Steroid compounds of marine sponges. VII. Preparation of derivatives of sokotrasterol and halistanol sulfates and structure-activity interrelationships among these compounds

Five new sulfated derivatives of sokotrasterol and halistanol have been obtained: 24-nor-5-cholane-2,3,6,23-tetraol 2,3,6-tri(sodium sulfate); 24-nor-5-cholane-2,3,6,23-tetraol 2,3,6-tri(sodium sulfate) 23-palmitate; 24,25-dimethyl-5-cholestane-2,3,6-triol 3-(sodium sulfate); 24,25-dimethyl-5-cholestane-2,3,6-triol 6-(sodium sulfate); and 24,25-dimethyl-5-cholestane-2,3,6-triol 2,6-di(sodium sulfate). The inhibiting and membranolytic properties of the polysulfated steroids from sponges and their derivatives have been studied. It has been shown that physiological activity in this series of compounds depends on biphilicity.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 441–445, July–August, 1986.     

A thermodynamic study of the inclusion processes of α- andβ-cyclodextrins with the acid forms of methyl orange and methyl yellow

The effect of temperature on the UV-visible spectra of the acid forms of methyl orange and methyl yellow in the presence of - and-cyclodextrins was analysed in terms of 1 : 1 inclusion processes. Three inclusion processes were considered for each azo dye/cyclodextrin system. The processes are the apparent inclusion process, the ammonium inclusion process, and the azonium inclusion process. The values of H ⁰ and S ⁰ are reported for each process. The inclusion complexes of the ammonium tautomer are more stable than those of the azonium tautomer and -cyclodextrin inclusion complexes are more stable than those of-cyclodextrin. The inclusion processes resulted in a shift in the position of the tautomeric equilibrium of an azo dye. A significant color fading was observed in -cyclodextrin/methyl yellow solutions. No measurable changes in the absorbances were observed in the case of azo dye solutions containing -cyclodextrin.     

Radiation-induced reactions of cholesterol in an aqueous medium

⁶⁰Co -ray radiolysis of cholesterol /3-hydroxy-5-cholestene/ /I/ in the two-phase system /water-ethyl acetate/ and in the presence of air has been studied using TLC and GC methods. The following products were observed in the irradiated mixture: 3, 7-dihydroxy-5-cholestene /II/, G O. 36, 3-hydroxy-7-keto-5-cholestene /III/, G 1.48, 3-hydroxy-7-keto-5-cholestane /IV/, G 0.22, 3,5,6-trihydroxy-5-cholestane /V/, G 0.83, 5,6-epoxy-3-hydroxy-5-cholestane /VIa/, G 0.26, 5,6-epoxy-3-hydroxy-5-cholestane /VIb/, G 0.24, and 2, 3-dihydroxy-5-cholestene /VII/, G 0.22. The dose dependence of the formation of these products shows that the cholesterol derivatives substituted in the position 7 /II–IV/ are formed from a common precursor — the radical Ia. On the other hand, the products of the 5–C=C double bond reactions /V and VI/ are formed independently. Also the product VII is formed independently. A reaction scheme that is in agreement with these results is proposed.     

Interactions of Nabumetone with Cyclodextrins in Solution and in the Solid State

The interactions of nabumetone (NAB) with -cyclodextrin (-CD) and-cyclodextrin (-CD) were studied in aqueous solution by meansof phase-solubility analysis. Solid dispersions of NAB with -cyclodextrin(-CD), -cyclodextrin (-CD), methyl- (M-CD),hydroxypropyl-cyclodextrin (HP-CD) were prepared by coevaporationand kneading and also by coprecipitation in the case of -CD. X-ray diffractometry, thermal analysis and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to study the possibility of complexation of the drug with the different cyclodextrins. Solid dispersions of nabumetone with -CD showed a remarkable improvement in the dissolution rate of nabumetone.     

