The stereochemistry of asteriscunolides: An x-ray based correction

The application of X-ray diffraction methods has shown that the configurations of Asteriscunolides A and B at the Δ⁹ double bond are Z, rather than those previously proposed E, while the stereochemistries of Asteriscunolides C and D were correctly established. Some unexpected NMR data and the new assignment of the spectral signals, based on 2D-NMR $\text{C}\text{H}$ correlations and NOE-difference experiments are reported.     

Isolation and structural elucidation of heliangolidin,a new sesquiterpene lactone from artemisia canariensis

A new heliangolide has been isolated from aerial parts of $\text{Artemisia canariensis}$, and identified as (6$\text{E}$,10$\text{Z}$)(3$\text{S}$,3a$\text{R}$,4$\text{S}$,lla$\text{R}$)-3a,5,8,11a--tetrahydro-4-acetoxy-3,6, 1O-trimethyl-2,9 (3$\text{H}$, 4$\text{H}$) -cyclodeca[b] furandione. The structural elucidation of the new compound, named heliangolidin, was carried out by spectral means (MS, IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, and two dimensional ¹H-¹³C chemical shift correlations) and X-ray diffraction analysis.     

13C-NMR of some ajmalane alkaloids

The ¹³C-NMR spectra of the alkaloid ajmaline ($\text{1}$) and its stereoisomers isoajmaline ($\text{2}$), sandwichine ($\text{3}$) and isosandwichine ($\text{4}$) are reported. The different stereochemistry at C (17), C(20) and C(21) of the four isomers can be directly ascertained by chemical shifts data.     

Nucleosides, 45.-Assignment of glycosylation sites in o-hexopyranosyl-ribonucleosides by 13C-NMR

Evidence is presented that glycosylation of a ribose-OH group in nucleosides results in a significant downfield shift for the appended ¹³C nucleus and smaller upfield displacements for the adjacent carbons, providing an efficient tool for differentiating between 2′-$\text{o}$-, 3′-$\text{o}$- and 5′-$\text{o}$-glycosyl-ribonucleosides. Therewith, the products formed on enzymatic galactosylation of uridine, inosine, and adenosine are unequivocally assigned β(1→3)-glycosidic linkages ($\text{3a}$ – $\text{3c}$).     

Synthesis of 13C and 15N labelled (S)-Tryptophan

(R,S)-serine-1-¹³C was incubated in a culture of $\text{Escherichia}$$\text{coli}$ cells to produce (S)-trytophan-1-¹³C. Bromoacetyl bromide-2-¹³C was converted to bromoacetanilide and cyclization of the anilide, followed by reduction and dehydrogenation furnished indole-3-¹³C. Indole-¹⁵N was synthesized by known sequences. These ¹³C and ¹⁵N isotomers of indole were converted by commercially available, lyophilized $\text{E}$. $\text{coli}$ to furnish (S)-tryptophan-γ-¹³C and (S)-tryptophan-indole-¹⁵N, respectively.     

On the mode of incorporation of leucine samples labelled at positions 5 and 2 with 3H and 14C into the isoprenylated tryptophan derivative echinuline from aspergillusamstelodami

Feeding experiments with (4$\text{S}$) [5-³H;5-¹⁴C]$\text{L}$-leucine ($\text{1a}$) and with the (4$\text{S}$) [5-³H;2-¹⁴C]-isomer ($\text{1b}$) show that incorporation into the isoprenylated tryptophan derivative echinuline ($\text{3}$), produced by $\text{Aspergillus}$$\text{amstelodami}$, involves, to a large extent, loss of the fragment enbodying the carbon atom at position 2 of the fed amino acid.     

