Investigation of the lability of the conformations of some alkaloids of the quinolizidine series

Summary The IR and NMR spectra of lupinine, epilupinine, and a series of other alkaloids of the quinolizidine series have been studied.It has been shown that the inhibition of the inversion processes in the molecules of the alkaloids in the solid phase is revealed in a change in the nature of the absorption in the 500–1200 cm^2–1 region.V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 49–54, January, 1971.     

Investigation of the products of the ozonolysis of larixol

On the ozonization of larixol in methanol followed by treatment with ammonium chloride, the main reaction products were 15,16,20-trisnorlabd-6-ene-8,13-dione and 6-hydroxy-8,13;8,14-diepoxy-15,20-bisnorlabd-14-one. When ozonization was performed in methanol in the presence of dimethyl sulfide or in methylene chloride in the presence of pyridine, 6,14-dihydroxy-8,13;8,14-diepoxy-15,20-bisnorlabdane and 6-hydroxy-14,50,20-trisnorlabd-8,13-dione predominated in the reaction products.Institute of Chemistry of the MSSR Academy of Sciences, Kishinev, and Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Bashkir Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 577–584, September–October, 1986.     

Structure of the products of the photoreaction of osthole

The results are given of a study of the photoreaction of osthole in chloroform and acetophenone. It has been shown that when it is irradiated in the latter solvent the cyclization characteristic for coumarins takes place at the double bonds both in the 3,4- position of the coumarin ring and in the side chain, leading to the formation of cyclobutane structures.Leningrad Sanitary-Hygienic Medical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 165–168, March–April, 1980.     

Investigation of the products of the ozonolysis of larixol

On the ozonization of larixol in methanol followed by treatment with ammonium chloride, the main reaction products were 15,16,20-trisnorlabd-6-ene-8,13-dione and 6-hydroxy-8,13;8,14-diepoxy-15,20-bisnorlabd-14-one. When ozonization was performed in methanol in the presence of dimethyl sulfide or in methylene chloride in the presence of pyridine, 6,14-dihydroxy-8,13;8,14-diepoxy-15,20-bisnorlabdane and 6-hydroxy-14,50,20-trisnorlabd-8,13-dione predominated in the reaction products.     

Calculation of enthalpies of hydrogenation of hydrocarbons

Sets of hydrogen molecule equivalents have been developed which permit the calculation of hydrogenation of different types of carbon-carbon bonds from ab initio total energies (3-21G and 6-31G* basis sets, and, to a more limited extent, for MP2/6-31G* data) of reactants and products. The calculated enthalpies of hydrogenation are in good agreement with experiment for unstrained molecules, with average errors on the order of 2 kcal/mol. The 6-31G* equivalents allow the enthalpies for strained molecules to be calculated accurately, but the 3-21G equivalents do not. The equivalents for both basis sets have been tested by calculating the enthalpies of hydrogenation of carbon-carbon bonds in nitrogen- and oxygen-containing organic molecules, free radicals, and classical carbocations. The results are in good agreement with experiment in most cases.     

Influence of viscosity of medium on processes of oxygen quenching of excited states of mesoporphyrin

The oxygen quenching rate constants for singlet and triplet excited states of the dimethyl ester of mesoporphyrin IX increase with decreasing viscosity of the medium and reach a maximum at a viscosity of approximately 0.4 mPa·sec, after which the rate constants begin to decrease. The drop in rate constant with increasing fluidity of the medium may be related to a nonequilibrium character of the elementary act in the interaction of the reactants in the solvent cage. In viscous media such as isopropyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, and isoamyl alcohol, the reaction radius is greater than the sum of the radii of the reacting particles. The long-range character of these processes is due to the relatively weak dependence of the quenching probability on distance.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 161–167, March–April, 1989.     

