Synthesis, Conformation, and Metabolism of a Selenium Bilirubin

A symmetrical C(10)-selena-bilirubin analog, 8,12-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-7,13-dimethyl-2,3,17,18-tetraethyl-10-selenabiladiene-ac-1,19(21H,24H)-dione was synthesized from 8-(2-carboxyethyl)-2,3-diethyl-7-methyl-(10H)-dipyrrin-1-one in one step by reaction with diselenyl dichloride. The selena-rubin exhibited UV-vis and NMR spectroscopic properties similar to those of the parent mesobilirubin, and like bilirubin and mesobilirubin, it adopts an intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded conformation, shaped like a ridge-tile but with a steeper pitch. The longer C–Se bond lengths (2.2Å) and smaller bond angles at C–Se–C (88°), as compared to C–CH₂–C (1.5Å, 106°), lead to an interplanar angle between the two dipyrrinones of only 72°, which is considerably less than that of bilirubin (100°) and close to that (74°) of its 10-thia-rubin analog. Despite the conformational distortion, the sensitivity of Se toward oxidation and the typically weak C–Se bond, the selena-rubin is metabolized in normal rats, like bilirubin, to acyl glucuronides, which are secreted into bile. In mutant (Gunn) rats lacking bilirubin glucuronosyl transferase (UGT1A1), glucuronide or other metabolites of the selena-rubin were not detected in bile, demonstrating the importance of hepatic glucuronidation for its biliary excretion.     

A constitutional diagram of the system VC0.88−HfC0.98−(MoC)

The system VC_0.88–HfC_0.98–MoC was investigated by means of melting point, differential-thermoanalytical, X-ray diffraction and metallographic techniques on hot pressed and heat treated as well as melted alloy specimens and a constitutional diagram from 1500°C through the melting range established.The small miscibility gap within the HfC–MoC system (T _c=1630°C) interacts at lower temperatures with the solvus in a monotectoid-like reaction at 1575°C. Additions of VC to the HfC–MoC solid solution gradually increase its critical temperature.Solid state phase behaviour and melting behaviour was established within the isopleths VC_0.88–MoC as well as within (V_0.5Hf_0.5)C–MoC and (V_0.75Hf_0.25)C–(Hf_0.75Mo_0.25)C.Phase equilibria within VC_0.88–HfC–MoC are characterized by an extreme large miscibility gap at 1500°C connecting the VC–HfC and HfC–MoC systems.Originating at the VC–HfC binary an eutectic trough proceeds into the VC–HfC–MoC ternary with rising temperatures, connecting the maximum critical point of the disappearing miscibility gap [(V_0.31Hf_0.49Mo_0.20)C] by a limiting tie line (2750±20°C). Isothermal sections have been calculated assuming regular solutions.With 5 Figures     

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     

Reaction of trans-tetracyanodioxomolybdate(IV) with salicylaldehyde as an important stage in the Schiff base ligand formation. Kinetics and mechanism

The kinetics of the reaction between the protonated species of trans-[Mo(CN)4O2]4– and salicylaldehyde (Hsal) was studied in the 7.8–12.0 pH range in H2O-MeOH mixtures. Spectroscopic characterization of the product indicates that the aqua and cyano ligands are substituted by sal– with formation of the [Mo(CN)3O (sal- 2O,O)]2– ion. The formation quotient, Kf for the overall reaction=31 (±1) at 25°C. In the presence ofan excess of ligand, the rate law is of the formd[Mo(CN)3O(sal- 2O,O)2–]/dt =kobs[Mo(CN)4O (H2O)2–]. The kobs value is equal to 2.9 (±8)×10–3 at 25°C. The activation parameters H (kobs) and S (kobs) are 103 (±9)kJmol–1 and 45 (±8)JK–1mol–1, respectively. The amount of the product formed decreases with increasing pH but the rate of the product formation increases. The reaction mechanism and the possible formation of Schiff base ligands in the presence of amines are discussed.     

