Electrode kinetics and thermodynamic study of complexes of palladium(II) at D.M.E.

Polarographic study of Pd(II) reveals that it reduces quasireversibly at d.m.e. in 0.2M-pyridine+0.1N-HCl medium. Kinetic parameters of Pd(II) in various concentrations of -resorcyclic acid were calculated usingGellings method and thus the effect of concentration of -resorcyclic acid on the kinetics of the reduction of Pd(II) has been explained.DeFord/Hume graphical extrapolation method and the mathematical method ofMihailov have been employed for the evaluation of overall formation constants of the complexes formed with -resorcyclic acid. The logarithmic values of overall formation constants ₁, ₂ and ₃ obtained by the two methods are 7.47, 8.60, 9.66 (DeFord andHume Method) and 7.44, 8.64, 9.66 (Mihailov Method) at 298 K. Thermodynamic parameters of these complexes are reported.

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Elektrodenkinetik und thermodynamische Untersuchungen an Pd(II)-Komplexen mittels polarographie

Zusammenfassung Pd(II) zeigt eine quasireversible Reduktion in 0,2M-Pyridin/0,1N-HCl. Kinetische Parameter wurden mittels der Methode vonGelling ermittelt und damit der Effekt verschiedener -Resorcylsäurekonzentrationen erklärt. Bildungskonstanten der entsperechenden Komplexe wurden nachDeFord/Hume und nachMihailov ermittelt. Die logarithmischen Werte der Gesamtbildungskonstanten ₁, ₂ und ₃ bei 298 K betragen nach derDe Ford/Hume-Methode 7,47, 8,60 und 9,66, nach derMihailov-Methode 7,44. 8,64 und 9,66. Die thermodynamischen Parameter der Komplexbildung werden angegeben.

     

Triterpene glycosides from Kalopanax septemlobum. VII. Minor glycosides from stems of Kalopanax septemlobum var. maximowiczii and Kalopanax septemlobum var. typicum

Sixteen triterpene glycosides, three of which were new, hederagenin 28-O-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl ester and 28-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl ester and oleanolic acid 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside, were isolated from stem bark of Kalopanax septemlobum. The glycoside contents in stem bark of two varieties, maximowiczii and typicum, were compared. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 49–53, January–February, 2006.     

Untersuchungen zurFriedel-Crafts-Reaktion. XVI. Darstellung isomerer 2-Acyl- und 3-Acyl-4-methoxyphenole

Acylation of 4-methoxy phenol according toFriedel andCrafts, as well as the rearrangement of its esters according toFries lead always to 2-acyl-4-methoxy phenols or to their demethylated compounds. The unknown 3-acyl-4-methoxy phenols were prepared in two steps: First, the ester is acylated with the corresponding acyl chloride and SnCl₄ in nitromethane. In the second step the resulting ketoesters are hydrolysed. This is a general method. The yields ofmeta-acylphenols are between 40 and 90%. The isomeric 2-acyl-4-methoxy-phenols which were partly unknown or accessible only in low yields have also been prepared for comparative spectral studies (UV, IR, NMR, MS) ofortho- andmeta-acylphenols.

     

Magnetic Orbitals and Mechanisms of Exchange II. Superexchange

Summary. In a first step, we examine the concept of magnetic orbital which is very useful to treat the mechanism of superexchange. After that, we recall the general broad lines of the first historical model proposed by Anderson. In a second step, we develop a new general treatment for superexchange, in the case of the centrosymmetrical model AXB, where A and B are metal cations and X a common bridging ligand (with here, for simplification, A = B, without transfer between cations). It allows one to retrieve the expression of exchange energy J vs. key molecular integrals, as respectively proposed by several authors such as Anderson on the one hand, Hay, Thibeault, and Hoffmann on the other one, and, finally, Kahn and Briat. This model may be easily generalized to the case where a transfer does exist between both cations, with A = B or A ≠ B. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Haloaldehyde polymeres XIII. Polydibromofluoroacetaldehyde

