In this work, composites based on carbon (1, 10 and 20 wt.%) interfaced with Fe3O4 (magnetite) have been studied as catalysts for the oxidation of aqueous sulfide. The composites were prepared by assembling cellulose nanocrystals surrounding Fe3O4 followed by a controlled thermal decomposition at 400, 600 and 800 ºC. Mössbauer, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Raman, thermogravimetry (TG), elemental analysis CHN, scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and potentiometric titration indicated that at 400 and 600 ºC the cellulose nanocrystals decompose to different carbon forms, i.e., films, filaments and particles attached to the Fe3O4 crystals. At higher temperature, i.e., 800 ºC, this carbon on the magnetite surface further reacted to produce Fe0. UV-Vis, Raman and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) measurements showed that these composites catalyze the oxidation of aqueous sulfide to convert S2-aq to polysulfides Sn2- (where n = 2-9) and also oxygen containing polysulfides HOSn-. Simple kinetic experiments showed very low sulfide oxidation activities for pure Fe3O4 and pure carbon. On the other hand, the composites, especially with 10% C obtained at 600 ºC, were remarkably active. These results are discussed in terms of a possible participation of oxygen based redox groups present on the carbon surface and an electron transfer from the carbon to the Fe3O4 phase.

Two ortho-iodoallyloxybenzoates, methyl 4-O-allyl-2,3-di-O-benzyl-6-O-(2-iodobenzoyl)- alpha-D-glucopyranoside (3) and methyl 4-O-allyl-2,3-di-O-benzyl-6-O-(2-iodobenzoyl)- alpha-D-galactopyranoside (4) were synthesized in seven conventional steps from methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside and methyl alpha-D-galactopyranoside, respectively. Bu3SnH-mediated aryl radical cyclization of 3 provided exclusively the hydrogenolysis product 12. The reaction of 4 gave the reduced uncyclized product 13 and only traces of 4A, resulting from 11-endo aryl radical cyclization. In previous papers we described that in similar Bu3SnH-mediated radical reaction of ortho-iodoallyloxybenzamides, analogs of 3 and 4, we obtained macrolactams resulting from 11-endo cyclization. An hypothesis to explain the differences is presented. It was assumed that in the aryl radical formed from iodobenzamides there is a suitable conformation to cyclization, which is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond.

No âmbito de um programa de estudo de reações de macrociclização intramolecular de radicais arila de o-iodobenzamidas mediadas por hidreto de tri-n-butilestanho foi obtida a benzomacrolactama 2, proveniente de ciclização regiosseletiva 11-endo a partir de 4-O-alil-2,3-di-O-benzil-6-desoxi-6-(2-iodobenzoilamino)- α-D-galactopiranosídeo de metila (1). A benzamida 1 foi sintetizada a partir do α-D-galactopiranosídeo de metila em oito etapas. Da reação de 1 com hidreto de tri-n-butilestanho, além da macrolactama 2, foi isolado o produto de hidrogenólise 3. As estruturas das substâncias 1, 2 e 3 foram identificadas pelos seus espectros de RMN ¹H, RMN 13C e DEPT e por experimentos de RMN bidimensional (COSY e HMQC).

Encouraged by our previous studies of tri-n-butyltin-mediated radical cyclization reaction of o-iodobenzamides, we applied this methodology to the synthesis of benzomacrolactam 2 from methyl 4-O-allyl-2,3-di-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-6-(2-iodobenzoylamino)- α-D-galactopyranoside 1. Apart from the macrolactam 2, resulting from regioselective 11-endo aryl radical cyclization, the hydrogenolysis produt 3 was obtained. The o-iodobenzamide 1 was prepared in eight conventional synthetic steps from methyl α-D-galactopyranoside. The unequivocal structures of 1, 2 and 3 were supported by ¹H, 13C and DEPT NMR spectroscopy and by COSY and HMQC experiments.

Na obtenção de ácidos N-alquilaminoalcanotiossulfúricos, existe a possibilidade de formação de dois produtos na última etapa da síntese. No caso dos sete ácidos sintetizados neste laboratório a partir de óxido de estireno e aminas primárias alifáticas, os métodos comuns de espectroscopia não foram adequados para distinguir qual dos dois isômeros foi formado. Cálculos de deslocamentos químicos de carbono-13 empregando o programa ACD/CNMR ajudaram, mas não foram conclusivos para a identificação dos produtos. O uso de técnicas como HMQC, HMBC e TOCSY permitiu a identificação dos produtos como os ácidos 2-(N-alquilamino)-1-phenyl-1-etanotiossulfúricos.

In the synthesis of N-alkylaminoalkanethiosulfuric acids, there exists the possibility of forming two products in the last step of the synthesis. In the case of the seven acids synthesized in this laboratory from styrene oxide and primary aliphatic amines, the common spectroscopic methods were inadequate for distinguishing which of the two isomers was obtained. Carbon-13 chemical shift calculations employing the ACD/CNMR program were helpful, but not conclusive for identifying the products. The use of HMQC, HMBC and TOCSY techniques permitted the identification of the products as the 2-(N-alkylamino)-1-phenyl-1-ethanethiosulfuric acids.