Depsipeptides Communication 31. Synthesis of depsipeptides containing α-hydroxy α-amino acid residues

Summary Depsipeptides containing -hydroxy -amino acid residues as hydroxy-acid component were synthesized.Communication 11 of the series -Substituted -Amino Acids.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1987–1992, November 1965     

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.     

Addition of amines to ethyl α-fluoroacrylate and phenyl α-fluorovinyl ketone

Conclusions The reaction of diethylamine, piperidine, ethylenimine, and cyclohexylamine with ethyl-fluoroacrylate, and also of ethylenimine with phenyl-fluorovinyl ketone, leads to the addition of the amines to the-fluorovinyl group with the formation of-fluoro--aminopropionic acid derivatives.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicneskaya, No. 10, pp. 2362–2363, October, 1975.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of carbohydrate components of flavonol glycosides of the chestnut

Conclusions On the basis of the rates of their acid hydrolysis, their optical activities, and their IR spectra, it has been established that the glycosides ofAesculus hippocastanum L. are (SK-1) 3--L-arabofuranosyloxy-5,7,4-trihydroxyflavone, (SK-2) 3--L-rhamnofuranosyloxy-5,7,4-trihydroxyflavone, (SK-3) 3--L-arabofuranosyloxy-5,7,3,4-tetrahydroxyflavone, and (SK-4) 3--L-rhamnofuranosyloxy-5,7,3,4-tetrahydroxyflavone.The glycoside SK-3 is identical with avicularin isolated from the leaves ofPsidium quajava [5]. The complete structures of the other three glycosides have been established for the first time.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 5–7, 1969     

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).     

Triterpene glycosides of Hedera taurica

From the leaves of Crimean ivy we have isolated the previously known glycosides 3-O--L-Ara_p-28-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(14)-O--D-Glc_p-(16)--D-Glc_p]hederagenin, 3-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(12)--L-Ara_p]-28-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(14)-O--D-Glc_p-(16)--D-Glc_p]oleanic acid and -hederagenin, and 3-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(12)--L-Ara_p]-28-O-[O--D-Glc_p-(16)--D-Glc_p]hederagenin and a new one: tauroside H₁ — 3-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(12)-O--L-Ara_p]-28-O-[O--L-Rha_p-(14)-O--D-Glc_p-(16)--D-Glc_p]echinocystic acid.M. V. Frunze Simferopol' State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 522–528, September–October, 1992.     

The synthesis of vinyl naphthalenes with fluorinated side chains

Summary Methods for the synthesis of -fluoro--vinyl naphthalene and -difluoromethyl--vinylnaphthalene were developed.     

Polyhydroxylated steroids from the starfishPatiria pectinifera

By chromatography on Polikhrom-1, silica gel, and Florisil, an ethanolic extract of the digestive organs of the starfishPatiria pectinifera has yielded the steroid polyols 5-cholestan-3,6,8,15,16,26-hexaol and 5-cholestan-3,4,6,7,8,15,16,26-octaol 6-(sodium sulfate). The structures of the compounds have been shown by spectral characteristics and chemical transformations.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 738–741, November–December, 1984.     

Extraction of Polonium from Aqueous α-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid Solutions Using Dioctyl Sulphide, Cyanex 272, Cyanex 301 or Cyanex 302 in Toluene

A study of the extraction of polonium from aqueous solutions containing -hydroxyisobutyric acid (-HIBA) was performed with four different extractants, di-n-octyl sulphide (DOS), Cyanex 272, Cyanex 301 and Cyanex 302, dissolved in toluene. The extracted complex for DOS at low -HIBA concentrations is most likely PoO(-HIB)₂·2DOS, while at higher -HIBA concentrations there seems to be a solvating effect implicating an extracted complex of the type PoO(-HIB)₂(-HIBA)₂·2DOS. For the extraction of polonium with Cyanex 272 the results are inconclusive. The extracted complex is either PoOA₂ or PoO(-HIB)₂·2HA. For extraction with Cyanex 301 or Cyanex 302 the major extracted species does not contain any -HIBA molecules. The neutral species in both cases is PoOA₂, extracted at low extractant concentrations, while at higher extractant concentrations a complex of the type PoOA₂·xHA is extracted. The extraction of polonium increases in the order Cyanex 272 < DOS < Cyanex 302 < Cyanex 301.     

Properties of template-free synthetic (B, Al) pentasil type zeolites

Template-free synthetic, boron-containing pentasil type zeolites exhibit structural and catalytic properties similar to those of SABO zeolites made in the presence of n-propylamine.

