Tandem mass spectrometric analysis of novel diquaternary ammonium gemini surfactants and their bromide adducts in electrospray-positive ion mode ionization

Gemini surfactants are cationic lipids which are utilized for both in vitro and in vivo gene delivery. Structurally, they are comprised of two hydrophobic tail regions with polar head termini that are attached to one another through a spacer region. Structural elucidation and characterization of 29 novel diquaternary ammonium gemini surfactant molecules were achieved using a quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (QqToF-MS) and a quadrupole-hexapole-quadrupole mass spectrometer (QhQ-MS). The tested compounds were categorized into four distinct structural families based upon the composition of the spacer region. Single stage (MS), tandem stage (MS/MS) and quasimulti-stage (quasi MS(3)) mass spectrometric analysis allowed for confirmation of each gemini surfactant's molecular composition and structure through the identification of common and unique product ions. Identification of similarities in the gemini surfactants' fragmentation behaviour resulted in the production of a universal fragmentation pathway that can assist in the future MS/MS analysis of novel quaternary ammonium gemini surfactants, with unique product ions being indicative of specific structural elements. Furthermore, evidence for the association of agemini surfactant with bromine counter ion was confirmed during MS analysis of tested gemini surfactants regardless of their chemical composition; previously, evidence for bromine and gemini surfactant association was only observed with compounds bearing short alkyl spacer regions. MS/MS analysis of the bromine adducts was also confirmatory to the molecular structure.Understanding the ionization and fragmentation behaviour of gemini surfactants, including bromine adducts, will allow for future qualitative and quantitative identification of these novel drug delivery agents within biological samples.     

Synthesis, structure determination, and (radio-)fluorination of novel functionalized phosphanes suitable for the traceless Staudinger ligation

An elegant and efficient synthesis approach for the preparation of novel benzoate and nicotinate containing phosphanes is presented. This reaction path has a broad substrate scope. Thus, various functionalized phosphanes were obtained in high yields using an esterification procedure under Steglich conditions. A facile blocking of the phosphorus atom with BH₃ was carried out. BH₃ as easily insertable and removable protecting group enables a further derivatization of the benzoate residue. The prepared phosphane derivatives proved to be valuable labeling building blocks for the implementation of a bioorthogonal (radio-)fluorination strategy and were applied for labeling purposes using the traceless Staudinger ligation. For this purpose, a selection of azide-functionalized small organic and bioactive sample molecules was prepared. Furthermore, a mild and selective (radio-)fluorination of these derivatives is demonstrated adopting this bioorthogonal ligation method.     

New sterically unhindered benzoquinonemonoimines

We accidentally found that the F→OH conversion by direct hydroxylation of electron deficient aryls above 150 °C allows the isolation of the precursors of novel quinonemonoimines 9, previously unknown.     

α-环糊精修饰有机聚合物整体材料选择性富集室温磷光法测定土壤中的萘

合成了α-环糊精（α-CD）修饰的有机聚合整体材料,对合成的材料进行了表征,研究比较了α-CD修饰整体材料作为室温磷光固体基质的效果以及14种有机化合物在其上的室温磷光分析(RTP)行为。 α-CD修饰的有机聚合整体材料背景干扰低, 对二环芳烃类物质有较好的选择性和富集能力。 在α-CD修饰膜上,萘和7,8苯并喹啉的分配常数分别为5.03×103和2.94×102,表明修饰材料对萘有较好的选择性。 萘酚也能与修饰材料形成包络物。 但是由于较强的极性和在水中的溶解性,不能被有效富集。 对5.0×10-11 mol/mL萘,最大富集体积为300 mL。 采用SPE-RTP,萘和7,8苯并喹啉的检出限分别为9.80×10-12和4.60×10-11 mol/mL,RSD小于3.7%;线性范围分别为5.00×10-11~8.00×10-9 mol/mL和6.00×10-11~5.00×10-10 mol/mL。 应用修饰的膜片对土样中的萘进行选择性富集和测定,结果由GC-MS进一步确认。 用环己烷一步提取和SPE-RTP测定,萘可以被选择性富集。 在土壤样品中加萘标准0.012 8 mg,测得回收率（104.9±6.5）%。 土样中萘的浓度为（5.61±0.12） mg/kg,与GC-MS的较为吻合。     

A novel reaction of allylic alcohols with hexafluoropropene-diethylamine adduct (PPDA) to form 2-fluoro-2-trifluoromethyl-4-alkenamide

Treatment of allylic alcohols with hexafluoropropene-diethylamine adduct (PPDA) afforded N,N-diethyl-2-fluoro-2-trifluoromethyl-4-alkenamides which were formed by the Claisen rearrangement of intermediary 2-alkenyl-1-diethylamino-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propenyl ethers. Although (E)-allylic alcohols gave two diastereomeric products in about 1:1 ratio, (Z)-allylic alcohols gave the corresponding product as a single diastereomer.     