Dibromofluoracetaldehyde (DBFA) was prepared by reducing methyl dibromofluoroacetate with lithium aluminium hydride (LAH) at low temperatures whereby theLAH was added to dibromofluoroacetate. The initially obtainedDBFA hydrate was dehydrated to the free aldehyde. Methyl dibromofluoroacetate was synthesized together with methyl bromodifluoroacetate by air oxidation of 1,1-dibromo-2,2-difluoroethylene. The mixture of oxidation products, consisting of two acid halides, was treated with methanol and gave a mixture of the methyl esters which here separated by distillation. DBFA was polymerized with anionic and cationic initiators to crystalline insoluble poly-DBFA. Poly-DBFA degraded quantitatively at elevated temperatures to monomericDBFA. Copolymerization ofDBFA with chloral gave copolymers with nearly the same comonomer composition as the feed.DBFA was also copolymerized with phenyl isocyanate to a copolymer which contained acetal and urethane linkages.Part XII:R. W. Campbell, andO. Vogl, Makromolekulare Chemie, in press.     

Prins-Reaktionen mit Arylaldehyden, 5. Mitt.: Zur Umsetzung mit 2-Buten und mit Cyclohexen

By reaction of 2-[(1RS, 2RS)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-propyl]-2-phenyl-1,3-dithiane (1 a) withcis-2-butene oxide, subsequent reduction and acetalizationc-4,t-5-dimethyl-r-2,c-6-diphenyl-1,3-dioxane (3 a) andt-4,c-5-dimethyl-r-2,c-6-diphenyl-1,3-dioxane (3 b) were synthesized as model compounds. For the same purpose by aldol reaction of cyclohexanone and reduction (1RS, 2SR)-2[(RS)-hydroxy-(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]cyclohexanol (7 a), (1RS, 2RS)-2[(SR)-hydroxy-(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]cyclohexanol (8 a), and (1RS, 2RS)-2[(RS)-hydroxy-(4-nitrophenyl)methyl]cyclohexanol (8 b) and by acetalization (2 , 4 , 4 a, 8 a)-2,4-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)hexahydro-4H-1,3-benzodioxin (9 a) and (2 , 4 , 4 a, 8 a)-2,4-bis(4-nitrophenyl)hexahydro-4H-1,3-benzodioxin (10 b) were obtained. FromPrins reactions, starting with 2-butene3 a,c-4,c-5-dimethyl-r-2,c-6-diphenyl-1,3-dioxane (3 c),r-4,t-5-dimethyl-c-6-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxathiane-2,2-dioxide (4), and (2Z, 4E)-1,5-diphenyl-4-methyl-2,4-pentadien-1-on (5), and starting with cyclohexene (E)-3-(4-methoxybenzylidene)cyclohexenyl-4-methoxyphenyl ketone (11) have been isolated in low yields.

4. Mitt.:Griengl, H., Nowak, P., Mh. Chem.109, 11 (1978).     

Variation of the Lignan Content of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. and Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils.

A rapid and convenient extraction technique followed by HPLC analysis has been developed for determination of lignans in Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. and Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. Under the optimized conditions the lignans schisandrin, schisantherin, deoxyschisandrin, and γ-schisandrin were extracted from ten samples collected from different regions in China and then quantified by HPLC. The lignan content of the ten samples is different. S. sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. is richer in deoxyschisandrin but there is less schisandrin and γ-schisandrin is not found. S. chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. is usually richer in γ-schisandrin, the maximum amount being 4.263 mg g⁻¹, although one sample contained none. This method is simple, rapid, sensitive, and repeatable, and is suitable for identification and differentiation of samples from different regions of China.     

Thermodynamics of the isopropanol/n-hexane and isopropanol/n-heptane systems. Part I. Infrared studies

The association equilibria for different conglomerates are calculated for the isopropanol/n-Hexane, isopropanol/n-Heptane systems from the infrared spectra.

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Zur Thermodynamik des Isopropanol/n-Hexan und Isopropanol/n-Heptan Systems, I. Untersuchungen mittels IR-Spektroskopie

Zusammenfassung Es werden die Assoziationsgleichgewichte für verschiedene Konglomerate im Isopropanol/n-Hexan- bzw.-/n-Heptan-System aus den IR-Spektren abgeleitet.

