Steroid saponins and sapogenins ofAllium. XVI. Turoside C fromAllium turcomanicum

From a methanolic extract of the bulbs ofAllium turcomanicum Rgl. we have isolated a new furostanol glycoside, turoside C (I). An acid hydrolysate was found to contain the aglycone — neoagigenin (II) — and the sugars D-xylose, D-glucose, and D-galactose in a ratio of 1:4:1. The structure of the furostanol (I) has been established by methylation, enzymatic hydrolysis, and oxidative cleavage, and also by the oxidative cleavage of (II), as (25S)-5-furostan-2,3,6,22,26-pentaol 26-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O-{[O--D-xylopyranosyl-(13)]-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)]-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--D-galacto-pyranoside}.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 514–522, July–August, 1979.     

Triterpene glycosides from Pulsatilla chinensis

Four triterpene glycosides were isolated from the roots of Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel (Ranunculaceae). Two new glycosides, chinensiosides A (1a) and B (2), were identified as 3-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl]-3,23-dihydroxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid and 3-O-{-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(14)]--L-arabinopyranosyl}-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl]-3,23-dihydroxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid. The other two glycosides were identified as previously known hederasaponin C (3) from Hedera helix and glycoside III (4) from Pulsatilla cernua.     

X-ray diffraction (powder), e.s.r. and other spectral studies oftris[methylenebis(diphenylphosphine oxide)]iron(III) perchlorate

Summary Bifunctional methylenebis(diphenylphosphine oxide) (mdpo) on reaction with iron(III) perchlorate forms the complex, [Fe(mdpo)₃](ClO₄)₃ · H₂O. This has been characterized through elemental analysis, i.r., far-i.r., u.v. and visible spectroscopy and by x-ray diffraction, magnetic moment, molar conductance and e.s.r. data. The e.s.r. spectrum consists of five lines with transitions from: ¦–5/2¦–3/2¦–3/2¦–1/2, ¦–1/2¦+1/2¦+1/2¦+3/2 and ¦+3/2¦+5/2 centred at a g-value of 2.00. On the basis of these studies, a chelated octahedral structure has been assigned to the cation, [Fe(mdpo)₃]³⁺.     

Triterpene glycosides ofPatrinia scabiosofolia; II

Conclusions The triterpene glycosides scabiosides D, E, F, and G have been isolated from the roots ofPatrinia scabiosofolia Fisch. et Link. It has been established that scabioside D is O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--L-arabopyranosyl-(1 3)-O-oleanoloyl-(28 1)--D-xylopyranose, and scabioside E is O--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-O--L-arabopyranosyl-(1 3)-O-oleanoloyl-(28 1)-O--D-xylopyranosyl-(4 1)--L-rhamnopyranose.     

The UV spectra of arsines and arsine selenides

Short-wavelength n_Se ^* and long-wavelength n_Se ^* bands are observed in the UV spectra of saturated trialkylarsine selenides in the near-UV region. The n_x ^* band in going from arsine selenides to arsine sulfide and then to arsine oxides is shifted hypsochromically, as in the corresponding phosphorus compounds. The n_x ^* band is only slightly sensitive to the chalcogen. Saturated trialkylarsines, in contrast to alkylphosphines, absorb in the near UV region (the n_As ^* band is at 208 nm).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 940–942, April, 1990.     

Triterpene glycosides of Pulsatilla dahurica structures of glycosides A,B, C,and D

The isolation of four triterpene glycosides from the roots of the dahurian anemonePulsatilla dahurica (Fisch. ex DC) Spreng, is described together with their identification, on the basis of chemical transformations, spectral characteristics, and literature analogies, as hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinoside, hederagenin 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside], hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranoside], and hederagenin 3-O-[O--D-glucopyranosyl-(14)--L-arabinopyranoside] 28-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranoside].Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Nos. 3,4, pp. 349–356, May–August, 1992.     

An approximation to the dependence of activation energies of simple catalytic reactions and the initial heats of adsorption of gases on metals on the nature of adsorbent and adsorbate

The activation energy, E, of simple catalytic reactions over 3d-oxides and the initial heats of adsorption, Q_ads, of gases on metals are related in a complex way to the enthalpy of formation of oxides and to the electronegativity of the gases involved in the processes.

