Polar steroidal compounds from the Far-Eastern starfish <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lethasterias fusca</Emphasis>

Nine steroidal compounds including three new steroidal glycosides, viz., sodium (24S)-3,24-di-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-5α-cholestane-3β,6β,8,15α,24-pentol 15-sulfate (fuscaside A), (24S)-3,24-di-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-5α-cholestane-3β,6β,8,15α,24-pentol (fuscaside B), and (22E,24R)-24-O-(β-D-xylopyranosyl)-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15β,24-pentol (desulfated minutoside A); three previously known glycosides, viz., distolasterosides D₁ and D₂ and pycno-podioside A; two previously known polyhydroxysteroids, viz., 5α-cholestane-3β,6α,8,15β,16β,26-hexaol and 5α-cholestan-3β,4β,6α,7⇇8,15β,16β,26-octol; and the known sodium 24,25-dihydro-marthasterone 3-sulfate were isolated from the Far-Eastern starfish Lethasterias fusca. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 196–200, January, 2008.     

Ternatine, a new diterpene alkaloid fromDelphinium ternatum

A new alkaloid, ternatine (C₂₄H₃₃NO₅), was isolated from aerial parts of theDelphinium ternatum plant. According to the¹H,¹³C NMR, IR, and mass spectra of the base and its triacetate, ternative was assumed to have the structure of 4β-methyl-7α-isobutyryloxy-11α,15β,19β-trihydroxyhetisane. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 187–189, January, 1997.     

Molecular and crystal structure of the germacranolides salonitenolide and hanphyllin

A sesquiterpene lactone of the germacrane type, salonitenolide, has been isolated for the first time from the epigeal part ofCentaurea pseudomaculosa Dobrocz (spotted centaurea) and has been identified. The structures of the germacranolides and hanphyllin have been determined by the method of x-ray structural analysis: salonitenolide is 8-hydroxy-6β,8β(H)7α(H)-germacra-1(10),4,11(13)-trien-6,12-olide and hanphyllin is 3-hydroxy-3α,7α(H),6β(H)-germacra-1(10),4,11(13)-trien-6,12-olide. It has been established that the ten-membered rings of salonitenolide and hanphyllin are of the chair-chair type,₁D¹⁴,¹⁵D₅. On the basis of the results of CD spectroscopy, the chiral centers in the hanphyllin molecule have been assigned the 3S, 6R, and 7S configurations. Institute of Organic Synthesis and Coal Chemistry, Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Karaganda. A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 781–785, November–December, 1989.     

New polyhydroxysteroids and steroid glycosides from the far east starfishCeramaster patagonicus

Two new polyhydroxysteroids and five new glycosides were isolated from the starfishCeramaster patagonicus and their structures were elucidated: 5α-cholestane-3β,6α,15β,16β,26-pentol, (22E)-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15α,24-pentol, (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,4β, 6α,8,15β,16β,28-heptol (ceramasteroside C₁), (22E)-28-O-[O-(2,4-di-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β, 6α,8,15β,16β,28-hexol (ceramasteroside C₂), (22E)-28-O-[O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-hydroxymethyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15β,16β 28-hexol (eramasteroside C₃), (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-galactofuranosyl]-24-methyl-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,4β,6α,8, 15β, 26-hexol (ceramasteroside C₄), and (22E)-28-O-[O-(2-O-methyl-β-d-xylopyranosyl)-(1→2)-β-d-xylopyranosyl]-5α-cholest-22-ene-3β,6α,8,15β,24-pentol (ceramasteroside C₅)). Three known polyhydroxysteroids (24-methylene-5α-cholestane-3β,6α,8,15β,16β,26-hexol, 5α-cholestane-3β,6α,8,15β,16β,26-hexol, and 5α-cholestane-3β,6β,15α,16β,26-pentol) were also isolated. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 190–195, January, 1997.     

Triterpene glycosides fromHedera canariensis VI. Structure of L-G1 and L-G1b glycosides from leaves of canary ivy

Two new minor triterpene glycosides L-G₁, and L-G_2b, the 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl and 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-(6-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1→6)-O-β-D glucopyranosyl esters of 30-norhederagenin, respectively, are isolated from the leaves of canary ivy (Hedera canariensis Willd.). The structures of the glycosides are found by chemical methods and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 623–626, September–October, 1999.     