Some Conversions of Thiazoline Carboxylic Acid Esters

We have carried out solvolysis of the previously described ethyl esters of 3-methyl(aryl)-4-methyl-2-thioxothiazoline-5-carboxylic acids, leading to the corresponding acids without breaking down the heterocycle. We synthesized a series of novel esters from the latter by treatment with dimethyl sulfate or reactive halides. Of these, only in the case of the ethyl ester of 3,4-dimethyl-2-thioxothiazoline-5-carboxylic acid did we obtain the hydrazinolysis product (the hydrazide), from which we synthesized novel hydrazones by treatment with aldehydes and ketones.     

Cascade reaction of 2,3-naphthalenediol with benzene in the presence of aluminum halides

2,3-Naphthalenediol on superelectrophilic activation with aluminium halides smoothly reacts with benzene to give 4-((3-phenyl-1H-inden-1-yl)methyl)benzene-1,2-diol, which in turn undergoes intramolecular cyclization to form 5,10-methano-5-phenyldibenzo[a,d]cycloheptane-2,3-diol. The mechanistic aspects of these unusual transformations are discussed.     

凝固漂浮有机液滴-分散液液微萃取结合高效液相色谱法同时测定自来水中氯代多环芳烃与多环芳烃

建立了自来水中6种氯代多环芳烃和15种多环芳烃的凝固漂浮有机液滴-分散液液微萃取高效液相色谱分析方法,并探讨了萃取剂种类和用量、分散剂种类和用量、氯化钠含量及涡旋振荡时间等因素对萃取效率的影响。优化后的萃取实验条件为:10μL十二醇为萃取溶剂,500μL甲醇为分散溶剂,6%NaCl,涡旋振荡时间2 min。目标化合物经多环芳烃专用柱(SUPELCOSILTMLC-PAH,150 mm×4.6 mm,5μm)分离后,外标法定量。结果表明,21种目标化合物在一定质量浓度范围内线性良好,相关系数均不低于0.999;在低、中、高3个加标水平下的回收率为70.6%～98.7%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.0%～10%;方法的检出限(LOD,S/N=3)为0.000 7～0.009μg/L,定量下限(LOQ,S/N=10)为0.002 2～0.028μg/L。可用于自来水中氯代多环芳烃和多环芳烃的分析检测。     

1,4-Dehydrogenation with a Two-Coordinate Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)silylene

Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)silylene (CAASi) 1 has been found to successfully dehydrogenate 1,4-dihydroaromatic compounds containing various substituents to afford the corresponding aromatic compounds. The observed high substrate generality proves 1 to be a potential 1,4-dehydrogenation reagent for organic compounds. For the reaction with 9,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene, silylene 1 activated not only benzylic C−H bonds but also aromatic C−H bonds to yield a silaacenaphthene derivative, which is an unprecedented reaction of silylenes. The results of the experimental and computational study of the reaction of CAASi 1 with 9,10-dihydroanthracene and 1,4-cyclohexadiene are consistent with the notion that 1,4-dehydrogenation with CAASi 1 proceeds mainly through a stepwise hydrogen-abstraction mechanism.     

Philicity of Acetonyl and Benzoyl Radicals: A Comparative Experimental and Computational Study

In this work, the reactivities of acetonyl and benzoyl radicals in aromatic substitution and addition reactions have been compared in an experimental and computational study. The results show that acetonyl is more electrophilic than benzoyl, which is rather nucleophilic. A Hammett plot analysis of the addition reactions of the two radicals to substituted styrenes clearly support the nucleophilicity of benzoyl, but in the case of acetonyl, no satisfactory linear correlation with a single substituent-related parameter was found. Computational calculations helped to rationalize this effect, and a good linear correlation was found with a combination of polar parameters (σ⁺) and the radical stabilization energies of the formed intermediates. Based on the calculated philicity indices for benzoyl and acetonyl, a quantitative comparison of these two radicals with many other reported radicals is possible, which may help to predict the reactivities of other aromatic radical substitution reactions.