Fragmentation of sesquiterpene lactones related to leucomisin

The mass spectra of seven sesquiterpene lactones — leucomisin, austricin, parishin B, parishin C, matricarin, artelin, and artelin diacetate — have been studied. It has been shown that the presence of the conjugated bonds C(1)=C(10), C(2)=0, and C(3)=C(4), and also C(5)=C(6), stabilizes M⁺, and the main fragmentation process is that of the splitting out of the lactone ring. The presence of hydroxy substituents at C(3) and C(8) of the guaiane system does not change the stability of M⁺ under electron impact. The directions of fragmentation have been confirmed by an analysis of spectra obtained by the metastable defocussing of daughter ions and by measuring the accurate masses of the main peaks of the fragmentary ions.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 96–101, January–February, 1987.     

A mass-spectrometric study of arnifolin, a new sesquiterpene lactone from Arnica montana and A. foliosa

Summary The mass spectra of arnifolin and [D]arnifolin have been obtained, and the fragmentation of arnifolin under the action of electron impact has been studied.A scheme of the fragmentation of arnifolin explaining the main peaks in its mass spectrum has been put forward. The mass spectrum agrees well with the structure established for this substance.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 587–590, September–October, 1971.     

Dadi spectra of gossypol hexamethyl ethers and mixtures of them

The DADI spectra of the M⁺ ions of hexamethyl ethers of three tautomeric forms of gossypol and of mixtures of them have been studied. A specific fragmentation pathway of M⁺ for each form has been shown. On the basis of the results obtained, the amounts of the hexamethyl ethers of each tautomeric form produced in the methylation of gossypol have been found.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 38–42, January–February, 1980.     

Mass spectrometry of pennogenin glycosides

The electron-impact mass spectra of five unesterified pennogenin glycosides, which contain the M⁺ or (M - H₂O)⁺ peaks, have been obtained. The characteristic features of the fragmentation of these compounds have been studied. In addition to ions characterizing the successive elimination of carbohydrate units, fragments have been detected which show the breakdown of the terminal pyranose ring. Five new directions of the fragmentation of the spirostanol skeleton due to the presence of an OH group at C-17 have been found.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substance, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Science Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 337–341, May–June, 1986.     

Mass spectrometry and structure of heterocyclic ions by collisional activation.

The fragmentation of isomeric dimethylnitroindolizines due to electron impact was studied by collisional activation and high resolution mass spectroscopy. The [M-OH]⁺ ion which is formed as a result of the ortho-effect was found to have a variable structure. In the case of 2,8-dimethyl-1-nitroindolizine, one of the main fragmentation processes of [M-OH]⁺ is the elimination of an H₂O molecule.For Communication 2, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 331–336, March, 1989.     

Mass spectra of pseudoguaianolides related to carpesiolin

The main directions of fragmentation and the EI of six pseudoguaianolides related to carpesiolin have been studied. It has been established that acylation of the OH group at C-6 suppresses the selective breakdown of the guaiane skeleton, while the simultaneous presence of AcO groups at C-2 and C-4 favors the formation of a number of characteristic ions. The hydrogenation of the exomethylene group has no appreciable influence on direction of fragmentation.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 530–535, July–August, 1993.     

Mass-spectrometric study of alkaloids of the lycorine type

Summary 1. The mass spectra of six alkaloids of the lycorine type (caranine, pluviine, lycorine, methylpseudolycorine, ungminorine, and galanthine) and four derivatives of these alkaloids have been studied.2. Three main directions of fragmentation of the molecular ions of the compounds studied have been established: the formation of the ion (M-1), the cleavage of ring B in the form of a retrodiene reaction, and the successive elimination of the substituents from rings B and C in the ion (M-1)⁺.Khimiya Frirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 19–22, 1968     

Characterisation of selected drugs with nitrogen-containing saturated ring structures by use of electrospray ionisation with ion-trap mass spectrometry

The electrospray ionisation–ion-trap mass spectrometry (ESI–MS ⁿ ) of selected drugs with nitrogen-containing saturated ring structures has been investigated. Sequential product-ion fragmentation experiments (MS ⁿ ) have been performed to elucidate degradation pathways for the [M+H]⁺ ions and their predominant fragment ions. These MS ⁿ experiments result in characteristic fragmentations in which functional groups are generally cleaved from the ring systems as neutral molecules such as H₂O, amines, alkenes, esters, carboxylic acids, etc. When such a nitrogen-containing drug molecule also contains a functional group, such as an ester, that on liberation as a neutral molecule has a significantly lower –H _f° value than that of the corresponding amine then the former is preferentially liberated. Furthermore, when an aromatic entity is present in these drug molecules together with the nitrogen-containing saturated ring structure fragmentation of the latter ring occurs with the former, predictably, being resistant to fragmentation. The structures of fragment ions proposed for ESI–MS ⁿ can be supported by electrospray ionisation–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI–QTOFMS). The data presented in this paper therefore provide useful information on the structure of these heterocyclic compounds which could be used to characterise unknown drug compounds isolated from natural sources, for example.     

