Multicomponent Assembly of Bicyclic Aza-peroxides Catalyzed by Samarium Complexes and Their Cytotoxic Activity.

An original strategy toward bridged tetraoxazaspirobicycloalkanes was developed. The synthesis is based on a three-component condensation-cyclization reaction of primary arylamines with 1,1'-peroxybis (1-hydroperoxycycloalkanes) and pentane-1,5-dial catalyzed by Sm(NO)·6HO. The structures and conformations of the products were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis and H and C NMR spectroscopy.

The mechanism of the replacement of aluminum atoms in 1-ethyl-3-alkylalumolanes by boron atoms with boron halides.

In this study, the mechanism of the replacement reaction of an aluminum atom by a boron atom in the 1-ethyl-3-substituted alumolanes with boron halides is proposed. Theoretical and experimental justifications based on the DFT quantum chemical calculations of the energy parameters of possible reaction routes coupled with monitoring of the reaction between 1-ethyl-3-butylalumolane and BF·EtO, BCl and BBr using H, C, B and Al NMR spectroscopy are provided.

Ti Group Metallocene-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1-Hexene Dimers and Tetramers.

1-Hexene transformations in the catalytic systems LMCl-XAlBu (L = Cp, M = Ti, Zr, Hf; L = Ind, rac-HC[THInd], M = Zr; X = H, Bu ) and [CpZrH]-ClAlR activated by MMAO-12, B(CF), or (PhC)[B(CF)] in chlorinated solvents (CHCl, CHCl, o-ClCH, ClCHCHCl) were studied. The systems [CpZrH]-MMAO-12, [CpZrH]-ClAlBu-MMAO-12, or CpZrCl-HAlBu-MMAO-12 (B(CF)) in CHCl showed the highest activity and selectivity towards the formation of vinylidene head-to-tail alkene dimers. The use of chloroform as a solvent provides further in situ dimer dimerization to give a tetramer yield of up to 89%.

Development of solvent-free protocols for obtaining highly substituted maleates of hyaluronic acid and other glycosaminoglycans.

Solvent-free protocols using microwave-assisted heating (i) or conventional heating without additives (ii) or adding KCO (iii), or triturating at room temperature in the presence of KCO (iv) were first used to esterify glycosaminoglycans (GAG) with maleic anhydride. High and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HMW and LMW HA), dermatan sulfate (Ds), heparin (HEP) and C6-oxidized HA (carboxy-HA) were used as substrates for maleation. Protocols (i)-(iii) were most effective for obtaining maleates with high DS (1.

New synthesis of tetraoxaspirododecane-diamines and tetraoxazaspirobicycloalkanes.

An efficient method for the synthesis of new spiro-tetraoxadodecanediamines and tetraoxazaspirobicycloalkanes has been developed by reactions of primary arylamines with -dihydroperoxides and α,ω-dialdehydes (glyoxal, pentanedial) catalyzed by lanthanide catalysts. A potential pathway for formation of tetraoxaspirododecane-diamines and tetraoxazospirobicycloalkanes has been proposed that involves generation of intermediate tetraoxaspiroalkanediols under the reaction conditions. The structures of the crystalline products have been confirmed by XRD.