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Triterpene glycosides and their genins fromThalictrum foetidum. V. Structure of cyclofoetoside B

A new glycoside (cyclofoetoside B) (I) has been isolated from the epigeal part of the plantThalictrum foetidum L. (Ranunculaceae). On the basis of chemical transformations and with the aid of physicochemical characteristics it has been established that cyclofoetoside B is 24S-cycloartane-3, 16, 24, 25, 29-pentaol 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside 16-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranoside-(1 6)--D-glucopyranoside], C₄₇-H₈₀O₁₇, mp 194–197°C (methanol); [] _D ²⁴ +15.7 ± 2° (c 0.88; pyridine). The enzymatic hydrolysis of (I) has yielded cyclofoetigenin B (III), 24S-cycloartane-3,16,24,25,29-pentaol 16-O--D-glucopyranoside, (IV), C₃₆H₆₂O₁₀, mp 223–225°C (acetone), [] _D ²⁴ +37 ± 2° (c 0.97; methanol) and 24S-cycloartane-3,16,24,25,29-pentaol 16-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 6)--D-glucopyranoside, C₄₂H₇₂O₁₄, mp 229–231°C (methanol), [] _D ³⁰ +41 ± 2° (c 0.7; methanol). Details of the IR and¹H and¹³C NMR spectra of the compounds are given.Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Trashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 341–345, May–June, 1986.     

Steroid glycosides XXI. The structure of polygonatoside E′ and protopolygonatoside E′ from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium

Summary The chemical structures of two new steroid glycosides from the leaves ofPolygonatum latifolium have been shown. Polygonatoside E is 3-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 4)-0--d-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-spirost-5-ene, and protopolygonatoside E is 26--D-galactopyranosyl-(1 3)--D-glucopyranosyloxy]-(25R)-furost-5-en-22-ol.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR, Kishenev. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 350–354, May–June, 1978.     

Kinetics and mechanism of ruthenium(III) and ruthenium(III)-EDTA catalyzed oxidation of cyclohexanol by molecular oxygen

The kinetics of the oxidation of cyclohexanol by molecular O₂ catalyzed by Ru(III) and Ru(III)-EDTA complexes has been investigated by oxygen absorption method in the pH range 1.75–3.00 at 30°C (=0.1M KNO₃) in a 11 ethanol-water medium. In both cases the reaction was found to be first order with respect to substrate and catalyst concentration. The rate was found to decrease with the decrease of pH in case of Ru(III)-EDTA complex. Ethanol is not oxidized under the reaction conditions. A possible mechanism for the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexanol is proposed.

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O₂, Ru(III) Ru(III)-EDTA, pH 1,75–3,00 30°C (=0,1M KNO₃) - (11). . pH Ru(III)-EDTA. . .

     

Metal bioaccumulation by the freshwater algaScenedesmus quadricauda

Bioaccumulation of six metals (Cu²⁺, Cu⁺, Mo⁶⁺, Mn²⁺, V⁵⁺, Ni²⁺) and their combinations by algaScenedesmus quadricauda was determined by using radio nuclide X-ray fluorescence (RXFA). The metals were added into the cultivation medium in concentrations corresponding with EC₅₀ value for each metal. The obtained results indicate that Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Cu⁺ were accumulated in high amounts (20%, 17.5% and 15.19%) the Mo⁶⁺ ion (<0.2%) was accumulated in the lowest amount. For metal-metal interactions in accumulation of metal ions by algaS. quadricauda three types of answers were determined: inhibition (MoCu²⁺, Ni, Mn, V; VNi, Mn; MnNi, Cu²⁺, Cu⁺; Cu⁺Ni; Cu²⁺Ni; NiMn, V), enhancement (VCu⁺; Cu²⁺Mn;Cu⁺V, Mn; MnV; NiCu²⁺, Cu⁺) and neutral effect (VMo; Cu²⁺Mo; Cu⁺Mo; MuMo; NiMo).     

Molecular orbital calculations on the optical rotatory properties of chiral allene systems

The chiroptical properties associated with the ^* transitions in dissymmetric allene systems are calculated and relationships between the chiroptical observables and the stereochemical and electronic structural features of these systems are examined. The calculations are based on the INDO and CNDO/S semiempirical molecular orbital models for the electronic structure of the molecular systems and excited states are constructed in the virtual orbital-configuration interaction approximation. The dipole strengths, rotatory strengths, and dissymmetry factors for the three lowest energy ^* transitions are computed and reported for eleven chiral allene structures. Relationships between absolute configuration and the signs of the ^* rotatory strengths are examined and discussed.     

