Synthesis and Structure of 3-Methyl-2,2,4-trinitro-3-thiolene 1,1-dioxide

The structure of the first representative of the polynitrothiolene 1,1-dioxide series was studied. Complex analysis of quantum-chemical results, spectral characteristics, and powder X-ray diffraction patterns allowed this compound to be assigned the structure of 3-methyl-2,2,4-trinitro-3-thiolene 1,1-dioxide. The heteroring has an envelope conformation. The sulfur atom slightly deviates from the ring plane, the nitro group attached to the C_sp ² atom is involved in conjugation, and the nitro groups attached to the C_sp ³ atom are nonequivalent and perpencular to each other.     

Structure and stereodynamics of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines

The structure and stereodynamics of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines (1), a new class of enamines with extraordinary reactivity, have been simulated by the DFT PBE/TZP method. The computed pattern of dynamic behavior and structural peculiarities of 1 was shown to reflect adequately the results of the studies by a series of physical methods including X-ray analysis and dynamic NMR and UV spectroscopies, which provided evidence of a rather low barrier for rotation around the C,N single bond, a negligible contribution of the n-pi-conjugation, a high barrier of inversion, and high pyramidality of the nitrogen atom.     

Molecular,crystal, and electronic structure of 3-aminocarbonyl-1-phenyl-5-chloro-2-iminopyridone

Riga Polytechnical Institute. Institute of Organic Synthesis, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 169–172, September–October, 1988.     

Molecular structure and internal rotation in 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroanisole as studied by gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations

The geometric structure of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroanisole and the potential function for internal rotation around the C(sp2)-O bond were determined by gas electron diffraction (GED) and quantum chemical calculations. Analysis of the GED intensities with a static model resulted in near-perpendicular orientation of the O-CH3 bond relative to the benzene plane with a torsional angle around the C(sp2)-O bond of tau(C-O) = 67(15) degrees. With a dynamic model, a wide single-minimum potential for internal rotation around the C(sp2)-O bond with perpendicular orientation of the methoxy group [tau(C-O) = 90 degrees] and a barrier of 2.7 +/- 1.6 kcal/mol at planar orientation [tau(C-O) = 0 degrees] was derived. Calculated potential functions depend strongly on the computational method (HF, MP2, or B3LYP) and converge adequately only if large basis sets are used. The electronic energy curves show internal structure, with local minima appearing because of the interplay between electron delocalization, changes in the hybridization around the oxygen atom, and the attraction between the positively polarized hydrogen atoms in the methyl group and the fluorine atom at the ortho position. The internal structure of the electronic energy curves mostly disappears if zero-point energies and thermal corrections are added. The calculated free energy barrier at 298 K is 2.0 +/- 1.0 kcal/mol, in good agreement with the experimental determination.     

Molecular and crystal structure of 4,6,6-trimethyl-2-oxo-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-3-carbonitrile and 4,6,6-trimethyl-2-oxo-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile

Single crystals of 4,6,6-trimethyl-2-oxo-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-3-carbonitrile and 4,6,6-trimethyl-2-oxo-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile were prepared and submitted to X-ray diffraction analysis. Both compounds have a molecular structure belonging to the C₁ symmetry group. The heterocyclic rings are in a distorted envelope conformation. The crystals belong to the monoclinic system and each contain four molecules in the unit cell. In the crystal the pyridine derivative exists in the form of centrosymmetric dimers stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of the carbonyl group and the hydrogen atom at the nitrogen atom of the ring. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1620–1624, November, 2007.     

Gas-phase electron diffraction study of tris(trimethylstannyl)amine,N(SnMe3)3

The geometrical parameters of tris(trimethylstannyl)amine have been determined by gas-phase electron diffraction. The _a structure has been refined using mean amplitude values calculated from the force fields of a number of tin derivatives.The experimental data are consistent with a planar bond configuration at the nitrogen in N(SnMe₃)₃. The final set of geometrical parameters is as follows (average bond distances, r_g , in Å, angles in degrees): SnC 2.166(5), SnN 2.038(3), CH 1.117(17). NSnC 108.5(1.5), SnCH 112.1(1.6). Mean amplitude values have been varied for those distances which give considerable contributions to scattering.The results obtained fill a gap in the knowledge of structures of Group IV element μ-nitrido derivatives. They confirm the conclusion that lowering of ligand MR_n electro-negativity weakens the tendency to deviation from planarity in the central fragment NM₃. This tendency may be considered as a manifestation of the second-order Jahn-Teller effect.     

Reactions of alkyl 3-amino-5-aryl-2-benzoyl-5-oxopent-2-enoates with hydrazine

Reactions of alkyl 3-amino-5-aryl-2-benzoyl-2-oxopent-2-enoates with hydrazine were accompanied by debenzoylation and isomerization to give 3-amino-5-aryl-5-oxopent-3-enohydrazides, which underwent cyclization in the presence of an excess of hydrazine into 5(3)-arylpyrazol-3(5)-ylacetohydrazides. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1175–1177, July, 2006.     

Synthesis, structure, and cytotoxicity of O-[3-(5-tetrazolyl)propyl]oximes

A two-stage method was developed for the conversion of phenyl-and pyridylaldoximes and ketoximes into the corresponding O-[3-(5-tetrazolyl)propyl]oximes. The structure of the sodium salt of 2-acetylpyridine O-[3-(5-tetrazolyl)propyl]oxime was established X-ray diffraction analysis. This compound was shown to possess a high cytotoxic activity in vitro.     

Trifluoromethylation and pentafluorophenylation of enamines

A reaction of enamines with Me₃SiCF₃ and Me₃SiC₆F₅ in the presence of carboxylic acids leading to α-CF₃-and α-C₆F₅-substituted amines has been studied. 3-Cyanobenzoic acid was found to be the optimal promoter of these reactions. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1466–1468, August, 2007.