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Benzylidene Moiety (benzylidene + moiety)

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Reaction of 4-benzylidene-2-methyl-5-oxazolone with amines, Part 2: Influence of substituents in para-position in the phenyl ring and a substituent on amine nitrogen atom on the reaction kinetics

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL KINETICS, Issue 3 2002
B. Bet, akowska
An influence of a structure of the amine (benzylamine, N -methyl-benzylamine, N -isopropyl-benzylamine, N -methyl-butylamine, N -ethyl-butylamine, sec -butylamine, and tert -butylamine) on a rate constant of the ring-opening reaction of 4-benzylidene-2-methyl-5-oxazolone (Ox) was studied. The good correlation between logarithm of the rate constants and Charton's steric substituent constant , as well as good correlation with a form of the simple branching equation indicate that there is a steric effect because of substitution at C1 carbon atom of nucleophile which decreases the reaction rate. Additionally, an influence of a structure of the benzylidene moiety of Ox on a rate of the oxazolone ring-opening reaction was studied. The substituents (OH, OCH3, N(CH3)2, Cl, NO2) in para-position of the phenyl ring of Ox substantially modified the rate of the reaction with benzylamine in acetonitrile. The rate of the Ox ring-opening reaction decreased with increase of the electron-donating properties of the substituent. A good correlation between the rate constants of the reaction of 4-(4,-substituted-benzylidene)-2-methyl-5-oxazolones with benzylamine and the electron density at the reaction center (carbon C5 of the oxazolone ring), calculated using ab initio method, and the Hammett substituent constants, and CR equation were established. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 34: 148,155, 2002; DOI 10.1002/kin.10039 [source]

Phase behavior and photo-responsive studies of photoactive liquid crystalline hyperbranched polyethers containing benzylidene moiety

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 11 2009
V. Srinivasa Rao
Abstract Two sets of hyperbranched polyether epoxies were synthesized to study the effect of substituent, rigidity, and nature of photoactive unit on the thermal and photoresponsive properties. Each set was comprised of one molecule with an acyclic moiety in the repeating unit, and two molecules with a cyclic moiety of varying rigidity (cycle size) in the repeating unit. Two substituents on aromatic rings in the repeating unit were present in one set, and other set was without a substituent. The mesogenic and photoresponsive properties were studied and correlated to the varied structural parameters. The effects of varied molecular structural parameters on phase behavior and photoresponsive properties were very prominent. Out of six monomeric diols, only four have exhibited liquid crystalline phase while the polymers corresponding to all monomeric diols revealed mesophase. The findings in photoresponsive properties were further supported by molecular modeling studies. The changes in refractive index, photoviscosity, and fluorescence intensity with irradiation time substantiated the spectral pattern observed in UV-Vis spectroscopy. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 2774,2786, 2009 [source]

Effect of molecular architecture and size of mesogen on phase behavior and photoactive properties of photoactive liquid crystalline hyperbranched polyester epoxies containing benzylidene moiety

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 2 2008
V. Srinivasa Rao
Abstract A series of photoactive liquid crystalline linear and hyperbranched polyester epoxies were synthesized by polyaddition of photoactive bis benzylidene alkanone diol monomers and terephthalic acid and trimesic acid respectively with good yield. The effect of molecular architecture (linear and hyperbranched), size of mesogenic unit (cyclic and acyclic units) on the physicochemical, thermal, mesogenic, and photoactive properties of hyperbranched polymers were studied and compared. Degree of branching of hyperbranched polymers was found to be in the range of 0.46,0.49. Monomers containing cyclic moieties only exhibited nematic mesophase, while all polymers exhibited typical nematic mesophase. Intermolecular photo cycloaddition reaction was studied by ultraviolet,visible spectra (UV,vis) and NMR spectroscopy and photo viscosity measurement of UV irradiated polymer solutions. Faster photo induced behavior of hyperbranched polymers containing acyclic alkanone moiety, as compared to polymers containing cycloalkanone moieties, was observed. The change in the refractive index was found to be in the range of 0.02,0.024. Substantial variation of refractive index indicates that this polymer could be used for optical recording. All the polymers were also found to be fluorescent in nature. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 552,563, 2008 [source]

Mechanistic Investigation of the Dipolar [2+2] Cycloaddition,Cycloreversion Reaction between 4-(N,N -Dimethylamino)phenylacetylene and Arylated 1,1-Dicyanovinyl Derivatives To Form Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Chromophores

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 1 2010
Yi-Lin Wu
Abstract The kinetics and mechanism of the formal [2+2] cycloaddition,cycloreversion reaction between 4-(N,N -dimethylamino)phenylacetylene (1) and para -substituted benzylidenemalononitriles 2,b,2,l to form 2-donor-substituted 1,1-dicyanobuta-1,3-dienes 3,b,3,l via the postulated dicyanocyclobutene intermediates 4,b,4,l have been studied experimentally by the method of initial rates and computationally at the unrestricted B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. The transformations were found to follow bimolecular, second-order kinetics, with =13,18,kcal,mol,1, ,,30,cal,K,1,mol,1, and =22,27,kcal,mol,1. These experimental activation parameters for the rate-determining cycloaddition step are close to the computational values. The rate constants show a good linear free energy relationship (,=2.0) with the electronic character of the para -substituents on the benzylidene moiety in dimethylformamide (DMF), which is indicative of a dipolar mechanism. Analysis of the computed structures and their corresponding solvation energies in acetonitrile suggests that the rate-determining attack of the nucleophilic, terminal alkyne carbon onto the dicyanovinyl electrophile generates a transient zwitterion intermediate with the negative charge developing as a stabilized malononitrile carbanion. The computational analysis predicted that the cycloreversion of the postulated dicyanocyclobutene intermediate would become rate-determining for 1,1-dicyanoethene (2,m) as the electrophile. The dicyanocyclobutene 4,m could indeed be isolated as the key intermediate from the reaction between alkyne 1 and 2,m and characterized by X-ray analysis. Facile first-order cycloreversion occurred upon further heating, yielding as the sole product the 1,1-dicyanobuta-1,3-diene 3,m. [source]