Application of13C NMR spectroscopy and of fab mass spectrometry in the investigation of the minor triterpenoids ofThalictrum minus

Five minor triterpenoids have been isolated from the chloroform-soluble fraction of a methanolic extract ofThalictrum minus by chromatography on silica gel: (I) — oleanolic acid; (II) — oleanolic acid 3-0--L-arabinopyranoside; (III) — oleanolic acid 3-0-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)--L-arabinopyranoside]; (IV) — oleanolic acid 3-0-[0--L-rhamnopyranosyl(1 2)-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)--L-arabinopyranoside]; and (V) — oleanolic acid 28-0--D-glucopyranoside 3-0-[0--D-glucopyranosyl-(1 3)--L-arabinopyranoside]. This is the first time that any of the compounds isolated have been detected in plants of the genusThalictrum. The possibility has been shown of determining the structures of triterpene glycosides on the basis of¹³C NMR spectroscopy and FAB mass spectrometry without chemical transformations of the glycosides.Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 107–111, January–February, 1987.     

Structure of psolusoside a — The main triterpene glycoside from the holothurianPsolus fabricii

The structure of psolusoside A — the main component of the glycosidic fraction from the holothurianPsolus fabricii Duben et Koren — has been determined as 3-0-[0-(3-0-methyl-6-0-sulfato--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 3)-0-(6-0-sulfato--D-glucopyranosyl)-(1 4)-0--D-quinovopyranosyl-(1 2)--D-xylopyranosyloxy]holosta-9(11),25-dien-16-one.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 212–217, March–April, 1985.     

Alkaloids ofRhinopetalum stenantherum. II. The structure of stenanthine and stenanthidine

From a methanolic extract of the epigeal part ofRhinopetalum stenantherum have been isolated -chaconine (I) and the new glucoalkaloids stenanthine with mp 262–264°C []_D 46.5°, C₄₅H₇₃NO₁₅ (II), and stenanthidine with mp 269–271°C, []_D –47.5°, C₃₉H₆₃NO₁₁ (III). On the basis of the facts that partial hydrolysis of the trioside (II) formed the biosides (I) and (III), and that on the hydrolysis of the latter the monoside -chaconine was found, it may be assumed that stenanthine has the structure of solanidine 3-0-{[0--D-glucosyl-(1 6)]-[0--L-rhamnosyl-(1 4)]-D-glucoside}, and stenanthidine that of solanidine 3-0-[0--D-glucosyl-(1 6)-D-glucoside].Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 349–356, May–June, 1981.     

Polysaccharides of Saponin-Bearing Plants. XV. Structure of Glucoarabinogalactan from Acantophyllum Borszczowii Roots

The structure of the branched polysaccharide glucoarabinogalactan was investigated by periodate oxidation, methylation, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The main chain consists of -16-bonded galactopyranoses. 12-Bonded D-glucopyranoses and 13-bonded D-galactopyranoses are located on the unreducing ends. There is a short side chain with -13-bonded L-arabinopyranoses.     

Steroid saponins and sapogenins ofAllium XIV. The structure of karatavoiside A

Summary From a methanolic extract of the inflorescences ofAllium karataviense Rgl. we have isolated a new steroid glycoside of the spirostan series - karatavioside A, which is (25R)-spirost-5-ene-2,3-diol 3-0-{[0--D-xylopyranosyl-(13)-][O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-]-0--D-glucopyranosyl-(l4)--D-galactopyranoside}.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 740–746, November-December, 1978. Original article submitted June 30, 1978.     

Synthesis and chiral-optical properties of (+)-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-1-thione

(+)-3-Methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-1-thione was obtained by sulfuration of (+)-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolone with phosphorus pentasulfide or by cyclization of (+)--benzylethyl isothiocyante under the influence of polyphosphoric acid. Measurements of the rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism showed the presence of two positive Cotton effects due to n^* and ^* transitions in the thioamide chromophore, as well as Cotton effects apparently due to ^* transitions in the aromatic chromophore.Communication XXXV from the series Stereochemical Investigations. See [11] for communication XXXIV.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 94–97, January, 1976.