<i>N,N</i>-bis-(dimethylfluorosilylmethyl)amides of <i>N</i>-organosulfonylproline and sarcosine: synthesis, structure, stereodynamic behaviour and <i>in silico</i> studies

(O→Si)-Chelate difluorides R3R2NCH(R1)C(O)N(CH2SiMe2F)2 (9a–c, R1R2 = (CH2)3, R3 = Ms (a), Ts (b); R1 = H, R2 = Me, R3 = Ms (c)), containing one penta- and one tetracoordinate silicon atoms were synthesized by silylmethylation of amides R3R2NCH(R1)C(O)NH2, subsequent hydrolysis of unstable intermediates R3R2NCH(R1)C(O)N(CH2SiMe2Cl)2 (7a–c) into 4-acyl-2,6-disilamorpholines R3R2NCH(R1)C(O)N(CH2SiMe2O)2 (8a–c) and the reaction of the latter compounds with BF3·Et2O. The structures of disilamorpholines 8a,c and difluoride 9a were confirmed by an X-ray diffraction study. According to the IR and NMR data, the O→Si coordination in solutions of these compounds was weaker than that in the solid state due to effective solvation of the Si–F bond. A permutational isomerisation involving an exchange of equatorial Me groups at the pentacoordinate Si atom in complexes 9a–c was detected, and its activational parameters were determined by 1H DNMR. In silico estimation of possible pharmacological effects and acute rat toxicity by PASS Online and GUSAR Online services showed a potential for their further pharmacological study

Design of control moment gyro electric drive with strict requirements on ensuring desired rotational velocities

The paper discusses the issues of designing a control moment gyroscope electric drive with strict requirements in terms of the accuracy of ensuring a given rotation rate of the gyro motor suspension. A brief description of the control moment gyroscope electric drive applied currently is presented and the issues of improving the electric drive characteristics are discussed. As a solution, an electric drive is proposed which operates in the mode of feedback loop using angle sensors located on the axes of the gyroscope suspension and the engine rotor. The paper describes the arrangement of the control moment gyroscopes on advanced spacecraft for Earth remote sensing and presents the analytic expressions needed to calculate the control moments that affect the spacecraft. The moments are in the projection to the coordinate system brought into coincidence with the spacecraft. The paper compares spacecraft angular velocity stabilization errors for the cases of using the conventional scheme of control moment gyroscope electric drive and the newly developed one. The presented results can be used for developing control moment gyroscope electric drives to be mounted on spacecraft of different purpose with strict requirements on ensuring operation at specified rotational velocities

Pentacoordinated chlorosilanes with <i>C,O-</i>chelate ligands derived from <i>N-</i>methyl<i>-N'-</i>organosulfonyl-prolinamides

The reaction of amides RSO2-Pro-NHMe with ClCH2SiMe2Cl in the presence of (Me3Si)2NH gave pentacoordinated chlorosilanes RSO2-Pro-N(Me)CH2SiMe2Cl with an organosulfonyl group (R = Me, Ph, 4-ClC6H4, 4-BrC6H4, 4-MeC6H4, and 4-O2NC6H4) attached to the proline nitrogen atom. An alternative method for the preparation of these compounds comprises the cyclosilylmethylation of proline methylamide by dimethylchloromethylchlorosilane to give the previously unreported heterocyclic 2-sila-5-piperazinone system in the first step. The bicyclic silacyclane synthesized is 2-sila5-piperazinone condensed with a proline residue. The action of sulfonyl chlorides RSO2Cl leads to cleavage of the sila ring Si-N bond to give the desired chlorosilanes. The hydrolysis of these products, depending on the reaction conditions, gives either silyloxonium chlorides [RSO2-ProN(Me)CH2SiMe2OH2]Cl or disiloxanes [RSO2-Pro-N(Me)CH2SiMe2]2O. X-ray diffraction structural analysis showed that the silicon atom in the chlorides and silyloxonium chlorides is pentacoordinated due to an intramolecular O→Si bond and has distorted trigonal-bipyrimidal configuration. Si-29 NMR spectroscopy showed that the disiloxanes and bicyclic sila-5-piperazinone have a tetracoordinated silicon atom

Reactions of silamorpholinones and acylsilamorpholines with electrophilic reagents. X-ray structure of products including a pentacoordinated silicon compound

Reactions of 2-sila-5-morpholinones, 4-acyl-2-silamorphoiines and 4-acyl-2,6-disilamorpholines with electrophilic reagents generally lead to the opening of the sila- or disilacycle by cleavage of the Si-O bond with subsequent rearrangement to form five-membered chelate derivatives where the amide oxygen atoms coordinate with the silicon to form pentacoordinate silicon species. Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies were used for structural investigation of the products. 4-Acyl-2,6-disilamorpholines initially form adducts with strong acids where the amide oxygen is protonated by the acid as demonstrated by X-ray crystallography

Synthesis, structure and dynamic stereochemistry of (O→Si)-chelate <i>N</i>-(trifluorosilylmethyl)-[<i>N</i>-(S)-(1-phenylethyl)]acetamide and 1-(trifluorosilylmethyl)-2-oxoperhydroazepine: Retention of the O→Si coordination in the adduct with KF and 18-crown-6

The novel compounds, N-(trifluorosilylmethyl)-[N-(S)-(1-phenylethyl)]-acetamide (1a) and 1-(trifluorosilylmethyl)-2-oxoperhydroazepine (1b) have been prepared from the corresponding NH-compounds using ClCH2SiCl3/Et3N or ClCH2SiCl3/(Me3Si)2NH followed by methanolysis or hydrolysis of the reaction mixture in the presence of Lewis bases, and then BF3 etherate. Potassium-(18-crown-6)-(2-oxoperhydroazepinomethyl)tetrafluorosilicate (2) was synthesized by reaction of the trifluoride (1b) with KF in the presence of 18-crown-6. Using 19F, 29Si NMR and X-ray diffraction techniques it was established that the silicon atom is pentacoordinate in the trifluorides (1a, b) and hexacoordinate in the adduct 2. Thus the internal coordination of the O → Si bond present in the trifluoride (1b) is retained in the adduct 2. The stereochemical non-rigidity of the trifluorides (1a, b) and the N-(trifluorosilylmethyl)-N-methylacetamide (1c) was investigated using dynamic 19F NMR spectroscopy. The activation barriers for permutational isomerization are in the range 9.5–10 kcal mol−1. Lower values of ΔG# for permutation of trifluorides (1a–c) compared to the monofluorides with the coordination core OSiC3F together with small negative values for the activation entropy implies a non-dissociative mechanism. Quantum-chemical analysis suggests a mechanism involving a turnstile rotation