Ni‐Catalyzed [4+3+2] Cycloaddition of Ethyl Cyclopropylideneacetate and Dienynes: Scope and Mechanistic Insights

A detailed study of the Ni‐catalyzed [4+3+2] cycloaddition reaction between ethyl cyclopropylideneacetate and dienynes has been conducted, resulting in the development of a new method for the synthesis of compounds containing nine‐membered rings. We studied the reactivity of various dienynes, together with their substituent and conformational effects. The mechanism of the reaction was probed by examining the stoichiometric reactions of the Ni complexes and dienynes.     

A study of aromatic three membered rings

The resonance energies (REs) of neutral three membered ring analogs of the cyclopropenyl cation, computed using block localized wave function (BLW) methods, reveal considerable variations. The RE's of cyclopropenes substituted with exocyclic double bonded groups C?X, (X = O, NH, CH₂, S, PH, SiH₂) increase with the electronegativity of X in the same row (SiH₂ < PH < S and CH₂ < NH < O). The extra cyclic resonance energies (ECREs) (an energetic measure of aromaticity based on comparisons with the RE's of acyclic models) of these derivatives range from +10.5 kcal/mol for cyclopropenone (X = O) (somewhat aromatic; the benzene ECRE is 29.3 kcal/mol) to ?2.4 kcal/mol (slightly antiaromatic) for X = SiH₂. Additional disubstitution of the C?C double bond by X′ groups (X′ = CH₃, NH₂, OH, SiH₃, PH₂, SH) increases the REs considerably, but has only small effects on the ECREs. Even the ECRE of deltic acid (X = O, X′ = OH) is only increased to +13.3 kcal/mol. The conclusion based on ECRE's, that all 12 of the three membered rings are only marginally aromatic/antiaromatic, is supported by the satisfactorily plot (R² = 0.92) of ECRE against values of NICS(0)_πzz (a superior nucleus chemical independent shift magnetic index of aromaticity), which range only from ?6.1 ppm (diatropic) for deltic acid (cf., ?35.5 ppm for benzene and ?14.2 ppm for the parent cyclopropenium ion) to +8.9 ppm (paratropic) for the silicon derivative, X = SiH₂, X′ = SiH₃. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2011     

A new water‐soluble branched poly(ethylene imine) derivative having hydrolyzable imidazolidine moieties and its application to long‐lasting release of aldehyde

A new water‐soluble poly(ethylene imine)‐derivative having imidazolidine moieties was developed. With using branched poly(ethylene imine) (BPEI) as a precursor, it was modified by Michael addition reaction of its primary amino group to an acrylate having poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chain. The modified BPEI was reacted with octanal to give the corresponding BPEI derivative having octanal‐derived imidazolidine moieties. The obtained polymer inherited the high hydrophilicity of the attached PEG chains to allow hydrolysis of the imidazolidine moieties under homogeneous conditions in aqueous media, leading to long‐lasting release of octanal. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2010     

Catalytic Borylative Opening of Propargyl Cyclopropane,Epoxide, Aziridine,and Oxetane Substrates: Ligand Controlled Synthesis of Allenyl Boronates and Alkenyl Diboronates

A new copper‐catalyzed reaction for the stereo‐ and regioselective synthesis of alkenyl diboronates and allenyl boronates is presented. In this process propargyl derivatives of strained three/four‐membered rings were employed as substrates and B₂pin₂ was used as the boronate source. Selective formation of the alkenyl diboronate versus the allenyl boronate products was controlled by the choice of phosphine ligand.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Cadmium Coordination Polymer with Dicyanamide and 1,2-Bis（1,2,4-triazol- 1-yl）ethane

The new cadmium(II) coordination polymer [Cd(bte)2(dca)2]n 1 (bte = 1,2-bis(1,2,4- triazol-1-yl)ethane, dca = dicyanamide) was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal is of monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 8.7148(15), b = 8.6142(17), c = 15.204(3) A, β = 92.100(10)o, V = 1140.6(4) A3, Z = 2, Mr = 572.87, Dc = 1.668 g/cm3, F(000) = 572, μ = 1.004 mm-1, the final R = 0.0654 and wR = 0.1429 for 1737 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). The cadmium atom is coordinated equatorially by four nitrogen atoms from four bte ligands and axially by two nitrogen atoms from two dca anions to adopt a distorted octahedral geometry. Each bte molecule bridges two cadmium(II) atoms. Two strands of bte molecules are wrapped around each other, and held together by cadmium(II) atoms. 1 Forms a double chain structure containing eighteen-membered Cd2(bte)2 rings.