Synthesen von Moniliformin,einem Mycotoxin mit Cyclobutendion-Struktur

Syntheses of Moniliformin, a Mycotoxine with a Cyclobutenedione Structure Six different routes to 3-hydroxy-3-cyclobutene-1, 2-dione ( 4 ), the free acid of the mycotoxine Moniliformin (=alkali salt of 4 ) are described. A common feature of all pathways is the synthesis of cyclobutanes having the oxidation level 6. Moniliformin precursors which are easily transformed to 4 by acid catalysed hydrolysis include [2+2]-cycloadducts of ketene with tetraalkoxy-olefins, 3,4,4-trialkoxycyclobutenes, derivatives of polyfluorinated cyclobutenes, the brominated [2+2]-cycloadduct of ethyl vinyl ether and dichloroketene, tetrabromocyclobutanone, [2+2]-photocycloadducts of dichlorovinylenecarbonate with dichloroethylenes, and the dimer of chloroketene. The most convenient synthesis via the [2+2]-cycloadduct of tetraethoxyethylene and ketene ( 14b ) is reported in detail and produces 4 in four simple steps in 57% overall yield. In addition, two new syntheses of squaric acid ( 56 ) are described.     

Excited-state electron-transfer quenching by a series of water photoreduction mediators

Rate constants k_q for the quenching of the excited state of Ru(bipy)₃²⁺ by a series of viologen salts having different redox potential E_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} have been determined in deaerated aqueous solutions at pH = 5 by laser flash photolysis. The k_q values are found to decrease with increasing —E_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} and to correlate with the reaction free-energy change ΔG. Such a correlation is shown to be consistent with the Rehm—Weller model for electron-transfer reactions.     

Radical Cation States of 2,3,5,6,7,8-Hexamethylidenebicyclo [2.2.2]octane

The photoelectron spectrum of the title compound is reported and assigned by correlation with the photoelectron spectra of related molecules.     

Induction asymétrique et réaction des α-hydroxy-oximes avec le bromure de phenylmagnésium. Synthéses stéreoselectives d'alcools aziridiniques et d'aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]oxo-2 oxaisothiazolidines-1,2,3

A facile synthesis of aziridine is describe. It is the reaction between Grignard regents and α-hydroxoximes in toluene. The aziridine alchohols are cyclised into 2-oxo-oxathiazolidines. The use of the nuclear Overhauser effect allows the assignment of the relative configurations of these latter compounds and also the configuration of the aziridine alcohols. A proof of the Grignard reagent complex with the alcoolate id given by action of methylmagensium bromide with 2-phenyl 3-methanol azirine. The asymetrie insuction observed is discussed with a transition state involving this complex.     

Unambiguous Proof for Alcoxycarbonyl-group Migration in Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements

In HSO₃F/SO₂ClF the β-hydroxy esters Ph-CHOH-CMe₂-COOR ( 1 , R?Me, Et) are doubly protonated, then transformed into the fluorosulfates 7 and (partly) into the fluorides 8. At ?15°, both 7 and 8 undergo a rearrangement, forming derivatives of Me₂C?C(Ph)COOR ( 2 ). By labelling 1 with ¹³C, singly (¹³C(3)) and doubly (¹³C(1,3)), it could be shown that exclusively the ROOC groups undergo a 1,2-shift. Compound 2 is also formed in HSO₃F/SO₂ClF from the isomeric Me₂COH-CHPh-COOR ( 3 ) by elimination, and less easily from the α-hydroxy ester Ph-CMe₂-CHOH-COOR (5) via a phenyl 1,2-shift. Another isomer, Ph-C(OH)Me-CHMe-COOR (4) gives products different from 2 . Using more acidic systems containing SbF₅, the free carbenium ions 13 (Ph-CH⁺-CMe₂-COOR) can be stabilized; they do not form 2 , possibly because of complexation of the ester group with SbF₅. The energy profile and the mechanism of the rearrangement 1 → 2 are discussed.     

A single crystal study of eight-layer barium managanese oxide,BaMnO3

A single crystal study of hydrothermally prepared eight-layer BaMnO₃ has been carried out which confirms the (Zhdanov notation) 121121 layer stacking scheme for the BaO₃ layers. The MnO₆ octahedra share faces in strings of four, and these strings are connected to each other by corner sharing. The compound has an hexagonal unit cell of dimensions a = 5.667 ± 0.003 and c = 18.738 ± 0.009 Å, probable space group $\text{P6}{}_3\text{mmc}\text{, Z = 8}$. Its structure has been determined from 352 independent reflections, of which 242 were considered observed, collected manually by a counter technique and refined to a conventional R value of 0.079.     

Préparation,configuration et réduction électrochimique d'α-cyano β-nitrostyrènes. Synthèse d'amino-5 isoxazoles

Z α-Cyano-β-nitrostyrenes were prepared by nitration with dinitrogentetroxide of the corresponding α-cyanostyrenes. Elsomers were obtained by photoirradiation of Z isomers. The electrochemical reduction of these cyanonitro compounds generates the α-cyanooximes which lead, according to the experimental conditions(ring closure or hydrolysis), either to 5-aminoisoxazoles or to β-ketonitriles.     

Le diptérocarpol—II Stéréochimie en C-13 et en C-17

Various reactions of ring D of dipterocarpol (hydroxy-dammarenone-II) show this triterpene to have the configuration 13β, 17H, in accordance with biogenetic speculations.