Band structure of even and ions of odd polyenes

The analysis of experimental data for singlet transitions (E _n) of even polyenes (I), cations (II) and anions (III) of odd polyenes show that for infinite chains E (I)/E (II)=E (I)/E (III) = 2:1. It is shown that the energy gap is equal for the three systems. In cases (II) and (III) there is a level (NBMO) in the gap which is vacant in (II) and occupied in (III). That is why the first optical transition in (II) and (III) depends on the semiwidth of the gap.     

Structure of karatavicin

Summary The synthesis of the following 1, 4-diphosphoinositides has been effected: the - (, -distearoyl) glyceryl ester of myoinositol 1, 4-diphosphate (VI) or (VII) and 1, 4-bis-[ - (, -distearoyl) glycerylphosphoryl] myoinositol (VIII).Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 230–233, 1966     

Structure of some components of the roots of Prangos ferulacea

Summary From a methanolic extract of the roots ofPrangos ferulacea (L) Lindl., growing in the Nakhichevan ASSR, in addition to the compounds found previously, another six substances (I–VI) have been isolated, of which (I) and (VI) have been identified as, respectively, meransin hydrate monoacetate, found for the first time in nature, and umbelliferone: and in the study of a crystalline mixture obtained from the resin of the roots of the plant under investigation collected in Armenia, two coumarins — (VII) and (VIII) — have been isolated.On the basis of a study of IR, NMR, and mass spectra and chemical properties, the structures of the six new cumarin derivatives (II–V, VII, and VIII) have been established. Compound (II) has the structure of 8-(3-methylbutenyloxy)furo-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called feruliden; (III) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-hydroxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin and has been called ferudiol; (IV) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-methoxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin; (V) is 5-[1-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyroyloxy)-1-methylethyl]-4,5-dihydrofuro-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called lindiol; (VII) is 8-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyloxy)-7-methoxycoumarin and has been called ferudenol; (VIII) is 7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-2-oxobut-3-enyl)coumarin and has been called prangone.Leningrad Sanitary-Hygenic Medical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 568–574, September–October, 1974.     

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.     

Identification and biological activity of microbial metabolites of xanthohumol

Microbial transformation of xanthohumol using the culture broth of Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 3655 afforded (2S)-8-[4"-hydroxy-3"-methyl-(2"-Z)-butenyl]-4',7-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavanone (5) and (2S)-8-[5"-hydroxy-3"-methyl-(2"-E)-butenyl]-4',7-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavanone (6). Xanthohumol (1) and flavanone 6 as well as (E)-2"-(2"'-hydroxyisopropyl)-dihydrofurano[2",3":4',3']-2',4-dihydroxy-6'-methoxychalcone (2), (2S)-2"-(2"'-hydroxyisopropyl)-dihydrofurano[2",3":7,8]-4'-hydroxy-5-methoxyflavanone (3) obtained with Pichia membranifaciens showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.     

Investigation of the electronic effect of the diphenylphosphino group

We have synthesized meta-substituted derivatives of benzoic acid, determined their ionization constants in water-alcohol solutions of concentration 11 and 14 by volume, and calculated the Hammett constant _m of the diphenylphosphino (0.12), diphenylamino (–0.04), diphenylphosphinyl (0.40) and diphenylthiophosphinyl (0.32) groups. Unlike the diphenylamine group, the diphenylphosphino group is metaorienting, which is probably to be explained by the absence or the weak nature of p- conjugation of incomplete electron pairs on the phosphorus and the presence of an electron-acceptor effect (d-p conjugation).     

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Stachys inflata Benth. from Iran

The chemical composition of a hydrodistilled oil of Stachys inflata Benth. growing wild in Iran was examined by GC/MS. Thirty-nine constituents were identified. The major components of the oil were germacrene-D (16.9%), bicyclogermacrene (16.6%), -pinene (11.3%), -phellandrene (9.8%), bicycloelemene (6.6%), -pinene (5.6%), and spathulenol (3.2%).     

