Immobilization of the enzyme L-asparaginase of E. coli on polysaccharides. V. Preparation and properties of polymeric conjugates based on water-soluble CM-cellulose differing by the quantitative amounts of polymer

A precedure has been developed for the chemical binding of L-asparaginase to soluble CM-cellulose which permits final immobilization products with different degrees of modification to be obtained. Some physicochemical and immunological properties of the samples obtained have been studied.A. Kirkhenshtein Institute of Microbiology, Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences, Riga. All-Union Scientific-Research Technological Institute of Antibiotics and Enzymes for Medical Synthesis, Leningrad. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 581–587, July–August, 1987.     

Investigation of neoascorbigen

The synthesis of N-methoxyascorbigen (neoascorbigen) — a natural substance from plants of the Cruciferae family — and also N-ethoxyascorbigen is described. In an acidic media under drastic conditions N-alkoxyascorbigens undergo transformations with the release of ascorbic acid and the formation of oligomers of 1-alkoxy-3-methyleneindolenine or with opening of the lactone ring, decarboxylation, and dehydration and the formation of 2-hydroxy-3-(1-alkoxy-3-indolyl)-4-hydroxymethylcyclopent-2-enone. Amides of neoascorbigen, 3-O-methylglycoside of N-ethoxyascorbigen, and the product of the reduction of N-ethoxyascorbigen by sodium borohydride were obtained for the first time.Scientific-Research Institute of the Search for New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 178–186, February, 2000.     

Use of sodium pyrophosphate in the ion-exchange chromatography of oligonucleotides

All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Molecular Biology. Vektor Scientific-Production Association, Ministry of the Medical Industry, Koltsova, Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 148–149, January–February, 1992.     

Immobilization of the enzyme L-asparaginase fromE. coli on polysaccharides IV. Covalent binding with dialdehyde-dextran

The synthesis has been effected of immobilizedE. coli L-asparaginase on medical dextran — poliglyukin. The influence of the bound polymer on some physicochemical properties of the final products have been studied. An increased resistance to heat and stability on storage of the immobilized forms of L-asparagine in comparison with a native enzyme has been found. It has been shown that the polymer modification of L-asparaginase leads to a decrease in the antigenic affinity of the immobilized enzyme as compared with the native enzyme.Institute of Organic Synthesis, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. All-Union Scientific-Research Technological Institute of Antibiotics and Enzymes for Medical Purposes, Leningrad. A. Kirkhenshtein Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 766–771, November–December, 1986.     

Chemical composition of the low-molecular-mass fraction of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as a function of the temperature of cultivation

The dependence of the chemical composition of the low-molecular-mass fraction of the microbial cells ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis (str. 2781) on the temperature of cultivation (6 and 37°C) has been investigated.Scientific-Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Nos. 3,4, pp. 312–316, May–August, 1992.     

Synthesis of naphthyridines and phenanthrolines using catalysts based on transition and rare-earth metals

Liquid-phase condensation of 3-, 4-, and 8-aminoquinolines with aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by transition and rare-earth metal complexes is an efficient method for synthesis of substituted 1,7- and 1,6-naphthyridines and 1,10-phenanthrolines.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa; Eastern Scientific-Research Institute of Coal Chemistry, 620219 Sverdlovsk. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1139–1148, May, 1992.     

Synthesis of methyl-branched low-molecularmass insect bioregulators from the products of the acid decyclization of 4-methyltetrahydropyran

This review generalizes work on the chemoselective synthesis of racemic methyl-branched insect pheromones and the juvenoid hydroprene from 1,5-bifunctional 3-methylpentanes produced by the acid opening of the ring of 4-methyltetrahydropyran.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientific-Research Institute of Fine Organic Synthesis Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 170–177, March–April, 1977.     

Biochemical characterization of the vital activity ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis in a culture medium as a function of the temperature of cultivation

A biochemical evaluation of the accumulation of amino acids and organic acids in the culture medium during the cultivation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis str. 2781 as a function of the temperature has been made by methods of quantitative chromatographic analysis. A considerable decrease in the biosynthesis of the products of vital activity under investigation at 37°C as compared with the cultivation of the same microorganism at 6°C has been found. This permits the assumption that the temperature of cultivation of Y. pseudotuberculosis is a factor regulating the biosynthesis of the amino acids and metabolites of the Krebs cycle necessary for its vital activity.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Scientific-Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 439–442 and 446–447, May–June, 1993.     

