.     

On the mechanism of THF catalyzed vinylic lithiation of allylamine derivatives: structural studies using 2-D and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy

N-Lithio-N-(trialkylsilyl)allylamines can be deprotonated in the presence of ethereal solvents exclusively at the cis-vinylic position to yield 3,N-dilithio-N-(trialkylsilyl)allylamines under mild conditions. Low temperature (1)H and (7)Li NMR ((1)H NOESY, TOCSY, (1)H/(7)Li HSQC, and DO-NMR) studies on the solution structure of 3,N-dilithio-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)allylamine identified three major aggregates in THF (monomer, dimer and tetramer), but the aggregate structures failed to explain the solvent dependence and regiochemical outcome of the reaction. Low temperature (1)H NMR (NOESY, TOCSY, DO-NMR) studies on the solution structure of N-lithio-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)allylamine in the presence of nBuLi identified amide/nBuLi mixed aggregates in both the ethereal solvent THF (1:1 dimer) and the hydrocarbon solvent toluene (1:3 tetramer). Addition of 2 equiv of THF to toluene solutions induces the formation of the same THF solvated 1:1 dimer as observed in neat THF. NMR evidence suggests that in THF the mixed aggregate has close contact between the olefin and the beta-CH(2) of nBuLi, while in the absence of THF, the allyl chain appears to be pointed away from the nearest nBuLi residues.     

Transition metal methylene complexes : III. Methylene (CH2), a carbonyl analogous ligand; crystal structure of μ-methylenebis(carbonyl-η5-cyclopentadienylrhodium)(Rh—Rh

μ-Carbonylbis(carbonyl-ν⁵-cycopentadienylrhodium)(Rh—Rh) reacts with N-methyl-and N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in boiling benzene to yield the dinuclear, diamagnetic, neutral rhodium complexes μ-methylene- (A) and μ-ethylidenebis(carbonyl-η⁵-cyclopentadienylrhodium)(Rh—Rh) (B), respectively. Deuterium labelled experiments prove the origin of the metal-stabilized methylene ligand to be the alkyl group of the organic precursor. This new method of preparation of transition metal—methylene complexes may be used as an alternative to the commonly used diazo method; the latter method was shown to work with diazodiethylmalonate and dicarbonyl-η⁵-cyclopentadienylrhodium, the reaction yielding μ-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)methylenebis(carbonyl-η⁵-cyclopentadienylrhodium)(Rh—Rh).Compound A crystallizes in the triclinic system, P$\text{1}$, and with cell constants of a 803.42(5), b 909.98(6), c 938.81(2) pm, α 74.402(3), β81.923(3), and γ 83.685(6)°. The unit cell volume and the calculated density are 651.6 ų and 2.069 g cm^-3, for one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The molecular geometry of μ-CH₂[η⁵-C₅H₅Rh(CO)]₂ was established from 2718 unique reflections collected with a computer-controlled diffractometer and refined to a final R(F) = 0.0379. The molecular parameters derived from the single-crystal X-ray study conform to a remarkable degree with those found for μ-CO[η⁵-C₅H₅Rh(CO)]₂. Thus, the bridging ligands CH₂ and CO seem to be analogous in their effects on the structural characteristics of the molecular framework of the two molecules.     

2-Oxocephems. Synthesis and Properties of 7-Acylamino-2-oxocephem-4-carboxylic Acids

A synthesis of (6 R, 7 R)-7-acylamino-2-oxocephem-4-carboxylic acids from penicillins is reported based on the formation of the 2-oxocephem system in an intramolecular Wittig condensation. An interesting steric effect of the acylamino grouping on the course of this key step was used to advantage. Some physical and biological properties of this new type of Δ³-cephem are described.     

Solid state and solution conformation of 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid hydrazides: a new structural motif for foldamers

X-Ray crystallography and NMR show a strong preference for trans conformers of N′-phenyl or N′-(2-pyridyl) 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid hydrazides, stabilized by an NHN_pyr. intramolecular hydrogen bond both in the solid state and in solution. This allows us to extrapolate that oligomers of this unit should adopt extended linear conformations.