The Influence of Dimerization of Water-Soluble Metalloporphyrins as Photosensitizers on the Efficiency of Generation of Singlet Oxygen

Quantum yields () for the generation of singlet oxygen sensitized by Pd(II) complexes of water-soluble porphyrins: meso-tetrakis(4-N-methylpyridyl)porphine [PdTMPyP]⁴⁺ ( = 0.9), meso-tetrakis(4-N,N,N-trimethylaminophenyl)porphine [PdTTMAPP]⁴⁺ ( = 0.8), meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine [PdTCPP]^4– ( = 0.7), and meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine [PdTSPP]^4– ( = 0.5) were determined using a chemical method. It was found that the dimerization and aggregation of metalloporphyrins greatly influence the value. The quantum yields evaluated for the formation of singlet oxygen sensitized by metalloporphyrin monomeric and dimeric forms are _{, M} 0.9 and _{, D} 0.2, respectively, and do not depend on the porphyrin nature.     

An investigation of the component composition of the essential oil of Monarda fistulosa

The composition of the essential oil of wild bergamot bee balm introduced into the Krasnodarsk Krai has been analyzed by chromatomass spectrometry. The essential oil contains 34 components of which the main ones are -pinene (3.5%), -pinene (2.9%), -terpinene (1.7%), p-cymene (32.5), an aliphatic aldehyde (6.3%), sabinene hydrate (1.9%), -caryophyllene (1.1%), the methyl ether of carvacrol (5.5%), citronellyl acetate (1.6%), thymol (12.6%), and carvacrol (24.0%). The compounds were identified on the basis of their mass-spectrometric characteristics and arithmetical retention indices.A. N. Severtsov Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Drugs, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, pp. 646–649, September–October, 1989.     

Effect of Surfactants on the Immobilization of 4-(2-Pyridylazo)resorcinol on Silochroms

The effect of cationic surfactants (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, cetylpyridinium bromide, and tetrabutylammonium perchlorate) and a nonionic surfactant (OP-7) on the conditions of the immobilization of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) on three types of silica gel (Silochrom S-120 (200–350 m), Silochrom S-120 (315–500 m), and Silochrom S-80 (200–350 m)) was studied. It was found that OP-7 does not affect the adsorption of surfactants. The effect of cationic surfactants increases in the order tetrabutylammonium perchlorate < cetyltrimethylammonium bromide < cetylpyridinium bromide. The adsorption activity of silica gels increases in the order Silochrom S-120 (315–500 m) < Silochrom S-80 (200–350 m) < Silochrom S-120 (200–350 m). Cetylpyridinium bromide provides full immobilization of PAR on silica gel Silochrom S-120 (200–350 m) in the pH range 2–9.     

Transference Numbers of NaCl in Aqueous Mixtures with Organic Solvents of Moderate to Low Permittivities

Electromotive forces (emf) were measured in the transference cells: AgAgCl- Nacl (m₂) in Z NaCl (m₁) in ZAgClAg and Na_xHg_1-xNaCl (m₁) in Z NaCl (m₂) in ZNa_xHg_1-x (where Na_xHg_1-x denotes a flowing Na–amalgam electrode and Z an aqueous-organic solvent mixture) at various molalities m ₂ > m₁ of NaCl in Z = (ethylene glycol + water), (acetonitrile + water) and (1,4-dioxane + water), with mass fractions of the organic components 0.8. The transference number of Na⁺ in (ethylene glycol + water) and (1,4-dioxane + water) varies little with respect to that in pure water medium, whereas in (acetonitrile + water) it increases remarkably with increasing proportion of acetonitrile so as to approach equitransference, behavior similar to that previously found in (methanol + water) and in (ethanol + water). At acetonitrile mass fraction 0.6 NaCl is sufficiently close to equitransference to emerge as a useful salt bridge, nearly at the same level as the popular aqueous KCl.     

