• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.112-114
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• 1981

The photocycloaddition reaction of 8-methoxypsoralen with purine and/or pyrimidine bases is studied as a model for the charge transfer interactions of psoralens with DNA bases by the FMO method. The results indicate that, in the case of the molecular complex formation between psoralens and purine and/or pyrimidine bases, the most probable photocycloaddition should occur in the following order: Thy (5,6)<>(3,4) 8-MOP, Cyt(5,6)<>(3,4)8-MOP, Ade (7,8)<>(3,4)8-MOP, Gua(7,8)<>(3,4)8-MOP. The theoretical results for the photocycloaddition reaction are also correlated with the experimental results. The photoadducts between 8-methoxypsoralen and adenine are likely to be C4-cycloadducts through the cycloaddition of 3,4-pyrone double bond of 8-methoxypsoralen to 7,8-double bond of adenine.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.754-760
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• 1997

Through a sequence of reactions including Diels-Alder cycloaddition of a furan diene as the key step, 11-oxatricyclo[6.2.1.01,6]undecyl rings were synthesized from 5-methylfurfural with the goal of developing a synthetic protocol to 11-oxabicyclo[6.2.1]undecyl system. The strategy to incorporate an oxygen atom at C6 carbon of tricyclic 11 or 16 by Baeyer-Villiger oxidation was unsuccessful, implicating that there is too much steric congestion around the carbonyl ketone. As an alternative approach, bicyclic 23 and 24 were prepared from 2-methylfuran via known tricyclic 20. Cyclization of bicyclic 23 and 24 under several reaction conditions also failed to produce hydroxylated product 25 and 26.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.849-853
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• 1996

Hetero Dieis-Alder reactions containing phosphorus atom at various positions of diene and dienophile as well as standard Dieis-Alder reaction between ethylene and cis-l,3-butadiene have been studied using ab initio method. Activation energy showed a good linear relationship with the FMO energy gap between diene and dienophile, which can be normally used to explain Dieis-Alder reactivity. Since π-bond cleavage and σ-bonds formation occur concertedly at the TS, geometrical distortion of diene and dienophile from the reactant to the transition state is the source of barrier. Based on the linear correlations between activation barrier and deformation energy, and between deformation energy and π-bond order change, it was concluded that the activation barrier arises mainly from the breakage of π-bonds in diene and dienophile. Stabilization due to favorable orbital interaction is relatively small. The geometrical distortions raise MO levels of the TS, which is the origin of the activation energy. The lower barrier for the reactions of phosphorus containing dienophile (reactions C, D, and E) can be explained by the electronegativity effect of the phosphorus atom.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.1037-1042
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• 1995

The reaction of acetophenone 1-ureidoethylidenehydrazones 6 with a mixture of triphenylphosphine, carbon tetrachloride, and triethylamine in dichloromethane provides a general route to 1-(1-phenylethenyl)-5-(N-substituted amino)-1,2,4-triazoles 11 via the electrocyclization of the expected azino carbodiimide intermediates 9 to give the resonance stabilized azomethine imine 10a followed by a proton abstraction from the methyl group by amide anion. However, the same reaction of benzaldehyde 1-ureidoethylidenehydrazones 5 was unsuccessful. Under the same conditions, the reactions of benzaldehyde 1-N-acylureidoethylidenehydrazones 7 or acetophenone 1-N-acylureidoethylidenehydrazones 8 afforded 4H-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c][1,3,5]oxadiazines 16 or 17 via the zwitterionic species 15, or a [4+2] intramolecular cycloaddition from the carbodiimide intermediates 14, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.372-376
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• 1986

Substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans ($1_{a-e}$) were prepared by (4 + 2) cycloaddition reaction of dimethyl dicyanofumarate with the corresponding electron-rich olefins. The compounds $1_{a-e}$ were ring-open polymerized by cationic initiators to obtain polymers of 1:1 alternating sequence. Polymerizations were carried out with boron trifluoride etherate in methylene chloride at $-78^{\circ}C$. All the polymers obtained were soluble in common solvents and were reprecipitated by pouring its chloroform solution into diethyl ether. All the compounds $1_{a-e}$ were not as reactive as the corresponding pyrans derived from ${\alpha}$ -cyanoacrylate.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.487-490
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• 1993

