PMID- 30408240 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20190130 LR - 20190130 IS - 1521-3765 (Electronic) IS - 0947-6539 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jan 28 TI - Stable and Persistent Acyclic Diaminocarbenes with Cycloalkyl Substituents and Their Transformation to beta-Lactams by Uncatalysed Carbonylation with CO. PG - 1488-1497 LID - 10.1002/chem.201805307 [doi] AB - Four new acyclic diaminocarbenes (ADACs), viz. [(cyclo-C(n) H(2n-1) )(2) N](2) C (n=5-7) and iPr(2) N-C-N(cyclo-C(6) H(11) )(2) , were synthesised by reacting the corresponding formamidinium hexafluorophosphates with NaN(SiMe(3) )(2) . Their nucleophilicities and electrophilicities were respectively judged from the (1) J(CH) values determined for the N(2) CH unit of the corresponding formamidinium cations and from the (77) Se NMR chemical shifts of the selenourea derivatives obtained from the reaction of elemental selenium with the corresponding ADACs. An ambiphilic profile essentially identical to that of the "Alder carbene" (iPr(2) N)(2) C was found in each case. Similar to the latter carbene, the new ADACs undergo a well-defined thermal decomposition by beta-fragmentation, affording an alkene and a formamidine. The stabilities of [(cyclo-C(n) H(2n-1) )(2) N](2) C depend strongly on the value of n, following the order 6>5>7, with the latter congener being too unstable for isolation. [(cyclo-C(6) H(11) )(2) N](2) C shows no thermal decomposition at room temperature in solution and is thus significantly more stable than (iPr(2) N)(2) C. The stability of iPr(2) N-C-N(cyclo-C(6) H(11) )(2) is intermediate between that of (iPr(2) N)(2) C and [(cyclo-C(6) H(11) )(2) N](2) C, its beta-fragmentation selectively affording propene and iPrN=CH-N(cyclo-C(6) H(11) )(2) . [(cyclo-C(n) H(2n-1) )(2) N](2) C (n=5-7) react readily with CO under mild conditions, selectively affording trisubstituted spirocyclic beta-lactam derivatives with an antimicrobial activity spectrum similar to that of penicillin G. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Wallbaum, Lars AU - Wallbaum L AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany. FAU - Weismann, Daniel AU - Weismann D AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany. FAU - Lober, Dennis AU - Lober D AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany. FAU - Bruhn, Clemens AU - Bruhn C AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany. FAU - Prochnow, Pascal AU - Prochnow P AD - Biology of Microorganisms, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitatsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany. FAU - Bandow, Julia E AU - Bandow JE AD - Biology of Microorganisms, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitatsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany. FAU - Siemeling, Ulrich AU - Siemeling U AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8617-7768 AD - Institute of Chemistry, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany. LA - eng GR - SI 429/19-1 and 429/19-2/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181227 PL - Germany TA - Chemistry JT - Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) JID - 9513783 OTO - NOTNLM OT - amines OT - carbenes OT - carbonylation OT - lactams OT - selenourea derivatives EDAT- 2018/11/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/09 06:01 CRDT- 2018/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/11/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/chem.201805307 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemistry. 2019 Jan 28;25(6):1488-1497. doi: 10.1002/chem.201805307. Epub 2018 Dec 27.