Thermal decomposition of phosphorylated hemimercaptals

Conclusions The reaction of diphenylchlorophosphine with ,,-trichloro--hydroxyethyl ethyl sulfide in the presence of triethylamine leads to the formation of -ethylthio-,,-trichloroethyl diphenylphosphonite. The reaction of diphenylchlorophosphine with dimethyl -hydroxy--propylthiophosphonate in the presence of triethylamine gives -propylthio--dimethylphosphonoethyl diphenylphosphonite. The phosphorylated hemimercaptals obtained are thermally unstable and decompose to S-alkyl diphenylthiophosphonites and the corresponding carbonyl compounds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2619–2621, November, 1985.     

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.     

The role of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the formation of β-cyclodextrin head-to-head and head-to-tail dimers. The results of ab initio and semiempirical quantum-chemical calculations

The conformation of a free -cyclodextrin molecule optimized by the MNDO/PM3 quantum-chemical calculations has C₇ symmetry. The right orientation of the interglucose hydrogen bonds in -cyclodextrin, in which the 2-OH groups act as the proton donors and the O atoms of the nearby 3"-OH groups function as the proton acceptors, is advantageous for thermodynamic reasons. The ring of seven H bonds thus formed stabilizes the symmetrical form of -cyclodextrin. The -cyclodextrin head-to-head dimer has D ₇ symmetry and consists of molecules whose 2-OH groups partcipate as proton donors in the formation of fourteen complementary intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The energy of H bonds in the -cyclodextrin monomer and dimer was estimated to be 1.0--1.4 kcal mol^–1. Of the two possible -cyclodextrin dimers, the head-to-tail dimer is more thermodynamically stable. The thermodynamic preference of the right orientation of the inter-glucose H bonds in -cyclodextrin was confirmed by the MP2/6-31G(d,p)//6-31G(d,p) ab initio calculations for maltose (-glucodioside). The maltose molecule with inter-glucose H bonds of the type 2-OHO(3")-H is more stable than the structure with the H-(2)OH-O(3") orientation of H bonds with a difference of 2.7 kcal mol^–1. According to the MNDO/PM3 method, the maltose structure with the right H bond orientation is more stable by 3.1 kcal mol^–1.     

Deuterium relaxation time ofα-d-tryptophan included in cyclodextrin host molecules

Deuterium relaxation times ofd- andl--d-tryptophan included in -cyclodextrin derivatives were directly measured by deuterium NMR spectroscopy. The results showed that the molecular motion of the tryptophan molecule was strongly restricted even in the cavity of unmodified -cyclodextrin and the additional recognition groupings — ammonium and carboxylate — on -cyclodextrin did not affect the molecular motion of tryptophan, though the association constants were significantly enhanced.Deceased on March 22, 1987.     

Dynamic purity determinations. I. Location of the solidus by nuclear magnetic resonance

The error in purity determinations by differential scanning calorimetry has been studied on two different kinds of systems, metallic and organic, the latter with different types of impurities added. The organic systems have been corrected for solid-solubility error by a nuclear magnetic resonance technique.The impurities chosen for the organic systems were either quite dissimilar to the matrix or similar enough to render solid solution probable. This solid solution leads to deviations from the equation used for dynamic purity determinations. The nuclear magnetic resonance determination of the solidus establishes the proper starting temperature for area summation on a DSC curve.

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Zusammenfassung Der Fehler in Reinheitsbestimmungen mittels Differential-Scanning-kalorimetrie wurde an zwei verschiedenartigen Systemen untersucht, metallisch und organisch, wobei zu letzteren verschiedentliche Verunreinigungen zugefügt wurden. Der durch Feststoff-Feststofflöslichkeit verursachte Fehler in den organischen Systemen wurde mittels einer kernmagnetischen Resonanzmethode korrigiert.Die für die organischen Systeme gewählten Verunreinigungen waren entweder sehr verschieden von der Matrix, oder aber genügend ähnlich, um feste Lösungen wahrscheinlich zu machen. Diese festen Lösungen führen zu Abweichungen von der für dynamische Reinheitsbestimmungen angewendeten Gleichung. Die Bestimmung der kernmagnetischen Resonanz des Feststoffs ermöglicht die Bestimmung der richtigen Anfangstemperatur für die Flächen-summierung auf der DSC-Kurve.

