The title Schiff base compound, 4-nitro-1-oxo-2-{(E)-[2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl]iminiomethyl}cyclohexadienide, C(14)H(19)N(3)O(3), exists as a zwitterion, with the H atom of the phenol group being transferred to the imine N atom. The C=O, C(Ar)-C(Ar) and C-N bond lengths are in agreement with the oxocyclohexadienide-iminium zwitterionic form. The iminium H atom is engaged in a strong intramolecul...

Ab initio calculations were carried out for a benzyl-substituted iminium cation derived from (E)-crotonaldehyde and a chiral imidazolidinone that was developed as an organocatalyst by MacMillan et al. At the MP2 level of theory it is predicted that the phenyl group is close to the iminium moiety in the most stable conformer, suggesting that the cation-π interaction contributes to the stabilizat...

The title compound, C(17)H(20)N(2)O(3), is a Schiff base, which is found as a zwitterion in the solid state. The geometry around the iminium N atom indicates sp(2)-hybridization. The zwitterion shows a strong intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen-bond inter-action between the iminium N atom and the phenolate O atom.

The imidazoles 1a-g add to the CC-double bond of the iminium ion 2 with rate constants as predicted by the equation log k = s(N)(N + E). Unfavourable proton shifts from the imidazolium unit to the enamine fragment in the adduct 3 account for the failure of imidazoles to take part in iminium-activated aza-Michael additions to enals.

4-(Dimethylamino)benzaldehyde is alkylated at the N atom by dialkyl sulfates, MeI, or Me3O BF4. In contrast, ethylation by Et3O BF4 occurs selectively at the O atom yielding a quinoid iminium ion. 4-(Diethylamino)benzaldehyde is alkylated only at O by either Et or Me oxonium reagent. The iminium salts are prone to hydrolysis giving the corresponding hydrotetrafluoroborates. Five crystal structu...

A series of CoIII carboxylate based upon N,N,O,O-tetradentate Schiff base ligand framework have been prepared. X-ray diffraction analysis confirms that these Schiff base CoIII carboxylate are all monomeric species with a six-coordinated central Co in their solid structures. The activities and polycarbonate selectivity of these complexes toward the copolymerization of epoxide (cyclohexene oxide ...

The mechanism of an aerobic copper-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction with N-phenyl tetrahydroisoquinoline was investigated. The oxidized species formed from the reaction of the amine with the copper catalyst were analyzed by NMR-spectroscopy. An iminium dichlorocuprate was found to be the reactive intermediate and could be structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. The effect of m...

Nucleophilic trapping of iminium salts generated via oxidative functionalisation of tertiary amines is well established with stabilised carbon nucleophiles. The few reports of organometallic additions have limited scope of substrate and organometallic nucleophile. We report a novel, one-pot methodology that functionalises N-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines by visible light-assisted photooxid...

Oxidation of nicotine in the presence of rabbit liver 10,000 x g supernatant, NADPH, and cyanide results in the production of 5’-cyanonicotine. NaBDl reduction of the reaction mixture from a similar incubation of nicotine, NADPH, and supernatant results in the production of deuteronicotine having a single deuterium in the pyrrolidine ring. Oxidation of nicotine to cotinine under 1802 did not le...