Possible conformations and relative stability of the 7-membered ring in 1α,5β,6,7α(H)-and 1β,5α,6,7α(H)-guai-11(13)-en-6,12-olides

Stereoisomers of 1,5,6,7(H)- and 1,5,6,7(H)-guai-11(13)-en-6,12-olides are calculated using molecular mechanics. The possibility of forming various conformations in the 7-membered ring is examined as a function of the fusion to the 5-membered C-ring. The effect of the methyl orientation on the conformation of the 7-membered ring and the relative stability of the conformers are discussed.Insitute of Phytochemistry, Karaganda, fax (3212)-43-37-73. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 54–56, January–February, 2000.     

二水合氯精氨酸的构象变化

以X光衍射实验对二水合氯酸的晶体结构进行了研究,重点讨论了影响精氨酸构象变化的主要因素并比较了在不同阴离子存在条件下精氨酸构象的变化情况。该晶体为单斜晶系,P21/c,a=11.0490(18);b=8.4876(13);c=11.2261(17);β=91.386(2);°Z=4;Dx=1.443Mg.m-3。精氨酸分子以顺式和反式两种构象沿C轴方向交错排列而羧基氧原子和相邻分子中的α-氨基N-H以氢键相连,形成常见的“头尾”相连构型;分子中的结晶水参与氢键的形成,类似“盐桥”作用;氯离子参与电荷平衡并和精氨酸的N-H形成较强的氢键作用和静电吸引力。上述作用使得精氨酸分子晶体形成了三维氢键网状超分子结构。     

RAMAN STUDIES OF STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION IN[n-C_(11)H_(28)NH_8]_2ZnCl_4

The perovskite type of compound [n-C_(11)H_(23)N_3]_2ZnCl_4(abr.C_(11)Zn)exhibits two solid-solid phasetransitions at T_(c1)=298.7 K and T_(c2)=360.1 K.A temperature dependence study of Raman spectra of C_(11)Znprovides the evidence of occurence of the structural phase transition related to the dynamics of thealkylammonium ions.The room temperature phase is ordered and contains the all-trans alkyl chains.Theintermediate temperature phase presents a partial conformational disorder and liquidlike state of allconformational disorder occurs at high-temperature phase.     

单核锌双卟啉配合物构象平衡的理论研究及光谱分析

合成了一系列以不同长度柔韧链相连的p/p型单核锌双卟啉配合物。选用Tripos力场,利用分子动力学模拟退火和分子力学构象搜索相结合的方法对该系列双卟啉进行了能量优化和构象分析。理论计算结果表明:该类双卟啉稳定存在的最低能量构象为叠合式,最高能量构象为伸展式,并存在一系列的中间能量构象;双卟啉分子内π-π作用和能量转移与双卟啉存在的两种主要构象密切相关;分析了分子内π-π作用的本质。运用不同光谱测试手段验证了理论计算结果: 利用可见和相应二阶导数吸收光谱研究了双卟啉主要存在的叠合式和伸展式构象,通过红外光谱观察了对双卟啉构象和卟啉环间π-π作用较为敏感的吸收谱带;利用荧光光谱计算了双卟啉的分子内能量转移效率。     

二氯亚甲基环己烷的卤化反应和2-取代二氯亚甲基环己烷的构象

多卤代烃在有机反应机理和结构研究中有着重要意义,作为一个有用的合成中间体,其制备也受到人们重视。我们在此报道二氯亚甲基环已烷(1)与氯及溴的反应和其它有关反应的实验结果。 1 于氯作用,主要得到加成产物1—氯—1—     

The molecular and crystal structures of two diastereomeric 3,4-dihydropyrromethenones

The molecular and crystal structures of the two racemic diastereomeric 3,4-dihydropyrromethenone derivatives1 and2 of configurations (Z) and (E) were determined at 93 K (1, 2) and at room temperature (1). From an analysis of the crystallographically observed temperature coefficients a pseudorotation flexibility of the pyrrolidinone ring in the crystal is deduced. In both compounds a nearly orthogonal arrangement between the two heterocyclic ring systems is observed, which is ascribed to the steric bulk of the substituents in positions 1 and 3 of the pyrrolidinone ring.Herrn Prof.Josef Schurz zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

An unusual twist conformation of 2-O-methyl-1,3,4,5-tetrakis-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-myo-inositol

The ring conformation of 2-O-methyl-1,3,4,5-tetrakis-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-myo-inositol was in a twist form both in solid state and in solution. This is the first observation of a stable twist conformer induced by the introduction of bulky silyl protecting groups.     

The configurational dependence of binding free energies: A Poisson–Boltzmann study of Neuraminidase inhibitors

The linear finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann (FDPB) equation is applied to the calculation of the electrostatic binding free energies of a group of inhibitors to the Neuraminidase enzyme. An ensemble of enzyme-inhibitor complex conformations was generated using Monte Carlo simulations and the electrostatic binding free energies of subtly different configurations of the enzyme-inhibitor complexes were calculated. It was seen that the binding free energies calculated using FDPB depend strongly on the configuration of the complex taken from the ensemble. This configurational dependence was investigated in detail in the electrostatic hydration free energies of the inhibitors. Differences in hydration energies of up to 7 kcal mol^–1 were obtained for root mean square (RMS) structural deviations of only 0.5 Å. To verify the result, the grid size and parameter dependence of the calculated hydration free energies were systematically investigated. This showed that the absolute hydration free energies calculated using the FDPB equation were very sensitive to the values of key parameters, but that the configurational dependence of the free energies was independent of the parameters chosen. Thus just as molecular mechanics energies are very sensitive to configuration, and single-structure values are not typically used to score binding free energies, single FDPB energies should be treated with the same caution.     

ALTERATION IN CHROMATIN CONFORMATION OF PROLIFERATING AND DIFFERENTIATING ENZYME GENES IN NORMAL MOUSE LIVER AND ASCITES HEPATOMA CELLS AND ITS RELATION TO THE GENE EXPRESSION OF ENZYMES

Nuclei from the normal mouse liver were partially digested with micrococcal nuclease, followed by DNA extraction, agarose gel clectrophoresis and dot blot hybridization with ~(32)P-labeled cDNA probes of CPS_1 and ACT complex, It was clearly shown that the CPS_1 genes were distributed on the monomer, dimer. and trimer of nucleosomes, while the genes coding for ACT complex were distributed on the condensed oligonucleosomes. An opposite manner of distribution of CPS_1 and ACT complex genes was, however, noted in the case of ascites hepatoma cells, in which the specific activity of ACT was 13 times higher than that in the normal liver, while that of CPS_1 was remarkably reduced. Similar patterns of change in mRNA level of CPS_1 and ACT complex were observed in the normal mouse liver and ascites hepatoma cells, indicating a close relationship between chromatin structure and gene expression of these enzymes.