Rearrangement ofα -trifluoromethyl-β-dialkylamino-β-fluoroacrylic acid N.N-dialkylamides

Conclusions When heated in the presence of a catalytic amount of BF₃ etherate,-trifluoromethyl--diethylamino--fluoroacrylic acid N, N-dimethylamide is reversibly isomerized to-trifluoromethyl--dimethylamino--fluoroacrylic acid N, N-diethylamide. The methyl esters of-trifluoromethyl--diethylammo--fluoroacrylic acid and-trifluoromethyl--phenoxy--fluoroacrylic acid N,N-dimethylamide are not isomerized under the same conditions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No.1, pp.137–141, January, 1976.     

<Superscript>1</Superscript>H and <Superscript>13</Superscript>C NMR spectra of some drimanic sesquiterpenoids

One- and two-dimensional homo- and heteronuclear correlation proton, carbon, proton—proton, and proton—carbon NMR spectra of fifteen drimanic sesquiterpenoids: 11,12-dibromodrima-5,8-dien-7-one, drim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11,12-dihydroxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxy-11,12-epoxydrim-8-en-7-one, 11-hydroxy-11,12-epoxydrim-8-en-7-one, 8,9-epoxydriman-7-one, 8,9-epoxydriman-7-ol, 11,12-diacetoxydrim-8-en-7-ol, drimane-7,8,11-triol, 7,8-isopropylidenedioxydriman-11-al, 9, 11-dihydroxydrim-7-en-6-one, drimane-7,8,9-triol, drimane-7,8,11-triol, and drim-8-ene-7,11,12-triol were studied. The proton and carbon chemical shifts were assigned.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2589–2594, December, 2004.     

Complexation of the Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Loxoprofen with Modified and Unmodified β-Cyclodextrins

The inclusion complex of the anti-inflammatory drug, loxoprofen, with -cyclodextrin-(CD), sulfated -CD, and glycerol ether -CD was studied by UV-VIS absorption and ¹H-NMR spectroscopy in solution. The inclusion complex of loxoprofen with -CDs was prepared by freeze-drying, and then characterized in the solid state by thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Furthermore, a physical mixture of loxoprofen/-CD (1/1, mol-%) in the solid state was also characterized. The solubility of the loxoprofen increased on addition of -CDs. The solubility enhancement of the loxoprofen with -CDs is in the following order: glycerol ether -CD > sulfated -CD > -CD.     

Complexation of Na-, Ca-, and Cu-montmorillonites with some parent and methylated cyclodextrins

The uptake of -, -, -, hexakis-2,6-di-O-methyl--(DM--), heptakis-2,6-di-O-methyl--(DM--) and heptakis-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-- (TM--) cyclodextrins (CD's) by Na-, Ca-, and Cu-montmorillonites has been studied at 25°C. Each of -, DM--, DM--, and TM--CD's forms a complex with all of these montmorillonites in which the guest molecules are arranged as a monolayer with their open faces parallel to the silicate sheet of montmorillonite. On the other hand, -CD is intercalated only by the Na form and -CD cannot be taken up by any of the clays used. The interlayer spacing of the -CD complex varies from 18.0 to 21.5 Å with replacement of the interlayer cation, but those of the methylated -and -CD complexes remain unchanged, beingca. 21 and 18 Å, respectively. The different behaviour of the parent and methylated CD's is explained in terms of the structural and physicochemical characteristics of the individual CD's and interlayer cations.     

Polymorphism of (+)N-tosyl-L-glutamic acid

It has been shown that polymorphism is the reason for the occurrence of (+)N-tosyl-L-glutamic acid 1 with various melting points. 1 occurs in two crystalline forms: and . Form -1 (prisms) having a melting point of 145–147°C is chemically pure and stable. Form -1, however, is unstable and is formed as a result of the stabilizing effect of an organic solvent not introduced into the structure of the crystal. At about 125°C the forms is transformed to the form. The melting point of the form depends on the amount and type of solvent contained in the crystal, which, during measurement cannot leave the system.     

