Dibromide Anion Research Articles

Mono- and Bis-Phosphine Promoted Incorporation of Boron, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus into Heterocycles via Staudinger Reactions of Borafluorene Azides.

We report the synthesis and characterization of a series of BNP-incorporated borafluorenate heterocycles formed via thermolysis reactions of pyridylphosphine and bis(phosphine)-coordinated borafluorene azides. The use of diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine (PyPh2P), trans-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene (Ph2P(H)C═C(H)PPh2), and bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (Ph2PC(H2)PPh2) as stabilizing ligands resulted in Staudinger reactions to form complex heterocycles with four- (BN2P, BNPC, P2N2) and five-membered (BNP2C and BN2PC) rings, which were successfully isolated and fully characterized by multinuclear NMR and X-ray crystallography. However, when bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (Ph2P-Ph-PPh2) was used as the ligand in a reaction with 9-bromo-9-borafluorene (BF-Br), due to the close proximity of the donor P atoms, the diphosphine-stabilized borafluoronium ion with an unusual borafluorene dibromide anion was formed. Reaction of the borafluoronium ion with trimethylsilyl azide left the cation intact, and the dibromide anion was substituted by a diazide. Density functional theory calculations were used to provide mechanistic insight into the formation of these new boracyclic compounds. This work highlights a new method in which donor phosphine ligands may be used to promote dimerization, cyclization, and ring contraction reactions to produce boracycles via Staudinger reactions.

From Mixed-Valent Phenyltellurenyl Bromide Ph(Br2)TeTePh to the Isolation of [{(C6H5)Te}19O24Br5]Br4

The σ-donor ligand selone L (L = 1,3-dibutylbenzimidazolin-2-selone, C15H22N2Se) caused cleavage of the Te–Te bond of the mixed-valent phenyltellurenyl bromide {Ph(Br2)TeTePh} in THF to produce the selone adduct of a phenyltellurenyl cation with phenyltellurium dibromide anion, [PhTe(L)][PhTeBr2] (1). The adduct disproportionated in polar solvent (CH3CN), followed by hydrolysis with traces of water to give the largest telluroxane cluster, [{(C6H5)Te}19O24Br5]Br4, with a Te19O24 skeleton. The bowl-shaped telluroxane cluster dimerizes in the solid state, forming the molecular capsule {[{(C6H5)Te}19O24Br5]Br4}2. The cluster is amphipathic and has a hydrophilic cavity consisting of tellurium, oxygen, and bromide atoms, which contains 24H2O molecules.

Selone-stabilized aryltellurenyl cations.

Controlled bromination of a diarylditelluride, R2Te2 (R = 2,6-dimethylphenyl) (6) in dichloromethane led to the formation of a Te(II)-Te(IV) mixed-valent tellurenyl bromide, RBr2TeTeR (7). A further reaction of 7 with 1,3-dibutylbenzimidazolin-2-selone, C15H22N2Se (L) (9), produced the first selone adduct of the 2,6-dimethylphenyltellurenyl cation with the 2,6-dimethylphenyltellurium dibromide anion, [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(L)](+)[(2,6-Me2C6H3)TeBr2](-) (10). The red colored cationic adduct 10 is not stable in acetonitrile and disproportionated to give the selone adduct of 2,6-dimethylphenyltellurenyl bromide, [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(L)Br] (11b) and bis(2,6-dimethylphenyl)tellurium dibromide, [(2,6-Me2C6H3)2TeBr2], (13). The metathesis reaction of 11b with AgBF4 produced a stable dark red colored selone adduct of the 2,6-dimethylphenyltellurenyl cation with the BF4(-) anion, [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(L)](+)BF4(-) (15). The selone adducts of aryltellurenyl halides, i.e. [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(L)X] (X = Cl, Br, I) (11a-11c), have been synthesized by a one-pot reaction of 6 with an equimolar mixture of 9 and 1,3-dibutylbenzimidazolin-2-dihaloselones, C15H22N2SeX2 (14a-14c). Triphenylphosphine (PPh3), when treated with [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(L)X] (11a-11c), substitutes selone from the adduct to afford the triphenylphosphine adducts of aryltellurenyl halides, [(2,6-Me2C6H3)Te(PPh3)X] (16a-16c).