Effect of composition of coordination sphere on value of constant of additional hyperfine structure of EPR spectra

Conclusions Replacing the oxygen atoms by sulfur atoms in the coordination sphere of nitrogen-containing copper complexes leads to a substantial increase in the constant of the additional hyperfine structure from the nitrogen atoms, and consequently also to an increase in the degree of covalency of the Cu-N bonds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 704–706, March, 1974.The authors thank V. I. Nefedov for taking the x-ray electronic spectra of compounds (I) and (II).     

青海湖区河谷灌丛主要植物微量元素含量特征

采集青海湖地区沙柳河河谷灌丛14种主要植物，采用AAS分析了其中7种微量元素含量。结果表明，元素Cu、Mn、Co含量有较大的植物种问差异，7种微量元素中Se含量最小，Fe含量最大。元素Mn和Fe、Co、Ni之间都具有极显著的正相关性，即相互之间具有协同性作用。     

Dichroism of absorption and polarization of phosphorescence of molecules of the closed form of nitrobenzospirothiopyran

The spectral-polarization characteristics of absorption and phosphorescence of molecules of the initial form of nitro-substituted indolinospirobenzothiopyran were studied in oriented polyethylene films and in solutions with different polarity. An oscillator model of the electron transitions responsible for the formation of absorption and luminescence spectra was suggested. It was established that the principal differences in the spectral and photophysical properties of the compound studied and its oxygen-containing analog are associated with the fact that the electronegativity of the S atom is lower than that of the O atom. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1143–1146, June, 1997.     

Effective Methods of Preparation of Some Classes of Phosphororganic Compounds

Abstract

The convenient methods of preparation of secondary and tertiary phosphines, phosphinoxides and phosphonates on the basis of corresponding P-H acids and alkyl-, allyl-, alle-nyl-, ethynylarylhalides, 1,3-diens, acetylenic and vinyl-acetylenic hydrocarbons as alkylating agents have been elaborated. The reactions were proceeded in organic solvents in the presence of potassium carbonate under the conditions of interphase catalysis in liquid-liquid, liquid-solid systems, as well as in superbasic medium (schemes 1, 2)     

Application of neutron activation analysis to the study of the variations of the concentration of trace elements in various organs of rat as a function of age

In order to know the normal distribution of trace elements is rats, in terms of age, we have determined the elemental composition of different organs and body tissues by neutron activation analysis following an animal experiment during which the rats raised outside of any kind of pollution, were fed with a defined diet. The values observed for Co, Zn, Mn, Se, Fe, Cs, Rb, Hg, Cd in heart, body muscles, liver, kidney and testis are represented in table and figures. Except for renal accumulation of Hg and Cd, the more interesting fact revealed in this work, in the accumulation of Fe in body muscles and testis.     

Effect of the addition of alkanols of different topology to dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine vesicles in the presence of gramicidin

In the present work, we analyze the effect of incorporation of the nonanol family (e.g., 1-Nonanol (1-N), 5-Nonanol (5-N), and 2,6-Dimethyl-4-Heptanol (2,6-DH)) into DPPC LUVs in the presence of different gramicidin concentrations. The principal aim of this work is to study the effect of alkanols solubilization on the physicochemical properties of lipid bilayers in the presence of peptide trans-membrane channels, that is, the effects of nonanol family in the interface of lipid-peptide region, considering that the study provides the analysis of a ternary system by direct excitation as well as by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer. Fluorescence measurements were carried out at 20°C after direct excitation of the extrinsic probe or by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) from the tryptophan group of gramicidin. Alkanol incorporation decreases with increasing gramicidin content and branching of the additives. 1-N generates most important changes in the inner part of the bilayer, where it produces an increase in bulk acyl chain mobility. Similarly, 1-N significantly modifies the properties of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic interface region sensed by Laurdan, increasing the polarity of the probe microenvironment and/or increasing the relaxation time of interfacial water molecules. On the other hand, 1-N produces a decrease in PDA fluorescence lifetime, a result that can be explained by a significant amount of water entrance to the inner part of the bilayer. The same behavior was observed when pseudo-first-order quenching rate constants by oxygen were measured. 1-N produces an increase in mobility/solubility of the oxygen in the lipid membrane, an effect that is more noticeable in the deep region of the bilayer sensed by PDA, in the absence and in the presence of 2mol% of Gr. 1-N incorporation produces a greater reduction in GP value than 5-N and 2,6-DH when Laurdan was excited by FRET. These results show that 1-N has the greatest effect in the lipidic domains near the gramicidin channel. On the other hand, excimer-monomer ratios of PDA obtained by FRET show that 1-N reduces the lateral mobility of acyl chains near the lipid-gramicidin interface when gramicidin concentration in the lipid bilayer increases. This effect is more noticeable than that obtained by direct irradiation of the probe in the presence of 5-N and 2,6-DH. On the other hand, the addition of the three alkanols in the presence of Gr produces a noticeable increase in the water permeability, particularly for 1-N. In this context, we propose a scheme that represents the effect of 1-nonanol on the water outflow in DPPC LUVs in the absence and in the presence of Gr.     

