Über Heterocyclen, 4. Mitt.: Über β-Ureidoaldehydacetale

Zusammenfassung 2-Oxo-6-ureidohexahydropyrimidine und 2-Oxo-6-hydroxyphenylhexahydropyrimidine können durch Einwirkung von Carbamiden bzw. Phenolen auf -Ureidoaldehyde und -Ureidoaldehydacetale gewonnen werden. Aus dem -(1-Methylureido)-butyraldehyd-diäthylacetal bildet sich im sauren Medium ein Hexahydropyrimidyl-tetrahydropyrimidin, dessen Struktur aufgeklärt wurde.     

Kinetics of oxidation of β-picoline to nicotinic acid over vanadia-titania catalyst. 4. Kinetic model

A kinetic model for the β-picoline oxidation over vanadia-titania catalyst is presented. The model covers the reaction mechanism, temperature dependences and a system of kinetic equations. The activation energies and constants in these equations are calculated.     

One-Pot Oxidation and Nitrosation of β-Alkanolamines with KMnNO4-NaNO2. A Convenient Preparation of β-Ketonitrosamines

The oxidation and nitrosation of β-alkanolamines to the corresponding β-ketonitrosamines is reported. The oxidation is carried out with potassium permanganate in acidic medium, followed by nitrosation of the protonated aminoketone, with sodium nitrite, to the corresponding β-ketonitrosamine.     

Synthesis based on β-phenylethylamines. IX. Synthesis of sulfides of β-phenylethylamines and of N-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines

New bimolecular sulfur-containing -phenylethylamines and N-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines have been synthesized from formyl derivatives of diaryl sulfides. The possibility of using metals as catalysts for obtaining diaryl sulfides in the reaction of ortho-substituted benzaldehydes with SCl₂ has been shown for the first time.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 731–735, September–October, 1995. Original article submitted November 11, 1994.     

Selectively Deoxygenated Derivatives of β-Maltosyl-(1→4)-Trehalose as Biological Probes. II. the Synthesis of the 4- and 4′″-Monodeoxygenated Analogues

ABSTRACT

Two derivatives of β-maltosyl-(1→4)-trehalose monodeoxygenated at positions 4 or 4′″ have been synthesized in [2+2] block syntheses. After the preparation of precursors with only one free hydroxyl group the deoxy function was introduced by a Barton-McCombie reaction. Thus, glycosylation of 2,3,6-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl 2,3,6-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (4) with octa-O-acetyl-β-maltose (3) gave tetrasaccharide 5 with only one free hydroxyl group at the 4-position. The 4′-position of an allyl maltoside was available selectively after removal of a 4′,6′-cyclic acetal and selective benzoylation of the 6′-position. Reduction of this derivative 11 afforded allyl O-(2,3-di-O-acetyl-6-O-benzoyl-4-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1→4)-2,3,6-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (14), which was deallylated, activated as an trichloroacetimidate, and coupled to 2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-benzylidene-α-D-glucopyranosyl 2′,3′,6′-tri-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (20). Several compounds were fully characterized by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Deprotection furnished the monodeoxygenated tetrasaccharides 9 and 23.     

Modified Coumarins. 12. Synthesis of 3,4-Cycloannelated Coumarin β-D-Glucopyranosides

O--D-Glucopyranosides were synthesized using 3,4-cycloannelated hydroxycoumarins as aglycons. Phenolic hydroxyls were O-glycosylated via condensation of coumarin potassium salts with acetobromoglucose in homogeneous medium and in a liquid-liquid system using a phase-transfer catalyst.     

Mycelia-associated β-xylosidase in pellets ofAspergillus sps.

A screening of 10 strains ofAspergillus for pellet formation and mycelia-associated β-xylosidase activity was performed in media containing glucose and glucose supplemented with methyl β-d-xylopyranoside. The aim was to produce an immobilized enzyme preparation. Three strains with high mycelia-associated β-xylosidase activity were investigated for enzyme leakage and enzyme stability:A. terreus QM 1991,A. phoenicis ATCC 13157, andA. phoenicis QM 329. The pellets ofA. phoenicis QM 329 had the highest β-xylosidase activity (280 IU/g dry wt mycelia) after 333 h of incubation. From measurements of both cell-bound enzyme activity and the activity in solution, it could be concluded that forAspergillus phoenicis QM 329 and ATCC 13157 the decrease in β-xylosidase activity bound to the pellets was owing to enzyme leakage. ForAspergillus terreus QM 1991, the decrease of pellet-bound β-xylosidase activity was the result of both leakage and enzyme deactivation at 50°C. β-Xylosidase in pellets ofA. phoenicis QM329 hydrolyzes xylobiose andp-nitrophenyl β-d-xylopyranoside with the same rate of conversion.

     

Structure-Activity Relationship for Insecticidal Steroids. VI. 5,6-Disubstituted β-Sitosterols

The toxicity of steroids 1-14 for Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say.) larvae was studied by a contact-intestinal method. The most active are 3,5-dihydroxy-6-ketone 4a and 5-hydroxy-3,6-diketone 8a.     

Soluble Bimetallic Oxoalkoxide Catalysts. IV. Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Propiolactone

Abstract

The polymerization of β-propiolactone by aluminum-zinc oxoalkoxides corresponding to the structure has been studied. The overall kinetics of the reaction follow a first current order in monomer and a first order in catalyst. Mechanistic studies also indicate that these initiators operate through selective acyl-oxygen cleavage of the lactone ring with insertion in the aluminum-oxygen bond. Moreover, the polymerization proceeds by a perfectly “living” process.     

