Vol 52, No 4 (2016)

Dynamic structure of Soman diastereoisomers has been studied with the goal of obtaining accurate information to simulate molecular mechanisms of its action on living systems. The potential energy surface for internal rotation about the single P–O and O–C bonds has been constructed in terms of the Møller–Plesset second-order perturbation theory using 6-311G(d,p) basis set. The relative contributions of different conformers have been estimated by solving the vibrational problem according to the large-amplitude vibration model. The conformational dependences of the ⁴J_CF and ³J_CP coupling constants for the S,S and S,R diastereoisomers of Soman have been calculated at the FPT DFT B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2p) level of theory. The calculated vibrationally averaged coupling constants have been compared with the available experimental data to determine the structure of the most toxic Soman stereoisomer.

Benzyl alcohols formed by the reduction of benzaldehydes, alkyl aryl ketones, and benzophenones with sodium tetrahydridoborate in alcohols undergo in situ etherification with the solvent in the presence of a catalytic amount of HCl. Thus the process may be regarded as one-pot transformation of carbonyl compounds into the corresponding benzyl ethers. The yields of ethers depend on the substituent nature in the aromatic fragment of the initial carbonyl compound and on the alcohol used as reduction medium.

N-Arenesulfonyl-1,4-benzoquinone imines reacted with acetylacetone to afford different products, depending on the isolation procedure. Crystallization from polar protic solvents gave N-[4-hydroxy- 3-(2-hydroxy-4-oxopent-2-en-3-yl)phenyl]arenesulfonamides and 6-(2-oxopropyl)-4-(arenesulfonamido)phenyl acetates, whereas N-(3-acetyl-2,6-dimethyl-1-benzofuran-5-yl)arenesulfonamides were isolated by crystallization from nonpolar aprotic solvents.

Aromatic hydrazides reacted with 4-aryl-2-hydroxy-4-oxobut-2-enoic and 2-hydroxy-5,5-dimethyl- 4-oxohex-2-enoic acids to give 4-aryl-2-(2-aroylhydrazinylidene)-4-oxobutanoic and 5,5-dimethyl-2-(aroylhydrazinylidene)- 4-oxohexanoic acids. The products were found to exist in solution as mixtures of Z/E-hydrazinylidene and cyclic dihydropyrazole tautomers, and they underwent intramolecular cyclization to 5-aryland 5-tert-butyl-3-(aroylhydrazinylidene)furan-2(3H)-ones by the action of acetic anhydride.

New 2,2′-(2,4,6-trihydroxybenzene-1,3-diyl)dipyrrolidine derivatives have been synthesized by reaction of benzene-1,3,5-triol (phloroglucinol) with γ-ureidoacetals in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid as catalyst.

Methyl 3-aroyl-1-aryl-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylates reacted with arylhydrazines to give methyl 3-aroyl-1-aryl-2-(2-arylhydrazinyl)-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylates which underwent thermal recyclization into isomeric methyl 1-aryl-5-(arylcarbamoyl)-4-aroyl-1H-pyrazole- 3-carboxylates and methyl 1,5-diaryl-4-[2-oxo-2-(arylamino)acetyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylates.

Three-component condensation of diethyl 2-oxobutanedioate sodium salt with aromatic aldehydes and tetrazol-5-amine monohydrate afforded the corresponding diethyl 6-aryl-3,6-dihydrotetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-4,5-dicarboxylates.

Three-component condensation of N,N-diethyl-3-oxobutanamide with aromatic aldehydes and thiourea afforded the corresponding 6-aryl-N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-2-sulfanylidene-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxamides.

Ethyl 1-amino-8,8-dimethyl-5-(piperidin-1-yl)-8,9-dihydro-6H-pyrano[4,3-d]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate and ethyl 1-amino-5-(piperidin-1-yl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-c]isoquinoline-2-carboxylate reacted with benzoyl isothiocyanate to give the corresponding 1-thioureido derivatives which underwent cyclization to 2,2-dimethyl-5-(piperidin-1-yl)-10-thioxo-1,4,10,11-tetrahydro-2H-pyrano[4″,3″:4′,5′]pyrido-[3′,2′:4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-8(9H)-one and 5-(piperidin-1-yl)-10-thioxo-1,2,3,4,10,11-hexahydropyrimido-[4′,5′:4,5]thieno[2,3-c]isoquinolin-8(9H)-one. The cyclization products were converted into 8-chloro derivatives, and the chlorine atom therein was replaced by various amines.