Cardiac glycosides ofAcokanthera venenata

Six cardenolides have been isolated from the leaves ofAcokanthera venenata G. Don: AV-1, mp 252–255°C, [] _D ²⁰ +39.4° (MeOH); AV-2, mp 199–208°C, [] _D ²⁰ -59.3° (MeOH); AV-3, mp 269–275°C/300–304°C, [] _D ²¹ –69.8° (MeOH); AV-4, mp 279–289°C; AV-5, mp 222–225°, [] _D ²⁰ -64.3° (MeOH); and AV-6, mp 193–196°C [] _D ²⁰ –23.8° (MeOH — CHCl₃). AV-5 has been identified as acovenoside A. AV-3 is a new cardiac glycoside: it is 1-acetoxy-3-(4-O--D-glucosyl-3-O-methyl--L-talomethylosyloxy)-14-hydroxy-5, 14-card-20(22)-enolide (glucoacovenoside B).Khar'kov State Pharmaceutical Institute. All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Drug, Chemistry and Technology, Khar'kov. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 372–376, May–June, 1987.     

Catalytic decomposition of N2O on La2CuO4 in the presence of LaNi5 alloy

Decomposition of N₂O has been studied on pure La₂CuO₄, La₂CuO₄ with 5 and 10 wt. % LaNi₅ and oxidized LaNi₅ in the temperature range of 240–490 °C at 50 and 200 Torr initial pressures of N₂O. The addition of LaNi₅ decreases the energy of activation compared to that of La₂CuO₄ which has been explained based on the dispersity of NiO over La₂CuO₄.

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N₂O La₂CuO₄ La₂CuO₄ LaNi₅ 5–10 .%, 240–490°C N₂O 50 200 . LaNi₅ , . NiO La₂CuO₄.

     

Triterpene glycosides ofAstragalus and their genins. XII. Askendoside B fromAstragalus taschkendicus

On the basis of chemical transformations and with the aid of physicochemical characteristics it has been established that a new glycoside of the cycloartane series — askendoside B (I) — isolated from the roots ofAstragalus taschkendicus Bge., is 20S,24R-epoxycycloartane-3,6,16,25-tetraol 3-0-[0--L-arabinopyranosyl-(1 2)-(3-0-acetyl--D-xylopyranoside)] 6-0--D-xylopyranoside, C₄₇H₇₆O₁₈, mp 215–218°C, [] _D ²⁰ –45.5° (c 1.1; pyridine). The acid hydrolysis of (I) yielded cyclosiversigenin (II) with mp 239–241°C, [] _D ²⁰ +54.5° (c 1.2; MeOH), and cyclosiversigenin 3-0--D-xylopyranoside (III) with mp 262–264°C, [] _D ²⁰ +41° (c 0.4; MeOH). The periodate oxidation of glycoside (I) followed by acid hydrolysis likewise led to (II) and to D-xylose. The alkaline hydrolysis of (I) yielded askendoside D (IV), with mp 235–236°C, [] _D ²³ –8.5° (c 1.0; pyridine). The Smith degradation of (I) led to (III). The IR and PMR spectra of (I) are given.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 457–460, July–August, 1983.     

Cardiac glycosides of Cheiranthus allioni. XIII. Glucoerycordin

From plains erysimum (Cheiranthus allioni) Hort., (Erysimum asperum) a new cardiac glycoside has been isolated which has been called glucoerycordin. Its chemical structure has been established mainly by stepwise hydrolysis and the identification of the hydrolysis products. Glucoerycordin C₄₁H₆₄ O₁₉, mp 131–135°C, [] _D ²⁰ –22.2 ± 3° (c 0.65; methanol) is 3-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--D-glycopyranosyl-(1 4)-gulomethylopyranosyloxy]-14,19-dihydroxy-5, 14-card-20(22)-enolide.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Khar'kov. Khar'kov State Pharmaceutical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh, No. 1, pp. 73–75, January–February, 1989.     

