Soluble polysaccharides of Rhodotorula flava

Conclusions 1. Xanthalin has been shown to have the structure of 2, 2-dimethyl-3, 4,-diangeloyloxy-3, 4-dihydropyrano-5, 6:6, 7-coumarin on the basis of the preparation of a number of derivatives and cleavage products.2. The following products of the alkaline hydrolysis of xanthalin have been isolated and characterized for the first time: (±)-3, 4-dihydroxy-3, 4-dihydroxanthyletin (isokhellactone), C₁₄H₁₄O₅, with mp 213–215° C and (–)-trans-3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-3, 4-dihydroxanthyletin (isomethylkhellactone, C₁₅H₁₆O₅, with mp 136.5–138° C and [] _D ²⁰ –47.7 (ethanol).Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 14–19, 1970     

Reaction of 2-methyl-4,5-dihydrofuran with hydrogen chloride

Reaction of 2-methyl-4,5-dihydrofuran with HCl at 0°C yields 5-chloro-2-pentanone (13%) and 1-(2-methyltetrahydrofuryl-2)-5-chloro-2-pentanone (27%) and at 200° 5-chloro-2-pentanone exclusively.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913 Moscow. I. M. Gubkin State Petroleum and Gas Academy, 117917 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2188–2191, September, 1992.     

New terpenoid coumarins from Ferula tadshikorum

Summary Two new terpenoid coumarins — tadzhiferin (I) and tadzhikorin (II) — have been isolated from the fruit ofFerula tadshikorum M. Pimen.On the basis of physicochemical and spectral investigations, the structure of 7-(9-hydroxy-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienyloxy)coumarin is proposed for (I) and that of 7-(4-acetoxy-9-hydroxy-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienyloxy)coumarin for (II).All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants, Moscow. M. V. Lomonosov State University. Botanical Garden, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 593–599, September–October, 1976.     

Selective aziridination of olefinic esters

Summary Oxidation of 3-amino-2-isobutylquinazoline-4-one (2) with lead tetraacetate at –20°C gave N-acetoxyamino-2-isobutylquinazolin-4-one (3), which selectively aziridinated olefinic esters to yield substituted 1-(2-isobutylquinazolin-4-one-3-yl)-aziridine-2-carboxylates5a–q.

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Selektive Aziridinierung von olefinischen Estern

Zusammenfassung Oxidation von 3-Amino-2-isobutylchinazolin-4-on (2) mit Bleitetraacetat bei –20°C ergab N-Acetoxyamino-2-isobutylchinazolin-4-on (3), welches mit verschiedenen olefinischen Estern selektiv substituierte 1-(2-Isobutylchinazolin-4-on-3-yl)-aziridin-2-carbonsäureester5a–q lieferte.

     

Structure of some components of the roots of Prangos ferulacea

Summary From a methanolic extract of the roots ofPrangos ferulacea (L) Lindl., growing in the Nakhichevan ASSR, in addition to the compounds found previously, another six substances (I–VI) have been isolated, of which (I) and (VI) have been identified as, respectively, meransin hydrate monoacetate, found for the first time in nature, and umbelliferone: and in the study of a crystalline mixture obtained from the resin of the roots of the plant under investigation collected in Armenia, two coumarins — (VII) and (VIII) — have been isolated.On the basis of a study of IR, NMR, and mass spectra and chemical properties, the structures of the six new cumarin derivatives (II–V, VII, and VIII) have been established. Compound (II) has the structure of 8-(3-methylbutenyloxy)furo-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called feruliden; (III) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-hydroxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin and has been called ferudiol; (IV) is 7-hydroxy-8-(3-methoxy-2-senecioyloxyisopentyl) coumarin; (V) is 5-[1-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyroyloxy)-1-methylethyl]-4,5-dihydrofuro-2,3:7,6-coumarin and has been called lindiol; (VII) is 8-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyloxy)-7-methoxycoumarin and has been called ferudenol; (VIII) is 7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-2-oxobut-3-enyl)coumarin and has been called prangone.Leningrad Sanitary-Hygenic Medical Institute. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 568–574, September–October, 1974.     

Electronic structure and models of receptor of monooxygenase inductors from a number of polychlorinated polycyclic compounds. IV. MNDO calculations of halogen-substituted azobenzenes

The electron and geometric structures of the cis and trans isomers of 3,3,4,4-tetrachloroazobenzene (3,3,4,4-TCAB) and the trans isomers of 3,3,5,5-TCAB and 3,3-dichloro-4,4-difluoroazobenzene were calculated by the MNDO method. It was established that the trans isomer, which has a planar structure, is most stable for 3,3,4,4-TCAB. Change in the position of the Cl atoms in the azobenzene, i.e., the transition from 3,3,4,4-TCAB to 3,3,5,5-TCAB, does not lead to appreciable change in the formation energy, the position of the electronic levels, the nature of the frontier orbitals, or the charge distribution in the molecules. This gives reason to suggest that the biological activity of 3,3,4,4-TCAB is due to the metabolism products and not to the action of the substrates themselves.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1797–1801, August, 1990.     