     

Syntheses based on anabasine. Preparation and transformations of N-oxides

The oxidation of N-acetyl-and N-benzoylanabasine with the tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)— MoCl₅ system or MCPBA proceeds selectively at the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring. The oxidation of N-methylanabasine under similar conditions gives a mixture of stereo-isomeric N-oxides at the piperidine nitrogen atom, their ratio depending on the reagent used. The oxidation of anabasine by TBHP— MoCl₅ or MCPBA is accompanied by dehydrogenation and results in anabaseine N-oxide. The reactions of anabasine and anabaseine pyridine N-oxides with acetic anhydride were investigated. The substituted 1H-3-pyridin-2-ones were prepared. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 322—328, February, 2006.     

Geminal systems. 50. Synthesis and alcoholysis of N-acyloxy-N-alkoxy derivatives of ureas,carbamates, and benzamides

Procedures were developed for the synthesis of N-acyloxy-N-alkoxy derivatives of ureas, carbamates, and benzamides by the reactions of the corresponding N-alkoxy-N-chloro derivatives with sodium carboxylates in MeCN. N-Chloro-N-ethoxy-p-toluenesulfonamide was inert in this reaction. Alcoholysis of N-acyloxy-N-alkoxy derivatives of ureas, carbamates, and tert-alkylamines afforded the corresponding N,N-dialkoxy derivatives, whereas alcoholysis of N-acetoxy-N-ethoxybenzamide gave rise to alkyl benzoates.     

Beiträge zur Chemie der Pyrrolpigmente, 27. Mitt.

Pyrromethenones are isomerized into their diastereomers at the exocyclic double bond by light, whereas dipyrromethenes and methylenepyrrolylmethyllenepyrrolinones as well as integral bile pigments containing these two partial structures (biliviolines, biliverdines) are not. The reason for this dichotomy was shown by investigation of model compounds to be neither the thermodynamically and kinetically instable product nor the availability of low states of lone pair character. Instead the very efficient radiationless decay of the excited singlet proceeds via a desactivation process being a tunneling between excited and ground state potential surfaces. Calculations according to this theory ofFormosinho affords quantitative results which are in excellent agreement with experimental data. Another desactivation mode comes from the crossing of the potential surfaces of the ground state of one tautomeric form with those of the excited state of another, leading to a proton transfer process. The molecular basis of these processes is shown to be inter—as well as intramolecular hydrogen bonding.

H. Falk undF. Neufingerl, Mh. Chem.110, 987 (1979).     

Triterpene glycosides from Kalopanax septemlobum. VI. Glycosides from leaves of Kalopanax septemlobum var. typicum introduced to crimea

Thirteen known glycosides of hederagenin and oleanolic acid and the three new triterpene glycosides of oleanolic acid-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→ 3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid and the 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-6-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→ 6)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl esters 3-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-Dxylopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→ 2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside of oleanolic acid were isolated from leaves of Kalopanax septemlobum var. typicum introduced to Crimea. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 40–43, January–February, 2006.     

Beiträge zur Chemie der Pyrrolpigmente, 77. Mitt. Synthese und Struktur vonb-Nor-bilatrienen-abc undb-Nor-biladienen-ac bzw. Bi-9,9′-dipyrrinonylidenen und Bi-9,9′-dipyrrinonylenen

B-Nor-biladienes-ac are prepared by oxidative coupling of dipyrrinones in nearly quantitative yields. Further oxidation of these derivatives yieldsb-nor-bilatrienes-abc. Constitutions, tautomerism, configurations at exocyclic double bonds, and conformations at exocyclic chromophore single bonds are determined for the crystalline state and their states of solution using X-ray structural analysis and spectroscopic methods, respectively.B-nor-biladienes-ac are found to be of (4Z,15Z)5sp,9sc,14sp geometry,b-nor-bilatrienes-abc are planar systems of (4Z,9E,15Z) configuration in the crystal, whereas in solutions there are indications of a more twisted conformation at their exocyclic chromophore single bonds.

Herr Dipl.-Ing.Heinz Flödl hat uns am 11. April 1988 für immer verlassen — wir trauern um ihn.     

