3,4-Diacetylhexane-2,5-dione—an effective synthon for synthesis of substituted azulene heteroanalogs by cyclocondensation reactions

The one-pot method for the synthesis of 4,8-dialkoxy-6-aryl-1,3-dimethylcyclohepta [c]furanium perchlorates has been developed. The method is based on the cyclocondensation of 3,4-diacetylhexane-2,5-diones with aromatic aldehydes and trialkyl orthoformates under the action of a 16% perchloric acid solution in acetic anhydride. Under similar conditions, with hydrogen sulfide, cyclohepta[c]thiophenium perchlorates have been obtained, while cyclohepta[c]pyrrolium perchlorates have been prepared with arylamines, ammonium acetate, or aliphatic amine acetates. A heteroanalog of azulene, 4,8-diethoxy-1,3-dimethyl-2-azaazulene, has been obtained for the first time. Hydrolysis of aza- and thiaazulenium salts gives the corresponding cyclohepta[c]pyrrol-4-ones and cyclohepta [c]thiophen-4-ones. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1596–1603, August, 1998.     

Synthesis of pseudocyanines containing unsaturated groups at the nitrogen atom

A new method for synthesis of 1-[(2-acryloyloxyethyl)- and 1-[(2-propenyl)-2-(2-(1H)-quinolidene)-methyl]-1-ethylquinolinium iodides was proposed. The structures of the dyes obtained were studied by¹H NMR spectroscopy.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1122–1124, June, 1995.This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 93-02-3467) and the International Science Foundation (Grant RCO 000).     

Synthesis and molecular and crystal structure of 1-allyl-4-[2-cyano-2-(indan-1,3-dione-2-ylidene)ethylidene] -1, 4-dihydroquinoline

The reaction of 1-allyl-4-methylquinolinium bromide with 2-dicyanomethyleneindan-1,3-dione in the presence of a two-fold excess of triethylamine affords 1-allyl-4-[2-cyano-2-(indan-1,3-dione-2-ylidene) ethylidene]-1,4-dihydrogtiinoline, a representative of a new class of merocyanines. The structure of this compound has been established by X-ray structural analysis. A substantial intramolecular charge transfer and a hydrogen bond between the vinyl hydrogen atom and the indandione oxygen atom have been found.Dedeased in 1995Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 173–176, January, 1996.     

Solvation of bivalent transition metalcations. II. Heats of transfer of metal perchlorates between water and several amides

Heats of solution of acetonitrile, solvated or hydrated perchlorates, Mn(ClO₄)₂·6AN, Co(ClO₄)₂·6AN, Ni(ClO₄)₂·6AN, Cu(ClO₄)₂·4AN, Cu(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O, Zn(ClO₄)₂·6AN, and Zn(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O have been determined in NMF, DMF, DMA, and water. Complete or almost complete exchange of AN and water molecules in amides is inferred from the visible spectra determinations. The heats of transfer of perchlorate anion from water to DMA and NMF have been obtained from separately determined heats of solution of NaBPh₄, AsPH₄Cl·H₂O, NaClO₄, NaCl, and SiPh₄ in the respective solvents. The heats of transfer of cations from water to amides have been determined from the above data and the heats of solvation of cations using literature data for the heats of hydration.     

Lanthanide perchlorate complexes of 4-cyano pyridine-N-oxide, 4-chloro 2-picoline-N-oxide and 4-dimethyl amino-2-picoline-N-oxide

Complexes of lanthanide perchlorates with 4-cyano pyridine-1-oxide, 4-chloro 2-picoline-1-oxide and 4-dimethyl-amino 2-picoline-1-oxide have been isolated for the first time and characterized by analysis, conductance, infrared, NMR and electronic spectra. The complexes of 4-cyano pyridine-1-oxides have the composition Ln(CyPO)₆(ClO₄)₃. 2H₂O (Ln=La, Sm, Dy and Ho); Ln(CyPO)₇ (ClO₄)₃. 2H₂O (Ln=Pr, Nd, Er and Yb); and Ln(CyPO)₅ (ClO₄)₃. 2H₂O (Ln=Gd and Tb). The complexes of 4-chloro 2-picoline-1-oxide analyse for the formulae Ln(CpicO)₆ (ClO₄)₃ (Ln=La, Pr, Nd and Ho); and Ln (CpicO)₅ (ClO₄)₃ (Ln=Er and Yb), and those of 4-dimethylamino 2-picoline-1-oxide for Ln(DMPicO)₆ (ClO₄)₃ (Ln=La and Nd); Ln(DMPicO)₇ (ClO₄)₃ (Ln=Gd, Er and Yb); and Ln(DMPicO)₈ (ClO₄)₃ (Ln=Dy and Ho).     

Complexation of Li+, Na+ and K+ Ions by [222], [222D], [221], [221D] Cryptands in Acetonitrile at 25 °C: Conductometric Determination of the True Thermodynamic Formation Constants

A new method is presented for the analysis of precise conductance data to obtain the true thermodynamic formation constants of macrocyclic–cation complexes. The method, based on the Lee–Wheaton theory on mixed electrolytes, takes into consideration the ion pair formation of both the uncomplexed and complexed cations and avoids the use of the simple additivity assumption of the conductances of two electrolytic species present in salt/ligand/solvent systems. The method has been applied to determine the thermodynamic complexation constants of lithium, sodium and potassium ions with the cryptands [221], [222] and their decyl derivatives [221D], [222D] in acetonitrile. The results show that the presence of an alkyl chain in the molecular structure of the cryptands decreases the macrocyclic–cation complexation constant with respect to the values obtained for the parent compounds by almost an order of magnitude. Such a finding has been explained in terms of the asymmetric position in the space of the oxyethylenic bridges of the macrocyclic ligand promoted by the presence of the linked hydrocarbon chain. The above explanation has been confirmed by the anomalous behavior of both the ion-pair association constants of complexed salts and their limiting molar conductivity.