The structure of xanthalin

Conclusions From the roots ofXanthogalum purpurascens growing in the Transcaucasus, we have isolated a new coumarin, C₂₄H₂₆O₇ with mp 111–113°C, [] _D ²⁰ –164.2° (c 0.97; ethanol) which we have called xanthalin. On the basis of the NMR spectrum it has been established that xanthalin is 3, 4-diangeloyl-2, 2-dimethyl-3, 4-dihydropyrano-5, 6:6, 7-coumarin.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 280–283, 1968     

The structure of the flavonoids from Rhodiola algida. II

Summary New flavonoid glycosides have been obtained from the roots ofRhodiola algida: rhodalgin (I), composition C₂₀H₁₈O₁₁, mp 239–240°C; acetylrhodalgin (II) C₂₂H₂₀O₁₂, mp 223–224°C; diacetylrhodalgin (III), C₂₄H₂₂O₁₃, mp 208–209°C; and triacetylrhodalgin (IV), C₂₆H₂₄O₁₄, mp 230–231°C.It has been established that they have the following structures: (I), 3,4,5,7,8-pentahydroxyflavone 8-O--L-arabinopyranoside; (II), 3,4,5,7,8-pentahydroxyflavone 8-O-(3-O-acetyl--L-arabinopyranoside; (III), 3,4,5,7,8-pentahydroxyflavone 8-O-(2,3-di-O-acetyl)--D-xylopyranoside; and (IV), 3,4,5,7,8-pentahydroxyflavone 8-O-(2,34-tri-O-acetyl)--D-xylopyranoside. The -L-arabinopyranose and -D-xylopyranose are present in these compounds in the C1 conformations.In the performance of this investigation, the authors consulted O. S. Chizhov, and M. B. Zoltarev (N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR) and V. I. Sheichenko (All-Union Institute of Medicinal plants).All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 712–720. November–December, 1975.     

Application of the Q-derivatograph for evaluation of the melting enthalpies of low-melting compounds

A Q-derivatograph was used for quantitative studies on low-melting compounds. The apparatus was calibrated with four selected compounds. Their melting temperatures were between 30 and 90°, while their melting enthalpies were known from the literature and were verified by DSC. The calibration curve turned out to be a straight line, and a mean calibration coefficient was determined between 30 and 90°. The Q-derivatograph was then applied for quantitative studies of oligoethyleneadipate (OEA-2000), with a melting temperature between 46 and 55°, depending on its crystal form. The values ofH _m depended on its morphological form, which was associated with the magnitude of the internal stresses.

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Zusammenfassung Ein Q-derivatograph wurde zur quantitativen Untersuchung von tiefschmelzenden Verbindungen benutzt. Die Apparatur wurde mit vier ausgewählten Verbindungen kalibriert, deren Schmelzpunkte zwischen 30 und 90° liegen und deren Schmelzenthalpien aus der Literatur bekannt sind und mittels DSC verifiziert wurden. Die Kalibrationskurve ist eine Gerade und für den Bereich von 30–90° wurde ein mittlerer Kalibrierungskoeffizient ermittelt. Der Q-Derivatograph wurde dann zu quantitativen Untersuchungen von Oligoäthylenadiapat (OEA-2000) mit von der Kristallform abhängigen Schmelztemperaturen zwischen 46 und 55° eingesetzt. Die Werte vonH _m hängen von der morphologischen Form ab, die mit der Größe der inneren Spannung in Zusammenhang gebracht wird.

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Q- . , 30–90°, . 30– 90°. Q- , , , 46 55°. H _m , .

     

Astragalus triterpene glycosides and their genins. I. Structures of cycloalpigenin and cycloalpioside

Another two methylsteroids of the cycloartane series have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAstragalus alopecurus. The structures of the compounds isolated, cycloalpigenin and cycloalpioside, have been established as (20R,24R)-16,24:20, 24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7,25-triol and (20R,24R)-16, 24:20,24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7, 25-triol 3-O--D-xylopyranoside, respectively, on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics. The structure of cycloalpigenin has been confirmed by chemical correlation with that of cycloalpigenin D.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 700–708, September–October, 1995. Original article submitted February 1, 1995.     

