Betaine tautomerism

Whatever be the difficulties in dealing satisfactorily with the problem of the lactam-lactim tautomerism in hydroxypurines, the predominance of the lactam tautomer granted, there remains the problem of the detailed structure of the most probable lactam form for each isomer. The problem is essentially that of the site of location of the imidazole proton. From that point of view forms 34-38 have to be considered for 2-hydroxypurine, forms 39—42 for 6-hydroxypurine (hypoxanthine), and forms 43-45 for 8-hydroxypurine. There are, in addition, some betaine tautomeric forms but these are probably of low stability and will not be considered further. Before describing the results of theoretical calculations, it may be useful to indicate that from the experimental point of view we may, in this respect, turn again for significant evidence to infrared spectroscopy... 

Clearly, in the case of (66) two amide tautomers (72) and (73) are possible, but if both hydroxyl protons tautomerize to the nitrogen atoms one amide bond then becomes formally cross-conjugated and its normal resonance stabilization is not developed (c/. 74). Indeed, part of the driving force for the reactions may come from this feature, since once the cycloaddition (of 72 or 73) has occurred the double bond shift results in an intermediate imidic acid which should rapidly tautomerize. In addition, literature precedent suggests that betaines such as (74) may also be present and clearly this opens avenues for alternative mechanistic pathways. 

These compounds are usually written in the unionized form as in (8 Z = NH, NR, O, S). Canonical forms of types (9) or (10) are important, i.e. these compounds can also be considered as betaines formally derived from azolium ions. Many compounds of this type are tautomeric and such tautomerism is discussed in Section 4.01.5.2. 

Imidazole-5-thione, 4,4-diphenyl-tautomerism, 5, 368 3 H-Imidazole-2-thione, 1,3-dimethyl-structure, 5, 367 Imidazole-2-thiones acidity, 5, 367 betaines, 5, 372 synthesis, 5, 481 tautomerism, 5, 367 3H-Imidazole-2-thiones synthesis, 5, 473, 6, 992 Imidazolides deacylation, 5, 453 mass spectra, 5, 360 phosphoric acid reactions, 5, 454 reactions, 5, 451-453 Imidazolidine, l-alkyl-3-phenyl-N-oxidation, 5, 427 Imidazolidine, 1,3-benzyl-2-phenyl-oxidation, S, 427... 

S-N rearrangement, 3, 36 ionization constants, 3, 4 oxidation, 3, 37 quatemization, 3, 17 Pyridazine-3 (2 H) - thiones analysis, 3, 2 tautomerism, 3, 5 Pyridazinium betaine, 3-oxido-photolysis, 3, 11 Pyridazinium betaine, 5-oxido-photolysis, 3, 11 Pyridazinium dicyanomethylide photolysis, 3, 12... 

These cover the following topics (a) theoretical methods, with emphasis on the utility of such methods b) molecular dimensions, as determined by X-ray, electron diffraction and microwave spectra (c) molecular spectra, covering NMR, IR, UV, mass and photoelectron spectra [d) thermodynamic aspects, such as stability, ring strain, aromaticity, shape and conformation of saturated and partially saturated rings (c) tautomerism, including prototopic and ring-chain (/) betaine and other unusual structures. 

In general, the A -methyl derivative of a given compound absorbs at longer wavelengths than the O-methyl derivative. The intensity of a band which appears in aqueous solutions beyond the maximum absorption in alcohol and which is due to the absorption of the betainic species alone, is a measure of the tautomeric equilibrium. The pA"a value of the 2-methyl-hydroxyisoquinolinium chlorides increase in the order 4-hydroxy (4.93), 8-hydroxy (5.81), 6-hydroxy (6.02), 5-hydroxy (6.90), and 7-hydroxy (7.09 in water at 25 °C, respectively) (57JCS5010). Thus, 2-methyl-4-hydroxyisoqui-nolinium chloride is the strongest acid. The UV spectra of 2-methyl-isoquinolinium-5-olate (34) and 2-methyl-isoquinolinium-8-olate (39) were also presented (61BCJ533) and the formation of a quinoid structure of 2-methyl-isoquinolinium-6-olate (38) can also be detected by means of UV-spectroscopy. 