Studies in isodielectric media. Part IV. Thermodynamics of protonation ofp-nitroaniline in ethylene glycol—Diethylene glycol mixtures at 25°C

The thermodynamic ionisation constant ofp-nitroanilinium ion was determined spectrophotometrically at 25°C in the near isodielectric mixtures of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) over the complete range of solvent compositions. thepK of the ion decreases continuously with the addition of diethylene glycol, passes through a minimum around 80 wt% of the same solvent and then increases. The variation of pK (pK _{mixed solvent}–pK _EG) with solvent composition was analyzed in terms of the changes inGibbs energies of transfer of the different species involved in the ionisation process in these mixtures.

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Untersuchungen in isodielektrischen Medien, 4. Mitt.: Thermodynamik der Protonierung von p-Nitroanilin in Ethylenglykol—Diethylenglykol-Mischungen bei 25°C

Zusammenfassung Die thermodynamischen Ionisierungskonstanten desp-Niroanilinium-Ions wurde spektrophotometrisch bei 25°C in den annähernd isodielektrischen Mischungen von Ethylenglykol—Diethylenglykol (EG—DEG) über den gesamten Bereich der Lösungsmittelzusammensetzungen gemessen. DerpK des Ions sinkt kontinuierlich mit der Zugabe von Diethylenglykol und geht bei etwa 80 Gew.%DEG durch ein Minimum. Die Änderung von pK (pK _{Lösungsm.-Gemisch}-pK _EG) mit der Lösungsmittelzusammensetzung wird als Wechsel in denGibbs-Energien des Transfers der verschiedenen in den Ionisierungsprozess verwickelten Spezies erklärt.

     

A convenient synthesis of linear pyranocoumarins. Xanthyletin and 3-Phenylxanthyletin

A convenient synthesis of linear pyranocoumarins, viz., 8,8-dimethyl-2H,8H-benzo[1,2-b; 5,4-b]dipyran-2-one (xanthyletin,1) and 8,8-dimethyl-3-phenyl-2H,8H-benzo[1,2-b; 5,4-b]dipyran-2-one (3-phenylxanthyletin,2) is described. The key steps are blocking the 8-position of appropriate 7-hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one derivatives with iodine and 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynylation followed by cyclisation.

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Ein einfacher Syntheseweg zu linearen Pyranocumarinen. Xanthyletin und 3-Phenylxanthyletin

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein vorteilhafter Weg zur Synthese von linearen Pyranocumarinen am Beispiel von Xanthyletin und 3-Phenylxanthyletin gezeigt. Das Syntheseprinzip besteht in einer Blockierung der 8-Position des entsprechenden 7-Hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-ons mit Jod und einer 1,1-Dimethyl-2-propinylierung mit nachfolgender Cyclisierung.

     

Reaktivität der Pyrrolpigmente, 2. Mitt.: Deprotonierung von 3-Pyrrolin-2-onen

Deprotonation of 3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-on (1) int-butyl alcohol/potassiumt-butoxide solutions takes place on the N atom, as shown by¹H/²H exchange andpK _a determinations of1 (pK=17.1), 1,3,4-trimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-one (pK _a =17.6), and 3,4-dimethyl-5-methoxy-2_H-pyrrole (pK _a =16.7). The SCF-MO approximation MINDO/3 indicates, however, that in the gas phase deprotonation of1 should occur at the C atom.

1.Mitt.:Ribó, J. M., Trull, F., Mh. Chem.110, 201 (1979).     

Michael reaction. IV. NaNH2 catalyzed one stage reaction between phenylacetic acid dialkylamides and cinnamic acid methyl ester or dialkylamides. Influence of reaction conditions on the stereochemistry

The NaNH₂ catalyzed one stage reaction between phenylacetic acid dialkylamides and cinnamic acid methyl ester or dialkylamides was studied under various conditions. Conditions were found for easy preparation of each of the both possible diastereomeric derivatives of 2,3-diphenylglutaric acid. It was proved that catalytic amounts of NaNH₂ take part in the reaction. It is assumed that the observederythro/threo equilibrium ratios are determined by an isomerization via two different carbanions (at C₂ and C₄) of the reaction products.Part III:J. Stefanovsky andL. Viteva, Comun. Dept. Chem. Bulg. Acad. Sci.4, 159 (1971).     

