Phenoxathiins and (o-Hydroxyphenyl)phenyl sulfides from 1-Oxaspiro[2.5]octa-5,7-dien-4-ones

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2537 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Cacioli ◽  
JA Reiss
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Synthetic Pathway ◽  
Diphenyl Sulfide

A series of halogenated phenoxathiins (10a-c),(11a,b), and a 1-azaphenoxathiin (13) have been prepared satisfactorily by the reaction between l-oxaspiro[2.5]octa-5,7-dien-4-ones (6-spiroepoxy- 2,4-cyclohexadienones) (9a-c) and the appropriate halogenated thiophenolate anion. The method described provides a novel synthetic pathway to highly substituted phenoxathiins. Several (O-hydroxyphenyl)phenyl sulfides (14a-d) were also prepared with the anion of p-chlorothiophenol. Formation of the diphenyl sulfide (14b) with concomitant trapping of formaldehyde as a dimedone derivative (19) enabled a reaction pathway to be proposed.

Catalytic Resonance Theory: Parallel Reaction Pathway Control

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alexander Ardagh ◽  
Manish Shetty ◽  
Anatoliy Kuznetsov ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Phillip Christopher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Oscillation Amplitude ◽  
Catalytic Performance ◽  
Parallel Reaction ◽  
Resonance Theory ◽  
Static Conditions

Catalytic enhancement of chemical reactions via heterogeneous materials occurs through stabilization of transition states at designed active sites, but dramatically greater rate acceleration on that same active site is achieved when the surface intermediates oscillate in binding energy. The applied oscillation amplitude and frequency can accelerate reactions orders of magnitude above the catalytic rates of static systems, provided the active site dynamics are tuned to the natural frequencies of the surface chemistry. In this work, differences in the characteristics of parallel reactions are exploited via selective application of active site dynamics (0 < ΔU < 1.0 eV amplitude, 10<sup>-6</sup> < f < 10<sup>4</sup> Hz frequency) to control the extent of competing reactions occurring on the shared catalytic surface. Simulation of multiple parallel reaction systems with broad range of variation in chemical parameters revealed that parallel chemistries are highly tunable in selectivity between either pure product, even when specific products are not selectively produced under static conditions. Two mechanisms leading to dynamic selectivity control were identified: (i) surface thermodynamic control of one product species under strong binding conditions, or (ii) catalytic resonance of the kinetics of one reaction over the other. These dynamic parallel pathway control strategies applied to a host of chemical conditions indicate significant potential for improving the catalytic performance of many important industrial chemical reactions beyond their existing static performance.

Making Graphene-type Material via Polymerization of Porphyrin

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANJIB KAR ◽  
Sruti Mondal ◽  
Kasturi Sahu ◽  
Dilruba Hasina ◽  
Tapobrata Som ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Polymeric Material ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Synthetic Pathway ◽  
Simple Chemical ◽  
Doped Graphene ◽  
Ring Nitrogen ◽  
2D Structure ◽  
Porphyrin Macrocycles

<p>The synthesis of new graphene-type materials (<i>via</i> polymerization of porphyrin macrocycles) through a simple chemical synthetic pathway (at RT) has been demonstrated. This newly synthesized material can be dispersed in water with an average sheet size of few microns and with single layer thickness. As the porphyrin contains four inner ring nitrogen atoms thus the presented polymeric material will be close analogous of N-doped graphene. Porphyrin as the key component to synthesize layered graphene type continuous 2D structure has never been attempted before. </p> <p> </p>

A Paramedic Treatment for Modeling Explicitly Solvated Chemical Reaction Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasemin Basdogan ◽  
John Keith
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Reaction Mechanisms ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Optimization Procedure ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Chemical Reaction Mechanisms ◽  
Solvent Molecules ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Mbh Reaction

<div> <div> <div> <p>We report a static quantum chemistry modeling treatment to study how solvent molecules affect chemical reaction mechanisms without dynamics simulations. This modeling scheme uses a global optimization procedure to identify low energy intermediate states with different numbers of explicit solvent molecules and then the growing string method to locate sequential transition states along a reaction pathway. Testing this approach on the acid-catalyzed Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction in methanol, we found a reaction mechanism that is consistent with both recent experiments and computationally intensive dynamics simulations with explicit solvation. In doing so, we explain unphysical pitfalls that obfuscate computational modeling that uses microsolvated reaction intermediates. This new paramedic approach can promisingly capture essential physical chemistry of the complicated and multistep MBH reaction mechanism, and the energy profiles found with this model appear reasonably insensitive to the level of theory used for energy calculations. Thus, it should be a useful and computationally cost-effective approach for modeling solvent mediated reaction mechanisms when dynamics simulations are not possible. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Photocatalytic Alkylation of Pyrroles and Indoles with α-Diazo Esters

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Ciszewski ◽  
Jakub Durka ◽  
Dorota Gryko
Keyword(s):  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Alkylating Agents ◽  
Catalytic Amount ◽  
Radical Formation ◽  
Reaction Selectivity ◽  
Diazo Esters ◽  
Electron Withdrawing Substituents

This article describes direct photoalkylation of electron-rich aromatic compounds with diazo compoiunds. C-2 alkylated indoles and pyrroles are obtained with good yields even though the photocatalyst (Ru(bpy)3Cl2) loading is as low as 0.075 mol %. For substrates bearing electron-withdrawing substituents the addition of a catalytic amount of N,N-dimethyl-4-methoxyaniline is required. Both EWG-EWG and EWG-EDG substituted diazo esters are suitable as alkylating agents. The reaction selectivity and mechanistic experiments suggest that carbenes/carbenoid intermediates are not involved in the reaction pathway, instead radical formation is proposed.

