Studies on Agarofurans VIII. Synthesis of the Metabolites of 4-Butyl-a-agarofuran

Agarofurans have been found to be active on the nervous system in our institute. 4-Butyl-a-agarofuran 1 is a promising drug candidate. In order to explore the pharmacokinetics of 1, the metabolism of 1 in vitro was studied with liver microsomes from rats. Five metabolites were isolated and structures were identified as compounds 2-6. But the absolute configuration of 2,4,5 and the position of carbonyl in 3 could not be unambiguously determined. Further determination was limited by the smal…     

Investigations in the region of 2,3′-biquinolyl 4. Alkylation of the dianion of 2,3′-biquinolyl

With alkyl chlorides and alkyl phenyl ethers the dianion of 2,3-biquinolyl forms the products from alkylation at position 4. Their treatment with alkyl halides or water gives 1, 4-dialkyl-1, 4-dihydro-2,3-biquinolyls or 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydro-2,3-biquinolyls respectively.For communication 3, see [1].Stavropol State University, Stavropol, Russia 355009. Russian Chemical Technology University, Moscow 125190. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1214–1217, September, 1998.     

Alkaloids of Nitraria komarovii. XI. Structure of komavicine and the products of the dehydrogenation of the nitrarine method of dehydrogenation in the quinolinyl-β-carboline series

The new alkaloid komavicine has been isolated from the epigeal part ofNitraria komarovii, and its structure has been established on the basis of spectral characteristics and chemical transformations. The products of the dehydrogenation of nitrarine with selenium and sulfur have been studied. A method has been developed for the dehydrogenation of dihydro and tetrahydro derivatives in the quinolinyl--carboline series.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 33–39, January–February, 1993.     

Thermodynamics of the Dissociation of Carbonic Acid in Mixed Solvent.4. The System of NaHCO_3-Na_2CO_3-NaCl-Ethanol-Water

Theeffectofethanol-watermixtureontheseconddissociationconstantofcarbonicacidwasofinterestnotonlyforbiologistsbutalsoforchefestsandchemicalengineers,becauseitmayprovideusefulinformationinregardtotheidentificationofthenatureofthesesolute-solventinteractionpatternsinbinarysolventsystem"'.ThispaperreportStheseconddissociationconstantsofcarbonicacid,K,,atfivetemperaturesfrom278.15to318.15Kin5,15,25mass%ethanol-water"dxedsolventsdeterminedfrompreciseelnfmeasurementsincell(A)withoutliquidjunction:Pt…     

Anionic Polymerization of α-Methylstyrene. IX. Nature of the Propagating Species

Abstract

The nature of the initiating and propagating species involved in the anionic polymerization of α-methylstyrene has been explored. The earlier hypothesis that multimodal GPC molecular weight distributions in polymers arise solely out of different reaction steps or different ion-pair mechanisms being involved has been modified for poly-α-methylstyrene. Multimodal GPC molecular weight distributions in poly-α-methylstyrene initiated with potassium at 25°C and polymerized at 25°C or higher in THF, p-dioxane, or cyclohexane as solvents have been ascribed to the presence of two different types of tetramers which grow simultaneously but at different rates, each responding to its own well-defined thermodynamic equilibrium and yielding dormant and living polymers. Reaction schemes describing the initiation (at 25°C) and propagation reactions (between -25 and 60°C) in the polymerization (in solution of THF as well as in bulk) of α-methylstyrene initiated with potassium-naphthalene, butyl-lithium, and butyllithium-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) have been presented. The role of coordinating agents naphthalene and TMEDA in changing irreversible propagations into reversible ones has been emphasized.     

Assessing the activity concentration of β-emitters by means of the end-window g.m. tube

The activity concentrations of β-emitters including ³⁵S (0.15 MeV) and presumably also ¹⁴C (0.14 MeV) may be determined with satisfactory accuracy using an end-window G.M. counter. For single preparations (if weighed), the described procedure warrants that the standard error will not exceed 0.8%, if the amount of substrate is kept below 0.2 mg/cm², and if carrier-free solutions are avoided. With a minimum of 4 preparations per sample solution, the error of the mean should not exceed 0.4%,     

“Remote” dianions-I. Utility of 4-phenylsulfonylbutanoic acid in the mild conversion of aldehydes and ketones to lactones.

Ketones and aldehydes are converted to lactones in high yield by stepwise treatment with the dianion of 4-phenylsulfonylbutanoic acid and trifluoroacetic anhydride.     

Effect of the Composition of the Aqueous Organic Solvent on the Kinetics of N-Acylation of α-Amino Acids with 4-Nitrophenyl 4-Nitrobenzoate

Equations relating the N-acylation rate constants of glycine, L--alanine, DL-threonine, and L-proline with 4-nitrophenyl 4-nitrobenzoate in water-acetonitrile, water-2-propanol, and water-2-methyl-2-propanol solvents to the composition of the medium were obtained, and reaction rate constants in water were calculated.     

