A convergent synthesis of 5-acetyl-4-(4'-alkyloxyphenyl)-3-cyano-6-methylpyridine-2(1H)-thiones and their derivatives S-alkylthiopyridines was described. The main steps towards the formation of the title compounds involve the reactions of 4-alkyloxybenzaldehydes with 2-cyanothioacetamide to afford 2-cyano-3(4'-alkyloxyphenyl)prop-2-enethioamides which then reacted with acetylacetone prior to th...

The stabilizing and destabilizing mechanism in the action of acetylacetone on zirconium propoxide precursors is revealed; the nature of heteroleptic intermediates provides an explanation.

Dinuclear Ru(III) complexes, [Ru(III)(acac)(2)(dabe)Ru(III)(acac)(2)] (acacH = acetylacetone; dabeH(2) = 1, 2-diacetyl-1,2-dibenzoylethane) and [Ru(III)(acac)(2)(tbet)Ru(III)(acac)(2)] (tbetH(2) = 1,1,2,2-tetrabenzoylethane) were synthesized by reacting [Ru(acac)(2)(CH(3)CN)(2)]PF(6) with dabeH(2) and tbetH(2) respectively, in toluene. The X-ray structural analysis of a meso-type dinuclear Ru(I...

(+)-Clusianone, an exo-type B PPAP with reported anti-HIV and chemoprotective activities, was synthesized in eleven steps with 97% ee starting from acetylacetone. An enantioselective decarboxylative Tsuji-Trost-allylation and a Ru-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis-decarboxylative allylation were used to control both diastereo- and enantioselectivity.

New, full-dimensional potential energy surface for acetylacetone allows description of H-tunneling dynamics and characterization stationary points.

Herein we report the synthesis and photophysical study of tris-heteroleptic complexes of the general formula IrLL'(acac), where L and L' are two differently substituted 2-phenylpyridines (ppyH) and acacH is 2,4-pentanedione, using a combinatorial approach that could be employed for many ligand combinations. The tris-heteroleptic complexes and the analogous bis-heteroleptic complexes of the form...

The reactions of sec-aminodienyl esters 3 with acetylacetone (4) afforded N-alkyl 3-acetyl-4-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 5 and enamines 6, providing a new azaelectrocyclization reaction.

a simple, green synthesis of n-alkyl-3-acetyl-2-methylpyrrole derivatives using zno nanoparticles from the three component reaction of aliphatic amines, acetylacetone (as a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound) and α-haloketones under solvent-free condition is described.

Theory and simulation of laser control of single and double proton transfer reactions in hydrogen-bonded molecular systems are reviewed. Different approaches to the construction of potential energy surfaces are introduced as a means to design simple models for unraveling basic mechanistic principles of laser control. Obtaining the control laser field is the central task and various methods such...

Solid solution Pb1-xBaxTiO3, with particular emphasis on Pb0.5Ba0.5TiO3, was prepared using a sol-gel process incorporating lead acetate trihydrate, barium acetate, and titanium isopropoxide as precursors, acetylacetone (2,4 pentanedione) as a chelating agent, and ethylene glycol as a solvent. The synthesis procedure was optimized by systematically varying acetylacetone: Ti and H2O:Ti molar rat...