New synthesis and insight into the structure of blue ultramarine pigments

A new and easy method for preparing blue sodalite pigments which involves high-temperature calcination of sodalite samples synthesized with aluminum sulfate and an organic template, is presented. Calcination generated the S(3)(-) and S(2)(-) radicals, and the effects of the Al/Si ratio and the calcination temperature on the nature and amounts of the radicals were examined. The radicals were characterized in detail by continuous wave and pulsed EPR at X- and W-band frequencies (approximately 9 and 95 GHz, respectively) complemented by UV-vis measurements. The high-field electron-paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements allowed us to clearly resolve the g anisotropy of S(3)(-) and W-band electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) measurements detected strong coupling with extra-framework (23)Na cations and weak coupling with framework (27)Al. On the basis of the spectroscopic results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the g-tensors of S(3)(-) and S(2)(-) radicals, the EPR signals were attributed to three different radicals, all with the open structure C(2v), that are located within the sodalite beta cages. While two of these radicals are well isolated, the third one is associated with an exchange-narrowed signal originating from S(3)(-) radicals in nearby sodalite cages.     

A titration study on alumina-coated rutile pigments

A series of potentiometric titrations was carried out on alumina coated rutile pigments. The point of intersection of the adsorption isotherms obtained at three ionic strengths was independent of the titration speed, hence these experiments are considered to give a reliable estimate of the i. e. p. of the sample. The adsorption isotherms are, however, irreversible and the uptake of protons and hydroxyl ions is dependent upon titration speed. The irreversibility of the isotherms appears to be related to the slow drift in the pH of the pigment suspension that takes place during the titration. This pH drift is due to 1) a partial dissolution of the alumina coating and 2) a slow movement of protons into and out of the coating on the pigment.     

Zirconium titanate ceramic pigments: Crystal structure, optical spectroscopy and technological properties

Srilankite-type zirconium titanate, a promising structure for ceramic pigments, was synthesized at 1400 °C following three main doping strategies: (a) ZrTi_1−xA_xO₄, (b) ZrTi_1−x−yA_xB_yO₄ and (c) Zr_1−xC_xTiO₄ where A=Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni or V (chromophores), B=Sb or W (counterions) and C=Pr (chromophore); x=y=0.05. Powders were characterized by XRD with Rietveld refinements and DRS in the UV-visible-NIR range; technological properties were appraised in several ceramic matrices (frits, glazes and body). Zirconium titanate can be usefully coloured with first row transition elements, giving green and greenish yellow (Co and Ni); orange-buff (Cr and V); tan-brown hues (Mn and Fe). In industrial-like synthesis conditions, a disordered structure as (Zr,Ti)O₂, with both Zr and Ti randomly distributed in the octahedral site, is achieved. Doping with chromophores and counterions induces unit cell dimensions variation and causes an oversaturation in zirconium oxide. Optical spectroscopy reveals the occurrence of Co²⁺, Cr³⁺, Fe³⁺, Mn²⁺, Mn³⁺, Ni²⁺, V³⁺ and V⁴⁺. The zirconium titanate pigments fulfil current technological requirements for low-temperature applications, but exhibit a limited chemico-physical stability for higher firing temperature and in chemically aggressive media.     

A study of the mechanism of action of aromatic thiols on carotenoid pigments

Aromatic thiols are used widely to bleach carotenoid plant pigments present in natural rubber latex in trace quantities, in the manufacture of white latex crepe rubber. If this is not done these pigments impart a yellow colour to the crepe, thereby lowering its grade. The bleaching reaction between carotenoid pigments and aromatic thiols is known to occur in the presence of at least diffuse daylight. In this mechanistic study it was observed that the aromatic thiols have no action on unoxidised carotene. However, the peroxy radicals formed on the carotene molecule undergoing autoxidation under the influence of uv light initiate radical formation on the thiol, which is difficult to split by other means. These radicals then combine with the unsaturated chains of both carotene and cartenoids in the system, thereby disrupting the double bond conjugation and making the compounds colourless.     

