Hydroamination of alkynes with aromatic amines catalyzed by digallane (dpp-bian)Ga—Ga(dpp-bian)

Digallane (dpp-bian)Ga—Ga(dpp-bian) (1) (dpp-bian is the 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene) catalyzes the addition of 4-chloroaniline to some terminal alkynes RC≡CH (R = Buⁿ, Ph, 4-MeC₆H₄). The reaction orders in each of the substrates were found for the reaction of phenylacetylene with 4-chloroaniline catalyzed by compound 1. The reaction of compound 1 with phenylacetylene in a molar ratio of 1: 10 led to 1-[N-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]-2-(1-phenylethylidene)acenaphthene (5) and the compound [C₁₂H₆(NC₆H₃Pr₂ ⁱ)(PhC=CH₂)(PhC=CH)]Ga(C≡CPh)₂ (6). The reaction of digallane 1 with phenylacetylene and aniline in a stoichiometric ratio of 1: 2: 2 gave bis-anilide (dpp-bian)-Ga[N(H)Ph]₂ (7) in 40% yield. The compound (PhC≡C)₃Ga·THF (9) was obtained by the reaction of three equivalents of sodium phenylacetylide (prepared in situ from phenylacetylene and sodium) with one equivalent of GaCl₃ in tetrahydrofuran. Compounds 5—7 and 9 were characterized by IR spectroscopy, ¹H NMR spectroscopy was used to characterize products 5, 6, and 9, whereas EPR spectroscopy was used for amide 7. The structures of compounds 5—7 and 9 were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.     

PRESSURE-VELOCITY EQUILIBRIUM HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS

This article describes mathematical models for phase separated mixtures of materials that are in pressure and velocity equilibrium but not necessarily temperature equilibrium. General conditions for constitutive models for such mixtures that exhibit a single mixture sound speed are discussed and specific examples are described.     

1,3,2-Diazasiloles derived from 1,2-bis(trimethylsilylimino)acenaphthene

The reduction of 1,2-bis(trimethylsilylimino)acenaphthene (tms-BIAN, 1) with metallic lithium in toluene affords the dilithium salt (tms-BIAN)Li_2· 1,3,2-Diazasiloles (tms-BIAN)SiCl₂ (2) and (tms-BIAN)SiMe₂ (3) were prepared by the reactions of (tms-BIAN)Li₂ with SiCl₄ and Me₂SiCl₂, respectively. The reaction of (tms-BIAN)Li₂ with an excess of Me₂SiCl₂ produces (Cldms-BIAN)SiMe₂ (4), where Cldms-BIAN is 1,2-bis(chlorodimethylsilylimino)-acenaphthene. The compound (tms-BIAN)(SiCl₃)₂ (5) containing two different silyl substituents (Me₃Si and Cl₃Si) at each nitrogen atom was synthesized by the reaction of compound 1 with Cl₃SiSiCl₃. The elimination of SiCl₄ from compound 5 is accompanied by cyclization to give derivative 2. Compounds 2-5 were characterized by ¹H, ¹³C, and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 2-5 were established by X-ray diffraction.     

Mixed Anhydrides of Carboxylic and Trifluoroacetic Acids as Acylating Agents: I. Reactions of 3,5-Di-tert-butylbenzoyl Trifluoroacetate with tert-Butylphenols

The rate and pathway of reactions of 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzoyl trifluoroacetate with tert-butylphenols depend on the number and position of bulky substituents determining the extent of steric shielding of the phenolic hydroxyl.     

Syntheses and structures of magnesium,calcium, europium,gallium, and zinc complexes with bis(imino)acenaphthene ligands

The reduction of 1,2-bis(trimethylsilylimino)acenaphthene and 1,2-bis{[3,5-bis(trifluoromethylphenyl)]imino}acenaphthene with metals gave magnesium, calcium, europium, zinc, and gallium complexes containing radical-anion and dianionic ligands of the 1,2-diiminoacenaphthene type. Their structures were studied by ¹H NMR, ESR, and/or single-crystal X-ray analysis. Some chemical transformations of the complexes were carried out.     

Divalent germanium compound with a radical-anionic ligand: molecular structures of (dpp-BIAN)*- GeCl and its hydrochloration products [(dpp-BIAN)(H)2]*+ [GeCl3]- and [[(dpp-BIAN)(H)2*+]2(Cl-)]+ [GeCl3]- (dpp-BIAN=1,2-Bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene)

The germanium(II) compound (dpp-BIAN)GeCl (1), which contains the radical anion of dpp-BIAN can be prepared either by reacting free dpp-BIAN ligand with 2 equiv of GeCl2(1,4-dioxane) in Et2O or by metathetical reaction of the sodium salt of dpp-BIAN with germanium dichloride in Et2O or benzene. The reaction of benzene solutions of 1 with 2 or 3 equiv of HCl led to protonation of the dpp-BIAN ligand affording [(dpp-BIAN)(H)2]*+[GeCl3]- (2) and [[(dpp-BIAN)(H)2*+]2(Cl-)]+ [GeCl3]- (3), which incorporate the radical cation of the protonated ligand. Compounds 1-3 have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis, and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. Molecular structures of 1-3 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In molecule 1, the Ge atom is positioned at the apex of the slightly distorted trigonal pyramid. The Ge-N bond lengths in 1 are 2.0058(19) and 2.004(2) A. The molecular structure of 2 consists of contact ions [(dpp-BIAN)(H)2]+ and [GeCl3]-. In the molecular structure of 3, two radical cations of [(dpp-BIAN)(H)2]+ are "coordinated" by the chlorine anion. The ESR signal of 1 indicates the presence of a dpp-BIAN radical anion and shows a hyperfine structure due to the coupling of an unpaired electron to 14N, 73Ge, 35Cl, 37Cl, and 1H nuclei (AN=0.48 (2 N), AGe=0.96, ACl=0.78 (35Cl), ACl=0.65 (37Cl), AH=0.11 (4 H) mT, g=2.0014). Both 2 and 3 reveal ESR signals of radical cation [(dpp-BIAN)(H)2]*+ (septet, AN=0.53, AH=0.48 mT, g=2.0031).     

New acenaphthene-1,2-diimine and its reduction to the tetraanion. Molecular structures of 1,2-bis[(trimethylsilyl)imino]acenaphthene and its lithium derivatives

1,2-Bis[(trimethylsilyl)imino]acenaphthene (1) was synthesized by the reaction of acenaphthenequinone with (Me₃Si)₂NLi in toluene followed by treatment of the reaction product with trimethylchlorosilane. The dianionic derivative [(tms-BIAN)Li₂]₂ (3) was obtained as the final product by reduction of compound 1 with lithium in toluene, whereas reduction in diethyl ether afforded the tetraanion [(tms-BIAN)Li₄(Et₂O)₃]₂ (5). The formation of the paramagnetic mono-and trianions in solution was confirmed by ESR spectroscopy. Compounds 3 and 5 were isolated in the crystalline state and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 1, 3, and 5 were established by X-ray diffraction. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 697–705, April, 2006.     

Correlation between biological activity and energies of electronic transitions in benzodiazepines. Negative ion mass spectrometry and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy study of some derivatives

A correlation between the energies of electronic singlet transitions in benzodiazepines and their biological activity, which was revealed earlier by means of negative ion mass spectrometry with resonance electron capture, has been verified with a UV absorption spectroscopy investigation. Also, it has been noted that the energies of electronic singlet transitions in benzodiazepines are close in value to the ionization energies of atoms Cs, Rb, K, Na, Li and Tl, the cations of which are known to play an important role in nerve cell excitation processes. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.