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.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of carbohydrate components of flavonol glycosides of the chestnut

Conclusions On the basis of the rates of their acid hydrolysis, their optical activities, and their IR spectra, it has been established that the glycosides ofAesculus hippocastanum L. are (SK-1) 3--L-arabofuranosyloxy-5,7,4-trihydroxyflavone, (SK-2) 3--L-rhamnofuranosyloxy-5,7,4-trihydroxyflavone, (SK-3) 3--L-arabofuranosyloxy-5,7,3,4-tetrahydroxyflavone, and (SK-4) 3--L-rhamnofuranosyloxy-5,7,3,4-tetrahydroxyflavone.The glycoside SK-3 is identical with avicularin isolated from the leaves ofPsidium quajava [5]. The complete structures of the other three glycosides have been established for the first time.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 5–7, 1969     

Mass-spectrometric study of esters of marmesin and saturated acids

Summary From a methanolic extract of the roots ofPrangos biebersteinii Karjag., in addition to substances found previously, two other components — (I) and (II) — of the coumarin series have been isolated.The results of a study of their IR, NMR, and mass spectra, and also their chemical properties have enabled (I) to be identified as the known coumarin umbelliferone and the structure of 5-(1,2-dihydroxy-isopropyl)-4,5-dihydrofuro-2,3:7,6-coumarin to be proposed for (II), which has been named prandiol.Leningrad Sanitary-Hygenic Medical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 574–577, September–October, 1974.     

Inclusion complexes of the natural product gossypol. Strong influence of the guest on the host structure in channel-type isostructural inclusion complexes of gossypol

The crystal structures of 1 : 1 inclusion complexes of gossypol with tetrahydrofuran (GPTHF), cyclohexanone (GPCHN) and butanal (GPBTA) have been determined by X-ray structure analysis. The crystals of GPTHF are triclinic, space group P,a = 10.788(2),b = 10.979(3),c = 13,880(2) Å, = 80. 11(2), = 103.87(1), = 77.96(2)°,V = 1517.8(6) ų,Z = 2,R = 0.052 for 2701 observed reflections. The crystals of GPCHN are triclinic, space groups P,a = 10.803(4),b = 11.157(5),c = 15.428(6) Å, = 108.75(3), = 106.93(3), = 103.34(3)°,V = 1573(1) ų,Z = 2,R = 0.071 for 1879 observed reflections. The crystals of GPBTA are triclinic, space group P,a = 10.190(2),b = 11.335(1),c = 14.665(2) Å, = 73.04(1), = 103.74(1), = 81.07(1)°,V = 1529.9(5) ų,Z = 2,R = 0.068 for 2964 observed reflections. Crystal data for another 13 isostructural inclusion complexes are given.[/p]In this isostructural group of complexes guest molecules are accommodated in channels and are hydrogen bonded to the host molecules via an 0(1)-H....O(1) hydrogen bond. The molecular association changes significantly with the shape and size of the guest component. In GPTHF centrosymmetric dimers of gossypol formedvia O(5)-H...O(3) hydrogen bonds are associated in columns via a weak O(4)-H...O(8) hydrogen bond. In GPCHN the latter bond disappears as the distance O(4)-O(8) is increased to 3.73 Å. In GPBTA the O(5)-H...O(3) bond is replaced by three centre hydrogen bonds O(5)-H...O(2) and O(3)-H...O(5), and a centrosymmetric dimer of a new type is formed. These dimers are further connected by two weak hydrogen bonds to form columns. The butanal molecule interacts with the host structure via two hydrogen bonds. This indicates that a guest component can activate or deactivate different functional groups of the host in channel inclusion complexes of gossypol for hydrogen bond formation.     

The Kinetics of Dewetting of Hydrophobic Surfaces during the Evaporation of Surfactant Solution Drops

The kinetics of dewetting (a decrease in contact angles and wetted surface area) during the evaporation of drops of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) solutions from paraffin and Teflon surfaces was studied in a wide concentration range. Three different stages of this process were found: (1) a monotonic decrease in the contact angle at a fixed position of the three-phase contact line, (2) contraction of the wetted surface area (the drop base) at a constant contact angle, and (3) simultaneous contraction of the drop base and a decrease in the contact angle. The CTAB distribution over a solid surface after the drop evaporation was studied by autoradiography. Depending on the surfactant concentration and the nature of a hydrophobic substrate, dewetting occurs by two mechanisms: slipping and carpet rolling.     