Improvement of Solubility and Dissolution of 19-Norprogesterone via Inclusion Complexation

In an effort to modify the solubility and dissolution rate of the contraceptive steroid, 19-norprogesterone in order to improve its bioavailability, the cyclodextrin complexation approach was chosen. In solution, the complex formation with -cyclodextrin (-CD), hydroxyethyl -cyclodextrin (HE--CD) and hydroxypropyl -cyclodextrin (HP--CD) was confirmed by using solubility, UV, IR and ¹H-NMR spectrophotometric techniques. The phase solubility diagrams were categorized as A_L-type. The complexing affinity of the CDs investigated were ranked as follows: -CD > HP--CD > HE--CD. The complexation thermodynamic parameters were obtained from the temperature dependence of the dissociation constants. In the solid state, differential scanning calorimetery (DSC) and optical microscopy methods were utilized to characterize the complexes. Dissolution studies showed that such molecularly encapsulated forms offered a marked improvement in the dissolution rate compared to the parent drug.     

Transformations of solasodine

Solasodine (I) has been subjected to a number of transformations. The following compounds have been obtained from it by described procedures: 3-acetoxypregna-5,16-dien-20-one (II), 3-acetoxypregn-5-en-20-ol (III), and 3-acetoxypregn-5-en-20-ol (IV). The oxidation of (III) and (IV), the formation of an oxime, and the reduction of the oxime with sodium in ethanol, followed by Hess methylation, has led to 20-dimethylaminopregn-5-en-3-ol (IX) and to 20-dimethylaminopregn-5-en-3-ol (X). From compounds (IX) and (X), by analogy with (III) and (IV) by their oxidation and the preparation of oximes, which were then reduced and methylated, the following were obtained: 3,20-bisdimethylaminopregnane (XVII) and 3,20-bisdimethylaminopregnane (XVIII), and also quaternary salts of the latter.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 370–374, May–June, 1980.     

Effect of 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin on Release Rate of Metoprolol from Ternary Metoprolol/2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin/Ethylcellulose Tablets

The effect of 2-hydroxypropyl--cyclodextrin (HP--CyD) on the release of a water-soluble ₁-selective adrenoreceptor antagonist, metoprolol (Met), from ternary Met/HP--CyD/ethylcellulose (EC) tablets was investigated. The release rate of Met from the ternary tablets was dependent on amounts of HP--CyD in the tablets, i.e., the rate decreased when small amounts of HP--CyD were added, while large amounts of HP--CyD accelerated the rate. The slowest rate was observed for the tablet consisted of a 30/10/60 weight ratio of Met/HP--CyD/EC. The analyses of the release rates by the Korsmeyer equation and their temperature dependence suggested that Met is released from the EC matrix containing HP--CyD according to the diffusion-controlled mechanism. The water penetration studies and the micro- and macroscopic observations suggested that the retarding effect of HP--CyD is attributable to a viscous gel formation in small pores on the surface of the tablets, where HP--CyD gels may work as a barrier for the water penetration into the tablets and the release of the drug from the tablets. The in-vitro release property of the ternary tablets was reflected in the in-vivo absorption profile in dogs. The results indicated that a combination of HP--CyD and EC is useful for the release control of water-soluble drugs such as Met.     

Thermal decomposition of phosphorylated hemimercaptals

Conclusions The reaction of diphenylchlorophosphine with ,,-trichloro--hydroxyethyl ethyl sulfide in the presence of triethylamine leads to the formation of -ethylthio-,,-trichloroethyl diphenylphosphonite. The reaction of diphenylchlorophosphine with dimethyl -hydroxy--propylthiophosphonate in the presence of triethylamine gives -propylthio--dimethylphosphonoethyl diphenylphosphonite. The phosphorylated hemimercaptals obtained are thermally unstable and decompose to S-alkyl diphenylthiophosphonites and the corresponding carbonyl compounds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2619–2621, November, 1985.     

Sterols and sterol glycosides of Bryonia alba

Summary It has been shown that the roots ofBryonia alba contain cholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-methylcholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-ethylcholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-methylenecholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-ethylidenecholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-ethyl-4-methylcholest-7-en-3-ol, 24-ethylidene-4-methylcholest-7-en-3-ol, and also previously undescribed 3-O--glucopyranosides of the above-mentioned sterols.A. L. Mndzhoyan Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, Erevan. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 353–360, May–June, 1977.     

Chemistry of acetals

Summary -Ethoxyacrolein, -ethoxy--methylacrolein, -ethoxy--amylacrolein, the sodium enolate of malonic dialdehyde, bromomalonic dialdehyde, and octatrien-2,4,6-dial-1,8 were reduced at a dropping mercury electrode. The reduction waves had diffusion character.     

Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from plants of the genus Allium. XXVII. Alliosterol and allosides A and B from Allium suvorovii and Allium stipitatum — Structural analogs of furostanols

Two new glycosides of the cholestane series (allosides A and B) have been isolated from the fruit of the cocultivatedAllium suvorovii Rgi. andAllium stipitatum Rgl. (family Liliaceae, local name anzur). The acid hydrolysis of both compounds gave a sterol not previously described, which has been called alliosterol and has the structure of (22S)-cholest-5-ene-1, 3, 16, 22-tetraol, and the product of its dehvdration, which is (16S, 22S)-furost-5-ene-1, 3-diol. Alloside A is the 16-O--D-galactopyranoside, and alloside B the 16-O--D-galactopyranoside 1-O--D-glucopyranoside of alliosterol.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 231–241, March–April, 1991.     

Kinetics of oxidation of acrolein on a vanadium-molybdenum oxide catalyst

A kinetic study has shown that, in the range of low conversions, the reaction rate depends only on the partial pressure of oxygen. Comparison of the oxidation of acrolein and I-deuteroacrolein suggests that the splitting of the H–CO bond is not rate-limiting.

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Steroids of the spirostan and furostan series from nolina microcarpa III. Structure of nolinofurosides G and H

Two new glycosides which have been called nolinofurosides G(I) and H(III), have been isolated from the leaves ofNolina microcarpa. Nolinofuroside G is the sodium salt of 26--D-glucofuranosyloxy-(25S)-furost-5,20(22)-diene-1, 3-diol 1-sulfate, and nolinofuroside H is the sodium salt of 1--D-fucopyranosyloxy-26--D-glucopyranosyloxy-(25S)-furost-5,20(22)-dinen-1-3-ol 3-sulfate.M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek. Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 801–806, November–December, 1991.     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of gelled UO3 microspheres

The kinetics of decomposition of gelled UO₃ microspheres has been studied by thermal analysis (DTA and TG) and by X-ray examination. UO₃ microspheres prepared via a hydrolysis process were used in the study. The DTA and TG curves were obtained in various atmospheres at different heating rates. The activation energies for the various stages of decomposition were calculated using the Carrol and Manche method.

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Zusammenfassung Die Kinetik der Zersetzung von Gel UO₃ Mikrokügelchen wurde mittels Thermoanalyse (DTA und TG) und Röntgenstrukturanalyse untersucht. Die in dieser Abhandlung benutzten UO₃ Mikrokügelchen wurden unter Zuhilfenahme von Hydrolyseprozessen hergestellt. Die DTA- und TG-Kurven wurden in verschiedenen Atmosphären und bei verschiedenen Aufheizgeschwindikeiten aufgenommen. Mit der Methode von Carrol und Manche wurden die Aktivierungsenergien für die einzelnen Schritte der Zersetzung berechnet.

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The authors wish to express their thanks to Professor F. H. Hammad for his guidance and encouragement throughout this work.     

Thermal decomposition of some homobinuclear dihalide-bridged iron(III) complexes

Thermal studies by TG and DTG on some homobinuclear dihalide-bridged iron(III) complexes of the general type [Fe(S₂CNR₂)₂X]₂(}-X ₂) were carried out in air and nitrogen atmospheres. The apparent activation energies were determined by graphical methods and the TIN temperatures were calculated from the TG profiles. Finally, a possible mechanism of the decomposition is suggested on the basis of the pyrolysis and mass spectral data.

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Zusammenfassung Einige homobinukleare Eisen(III)-Komplexe mit Dihalidbrücken der allgemeinen Formel [Fe(S₂CNR₂)₂X]₂(–X₂) wurden mittels TG und DTG in Luft und Stickstoffatmosphäre untersucht. Die scheinbaren Aktivierungsenergien wurden nach graphischen Methoden aus den TG-Profilen bestimmt. Ein möglicher, auf pyrolytischen und massenspektrometrischen Daten basierender Zersetzungsmechanismus wird vorgeschlagen.

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Thanks are due to Dr. G. Karagiannidis, Laboratory of Organic Chemical Technology, Aristotelian University, for technical assistance.     

Triterpene glycosides of the holothurian Eupentacta pseudoquinquisemita

The holothurianEupentacta pseudoquinquisemita Deichmann collected in Kraternaya Bay, Ushishir Islands has yielded two triterpene pentaosides — the previously known cucumarioside C₂, and cucumarioside H, which is a new glycoside. With the aid of¹³C NMR spectroscopy and solvolytic desulfation its structure has been determined as 6-acetoxy-3-([3-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)] [-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 4)] [-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 2)]--D-quinovopy-ranosyl-(1 2)-(4-O-sulfato--D-xylopyranosyloxy)holosta-7,22,24(trans)-triene. Cucumarioside H was also identified inEupentacta (=Cucumaria)fraudatrix from Posyet Bay, Sea of Japan.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 221–225, March–April, 1988.     

