Heteroaromatic molecules

Discussion of the UV spectra of heteroaromatic molecules has changed with time, from the classical way illustrated by the Italian publications (56G797) to the modern quantum mechanical calculations. 

Photochemistry of Fluorosubstituted Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Molecules Zupan, M., Stret, B. Isr J. Chem. 17, 92-99 63... 

The electronic effects (8+ on carbon and S on nitrogen) that favor the hydration of heteroaromatic molecules and of Schiff bases to give Dimroth bases are the same as those that would favor the ringopening of the hydrated heteroaromatic molecules and cleavage of the C—bond in Dimroth compounds. 

Unsaturated carbon structures usually undergo addition of fluorine, but are vulnerable to fragmentation unless fluorine addition is carefully controlled. Aromatic rings saturate, but polymerization may be a serious side reaction. Many heteroaromatic molecules polymerize giving principally tars and oils. In contrast to the cobalt(III) fluoride process, benzene produces a significantly lower yield of perfluorocyclohexanc than does cyclohexane. 

The extensive kinetic data available for quaternization of substituted pyridines and derivatives, such as benzologs and diazines, under a uniform set of conditions make possible the calculation of substituent rate factors that are of considerable value in dealing with new substrates. When a heteroaromatic molecule has two or more nucleophilic annular positions that can react, often it is possible to estimate, in some cases very accurately, the ratio of quaternized products using these rate factors. 

For unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons all the carbon atoms are assigned the same Coulomb integral (a°) and all C—C bonds are assigned the same resonance integral 0°). In heteroaromatic molecules the approximate Coulomb integral for heteroatom ax is expressed as in Eq. (1) in terms of a0 and (3° and the electronegativity parameter h. 

The spin-coupled description of the rt-electron systems in the heteroaromatic molecules furan, pyrrole, thiophen and thiazole is also based on localized but non-orthogonal orbitals. The spin-coupled orbitals for pyrrole are shown in Fig. 5. There is one orbital localized on each carbon atom and one on the heteroatom ([Pg.50]

As a caveat to the use of NICS values as the sole determinant of aromaticity, Sastry and co-workers <2003JMT(663)145> have examined the use of this parameter for a range of heteroaromatic systems, including phosphinine 1 and its monoprotonated form 16. Their conclusion is that NICS values should not be used as the sole criterion for aromaticity for heteroaromatic molecules containing group III and IV row main group elements. 

Transfer of a RCOO or R group from FXeOCOR or Xe(OCOR)2 to aliphatic, aromatic and heteroaromatic molecules has been achieved in recent years. Reactions of difluo-ronitro- and fluorochloronitroacetic acids in the presence of xenon difluoride result in alkylation and acylation of the aromatic ring9, while 1-trifluoroacetoxyadamantane is formed in the reaction of xenon difluoride in the presence of trifluoroacteic acid42. The... 

For heteroaromatics having a basicity which can be measured precisely by conventional potentiometric or spectrophotometric methods, a pKa value is easily obtained. Owing to the very small size of the proton, the pKa is considered free from steric effects. Thus, the nucleophilicity of a series of heteroaromatic molecules, say in quaternization reactions, may be compared to the pKa within the same series this is a Bronsted relation ... 

It is important to recognize the difference between pyridine-like and pyrrole-like heteroatoms when considering the properties of heteroaromatic molecules. In pyridine 4 the nitrogen lone pair of electrons is not part of the aromatic sextet, whereas in pyrrole 8 the nitrogen lone pair is part of the aromatic sextet. This results in the two molecules having profoundly different properties. Imidazole 15 contains both types of nitrogen. 

Keywords Excited State, Heteroaromatic Molecules, Nonadiabatic Dynamics, Surface Hopping... 

The ready reversibility of such spectral changes to the spectrum of the cation upon acidification is an important test to rule out irreversible chemical reactions. In general, spectral techniques similar to those extensively used16,19 for the determination of the site of covalent hydration in a heteroaromatic molecule are also applicable to the determination of the site of nucleophilic addition in pseudobase formation. 

The formation of -complexes in liquid ammonia solutions has been observed for both heteroaromatic cations and neutral heteroaromatic molecules. These tr-complexes arise via addition of the amide ion to the heterocycle and are exactly analogous to the pseudobases and Meisenheimer complexes of aqueous and alcoholic media. 

Many neutral heteroaromatic molecules have been shown to form anionic amino (T-complexes in liquid ammonia in the presence of the amide anion. While no PMR spectral evidence could be obtained for an adduct between pyridine and amide ion in liquid ammonia, the monocyclic diazines do readily form (T-complexes.351 Thus, pyridazine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine generate the adducts 202-204, respectively. Several unidentified weak signals in the PMR spectra of 202 and 203 suggest the possibility of the presence of minor amounts of other adducts as well. For these diazines, K > 105 1... 

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