Steroid saponins X. Glycosides of Allium narcissiflorum the structure of glycosides A and B

Summary FromAllium narcissiflorum Wells have been isolated for the first time trillin and a glycoside B, which proved to be 3-O-[-O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 6)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 ]-26-O-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 ]-25R-furost-5-ene-3,22 , 26-triol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishinev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 55–58, January–February, 1976.     

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.     

Novel Linear Tetrapyrroles: Hydrogen Bonding in Diacetylenic Bilirubins

Summary. Bilirubin congeners with dipyrrinones conjoined to a diaceteylene unit (–CC–CC–) rather than to –CH₂– were synthesized and examined spectroscopically. This new class of rubrified linear tetrapyrroles cannot easily fold or bend in the middle, but the dipyrrinones can rotate independently about the diacetylene unit. Thus, unlike bilirubin, which is bent in the middle and has a ridge-tile shape, the diacetylene unit orients the attached dipyrrinones along a linear path, and intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the dipyrrinones and opposing carboxylic acids preserves a twisted linear molecular shape when the usual propionic acids are replaced by hexanoic. In a bis-hexanoic acid rubin, the extended planes of the dipyrrinones intersect along the –(CC)₂– axis at an angle of 102° for the conformation stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding. With propionic acid chains, however, neither CO₂H can engage an opposing dipyrrinone in intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and the energy-minimum conformation of this linear pigment, shows nearly co-planar dipyrrinones, with an intersection of an angle of 180° of the extended planes of the dipyrrinones. Spectroscopic evidence for such linearized and twisted (bis-hexanoic) and planar (bis-propionic) structures comes from the pigments NMR spectral data and their exciton UV-Vis and induced circular dichroism spectra.     

Selective Kinetic Determination of Cu2+ with Tetraazamacrocyclic Bis(Methylphosphonate) Ligand (Dipon)

A new macrocyclic ligand, 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,8-bis(methylphosphonic acid) (refered to as dipon) exhibits high thermodynamic and kinetic selectivity for Cu²⁺ compared to other transition metal ions. The initial-rate method (=310nm, pH=3.75, c_L4.6×10^–3molL^–1) was chosen as an optimal experimental approach in order to achieve maximum sensitivity of determination. The dynamic range of the method is (5–200)×10^–6molL^–1, and the detection limit is 2.5×10^–6molL^–1. A standard addition procedure was applied to the kinetic determination of Cu²⁺ to eliminate the effect of interfering ions (e.g. Zn²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺, Mn²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, HCO^–₃, Cl^–, SO₄^2–, etc.). The method was tested on artificial and real samples (alloys, pure and spiked mineral water) and gave satisfactory results which are in agreement with the values for some certified materials. The advantage of the proposed method is rapidity, simplicity and robustness in the presence of other metal ions.     

Thermodynamic parameters for the interaction of adenosine 5′-diphosphate,and adenosine 5′-triphosphate with Mg2+ from 323.15 to 398.15 K

The interaction of adenosine 5-diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine 5-triphosphate (ATP) with Mg²⁺ in water has been studied calorimetrically at 323.15, 348.15, 373.15, and 398.15 K for ATP and at 348.15 and 373.15 K for ADP. The enthalpies of reaction of Mg²⁺ with ADP and ATP were obtained from the heats of mixing of aqueous solutions of tetramethylammonium salts of ADP and ATP with MgCl₂ solutions in an isothermal flow calorimeter. Equilibrium constant (K), enthalpy change (H°), entropy change (S°), and heat capacity change (Cp°) values were calculated for the interaction: Mg²⁺+L^n–=MgL^2–n and Mg²⁺+MgL^2–n=Mg₂L^4–n, where n=4 for L=ATP and n=3 for L=ADP. The results are consistent with those at lower temperatures. For the two nucleotides studied, the above two reactions are endothermic and entropy-driven in the temperature range studied. Large Cp° values for the interaction of Mg²⁺ with ADP with ATP indicate the involvement of phosphate groups of nucleotides in the coordination of Mg²⁺. The coordination of the first and second Mg²⁺ ions involves the phosphate chain in both ADP and ATP. No evidence was found for the involvement of the adenine ring or the ribose moiety in the coordination of Mg²⁺ with these nucleotides. Approximate values of logK, H°, and S°, and Cp° for the self-association of ADP and ATP in the presence of Mg²⁺ are also given.     

