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.     

Triterpene glycosides from Pulsatilla chinensis

Four triterpene glycosides were isolated from the roots of Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel (Ranunculaceae). Two new glycosides, chinensiosides A (1a) and B (2), were identified as 3-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranosyl]-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl]-3,23-dihydroxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid and 3-O-{-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-[-D-glucopyranosyl-(14)]--L-arabinopyranosyl}-28-O-[-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl]-3,23-dihydroxylup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid. The other two glycosides were identified as previously known hederasaponin C (3) from Hedera helix and glycoside III (4) from Pulsatilla cernua.     

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.     

Prostanoids: LXXVII. Synthetic Approaches to Sterically Overcrowded Cyclopentenones

Condensation of (±)-5-allyl-2,3,5-trichloro-4,4-dimethoxy-2-cyclopentenone with phenylethynylmagnesium bromide in THF gave (±)-5-allyl-2,3,5-trichloro-4,4-dimethoxy-1-phenylethynyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ol which chemoselectively reacted with ozone at the terminal double bond, affording (±)-2,3,5-trichloro-5-formylmethyl-4,4-dimethoxy-1-phenylethynyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ol. Oxidation of the latter with H₂CrO₄ yielded a mixture of the expected product, (±)-5-carboxymethyl-2,3,5-trichloro-4,4-dimethoxy-1-phenylethynyl-2-cyclopenten-1-ol, and anomalous profound oxidation product, (±)-2,3,5-trichloro-5-carboxymethyl-4,4-dimethoxy-1-(2-oxo-2-phenylacetyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-ol. Attempts to remove protective methoxy groups in these compounds under standard conditions were unsuccessful.     

Mono- and sesquiterpenoids of the oleoresin ofAbies nephrolepis. Crystal structure of (+)-β-cedrol

The composition of the mono- and sesquiterpenoids from the oleoresin of the Khingan fir has been studied. Thirteen monoterpenoids have been identified — bornyl acetate, -terpenyl acetate, geranyl acetate, citronellyl acetate, -fenchyl acetate, linalool, geraniol, terpineol-4, -terpineol, -fenchol, borneol, sabinene hydrate and thymol methyl ether; and 19 sesquiterpenoids — -longipinene, longicyclene, longifolene, -copaene, -ylangene, sibirene, -and -selinenes, - and -cadinenes, -muurolene, caryophyllene, -humulene, - and -bisabolenes, ar-curcumene, nerolidol, bisabolol, and -cedrol. The crystal structure of -cedrol has been investigated by x-ray structural analysis.Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 41–45, January–February, 1985.     

Heterylimidazoles IV. Homolytic dissociation of hexaaryldimidazolyls and their heterocyclic analogs

The rate constants and activation energies for homolytic dissociation of 2,2-di[ ()-naphthyl]-, 2,2-diquinolinyl-, and 2,2-di(9-acridinyl)-4,4,5,5-tetraphenyldiimidazolyls in toluene in the presence of,-diphenyl--picrylhydrazine were determined. The degrees of dissociation of the diimidazolyls were found. The effect of substituents on the stability of imidazolyl radicals is discussed.See [1] for communication III.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1536–1539, November, 1974.     

GC-FTIR and GC-MS in odour analysis of essential oils

The analysis of odour components in East Indian Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album L.) and in Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) based on GC-, GC-FTIR- and GC-MS-data resulted in the identification of-santalene,-santalal,-santalal, epi--santalal,-santalol,-santalol, (E)--santalol,-bergamotol and spirosantalol in Sandalwood Oil and of (–)-patchoulol,-guaiene,-patchoulene, seychellene,-bulnesene, norpatchoulenol and pogostol in Patchouli Oil as the most intense aroma compounds of these oils.     

New asterosaponins from the starfishDismolasterias nipon

Three new glycosides, D₁, D₂, and D₃, have been isolated from the Far Eastern starfishDistolasterias nipon. They have been identified by chemical and physicochemical methods as 5-cholestane÷3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 3,24-di-O--D-xylopyranoside, t-cholest-22-ene-3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 3,24-di-O--D-xylopyranoside (II), and 5-cholestane-3,6,8,15,24-pentaol 24-O--D-glucopyranoside 3-O--D-xylopyranoside (III).Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 250–255, March–April, 1987.     