Synthetic investigations in the field of the curare alkaloids

It has been shown that the compounds obtained previously corresponding in comparison to the -[4-(5-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxyphenoxy)3-methoxyphenyl]ethylamide of 4-benzyloxyphenylacetic acid have practically the same spectra and on further condensation with 3-bromo-4-hydroxy-5-methoxyphenylethylamine give an equilibrium mixture of diamide compounds. The difference in the physicochemical properties of the diphenyl esters and the diamides can be explained by steric differences. On cyclization, the diamides are converted into bis-dihydroisoquinoline compounds of the same elementary composition. The hydrochloride of 7-[2-acetoxy-5-(7-acetoxy-8-bromo-6methoxy-3, 4dihydroisoquinol-1-ylmethyl)phenoxyl)-1-(4-benzyloxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline, with mp 180–181° C, after saponification, intramolecular Ullman condensation, reduction, and stepwise methylation, was converted into isomeric tubocurarin iodides with mp 189–190.5° C, 164–166.5° C, 257–260.5° C, and 210–212° C, which were separated on the basis of their different solubilities in organic solvents and water.For part XII, see [1].     

A constitutional diagram of the system TiC−HfC−“MoC”

The system TiC–HfC–MoC was investigated by means of melting point, differentiothermoanalytical, X-ray diffraction and metallographic techniques on hotpressed as well as melted alloy specimens. A constitutional diagram from 1500°C through the melting range was established.Investigation of the (Hf, Mo)C system (isopleth: HfC_0.98–MoC_1.0) showed a small miscibility gap within the cubic monocarbide solution () [Tc=1630°C, (HfC)_0.45(MoC)_0.55]. The miscibility gap interacts with the solvus curve with a monotectoid-like decomposition reaction at 1575°C, (HfC)_0.35(MoC)_0.65.At temperatures below 1630°C, phase equilibria within TiC–HfC–MoC are characterized by a large miscibility gap connecting the TiC–HfC and HfC–MoC boundary systems. Additions of MoC to TiC–HfC alloys decrease the critical temperature (1780°C); additions of TiC to HfC–MoC alloys raise the critical temperature (1630°C). No maximum type ternary critical point or saddle point was found to occur.Isothermal sections were prepared at 1500°C and 1650°C. At temperatures above 1960°C (-MoC+C-MoC) a complete solid solution (-B 1) is formed within TiC–HfC–MoC. The melting behaviour (liquidus projection of TiC–HfC–MoC) shows flat melting temperatures in the MoC corner but extremely heterogeneous melting near the TiC–HfC boundary.Isothermal sections have been calculated assuming regular solutions.With 5 Figures     

Glycosylation of triterpenoids of the dammarane series I. 20(S),24(R)-epoxydammarane-3α-12β,25-triol 25-O-β-D-glucopyranoside

The glycosylation of 3,12-diacetoxy-20(S),24(R)-epoxydammaran-25-ol with -acetobromoglucose under the conditions of Helferich's modification and with D-glucose tert-butyl orthoacetate under the conditions of the orthoester method gives a high yield (60–64%) of the hexacetate of the -D-glucoside at the tertiary hydroxy group of 20(S),24(R)-epoxydammarane-3,12,25-triol (III) with mp 207–209°C (ethanol), [] _D ²⁰ -20.9 (c 1.0, CHCl₃). Saponification with 10% KOH in methanol gives the free 20(S),24(R)-epoxydammarane-3,12,25-triol 25-O--D-glucoside (V) (yield 90%) with mp 275–279°C (methanol), [] _D ²⁰ +11.4° (c, 1.0, C₅H₅). The results of IR and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy and of elementary analysis are given.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 205–208, March–April, 1980.     

Phytoecdysteroids ofRhaponticum carthamoides

From the roots with rhizomes of the plantRhaponticum carthamoides Willd) Iljin Compositae), in addition to integristerone A, ecdysterone, polypodin B, 2-deoxyecdysterone, and 24(28)-dehydromakisterone A, we have isolated the new compounds ecdysteron3–2,3-monoacetonide (I), ecdysterone 20,22-monoacetonide (II)) and rhapisterone (III): I — C₃₀H₄₈O₇, mp 232–233° (ethyl acetate-methanol) [] _D ²⁰ +56.4±2° (c 0.0; methanol); II — C₃₀H₄₈O₇, mp 227–229° (ethyl acetate-methanol), [] _D ²⁰ +60.1±2° (c 1.3; methanol); III — C₂₉H₄₈O₇, mp, 241–242° (ethyl acetate-methanol), [] _D ²⁰ +30±2° (c 0.1; dioxane). The structure of (III) was established on the basis of spectral characteristics as 2, 3, 14, 20R, 22R, 23-5-stigmast-7-en-6-one. Details of the PMR, mass, and IR spectra of all the compounds and of the CD of rhapisterone are given.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 681–684, September–October, 1987.     