Propos sur l'interpretation de l'energie d'activation experimentale

Résumé Les résultats de divers travaux montrent que la valeurE _e de l'énergie activation expérimentale tirée des diagrammes d'Arrhénius varie avec la pression, dans le cas de réactions de décompositions endothermiques.L'analyse de divers modèles permet d'expliquer cette constatation en montrant que la grandeurE _e n'a pas le sens d'une énergie d'activation mais est une fonction de nombreux paramètres. Deux d'entre eux ont été retenus dans le cadre de cette étude: le terme d'écart à l'équilibre et le terme de gradient thermique, provoqué par l'endothermicité du phénomène.Cette analyse permet d'établir une prévision de la fonctionE _e (P) conforme aux résultats expérimentaux.

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The results from various investigations show that the experimental activation energy valueE _e derived from the Arrhenius diagrams varies with pressure for endothermic decomposition reactions.The analysis of various models allows this fact to be accounted for by showing thatE _e should be regarded not in its fundamental formulation, but as being a function of numerous parameters. Two of these were taken into account in the present study, i.e. deviation from equilibrium and a thermal gradient due to the fact that the phenomenon is endothermic.FunctionE _e (P) fitting the experimental results may be predicted by such an analysis.

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Zusammenfassung Die Ergebnisse verschiedener Untersuchungen zeigen, dass die aus den Arrhenius-Diagrammen abgeleiteten experimentellen Werte der AktivierungsenergieE _e bei endothermen Zersetzungsreaktionen mit dem Druck variieren.Die Analyse verschiedener Modelle ermöglicht eine Erklärung dieser Tatsache, indem gezeigt wird, dassE _e nicht in ihrer grundliegenden Formulierung betrachtet werden darf, sondern als Funktion einer Anzahl von Parametern. Zwei dieser Parameter wurden in der vorliegenden Untersuchung berücksichtigt d.h. die Abweichung von dem Gleichgewicht und der thermische Gradient, welcher infolge der endothermen Beschaffenheit der Erscheinung auftritt.Eine den Versuchsergebnissen entsprechende FunktionE _e (P) kann mittels einer solchen Analyse vorausgesagt werden.

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Structures of some lilioglycosides from the bulbs ofLilium regale

Six steroid glycosides, which gave been called lilioglycosides B, C, E, F, H, and I have been isolated from fresh bulbs ofLilium regale Wills. The structure of each compound has been determined by methods of physicochemical analysis. This is the first time that lilioglycosides B, C, H, and I, have been described; they are, respectively: (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O--D-glucopyranoside; (25R)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O--D-glucopyranoside27-(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate); (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol3-O-{[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)],[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]--D-glucopyranoside}; and (25S)-spirost-5-ene-3,27-diol 3-O-{[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)],[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]-O--D-glucopyranoside} 27-[(S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate].Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldava, 2002, Kishinev, ul. Padurilor, 20. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 841–847, November–December, 1997.     

Molecular Mechanics Study of the Complexes of β-Cyclodextrin with 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile and Benzonitrile

Molecular Mechanics calculations with the Tripos Force Field were employed to study the complexation of 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN) and/or benzonitrile (BN) with -cyclodextrin (CD). The systems studied have 1 : 1 (DMABN : CD and BN : CD), 2 : 2 (DMABN : CD) and 1 : 1 : 2 (DMABN : BN : CD) stoichiometries. Evidence for the formation of such complexes, binding constants and other thermodynamic parameters were extracted from the analysis of the steady state fluorescence measurements performed in a previous work. The Molecular Mechanics study, based on the energy changes upon guest-host approaching, was performed in vacuo and in the presence of water as a solvent. Results show that the driving forces for 1 : 1 complexation are mainly dominated by non-bonded van der Waals host : guest interactions. However, the driving forces for association between 1 : 1 complexes to give 2 : 2 homo- or 1 : 1 : 2 heterodimers are dominated by non-bonded electrostatic interactions. Head-to-head electrostatic interactions between CDs, which are presumably due to the hydrogen bonding formation between secondary hydroxyl groups of CDs, are responsible for most of the stability of the dimers.