On the transitional properties of rigid oligomers. The orientational order of the monomer 4-n-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl and its platinum dichloride linked dimer

Abstract

We have studied the orientational order of the monomer 4-n-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) and of the dimer, [PtCl₂(5CB)₂], formed by linking two cyanobiphenyl units via a platinum dichloride bridge, dissolved in a common nematic solvent, using deuterium NMR spectroscopy. Analysis of the second rank order parameters, obtained from these experiments, in terms of a molecular field theory yields the anisotropic solute-solvent strength parameter responsible for the solute alignment. In the limit of low solvent order the strength parameters for the monomer and dimer differ significantly, in accord with the differing anisotropies of these two solutes. However, as the solvent order increases, so the relative difference in the strength parameters decreases, tending to zero. A possible explanation for this intriguing behaviour is proposed.     

Studies on Agarofurans Ⅷ.Synthesis of the Metabolites of 4—Butyl—α—agarofuran

The structures of five metabolites (2-6) of agarofuran 1 were confirmed by synthesis. The configuration of the secondary hydroxyl in 7 was determined by Horeau′s method. The configuration of C-2 in compound 4 and 5 was determined by their stereochemistry and NMR.     

Polymorphism of Inclusion Complexes and Unsolvated Hosts. I. Trimorphism of the Host-Guest Complex of Gossypol with Dichloromethane. The Structure of the β-Phase

The formation of host-guest complexes of gossypol at different temperatures has been investigated for the same pressure and concentration. Gossypol forms three different clathrates with dichloromethane within the temperature interval of 22-36 °C. Single crystals of these three modifications (phases) were obtained and their crystallographic parameters measured. The structure of the -phase has been determined previously and the -phase is isostructural to the inclusion complex of gossypol with benzene, while the structure of the -phase has been solved during the present research. Crystals of C30H30O8·CH2Cl2 are triclinic, space group P1, a = 8.604(1), b = 11.858(2), c = 14.405(2) (Å), = 84.60(1), = 89.14(1), = 89.73(1)°, V = 1463(1) Å3, Z = 2, R = 0.089 for 2419 observed reflections.Under ambient conditions gossypol forms unstable tubulates of the -phase; the -phase is a stable cage-type clathrate (cryptate) and the host-guest complex of the -phase is a clathrate of intermediate tubulato-cryptate type.     

Comments on the Note on “Thermodynamic temperature differences from the ITS-90 for the correction of thermodynamic property data” by F. Pavese,P. Ciarlini,and P.P.M. Steur by J. Fischer,Chairman of WG4 of CCT

These are comments to a note from J. Fischer in publication.     

Polymorphism of Inclusion Complexes and Unsolvated Hosts. II. Structure of the β-Dimorph of the Host-Guest Complex of Dianilinegossypol with Ethylacetate

Depending on crystallization conditions, dianilinegossypol and ethylacetate form low (ambient temperature, -phase) and high temperature (t = 35°C, -phase) clathrate modifications. The structure of the -phase has been discussed earlier [1]. Crystals of the 1 : 1 -phase complex, C42H40O6N2·C4O2H8, are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 11.362(6), b = 19.479(9), c = 19.085(9) Å, = 103.21(4)°, V = 4112(3)Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.084 for 3210 observed reflections.In these complexes centrosymmetric dimers of dianilinegossypol molecules formed via O(5)—H···O(3) hydrogen bonds are associated into columns by a weak O(8)—H···O(7) H-bond. A difference in the structure of these two phases is in the packing mode of the columns. The angle formed by intersecting host columns is about 126° for the -phase and 104° for the -modification. Guest molecules are hydrogen bonded to the host molecules via an O(1)—H···O(10) bond and are accommodated in channels in -phase complex and in cavities in -phase complex.     

Esters ofβ -ketophosphonic acids. VII. The products of the reaction ofα-chlorocyclohexanone with the diethyl ester of ethylphosphonous acid and the sodium salt of the monoethyl ester of ethylphosphonous acid

Summary The action of diethyl ethylphosphonite on-chlorocyclohexanone gives cyclohexen-1-yl-1 -ethyl ethylphosphonate, Cyclohenen-1-yl-1-ethyl ethylphosphonate is also obtained by the action of sodium monoethyl ethylphosphonite on a-chlorocyclohexanone.     

Studies on the Synthesis of Sesamin-Group Lignans Ⅷ. A Simplified Sythesis of 2-Aryl-4-phenyloxazoles and 2-Alkyl-4-phenyloxazoles

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Dipole-stabilized carbanions in the series of cyclic aldonitrones. 3. The influence of the configuration of the nitrone group on H—D exchange of the methine hydrogen atom and metallation of aldonitrones

The spin-spin coupling constants ³ J _C,H between the hydrogen atom of the aldonitrone group and the carbon atom bound to the nitrogen atom of the N-oxide fragment were determined for a wide range of cyclic and acyclic aldonitrones. Based on comparison of these constants (trans-³ J _C,H (E isomer) > cis-³ J _C,H (Z isomer)), the Z configuration was assigned to acyclic nitrones. Coordination of organolithium compounds to the oxygen atom of the NO group was revealed by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. This coordination is the necessary condition for the metallation of aldonitrones. The configuration of the nitrone group is responsible for the ability of the E form of acyclic aldonitrones to undergo CD₃ONa-catalyzed isotope exchange of the methine proton in CD₃OD and metallation with Bu^sLi.