生命色素研究: 细菌中新卟啉类化合物

发现了一些细菌血红蛋白卟啉辅基, 它们的结构与无处不在的原血红蛋白素。这些新色素在芳核和侧链包含有引人注目的改性, 样品有血红蛋白素α, ο和α1,讨论了这些大环的合成途径和它们可能的生物合成途径。     

Synthesis of the proposed structure of plakevulin A: revised structure of plakevulin A

A total synthesis of the proposed structure of plakevulin A was accomplished. However, the NMR spectral data of the synthetic plakevulin A were not identical of those of the reported compound. We next converted the synthetic plakevulin A into 1-dihydrountenone A. The ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectral data of 1-dihydrountenone A were identical with those of reported plakevulin A except for the peaks derived from levulinic acid. Thus, we repurified sample of the natural product and confirmed that the natural sample contained 1-dihydrountenone A and levulinic acid in the ratio of one to one. We also found that not plakevulin A but 1-dihydountenone A possessed the inhibitory activity against mammalian DNA polymerases α and β.     

Reactivity of pyrrole pigments. Part 10 MINDO/3 calculations on bile pigments

The applicability of the MINDO/3 method is evaluated for tetrapyrrolic bile pigments: geometries from already calculated dipyrrolic partial models have been used to reduce the calculation time. Net atomic charges and reactivity parameters obtained from the frontier orbital model, i.e. HOMO and LUMO distribution on the molecule, are reported for several conformations.

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Reaktivität von Pyrrolpigmenten, 10. Mitt. MINDO/3-Rechnungen von Gallenpigmenten

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Einsatz von MINDO/3 für tetrapyrrolische Gallenpigmente beschrieben. Um die Rechenzeit herabzusetzen, wurden geometrische Daten verwendet, die vorher für dipyrrolische Partialstrukturen ermittelt worden waren. Für mehrere Konformationen werden Ladungsdichten und Reaktivitätsparameter nach dem Frontier-Orbital-Modell, nämlich HOMO- und LUMO-Verteilung, berichtet.

     

A DSC study of the effect of lead pigments on the drying of cold pressed linseed oil

Cold pressed linseed oil and paints prepared using the inorganic pigments; lead white and red lead, were characterized using non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in an air atmosphere to determine the effect of the pigment on the oxidative polymerisation of the drying oil medium. For each paint sample, the onset temperature for oxidation was reduced from 166°C to the range 50 to 60°C when a heating rate of 5 K min^-1 was used. In order to determine the rate of drying, the non-isothermal experiments were carried out using a range of heating rates. A change in the mechanism oxidative polymerization was observed as the heating rate was increased.     

Quinoid pigments of echinodermata III. Minor pigments of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus

Summary 1. 3-Acetyl-2,7-dihydroxy-6-methylnaphthazarin, not previously described, has been isolated from the test and needles of the sea urchinStronglyocentrotus nudus.2. The pigments of this sea urchin have been shown to include 2,7-dihydroxynaphthazarin and spinochrome E.3. A number of minor pigments forming naphthazarin derivatives has been isolated. One of them is connected with spinochrome C by mutual transformations.The subject matter of the present paper was given in part at the All-Union Conference on Biological Resources of the Seas of the Far East (Vladivostok, 1975).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. 2, pp. 202–207, March–April, 1977.     

Synthetic studies on lytophilippine A: synthesis of the proposed structure

Synthesis of the proposed structure of lytophilippine A was accomplished employing SmI(2)-mediated 5-exo cyclization of an aldehydo β-alkoxyvinyl sulfoxide and ring-closing metathesis reaction.     

Liposoluble pigments from the herb

The liposoluble pigments — carotenoids, chlorophylls, and hypericin — have been determined in a chloroform extract of the herb common St. John's wort. It has been found that, among the carotenoids, the biologically active -carotene and its oxygen-containing derivatives predominate.Almaty Pharmaceutical Factory Company Limited, 180008, Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, ul. Shevchenko, 162-E, fax 42 96 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 882–883, November–December, 1997.