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Effect of catalyst surface modification on pentachlorobutene-1 oxidation to dichloromaleic anhydride

Modification of V–P–O catalyst surface by reaction products changes the reaction course and increases its catalytic activity in pentachlorobutene-1 oxidation to dichloromaleic anhydride.

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V–P–O . -1 .

     

Liquid-phase hydrogenation on new AlPO4?SiO2 supported rhodium catalysts

The liquid-phase catalytic hydrogenation of various organic compounds was carried out using new rhodium catalysts supported on AlPO₄–SiO₂ (2080 wt. %) system, in methanol as solvent, under low hydrogen pressure (0.55 MPa) and at 293 K. Neither alkene isomerization nor hydrogenolysis products were detected in any of the cases.

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AlPO₄–SiO₂ (2080 . %), , , (0,55 MPa) 293 . , .

     

Unusual transformation of trimethylsilyloxyisoxazolidines initiated by the fluoride ion

It was found that opening of the isoxazolidine ring of 6a-isopropenyl-1/-trimethylsilyloxy-3, 3a,4,5,6,6a-hexahydro-(1H)-cyclopent[c]isoxazoles by the F^– ion initially gives an intermediate, a tertiary nitrosocompound detected by UV and NMR spectroscopy. Its transformation, finally, into ,-unsaturated aldoximes probably involves an unprecedented allylic migration of the nitroso group.Deceased.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 461–464, March, 1994.     

Synthesis and study of L-arabinopyranosides of 5- and 6-nitroindoles

Condensation of 5- or 6-nitroindoline with L-arabinose gave 1--L-arabinopyranosyl-5 (or 6)-nitroindolines, which, after acetylation, dehydrogenation, and removal of the protective groups, are converted to 1--L-arabinopyranosyl-5(or 6)-nitroindoles and then to the corresponding amino derivatives. 1--L-Arabinopyranosyl-6-nitro-3-bromo-(iodo)indoles were obtained. The selective 2-O- and 3-O-deacetylation of 1-(2, 3, 4-tri-O-acetyl)--L-arabinopyranosyl-6-nitroindole was accomplished.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 224–229, February, 1979.     

Influence of hydrogen on surface conductivity of polycrystalline zinc oxide

The effect of hydrogen adsorption on the surface conductivity of polycrystalline zinc oxide has been examined. The conductivity changes during adsorption obey the Zeldovich-Roginsky equation.

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Thermal Behaviour of Anhydrous α-, β- and γ-Cyclodextrin at Low Temperature

Heat capacities of anhydrous -and -cyclodextrin were measured by adiabaticcalorimetry between 10 K and 300 K. The thermalbehaviour of the two compounds exhibits significantdifferences. -Cyclodextrin shows an anomalousexcess heat capacity in the entire region between 70 Kand 210 K. In the case of -cyclodextrin, anendothermic effect is observed at 240K. This effect isanalysed through the study of the correspondingentropy change and discussed in terms ofintramolecular organization.Using the known heat capacity values of anhydrous-CD, a comparative analysis has been developed.For each cyclodextrin, the average behaviour of abound -D-glucopyranose has been calculated andcompared. From a thermodynamic point of view, thedegree of organization of the dehydrated macrocycliccompounds could be expressed as-CD -CD -CD.     

Infrared study of the interaction of nitric oxide with CuY zeolites

Infrared studies of the interaction of NO with CuY–A zelites have been made over the temperature range from –100°C to 400°C. Several forms of NO adsorption have been found, in particular, a stable cis-dimer at low temperatures.

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- (–100+400°C) NO CuY–A . NO, ë - .

     

1H-NMR Investigation of the Binding of 2-Methylnaphthalene to α-Cyclodextrin in D2O Solutions

As -cyclodextrin (-CD) was added to D₂Osolutions of 2-methylnaphthalene, its proton signals shifted to lower fieldsat low concentrations of -CD. At 2.0 × 10^-2 moldm^-3 of -CD, however, a reverse, higher-field shift wasobserved for the H-8 signal, indicating the formation of 1 : 1 and 2 : 1-CD–2-methylnaphthalene inclusion complexes. Intrinsic chemicalshift differences of all the protons in 2-methylnaphthalene have beenevaluated for both the 1 : 1 and the 2 : 1-CD–2-methylnaphthalene inclusion complexes. These intrinsicchemical shift differences suggest that the first -CD molecule has noselectivity in accommodating one end of uncomplexed 2-methylnaphthalene;-CD binds to a methyl group, as well as a naphthalene ring-end havingno methyl group, to form the 1 : 1 inclusion complex, resulting in theformation of two kinds of 1 : 1 complexes.