Über die Darstellung von 3β, 16α-und 3β, 16β-Diacetoxy-5α-pregnan-20-on

Zusammenfassung Die Synthese von 3, 16-Diacetoxy-5 -pregnan-20-on (VI) aus 3-Acetoxy-5 -pregn-16-en-20-on und eine verbesserte Darstellung von 3, 16-Diacetoxy-5 -pregnan-20-on (III) aus 3-Acetoxy-pregna-5, 16-dien-20-on werden beschrieben.     

Ferrocenasymmetrie, 4. Mitt.: Die Absolutkonfiguration von (β- und γ-Phenyl-α-ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen

Zusammenfassung Ringschluß von -bzw. -Phenyl--ferrocenyl-buttersäure liefert die homoannular überbrückten Ketone (- bzw. -Phenyl--ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen (VI, VII, XIV). Die Ermittlung der Absolutkonfiguration dieser Ketone gelang durch Korrelation des Asymmetriezentrums der optisch aktiven -Phenyl--ferrocenyl-buttersäure (deren Absolutkonfiguration primär bestimmt wurde) mit der Konfiguration des planar asymmetrischen Anteils in den optisch aktiven Ketonen.Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse waren auch mit der früher für (+)-1,2-(-Ketotetramethylen)-ferrocen (I) auf unabhängigem Weg ermittelten Konfiguration in Einklang, wie durch Messung des optischen Circulardichroismus erwiesen werden konnte: die rechtsdrehenden Enantiomeren besitzen die (R), die linksdrehenden (S)-Konfiguration.

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Ring closure of - and -phenyl--ferrocenylbutyric acid yielded the corresponding homoannularily bridged ketones, (- and -phenyl--ketotetramethylene)-ferrocene (VI, VII, XIV), respectively. The absolute configuration of these ketones could be established by correlation of the asymmetric center of the optically active -phenyl--ferrocenylbutyric acid (whose absolute configuration was determined previously) with the configuration of the planar asymmetric part in the optically active ketones.The results obtained support the configuration reported earlier for (+)-1,2-(-ketotetramethylene)-ferrocene (I) and established by an independent route. The configurations could also be supported by use of optical circular dichroism, i. e., the dextrorotatory enantiomers have the (R)-configuration, the laevorotatory the (S)-configuration.

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Über die Verwendung des Ausdruckes Ferrocen-Chiralität (bzw. Chiralitäts-Zentrum und Planar-Chiralität) vgl., Fußnote S. 266.

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3. Mitt. über Ferrocenasymmetrie, zugleich 24. Mitt. über Ferrocenderivate:H. Falk undK. Schlögl, Mh. Chem.96, 266 (1965).     

Steroid glycosides from the starfishEchinaster sepositus

Two new steroid glycosides, which have been called echinasterosides B₁ and B₂ have been isolated from the starfishEchinaster sepositus. Using chemical transformations (methylation, hydrolysis) and also spectral methods (¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy and GLC-MS) the complete chemical structure of B₁ has been established as 15-acetoxy-5-cholestane-3,4,6,8,24-pentaol 24-O[O-(2)O÷ methyl--D-xylopyranosyl)-(13)--L-arabinofuranoside] (I) and that of glycoside B₂ as 5-cholestane-3,4,6,8,15,24-hexaol 24-O-[O÷(2-O-methyl--D-xylopyranosyl)-(13)--L-arabinofuranoside] (II).Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Pirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 246–249, March–April, 1987.     