New triterpene glycoside from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cyclamen adzharicum</Emphasis> tubers

Nine pure glycosides were isolated from total saponins of Cyclamen adzharicum Pobed. (Primulaceae). The total chemical structure of cyclamen F, 3β-O-[β-D-Xylp(1→2)]-[β-D-Glcp(1→2)]-(β-D-Glcp(1→4)-α-L-Arap)-16α-hydroxy-13,28-epoxy-30,30-dibutoxyolean, was elucidated using modern physicochemical and spectral methods (NMR, ¹H, ¹³C, HMBC, HMQC, DEPT, COSY, MS). A glycoside with the cyclamen F chemical structure has not been reported and, therefore, is a new organic compound.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera canariensis III. Determination of the structures of glycosides L-F1, L-F2, and L-I2 from the leaves of Algerian ivy

The leaves of Algerian ivyHedera canariensis Willd. (Araliaceae) have yielded two new triterpene glycosides — caulophyllogenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside (L-F₂) and its 28-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-gentiobiosyl ester (L-I₂) - and also the previously known hederagenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (L-F₁). The structures of the glycosides were established on the basis of chemical transformations and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 777–781, November–December, 1998.     

Triterpene glycosides ofTragacantha and their genins. Cyclostipulosides A and B fromTragacantha stipulosa

Two new triterpene glycosides of the cycloartane series, which have been called cyclostipulosides A and B, have been isolated in the individual form from the roots ofTragacantha stipulosa Boviss. Their structures have been established by physicochemical methods. Cyclostipuloside A is 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside 3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside, and cyclostipuloside B is 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 6-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside 3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside. By the acid hydrolysis of cyclostipulosides A and B we have obtained the new glycoside 24R-cycloartane-3β,6α,16β,24,25-pentaol 16-O-β-D-glucopyranoside. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (371) 120 64 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 670–674, September–October, 1998.     

Metabolic profiling of major vitamin D metabolites using Diels–Alder derivatization and ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

Biologically active forms of vitamin D are important analytical targets in both research and clinical practice. The current technology is such that each of the vitamin D metabolites is usually analyzed by individual assay. However, current LC-MS technologies allow the simultaneous metabolic profiling of entire biochemical pathways. The impediment to the metabolic profiling of vitamin D metabolites is the low level of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ in human serum (15–60 pg/mL). Here, we demonstrate that liquid–liquid or solid-phase extraction of vitamin D metabolites in combination with Diels–Alder derivatization with the commercially available reagent 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD) followed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)–electrospray/tandem mass spectrometry analysis provides rapid and simultaneous quantification of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₂, 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃, 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ and 25-hydroxyvitamin D₂ in 0.5 mL human serum at a lower limit of quantification of 25 pg/mL. Precision ranged from 1.6–4.8 % and 5–16 % for 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃, respectively, using solid-phase extraction. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Cycloascauloside a from Astragalus caucasicus leaves

The new cycloartane glycoside cycloascauloside A with the structure 20S,24R-epoxycycloartan-3β, 6α,16β,25-tetraol 3-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)]-β-D-(2′-O-acetyl)-glucopyranoside was isolated from leaves of Astragalus caucasicus Pall. The structure was established based on IR, PMR, and ¹³C NMR spectra and physicochemical properties of the compound itself and the products of its chemical transformations. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 359–361, July–August, 2006.     

Asterosaponin P2 from the Far-Eastern starfishpatiria (asterina) pectinifera

A new polyhydroxylated steroidal glycoside, asterosaponin P₂, was isolated from the Far-Eastern starfishPatiria (Asterina) pectinifera. The glycoside was identified as the 24R)-29-O-[2-O-sulfo-α-L-arabinofuranosyl]-24-ethyl-5α-cholestane-3β, 6α,8β,15α,16β,29-hexol Na salt. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1818–1820, October. 2000     

Alpinine,A New Norditerpene Alkaloid from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Delphinium alpinum</Emphasis>

The known alkaloids deltaline, methyllycaconitine, elasine, and the new norditerpene alkaloid alpinine were isolated from the aerial part of Delphinium alpinum. The structure of the last was proposed as 1α,6β, 16β-trimethoxy-7-hydroxy-8-ethoxy-14α-propionyloxy-4β-(2″-methyl)succinylanthranoyloxymethyl-N-ethylaconitane on the basis of PMR, ¹³C NMR, IR, and mass spectra. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 469–471, September–October, 2005.     