Alkaloids ofArundo donax. III. Reconsideration of the structures of donaxarine and donaxaridine

The alkaloid composition of the epigeal part of Arundo donax has been studied, and from an ether extract have been isolated the alkaloids donaxine, arundine, deoxyvasicinone, N-phenyl--naphthylamine, donaxarine, and donaxaridine. On the basis of an x-ray structural analysis, new structures have been established for donaxarine and donaxaridine:spiro[(N-methylpyrrolidin-2-one)-3,4-(2-methyl-3,1-benzoxazine)] and 3-hydroxy-3-(2-aminophenyl)-N-methyl-2 pyrrolidone, respectively. Spectral characteristics of the derivatives obtained are given and their chemical interconversions are described.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. 720–727, September–October, 1995. Original article submitted March 22, 1995.     

A mass spectrometric study of some triterpenes of the dammarane series

Summary 1. The mass spectra of tetracyclic triterpenes of the dammarane series with substituents at C-3, 6, and 12 and with side chains of various structures have been studied.2. The main direction of fragmentation is the formation of ions as the result of the decomposition of the side chain and of ring C, the second type of fragmentation being controlled by the structure of the side chain.Institute of Biologically Active Substances of the Far-Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 286–294, May–June, 1971.     

A mass-spectrometric investigation of derivatives of Δ3-dihydropyrane

Conclusions The mass spectra of eleven derivatives of ³-dihydropyrane have been recorded and their basic fragmentation paths have been studied.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1184–1187, May, 1970.     

Features of mass-spectrometric fragmentation of racemic diptocarpidine and diptocarpiline

The mass-spectrometric fragmentation of the positive and negative molecular ions of diptocarpidine and diptocarpiline and of two model compounds have been studied, and it has been shown that the formation of the fragmentary ions takes place both by direct bond cleavage and with the involvement of complex skeletal rearrangements. The composition of the rearranged ions formed from M⁺ has been confirmed with the aid of high-resolution mass spectrometry. An intramolecular interaction of the this (sulfoxy) and urea groups as a consequence of the existance of the molecules under investigation in a folded conformation has been established.Institute of Chemistry Bashkir Branch USSR Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 390–396, May–June, 1988.     

Phenolic-iodine Redox Products: Mass Spectrometry,Thermal and Other Physico-chemical Methods of Analyses

Three interesting new compounds formed as a result of phenols-iodine redox reactions were investigated by mass spectral fragmentation (MS) and thermal analyses (TA) as well as some other physicochemical methods as microanalysis and infra-red spectroscopy to elucidate their structures. The characterization of the compounds was satisfactorily achieved by using the above analytical tools and their proposed general formulae, were found to be C₂₄H₁₅O₈I (PC-IO ₃ ^– ), C₂₄H₁₄O₁₂ I₂ (PG-IO ₃ ^– ) and C₁₂H₈O₆I₂ (PG-IO ₄ ^– ).The fragmentation pathways of PC-IO ₃ ^– , PG-IO ₃ ^– and PG-IO ₄ ^– have been examined using electron ionization (EI) mass spectrometry in comparison with thermal analyses (TG and DTA). Both decomposition modes were investigated, and the fragmentation pathways were suggested. The combined application of mass spectrometry and thermogravimetry (MS and TG) in the analysis of the products allowed the characterization of the fragmentation pathway in MS.The major pathway in both techniques of PC-IO ₃ ^– is due to the loss of CHO followed by CH₃I+2H₂O. It is due to the loss of 2H₂O followed by the loss of 2CH₃I for PG-IO ₃ ^– . While for PG-IO ₃ ^– it is related to the loss of 2H₂O followed by loss of 2CH₃I molecule stepwise. Different stabilities for initial products and some fragments are discussed.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Mass-spectrometric and quantum-chemical study of fragmentation of diallyl esters of dicarboxylic acids

In a mechanistic study of thermal breakdown of diallyl polymers, six diallyl esters of dicarboxylic acids have been investigated by means of mass spectrometry. A characteristic feature of the fragmentation of these compounds is the low stability of the molecular ions and detachment of the allyl cation, the peak of which is usually the highest in the mass spectrum. In interpreting such an unusual path of fragmentation of esters, quantum-chemical calculations have been carried out in the MINDO/3 approximation; the preferred conformation of the diallyl maleate molecule and the distribution of electron density in this conformation have been determined, and the most stable cyclic structure of the intermediate cation [CH=CH(CO)₂OH]⁺ has been established. The nature of the bridge between the carboxyl groups in diallyl esters of dicarboxylic acids has practically no influence on the direction of fragmentation. The decisive factor in the fragmentation is the electrostatic interaction of charges on the atoms of carbonyl carbon and ester oxygen of the second carboxyl group. A fragmentation scheme with the formation of intermediate cyclic cations is proposed.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 300–307, May–June, 1990.     