Bisindoles. 19. Synthesis of 2,5′-bis-1H-indole

The cyclization of 5-acetyl-2-ethoxycarbonylindole phenylhydrazone gave 2-ethoxycarbonyl-2,5-bis-1H-indole, the saponification of which and subsequent decarboxylation of the resulting acid led to the formation of 2,5-bis-1H-indole — a new unsymmetrical bisindole system.See [1] for Communication 18.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 349–351, March, 1984.     

Diazabicycloalkanes with nitrogen atoms in bridgehead positions. 16. Synthesis and properties of benzo[b]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octene and dibenzo[b,e]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene,containing primary aromatic amino acids

4-Aminobenzo[1,2-b]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octene and 4-aminodibenzo[1,2-b, e]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene have been prepared by cyclization reactions of N--chloroethyl derivatives of 1,2,4-triaminobenzene and aminophenazine, and subsequent catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding 4-nitrobenzo[1,2-b]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octene and 4-benzylaminodibenzo[1,2-b,e]-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]-octadiene. Using the conversion of these compounds to azides as an example, we have demonstrated the feasibility of applying these primary aromatic amines for the synthesis of derivatives of these heterocycles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 831–837, June, 1988.     

Coumarins of Smyrniopsis aucheri

Chemical transformations and spectral characteristics have enabled us to establish the structure and configurations of three coumarins: (+)-2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-3,4-dihydropyrano(5,6:6,7)coumarin (I); (+)-4-hydroxy-5-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-4,5-dihydrofuro(2,3:6,7)coumarin (II); and (+)-4-hydroxy-5-(1-glucopyranosyloxy-1-methylethyl)-4,5-dihydrofuro(2,3:6,7)-coumarin (III) isolated from the roots ofSmyrnopsis aucheri Karjag. This is the first time that these compounds, which have been called smyrinol, smyrindiol, and smyrindioloside, have been detected in nature.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Republic Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Azerbaidzhan State University, Baku. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 36–40, January–February, 1992.     

Synthesis of novel heterocycles from thiazolecarbohydrazides

Cyclization of 2-methyl (or -phenyl)-5-phenylthiazole-4-carbohydrazides (1) and (2) under various conditions gives differing oxadiazoles: 2-(2-substituted-5-phenyl-4-thiazolyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-5-thiones (7) and (8), and 2-(2-substituted-5-phenyl-4-thiazolyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles (9) and (10). Cyclodehydration of thiazolecarbonyl-thiosemicarbazides (3)–(6) with NaOH givesthe 3-(2-substituted-5-phenyl-4-thiazolyl)-4-substituted-4H-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles (11)–(14), while H ₃ PO ₄ gives the 2-(2-substituted-5-phenyl-4-thiazolyl)-5-phenylamino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles (15) and (16).A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 420083 Kazan'. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 679–683, March, 1992.     

Bisindoles. 30. Acid condensation of bisindoles with aromatic aldehydes and the synthesis of new endole-containing polyamines

Reaction of 2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-bis(5-indolyl)sulfone with benzaldehyde gave an active dibromide — 2,2diethoxycarbonyl-3,3-di(bromobenzyl)bis(5-indolyl)sulfone; derivatives of di(bisindolyl)phenylmethane have been prepared by condensation of 2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-bis (N-methyl-5-indolyl)sulfone with benzaldehyde and p-methoxybenzaldhyde. On the basis of the active dibromides, for the first time polyamines have been prepared which have indole rings in the macromolecular chain where the bonding of the indolyl fragments takes place via the -position.For communication 29, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 476–480, April, 1993.     

Dimerization of N-methylanabasine in the presence of metallic sodium

In a study of the dimerization of N-methylanabasine in the presence of metallic sodium under conditions for the dimerization of pyridine, it was found that the reaction does not take place at room temperature while at 50–70° C it leads to the formation of,-di(1-methylpiperid-2-yl)-,-bipyridyl. Oxidation of the latter yielded 4,4-bipyridyl-5, 5-dicarboxylic acid, the decarboxylation of which gave,-bipyridyl.     

The effect of zinc(II) on the formation of 2,2′- and 2,3′-bipyridine complexes of [Ru2II(ttha)]2−(ttha6−=triethylenetetraminehexaacetate)