Culcitoside C1 from the starfishCulcita novaeguineae andLinckia guildingi

By repeated chromatography on Polikhrom-1, silica gel, and Florisil, ethanolic extracts of two species of starfish,Culcita novaeguineae andLinckia guildingi, have yielded the new steroid glycoside culcitoside C₁ (I): 5-cholestan-3,4,6,8,15,24-hexaol 24-O-[2,4-di-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinofuranoside], C₃₉H₆₈O₁₄, mp 245–248°C, []_D -35.8°, c 0.6; methanol). Its structure was shown by the results of acid hydrolysis, acetylation and methylation, and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 801–804, November–December, 1985.     

Molecular and crystal structure of 1∶1 guest-host bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)calcium complex with 18-crown-6

We have carried out an X-ray structural study of the title complex (a CAD-4F diffractometer, MoK, graphite monochromator, /2 scan mode, _max, direct methods, 1465 reflections, R=0.036). Crystals are monoclinic with a=17.971(13), b=13.475(3), c=13.379(8) , =106.67(5)°, Z=4CaO₁₀C₂₂H₂₆F₁₂, space group C2/c, d _calc =1.537 g/cm³. The complex (C₂ symmetry) has a molecular structure and belongs to the guest-host type. The Ca atom is located in the center of the 18-crown-6 cavity; bidentate hexafluoroacetylacetonate guest ligands occupy the trans-positions relative to the plane of a maxidentate macrocycle. The Ca–O distances in a ten-vertex Ca polyhedron are 2.474–2.666 . The macrocycle conformation is characterized by six gauche C–C bonds and two gauche and ten trans C–O bonds. The dihedral COCC angle differs significantly (by 38.1°) from the angle of 60°, which is common to a gauche conformation. The six-membered cycle formed by oxygen atoms has a twist form with the annular O–O distances of 5.132–5.329 . Structural features explaining an easy sublimation of the compound are discussed.X-ray structural analysis and the interpretation of results.Synthesis of single crystals.Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 56–65, November–December 1993.Translated by T. Yudanova     

Molecule-Responsive Fluorescent Sensors of α-Helix Peptides Bearing α-Cyclodextrin, Pyrene and Nitrobenzene Units in Their Side Chains

-Helix peptides bearing one unit of -cyclodextrin (-CD), one unit of pyrene and one unit of nitrobenzene (NB) in their side chains have been designed and synthesized as novel molecule-responsive devices.In both the CD-peptides, -PR17 and -PL17, the NB unit is separated from the CD unit by two turns of the helix. Two reference peptides (PL17, and -P17,) have also been synthesized. The circular dichroism studies in the peptide absorption region (200–250 nm)of -PR17 and -PL17 suggestthat the CD-peptides form stable-helixstructures (83–77%), which was destabilized by accommodating guest molecules (e.g., n-pentanol) into the CD cavity. It suggests that formation of intramolecular host–guest(CD–NB) complex stabilized thehelical structure and exogenous guest molecule excluded the appending NB moiety from inside to outside of the CD cavity, thereby causing destabilization of the helical structure and increasing the random coil content. The ICD spectra of the peptides in the pyrene and nitrobenzene absorption region (250–40 nm) suggest that NB forms inclusion complex with CD. The fluorescence studies revealed that the fluorescence of the pyrene unit is quenched by the NB unit in -PR17 and -PL17. The fluorescence intensity increases with increasing guest concentration for the CD-peptides.This guest-responsiveenhancement in the fluorescence intensity can be explained in terms of increased distance between the pyrene and NB moieties, which is caused by exclusion of the NB moiety from the CD cavity by guest accommodation. Using the guest-responsive fluorescence quenching properties of the CD-peptides, we have obtained binding constants for various short chain alkanols. -PL17 has higher binding affinity to the guest molecules than its isomer, -PR17, indicating that the location of functional groups on the peptide scaffold is important in molecule detection.     