Alkyl-substituted dipyrrylmethenes and their oxa- and thia-analogs: “structure—solvation properties” correlations

New data on the spectral properties and solution enthalpies of unsymmetrically substituted 2-(alkyl-2-pyrrolylmethylidene)methylpyrrolium bromides (or ,-dipyrrylmethene hydrobromides), their ,-, ,-isomers, as well as their oxa and thia analogs, that is, 2-(2-furylmethylidene)- and 2-(2-thienylmethylidene)-3,4,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrrolium bromides, in solutions of organic solvents of different nature are presented. A decrease in the number of substituents, as well as replacement of the heteroatom (N) in one five-membered ring of the dipyrrylmetnehe by oxygen or sulfur atoms cause a monotonic hypsochromic shift of absorption bands in the electronic absorption spectrum and weakening of the chromophore properties of the compounds. The chromophore properties of isomers are weakened from the ,- to ,- and ,-dipyrrylmethenes. Main trends in the influence of structural factors on the specific features of thermooxidative destruction of the above-mentioned compounds were analyzed.     

Stereochemie von Metallocenen, 13. Mitt.: Optisch aktive Derivate des Methylcymantrens: Darstellung,Rotationsdispersion und konfigurative Korrelation

Zusammenfassung Optisch aktive Methylcymantren-- und--carbonsäuren wurden durch Racematspaltung ihrer Phenäthylaminsalze erhalten. Bei der Umwandlung in die entsprechenden Acetyl- bzw. Vinyl-methylcymantrene treten charakteristische Drehwertänderungen auf. Aus diesen, vor allem aber aus der Rotationsdispersion, ließ sich auf Grund von Konformationsanalysen und Vergleichen zwischen offenkettigen und cyclischen Verbindungen sowie mit analogen Methylferrocenderivaten für die -substituierten Produkte mit großer Sicherheit die absolute Konfiguration ableiten: (1S) für (+)-Methylcymantren--carbonsäure und ihre Folgeprodukte. Dieser Befund wurde durch kinetische Racematspaltung des Anhydrides der racem. Säure mit (–)--Phenäthylamin gestützt.

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Optically active methylcymantrene-- and--carboxylic acids were obtained by resolution of their salts with -phenethylamine. Upon transformation into the corresponding acetyl and vinyl methylcymantrenes, characteristic shifts of the optical rotation are observed. From these data, and especially from the rotatory dispersions, on the basis of conformational analyses and comparisons between open chain and cyclic compounds as well as with analogous methylferrocene derivatives, the absolute configurations of the -substituted products could be deduced with reasonable probability: (1S) for (+)-methylcymantrenecarboxylic acid and its subsequent products. This result was supported by kinetic resolution of the anhydride of the racemic carboxylic acid with (–)--phenethylamine.

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Excess enthalpies of aqueous solutions of small peptides at 25°C

Heats of dilution of aqueous solutions of the following di-and tripeptides were determined at 25°C over a wide concentration range: -alanyl-glycine, -alanyl--alanine, DL--alanyl-glycine, glycyl-DL--alanine, L--alanyl-L-alanine, DL--alanyl-DL--alanine, DL--alanyl-DL-valine, DL--alanyl--alanine, glycyl--aminobutyric acid, glycyl-L-leucine and DL--alanyl-glycylglycine. The excess enthalpies H^ex and partial molar relative enthalpies L₂ were calculated and enthalpy coefficients of intermolecular interaction were analysed using the additivity principle of Savage and Wood. The concentration dependence of the enthalpic characteristics of peptide-peptide interactions is discussed based on of their hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity. The three-stage model of peptide association is described using enthalpic coefficients of intermolecular interactions.     

Substitution of halogen atom in α-halonitro compounds of the aliphatic series

Ethyl -halo--nitropropionate and -butyrate were prepared by alkylating ammonium salts of ethyl bromo- and chloronitroacetates. The addition of alkyl acrylates to alkyl chloronitroacetates or their salts gives dialkyl -chloro--nitroglutarates. Sodium salts of ethyl -nitro--sulfo--hydroxypropionate and -butyrate were obtained by the sulfodehalogenation of ethyl -chloro--nitro--hydroxypropionate and -butyrate with sodium dithionite. Esters of -amino acid hydrochlorides were prepared by the reduction of alkyl -chloro--nitrocarboxylates. The hydrogenation of alkyl nitrosulfoacetates leads to the corresponding disodium salts of alkyl aminodisulfoacetates and piperazine-2,5-dione.For communication 5 seeIvz. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Khim., 1990, 2012 [Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1990,39, 1826].Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 872–876, May, 1994.     