Latrunculins: NMR study,two new toxins and a synthetic approach

A complete ¹H and ¹³C NMR assignment of one of the latrunculins (B) was accomplished with the aid of 2D NMR COSY and CH shift-correlation experiments. The various H-H Coupling constants have been datermined and a conformation of the macrolide and the tetrahydropyran (THP) ring suggested on basis of the J-values and measured NOE's. The absolute configuration of latrunculin-A($\text{1}$) was determined on the grounds of its earlier X-Ray analysis, and a chemical degradation to a known compound. Two novel latrunculins, -C($\text{3}$) and -D($\text{4}$), were isolated from the Red Sea sponge $\text{L. magnifica}$ and their structures elucidated. Starting with L-cysteine a synthon for the latrunculins has been synthesized.     

The effect of the solvent upon the rates and machanisms of organometallic reactions: VII. A 19F NMR study of complexation of CF3 HgX (X = Cl,I, OCOCF3)

The concentration and temperature dependence of J(¹⁹⁹HgC¹⁹F) for solutions of CF₃HgX (X = Cl, I, OCOCF₃) in various solvents shows that in inert solvents these molecules exist mainly as non-solvent dimers (X = I or OCOCF₃) or as monomers (X = Cl). In strongly coordinated solvents $\text{1}\text{2}$ complexes are largely formed from CF₃HgX and the electron-donating solvent molecules. In pyridine solution an equilibrium exists between the $\text{1}\text{1}$ and $\text{1}\text{2}$ complexes. Complexes of the type CF₃HgX·D are T-shaped and have a higher relative content of s-electrons in the HgCF group compared with tetrahedral CF₃HgX·2D complexes.     

Leitfähigkeit dotierter (μ-1,4-diisocyanobenzol)phthalocyanina toeisen(II)-verbindungen

Conductivity of doped (μ-1,4-diisocyanobenzene)phthalocyaninatoiron(II)-compounds. - The (μ-1,4-diisocyanobenzene)phthalocyaninatoiron(II)-compounds $\text{2a}$, $\text{3a}$, $\text{5a}$ and $\text{6a}$ are doped with iodine leading to air stable powders which are stable up to 100°C. They were characterized by elemental analyses, TGA/DTA, IR-, resonance Raman- and ⁵⁷Fe-Mössbauer spectroscopy. Increasing dopant levels result in higher electronic conductivities up to 10^?2 S/cm and in decreasing activation energies.     

Delocalisation,conformation and basicity of anilines

¹³ C spectra of some anilines $\text{1}$ and annelated anilines $\text{2}$ are reported. Variations in the chemical shift of the para carbon atom are used to estimate twist angles of the amino group. Results so obtained are compared to base strength. It is found that in twisted anilines a rough correlation between twist angle and base strength exists.     

Structural investigation of an antibiotic sporaviridin IV. Structural revision of viridopentaoses

Structures of viridopentaose A, B and C are revised as $\text{4A}$, $\text{4B}$ and $\text{4C}$, respectively, by ¹H-NMR (360 MHz) spectra and chemical degradations.     

An NMR and theoretical study on the conformational behaviour of benzylidenemalonaldehydes : A conformationally flexible unsaturated system

The conformational behaviour of the methylenemalonaldehyde fragment of the title compounds is characterized by solvent and temperture dependencies of ¹J($\text{CH}$O), ³J($\text{C}$HO,C$\text{H}$O), ³J($\text{C}$HO,C$\text{H}$), ⁴J(C$\text{H}$O,C$\text{H}$O) and ⁴J(C$\text{H}$O,C$\text{H}$) spin-spin couplings as well some $\text{ab}$$\text{initio}$ (STO-3G) and semiempirical level Molecular orbital calculations. The conformational behaviour of the couplings is also discussed on the basis of some INDO/FPT calculations. The conformations of the two formyls are strongly correlated, the $\text{trans}$-$\text{cis}$ arrangements being favored. The conformation of the Z-formyl is determined by the steric interaction with the aromatic nucleus. The conformations of the formyls are sensitive to solvent and substitution on the aryl. Approximate populations and couplings of the sites are derived. There is some evidence about the non-planarity of the methylenmalonaldehyde fragnent. Complex formation with Mg(C10₄)₂ is reported.     

