Synthesis of new 3-(phenoxyphenyl)sydnones marija Šindler-kulyk

The title compounds were prepared by dehydrocyclization of corresponding substituted N-nitrosoglycines obtained from isomeric o-, m- and p-aminodiphenyl ether with ethyl bromoacetate and subsequent nitrosation of the intermediate N-arylsubstituted glycines.     

Cyclic chronopotentiometry of nickel(II) at mercury electrodes in acidic perchlorate solutions: Case of higher order nonregenerative reactions following electron transfer

The reduction of Ni²⁺ ions at mercury electrodes in acidic perchlorate solutions, at perchlorate concentrations below 0.2 M, is characterized by absence of kinetic control in the preceding step, and by a complex reaction mechanism following the electron transfer. This reaction sequence is known to involve intermetallic compound formation between Ni and Hg and is best described, as shown here, by a parallel second and third order kinetic scheme. Apparent rate coefficients for this kinetic scheme were determined using cyclic chronopotentiometric data and fitting by digital simulation. A linearization test of computed kinetic rate coefficients versus the number of transitions permits quantitative tests of validity of assumptions made.     

Gas-phase structure of protonated histidine and histidine methyl ester: combined experimental mass spectrometry and theoretical ab initio study

Gas-phase H/D exchange experiments with CD3OD and D2O and quantum chemical ab initio G3(MP2) calculations were carried out on protonated histidine and protonated histidine methyl ester in order to elucidate their bonding and structure. The H/D exchange experiments show that both ions have three equivalent fast hydrogens and one appreciably slower exchangeable hydrogen assigned to the protonated amino group participating in a strong intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) with the nearest N(sp2) nitrogen of the imidazole fragment and to the distal ring NH-group, respectively. It is taken for granted that the proton exchange in the IHB is much faster than the H/D exchange. Unlike in other protonated amino acids (glycine, proline, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan) studied earlier, the exchange rate of the carboxyl group in protonated histidine is slower than that of the amino group. The most stable conformers and the enthalpies of neutral and protonated histidine and its methyl ester are calculated at the G3(MP2) level of theory. It is shown that strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the amino group and the imidazole ring nitrogen sites is responsible for the stability and specific properties of the protonated histidine. It is found that the proton fluctuates between the amino and imidazole groups in the protonated form across an almost vanishing barrier. Proton affinity (PA) of histidine calculated by the G3(MP2) method is 233.2 and 232.4 kcal mol(-1) for protonation at the imidazole ring and at the amino group nitrogens, respectively, which is about 3-5 kcal mol(-1) lower than the reported experimental value.     

Dipole-bound anions of highly polar molecules: ethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate

Results of experimental and theoretical studies of dipole-bound negative ions of the highly polar molecules ethylene carbonate (EC, C3H4O3, mu=5.35 D) and vinylene carbonate (VC, C3H2O3, mu=4.55 D) are presented. These negative ions are prepared in Rydberg electron transfer (RET) reactions in which rubidium (Rb) atoms, excited to ns or nd Rydberg states, collide with EC or VC molecules to produce EC- or VC- ions. In both cases ions are produced only when the Rb atoms are excited to states described by a relatively narrow range of effective principal quantum numbers, n*; the greatest yields of EC- and VC- are obtained for n*(max)=9.0+/-0.5 and 11.6+/-0.5, respectively. Charge transfer from low-lying Rydberg states of Rb is characteristic of a large excess electron binding energy (Eb) of the neutral parent; employing the previously derived empirical relationship Eb=23/n*(max)(2.8) eV, the electron binding energies are estimated to be 49+/-8 meV for EC and 24+/-3 meV for VC. Electron photodetachment studies of EC- show that the excess electron is bound by 49+/-5 meV, in excellent agreement with the RET results, lending credibility to the empirical relationship between Eb and n*(max). Vertical electron affinities for EC and VC are computed employing aug-cc-pVDZ atom-centered basis sets supplemented with a (5s5p) set of diffuse Gaussian primitives to support the dipole-bound electron; at the CCSD(T) level of theory the computed electron affinities are 40.9 and 20.1 meV for EC and VC, respectively.     

THz spectroscopic investigation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene

We have investigated the terahertz (THz) spectrum of 2,4-DNT by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in the 0.2–19.5 THz region. We also examined low-frequency intermolecular or phonon modes between 0.2 and 1.8 THz via THz time-domain spectroscopy. The extracted absorption coefficient and refractive index of an intermolecular band at 1.08 THz are 110 cm⁻¹ and 1.67, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) was applied to obtain structure and vibrational frequencies of 2,4-DNT. The calculated results are in agreement with the experimental data. Observed vibrational frequencies have been interpreted using DFT. Two intermolecular or phonon modes were identified at 1.08 and 2.52 THz.     

