Geminal systems. 50. Solvolysis of 1-tosyloxy-Δ2-1,2,3-triazoline-5,5-dicarboxylate esters and the structure of the solvolysis product,O-tosyl-N-α,α-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-β-methoxyethylhydroxylamine

Solvolysis of 1-tosyloxy-²-1,2,3-triazoline-5,5-dicarboxylic acid esters (1) occurs via elimination of N₂ and leads predominantly to N--hydroxylethyl-O-tosylhydroxylamines (II), whose structure was determined unequivocally by x-ray structural analysis. The mechanism of solvolysis of triazolines (I) is discussed, along with the structural characteristics and stabilization factors of the O-tosylhydroxylamine products (II).For previous communication, see [1].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1820–1827, August, 1990.     

Diastereoselective synthesis of 1-α-phenylethyl-3,3-dimethyldiaziridine. Conformation and configuration of three-membered ring nitrogen heterocycles containing an asymmetric substituent on the nitrogen atom

The synthesis of 1-(S)--phenylethyl-3,3-dimethyldiaziridine from N-(S)--phenylacetonimine and hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid has been carried out with high diastereoselectivity. The absolute configuration of the diastereomers was established by comparison with oxaaziridine analogs based on their NMR and CD spectra, and atom-atomic potential calculations. A test has been proposed to establish the absolute configuration of N--phenylethyl-substituted three-membered ring heterocycles using NMR, and the mechanism of epimination of imines is discussed, which is similar to their oxidation mechanism.Communication 60 in the series Asymmetric Nitrogen; for Communication 59, see [1].Translated from Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1461–1465, November, 1988.     

Asymmetric nitrogen—41: Stereochemistry of bicyclic 1,2-cis-diaziridines

The twisting of 5- and 6-membered rings in bicyclic cis-diaziridines—1,5-diazabicyclo [3.1.0]hexanes 12–17 and l,6-diazabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane 18—is a rapid process in the time scale of ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR even at -80°. According to the ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra, 1,5-diazabicyclo [3.1.0]hexanes 12,13,15a,15b and 16a,16b do, exist mostly in the boat form ; only the introduction of endo substituents into position 3 or 6 leads to the population of the chair, as is the case with 14 and 17. 2,4-Dialkyl substituted 1,5-diaza- and 1,3,5-triazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes are formed via a transition cyclization state similar in its geometry to the initial chair-shaped N-chlorodi(tri)azanes.     

Cheletropic decomposition of cyclic nitrosoamines revisited: the nature of the transition states and a critical role of the ring strain

The cheletropic decompositions of 1-nitrosoaziridine (1), 1-nitroso-Delta(3)-pyrroline (2), 7-nitroso-7-azabicyclo[2.2. 1]hepta-2,5-diene (3), and 6-nitroso-6-azabicyclo[2.1.1]hexa-4-ene (4) have been studied theoretically using high level ab initio computations. Activation parameters of the decomposition of nitrosoaziridine 1 were obtained experimentally in heptane (DeltaH()(298) = 18.6 kcal mol(-)(1), DeltaS()(298) = -7.6 cal mol(-)(1) K(-)(1)) and methanol (20.3 kcal mol(-)(1), 0.3 cal mol(-)(1) K(-)(1)). Among employed theoretical methods (B3LYP, MP2, CCD, CCSD(T)//CCD), the B3LYP method in conjunction with 6-31+G, 6-311+G, and 6-311++G(3df,2pd) basis sets gives the best agreement with experimental data. It was found that typical N-nitrosoheterocycles 2-4 which have high N-N bond rotation barriers (>16 kcal mol(-)(1)) extrude nitrous oxide via a highly asynchronous transition state with a planar ring nitrogen atom. Nitrosoaziridine 1, with a low rotation barrier (<9 kcal mol(-)(1)) represents a special case. This compound can eliminate N(2)O via a low energy linear synperiplanar transition state (DeltaH()(298) = 20.6 kcal mol(-)(1), DeltaS()(298) = 2.5 cal mol(-)(1) K(-)(1)). Two higher energy transition states are also available. The B3LYP activation barriers of the cheletropic fragmentation of nitrosoheterocycles 2-4 decrease in the series: 2 (58 kcal mol(-)(1)) > 3 (18 kcal mol(-)(1)) > 4 (12) kcal mol(-)(1). The relative strain energies increase in the same order: 2 (0 kcal mol(-)(1)) < 3 (39 kcal mol(-)(1)) < 4 (52 kcal mol(-)(1)). Comparison of the relative energies of 2-4 and their transition states on a common scale where the energy of nitrosopyrroline 2 is assumed as reference indicates that the thermal stability of the cyclic nitrosoamines toward cheletropic decomposition is almost entirely determined by the ring strain.