Purines, pyrimidines, and related fused systems. 20. Heterocyclizations of 6-alkynyl-1,3-dimethyllumazines. Synthesis of pyrrole and thiophene analogs of some natural pteridines

Sonogashira cross-coupling of 6-chloro-1,3-dimethyllumazine with terminal alkynes gave 6-alkynyl derivatives in good yields. Oxidative amination of the latter with primary alkylamines was accompanied by the pyrrole-ring closure to form 1-R"-2-R-6,8-dimethylpyrrolo[3,2-g]pteridine-5,7(6H,8H)-diones. The addition of bromine to 6-alkynyllumazines afforded the corresponding dibromoalkenes whose treatment with sodium trithiocarbonate gave rise to 2-R-6,8-dimethylthieno[3,2-g]pteridine-5,7(6H,8H)-diones. The latter compounds are close analogs of the metabolite of molybdenum cofactor (molybdopterine).     

Secondary metabolites of Astragalus danicus Retz. and A. inopinatus Boriss.

The chemical composition of the above-ground parts of Astragalus danicus and A. inopinatus collected in the Baikal region (Eastern Siberia) was studied for the first time. From A. danicus, pentacyclic triterpene saponins were isolated and identified, viz., 3-O-(-glucuronopyranosyl)-3,22,24-trihydroxyolean-12-ene, 3-O-[O-(-d-xylopyranosyl)-(12)-(-glucuronopyranosyl)]-3,22,24-trihydroxyolean-12-ene, 3-O-[O-(-d-glucopyranosyl)-(12)-(-glucuronopyranosyl)]-3,22,24-trihydroxyolean-12-ene, 3-O-[O-(-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-(12)-O-(-d-xylopyranosyl)-(12)-(-glucuronopyranosyl)]-3,22,24-trihydroxyolean-12-ene, 3-O-[O-(-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-(12)-O-(-d-glucopyranosyl)-(12)-(-glucuronopyranosyl)]-3,22,24-trihydroxyolean-12-ene, 3-O-methyl-d-chiro-inositol, and linolenic acid. In A. inopinatus, the same saponins were identified as well as tricosan-1-ol and tetracosan-1-ol, 5,7,4"-trihydroxyflavon (apigenin), and a tetracyclic triterpenoid, 20(R),24(S)-epoxycyclolanost-9(11)-ene-3,6,16,25-tetrol (cycloastragenol). All reported compounds from the both genus of Astragalus were isolated for the first time. Methanolic extracts of A. danicusand A. inopinatus exhibited low inhibitory activity with respect to the growth of HeLa cells. The chloroform fraction of A. danicus showed a strong antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and a strong cytotoxic activity against HeLa cells.     

Microbial products. II. Granaticinic acid,a new antibiotic from a thermophilic streptomycete

Streptomyces sp. XT-11989 produces a mixture of two antibiotics with litmus-like indicator properties. One of them was shown to be identical with granaticin, the other was identified as [1S,3S,4S,7R,9R,10S,13R]-4,7,9,10-tetrahydro-5,12-dioxo-4, 6,10,11,13-pentahydroxy-1,9-dimethyl-(1H,3H)-7,10-ethanonaphtho[2,3-c: 6,7-c]dipyran-3-acetic acid and termed granaticinic acid. Microbial production and nuclear magnetic resonance data of these antibiotics are discussed and the antibacterial properties of the antibiotics are compared.

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Mikrobielle produkte. II. Granaticinsäure, ein neues Antibiotikum von einem thermophilen Streptomyceten

Zusammenfassung Der Streptomycetenstamm XT-11989 produziert eine Mischung von zwei Antibiotika mit Lakmus-ähnlichen Indikatoreigenschaften. Eines dieser Antibiotika erwies sich als Granaticin, das andere wurde als [1S,3S,4S,7R,9R,10S,13R]-4,7,9,10-tetrahydro-5,12-dioxo-4,6,10,11,13-pentahydroxy-1,9-dimethyl-(1H,3H)-7,10-ethanonaphto[2,3-c: 6,7-c]dipyran-3-essigsäure identifiziert und Granaticinsäure benannt. Mikrobiologische Produktion und Kernresonanzdaten dieser antibiotika werden besprochen und ihre antibakteriellen Eigenschaften verglichen.