Features of the mass spectra of C18-diterpene alkaloids

Fragmentation under electron impact of eleven C₁₈-diterpene alkaloids with an oxygen function at C-4 has been investigated. The contributions of various modes of forming the (M - CH₃)⁺ ions have been determined. The mechanism of the appearance of the fragments (M - CH₃)⁺ and (M - OCH₃)⁺ at the expense of the methoxy groups at C-14 and C-16 has been considered. The characteristic nature of the parameters of the metastable peaks in the transitions to these daughter ions has been shown. Minor directions of the fragmentation of 3,4-epoxy- and 4-hydroxy bases have been characterized.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 95–106, January–February, 1989.     

Analysis of metastable defocusing spectra of lycoctonine bases having 7,8-methylenedioxy groups

The parameters of the MD spectra of the fragmentary ions of 21 lycoctonine alkaloids with 7,8-MDOGs have been investigated. On this basis, the monotypicity of the main fragmentation processes characteristic for the individual groups of compounds have been confirmed. A decrease in the number of common group characteristics of the MD spectra of the ions arising as the result of multistage breakdown processes is caused by alternative methods for their formation. This is not shown only by the doublet nature of the fragmentary ions. The results of a comparison of the MD spectra with the structures of the molecules have confirmed the hypothesis expressed previously concerning the 7,8-MDOG as the center of localization of the charge, competing with the nitrogen atom and facilitating the elimination of various substituents from the diterpene skeleton. A comparison has been made of two methods of evaluating the common nature of the fragmentation reaction: from the energies of the metastable transitions and from the relative intensities of the metastable peaks. The two methods give mutually supplementary information concerning the nature of the fragmentation processes.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 397–407, May–June, 1987.     

Features of the mass spectra of hetisine bases with an OH group at C-14

The EI mass spectra of five hetisine bases with an OH group at C-14 have been investigated. The main directions of fragmentation are initiated by the cleavage of the C-14-C-20 bond. With the aid of measurements of the elementary compositions of the molecular and fragmentary ions and of a comparison of the B/E linked-scanning and metastable defocusing spectra, the mechanism of the formation of the key fragments has been established and alternative methods for the production of certain ions have been revealed.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 82–89, January–February, 1992.     

Mass and NMR spectra of haplophyllidine and perforine and of their derivatives

Conclusions The mass and NMR spectra of haplophyllidine, perforine, and their derivatives have been studied. The influence of the open and cyclic forms of the molecular ion on the nature of the fragmentation has been discussed. The main routes of fragmentation of the compounds considered are due to the presence of substituents at C₈ and C₄.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 273–279, 1969     

Mass spectra of derivatives of N-alkyl- and N-alkoxyalkylideneimine-2-carboxylic acids

The fragmentation of compounds of the RN(CH₂)_nCHCOX (n=1–5) and RNCH₂C(COX)₂ type, where X=OAlk and NH₂ and R=H, D, OAlk, and Cl, under electron impact was studied. When n=2–5, the chief fragmentation process is amine fragmentation, and the (M–COX)⁺ ion peak is the principal peak in the spectra at 30 and 12 eV. The fragmentation of three-membered heterocycles differs radically. The dominant fragmentation for 1-alkylaziridine-2-carboxylic and -2,2-dicarboxylic esters is splitting out of a radical from the ester group. This process is absent when R=H, D, C, and OAlk. Fragmentation with splitting out of the elements of alcohol for the esters and of ammonia for the amines is characteristic in the case of derivatives of 1-alkoxyaziridine-2-carboxylic and-2,2-dicarboxylic acids.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 624–633, May, 1977.     

Mass spectrometry of π-complexes of the transition metals. Communication 29. Dissociative electron capture spectra of monosubstituted cymantrenes

Conclusions The dissociative electron capture mass spectra of eight monosubstituted cymantrenes have been studied. The lifetimes of the molecular negative ions of these compounds were measured and the main fragmentation paths under dissociative electron capture conditions established.For communication 28, see [1].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimiya, No. 6, pp. 1299–1301, June, 1982.