α,β-Butenolides

,-Dibromo--('-carbethoxyacetony)-^,-butenolide (I) reacts with amines in diethyl ether solution to give -bromo-amino--('-carbethoxyacetony)-^,-butenolides. Compounds n are converted to -bromo-amino--('-carbethoxyacetony)-^,-butenolides on reaction with amines. The corresponding arylhydrazones (VI and VII) are obtained by the reaction of I and II with p-nitro- and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazines. Compound I reacts with phenylhydrazine to give furopyridazine VIII.See [1] for communication IV.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 867–871, July, 1972.     

An unusual product of the reaction of 1-phenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(2-oxocyclohexyl)-1-propanone with hydrogen sulfide and acids: 2α-phenyl-2,4-ortho-(14,15-dimethoxybenzo)-cis-1-thiadecalin

The reaction of 1-phenyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(2-oxocyclohexyl)-1-propanone with hydrogen sulfide and acids gives an intramolecular rearrangement product, 2-phenyl-2,4-ortho-(14,15-dimethoxybenzo)-cis-1-thiadecalin in addition to the usual products of disproportionation of intermediate 2-phenyl-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5,6-tetramethylene-4H-thiopyran, namely, 5,6-tetramethylenethiopyrilium salts and 2-phenyl-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-cis-1-thiadecalin. The configurational and conformational assignments for the sulfides, their sulfoxides, and sulfones were made by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 199–205, February, 1986.     

13C NMR spectra of acetylated methyl glycosides of monosaccharides

Summary A comparative discussion of the signals in the¹³C NMR spectra of acetylated methyl - and -D-xylopyranosides, - and -D-glucopyranosides, - and -D-galactopyranosides, - and -L-arabinopyranosides, - and -L-fucopyranosides, and - and -L-rhamnopyranosides and of the corresponding free glycosides has shown a similarity of the effects of substitution at C₅ with a longer-range nature of these effects in the case of the acetylated glycosides.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 6–8, January–February, 1979.     

Synthesis of δ-alkoxy-α, α-dicarbonyl-substituted dienes and study of their valence isomerization

Methods of synthesis of dienic -alkoxy-, -dicarbonyl-substituted compounds were experimentally examined. The structure of the synthesized compounds was studied by¹H and¹³C-NMR methods. It was shown that the -alkoxy diesters are present in equilibrium with 2H-pyrans, while -alkoxy--methyl diesters and 2-(3-alkoxypropen-2-ylindene)indanediones exist in an open form and do not undergo cyclization into 2H-pyrans.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2561–2565, November, 1990.     

Über N-(α-Aminoacyl)-sulfonamide, 2. Mitt.

Zusammenfassung Es wird über die Synthese von N-(-Aminoacyl)-p-toluolsulfonamiden und N-(-Aminoacyl)-methansulfonamiden berichtet, deren Acylreste sich vonl-Tyrosin,d,l--Methyl-tyrosin undd,l-3,4-Dihydroxy-phenylalanin ableiten.

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The synthesis of N-(-aminoacyl)-p-toluenesulfonamides and N-(-aminoacyl)-methanesulfonamides containing the acyl groups ofl-tyrosine,d,l--methyltyrosine andd,l-3,4-dihydroxy-phenylalanine is described.

     

Synthesis of triterpene glycosides

Summary The acyl -D-glucopyranoside, the acyl -D-xylopyranoside, the acyl D- and L--arabinopyranosides, and the acyl -D-lactoside of 18-glycyrrhetic acid, and also the acyl -D-lactoside of 18-glycyrrhetic acid have been synthesized. The acid and alkaline hydrolysis of the compounds obtained has been studied.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 13–19, 1968     

Synthesis of (α-substituted α-aminophosphinic and α-aminophosphonic acids

The reaction of ketoximes with hypophosphorous acid resulted in previously unknown -substituted--aminophosphinic acids, which were oxidized into the corresponding -substituted--aminophosphonic acids.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2729–2732, November, 1996.     

Promotion of nickel catalysts for the steam reforming of methane

The influence of additives (Cu, Fe and Al₂O₃) on the textural and catalytic properties of nickel in steam reforming of methane is described. The effects of structural promoting by Al₂O₃ and of electronic promoting by copper are reported. The rate of steam reforming of methane was measured in a gradientless reactor at atmospheric pressure.

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Condensation of acetals of aromatic β-keto aldehydes with ketones and phenols

Pyrylium salts with a free (active) position and different kinds of substituents in the, positions of the pyrylium ring were obtained by the reaction of acetals of aroylacetaldehydes with ketones and phenols.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1163–1165, September, 1972.     

Transformed steroids

Conclusions The addition of thioacetic acid to the ⁵ bonds of 16- and 16-mercapto-3-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one 3,16-diacetates (II) and (III) under radical conditions gives not only trans-diaxial addition products-6,16- and 6,16-dimercapto-3-hydroxy-5o;-pregnan-20-one 3,6,16-triacetates (IV) and (V) -but also cis-addition products-6,16- and 6,16-dimercapto-3-hydroxy-5-pregnan-20-one 3,6,16-triacetates (VI) and (VII).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 405–411, February, 1969.     