Diphenylcyclopropene thione also reacts with Schiff bases 379 via the tautomeric vinylamine form to give betaines 380, which tautomerize to the bicyclic thio amides 3 /247 ... 

Quarternization of the triazole (5) gave the betaine (6) which is in tautomeric equilibrium with (6a) (Scheme 1). 

The preceding sections demonstrate two important general routes to six-membered heterocyclic mesomeric betaines. These are (i) deprotonation of appropriate quaternary salts and (ii) valence tautomerism of bicyclic isomers. Both approaches have been used to prepare isoquinolinium-4-olates (170) (Scheme 7). 

When the diphenyl betaine 310 (R = Ph) is generated in acetic anhydride at 120°C in the absence of dipolarophile, a quantitative yield of 1,2-diphenylacenaphthylene (318 R = Ph) is obtained. This desulfurization occurs by initial valence tautomerism to the episulfide (317 R = Ph) which can be isolated in 40% yield if the reaction is performed at 100°C.2 The episulfide 317 (R = Ph) and the hydrocarbon 318 (R = Ph) are also produced by treating the sulfoxide 312 (R = Ph) with phenyllithium. In the presence of oxygen, 1,8-dibenzoylnaphthalene is also a major product, and these observations suggest that the mesomeric betaine 310 (R = Ph) is a common intermediate in these reactions. ... 

ImidazoI-2-ones betaines, 5, 372 IR spectra, 5, 358 melting point, 5, 367 4-substituted mass spectra, 5, 361 tautomerism, 5, 367 Imidazol-4-ones coupling, 5, 403 Imidazol-4(5)-ones N-substituted tautomerism, 5, 366 lmidazol-5-ones... 

The structure of the reaction product of 2-aminopyridine and diethyl malonate, described by Chichibabin as 2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2//-pyrido-[l,2-<7]pyrimidine,96 was first questioned by Snyder and Robison253 on the basis of the high melting point and poor solubility of the compound. They suggested the tautomeric 2-hydroxy-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidine structure. The problem was solved by Katritzky and Waring273 who compared the UV spectrum of the product with that of fixed tautomers and found that the product may best be described as anhydro- 2-hydroxy-4-oxo-4/f-pyrido[l,2- ]pyrimidinium)hydroxide (63). Because of the chemical behavior of these compounds, however, the contribution of other mesomeric forms to the structure has also been considered.122 Thus, PPP-SCF quantum chemical calculations suggest that 1,4-dipolar cycloadditions to the C-3 and C-9a atoms are to be expected.352 This type of reaction does in fact occur (see Section III,C,10). Katritzky and Waring273 estimated the ratio of the mesomeric betaine (63 R = H) and the 2-hydroxy-4-oxo tautomers to be about 20 1. 

Since the suggestion of the sequential QM/MM hybrid method, Canuto, Coutinho and co-authors have applied this method with success in the study of several systems and properties shift of the electronic absorption spectrum of benzene [42], pyrimidine [51] and (3-carotene [47] in several solvents shift of the ortho-betaine in water [52] shift of the electronic absorption and emission spectrum of formaldehyde in water [53] and acetone in water [54] hydrogen interaction energy of pyridine [46] and guanine-cytosine in water [55] differential solvation of phenol and phenoxy radical in different solvents [56,57] hydrated electron [58] dipole polarizability of F in water [59] tautomeric equilibrium of 2-mercaptopyridine in water [60] NMR chemical shifts in liquid water [61] electron affinity and ionization potential of liquid water [62] and liquid ammonia [35] dipole polarizability of atomic liquids [63] etc. 

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