Yury V. Gatilov

An Unexpected Rearrangement That Disassembles Alkyne Moiety Through Formal Nitrogen Atom Insertion between Two Acetylenic Carbons and Related Cascade Transformations: New Approach to Sampangine Derivatives and Polycyclic Aromatic Amides

This work analyzes multiple new reaction pathways which originate from intramolecular reactions of activated alkynes with the appropriately positioned multifunctional hemiaminal moiety. Combination of experimental substituent effects with Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis revealed that alkyne polarization controls partitioning between these cascades. A particularly remarkable transformation leads to the formation of six new bonds at the two alkyne carbons due to complete disassembly of the alkyne moiety and formal insertion of a nitrogen atom between the two acetylenic carbons of the reactant. This reaction offers a new synthetic approach for the preparation of polycyclic aromatic amides with a number of possible applications in molecular electronics. Another of the newly discovered cascades opens access to substituted analogues of Sampangine alkaloids which are known for their antifungal and antimycobacterial activity against AIDS-related opportunistic infection pathogens.

The first example of the cubic NbO-type metal–organic framework derived from a metal bis-chelate

Abstract The series of compounds M(dbmCN)2 (dbmCN=dibenzoylacetonitrile, M=Cu, Co, Ni, Mn, Fe) has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The compounds exhibit robust metal-organic framework of cubic symmetry, and are capable of clathration of small molecules.

Promotional effect of ionic liquids in electrophilic fluorination of methylated uracils

A novel efficient protocol has been developed for fluorination of methylated uracils involving a stoichiometric amount of ionic liquid (IL) in alcohols. The fluorination of 6-methyluracil and 1,3,6-trimethyluracil has been carried out using the electrophilic fluorinating reagent Selectfluor™ (F-TEDA-BF4) in MeOH and EtOH solvents with the formation of 5-fluoro-6-methyluracil, 5-fluoro-1,3,6-trimethyluracil as well as α-fluoromethoxy- and α-fluoroethoxy ethers of difluorodihydrouracils as the main products. The use of a stoichiometric amount of ionic liquid as an additive results in acceleration of the reaction. It has been found that the effect of the anion of the IL on the rate of the reaction is more pronounced compared to that of the cation, the effectiveness of the anions decreasing in the following order: [HSO4−] > [OTf−] ∼ [NTf2−] > [BF4−] > [PF6−]. The influence of metal carbonates on the yields of fluorouracils has also been evaluated.

CCDC 805247: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

Related Article: E.A.Suturina, N.A.Semenov, A.V.Lonchakov, I.Yu.Bagryanskaya, Y.V.Gatilov, I.G.Irtegova, N.V.Vasilieva, E.Lork, R.Mews, N.P.Gritsan, A.V.Zibarev|2011|J.Phys.Chem.A|115|4851|doi:10.1021/jp2019523