The structure of chloromethyl thiocyanate, CH2ClSCN, in gas and crystalline phases.

The structural and conformational properties of chloromethyl thiocyanate, CH2ClSCN, were studied in the solid phase and in the gas phase using in situ low-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments (XRD) and gas electron diffraction (GED), respectively. Depending on the mutual orientation of the Cl-C bond and the -SCN group, two conformations, gauche and anti, were found to coexist in the gas phase. The gauche conformer, with a dihedral angle φ(ClC-SC) = 71.8(4)°, is the most stable form, with an abundance of 89(3)% at ambient temperature. High level quantum-chemical calculations at the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ level of approximation reproduce these experimental results. In the solid state only gauche conformers were found to be present. The crystal structure shows specific intermolecular interactions including chalcogen-type interactions. The experimental electron density distribution was determined by high-angle X-ray diffraction. The atoms in molecules (AIM) theory was applied to analyze the charge density topology for a better characterization of intermolecular interactions present in the crystal.

Pentacoordinate silicon(IV): cationic, anionic and neutral complexes derived from the reaction of NHC→SiCl4 with highly Lewis acidic (C2F5)2SiH2.

Addition of NHC→SiCl4 to the highly Lewis acidic bis(pentafluoroethyl)silane ((C2F5)2SiH2) afforded the salt [(NHC)2SiCl2H][(C2F5)2SiCl3] with pentacoordinate silicon in the cation and the anion. The anion represents the first example of a chlorosilicate structurally characterized in the solid state. In this reaction, the long sought pentacoordinate NHC-adduct of silicochloroform was identified as an intermediate and its crystal structure is presented.

Intramolecular direct arylation in an A,C-functionalized calix[4]arene.

A recently developed efficient method for intramolecular direct arylation is employed on a doubly functionalized calix[4]arene fixed in the cone conformation. The reaction takes place in high yield leading to meta substituted calix[4]arenes. The functionalities are located at two opposite aromatic rings and the two possible diastereomers are obtained in a 1:1 ratio. Full sets of data including crystal structures for both isomers are presented. The NMR data reveal that even at temperatures up to 120 degrees C both isomers are fixed in a flattened cone conformation with the substituted aromatic units pointing outwards.

Structure-based design and synthesis of potent matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors derived from a 6H-1,3,4-thiadiazine scaffold.

We describe a new generation of heterocyclic nonpeptide matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors derived from a 6H-1,3,4-thiadiazine scaffold. A screening effort was utilized to identify some chiral 6-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazines that are weak inhibitors of the catalytic domain of human neutrophil collagenase (cdMMP-8). Further optimization of the lead compounds revealed general design principles that involve the placement of a phenyl or thienyl group at position 5 of the thiadiazine ring, to improve unprimed side affinity; the incorporation of an amino group at position 2 of the thiadiazine ring as the chelating agent for the catalytic zinc; the placement of a N-sulfonamide-substituted amino acid residue at the amino group, to improve primed side affinity; and the attachment of diverse functional groups at position 4 or 5 of the phenyl or thienyl group at the unprimed side, to improve selectivity. The new compounds were assayed against eight different matrix metalloproteinases, MMP-1, cdMMP-2, cdMMP-8, MMP-9, cdMMP-12, cdMMP-13, cdMMP-14, and the ectodomain of MMP-14, respectively. A unique combination of the above-described modifications produced the selective inhibitor (2R)-N-[5-(4-bromophenyl)-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-2-yl]-2-[(phenylsulfonyl)amino]propanamide with high affinity for MMP-9 (K(i) = 40 nM). X-ray crystallographic data obtained for cdMMP-8 cocrystallized with N-allyl-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-2-amine hydrobromide gave detailed design information on binding interactions for thiadiazine-based MMP inhibitors.

Novel heterocyclic inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases: three 6H-1,3,4-thiadiazines.

The title compounds, (2S)-N-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-2-ylidene]-2-[(phenylsulfonyl)amino]propanamide, C18H17ClN4O3S2, (I), (2R)-N-[5-(4-fluorophenyl)-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-2-yl]-2-[(phenylsulfonyl)amino]propanamide, C18H17FN4O3S2, (II), and (2S)-N-[5-(5-chloro-2-thienyl)-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-2-yl]-2-[(phenylsulfonyl)amino]propanamide, C16H15ClN4O3S3, (III), are potent inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases. In all three compounds, the thiadiazine ring adopts a screw-boat conformation. The molecules of compound (I) show a short intramolecular N(Ala)-H...N(exo) hydrogen bond [N...N 2.661 (3) A] and are linked into a chain along the c axis by N(endo)-H...S(endo) and N(endo)-H...O(Ala) hydrogen bonds [N...S 3.236 (3) and N...O 3.375 (3) A] between neighbouring molecules. In compound (II), the molecules are connected antiparallel into a chain along the a axis by N(exo)-H...O(Ala) and N(Ala)-H...N(endo) hydrogen bonds [N...O 2.907 (6) and N...N 2.911 (6) A]. The molecules of compound (III) are dimerized antiparallel through N(exo)-H...N(endo) hydrogen bonds [N...N 2.956 (7) and 2.983 (7) A]. The different hydrogen-bonding patterns can be explained by an amido-imino tautomerism (prototropic shift) shown by different bond lengths within the 6H-1,3,4-thiadiazine moiety.

Reactivity of the inversely polarized phosphaalkenes RP=C(NMe2)2 (R = tBu, Me3Si, H) towards arylcarbene complexes [(CO)5M=C(oEt)Ar] (Ar= Ph, M = Cr, W; Ar = 2-MeC6H4, 2-MeOC6H4, M = W).

The reaction of the arylated Fischer carbene complexes [(CO)5M=C(OEt)Ar] (Ar=Ph; M = Cr, W; 2-MeC6H4; 2-MeOC6H; M = W) with the phosphaalkenes RP=C(NMe2), (R=tBu, SiMe3) afforded the novel phosphaalkene complexes [[RP=C(OEt)Ar]M(CO)5] in addition to the compounds [(RP=C(NMe2)2]M(CO)5]. Only in the case of the R = SiMe3 (E/Z) mixtures of the metathesis products were obtained. The bis(dimethylamino)methylene unit of the phosphaalkene precursor was incorporated in olefins of the type (Me2N)2C=C(OEt)(Ar). Treatment of [(CO)5W=C(OEt)(2-MeOC6H4)] with HP=C(NMe2)2 gave rise to the formation of an E/Z mixture of [[(Me2N)2CH-P=C(OEt)(2-MeOC6H4)]W(CO)5] the organophosphorus ligand of which formally results from a combination of the carbene ligand and the phosphanediyl [P-CH(NMe2)2]. The reactions reported here strongly depend on an inverse distribution of alpha-electron density in the phosphaalkene precursors (Pdelta Cdelta+), which renders these molecules powerfu] nucleophiles.