Crown-ethers have recently been used to assemble porous liquids (PLs), which are liquids with permanent porosity formed by mixing bulky solvent molecules (e.g., 15-crown-5 ether) with solvent-inaccessible organic cages. PLs and crown-ethers belong to a novel class of materials, which can potentially be used for gas separation and storage, but their performance for this purpose needs to be asses...

7-hydroxy coumarin undergoes neutral conditions with alkyl propiolates in the presence of triphenylphosphine, and bysubstituation the corresponding aryl vinyl ethers was obtained in good yields

In a heretofore-unreported reaction, 1,2-cyclohexandione reacts with a variety of alcohols under mild acid-catalyzed dehydration conditions to afford not only ethers of 1,2cyclohexanedione but the corresponding aryl ethers as well in moderate to good yield.

We describe the first synthesis of homoallyl ethers from acetals and allyltrimethylsilane using microwave heating and CuBr as a promoter. This method works best for aromatic acetals, giving the corresponding homoallyl ethers in good to quantitative yield.

The N-D stretching region in the infrared spectrum of the ammonia complex of tris-(2-methoxymethyl-phenol)-borane containing one D atom has been examined. The N-D bands have been hole burned, and the resulting spectra reveal the reorientation kinetics of the ammonia. The ammonia is hydrogen bonded with the bond distances and reorientation barrier typical of other compounds. The N-D stretching f...

Crown ethers are small, cyclic polyethers that have found wide-spread use in phase-transfer catalysis and, to a certain degree, in protein chemistry. Crown ethers readily bind metallic and organic cations, including positively charged amino acid side chains. We elucidated the crystal structures of several protein-crown ether co-crystals grown in the presence of 18-crown-6. We then employed biop...

Novel 4-acyl-5-pyrazolones having aza-15-crown-5 (HPMP-A15C5) and aza-18-crown-6 (HPMP-A18C6) moieties as an intramolecular synergist have been synthesized by simple coupling reactions between 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-chloroacetyl-5-pyrazolone and the corresponding azacrown ethers. The solvent extraction of the divalent metal ions (Mn(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+), Zn(2+), Cd(2+) and Pb(2+)) were exam...

ABSTRACT Ru-catalyzed synthesis of mixed alkyl-alkyl acetals via addition of primary alcohols to allyl ethers has been extended to include long-chain and/or functionalized substrates. The catalytic systems for these reactions were generated from RuCl2(PPh3)3 and [RuCl2(1,5-COD)]x and phosphines [PPh3 or P(p-chlorophenyl)3] or SbPh3. Of particular importance is the almost quantitative eliminatio...

This review summarizes the new carbon-carbon bond construction methods based on the radical reaction of imine derivatives. The intermolecular carbon radical addition to oxime ethers proceeded smoothly in the presence of BF3.OEt2. A high degree of stereocontrol in the reaction of oxime ethers was achieved to give amino acid derivatives with excellent diastereoselectivities. The radical reaction ...