Synthesis and spectroscopic study of hexadecaalkyl-substituted rare-earth diphthalocyanines

New hexadecaalkyl-substituted diphthalocyanine complexes of lanthanides ^RPc₂Ln (R = Et, or Bu; Ln = Lu, Dy, or Eu) were synthesized by three methods: in solution in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, in a melt of a mixture of the reagents, and under microwave irradiation. The first of the above-mentioned procedures has an advantage for the preparation of Dy and Eu diphthalocyanines, whereas the melt synthesis is a method of choice for the preparation of Lu complexes. The reaction time decreases in going from the first to the third method. The structures of the complexes were confirmed by mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, and electronic absorption spectroscopy.     

Addition of diazocyclopropane generatedin situ to vinyl bromide and chemical transformations of the resulting 5-bromospiro(1-pyrazoline-3,1′-cyclopropane)

The reaction of diazocyclopropane generatedin situ with vinyl bromide occurs as regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to give 5-bromospiro(1-pyrazoline-3,1′-cyclopropane) in ∼60% yield. Reactions of the latter with nucleophilic reagents, which can occur both with retention and opening of the cyclopropane ring, were studied. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 688–690, April 1998.     

Decomposition of N-cyclopropyl-N-nitrosourea in the presence of reducing agents as a new way of generating the cyclopropyl radical

A new way of generating cyclopropyl radicals in the base-catalyzed decomposition of N-cyclopropyl-N-nitrosourea in the presence of organic reducing agents (1-phenylpyrazolidin-3-one and 4-methoxyphenol) was developed. The cyclopropyl radical generated under these conditions can not only abstract a proton from the substrate to give cyclopropane but also form C-C or C-Br bonds in reactions with aromatic substrates or polybromomethanes. Dedicated to Academician O. M. Nefedov on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1934–1938, November, 2006.     

Addition of diazocyclopropane generatedin situ to acrylic acid derivatives and transformations of resulting functionally substituted spiro(pyrazolinecyclopropanes)

The reaction of diazocyclopropane generatedin situ with acrylonitrile or methyl acrylate to give 1∶1, 1∶2, and 2∶1 cycloadducts was carried out. The products resulting from 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and subsequent isomeriation,viz., 3-cyano- and 3-methoxycarbonylspiro(2-pyrazoline-5,1′-cyclopropanes), isolated in the first step in ∼70% yield, react in an alkaline solution with the above acrylates or diazocyclopropane as C(3)-nucleophiles to give the corresponding 3-(2′-cyanoethyl)-, 3-(2′-methoxycarbonylethyl)-, or 3-(cyclopropylazo)-1-pyrazolines. The thermal deazotization of these pyrazolines to spiropentane derivatives was investigated. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 532–539, March, 1997.     

Formation of N-cyclopropylhydrazones by azo coupling of cyclopropyldiazonium with aliphatic CH acids

Decomposition of N-cyclopropyl-N-nitrosourea under the action of K₂CO₃ or KOH containing 15—20% of H₂O at 0—7 °C gives rise to cyclopropyldiazonium, which reacts with some -diketones, methyl cyanoacetate, or malonodinitrile to form the corresponding cyclopropylhydrazones. The latter compounds are analogous to products of azo coupling and isomerization of aryldiazonium ions with the above-mentioned substrates. These transformations provide the first example of azo coupling of the cyclopropyldiazonium ion in the series of activated aliphatic CH acids.     

Unusual formation of hydroperoxides in the reactions of substituted spiro[pyrazolinecyclopropanes]

3-Cyano- and 3-(alkoxycarbonyl)spiro[2-pyrazoline-5,1’-cyclopropane] and 5-phenylspiro[1-pyrazoline-3,1’-cyclopropane] undergo unusual transformations into 3(5)-substituted 5(3)-(2-hydroperoxyethyl)pyrazoles in the presence of atmospheric oxygen. The conditions for the formation of hydroperoxides (e.g., in oxygen-saturated solutions of spiro[2-pyrazoline-5,1’-cyclopropanes] in CHCl₃) and their conversion into (2-hydroxyethyl)pyrazoles or the corresponding nitrates under the action of nitrosating reagents were considered.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2160–2164, October, 2004.     