Ru2II(ttha)(H2O)2]2– (ttha6–= triethylene tetramine hexa-acetate), prepared by the reduction of the ruthenium(III) precursor, reacts with 2,2-bipyridine (2,2-bpy) in a multi-step fashion. The first 2,2-bpy equivalent (1:1) adds with bidentate chelation at one ruthenium(II) site as revealed by separate ruthenium(II)/(III) waves at 0.03 and 0.54V vs. n.h.e. A second equivalent of 2,2-bpy (1:2) is initially stored and retained as the [Zn(2,2-bpy)]2+ complex. Further addition of 2,2-bpy initiates coordination at the second ruthenium(II) site. [Ru2(ttha)-(2,2-bpy)(H2O)]2– forms a strong ion-pair with zinc(II) that is in rapid equilibrium with the Zn(H2O)62+/Zn(2,2-bpy)]2+ pool. The solubility of the ion-pair is low. The ion-pair exhibits a shifted ruthenium(II)/(III) wave at 0.60V. Higher amounts of 2,2-bpy recomplex the zinc(II), solubilizing the complex and returning the E1/2 value to 0.54V. Other ligands which either have a higher affinity for ruthenium(II) centres than for zinc(II) as bidentate donors (1,10-phenanthroline), or ligands that cannot form bidentate zinc(II) complexes [(2-methylpyrazine, 4,4-bipyridine (4,4-bpy), and 2,3-bipyridine (2,3-bpy)] do not exhibit the unusual competition by zinc(II). These ligands all add statistically to the ruthenium(II) centres forming 1:2 complexes with 1:2 stoichiometries. 1H-n.m.r. studies of the Ru(II)polyaminopolycarboxylate complexes [RuII(hedta)(H2O)]– complex, and [Ru2(ttha)(H2O)2]2– itself, reveal that substitution of 2,3-bpy at ruthenium(II) sites occurs with an initial kinetic split between the pyridyl rings of the 3- less-hindered and 2-more-hindered ring. A slower rearrangement occurs, producing the isomer of the more-hindered 2-substituted ring. A process is driven by forming a more -accepting system when ruthenium(II) binds to the 2-ring of 2,3-bpy. Understanding the unusual influence of zinc(II) on the substitution of 2,2-bpy with [Ru2(ttha)(H2O)2]2– clarifies the nature of the 1:1 complex – namely that the 2,2-bpy becomes bidentate at one ruthenium(II) centre rather than serving as a trans-bridging ligand between both ruthenium(II) centres within one [Ru2(ttha)]2– unit.     

1,1′,2,2′,6,6′-Hexaphenyl-4,4′-bipyridinium cation radical

Aniline reacts with 2,2,6,6-tetraphenyl-4,4-bipyrilium perchlorate to form 1,1,2,2,6,6-hexaphenyl-4,4-bipyridine perchlorate. A relatively stable cation radical is formed in the first stage of electrochemical reduction of this compound, which has been examined by ESR, where there are splittings from two nitrogen nuclei and the four protons in the 3,3,5,5 positions: a_N=0.38; a_H=0.14 mT.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, No. 1, pp. 61–64, January–February 1992.     

Cardiac glycosides ofAcokanthera venenata

Six cardenolides have been isolated from the leaves ofAcokanthera venenata G. Don: AV-1, mp 252–255°C, [] _D ²⁰ +39.4° (MeOH); AV-2, mp 199–208°C, [] _D ²⁰ -59.3° (MeOH); AV-3, mp 269–275°C/300–304°C, [] _D ²¹ –69.8° (MeOH); AV-4, mp 279–289°C; AV-5, mp 222–225°, [] _D ²⁰ -64.3° (MeOH); and AV-6, mp 193–196°C [] _D ²⁰ –23.8° (MeOH — CHCl₃). AV-5 has been identified as acovenoside A. AV-3 is a new cardiac glycoside: it is 1-acetoxy-3-(4-O--D-glucosyl-3-O-methyl--L-talomethylosyloxy)-14-hydroxy-5, 14-card-20(22)-enolide (glucoacovenoside B).Khar'kov State Pharmaceutical Institute. All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Drug, Chemistry and Technology, Khar'kov. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 372–376, May–June, 1987.     

Flavonoids ofHaplophyllum perforatum. Structure and hypoazotemic activity of haploside C

A new acylated glycoside of limocitrin has been isolated from the epigeal part ofHaplophyllum perforatum (M.B.) Kar. et Kir. — haploside C — which has the structure of 3,4,5,7-tetrahydroxy-3,8-dimethoxyflavone 7-O-[O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 2)-(6-O-acetyl--D-glucopyranoside)]. It has been established that haploside C possesses a pronounced hypoazotemic action.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 66–70, January–February, 1987.     

Investigations in the field of acyl group carriers

Conclusions Two representatives of phosphate ester derivatives of pantothenonitrile have been obtained: the methyl ester of D-(+)-4-C-[2-O-mesylpantothenonitrilyloxy(phenoxy)phosphonyl]-N-benzyloxycarbonylserine and the ethyl ester of D-(+)-4-C-[2-O-mesylpantothenonitrilyl(phenoxy)phosphonyl]-N-benzyloxycarbonylserylglycine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 174–176, 1969     

The structure of xanthalin

Conclusions From the roots ofXanthogalum purpurascens growing in the Transcaucasus, we have isolated a new coumarin, C₂₄H₂₆O₇ with mp 111–113°C, [] _D ²⁰ –164.2° (c 0.97; ethanol) which we have called xanthalin. On the basis of the NMR spectrum it has been established that xanthalin is 3, 4-diangeloyl-2, 2-dimethyl-3, 4-dihydropyrano-5, 6:6, 7-coumarin.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 280–283, 1968