The structure of roemrefine
ConclusionsStructure (1) has been established for roemrefine on the basis of a study of the products of its Hofmann degradation, oxidation, and spectral characteristics.
ON THE USE OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FOR THE DETECTION, ESTIMATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF N-METHYL GROUPS
A useful n.m.r. technique for the detection, estimation, and characterization of N-methyl groups is described. The method depends on the decreased shielding of Nbasic-methyl protons when the solvent is changed from deuterochloroform to perdeuteroacetic (PDA) (or acetic) acid to trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The decreased shielding results in a downfield shift of the N-methyl resonance of ca. 0.3–1.3 p.p.m. depending on the type of amine. Most N-methyl groups on neutral nitrogen atoms show little movement. For the majority of aliphatic amines in trifluoroacetic acid the NH exchange rate is slow enough at 38° to permit observation of coupling of H(N) with the N-methyl protons, and thus determination of whether the amine is secondary or tertiary. In some cases information can be obtained about methylene and methine groups attached to basic nitrogen. In acid solution compounds with basic nitrogen attached to, or part of, an aromatic ring show considerable shift of the aromatic proton resonance signals to lower ...
Identification of Dihydroxy Aromatic Compounds in a Low-Temperature Pyrolysis Coal Tar by Gas Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry (GC−MS) and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR MS)
Dihydroxy aromatics in coal tar undergo rapid coupling reactions with each other and with some coal-derived species during coal pyrolysis and liquefaction. However, only limited information on the structure of dihydroxy aromatics is known. In this study, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) and gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (GC−MS) were used to characterize the dihydroxy aromatics in a low-temperature pyrolyzed coal tar and its distillate and residue fractions. Negative-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) FT-ICR MS spectra of coal-tar-derived samples had low molecular masses and narrow mass ranges. Negative-ion ESI is extremely selective for the dihydroxy aromatics present in coal tar. The O2 class species had the highest ion intensity among the species in the negative-ion FT-ICR mass spectrum for each sample. Dihydroxy compounds with an aromatic core structure of benzene, indan, biphenyl (and/or acenaphthene), and naphthalene were identified in the distillate fract...