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.     

Arenobufagin and gamabufotalin from the venom of the Central Asian green toadBufo viridis. Introduction,structural—functional features

Two bufodienolides have been isolated in the individual form from the Central Asian green toadBufo viridis for the first time. It has been established by₁H NMR, mass spectrometry, and x-ray structural analysis that these compounds are gamabufotalin (3, 11, 14-trihydroxy-5, 14ß-bufa-20,22-dienolide) and a crystalline modification of arenobufagin (3, 11, 14-trihydroxy-12-oxo-5, 14-bufa-20,22-dienolide). The biological activity of Bakagin — the total bufadienolides of the venom ofB. viridis, consisting predominantly of the compounds named — has been studied. The promising nature of a further study of Bakagin as a cardiotonic drug has been shown.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 260–268, March–April, 1995. Original article submitted October 10, 1994.     

β-Cyclodextrin–Polyelectrolyte Interactions in Aqueous Solution: I. Poly(4-Sodium Styrenesulfonate) (NaPSS)

The interactions between -cyclodextrin and a hydrosoluble polymer carrying hydrophobic residues: poly(4-sodium styrenesulfonate) have been studied. Several techniques were used: capillary viscosimetry, circular dichroïsm, and NMR spectroscopy. The results proved that the aromatic residues of NaPSS were included in the cavity of -cyclodextrin, and that, in addition, a network of hydrogen bonding between sulfonic acid residues and the hydroxyl groups of -cyclodextrin occured.     

Computer-aided library search of combined LC-Retention and diode-array-UV-spectral data

An automated library search system for computer-aided identification of organic compounds using combined UV-spectral and LC-retention data, as acquired by HPLC with linear diodearray-UV-detection, is presented.The keystone of the system is a set of similarity indices which have been developed on the basis of mathematical-statistical models of the reproducibility of the spectral and retention data. The similarity indices have the form of a significance probability, a quantity originating from the general theory of hypothesis testing. The output of the LC-UV retrieval system is a compound identity or a list of identities (if any) for which the relevant similarity index has a value above a preset threshold. The data base used in this investigation contained 186 sets of UV-spectral and LC-retention data of 74 organophosphorus pesticides measured from standard solutions under various experimental conditions. A test set consisted of 186 alternative data sets of the same compounds as contained in the data base, however measured under different experimental conditions. The performance of the LC-UV reproducibility-based retrieval (LUVRR) system was evaluated using recall/reliability plots. The results appeared to be quite promising: for 95% of the unknowns, the target reference (correct positive) was on top of the hit list with a similarity index value being significantly higher than values found for false positives.The software is written in Pascal. The present (experimental) version of the system runs on a Data General Eclipse MV/4000 minicomputer.     

Standard reference materials for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Summary Since 1980 a number of Standard Reference Materials (SRM's) have been issued by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) to assist in validating measurements for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and other polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC). These SRM's are certified for selected PAC and range in analytical difficulty from calibration solutions to complex natural matrix materials, such as air and diesel particulate matter, shale oil, and crude oil. In the past year three new SRM's have been introduced: (1) SRM 1647a Priority Pollutant PAH in Acetonitrile, (2) SRM 1491 Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hexane/Toluene, and SRM 1597 Complex Mixture of PAH from Coal Tar. The SRM's available from NBS for use in the determination of PAC are described and the concentrations of PAC determined in the natural matrix SRM's are summarized and compared. The primary analytical techniques used for the measurement of PAC in these SRM's were gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

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Standardreferenzmaterialien für die Bestimmung von polycyclischen aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen

     

Preparation and properties of cyclodextrin inclusion compounds of organometallic complexes. Ferrocene inclusion compounds

