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Reactivity of 4,4-Dichloro-1,1-diphenyl-2-azabutadiene Towards Alkoxides and Thiolates: Synthesis of Functionalised π-Conjugated 2-Azabutadienes and …

2006

Treatment of 4,4-dichloro-1,1-diphenyl-2-azabuta-1,3-diene [Cl2C=C(H)-N=CPh2] (1) with excess sodium isopropylthiolate or sodium thiophenolate in DMF yielded the 2-azabutadiene derivatives (RS)2C=C(H)–N=CPh2 (2) (2a R = iPr; 2b R = Ph). Nucleophilic attack of the sodium salt of ethyl thioglycolate on 1 afforded as the sole product the six-membered heterocyclic compound ethyl 2-ethoxycarbonylmethylthio-5,5-diphenyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-1,4-thiazine-6-carboxylate (5). The reaction is initiated by substitution of the two vinyl-bound chloro substituents to give {EtO(O=)CCH2S}2C=C(H)–N=CPh2 (2c) as intermediate. A mechanism that accounts for the subsequent cyclisation reaction is proposed. The 2-azabu…

Diastereoselective Functionalization of a Spherand‐Type Calixarene

1994

Condensation of 5,5'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl (1) with formaldehyde yields a cyclic trimer 2 (and tetramer 3) having three (four) methylene groups less than a calix[6]arene (calix[8]arene). Alkylation of the (flexible) trimer with ethyl bromoacetate gives exclusively the stereoisomer 4 with C 2 symmetry, while the isomer with D 3 symmetry is not observed. Two isomers 6a and 6b (C 2 and C 1 symmetry) are obtained by treatment with tert-butyl bromoacetate which both are converted by transesterification with methanol into the same hexamethyl ester 5 having C 2 symmetry. These results are rationalized by restricted rotation around Ar-Ar bonds for larger O-alkyl groups also around Ar…

Naphthalenophane durch doppelte Photocyclodimerisierung von Distyrylnaphthalinen

1989

Bei der Belichtung von Distyrylnaphthalinen entstehen in regiospezifischen Kopf-Kopf-Cycloadditionen Naphthalenophane. Je nach Stellung der Styryl-Gruppen beobachtet man vollkommen stereospezifische Prozesse (1d 2, 1g 3, 1h 4) und Dimerisierungen mit partiellen Stereoselektivitaten (1b 5–8, 1i 9, 10). Masgeblich sind die Rotamerenpopulation im Ausgangsprodukt 1 und die elektronischen und sterischen Effekte in den Excimeren. Prinzipiell sind Excimere mit paralleler Anordnung moglichst vieler π-Zentren bevorzugt — ein experimenteller Befund, der durch HMO-Rechnungen untermauert wird. Naphthalenophanes by Twofold Photocyclodimerizatio Reactions of Distyrylanaphthalenes Regiospecific head-to-he…

New Studies and a Reinvestigation on [4+2] Cycloadditions of (−)-Thebaine: Asymmetrical Diels-Alder Reactions with a Conformationally Fixed Chiral Di…

1993

Some novel Diels-Alder reactions of the opium alkaloid (−)-thebaine (1) as an electron-rich diene and a reinvestigation of its reactions with cyclic and acyclic dienophiles are described. The π-facial selectivity has been studied on the basis of structural analyses of the cycloadducts. Some related results on [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of 1-methoxy-1,3-cyclohexadiene (11) are also reported.

Selective Formal Transesterification of Fluorinated 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethyl α-Imino Esters Mediated by TBAF

2008

The scope of the transesterification reaction between beta-fluorinated alpha-imino esters and various electrophiles in the presence of TBAF as fluorine source is described. The reaction is highly selective for alkyl iodides, bromides, and mesylates, while alkyl chlorides react at a significantly slower rate and tosylates do not react under the reaction conditions. This methodology represents a simple and useful alternative for the preparation of a wide variety of fluorinated alpha-imino esters.

Determination of selected polyaromatic hydrocarbons by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for the analysis of wood to establish the cause of sinkin…

2014

Abstract The aim of this paper was to establish the cause of sinking of an old wooden vessel by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) analyses because wood combustion is a source of PAHs. In particular, the molecular PAH patterns generated by each source are like fingerprints and it is possible to determine the processes that generate PAHs by studying their distribution in wood samples. The relative abundance of high molecular weight PAHs, together with the PAH compound ratios and with total index (proposed by us) has demonstrated that samples owe their PAHs in wood archaeological material to a predominant single mode of origin, i.e. combustion processes, therefore we can say that the sinki…

Untersuchungen zur Biosynthese eines Cytokinins in Calluszellen von Laubmoossporophyten

1973

When callus cells derived from the sporogon of the hybrid Funaria hygrometrica x Physcomitrium piriforme are supplied with adenine-8-14C, they produce a labelled cytokinin which has the same chromatographic behavior as N6-γγ-(dimethylallyl)aminopurine. The cytokinin is the first radioactive product that can be detected in the culture medium. It is formed as long as labelled adenine is available. When callus cells are grown in an optimum culture medium containing amino acids, about 10% of the radioactivity supplied as adenine is found in the cytokinin. When the cells are grown in a medium without amino acids, the RNA-content of the cells and the total yield of cytokinin decrease, but about 1…

Carotenoids and the Assembly of Light-harvesting Complexes

2006

Carotenoids are constitutive components of all light-harvesting complexes in plants and many such complexes in bacteria. In the crystal structures of several light-harvesting complexes, carotenoids are seen to span the lipid bilayer and connect components of the complex on both membrane surfaces and/or to mediate the interaction of transmembrane protein helices. This important stabilizing function suggests that these pigments are also actively involved in the assembly of light-harvesting complexes. Verification of this notion appears too ambitious a goal at present, as the question of how the pigment-protein complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus are assembled is still open. However, inf…

The apparent loss of tissue culture competence during leaf differentiation in yams (Dioscorea bulbifera L.)

1993

Explants taken from the leaves of yams (Dioscorea bulbifera L.) at different stages of development were cultured in vitro on a checkerboard using various combinations and/or concentrations of auxin (2,4-d) and cytokinin (6-BAP). An addition of cytokinin to the culture media was not essential for callus induction from explants derived from young leaves in the very early stages of expansion. When the leaves expanded further they required cytokinin and the requirement increased considerably during expansion. Explants taken from fully expanded leaves were no longer able to proliferate, even when extremely high concentrations of cytokinins were applied. Callus grown from highly immature leaves w…

2019

Water-soluble chlorophyll proteins (WSCP) from Brassicaceae form homotetrameric chlorophyll (Chl)–protein complexes binding one Chl per apoprotein and no carotenoids. Despite the lack of photoprotecting pigments, the complex-bound Chls displays a remarkable stability toward photodynamic damage. On the basis of a mutational study, we show that not only the presence of the phytyls is necessary for photoprotection in WSCPs, as we previously demonstrated, but also is their correct conformation and localization. The extreme heat stability of WSCP also depends on the presence of the phytyl chains, confirming their relevance for the unusual stability of WSCP.