Peptides containing β-turns I-- cyclo-(gly-l-cys-gly)3 triply bridged by 1,3,5-tris-(thiomethyl)benzene

Reaction of $\text{cyclo}$-(Gly-$\text{L}$-Cys-Gly)₃ with 1,3,5-$\text{tris}$-bromomethylbenzene yields a $\text{tris}$ thioether of the cyclic nonapeptide in 28% yield. Both ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra are consistent with a molecule of 3-fold symmetry; the temperature dependences of chemical shifts of the amide hydrogens are consistent with a structure composed of three β-turns.     

Quinone-imides : regiospecificity of nucleophilic attack on n-alkanesulphonyl-n'-alkanoyl 14-benzoquinone-imines.

Substrates such as ($\text{2}$) undergo regiospecific attack by azide and thiocyanate ions at the terminus of the CC-CN-CO system. In the case of addition of azide, this is proved by the detailed analysis of the ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra of the products ($\text{11}$) derived from the quinone-imides ($\text{8}$). The structure of the products obtained by the addition of thiocyanate to the quinone-imides and ($\text{tilde10}$)($\text{tilde20}$) is proved by their facile cyclisation to the 2-aminobenzothiazoles ($\text{18}$) and ($\text{21}$) respectively.     

Biosynthesis of highly modified meroterpenoids in aspergillus variecolor. Incorporation of 13C-labelled acetates and methionine into anditomin and andilesin C

Incorporations of [1-¹³C]?, [2-¹³C]?, [1,2-¹³C₂]-acetates and [¹³C]-methionine into anditomin, a metabolite of $\text{Aspergillus variecolor}$, indicate its formation by a mixed polyketide-terpenoid biosynthetic pathway similar to that elucidated for andibenin; observations are made on the possible biosynthetic relationship of the $\text{A. variecolor}$ metabolites with austin and terretonin, mycotoxins recently isolated from $\text{A. ustus}$ and $\text{A. terreus}$ respectively.     

Synthesis,Reactions and Catalytic Activities of a Cationic Acrylonitrile-Rhodium(I) Complex

Reaction of RhCl (CO)(Ph₃P)₂(Ph₃P = triphenylphosphine) with AgClO₄ in acrylonitrile at 30°C produces a new cationic rhodium(I) complex, [Rh(CH₂CHCN)(CO) (Ph₃P)₂]ClO₄ ($\text{1}$) and AgCl. The ¹H-NMR and IR spectra of $\text{1}$ suggest that acrylonitrile is coordinated to rhodium through the π-system of the vinyl group. The complex $\text{1}$ reacts with molecular hydrogen to give a propionitrile-rhodium(I) complex, [Rh(CH₃ CH₂CN) (CO)(Ph₃P)₂ClO₄($\text{2}$) where the coordination of propionitrile through nitrogen is suggested by the ¹H-NMR and IR spectral data. The coordinated acrylonitrile in $\text{1}$ is readily replaced with triphenylphosphine and propionitrile to give [Rh(CO)(Ph₃P)₃] ClO₄ and $\text{2}$, respectively. The complex $\text{1}$ is catalytically active for the hydrogenation and polymerization of acrylonitrile at 25°C under the atmospheric pressure of hydrogen.     

Reaction des p-phenylphospholes avec le dicyclopentadienyl-difer-tetracarbonyle,synthese et etude spectrochimique des phosphaferrocenes