Two new double Rydberg anions plus access to excited states of neutral Rydberg radicals via anion photoelectron spectroscopy

We have observed and characterized two new double Rydberg anions N6H19- and N7H22- through their anion photoelectron spectra. The vertical detachment energies of these anions were found to be 0.443 and 0.438 eV, respectively. In addition, for three of the seven double Rydberg anions now known, we measured photodetachment transitions not only to the ground electronic states of their corresponding neutral Rydberg radicals but also to their first electronically excited states. In each spectrum, the energy spacing between the resulting peaks provided the ground-to-first electronically excited-state transition energy for the double Rydberg anion's corresponding neutral Rydberg radical. For the radicals, N4H13, N5H16, and N6H19, the spacings were found to be 0.83, 0.70, and 0.67 eV, respectively. These values are in excellent agreement with ground-to-first excited-state transition energies measured in absorption for the same neutral Rydberg radicals by Fuke and co-workers [Eur. Phys. J. D 9, 309 (1999); J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 5242 (2002).] The duplication of this neutral Rydberg property by photodetachment of double Rydberg anions further confirms that double Rydberg anions are indeed the negative ions of their corresponding neutral Rydberg molecules and cluster-like systems.     

Mechanistic study of the decomposition reactions of azobenzene

The electron impact-induced fragmentation of azobenzenes and its d₁, d₂, d₅, d₁₀, and ¹⁵N analogues was studied by mass Spectrometry and ion kinetic energy spectroscopy. The main fragment ions found in the mass spectrum of azobenzene are due to two parallel stepwise processes from the molecular ion: the expulsion of N₂ and two hydrogen radicals producing an ion at m/z 152 having possibly a biphenylene radical cation structure and loss of C₆H₅? and N₂. Except in the elimination of two hydrogen atoms from [M ? N₂]^+· ions, hydrogen scrambling between the phenyl rings does not feature in azobenzene upon electron impact.     

Microwave assisted IMDAF# reaction: microwave irradiation applied with success to cycloaddition reaction of N-propargyl-N-p-tolyl-N-2-furfurylamines

The new tertiary furfurylamine with triple bond as a dienophylic part i.e. N-(5-methyl-2-furfuryl)-N-prop-2-ynyl-p-toluidine (1) was prepared and the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the amine (1) was performed under microwave irradiation conditions and by heating a benzene solution of the amine under nitrogen. Comparing the results of the usual thermal and the MAOS reaction, we confirmed our expectations that MAOS could promote the outcome of IMDA reaction of the suitably N-substituted tertiary 2-furfuryl-amines. In the present example, N-p-tolyl-5-methyl-5,7a-dihydro-5,7a-epoxyisoindoline was obtained in much better yield and of higher purity.     

Synthesis and Characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-di(prop-2-ynyl)-<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-toluidine

Abstract  

In order to investigate the intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition, we prepared some new tertiary N-(5-substituted-2-furfuryl)-N-prop-2-ynyl-p-toluidines [Hergold-Brundić et al., Acta Cryst C56:e520, 2000; Mance and Jakopčić, Mol Divers 9:229, 2005; Mance, “unpublished results”] by the alkylation of secondary N-(5-substituted-2-furfuryl)-p-toluidines with the propargyl-bromide [Mance and Šindler-Kulyk, Synth Commun 26:923, 1996]. In the course of preparation of N-(5-methoxy-2-furfuryl)-N-prop-2-ynyl-p-toluidine [Mance, “unpublished results”], besides the main product (compound 1) (Scheme 1) we obtained N,N-di(prop-2-ynyl)-p-toluidine (compound 2) as the colourless crystals. The title compound 2, N,N-di(prop-2-ynyl)-p-toluidine, C₁₃H₁₃N, crystallizes in monoclinic C 2/c space group with unit cell parameters: a = 19.5319(9) ?, b = 7.5230(3) ?, c = 15.9000(7) ?, β = 112.554(5)°, V = 2157.64(18) ?³, Z = 8. The crystal structure is dominated by van der Waals forces only. The bond distances around amine N atom correspond to σ dominated bonds (1.467(2), 1.462(2) and 1.419(2) ?). The angles sum around amine N atom is in accord with sp³ hybridization (343°).     

Fragmentation Sous Impact Electronique de la Pyrrolidine et D'Isoindolines N-Nitrosees et N-Aminees

Mass spectral fragmentations of N-nitroso and N-amino derivatives of pyrrolidine, isoindoline and diphenyl isoindoline have been studied. Medium resolution and site specific deuterium labelling lead us to suggest fragmentation pathways.