Study of Redox-induced Reactions of Vinylidene and bis-Vinylidene Complexes of Manganese

Oxidative dehydrodimerization of some phenylvinylidene complexes of manganese is studied by cyclic voltammetry. In the case of (⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn=C=C(H)Ph, the process occurs as the homolysis of the C–H bond in the radical cation of {(⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn=C=C(H)Ph}^+· and the dimerization of intermediate -phenylethinyl cation [(⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn–CC–Ph]⁺ to a binuclear dication of bis-carbine type (⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn⁺C– C(Ph)=C(Ph)–CMn⁺(CO)₂(⁵-C₅H₅). The reduction of the latter leads to binuclear bis-vinylidene complex (⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn=C=C(Ph)–C(Ph)=C=Mn(CO)₂(⁵-C₅H₅). Oxidative dehydrodimerization of complexes (⁵-C₅R₅)(CO)(L)Mn=C=C(H)Ph (R = H, L = PPh₃; R = Me, L = CO) occurs through the immediate C–C coupling of radical cations {(⁵-C₅R₅)(CO)(L)Mn=C=C(H)Ph}^+· and yields binuclear dication bis-carbine complexes (⁵-C₅R₅)(CO)(L)Mn⁺C–C(H)(Ph)–C(H)(Ph)–CMn⁺(CO)(L)(⁵-C₅R₅), whose reduction leads to neutral compounds (⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn=C=C(Ph)–C(Ph)=C=Mn(CO)(L)(⁵-C₅H₅). Complex (⁵-C₅H₅)(CO)₂Mn=C=C(Ph)–C(Ph)=C=Mn(CO)₂(⁵-C₅H₅) undergoes the oxidation-induced nucleophilic addition of water, forming cyclic bis-carbene product with a bridge heterocyclic ligand (-3,4-diphenyl-2,5-dihydro-2,5-diylidene)-bis-(⁵-cyclopentadienyldicarbonyl manganese).     

Synthesis of esters of the furan series

Five new esters of the furan series have been synthesized by the reaction of-(5-methyl-2-furyl)propionyl chloride with 2-(3-hydroxypropyl)-furan, 2-(3-hydroxybutyl)tetrahydrofuran, and furfuryl, tetrahydrofurfuryl, and allyl alcohols in the presence of pyridine.     

Preparation of N-methacryloxyethyl derivatives of spiropyrans of the indoline series

Reaction of 2,3,3-trimethylindolenine with ethylene iodohydrin gave 1-hydroxyethyl-2,3,3-trimethylindoleninium iodide, which gives 3a,4,4-trimethyloxazolidino[3,2-a]indoline on treatment with sodium carbonate solution. Condensation of the latter with 5-nitro- and 3-methoxy-5-nitrosalicylaldehydes gives, respectively, N-hydroxyethyl derivatives of 6-nitro- and 6-nitro-8-methoxyspiro(indoline-2,2-benzopyrans) (V, VI), while condensation with 3-nitrosalicylaldehyde gives 4,4-dimethyl-3a-(2-hydroxy-3-nitrostyryl)oxazolidino[3,2-a]indoline (VII). Acylation of nitrospiran V and oxazolidinoindoline VII with methacrylyl chloride in pyridine proceeds at the free hydroxyl groups, while a mixture of derivatives of 1-(-methacryloxyethyl)spiropyran and 3a-(2-methacryloxy-3-nitrostyryl)oxazolidinoindoline is formed under the same conditions from nitromethoxyspiropyran VI. Acylation of V in acetone in the presence of sodium bicarbonate gives 4,4-dimethyl-3a-(2-methacryloxy-5-nitrostyryl)oxazolindo-[3,2-a]indoline. The mechanism of the isomeric transformations of the various forms that contain spiropyran and oxazolidino-indoline rings was studied by means of electronic spectra. The photochromic properties of the spiropyrans were investigated.Communication VI from the series Photochromism of Organic Substances. See [1] for communication V.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1362–1369, October, 1973.