A semiempirical methods (PM3-CI-UHF. etc.) for the evaluation of ground and excited state electronic structures of psoralens are applied to angelicin with thymine. The photocycloaddition reaction of angelicin with thymine were deduced to be formed by their preferable HSOMO-LUMO interactions. The photoadduct was inferred to be a C$_{4-}$cycloaddition product with the stereochemistry of cis-anti formed through [2+2] addition reaction between, the 3,4 double bonds of angelicin and the 5,6-double bond of thymine.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.604-608
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• 1997

Reactions of arenealdehyde 2-pyridylhydrazones (1) with thianthrene cation radical ($Th^{+·}$) and tris(2,4-dibromophenyl)aminium hexachloroantimonate ($Ar_3N^{+·}SbCl_6^-$) were investigated. The major product was switched depending on the cation radical being used. That is, s-triazolo[4,3-α]pyridines (2), an intramolecular cyclization product, and 1-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazoles (3), an intermolecular cycloaddition product, were obtained as a major product when reacted with $Th^{+·}$ and $Ar_3N^{+·}$, respectively in nitrile solvents. The plausible mechanisms are proposed based on both the reduction potentials of $Th^{+·}$ and $Ar_3N^{+·}$ and control experiments.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.298-300
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• 1987

The theoretical studies on the photocycloaddition reaction of 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin and 4',5'-dihydropsoralen with thymidine were carried out as a model for photosensitizing reaction of psoralen with DNA. The results are in reasonable agreement with experimental observations. The photoadducts between dimethoxycoumarin and thymidine were predicted to be $C_{4}$-cycloadducts through the cycloaddition of 3,4-pyrone double bond of dimethoxycoumarin to 5,6 double bond of thymidine. The major photoadduct of 4',5'-dihydropsoralen with thymidine has the anti head-to-head stereochemistry.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.340-344
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• 1998

A facile synthesis of 4,5-(1',2'-diphenylethylenedithio)-1,3-dithiole-2-thione (dPhEDT-DTT) is carried out via a Diels-Alder type [2+4] cycloaddition reaction of 1,3-dithiol-2,4,5-trithione oligomer and t-stilbene. Molecular structure of dPhEDT-DTT is determined by x-ray crystallography: space group P1, a=11.694(3) Å, b=12.117(3) Å, c=14.688(3) Å, α=113.12(2)°, β=102.23(2)°, γ=107.02(2)°, V= 1699.1(7) Å3, Z=2. It turns out that dPhEDT-DTT crystallizes as a racemic compound consisting of (R,R) and (S,S) enantiomers. Coupling reaction of dPhEDT-DTO undergone in neat P(OEt)3 yields TTF(SEt)4 instead of ET derivative. When PR3 (R=OEt, OPh, Ph) is used in benzene, toluene or xylene, however, dPhEDT-DTO is decomposed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.176-179
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• 1988

3-Methoxy-4-cyano-2,9-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]non-3-e ne (1) was prepared by (4 + 2) cycloaddition reaction of methyl ${\alpha}$-cyanoacrylate with 2,3-dihydrofuran. Compound 1 was ring-open polymerized by cationic catalyst such as boron trifluoride etherate to obtain alternating head-to-head (H-H) copolymer (2) of methyl $\alpha$ -cyanoacrylate and 2,3-dihydrofuran. For comparison, head-to-tail (H-T) copolymer (3) was also prepared by free radical copolymerization of the corresponding monomers. The H-H copolymer exhibited minor differences in its $^1H$-NMR and IR spectra, but in the $^{13}C$-NMR spectra significant differences were observed between the H-H and H-T copolymers. All of the H-H and H-T copolymers were soluble in common solvents and the inherent viscosities were in the range 0.2-0.3 dl/g.