Aromatization of Various 1,4‐Dihydropyridines by Tetrabutylphosphonium Dichromate (TBPDC) under Conventional Heating and Microwave Irradiation

Tetrabutylphosphonium dichromate (TBPDC) has been found an efficient oxidizing agent for the aromatization of various 1,4‐dihydropyridines to their pyridine derivatives in refluxing acetonitrile and also under microwave irradiation. Short reaction times and clean workup are the advantages of this method.     

Nuclear Monobromination of Alkyl Phenyl Ethers with NaClO2, NaBr,Mn(acac)3, and Moist Silica Gel in Aprotic Solvent

Nuclear monobromination of aromatic ethers can be achieved with a NaClO₂/NaBr/Mn(acac)₃ catalyst/silica gel system in dichloromethane in regioselective and high-yielding manner under mild conditions.     

Crystal Structure and Characterisation of Mercury(II) Dichromate(VI)

Summary. Dark-red single crystals of HgCr₂O₇ were grown by reacting HgO and CrO₃ in excess at 200°C for four days. The crystal structure (space group P3₂, Z = 3, a = 7.2389(10), c = 9.461(2) ?, 1363 structure factors, 57 parameters, R[F ²>2σ(F ²)] = 0.0369, wR(F ² all) = 0.0693) was determined from a crystal twinned by merohedry according to (110). It consists of nearly linear HgO₂ units ( (Hg–O) = 2.02 ?) and dichromate units that are linked into infinite chains ‘O₃Cr–O–CrO₃–Hg–O₃Cr–O–CrO₃’ running parallel to the c-axis. Six additional Hg–O contacts between 2.73 and 2.96 ? stabilise the structural arrangement. The dichromate anion exhibits a staggered conformation with a bent Cr–O–Cr bridging angle of 140.7(6)°. Upon heating above 300°C, HgCr₂O₇ decomposes in a two-step mechanism to Cr₂O₃. The title compound was additionally characterised by vibrational spectroscopy.