In boiling benzene, 1-phenyl-3,4-dimethylphosphole (L) with [(C₅H₅)Fe(CO)₂]₂ gives mainly a classical σ-complex in which L relaces one terminal CO. In boiling xylene, however, L also gives 3,4-dimethylphosphaferrocene and 2-phenyl-3,4-dimethylphosphaferrocene resulting from a P—Ph bond cleavage followed by a C-phenylation of the phospholyl nucleus in the second case. The same reaction with 1-phenylphosphole yields phosphaferrocene itself and a mixture of 2- and 3-phenylphosphaferrocene. The phosphaferrocenes thus prepared are exclusively acetylated at the phospholyl nucleus by the CH₃CGClAlCl₃ complex in CH₂Cl₂.With the unsubstituted phosphaferrocene, the acetylation takes place at the 2 and 3 positions (ratio $\text{2}\text{3}$ ～ $\text{85}\text{15}$) ¹H, ¹³C, ¹³P NMR and mass spectral data are given. The phosphaferrocene system is characterized by a very large ¹J(P—C) coupling (～60 Hz) and a very shielded phosphorus atom.     

An approach to the enantiocontrolled synthesis of pseudomonic acids via a novel mono—claisen rearrangement

A short, efficient approach to a key chiral intermediate for the synthesis of pseudomonic acids A and C is delineated.Pseudomonic acids A($\text{1a}$), B($\text{1b}$), and C($\text{2}$) are members of a novel of “C-glycopyranoside” antimicrobial agents which have recently attracted synthetic attetion.² Presently, we wish to report a short efficient stratedy towards the total synthesis of opticaly active pseudomonic acids. The sequence is highlighted by a novel controlled mono-Claisen rearrangement and a highly regioselective π-allylpalladium mediated displacement.Diacetyl-(L)-arabinal ($\text{3}$)³ was converted to the bis-ketenesilylacetal $\text{4}$ and warmed to 60°C according to the Ireland ester-enolate Claisen rearrangement method.⁴ Over a period of ≈5h, smooth conversion to a major rearranged product $\text{5}$ was observed by 300 MHz NMR. The identity of $\text{5}$ was confirmed by direct desilylation and methylation (KF, KHCO₃, H₂O, HMPA, CH₃I). After flash chromatography, compound $\text{7}$ was isolated in 55% overall yield from $\text{3}$. Careful inspection of the crude methylation product revealed the presence of ≈5% doubly rearranged product $\text{6}$.The rearrangement of $\text{4}$ to $\text{5}$ is a unique example of a selective mono-Claisen rearrangement in which the rate of a second similar Claisen rearrangement ($\text{5}$ → $\text{6}$) is much slower under the reaction conditions. Although the reasons for this interesting selectivity are unclear at this time,⁵ in practice, the mono-Claisen rearrangement obviates the need for selective differentiation of the two hydroxyl groups, a difficult task at best, in this case.Palladium mediated allylic acetate displacement provided an ideal method for introduction of a second chemodifferentiated side chain with allylic retention and retention of stereochemistry. Alkylation of $\text{7}$ with sodiothylmalonate using 5 mole % Pd(O)dppe₂⁶ was unusually facile (<45 min, 25°C, THF). After semi-preparative HPLC, essentially a single regio- and stereoisomer was isolated in 96% yield.⁷ Structure $\text{8}$ was confirmed by extensive ¹H-NMR decoupling, as well as an off-resonance ¹³C-NMR experiment. In particular, H₁ (δ 4.53) was coupled vicinally to H₆ and H₆′ (5 Hz, 8 Hz) and H₂ (1.5 Hz), and allylically to H₃ (2 Hz). In contrast, H₄ (δ 2.78) was coupled to H₇ (10 Hz), H_5e and H_5a (1.8 Hz, 4 Hz), H₃ (5 Hz), and H₂ (<1 Hz). In addition, H₁ and H₄ exhibited a small long range coupling constant (J = <1 Hz). The coupling constants rule out

regioisomer $\text{9}$ and are fully consistent with the indicated conformation, which minimizes 1,3-diaxial-like interactions.Finally, catalytic osmylation of $\text{8}{}^8$ gave a single cis-diol $\text{10}$ in nearly quantitative yield. Appending of suitably functionalized side chains to provide an enantiocontrolled synthesis of pseudomonic acids A($\text{1a}$) and C($\text{2}$) is in progress.^9,10