Synthesis,chemical and biological properties of pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines

We review data on methods for synthesis, chemical and pharmacological properties of pyrido[1,2-a)pyrimidines.Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmacology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, All-Union Science Center for Biologically Active Substances, Staraya Kupavna, 124432. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 579–596, May, 1994. Original article submitted March 3, 1994.     

Synthesis and study of the biological activity of fragments of salmon calcitonin II

A number of fragments of salmon calcitonin II possessing analgesic activity of the nonopioid type have been synthesized.Institute of High-Molecular-Mass Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 126–132, January–February, 1993.     

Synthesis and investigation of the biological activity of shortened analogues of luliberin

Five new luliberin analogues with shortened amino acid sequences have been synthesized. The different variants for obtaining the compounds under consideration are discussed. In an investigation of the biological activities of the analogues it was shown that they possess a pronounced action of the course of the ovulation processes in experimental animals.Scientific-Research Institute of Midwifery and Gynecology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Leningrad. A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 590–595, July–August, 1987.     

Crystal structure investigation of ternary molybdates Li3Ba2Ln3(MoO4)3 (Ln=Gd,Tm)

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Buryat Institute of Natural Sciences, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 126–130, May–June, 1992.     

Theoretical study of the structure and stability of dimers (LiBO)2, (LiAlO)2, (LiBS)2, and (LiAlS)2

Institute of New Chemical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 10–17, January–February, 1992.     

Comparative nonempirical study and isodesmic calculations of heats of formation of HNCO and HPCO isomers

The structural, electronic, and energetic characteristics of CHNO and CHOP isomers, and also of several related compounds, were calculated by a nonempirical method. Enthalpies of these isomers, obtained using the method of isodesmic reactions, are given.V. I. Lenin Moscow Pedagogical State University, 117913 Moscow. Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka. Institute of New Chemical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1585–1590, July, 1992.     

Chemical investigation of the biomass of a ginseng culture

Callus cultures and radical cultures from the roots of plantation ginseng plants of the Maritime Territory population have been obtained. It has been established that, with respect to the level of ginsenosides that they contain, the new cultures are close to those parts of the root from which they were obtained; the spectrum of the ginsenosides in the culture is somewhat narrower than in the root. Some of the lines obtained are superior to the domestic cultures of ginseng described previously with respect both to the amount and to the variety of ginsenosides.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute for the Design of Biochemical Machinery, Ministry of the Medical Industry, Moscow. Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 808–813, November–December, 1991.     

Crystal structure of 1,2-bis-(phenylseleno)-1,2-dichlorethene

Vladimir State Pedagogical Institute. Institute for Elementorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences. Irkutsk Institute for Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 153–154, July–August, 1992.     

Insect pheromones and their analogues. XLVI. Synthesis of 13RS-hydrooxytetradec-5Z-enoic acid — The acyclic precursor of the macrolide component of the pheromone of Cryptolestes pusillus

New routes for the synthesis of 13RS-hydroxytetradec-5Z-enoic acid — the acyclic precursor of the macrolide component of the pheromone ofCryptolestes pusillus have been developed on the basis of the readily accessible 1-methylcycloocta-1Z, 5Z-diene or isopropyl nona-3E,8-dienoate.Institute of Biological Plant Protection, Moldovian Academy of Sciences, Kishinev. Scientific-Research Institute of Forestry and Forestry Mechanization, Pushkino. Moscow Institute of Wood Technology; and Georgia Institute of Mountain Forestry, Tbilisi. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedeninii, No. 1, pp. 150–155, January–February, 1993.     

Photoinduced N-β-hydroxyalkylation of tropan derivatives

The photooxidation of tropan derivatives by ketones was studied; the targeting of the reaction to the N-CH₃ group with the formation of N-alkylation products and bis-tropan derivatives was demonstrated. The presence of two diastereomers in salts of N-alkyl derivatives of tropan was detected by PMR spectroscopy. An alternative method of synthesis of difficult-to-obtain amino alcohols was proposed.Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow 125315. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 179–183, February, 1995. Original article submitted September 5, 1994.     

Cyclic azomethines and their hydrogenated derivatives. (Review)

The literature data on the methods of synthesis and chemical properties of cyclic azomethines, mainly isoquinoline derivatives, have been correlated. Examples of biologically active compounds of the 3,4-dihydro- and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline are given.Institute of Technical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Perm 614600, Russia; Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 579–604, May, 2000.     

Crystal and molecular structure of bis(2-isotropyliminomethinylphenyl) telluride

Scientific-Research Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Rostov State University. A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 104–106, May–June, 1991.