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Understanding the mechanism of the N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed ring-expansion of 4-formyl-β-lactams to succinimide derivatives
2009
The mechanism of the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed ring-expansion of 4-formyl-β-lactams to succinimides has been studied using DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G∗∗ level. The first step is the nucleophilic attack of NHC to the aldehyde to yield the zwitterionic intermediate, which by a proton-transfer process affords the Breslow intermediate. The lactam N–C breaking bond in this intermediate yields an enol-amidate, which by a keto–enol type equilibrium becomes the ketone form. The subsequent ring-closure achieved by the nucleophilic attack of the amidate to carbonyl carbon allows the formation of the five-membered ring. Finally, elimination of NHC affords the succinimide. Analysis of t…
Understanding the regio- and chemoselective polar [3+2] cycloaddition of the Padwa carbonyl ylides with α-methylene ketones. A DFT study
2009
The regio- and chemoselective polar [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) of the Padwa carbonyl ylide (CY) with α-methylene ketone (αMK) to yield the oxa-bridged spirocycloadduct has been studied using the DFT method at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) computational level. Six reactive channels associated to the stereo-, regio-, and chemoselective approach modes of the CY to the CC and CO reactive sites of the αMK have been analyzed. DFT calculations for this cycloaddition are in complete agreement with the experimental outcome, explaining the reactivity and selectivity of the formation of the [3+2] cycloadduct. Analysis of the global and local electrophilicity and nucleophilicity indices allows an explanation abou…
Inulin vinyl sulfone derivative cross-linked with bis-amino PEG: new materials for biomedical applications
2009
In this work new hydrogels based on biocompatible polymers such as inulin (INU) and O,O'-bis(2-aminoethyl)polyethyleneglycol (PEGBa) have been prepared and charaterized. In particular, INU has been derivatized with divinyl sulfone (DV) thus obtaining the INUDV derivative, a copolymer bearing double bonds highly reactive towards the conjugate addition by nucleophilic molecules. INUDV has been characterized by FT-IR, 1 H-NMR and SEC analyses that have confirmed the success of the derivatization reaction. With the aim to obtain novel hydrogel systems, INUDV derivative has been cross-linked with PEGBa in phosphate buffer solution pH 7.4. The reaction has been carried out for 4 h at room tempera…
Five-to-Six Membered Ring-rearrangements in the Reaction of 5-Perfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles with Hydrazine and Methylhydrazine
2006
The hydrazinolysis reaction of 5-perfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles with hydrazine or methylhydrazine as bidentate nucleophiles has been investigated. The reaction occurred through the addition of the bidentate nucleophile to the C(5)-N(4) double bond of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole followed by ring-opening and ring-closure (ANRORC) involving the second nucleophilic site of the reagent. This ring-closure step could involve either the original C(3) of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole (giving a five-to-five membered ring rearrangement) or an additional electrophilic center linked to it (exploiting a five-to-six membered ring rearrangement). An alternative initial nucleophilic attack may involve the additional elec…
Understanding the origin of the asynchronicity in bond-formation in polar cycloaddition reactions. A DFT study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition react…
2012
The origin of the asynchronicity in bond-formation in polar cycloadditions has been studied by an ELF analysis of the electron reorganisation along the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of Padwa's carbonyl ylide 4 with the 1,2-benzoquinone 8. This reaction presents an unexpected asynchronous bond-formation, which is initialised through the nucleophilic attack of Padwa's carbonyl ylide on the carbonyl oxygen atom of the strongly electrophilically activated 1,2-benzoquinone. The present study allows for the establishment that along an asynchronous bond-formation, the more favourable two-center interaction begins at the most electrophilic center, which is the center with the highest spin density achie…
Reactivity of the carbon-carbon double bond towards nucleophilic additions. A dft analysis
2004
Abstract The global and local electrophilicity indexes have been used to characterize the reactivity pattern of the CC double bond towards nucleophilic addition reactions. A wide family of molecules including ketones, esters, anhydrides, nitriles and nitrocompounds containing appropriate substitution on the CC double bond have been classified within an unique scale of reactivity. The predictive capability of the theoretical model is tested against a series of benzylidenemalononitriles and substituted α-nitrostilbenes.
A DFT study of the molecular mechanisms of the nucleophilic addition of ester-derived lithium enolates and silyl ketene acetals to nitrones: Effects …
2006
9 pages, 6 schemes, 3 figures, 2 tables.
The [3,3′-Co(1,2-C2B9H11)2]– anion as a platform for new materials: synthesis of its functionalized monosubstituted derivatives incorporating synthon…
2003
[3,3′-Co(8-C5H10O-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)] (2) was synthesized by reaction of the caesium salt of [Co(C2B9H11)2]− with dimethyl sulfate in the presence of sulfuric acid as catalyst and tetrahydropyrane as solvent; the zwitterionic compound (2) yielded [3,3′-Co(8-C4H4N-(CH2)5-O-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)]− (6), [3,3′-Co(8-C8H6N-(CH2)5-O-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)]− (7), and [3,3′-Co(8-C12H8N-(CH2)5-O-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)]− (8) through the nucleophilic addition of potassium pyrrolyl, indolyl and carbazolyl, respectively. The nucleophilic addition of the same salts on [3,3′-Co(8-C4H8O2-1,2-C2B9H10)(1′,2′-C2B9H11)] (1) yielded, respectively, [3,3′-Co(8-C4H4N-(CH2)2-O-(CH2)2-O-1,2-C…
A DFT study of the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between hindered thiocarbonyl ylides and tetracyanoethylene
2004
Abstract The mechanism for the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between the hindered thiocarbonyl ylide 1 and tetracyanoethylene 2 has been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G ∗ level. Formation of the [3+2] cycloadduct 4 takes place through a stepwise mechanism that is initiated by the nucleophilic attack of the thiocarbonyl ylide 1 to the ethylene derivative 2 to give a zwitterionic intermediate IN . The subsequent cyclization of IN yields a seven-membered cyclic ketene imine 6 , which equilibrates with the thermodynamically more stable [3+2] cycloadduct 4 . The computed free energies are in agreement with the experimental outcomes.
Multiplicity of Reaction Pathways in the Processes of Oxygen Transfer to Secondary Amines by Mo(VI) and W(VI) Peroxo Complexes.
1996
Oxidation of N,N-benzylmethylamine, N,N-benzylisopropylamine, and N,N-benzyl-tert-butylamine by both anionic and neutral Mo(VI) and W(VI) oxodiperoxo complexes yields the corresponding nitrones quantitatively. The oxidation reactions employing anionic oxidants were performed in CHCl(3) and follow second-order kinetics, first order with respect to the amine and to the oxidant. The data were rationalized on the basis of a rate-determining nucleophilic attack of the amine onto the peroxide oxygen of the oxidant, with a transition state in which N-O bond formation and O-O bond cleavage occur in a concerted way (electrophilic oxygen transfer mechanism). This attack yields the corresponding hydro…