T. I. Vakul’skaya

2-Arylazo-1 -vinylpyrroles : Free-Radical Polymerization and Copolymerization

2-Arylazo-1-vinylpyrroles (a new group of azo dyes of the pyrrole series) are polymerized under heating (80°C) without initiators and in the presence of AIBN to form intensely colored paramagnetic and conducting polymers with a yield of 92%. By the example of the thermal copolymerization with 1-vinylpyrrolidone, it has been shown that 2-arylazo-1-vinylpyrroles may simultaneously play the roles of initiators and comonomers.

Synthesis of 2-benzoylethynylpyrroles by cross coupling of 2-arylpyrroles with 1-benzoyl-2-bromoacetylene over aluminum oxide

Cross coupling of 2-arylpyrrole with benzoylbromoacetylene over aluminum oxide at room temperature gave 45–94% of 2-(benzoylethynyl)-5-arylpyrroles. Intermediate 2-(2-benzoyl-1-bromoethenyl)-5-arylpyrroles were isolated in up to 19% yield. The reaction was accompanied by formation of less than 5% of adducts of the initial pyrroles with the cross-coupling products, 2-benzoyl-1,1-bis(5-arylpyrrol-2-yl)ethenes.

Sulfurization of polymers. 6. Poly(vinylene polysulfide), poly(thienothiophene), and related structures from polyacetylene and elemental sulfur

Polyacetylene obtained by the dehydrochlorination of polyvinyl chloride in the NaOH—DMSO system undergoes sulfurization with elemental sulfur at 120—300 °C to liberate hydrogen sulfide and to form electroconducting (0.7·10–12—5.8·10–15Sm nm–1) and paramagnetic (1.5·1017—1.7·1019sp g–1, g = 2.0035—2.0045, ΔH= 0.44—0.66 mT) dark powders with a metallic luster. Their IR spectra and comparison with the samples of sulfurized polyethylene show that sulfurized polyacetylene contains poly(vinylene polysulfide), poly(thienothiophene), and related structures. The polymers afford the cathode discharge capacity of lithium batteries up to 950 mA h g–1(in the first cycle) and stable cycling at a level of 500—300 mA h g–1(25 cycles).

Polymer nanocomposites with iron oxide nanoparticles

Novel polymer nanocomposites with iron oxide nanoparticles in a poly(1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole) matrix are promising for the development of new biomedical materials of long-term effect.

Composition of humic substances in oxidized brown coal from Mongolia

The composition and properties of humic substances and residual coals separated from naturally or artificially oxidized (with 20% nitric acid, 30% hydrogen peroxide, and 4.8% potassium permanganate) brown coal samples with various initial degrees of humification from the Ulaan Ovoo deposit were studied using elemental, structural, and spectroscopic analysis (IR, UV, 13C NMR, and EPR spectroscopy).

Synthesis and paramagnetic properties of polytelluride oligomers

Organotellurium oligomers with different lengths of the telluride fragments and hydrocarbon chains were synthesized by reactions of tellurium with organic dihalogen derivatives in the system hydrazine hydrate-KOH. Oligomers containing two and three contiguous tellurium atoms in the solid state give rise to strong ESR signals with a g value of 2.005–2.030 and a line width of 180–290 Oe. The possibility for formation of tellurium-centered radicals is discussed. Nitrosodurene as radical scavenger in chloroform solution trapped neither primary radical species nor radical products derived therefrom.

Sulfurization of polymers. 4. Poly(4,5,6,7-tetrathiono-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiophene-2,3-diyl) and related structures based on polystyrene and elemental sulfur

Polystyrene was exhaustively sulfurized with elemental sulfur at 190--370 °C to liberate hydrogen sulfide and to form black lustrous powders (the sulfur content was up to 67%) possessing conductivity (10–7--10–6 S cm–1 upon doping with I2), paramagnetic properties ((3.4--13)·1019 sp g–1, g = 2.0040--2.0046, ΔH = 0.36--0.47 mT), and redox properties. The use of these polymers as active cathode materials in lithium batteries allows their repeated cycling at a specific discharge capacity of up to 330 mA h g–1. The data of elemental analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, the IR and ESR spectra, the conductivities, and the character of electrochemical activity of the polymers synthesized are consistent with poly(4,5,6,7-tetrathiono-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiophene-2,3-diyl) and related structures.

Signs of formation and chemical evolution of zwitterions in the reaction of 1-methylimidazole with cyanophenylacetylene and benzaldehyde

Primary monitoring of the three-component reaction of 1-methylimidazole with cyanophenylacetylene and benzaldehyde by EPR, UV, NMR, and IR spectroscopy has been carried out. Experimental evidence has been obtained for the formation of zwitterions and carbenes of the imidazole series as intermediates of a new functionalization reaction of the imidazole ring leading to 2-benzoyl-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-3-phenylpropanenitrile.

Expected and unexpected photochemical reactions of acyl iodides

Photolysis of acyl iodides RCOI (R = Me, Me2CH, Ph) under UV irradiation in toluene environment for 20–55 h proved to be a simple and efficient method of preparation of symmetrical α-diketones RCOCOR. In contrast, the photolysis under the same conditions of acyl iodides RCOI [R = Me(CH2)3, Me3C] did not lead to the formation of the corresponding diacyls, and the reaction products were unexpected 1,1-bis(4-methylphenyl)pentane and a mixture of isomeric 3- and 4-methyl(tert-butyl)benzenes respectively. The most probable mechanism of their formation is the primary photochemical acylation of toluene in the aromatic ring followed by the photochemical reduction of the arising butyl 4-methylphenyl ketone in the case of the valeroyl iodide or the photochemical Norrish type I cleavage of isomeric 3- and 4-methylphenyl (tert-butyl) ketones in event of the pivaloyl iodide. In the photolysis of acetyl iodide (R = Me) in benzene or toluene alongside the diacetyl formation polyarylation process was observed of acylated and iodinated into the aromatic ring solvents with the formation of polymeric products with semiconductor and paramagnetic properties.

Synthesis and properties of polyenic oligosulfides derived from acetylene and elemental sulfur

Oligosulfides derived from ethyne-1,2-dithiol were synthesized in up to 96% yield via insertion of elemental sulfur into the Na-Csp bond of sodium acetylides (HC≡CNa, NaC≡CSNa) in liquid ammonia, followed by hydrolysis and spontaneous oligomerization of ethynethiols, ethynedithiols, and mono-and bis-(polysulfanyl)ethynes (HC≡CSH, HSC≡CSH, HC≡CSxH, HSxC≡CSyH). The resulting polyenic oligosulfides were isolated as brown powders melting in the temperature range from 122 to 203°C and containing up to 77% of sulfur; they are sparingly soluble in organic solvents and are high-resistance semiconductors (10−13–10−14 S cm−1) possessing paramagnetic (1017–1018 spin g−1) and redox properties. According to the data of IR and ESR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, the oligomers obtained consist mainly of different oligosulfide units, including oligothienothiophene structures. They also ensure a high discharge capacity (345–720 mA h g−1) of lithium sulfur rechargeable batteries.