Triterpene Glycosides of Astragalus and Their Genins. LXI. Occurrence of Cycloartane 6-O-Monodesmosides

Cyclosiversigenin 6-O--L-rhamnopyranoside and 6-O--D-glucopyranoside were isolated fromAstragalus coluteocarpusBoiss. (Leguminosae) andAstragalus dissectusB. Fedtsch. et N. Ivanova, respectively. Cyclosiversigenin 5-O--L-rhamnopyranoside was shown to be an artifact forAstragalus coluteocarpus.Thus, the cyclosiversigenin 6-O--D-glucopyranoside that was isolated from certainAstragalusspecies is hypothesized also to be an artifact. Glycosylation of the 6 -hydroxyl group of cycloartanes by D-glucose and D-xylose, in contrast with other substituents, does not change the low-field position of the PMR signal of the 4-CH ₃ group (1.65 2.01 ppm) that is caused by the influence of deuteropyridine directly on the 6 -hydroxyl. Obviously one of the hydroxyls of the -D-glucopyranoside or -D-xylopyranoside residues has the same effect in this instance.     

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.     

Polyhydroxysteroids from the Far-Eastern starfishCtenodiscus crispatus

Four new polyhydroxysteroids, 5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,16,25,26-heptaol, 24-ethyl-5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,28,29-heptaol-29-sulfate, (22E)-24-methyl-5-cholest-22-ene-3,5,6,15,25,26-hexaol-26-sulfate, 24-propyl-5-cholesta-3,5,6,8,15,28,29-heptaol, and the known 5-cholesta-3,5,6,15,16,26-hexaol, have been isolated from the starfishCtenodiscus crispatus.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1821–1825, October, 1994.     

Synthesis of 4,4,5-trimethylthieno[2,3-b]pyrrolenine and 5,6,6-trimethylthieno[3,2-b]pyrrolenine

New heterocyclic bases—4,4,5-trimethylthieno[2, 3-b]pyrrolenine and 5, 6, 6-trimethylthieno[3,2-b]pyrrolenine—have been obtained by the condensation of the double salts of stannic chloride and the hydrochlorides of, respectively, 2- and 3-aminothiophenes with methyl-hydroxyisopropyl ketone and methyl-bromoisopropyl ketone.     

Synthesis and transformations of the 20-substituted derivatives of 16α,17α-epoxy-5α-pregnane-3Β,21-diol-20-ones

A new and more effective sequence of reactions is proposed for the production of 16,17-isopropylidenedioxy-5-pregnane-3,21-diol-20-one. It uses methods previously unused for 5-H-steroids and involves 21-hydroxylation of 16,17-epoxy-5-pregnan-3-ol-20-one with diacetoxyiodobenzene and cis-opening of the obtained 21-hydroxy-16,17-epoxy-5-pregnane-3,21-diol-20-one by acetic acid in the presence of epoxycarbonylhydrazine, followed by condensation of the obtained product with acetone.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1185–1188, May, 1991.     

Formation of Supramolecular Polymers Constructed by Cyclodextrins with Cinnamamide

-Cyclodextrin having cinnamamide at 6- or 3-positions (6-CiNH--CD, 3-CiNH--CD) and -cyclodextrin with cinnamamide on 6-position (6-CiNH--CD) have been prepared. Supramolecular structures were formed in the solid state or aqueous solutions and characterized by measurements of NMR and vapor pressure osmometry (VPO). The results indicate that 6-CiNH--CD formed insoluble supramolecular polymers in the solid state, while 6-CiNH--CD and 3-CiNH--CD formed supramolecular complexes in aqueous solutions. 6-CiNH--CD was found to form a dimer in an aqueous solution. 3-CiNH--CD formed intermolecular complexes to give supramolecular polymers. The differences of the position of guest part on cyclodextrins caused to give a variety of supramolecular structures in aqueous solutions.     

Transformed steroids. 190. Influence of Co-complexation on the epoxide ring opening of 17β-ethynyl-16α,17α-epoxyandrost-4-en-3-one on reacting with pyridine hydrofluoride,pyridine hydrochloride,and pyridine thiocyanate

The epoxide ring opening of 16,17-epoxy-17-ethynylandrost-4-en-3-one and its dicobalt hexacarbonyl complex on reacting with Py·HF, Py·HCl, and Py·HSCN was studied. The results of these reactions and the structure of the end products depend not only on the complexation of the acetylene bond, but also on the nucleophilic reagent used. On the basis of the reaction of a Co-coordinated 16,17-epoxy-17-ethynylandrost-4-en-3-one there has been developed a preparative method for the synthesis of pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione-[17,16-d]-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913 Moscow. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2661–2666, November, 1992.     

Aromatization reactions of some N-acyl-1,2-dihydroquinolines and isoquinolines

The proton and hydride lability of the -hydrogen atom in various -substituted N-acyl-1,2-dihydroquinolines and N-acyl-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines was investigated. It was shown that splitting out of both a hydride ion and an -substituent as carbanions is possible in the presence of strong electron-acceptor substituants in the position under the influence of electrophilic agents. A new transhetarylation reaction consisting in the migration of the heterocyclic residue from one compound with a labile hydrogen atom to another was found.Communication XVII of the series Reactions of Cyclic Ammonium Cations; see [1] for the previous communication.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 529–533, April, 1972.     

On the dynamic mechanical behavior of nylon 66

Summary The dynamic mechanical properties of nylon 66 films and fibers have been examined, as a function of annealing and drawing, with a Vibron viscoelastometer. It is found that the transition is little affected by annealing treatments, but increase in orientation causes the transition to move to a higher temperature. Experiments, with X-ray diffraction of samples at elevated temperatures, lead to the conclusion that the triclinic to hexagonal phase change does not contribute significantly to the transition. Samples cut parallel and perpendicular to the drawing direction of nylon 66 film, have been used to show that the curves of dynamic tensile modulus versus temperature, for the parallel and perpendicular directions, cross in the neighborhood of the transition. This observation is discussed in relation to the suggestion that the transition is the glass transition in nylon 66.

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Zusammenfassung Die dynamisch-mechanischen Eigenschaften von Filmen und Fasern aus Nylon 66 wurden als Funktion der Temperung und Verstreckung mit einem Virbon-Viskoelastometer untersucht. Die -Umwandlung wird wenig durch die Temperung beeinflußt, aber erhöhte Orientierung läßt siezu höheren Temperaturen verlagern. Messungen der Röntgenstreuung bei erhöhten Temperaturen führen zu dem Schluß, daß der Übergang triklin/hexagonal nicht wesentlich zu der -Umwandlung beiträgt. Proben aus verstrecktem Nylon-66-Film, parallel und senkrecht zur Streckrichtung geschnitten, zeigen, daß die Kurven des dynamischenE-Moduls gegen die Temperatur für beide Orientierungen sich in der Nachbarschaft der -Umwandlung überkreuzen. Diese Beobachtung wird hinsichtlich der Vermutung diskutiert, daß die -Umwandlung den Glasübergang in Nylon 66 darstellt.

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Chemical transformations of 3-methyl ethers of 14β-hydroxy-8α, 9β-D-homoestrone and 14α-hydroxy-9β-D-homoestrone

Conclusions Starting with the 3-methyl ether of 14-hydroxy-8,9-D-homoestrone (I) we synthesized the 3-methyl ethers of 8, 14-D-homoestrone (V) and 8, 9-D-homoestrone (III).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2625–2627, November, 1972.