3-Äthyl-3-phenylpiperidindion-(2,4) und 3-Äthyl-3-phenylpyrrolidindion-(2,4) aus α-Phenylacetessigester

Zusammenfassung -Äthyl--phenylacetessigester (I) wurde bromiert, der resultierende -Bromacetylphenylbuttersäureester (II) mit NaBH₄ zum Bromhydrin (III) reduziert. Umsetzung mit KCN lieferte den -Cyan--hydroxy--phenyl--äthylbuttersäureester (IV), der in Gegenwart vonRaney-Ni zu den beiden stereoisomeren 3-Äthyl-3-phenyl-4-hydroxypiperidonen-(2) (Va) und (Vb) reduziert wurde. Oxydation von (Vb) mit CrO₃ lieferte das 3-Äthyl-3-phenylpiperidindion-(2,4) (VI).     

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.     

The effect of mechanical grinding on the formation and crystallinity changes of the inclusion complex of acetaminophen andβ-cyclodextrin

The effect of mechanical grinding on the physicochemical properties of acetaminophen in the presence of three additives,- or-cyclodextrin and microcrystalline cellulose, was studied by using TLC, powder X-ray diffraction analysis, infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The results indicate that the crystallinity of physical mixtures of acetaminophen and the described additives decreased with increased grinding time and formed an amorphous state when mixtures containing- or-cyclodextrin were ground with acetaminophen. We also found that the acetaminophen molecules could be included step-by-step into the cavity of-cyclodextrin molecules and formed an amorphous inclusion complex.-Cyclodextrin and microcrystalline cellulose did not form an inclusion complex with acetaminophen, but acted only to decrease the crystallinity of the ground mixtures. The mechanical grinding efficiency for acetaminophen was improved in the order of-cyclodextrin -cyclodextrin > microcrystalline cellulose.This paper is part XI of Drug Interaction in Pharmaceutical Formulations.     

Porphyrins. 9. New data on the polyformylation of metal complexes of etioporphyrin I

The structures of the products of the polyformylation of Cu, Ni, and Co complexes of etioporphyrin (EP) as monoformyl-, ,-diformyl-, ,-diformyl-, and ,,-triformyl-EP were established by electronic, IR, and PMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. -Formyl--(N-methylformaldimine)-EP and porphyrins that contain a cyclopentane ring can be formed by alkaline treatment of the Vilsmeier formylation products.See [1] for communication 8.See [2] for our preliminary communication.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 767–775, June, 1979.     

Zur Kenntnis der gemeinsamen Einwirkung von elementarem Selen und gasförmigem Ammoniak bzw. Ethylenimin auf Ketone

Elemental sulfur reacts with ketones and gaseous ammonia at room temperature yielding thiazoline-3 in excellent yields. Under the same conditions elemental selenium does not react at all. Attempts using the known techniques which have been applied in improving the reactivity of slowly reacting ketones in thiazoline-3-synthesis have been unsuccessful (Exp. No. 1–17). The reaction of -halogenketones with sodiumhydrogenselenide to synthesize -hydroselenoketones gives only the original ketones and selenium in almost quantitative yields (No. 18–23). The same is observed with -haloketones and sodium ore magnesium-diselenides (No. 24–45). The explanation of these unexpected results is the strong reducing power of the hydrogenselenide (No. 46–52). Even -bromoketones with activated bromine (i.g. by phenyl groups) were reduced by sodiumhydrogensulfide giving red undefinite oils. However, -chloroketones give -mercaptoketones in excellent yields (No. 53–61). Hydrogenselenide reduces -mercaptoketones to sulfur and ketones in the presence of triethylamine (No. 62–67). Also the transformation of -selenocyanketones to ,-diketodisenides by alkali or the oxidative hydrolysis of selenium-BUNTE salts does not work and gives elementary selenium only. Studies about the concomitant reaction of elementary selenium and ethylenimine on ketones were continued (No. 68–82).