Inclusion compounds of ferrocene(FcH) and its derivatives with cyclodextrins(CDs; -CD, -CD, and -CD) were prepared. CD-ferrocene inclusion compounds were obtained in a crystalline state in high yield. -CD and -CD formed 11 stoichiometric inclusion compounds with ferrocene and its derivatives. -CD formed 21 (CD:guest) complexes with ferrocene and the monosubstituted derivatives, but did not form complexes with 1,1-disubstituted derivatives, -CD-FcH and -CD-FcH complexes are thermally stable and do not liberate ferrocene on heating at 100°C in vacuo. The cyclodextrin inclusion compounds were characterized by¹H-NMR, IR, UV, and CD spectra. A large positive induced Cotton effect was observed in the case of -CD-FcH complex, while the -CD-FcH complex showed a negative spectrum. The binding mode is discussed. -Cyclodextrin was found to form inclusion complexes in ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, methyl cellosolve, ethyl cellosolve, methyl alcohol, and glycerine solutions. -CD also formed complexes in ethylene glycol solution. The binding of ferrocene by -CD is stronger in ethylene glycol than in dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl formamide.     

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.     

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.     

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     

Kinetics of perborate oxidation of quinol

The perborate oxidation of quinol in aqueous acetic acid is first order with respect to perborate, zero order with respect to quinol, and first order with respect to H⁺. The oxidation is faster than H₂O₂ oxidation. Breakdown of protonated perboric acid is suggested as the rate-limiting step.

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In situ X-ray diffraction studies of structural transformations in V-P-O catalysts

Structural transformations of V-P-O catalysts have been studied in situ in oxidative, inert and reducing atmosphere by the high-temperature X-ray diffraction method. Formation of vanadyl phosphates is shown to depend on the P/V ratio in the initial sample. It has been established that transformations in the phase composition of catalysts is independent of the reaction media at P/V=2. The effect of catalyst composition on catalytic properties is discussed.

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Philosophy of non-isothermal kinetics

The most debatable and discrepant viewpoints of non-isothermal kinetics are discussed in the form of twelve questions and answers. The reputation of non-isothermal kinetics when carried out by thermoanalysts; the consequences of simplified concepts transferred from the kinetics of homogeneous reactions; the physical meaning of basic kinetic parameters in solid-state processes; the kinetic compensative effect and interdependence of kinetic parameters using the Arrhenius rate constant; the mutual usefulness of differential and integral methods of kinetic data evaluation; their accuracy and correctness; the reliability of DTA measurements; non-isothermal versus isothermal investigations; equilibrium and kinetic data and their mutual effect; the extended discussion initiated by MacCallum and Tanner; non-isothermal data publication policy; and finally the use of computers.

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Zusammenfassung In der Form von zwölf Fragen und Antworten werden die meist umstrittenen und auseinandergehenden Aspekte der nicht-isothermen Kinetik diskutiert. Insbesondere das Ansehen der nicht-isothermen Kinetik bei Durchführung durch Thermoanalytiker, die Konsequenzen der vereinfachten von der Kinetik homogener Reaktionen übertragenen Konzepte, die physikalische Bedeutung der kinetischen Grundparameter in Festphasenprozessen, der kinetische Kompensationseffekt und die gegenseitige Abhängigkeit der kinetischen Parameter bei Anwendung der Geschwindigkeitskonstante nach Arrhenius, die gegenseitige Nützlichkeit der Differential- und Integralmethoden der Auswertung kinetischer Daten, ihre Genauigkeit und Richtigkeit, die Zuverlässigkeit der DTA-Messungen, nichtisotherme gegenüber von isothermen Untersuchungen, Gleichgewichts- und kinetische Daten und ihre gegenseitige Wirkung, die Ausbreitung der von MacCallum und Tanner initierten Diskussion Politik der Veröffentlichung nicht-isothermer Angaben und, endlich, Einsatz und Hilfeleistung der Computer.