13C NMR spectroscopy of the ring-chain tautomerism of the product of reduction of dubinidinone

The existence of ring-chain tautomerism between a cyclic semiketal form and an open-chain -ketol form of the product of the reduction of dubinidinone has been shown unambiguously by¹³C NMR spectroscopy, and this has been confirmed by the results of PMR spectroscopy. It has been shown that in the solution in deuteropyridine and deuterodimethyl sulfoxide the tautomeric equilibrium is shifted in the direction of the formation of the cyclic semiketal, while in trifluoroacetic acid it is shifted in the direction of the open-chain -ketol. Analysis of the IR spectrum has shown that the product of the reduction of dubinidinone exists predominantly in the cyclic semiketal form in the crystalline state.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 100–104, January–February, 1988.     

Application of exploratory data analysis for the characterization of tubular wells of the North of Brazil

Roraima is located in the extreme North of Brazil, in the Western Amazon Region. The groundwater has an important role in the public supply of potable water on the Roraima State. The objective of this work is the application of PCA (Principal Component Analysis) and HCA (Hierarchical Cluster Analysis) for the characterisation of tubular wells of the Roraima State, as regards physical–chemical composition of water. The parameters analyzed in laboratory were the following ones: pH, electric conductivity, Total Hardness, Total Alkalinity, Bicarbonate, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Nitrate, Chloride, Total Iron. The physical–chemical analyses, were carried out during the months of September and October 2000 (winter, period of rains). The laboratory analysis was performed using classical methods (titrimetry and uv–visible spectroscopy), the samples were processed in agreement with the Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater.The physical–chemical analyses, were accomplished in September and October 2000. In physical–chemical terms, the groundwater samples analyzed do not indicate any restriction to human consumption and the two chemometric methods of exploratory data analysis: PCA and HCA are efficient for the discrimination of bicarbonated (tubular wells locateds in the South of the Roraima State) and not bicarbonated (tubular wells locateds in the North of Roraima) groundwater.     

Influence of polarity of medium on formation of intermediates in photolysis of alkylaminobenzophenones in solutions

Flash photolysis has been used in a study of the absorption spectra and decay kinetics of the intermediates in photolysis of 4,4′-bis-dimethylaminobenzophenone, 4,4′-bis-diethylaminobenzophenone, and 4-dimethylamino-benzophenone in various types of solvents. It has been established that flash photolysis of solutions of alkylaminobenzophenones in polar solvents produces not only alkylamine or ketyl radicals, but also an intermediate that absorbs in the 470 nm region, the decay curves of which are described by first-order kinetic equations. In the presence of tertiary amines, the yield of this product is lower. The addition of sodium perchlorate to the solution increases the lifetime of this intermediate species. L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, 31 Nauka Prospect, 252039 Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 27–31, January–February, 1997.     

