Pteridine. Teil LXXXI. Mechanismus der Photooxidation von 5,6-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridin-2,4(1H,3H)-dion

Mechanism of the Photooxidation of 5,6-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione The mechanism of the photooxidation of 5,6-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione ( 9 ) has been investigated in dependence of the pH. Photooxidation of the anion species in weak alkaline solution takes place by singlet oxygen as well as the superoxide radical anion forming 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,3-dimethyl-2,4-dioxopteridine-6-sulfinate ( 5 ) as the first detectable reaction product. In acidic medium, a more complex photooxidation process is observed leading, in a radical-chain mechanism, to 6,6′-dithiobis[1,3-dimethylpteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione] ( 6 ).     

N4-Benzoylspermidine from Oncinotis tenuiloba: Analytical differentiation of the three isomeric N-benzoylspermidines

During the examination of extracts from Oncinotis tenuiloba STAPF a new polyamine, N⁴-benzoylsperimidine ( 8 ), was isolated. For unambiguous structure elucidation, it was transformed into the diacetyl derivative 13 , and the three possible N-benzoyl-substituted isomers of spermidine 5, 8 , and 11 together with their peracetylated derivatives 12–14 , respectively, were synthesized and identified.     

Determination of the atomic charge on sodium in sodium salts by numerical integration — a theoretical investigation

The electron density difference in a NaSCN crystal is set up from the ab initio densities of Na⁺ and SCN^? ions and compared to the experimental counterpart based on X-ray diffraction measurements. Numerical integration over the electron density difference is executed around the Na⁺ ion. The atomic charge (+0.20e) derived in this way is in good agreement with the analogous experimental charge (+0.27e) The low experimental value cannot therefore be taken as an indication for a predominantly non-ionic structure of NaSCN and similar sodium salts     

13C-ESR-Kopplungskonstanten des radikalanions des 3,5-di-tert-butyl-nitrobenzols

¹³C-ESR coupling constants of all ring carbon atoms of the radical anion of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-nitrobenzene are determined on samples with ¹³C in natural abundance and assigned on the basis of their solvent dependence. The assignment of a ¹³C coupling constant described for the radical anion of nitrobenzene is revised.     

Preconcentration of trace elements from pure manganese and manganese compounds with activated carbon as collector

A method is described for separation of traces of Bi, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, In, Ni. Pb, Tl, and Zn from pure manganese and manganese compounds and their determination by flame a.a.s. After the metal or manganese dioxide samples have been dissolved in acid (and manganese salts in water) the trace elements are compleed with potassium xanthogenate. The solution is then filtered through a small filter paper covered with activated carbon, whereby complex compounds are separated from the matrix. When the charcoal is treated with acid, a trace concentrate is obtained which is nearly free of manganese. The detection limits for the analysis of 10-g samples of manganese metal are <0.5 p.p.m., and for 30-g samples of MnCl₂-4H₂O are ? 0.1 p.p.m. The relative standard deviation, in general,is lower than 5%.     

Amidine als Zwischenprodukte bei Umamidierungsreaktionen. 9. Mitteilung über Umamidierungsreaktionen

Amidines as Intermediates in Transamidation Reactions By loss of water in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid/xylole N-aminoalkyllactames form bicyclic amidines. The corresponding N-alkylaminoalkyl-lactames' react to bicyclic amidinium salts or to transamidated products, ring-enlarged by the N-alkylamino residue, respectively (s. Scheme 1). The bicyclic amidines and amidinium salts are partially hydrolyzed by KOH/H₂O to lactames (s. Scheme 2). Which of the two possible isomeric lactames are formed is discussed.     

Electronic structure and spectra of organic molecules

The Pariser-Parr-Pople method is used to predict the singlet-singlet ( ^* type). Electronic transition energies for the anions of hydroxy derivatives of benzene, pyridine and pyrimidine. The core integral for the -O^– substituent was treated as an empirical parameter and its value was chosen to fit results for the phenoxide ion and then applied for the compounds with the -O^– substituents. The results of the calculations for molecules with the -O^– groups are compared with those of the corresponding molecules containing the -OH and -NH₂ substituents as well as with the experimental data. No serious deviations between theoretical and experimental data other than those which could be ascribed to steric hindrances occuring in the molecules were found.

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Zusammenfassung Die Pariser-Parr-Pople-Methode wird benutzt, um die Singlett-Singlett-Übergangsenergien (- ^*-Typ) von Benzol-, Pyridin- und Pyrimidinderivaten zu berechnen, die OH-Gruppen enthalten. Das Rumpfintegral des -O^–-Substituenten wurde wie ein empirischer Parameter behandelt. Sein Wert wurde so gewählt, daß er die Meßergebnisse für das Phenolat-Anion richtig wiedergibt. Die Resultate der Berechnungen für Moleküle mit der -O^–-Gruppe werden mit denjenigen für die entsprechenden Moleküle mit OH- und NH₂-Substituenten als auch mit den experimentellen Daten verglichen. Es werden keine ernsten Abweihungen zwischen theoretischen und experimentellen Daten gefunden, außer solchen, die einer sterischen Hinderung zugeschrieben werden können.

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Résumé La méthode de Pariser, Parr et Pople est utilisée pour prédire les transitions électroniques ( ^*) pour les formes anioniques des derivés hydroxy du benzène, pyridine et pyrimidine. La valeur d'integrale de coeur associée du substituant -O^– a été choisie de façon à reproduire les positions des bandes d'absorption de forme anionique du phenol et après elle a été appliquée pour les composés envisagés. Les resultats des calculs pour l'anions sont mis en comparaison avec les resultats obtenus pour les correspondantes derivés aminés et hydroxy et avec les donnés experimentales. Peu de déviations ont été obtenus, en dehors de ceux que l'on peut attribuer à des encombres steriques.

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Based in part on a M. Sci. thesis by M. Berndt, N. Copernikus University, Toru, 1969 (unpublished, in Polish).