Kinetics of the β-picoline oxidation to nicotinic acid over vanadia-titania catalyst. 2. Effect of dioxygen and β-picoline

The effect of the dioxygen and β-picoline concentrations on the oxidation of β-picoline to nicotinic acid was studied at 270°C over a 20% V₂O₅-80% TiO₂ (wt. %) catalyst. The study was performed in a differential reactor at constant concentrations of water and nicotinic acid. A considerable excess of dioxygen was shown to be necessary for the formation of nicotinic acid. It was found that the rates of β-picoline transformation into nicotinic acid, pyridine-3-carbaldehyde, pyridine-3-nitrile, pyridine and carbon oxides as well as selectivities to products and the catalyst state depend strongly on the ratio of dioxygen to β-picoline concentrations. The minimum admissible ratio of these concentrations under industrial conditions was determined.     

Abstracts(No.4.August 1999)

A STUDY OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR AND PHASE SEPARATION OF POLYACRYLIC GELS Ju Zuo , Fa-jun Zhang, Ying-li An, Ai-zhen Niu, Zhi-guang Zhang, Fang-xing Li, Chang-ying Zhu and Bing-lin HeThe State Key Laboratory of Functional Polymeric Materials for Adsorption and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071Dynamic behavior and phase separation sensitive to temperature of a series of polyacrylic gels was studied by dynamic light scattering. The dynamic behavior of the gels is characterized in terms of the correlation lengthξand diffusion coefficient D. The rules of the influence of cross-linking degree, concentration of polymer and amount of initiator on ξand D were obtained. When cross-linking degree increases, ξdecreases and D     

Addition of Organocuprates to Ketoketenimines. Synthesis of β-enaminoketones

Base-induced ring cleavage of 3-unsubstituted isoxazolium salts followed by reaction of the resulting ketoketenimine with organocuprates affords asymmetric β-enaminoketones in high yields.     

Alkaloids of Arundo donax. XIV. Crystal and Molecular Structure of N-Methyl-tetrahydro- β-carboline

An indole alkaloid of the N-methyl-tetrahydro--carboline series was isolated for the first time from Arundo donax, Poaceae. Its structure was solved by X-ray structure analysis.     

Synthesis of 5 β-Chloro-4α-methoxysantonin Oxime

The newderivative 5-chloro-4-methoxysantonin oximewasprepared from5-chloro-4-methoxysantonin by reaction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in the presence of pyridine. The structure was established by IR, UV, and PMR spectroscopies.     

Stability and Detergent Compatibility of a Predominantly β-Sheet Serine Protease from Halotolerant B. aquimaris VITP4 Strain

The present study deals with the characterization of halotolerant protease produced by Bacillus aquimaris VITP4 strain isolated from Kumta coast, Karnataka, India. The studies were performed at 40 °C and pH 8 in Tris buffer. Metal ions such as Mn²⁺ and Ca²⁺ increased the proteolytic activity of the enzyme by 34 and 30 %, respectively, at 10 mM concentration. Cu²⁺ at 1 mM concentration was found to enhance the enzyme activity by 16 %, whereas inhibition was observed at higher concentration (>5 mM). Slight inhibition was observed even with lower (>1 mM) concentrations of Zn²⁺, Hg²⁺, Fe³⁺, Ni²⁺, and Co²⁺.The activity of protease was completely inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, indicating that the VITP4 protease is a serine protease. The presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline (>5 mM) moderately inhibited the activity, suggesting that the enzyme is activated by metal ions. The protease was purified to homogeneity with a purification fold of 15.7 with ammonium sulfate precipitation and 46.65 with gel filtration chromatography using Sephadex G-100, resulting in a specific activity of 424?±?2.6 U mg^?1. The VITP4 protease consists of a single polypeptide chain with a molecular mass of 34.7 kDa as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time of flight. Among the different substrates used (casein, egg albumin, gelatin, and bovine serum albumin), the activity was higher with casein with V _max, K _m, and k _cat values of 0.817 mg ml min^?1, 0.472 mg ml^?1, and 2.31 s^?1, respectively. Circular dichroism studies revealed that the VITP4 protease has a predominantly β-sheet structure (51.6 %) with a temperature for half denaturation of 85.8 °C in the presence of 1 mM CaCl₂. Additionally, the VITP4 protease was found to retain more than 70 % activity in the presence of 10 mM concentration of different detergents (CTAB, urea, and sodium dodecyl sulfate) and surfactants (Triton X-100, Tween-20, and Tween-80), and the results of wash performance test with various commercial detergents confirmed that it can be used in detergent formulations.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Tetrafluoride β-MnF4

The crystal structure of β-MnF₄ has finally been elucidated. It crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric space group R3c, no. 161, hR360, with the lattice parameters a = 19.390(3), c = 12.940(3) Å, V = 4213.3(14) ų, Z = 72, T = 100 K. It is a 4a × 4a superstructure of the VF₃ (FeF₃) structure type. The Mn atoms are coordinated octahedron-like by F atoms, of which two are bound terminal, while the other act as μ-bridging F atoms to other Mn atoms forming a three-dimensional infinite network structure which can be described by the Niggli formula ³_∞[MnF_4/2F_2/1]. Voids on the metal sites, which are occupied in the VF₃ structure, are grouped together in the shape of a “star” with approximate D_3h symmetry. We prepared β-MnF₄ photochemically according to the literature and obtained a phase-pure powder as evidenced by X-ray diffraction at room temperature. The lattice parameters are a = 19.566(3), c = 12.984(2) Å, V = 4304(1) ų. IR and Raman spectra recorded on the powder show that β-MnF₄ has also been obtained free of moisture, HF, and O₂⁺ containing compounds, however MnF₃ is likely present as a magnetic impurity. We observe thermal decomposition of MnF₄ to MnF₂ and not MnF₃.