Determination of Attogram Quantities of Silver via Quenching of the Solid Substrate Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Rhodamine B Based on the Catalysis of its Oxidation by Potassium Persulfate

A new method of SS-RTP for the determination of trace silver has been established. This method is based on the fact that Ag⁺, when activated by ,-bipyridyl (bipy) in a media of HAc–NaAc (pH=4.9), can catalyze the reaction of Rhodamine B (RhoB) oxidized by K₂S₂O₈, thus causing the Solid Substrate Room-Temperature Phosphorescence (SS-RTP) of RhoB to be quenched. The activating efficiency of bipy is 6.7 times higher than that of o-phenanthroline (phen). The reduction of the phosphorescence intensity (I_p) of RhoB is directly proportional to the concentration of Ag⁺ ions in the range of 1.6016.0agspot^–1 (0.40µLspot^–1). The regression equation of the working curve can be expressed as I_p=18.78+5.100m_Ag+ (agspot^–1) (r=0.9994, n=6), the detection limit is 0.28agspot^–1. This rapid, accurate and sensitive method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace silver in tea and human hair samples, and the results agree well with the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) method. The mechanism of the catalyzing reaction is also discussed.     

Effect of the crystalline environment upon the rotational conformation about the N-C and C-C′ bonds (Φ andΨ) in amides and peptides

SCFab initio and PCILO computations indicate the intrinsic preference of the torsion angle for 60 °. In the crystal structure of simple methylamides and peptides the observed values for this torsion angle lie between 0 °–30 °. Different procedures for computing lattice energies and total crystallographic conformational energies (lattice + torsional) utilized by other authors, failed to account for this situation. We show that the procedure developed recently in our laboratory for computing lattice energies indicates that the minima of these energies for in acetamide and N-methylacetamide correspond well to 0 °–30 °. Because of the low value of the barrier of the torsional potential for this angle, the total crystallographic conformational energy corresponds also to = 0 °–30 ° in agreement with the experimental data.     

Determination of Total Selenium Content in Cereals and Bakery Products by Flow Injection Hydride Generation Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Applying in-situ Trapping on Iridium-Treated Graphite Platforms

A flow injection hydride generation graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric (FI-HG-GFAAS) method was applied to the determination of Se in Se-doped and undoped cereals and bakery products. For the purpose of doping, the soils used for the cultivation of the cereals were dosed with Se-doped foliar fertilizers. The samples were dissolved in a mixture of HNO₃ and H₂O₂ solutions using microwave-assisted digestion. The decomposition of H₂Se generated from the sample solutions and the trapping of elemental Se were performed at a temperature of 300°C on an Ir-pretreated integrated graphite platform of a transversally heated graphite atomizer (THGA). For release of the trapped Se within a fairly short atomization time (5s), an atomization temperature of 2200°C was observed to be optimal. The overall efficiency of hydride generation, transport and trapping was 86%.The upper limit of the linear dynamic range of calibration was 10µgL^–1, which corresponds to 0.5µgg^–1 for solid samples. Recovery of the samples spiked with Se^VI solutions was found to be 93±6% on average. The relative standard deviation of the determinations was less than 8%. The limit of detection was found to be 0.06µgL^–1, corresponding to 3ngg^–1 for solid samples. The accuracy of the method was verified with the use of IAEA-155 (whey powder) certified reference material. End-capped THGA tubes resulted in an extension of the linear calibration range compared to that of standard THGAs.The Se content in bakery products made of undoped cereals ranged from 7.7 to 68ngg^–1 (wet weight) in 18 samples, whereas the Se content of the corresponding cereals was found to be below 100ngg^–1 (wet weight). The Se level of cereals grown on soils treated with Se-doped fertilizers ranged from 128 to 1046ngg^–1 (wet weight), and it depended linearly on the Se concentration of the corresponding foliar fertilizer.     