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Résumé Les aspects les plus discutables de la cinétique non-isotherme sont traités sous forme de douze questions et réponses, en particulier: réputation de la cinétique non-isotherme appliquée par les thermoanalystes, conséquences des concepts simplifiés déduits de la cinétique des réactions en phase homogène, signification physique des paramètres cinétiques fondamentaux dans les processus en phase solide, effet de compensation cinétique et interdépendance des paramètres cinétiques lors de l'utilisation de la constante de vitesse d'Arrhenius, utilité mutuelle des méthodes différentielles et intégrales d'évaluation des données cinétiques, leur exactitude et leur degré de justesse, fiabilité des mesures par ATD, études non-isothermes vis-à-vis des méthodes isothermes, données à l'équilibre et en régime dynamique et leurs effets mutuels, extension de la discussion engagée par MacCallum et Tanner, politique de publication des données non-isothermes et finalement utilisation des ordinateurs et aide apportée par ceux-ci.

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Determination of diffusion coefficients of radicals by photochemical space intermittence method. Temperature effect on the diffusivity of CCl

Diffusion coefficients of CCl ₃ ^. radicals at T=298–343 K have been measured using the photochemical space intermittence method. The estimated activation energy of CCl ₃ ^. diffusion in CCl₃Br solutions amounts to 24 kJ/mol.

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Generation of model reactions leading to limit cycle behavior

The system of differential equations by Feistel and Ebeling has been generalized. Some new formal kinetic reactions with two internal components, which may exhibit limit cycle behavior have been studied. Based upon the numerical integration of the deterministic models of these reactions the oscillatory character of the systems has been confirmed.

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Isoparametric kinetic relations for chemical transformations in condensed substances (Analytical survey). II. Reactions involving the participation of solid substances

Various manifestations of the kinetic compensation effect are considered in reactions involving the participation of solid substances under isothermal and nonisothermal conditions, as well as manifestations of other isoparametric correlations. It is shown that isoparametric correlations can be used for the analysis of solid-phase reactions and the exclusion of artefacts in nonisothermal kinetics.

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Zusammenfassung Verschiedene Erscheinungen des kinetischen Kompensationseffektes bei unter Beteiligung von festen Substanzen unter isothermen und nichtisothermen Bedingungen verlaufenden Reaktionen werden erörtert, ebenso Erscheinungen anderer isoparametrischer Korrelationen. Es wird gezeigt, daß isoparametrische Korrelationen zur Analyse von Festphasenreaktionen und zum Ausschluß von Artifakten in der nicht-isothermen Kinetik herangezogen werden können.

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Thermal decomposition of 5-Nitro-2-Furaldehyde Semicarbazone

Nitrofurazone, 5-nitro-2-furaldehydesemicarbazone, pharmaceutical compound, has been synthesized and its thermal behaviour studied by DTA, DSC and TG. The resulting thermoanalytical curves, showing that the maximum change in mass occurred at 516.5 K, with a 67% weight loss, are in good correlation with the enthalpy of the decomposition reaction, 326.93 kJ mol^–1. On the basis of the results, it is possible to establish the mechanism of the thermal decomposition and to acquire information on the stability of the analyzed organic compound, 5-nitro-2-furaldehydesemicarbazone.

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Zusammenfassung Das Arzneimittel Nitrofurazon (5-Nitro-2-furaldehyd-Semicarbazon) wurde synthetisiert und dessen thermisches Verhalten mittels DTA, DSC und TG untersucht. Die erhaltenen thermoanalytischen Kurven, die einen Gewichtsverlust von 67 Gew.-% mit maximaler Geschwindigkeit der Gewichtsabnahme bei 516,5 K zeigen, sind in guter Übereinstimmung mit der Enthalpie der Zersetzungsreaktion von 326,93 kJ·mol^–1. Aus den Versuchsergebnissen können der Mechanismus der thermischen Zersetzung abgeleitet und Informationen über die Stabilität von 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyd-Semicarbazon erhalten werden.

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Investigation of the chemisorption of propylene on zinc oxide by temperature-programmed desorption

The interactions of propylene with zinc oxide have been studied by temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) under experimental conditions free of inter- or intraparticle limitations or readsorption phenomena.The results indicate that propylene is adsorbed on two types of active sites, and the Arrhenius parameters for the corresponding desorption processes have been calculated; moreover, on the basis of these results, important hypotheses can be made regarding the reaction mechanisms of the total oxidation and the dehydroaromatization of propylene on zinc oxide.The experiments confirm that thermal methods can be successfully used in the interesting and important field of heterogeneous catalysis.