Free radical scavenging reactions and antioxidant activities of silybin: Mechanistic aspects and pulse radiolytic studies

Silybin (extracted from Silybum marianum) is the major active constituent of silymarin which possesses a wide range of medicinal properties. These properties may be, in part, due to the potent scavenging capacity of oxidizing free radicals. In this context, scavenging radicals (hydroxyl, azide, dibromide anion radicals, nitrite, carbonate, etc.) of silybin have been studied to understand the mechanistic aspects of its action against free radicals. The transients produced in these reactions have been assigned and the rate constants have been measured by pulse radiolysis techniques. Reduction potential determined both by cyclic voltammetry gave a value 0.62±0.02 V vs NHE at pH 9. Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to further confirm the different activities of individual hydroxyl groups with the difference of heat of formation. Moreover, silybin also protected plasmid pUC18 DNA from soft X-ray radiation which induced strand breaks. These results are expected to be helpful for a better understanding of the anti-oxidative properties of silybin.

Synthesis of 2-Pyridinylbenzoxazole: Mechanism for the Intramolecular Photosubstitution of the Haloarene with the Carbonyl Oxygen of the Amide Bond in Basic Medium

2-Pyridinylbenzoxazole derivatives have been synthesized by the intramolecular photosubstitution reaction of N-(2-halophenyl)pyridinecarboxamide (1 and 2) with its amide bond in basic medium. In neutral medium both intramolecular photosubstitution and photoreduction reactions occurred. In the photosubstitution reaction a singlet state of the o-haloarene is involved, whereas in the photoreduction a triplet state of the o-haloarene is involved; oxygen inhibited the photoreduction but not the photosubstitution. The relative rate studies showed that a base accelerates the photosubstitution reaction but decelerates the photoreduction. o-Iodoarenecarboxamide is more reactive than o-bromoarenecarboxamide, which in turn is more reacitive than o-chloroarenecarboxamide. UV−vis absorption change in the presence of a base showed that an imidol and/or imidolate anion is involved in the reaction. Several transient species, such as charge-transfer excited states and a cyclohexadienyl anion radical, have been identified from the photolysis of 1 and 2 in basic medium by laser flash photolysis. In neutral medium dibromide anion radical and a phenyl σ radical were identified in addition to the above intermediates. On the basis of the photokinetic and laser flash photolysis studies, an intramolecular photosubstitution of N-(o-halophenyl)pyridinecarboxamide with its amide bond occurs via an intramolecular SN(ET)Ar* mechanism to afford 2-pyridinylbenzoxazole derivative, and the photoreduction proceeds via a free radical mechanism to give N-phenylpyridinecarboxamide.

Comparison of Reactivities of Dibromide Anion Radical and Dichloride Anion Radical in Neutral Aqueous Solution

Abstract Rate constants of reactions of dibromide anion radical with some aliphatic dipeptides or unsaturated compounds including pyrimidine bases have been determined by flash photolysis. Difference in activation energy between, dibromide and dichloride anion radicals has been estimated by comparing rate constants obtained for common substrates.

Kinetics of Reactions of Benzyl Chloride Cation Radical, Dichloride Anion, Dibromide Anion and Solvated Electron Transients of Photodissociation of Benzyl Chloride and Benzyl Bromide in Water and Methanol Solutions.

Etude par conductance electrique et spectres UV de la photolyse laser eclair des composes dans l'eau et le methanol a 25°C. Dans l'eau formation du carbocation et de Cl − (rendement quantique=0,9±0,1) du radical cationique B Z Cl + et d'electron hydrate (0,015±0,005). B Z + reagit rapidement avec l'eau, formant l'alcool benzylique e aq − reagit avec B Z Cl donnant B Z • . Dans le methanol formation de B Z • (0,6±0,1). Reactions des atomes Cl et Br avec CH 3 OH. Constantes de vitesse