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The authors are grateful to the National Science Foundation for its support through Research Grant CHE 76-08765, and to S. E. Walter for assistance with some calculations.     

Researches on imidazoles

A study is made of the reaction of the sodium and ammonium salts of 1 -alkyl- and 1, 2-dialkyl-4-nitro-5 mercaptoimidazoles with -halogenoketones, -halogenoalcohols, and — and -halogeno acids, to give a number of 1 -alkyl- and 1, 2-dialkyl-4-nitro-5- [-ketoalkyl (aralkyl)-, -hydroxyethyl-, and -and -carboxyalkyl] mercaptoimidazoles.For Part XXIV see [6].     

Steroids

Summary 1. A new type of steroido[17, 16-d]-3-(methyl, phenyl)isoxazoles has been synthesized by the cyclization of the syn-oximes of acylated 3-hydroxy-16, 17-oxidopregn-5-en-20-ones or their 5-saturated derivatives and acylated 17-benzoyl-3-hydroxy-16, 17-oxidoandrost-5-ones.2. It has been established that the Beckmann rearrangement of the anti-oximes of acylated 17-benzoyl-3-hydroxy-16, 17-androst-5-enes leads to a mixture of anilides and steroidoisoxazoles, which shows the inversion of the configuration of the oximes (from the anti to the syn form) during the rearrangement.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 325–333, 1966     

Oxidation of Natural and Thermal Denatured Bovine Serum Albumin Hydrazyl Free Radicals in the Presence of Cyclodextrins

The influence of certain thermal treatments on the reactivity of bovine serum albumin (denaturation followed by renaturation in three different cooling conditions) was studied monitoring the kinetics of oxidation of BSA with two water-soluble stable hydrazyl radicals. The results showed that the addition to the reaction mixture of -cyclodextrin and -cyclodextrin decreases the oxidation rate, probably due to the encapsulation of terminal amino acid rests by the cyclodextrins cavity. -Cyclodextrin protects more efficiently the albumin probes than -cyclodextrin. The denatured albumin probes are more reactive than natural albumin as a consequence of the reorienting of the hydrophobic rests of albumin molecule to their surface.     

Improvement of Solubility and Dissolution of 19-Norprogesterone via Inclusion Complexation

In an effort to modify the solubility and dissolution rate of the contraceptive steroid, 19-norprogesterone in order to improve its bioavailability, the cyclodextrin complexation approach was chosen. In solution, the complex formation with -cyclodextrin (-CD), hydroxyethyl -cyclodextrin (HE--CD) and hydroxypropyl -cyclodextrin (HP--CD) was confirmed by using solubility, UV, IR and ¹H-NMR spectrophotometric techniques. The phase solubility diagrams were categorized as A_L-type. The complexing affinity of the CDs investigated were ranked as follows: -CD > HP--CD > HE--CD. The complexation thermodynamic parameters were obtained from the temperature dependence of the dissociation constants. In the solid state, differential scanning calorimetery (DSC) and optical microscopy methods were utilized to characterize the complexes. Dissolution studies showed that such molecularly encapsulated forms offered a marked improvement in the dissolution rate compared to the parent drug.     

Ultrasonic study of the molecular encapsulation and the micellization processes of dodecylethyldimethylammonium bromide-water solutions in the presence of β-cyclodextrin or 2,6-di-o-methyl-β-cyclodextrin