Reaction of diazoalkanes with unsaturated compounds. 9 Catalyzed cyclomethylenation of trimethylsilylacetylenes by diazomethane

The catalyzed reaction of methyl-, propyl-, and cyclopropyltrimethylsilylacetylenes with diazomethane in the presence of CuCl leads to the corresponding cyclopropenes and bicyclobutanes with overall yields of up to 70%, and also to the products of incorporation of a methylene group into the C³-H bond of the cyclopropenes formed (2–9%). Partial catalyzed isomerization of the 1-trimethylsilyl-2-cyclopropylcyclopropene formed from trimethylsilylcyclopropylacetylene, into 1-trimethylsilyl-1-cyclopropylallene (yield 50%) was discovered to proceed under the reaction conditions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1141–1146, May, 1990.     

Synthesis and thermal transformations of pyrazolines obtained by 1,3-dipolar addition of diazocyclopropane to maleimides

1-Pyrazolines, obtained by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diazocyclopropane to N-phenyl- and N-cyclohexylmaleimides, undergo complete dediazoniation at 175 °C for 10–16 h with the formation of spiro[3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-6,1′-cyclopropane]-2,4-diones 3 (80–89%) and isomeric 3-cyclopropyl-1H-pyrrole-2,5-diones 4. On the example of 3-cyclopropyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione, it was shown that compounds 4 are able again to enter into 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with diazomethane or diazocyclopropane with the reaction in the case of diazocyclopropane being nonselective and leading to two regioisomeric pyrazolines in the ratio ∼1.7: 1, thermolysis of which, conversely, proceeds with high selectivity and exclusively affords a spiropentane derivative. An action of the aqueous methanol solution of sodium hydroxide on the spiropentanes fused with succinimide fragment and subsequent acidification of the salts obtained lead to stable cis-amidoacids of spiropentane series. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1680–1685, August, 2008.     

Chemical transformations of 3-aminopyrrolidin-2-ones of the norbornane and cyclopropane series

3-Aminopyrrolidin-2-ones containing a fused norbornane or spirocyclopropane fragment react with benzaldehyde to give azomethines, which can be transformed into N-substituted 3-aminopyrrolidin-2-ones by reduction with sodium borohydride. Diazotization of amino-pyrrolidinones with NaNO₂ in acetic acid results in the elimination of molecular nitrogen and in the formation of acetoxy or unsaturated derivatives (through stabilization of intermediate carbocations). 6-Methylidene4-azaspiro[2.4]heptan-5-one obtained by diazotization of 6-amino-6-methyl-4-azaspiro[2.4]heptan-5-one easily reacts with diazomethane, diazocyclo-propane, and benzonitrile oxide to yield heterocyclic spiranes by means of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition.     

Different reactivities of regioisomeric azimines, adducts of phthalimidonitrene with 5-bromospiro[1-pyrazoline-3,1′-cyclopropane]

The addition of the phthalimidonitrene fragment, resulting from oxidation ofN-aminophthalimide by lead tetraacetate at −20 to −30°C, to the N=N-bond of 5-bromospirol[l-pyrazolinio-3,1′-cyclopropane] (1) affords, apart from the stable 5-bromo-N {spiro[l-pyrazolinio-3,1′-cyclopropane]}-N-phthalimidoamide (azimine2), regioisomeric azimine3, which is completely transformed into 3-acetoxy-N-{spiro[l-pyrazolinio-5,1′-cyclopropane]}-N-phthalimidoamide (4) under the reaction conditions. The acetoxy group in this product easily undergoes nuclcophilic substitution on treatment with McOH, NaN₃, or the starting bromopyrazoline1. The structures of azimines obtained were established using NMR spectra, and the structure of the product of reaction of4 with1 was additionally proved by X-ray difraction data. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1949–1953, November, 2000.