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Zusammenfassung Die Wechselwirkungen von Propylen mit Zinkoxid wurden durch temperaturprogrammierte Desorption (TPD) unter Versuchsbedingungen frei von inter- oder intrapartikulären Begrenzungen oder Readsorptionserscheinungen untersucht.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß Propylen an zwei Typen von aktiven Stellen adsorbiert wird. Die Arrhenius-Parameter für die entsprechenden Desorptionsprozesse wurden berechnet. Aufgrund dieser Ergebnisse können wichtige Hypothesen bezüglich des Reaktionsmechanismus der totalen Oxidation und der Dehydroaromatisierung von Propylen an Zinkoxid aufgestellt werden.Die Versuche bestätigen, daß thermische Methoden auf dem interessanten und wichtigen Gebiet der heterogenen Katalyse mit Erfolg eingesetzt werden können.

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Mass-spectrometric analysis of polymers based on furyl alcohol-polyamic acid compositions

Polymer compositions based on furyl alcohol and polyamic acid were investigated by using mass-spectrometric thermal analysis. It was established that polyamic acid catalyses both the polycondensation of furyl alcohol and the formation of a three-dimensional network of furan polymer.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels massenspektroskopischer Thermoanalyse wurden auf Furylalkohol und Polyamidsäure basierende Polymergemische untersucht. Es wurde festgestellt, daß Polyamidsäure sowohl die Polykondensation von Furylalkohol als auch die Bildung eines dreidimensionalen Furanraumnetzes katalysiert.

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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.     

Thermal properties of solid nickel(II) coordination compounds

The paper deals with the chemical and physical factors influencing the thermal octahedral square planar changes of nickel(II) complexes in the solid phase. The relationship between these transformations and the tetragonal distortion of the octahedral ligand field is discussed. Depending on the coordination of the ligands, these transformations can be divided into two groups: octahedral monomer square planar monomer, and octahedral polymer square planar monomer changes. Attention is directed only to octahedral and square planat Ni(II) complexes (square planar complexes with chromophores [NiN₄], [NiN₂O₂] and [NiO₄]), which can be isolated in the solid state before and after heating. The possibility of such a configurational change seems to be dependent upon the thermal stabilities of the initial and final complexes, the electronic and steric properties of the ligands, the complexing ability of the central atom, and particularly the equatorial-axial interactions of the ligands via the central atom.

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Zusammenfassung Vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit den chemischen und physikalischen Faktoren, die den thermischen Übergang oktaedrisch-rechteckig planar der Festkörperphase von Nickel(II) komplexen beeinflussen. Es werden die Beziehungen zwischen dieser Transformation und der tetragonalen Verzerrung oktaedrischer Ligandenfelder besprochen. Entsprechend der Koordinierung der Liganden können diese Transformationen in zwei Gruppen eingeteilt werden: monomer oktaedrisch-monomer rechteckig planar sowie polymer oktaedrisch-monomer rechteckig planare. Hier werden nur solche oktaedrische und rechteckig planare Ni(II)komplexe (rechteckig planare Komplexe mit (NiN₄)-, (NiN₂O₂)- und (NiO₄)-Chromophoren) betrachtet, die sowohl vor als auch nach dem Erhitzen in fester Form isoliert werden können. Die Möglichkeit solcher Konfigurationsübergange scheint von der thermischen Stabilität der Ausgangs- und Produktekomplexe, von elektronischen und sterischen Eigenschaften der Liganden, von der Komplexbildungsstärke des Zentralatomes und hauptsächlich von den äquatorial-axialen Wechselwirkungen der Liganden gegenüber dem Zentralatom abzuhängen.

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Part A: J. Thermal Anal., 16 (1979) 213.