Structures of akiferidin and akiferidinin

Summary The roots ofFerula akitschkensis have yielded two new esters — akiferidin and akiferidinin — for which the structures of 6-0-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)ferutinoI and 2-0-angeloyl6-0-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)akichenol, respectively, have been proposed.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 725–727, November-December, 1978. Original article submitted June 30, 1978.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of the asymmetric center at C11 in the eudesmanolides

It has been shown that it is possible to use the method of circular dichroism to determine the absolute configuration of the asymmetric center at C₁₁ in the eudesmanolides. The orientations of the hydroxy group at C₁ and of the methyl group at C₄ in arabsin have been established.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 343–346, May–June, 1980.     

Mechanism of tee cyclooligomerization of butadiene in the presence of low-valence nickel complexes

Conclusions The kinetic behavior of the cyclooligomerization of butadiene on the Ni(acac)_a-(C₂H₅O)Al(C₂H₅)₂ catalytic system was studied and the most likely kinetic model for this process was proposed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1509–1515, July, 1980.     

Claisen rearrangement taking place in the mass spectrometer

Conclusions The Claisen rearrangement of bucharaine and of the aldehyde bucharainal takes place under the conditions of mass spectrometry. At low temperatures inversion predominates and at high temperatures the anomalous rearrangement.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 577–583, September–October, 1970.     

Studies on pyran,its analogs,and related compounds

The action of guanidine on esters of chromone-2-carboxylic acids leads to the opening of the pyrone ring and to the formation of hydantoin derivatives — 2-imino-5-(2-hydroxybenzoylmethylene)tetrahydroimidazol-4-ones — in addition to other reaction products.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 874–875, July, 1970.