Bringing Biocatalysis into the Deuteration Toolbox

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Rowbotham ◽  
Oliver Lenz ◽  
Holly Reeve ◽  
Kylie Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Late Stage ◽  
Hydrogen Isotope ◽  
Reductive Amination ◽  
Mechanistic Studies ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Synthetic Pathway ◽  
Drug Candidates ◽  
Isotopic Selectivity ◽  
Reducing Equivalents

<p></p><p>Chemicals labelled with the heavy hydrogen isotope deuterium (<sup>2</sup>H) have long been used in chemical and biochemical mechanistic studies, spectroscopy, and as analytical tracers. More recently, demonstration of selectively deuterated drug candidates that exhibit advantageous pharmacological traits has spurred innovations in metal-catalysed <sup>2</sup>H insertion at targeted sites, but asymmetric deuteration remains a key challenge. Here we demonstrate an easy-to-implement biocatalytic deuteration strategy, achieving high chemo-, enantio- and isotopic selectivity, requiring only <sup>2</sup>H<sub>2</sub>O (D<sub>2</sub>O) and unlabelled dihydrogen under ambient conditions. The vast library of enzymes established for NADH-dependent C=O, C=C, and C=N bond reductions have yet to appear in the toolbox of commonly employed <sup>2</sup>H-labelling techniques due to requirements for suitable deuterated reducing equivalents. By facilitating transfer of deuterium atoms from <sup>2</sup>H<sub>2</sub>O solvent to NAD<sup>+</sup>, with H<sub>2</sub> gas as a clean reductant, we open up biocatalysis for asymmetric reductive deuteration as part of a synthetic pathway or in late stage functionalisation. We demonstrate enantioselective deuteration via ketone and alkene reductions and reductive amination, as well as exquisite chemo-control for deuteration of compounds with multiple unsaturated sites.</p><p></p>

Synthesis, Characterization, and Dynamic Behavior of Well-defined Dithiomaleimide-functionalized Maltodextrins

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Hidalgo ◽  
Nathan A.P. Lorentz ◽  
TinTin B. Luu ◽  
Jonathan D. Tran ◽  
Praveen D. Wickremasinghe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
19F Nmr ◽  
Nmr Studies ◽  
Synthetic Pathway ◽  
End Groups ◽  
Sugar End

: Maltodextrins have an increasing number of biomedical and industrial applications due to their attractive physicochemical properties such as biodegradability and biocompatibility. Herein, we describe the development of a synthetic pathway and characterization of thiol-responsive maltodextrin conjugates with dithiomaleimide linkages. 19F NMR studies were also conducted to demonstrate the exchange dynamics of the dithiomaleimide-functionalized sugar end groups.

The mechanism of formation of 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadiene in the synthesis of 3-methylene-7-methyl-1,6-octadiene

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1864-1866
Author(s):  
Jan Bartoň ◽  
Ivan Kmínek
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Mechanism Of Formation ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
C Nmr ◽  
Visual Observations

2,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadiene is formed in the catalytic solution for the dimerization of 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene to β-myrcene (3-methylene-7-methyl-1,6-octadiene), as revealed by mass spectrometry and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Visual observations together with the results of gas chromatographic analysis of the catalytic solution suggest that the formation of 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadiene is associated with the transition of the alkali metal (sodium) from the solid phase into the solution. A reaction pathway is suggested accounting for the formation of 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadiene in the system.

Determination of Complex Reaction Mechanisms

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ross ◽  
Igor Schreiber ◽  
Marcel O. Vlad
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanism ◽  
Reaction Mechanisms ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Chemical Species ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Chemical System ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Complex Reaction ◽  
Oscillatory Reactions

In a chemical system with many chemical species several questions can be asked: what species react with other species: in what temporal order: and with what results? These questions have been asked for over one hundred years about simple and complex chemical systems, and the answers constitute the macroscopic reaction mechanism. In Determination of Complex Reaction Mechanisms authors John Ross, Igor Schreiber, and Marcel Vlad present several systematic approaches for obtaining information on the causal connectivity of chemical species, on correlations of chemical species, on the reaction pathway, and on the reaction mechanism. Basic pulse theory is demonstrated and tested in an experiment on glycolysis. In a second approach, measurements on time series of concentrations are used to construct correlation functions and a theory is developed which shows that from these functions information may be inferred on the reaction pathway, the reaction mechanism, and the centers of control in that mechanism. A third approach is based on application of genetic algorithm methods to the study of the evolutionary development of a reaction mechanism, to the attainment given goals in a mechanism, and to the determination of a reaction mechanism and rate coefficients by comparison with experiment. Responses of non-linear systems to pulses or other perturbations are analyzed, and mechanisms of oscillatory reactions are presented in detail. The concluding chapters give an introduction to bioinformatics and statistical methods for determining reaction mechanisms.

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