Mechanism of self-assembly of rigid-chain macromolecules of cellulose ethers in solutions

With the aid of the turbidity-spectrum method, the cloud-point method, X-ray analysis, and polarization microscopy and the use of a polarization-photoelectric apparatus, the sizes of supramolecular particles are determined and the liquid-crystalline phase transitions and the structure of cellulose ether solutions are studied in a wide composition range. As the concentration of the polymer in solution increases, the sizes of light-scattering particles tend to increase from several nanometers to several thousand nanometers. This effect is the most pronounced during formation of the liquid-crystalline phase. The “packet” mechanism of self-assembly of macromolecules is advanced. For cyanoethyl cellulose macromolecules, the coilhelix transition is observed with an increase in the concentration of the polymer in solution. For the cyanoethyl cellulose-dimethylacetamide system, the method for calculating the amount of macromolecules in supramolecular particles in both isotropic and anisotropic regions is suggested.     

Study of the properties of pentasil-containing catalysts in reactions of transformation of hydrocarbons 5. Kinetics and mechanism of aromatization of propane and propylene on Ga and H forms of pentasils

The kinetics of transformations of propane and propylene on Ga-modified pentasils and the H-form of zeolite were investigated in a wide range of conversions (20–95%). The selectivity of formation of aromatic hydrocarbons (ArH) on Ga-pentasils is significantly higher than on HTsVM. Quantitative data which demonstrate acceleration of aromatization of propane and propylene in modification of H-TsVM zeolite with gallium were obtained. An especially large increase in the reaction rate is observed in the case of the starting olefin: the rate constants on Ga/HTsVM and HTsVM are respectively equal to 9.21 and 1.44 sec^–1. The significant effect of H₂ on the selectivity of action of the Zn/HTsVM system in aromatization of propane was demonstrated. The effect of H₂ was virtually not manifested on Ga/HTsVM in the conditions studied. The data obtained in the study permitted introducing important corrections in the scheme of the mechanism of aromatization of lower alkanes examined in the literature.For communications 3 and 4, see [1, 10].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1250–1257, June, 1990.     

Quantum-chemical study of tautomers of reduced forms of anthraquinone

The quantum-chemical method B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) was used to calculate structural parameters of four conformers of 9,10-dihydroxyanthracene, two conformers of 9-hydroxyanthrone, and the corresponding anions, dianion, and radical anion. The energy of 9,10-dihydroxyanthracene in a gas phase is higher and in aqueous solution lower than the energy of 9-hydroxyanthrone. The dianion can exist exclusively in a polarizable medium.     

Monooxygenase activity of metalloporphyrins and mechanism of activation of molecular oxygen

Reaction rate constants have been measured for the oxidation of cholesterol by atmospheric oxygen in the presence of tetra-meso-substituted metalloporphyrins [MP] (M = Ni, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co). The results have been interpreted by the use of data on the structure of metal complexes and reaction mechanisms. It has been established that the reaction proceeds at a high rate when the oxygen in the composition of the intermediate complex [MO₂P] is in the singlet spin state. The singlet state of O₂ is occupied in the case in wich the metal ion in the porphyrin complex is in a high-spin state. The spin state and related catalytic activity of the metalloporphyrin is regulated by meso-substituents in the porphine ring. The influence of meso-substituents is predicted theoretically within the framework of a generalized orienting effect, the presence of which is supported by an analysis of ¹³C NMR data for meso-substituted metalloporphyrins.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 428–435, July–August 1987.     

Elucidation of the Structure of Products of Triphenylphosphine Electrooxidation in the Presence of Camphene

The structure of the products of anodic oxidation of triphenylphosphine in the presence of camphene carried out in acetonitrile with sodium perchlorate as supporting electrolyte has been studied. The major product, triphenylphosphine oxide, has been isolated from the solution in the form of cocrystals of free triphenylphosphine oxide and its complex with sodium perchlorate. The molecular structure of the cocrystals has been studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. Triphenylcamphenylphosphonium perchlorate, bornylacetamide, and a terpene compound with triphenylphosphonium and acetamide substituents in the cycle have been detected by NMR ¹³C as the electrolysis side products.