Mechanism of the oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by the bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate)cobaltate(III) ion in aqueous solution

A detailed investigation of the oxidation of L-ascorbic acid (H₂A) by the title complex has been carried out using conventional spectrophotometry at 510 nm, over the ranges: 0.010 [ascorbate] _T 0.045 mol dm^–3, 3.62 pH 5.34, and 12.0 30.0 °C, 0.50 I 1.00 mol dm^–3, and at ionic strength 0.60 mol dm^–3 (NaClO₄). The main reaction products are the bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate)cobaltate(II) ion and l-dehydroascorbic acid. The reaction rate is dependent on pH and the total ascorbate concentration in a complex manner, i.e., k _obs = (k ₁ K ₁)[ascorbate] _T /(K ₁ + [H⁺]). The second order rate constant, k ₁ [rate constant for the reaction of the cobalt(III) complex and HA^–] at 25.0 °C is 2.31 ± 0.13 mol^–1 dm³ s^–1. H = 30 ± 4 kJ mol^–1 and S = –138 ± 13 J mol^–1 K^–1. K ₁, the dissociation constant for H₂A, was determined as 1.58 × 10^–4 mol dm^–3 at an ionic strength of 0.60 mol dm^–3, while the self exchange rate constant, k ₁₁ for the title complex, was determined as 1.28 × 10^–5 dm³ mol^–1 s^–1. An outer-sphere electron transfer mechanism has been proposed.     

Subshell-pair interelectronic angles of atoms

For the 102 atoms from He to Lr in their ground states, the average interelectronic angles <₁₂> _{nl, n'l'} between an electron in a subshellnl and another electron in a subshell n'l' are examined, where n and l are the principal and azimuthal quantum numbers, respectively. Theoretical study clarifies that <₁₂> _nl,n'l' are 90° precisely if l–l' are even, while they are larger than 90° if l–l' are odd. Numerical analysis of 3,275 subshell pairs with odd l–l' of the 102 atoms shows that the increases in the total average interelectronic angles <₁₂> from 90° are attributed predominantly to subshell pairs with n=n' and l–l'=1.     

Properties of Interface between Platinum Sponge and Solid Electrolyte Na5TbSi4O12in an Oxygen Atmosphere at Moderate Temperatures: Effect of the Platinum Grain Size

The behavior of electrochemical cells Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂/Na_0.65Co₂(cell I) and Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂/Pt(sponge) (cell II) is studied by, respectively, potentiometric and impedance methods in oxygen and argon atmospheres at 50–300°C. Dependence of potential of cell I on the oxygen concentration is affected by the grain size of platinum sponge and the temperature. At 50–200°C the coarse-grained platinum electrode in contact with solid electrolyte Na₅TbSi₄₁₂ exhibits an oxygen function characterized by the potential-determining reaction ₂(g) + ₂ + 2 = ^– ₂ + ^–. An impedance method shows the triple-phase boundary ₂, Pt(sponge)/Na₅TbSi₄₁₂ to be reversible with respect to oxygen. The reversibility is realized by minority charge carriers in the solid electrolyte, i.e. by oxygen ions.     

Fullerides: heterometallic superconductors with composition M<Subscript>2</Subscript>M′C<Subscript>60</Subscript> (M = K,Rb; M′ = Yb,Lu, Sc)

One- or two-step reactions of potassium and rubidium fullerides with composition M_k C₆₀ (M = K, Rb; k = 3—6) and K₆C₆₀ + m K mixtures (m = 1, 3) with anhydrous salts MCl₃ (M = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Yb, Lu, Y, Sc) and YbI₂ in a toluene—THF medium afforded heterometallic fullerides M_3–nM_nC₆₀ (n = 1—3). Among these compounds, substituted fullerides with composition M₂MC₆₀ (M = Yb, Lu, Sc) display superconducting properties with critical temperatures of 14—20 K.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1623–1628, August, 2004.     

Phase Diagram of the AgNO3–CsNO3 System

The phase diagram of the binary AgNO₃–CsNO₃ system was constructed using differential thermal analysis (DTA) technique in the range 300–700 K. The apparatus is described briefly. The results exhibit a congruently melting compound CsNO₃·AgNO₃ (m.p.=453 K) characterized by two allotropic varieties and , an incongruently melting compound AgNO₃·CsNO₃ (m.p.=450 K) with three forms , and , two eutectics (16 mol% CsNO₃, 442 K and 32.5 mol% CsNO₃, 445 K) and a peritectic (38mol% CsNO₃, 450 K). The occurrence of the transitions of intermediates was confirmed by X-ray diffraction at variable temperatures. The phase diagram exhibits also two plateaus at 429 K and 435 K corresponding to the phase transitions of CsNO₃ and AgNO₃, respectively.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.