Synthesis of Esters of Dioxane Alcohols and Their Performance as Plasticizers for Polyvinyl Chloride Compounds

A procedure was developed for preparing a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride compounds from the fraction of dioxane alcohols. The main physicochemical properties of the new plasticizer were determined. Items prepared from formulations containing the new plasticizer were fabricated and tested in laboratory.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 78, No. 6, 2005, pp. 972–976.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Glazko, Gur’yanova, Levanova, Kozlova, Neiman.     

Substituted dienic 1,3-dioxolan-2-ones and bis(1,3-dioxolan-2-ones)

Alkylthio-substituted dienic 1,3-dioxolan-2-ones and bis(4,4-diorganyl-5-methyli-dene-1,3-dioxolan-2-ones) were obtained in high yields by the reaction of 2-methyl-6-alkylthio-5-hexen-3-yn-2-ols and tertiary diacetylenic glycols with carbon dioxide under pressure in the presence of catalytic amounts of triethylamine and monovalent copper salts.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1617–1619, December, 1979.Original article submitted January 24, 1979.     

High-Temperature Synthesis of Thiophene from Bis(2-chloroethyl) Sulfide

Gas-phase reaction of bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide (Yperite) with acetylene at 550–700°C leads to formation of thiophene in 45% yield, the conversion of the initial sulfide being complete. The yield of thiophene reaches 63–68% in the thermolysis of a mixture of acetylene, bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, and lower organic disulfides.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 6, 2005, pp. 910–912.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Voronkov, Levanova, Sukhomazova, Russavskaya, Deryagina, Korchevin.     

Gas-phase Reaction of 2-Chlorothiophene with Hydrogen Sulfide in the Presence of Alcohols

The effect of methanol and ethanol on the route of the gas-phase reaction of 2-chlorothiophene with hydrogen sulfide, leading to 2-thiophenethiol and to bis(2-thienyl) sulfide, has been investigated. It was found that methanol significantly enhances this reaction and increases its selectivity for the thiol at higher temperatures than without the initiator. The optimal conditions were achieved at 570°C in the presence of 10 mole % of methanol when the conversion of the 2-chlorothiophene in the reaction with hydrogen sulfide reaches 98% and the yield of the thiophenethiol (43%) exceeds that of the bis(2-thienyl)sulfide (31%). In the absence of methanol the 2-thiophenethiol is formed only at 510-540°C in just 17% yield, the basic reaction product being the indicated sulfide (52% yield); the conversion of the 2-chlorothiophene does not exceed 54%.     

Synthesis of unsaturated organoselenium compounds via the reaction of organic diselenides with 2,3-dichloro-1-propene in the hydrazine hydrate-KOH system

Dimethyldiselenide reacts with 2,3-dichloro-1-propene at 20–25°C in the hydrazine hydrate-KOH medium to form 2-chloro-3-methylselanyl-1-propene with 90% yield. Diphenyldiselenide in the reaction with 2,3-dichloro-1-propene, depending on the conditions, can give quite selectively four products: 2-chloro-3-phenylselanyl-1-propene, phenylselanylpropadiene, 1-phenylselanyl-1-propyne, and Z-1,2-bis(phenylselanyl)-1-propene. The effect of the selenium atom on the reaction direction and the products structure is discussed.     

Specific features of the reactions of 2,3-dichloro-1-propene with dibenzylchalcogenides in the system hydrazine hydrate-alkali

Dibenzyldisulfide and -diselenide react with 2,3-dichloro-1-propene in the system hydrazine hydrate-KOH by the domino mechanism: nucleophilic substitution of the allyl chlorine, dehydrochlorination with participation of the chlorine atom at the sp ²-carbon atom, allene-acetylene rearrangement, nucleophilic addition of the chalcogenide reagent to the triple bond. The effect of the nature of the chalcogen atom and the benzyl substituent on the studied domino reaction is discussed.     

Novel route to the synthesis of chalcogenolanes, chalcogenanes, and 1,2-dichalcogenaepanes*

The saturated heterocyclic compounds C₄H₈Y, C₅H₁₀Y, and C₅H₁₀Y₂ (Y = Se or Te) have been prepared by the reaction of 1,4-dibromobutane or 1,5-dibromopentane with potassium chalcogenides. The novelty of the route consists of the use of the hydrazine hydrate–KOH system for the reductive generation of potassium selenide, telluride, diselenide or ditelluride from elemental chalcogens.     

Oxidative bromination of isoprenyl units of butyl rubber with the hydrobromic acid-sodium hypochlorite system

Synthesis of bromo butyl rubber using the hydrobromic acid-sodium hypochlorite system as brominating agent was studied.