Transition State Geometry and a Polar Effect in the Reactions of Peroxy Radicals with Oxygen-Containing Compounds

The reactions of structurally different peroxy radicals with the C–H bonds of oxygen-containing compounds (ketones, aldehydes, ethers, and esters) were analyzed in terms of a parabolic model. The enthalpies of these reactions and the activation energies of equienthalpic reactions of peroxy radicals with hydrocarbons were calculated, and the contribution of the polar interaction E to the activation energy was evaluated. The geometry parameters of the transition state were calculated with the use of an algorithm developed based on quantum-chemical calculations in combination with the intersecting parabolas method. It was found that the polar interaction resulted in a change in the configuration of the C···H···O reaction center in the transition state from linear to angular. A different angle (C···H···O) from 180° appeared in this case. The following linear correlation between E (kJ/mol) and cos (180° – ) was obeyed: cos (180° – ) = 1 + 6.76 × 10^–3E .     

Stabilities and thermodynamics of uranyl(II) and thorium(IV) complexes of 2-mercaptoethanol

The complexation of UO₂ ⁺² and Th⁺⁴ ions with 2-mercaptoethanol has been studied by potentiometric and conductometric titration techniques. Uranyl ion forms 11 and 12 complexes in the pH-range 3.3–6.5 and thorium ion forms 12, 13, and 14 complexes in the pH-range 3.2–4.8 with considerable overlapping. Their logk _stab. values are determined at 10, 20, and 30°C at ionic strength =0.1M (NaClO₄) by applyingCalvin-Melchior's extension of theBjerrum method. The overall changes in thermodynamic functions G, H, and S accompanying complexation determined at 20°C are –19.48 kcal/mole, –22.77 kcal/mole, –11.23 cal/deg·mole for uranyl complexes and –33.94 kcal/mole, –4.93 kcal/mole, 99.00 kcal/deg·mole for thorium complexes, resp.     

Synthesis and Application of a Novel Poly(Acryl-p-Toluenesulfonamideamidine-p-Toluenesulfonylamide) Chelating Fiber for Preconcentration and Separation of Trace Noble Metal Ions from Solution Samples

A novel poly(acryl-p-toluenesulfonamideamidine-p-toluenesulfonylamide) chelating fiber containing S, N and O elements was synthesized from polyacrylonitrile fiber and p-toluenesulfonamide and used for the preconcentration and separation for traces of Ru(III), Rh(III), Au(III) and Pd(IV) ions from waste water and ore sample solution. The synthesis of this fiber was simple and rapid. The results indicate that 100ngmL^–1 of these ions can be quantitatively enriched by the chelating fiber at a flow rate of 6mLmin^–1 and a pH of 4 and desorbed quantitatively with 20mL of 6molL^–1 HCl and 5% CS(NH₂)₂ solution at 50°C (with recovery>95%). A 50 to 1000-fold excess of Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Mn²⁺, Co²⁺, Fe³⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Al³⁺ ions caused little interference in the concentration and determination of the analyzed ions. When the fiber had been reused twenty times, the recoveries of the ions enriched by the fiber were still over 96%. The saturated adsorption capacities of the fiber were in the range of 22–96mgg^–1. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of the method was between 0.70% and 0.84%. Recoveries of a standard added to actual samples were in range of 95–101%. The results obtained for these ions in real solution samples were basically in agreement with the given values, the average errors being below 5.0%. FT-IR spectra show that the existence of –SO₂–Ar, HN=C–NH–, O=C–NH– and –NH–SO₂ functional groups are verified in the chelating fiber. The experiments show that the method is rapid, precise, simple and convenient.     