Complex polarizability as used to analyze dielectric relaxation measurements

The effect of representing dielectric properties in terms of the complex polarizability ^c = – i is examined. Loss curves ( and tan ) are shifted towards higher frequencies, revealing the existence of new relaxations and allowing the clarifications of ones already known. We have calculated the shift ratios (at maximum or tan )/ (at maximum or tan ) from the more conventional empirical equations representing the dielectric behavior. Some examples are given.     

Steroid glycosides ofNicotiana tabacum seeds I. The structures of nicotianosides A, B, and E

Two steroid glycosides of the spirostan series — nicotianosides A and B — and one glycoside of the furostan series — nicotianoside E — have been isolated from the seeds ofNicotiana tabacum L. Nicotianoside A is (25S)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O--D-glucopyranoside, nicotianoside B is (25S)-5-spirostan-3-ol 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-gb-D-glucopyranoside], and nicotianoside E is (25S)-5-furostan-3,22,26-triol 26-O--glucopyranoside 3-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--D-glucopyranoside].Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldava, Kishinev, ul. Lesnaya, 20. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 737–742, November–December, 1994.     

Investigations in the field of lipids

Summary 1. The synthesis of the following neutral plasmalogens has been effected: -O-(octadec-1-enyl)-, distearoylglycerol, -O-(octadec-1-enyl)-, -dipalmitoylglycerol, -O-(hexadec-1-enyl)-, -distearoylglycerol, and -O-(pentadec-1-enyl)-, -dipalmitoylglycerol.2. During the synthesis, the following compounds were isolated and characterized by their physicochemical constants: the -octadec-1-enyl ether of glycerol, -(2-hydroxyoctadecyl) , -isopropylideneglyceryl ether, the tosylate of -(2-hydroxyoctadecyl) , -isopropylideneglyceryl ether, and -O-(2-tosyloxyoctadecyl) glycerol.3. The IR spectra of the -octadec-1-enyl ether of glycerol and the neutral plasmalogens have been studied.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 367–371, 1966     

GC-MS characterization and quantification of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products

Summary A GC-MS method has been studied for characterization and quantification of phytosterols, cholesterol and cholesterol oxidation products. Baseline separations have been achieved between cholesterol, cholesterol 5-6-epoxide, 5-cholestene-3-ol-7one (7-keto-cholesterol), cholestene-3-5-6-triol, 5-cholestene-3-25-diol (25-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-20-diol (20-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-7-diol (7-hydroxycholesterol) and 5-cholestene-3-19-diol (19-hydroxycholesterol) as well as between -cholestane, cholesterol, stigmasterol, campesterol and -sitosterol. Excellent linearity of response has been obtained permitting reliable quantification. The characterization of each derivatized sterol has been performed by mass-spectrometry. The results confirm the utility of combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the analysis and characterization of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products.     

Structure of karatavicin

Summary The synthesis of the following 1, 4-diphosphoinositides has been effected: the - (, -distearoyl) glyceryl ester of myoinositol 1, 4-diphosphate (VI) or (VII) and 1, 4-bis-[ - (, -distearoyl) glycerylphosphoryl] myoinositol (VIII).Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 230–233, 1966     

Triterpene glycosides ofAstragalus and their genins XLV. The chemical transformation of cycloartanes 1. Synthesis of 25-norglycosides

Literature information is given on the current state of the study of the chemical transformation of cycloartane triterpenoids. A method has been developed for the transformation of the genin part of glycosides of 20,24-epoxycycloartan-25-ols with retention of the carbohydrate constituents. Three 25-norglycosides have been synthesized from natural cyclosieversigenin glycosides, namely 16-acetoxy-3,6-dihydroxy-20R,25-norcycloartan-20,24-olide 3-O-[O--L-arabinopyranosyl-(12)--D-xylopyranoside] 6-O--D-xylopyranoside (VIII), sodium 3,6,16,20-tetrahydroxy-20R,25-norcycloartan-24-oate 6-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (XII), and 20R,25-norcycloartane-3,6,16,20,24-pentaol 6-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (XIII).Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 710–718, September–October, 1993.     

Oxidation of hydrocarbon mixtures over a complex vanadium catalyst

Vapor-phase oxidation of hydrocarbon mixtures over vanadium oxide (promoted by potassium sulfate)-silica catalyst has been studied. It is shown that the inhibition of the rates of formation of individual products depends on the ability of the added hydrocarbons to similar specific interaction with the catalyst.

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Spatial structure of isoepoxyestafiatin

The spatial structure of the sesquiterpene lactone isoexpoxyestafiatin has been established by the x-ray method as 1,10ß;3,4-diepoxy-5,7,6H-11(13)en-6,12-olide.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 66–67, January–February, 1997.