A new component of Artemisia fragrans

A new component C₁₅H₂₂O₃, has been isolated from the epigeal part ofArtemisia fragrans. On the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics it has been established that it has the structure of 1α-hydroxy-5,7αH,6,11βH-eudesm-3,4-en-6,12-olide (I). V. L. Komarov Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaidzhan SSR, Baku. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 632–635, September–October, 1990.     

Variants of cation arrangement in the 36 net of tantalates and niobates with 1:1 stoichiometry

We have analyzed and tabulated the variants of mutual ordered arrangements of cations of two types with 1∶1 stoichiometry in cation matrices having planar trigon 3⁶ nets. A net with two nodes in its unit cell has a sole variant, which occurs in the wolframite type structure. With four nodes in the cell, there are two variants: the scheelite type and the variant found in α-and β-LaTaO₄. With 6 nodes, there are six, and with 8 nodes, more than 20 variants. In the ABO₄ (A=REE, B=Ta Nb) structural type (M'-fergusonite, fluorite, α-LaTaO₄, β-LaTaO₄, and fergusonite) having a more or less distorted face-centered cubic cation subcell in common, we have the wolframite type of arrangement for M'-fergusonite and fluorite, the scheelite type for fergusonite, and the partly scheelite type for α-and β-LaTaO₄. We offer a system for representing the atomic arrangement by recording the alternation of atoms in linear rows of three directions. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 129–135, November–December, 1994 Translated by T. Yudanova     

Synthesis and crystal structure of β-hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane

A polycyclic caged compound with high strain—hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW)—has been synthesized via a three-step reaction: condensation, hydrogenolysis debenzylation and nitrolysis, starting with benzylamine and glyoxal. HNIW is the most powerful high energy density compound (HEDC) ever tested. β-HNIW possesses a caged structure consisting of two five-membered rings and one six-membered ring with a nitro group attached to each of the six bridging nitrogens. The nitro group lies basically within a plane. The lengths of C—C bonds of β-HNIW range from 0. 156 nm to 0.159 nm, 0.002–0.005 nm longer than the sp³ C-C bond. The β-HNIW’s crystal belongs to orthorhombic system and space groupPca2₁ with parameters:a = 0.9670 (2),b = 1.1616 (2),c = 1.3032 (3) nm;V = 1.4638(5) nm³,Z = 4; D_c = 1.989 g/cm³ and D_m = 1.982 g/cm³. Project supported by the Advanced Research Funds (12060451867) from the Commission of Science and Technology for National Defence.     

Separation and identification of steroidal compounds with cytotoxic activity against human gastric cancer cell lines <Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis> from the rhizomes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Paris polyphylla</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">chinensis</Emphasis>

A novel steroidal saponin, along with 12 known steroidal compounds, was isolated from the rhizomes of Paris polyphylla var. chinensis. Spectral data, including two-dimensional NMR, showed that the structure of the novel saponin was 3β,21-dihydroxypregnane-5-en-20S-(22,16)-lactone-1-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl(1→3)]-β-D-glucopyranoside. The isolated steroidal compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity on human gastric cancer cell line HepG₂, SGC7901, BxPC3. Diosgenin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)[α-L-rabinofuranosyl(1→4)]-β-D-glucopyranoside exhibited the most potent cytotoxic activity among the isolated steroids. Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 556–560, November–December, 2007.     