Electron-transfer induced change of direction of interannular haptotropic isomerization of fluorenyltricarbonylchromium anions

It has been shown by cyclic voltammetry in a THF medium in the temperature range from –70 °C to +20 °C that one-electron electrochemical reduction of (⁶-C¹³H¹⁰)Cr(CO)₃ (1) to the corresponding 19-electron anion radical (1 ^–) is accompanied by splitting off of a H atom to form the 18-electron carbon-centered anion (⁶-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃ (^–2 ), which at room temperature undergoes intramolecular haptotropic isomerization to the metal-centered (⁵-C₁₃H₉)Cr(CO)₃ ^– (^– 3) anion. The reversible one-electron reduction of3 ^– to the corresponding 19-electron radical dianion3 ^2.– induces ^{5 6} interannular isomerization. In contrast to the equilibrium shift to the ⁵-isomer in 18-electron complexes 2 and 3, in their 19-electron analogs the equilibrium is shifted to the ⁶-isomer.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 48–53, January, 1994.This work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (no. 93-03-5209)     

Diaqua[N,N-di(2-carboxyethyl)-o-anisidinato]copper(II) Dihydrate [Cu(o-Andp)(H2O)2] · 2H2O: Synthesis and Crystal Structure

Crystals of [Cu(o-Andp)(H₂O)₂] · 2H₂O (where o-Andp^2–is -anisidine-N,N-di-3-propionate) were synthesized and studied using X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals are triclinic: a= 12.063(1) Å, b= 12.483(3) Å, c= 13.586(2) Å, = 91.29(1)°, = 111.67(1)°, = 104.00(1)°, V= 1830.5(5) ų, space group P , Z= 2, and R= 0.0528 for 5965 reflections with I2(I). The two crystallographically independent complexes are isostructural. The tetragonal–bipyramidal coordination of copper(III) involves three O atoms, the N atom of the tetradentate ligand o-Andp^2–, and two O atoms from water. The aminodipropionate group of the ligand (average Cu–O 1.939 Å and Cu–N 2.051 Å) and one of the coordinated water molecules (Cu–O(w) 1.991 Å) lie in the equatorial plane. The second water molecule (Cu–O(w) 2.32 Å) and the methoxy O atom of o-Andp^2–(Cu–O 2.37 Å) are in the apical positions of the bipyramid.     

Solid-Phase Extraction and Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Amounts of Mercury in Natural Samples

A sensitive and selective solid phase spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts of inorganic mercury is described. Hg²⁺ was sorbed on a silica gel-packed column as an Hg²⁺–N,N-bis(2-mercaptophenyl)ethanediamide (H₂L) complex. The Hg²⁺ complex was eluted from the column using 7mL of acetone. Various parameters including pH, column flow rate, and ligand concentration were optimized. The complex was found to obey Beers law from 2.3 to 73.7µgmL^–1 within the optimum range when the preconcentration factor was two. The effective molar absorption coefficient at 523nm was 1.17×10³Lmol^–1cm^–1 at 523nm. The concentration limits in Beers law dropped from 0.09 to 2.95µgmL^–1 within the optimum range when the preconcentration factor was 50. The relative standard deviation at a concentration level of 5µgmL^–1 Hg²⁺ (9 repetitive determinations) was 1.6%. The detection limits are 0.34µgmL^–1 and 0.015µgmL^–1 when the preconcentration factors are 2 and 50, respectively. The method has been used for routine determination of trace levels of Hg²⁺ in natural waters. The potential application of this method for the removal of Hg²⁺ from natural samples (sea water and lake water) spiked with 100ngmL^–1 of Hg²⁺ was studied. In order to validate the proposed method, LGC 6156 (harbour sediment – extractable metals) was analysed by this method. The results proved that excellent extraction of Hg²⁺ from both natural water samples was obtained by solid phase extraction using N,N-bis(2-mercaptophenyl) ethanediamide.     

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].