Aqueous solutions of -cyclodextrin (-CD) or 2,6-di-o-methyl--cyclodextrin (DM--CD) and dodecylethyldimethylammonium bromide (D₁₂EDMAB) have been studied from speed of sound (u) data at 298.15 K, using a pulse-echo-overlap technique. The molecular encapsulation process of the surfactant monomer into the cyclodextrin cavity and its effect in the micellization process of the surfactant have been analyzed from theu measurements: I) as a function of [D₁₂EDMAB] in the presence of several initial cyclodextrin concentrations (-CD or.DM--CD); II) as a function of [cyclodextrin] (-CD or DM--CD), for an initial micellar solution of D₁₂EDMAB and; III) as a function of the [cyclodextrin]/[surfactant] stoichiometric concentrations. Both inclusion complexes formed (-CDD₁₂EDMAB) and (DM--CDD₁₂EDMAB) have stoichiometries of 11, and their association constantK have been determined using a model proposed in this work, based on the additivity of the different contributions of the involved species to the speed of sound. The apparent critical micellar concentration, cmc^*, of D₁₂EDMAB is found to increase linearly upon the addition of cyclodextrin (-CD or DM--CD). The free surfactant concentration in the micellar region, [D₁₂EDMAB]_f, decreases in the presence of -CD and slightly increases in the presence of DM--CD. The influence of the parcial methylation of the -cyclodextrin (-CDDM--CD) and of the polar head of the surfactant (D₁₂TAB D₁₂EDMAB) on the complextion and micellar parameters are also discussed.Supplementary material available: Tables of speed of sound (14 pages) are available from the authors.     

Diffusion properties of cyclodextrins in aqueous solution at 25°C

Diffusion, density, and viscosity data are collected for the systems -cyclodextrin and -cyclodextrin in water. Frictional coefficients were computed with the help of literature activity data and a qualitative discussion of their concentration dependence was attempted.     

Solubility Study of Nimodipine Inclusion Complexation with α- and β-Cyclodextrin and some Substituted Cyclodextrins

The solubility of nimodipine was measured in aqueous solutions of the following cyclodextrins: -cyclodextrin (-CD), hydroxypropyl--CD (HP--CD), -cyclodextrin (-CD), random substituted methyl--CD (M--CD), three hydroxypropyl--CDs (HP--CD) with mutually different average degree of substitution, and hydroxypropyl--cyclodextrin (HP--CD). From the determined linear solubility diagrams the values of the binding constant K₁₁ of the inclusion complexes of nimodipine with the respective CDs were evaluated. The -CDs efficiently solubilized sparingly soluble nimodipine, the highest value of K₁₁ was found for M--CD (1680 M^-1), followed by -CD (550 M^-1) and HP--CDs, where the higher degree of substitution lowered K₁₁. Only slight solubilization of nimodipine was observed in the solutions of the -CDs and HP--CD.     

Reduction of phytotoxicity of nonionic tensides by cyclodextrins

The effect of nonionic tenside nonylphenylnonylglycolate and its -, -, -cyclodextrin, 2,6-di-O-methyl--cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl--cyclodextrin (TRIMEB) complexes was tested on the potassium influx of wheat seedling roots. Tenside alone inhibited strongly the potassium influx. This noxious effect was alleviated by cyclodextrins. The alleviating effect increased with increasing cyclodextrin: tenside molar ratio, in the order: DIMEB>CD>CD>CDTRIMEB.Presented at the Fourth Internatinal Symposium on Inclusion Phenomena and the Third International Symposium on Cyclodextrins, Lancaster, U.K., 20–25 July 1986.     

Cucurbituril and α- and β-Cyclodextrins as Ligands for the Complexation of Nonionic Surfactants and Polyethyleneglycols in Aqueous Solutions

The complexation of nonionicsurfactants and polyethylene glycols by the ligandscucurbituril, - and -cyclodextrin wasstudied in aqueous solution. All the examined guestmolecules form complexes with these ligands.Calorimetric titrations were performed to determinedirectly the stability constants and reactionenthalpies. The presence of an aromatic part innonionic surfactants leads to more stable complexeswith -cyclodextrin than with the other ligands.If the surfactants contain no benzene group, theinteractions with -cyclodextrin are strongercompared to other ligands. The chain length of thepolyethylene glycols has only an influence upon thevalues of the reaction enthalpy in the case of-cyclodextrin.     

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.