Polysaccharides of Fabaceae. VI. Galactomannans from seeds of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Astragalus alpinus</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">A. tibetanus</Emphasis>

Galactomannans with galactose:mannose ratios 1:1.48 and 1:1.33, [α]_D +67.9 and +76.4°, [η] 870.3 and 1337.1 mL/g, and molecular weights 999 and 1549 kDa, respectively, were isolated in 0.59 and 4.65% yields (of seed mass) from seeds of Astragalus alpinus and A. tibetanus (Fabaceae). Physicochemical methods (CrO₃ oxidation; methylation–GC/MS; IR, NMR, and ¹³C spectroscopy) found that the main polysaccharide chain consisted of 1,4-β-D-mannopyranose units substituted 67.5% (A. alpinus) and 75.2% (A. tibetanus) at the C-6 position by single α -D-galactopyranose units. The contents of mannobiose blocks Man–Man, (Gal)Man–Man/Man–Man(Gal), and (Gal)Man–Man(Gal) variously substituted with galactose were according to ¹³C NMR spectroscopy 15.9, 55.5, and 28.6% in A. alpinus galactomannan and 9.9, 42.3, and 47.8% in A. tibetanus galactomannan.     

“Anhydrolycaconitine”, a new diterpene alkaloid fromAconitum septentrionale K

A new alkaloid, anhydrolycaconitine (C₃₆H₄₆N₂O₉), was isolated from roots ofAconitum septentrionale K. Based on the results of¹H and¹³C NMR and IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry of the alkaloid and the product of its alkaline hydrolysis and on the data of X-ray diffraction analysis of the hydrolysis product, the structure of 1α, 6β, 14α, 16β-tetramethoxy-7-oxo-18-succinylanthranoyloxy-17-(7→8)abeo-aconane was assigned to anhydrolycaconitine. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1640–1644, September, 2000.     

New π ligand N,N,N,N′,N′,N′-hexaallylethylenediaminium (L2+): Synthesis and crystal structures of LBr2 · 2H2O and its cuprocomplexes L[CuII(Br0.45Cl3.55)], L[Cu 4I (Br4.55Cl1.45)], and L[Cu 4I Br6]

The alkylation of ethylenediamine with allyl bromide in the presence of a fourfold (with respect to ethylenediamine) molar amount of NaHCO₃ in acetone with an ethanol admixture (15: 1) affords LBr₂ · 2H₂O (I), where L²⁺ is the N,N,N,N′,N′,N′-hexaallylethylenediaminium cation. Single crystals of complexes L[Cu^II(Br_0.45Cl_3.55)] (II), L[Cu₄^I(Br_4.55Cl_1.45)] (III), and L[Cu₄^IBr₆] (IV) are prepared by ac electrochemical synthesis from an ethanolic solution of LBr₂ · 2H₂O, CuCl₂ · 2H₂O (or CuBr₂) at copper wire electrodes. The crystal structures of compounds I–IV are determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals of complex I are monoclinic: space group P2₁/n, a = 8.544(3), b = 10.404(3), c = 13.350(4) ?, β = 97.29(3)°, V = 1177.2(6) ?³, Z = 2. The bromine anions in compound I are bonded to the L²⁺ cations and water molecules through hydrogen contacts (E)H…Br (E = O, C) of 2.57(3)–2.86(3) ?. The crystals of compounds II–IV are triclinic: space group P . For II: a = 8.762(4), b = 9.163(4), c = 16.500(6) ?, α = 95.62(4)°, β = 96.39(4)°, γ = 111.46(4)°, V = 1211.4(9) ?³, Z = 2; for III: a = 9.074(4), b = 9.435(4), c = 9.829(5) ?, α = 116.12(4)°, β = 104.14(4)°, γ = 100.22(4)°, V = 692.3(6) ?³, Z = 1; for IV isostructural III: a = 9.084(4), b = 9.404(4), c = 9.869(4) ?, α = 116.31(3)°, β = 104.00(3)°, γ = 100.37(3)°, V = 692.1(5) ?³, Z = 1. Unlike the isolated tetrahedral CuX₄²⁻ anion in structure II, an original chain anion (Cu₄X₆²⁻) _n is observed in the structures of π complexes III and IV. Original Russian Text ? M.M. Monchak, A.V. Pavlyuk, V.V. Kinzhibalo, M.G. Mys’kiv, 2009, published in Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 414–419.     

A new hexahydroxysteroid from the Far Eastern starfishLuidiaster dawsoni

A new polyhydroxysteroid was isolated from the starfishLuidiaster dawsoni; the structure of the product was established as (24S,25R)-24-methylcholestane-3β, 5α, 6β, 15α, 16β, 26-hexaol. A mixture of methyl-α- and β-d-glucopyranosides was also isolated from the extract of this starfish. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2088–2090, October, 1998.