Alkaloids ofPetilium eduardi. Petine and petine N-oxide

Two new alkaloids — petine and petine N-oxide — have been isolated from the bulbs of Petilium eduardi. Their structures have been established on the basis of spectral characteristics and chemical transformations.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, FAX (3712) 89-14-75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 524–528, July–August, 1994.     

Heterogenized rhodium complexes as hydrogen transfer catalysts

Cationic rhodium(I) norbornadiene complexes with polystyrene-immobilized imidazole, tetramethylbiimidazole or phosphine ligands in the presence of potassium hydroxide catalyze hydrogen transfer from isopropanol to acetophenone and 1-hexene. [Rh(NBD) (poly-PPh₂)₂] ClO₄ complexes are particularly efficient for the reduction of acetophenone, but slow decomposition to rhodium metal is observed.

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Interactions of Pb(II) with particles of a polluted river

Pb(II) interactions with the surface of suspended matter from a polluted river was studied using differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) technique. Three sampling sites were selected and studies have been done with samples collected in different times of the year (winter, autumn and summer). The values have been compared with those obtained in spring in the same conditions [Sci. Total Environ. 151 (1994) 101].Particles were separated by centrifugation and suspensions of the freeze-dried particles were titrated with Pb(II), being measured the labile metal fraction by DPASV. For comparison, suspensions of river water without any separation have also been titrated.Results show that surface metal complexes are inert, within the time scale of the analytical technique and desorbed organics from surfaces, form labile Pb(II) complexes in solution. For each sample it was determined the capacity for Pb complexation of particles and desorbed organics and the differential function has been estimated. Despite the heterogeneity of ligands, the systems interpreted in a discontinuous way, present one or two kinds of dominant ligands with Pb affinity.     

Determination of isotopic thorium in biological samples by combined alpha-spectrometry and neutron activation analysis

The determination of isotopic thorium by alpha-spectrometric methods is a routine practice for bioassay and environmental measurement programs. Alpha-spectrometry has excellent detection limits (by mass) for all isotopes of thorium except²³²Th due to its extremely long half-life. This paper reports a pre-concentration neutron activation analysis (PCNAA) method for²³²Th that may be performed following alpha-spectrometry if a suitable source preparation material is utilized. Human tissues and other samples were spiked with²²⁹Th and the thorium was isolated from the sample using ion exchange chromatography. The thorium was then electrodeposited from a sulfate-based medium onto a vanadium planchet, counted by alpha-spectrometry, and then analyzed for²³²Th by neutron activation analysis. The radiochemical yield was determined from the alpha-spectrometric method. Detection limits for²³²Th by this PCNAA method are approximately 50 times lower than achieved by alphaspectrometry.     

Insect pheromones and their analogs LV. Synthesis of trideca-4E, 7Z-dien-1-YL acetate-component of the sex pheromone ofPhthorimaea opercucella

Starting from propargyl alcohol and using the thermal Claisen rearrangement at the stage of constructing the (E)-double bond, we have synthesized trideca-4E, 7Z-dien-1-yl acetate— a component of the sex pheromone of the potato mothPhthorimaea opercucella (Zeller).Scientific-Research Institute of Fine Organic Synthesis, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa. Ufa State University of Petroleum Technology. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 452–455, May–June, 1997.     

Pheromones of insects and their analogs. XX. Methyl-branched pheromones based on 4-methyltetrahydropyran.

A synthesis is proposed of 4,8-dimethyldecanal (VIII) — a pheromone of the flour beetlesTribolium confusum andT. castaneum. By heating 71.2 g of 4-methyltetrahydropyran (I), 83.2 g of AcBr and 1.57 g of ZnCl₂ (45°C), then 120°C, 2 h), 1-acetoxy-5-bromo-3-methylpentane (II) was obtained. The hydrolysis of 19.8 g of (II) (MeOH-H₂O, TsOH, 20°C, 15 h) gave 5-bromo-3-methylpentan-1-ol (III). From 18.1 g of (III) and 38.9 ml of 2,3-dihydropyran (Et₂O, TsOH, 20°C, 20 h) was obtained the 2-THPL ester of (III), (IV), which was converted into 3-methyloct-7-en-1-ol (V) by the treatment of the corresponding Grignard reagent with allyl bromide (THF, CuI-bi-2-pyridyl, 2°C, 4 h, Ar). The interaction of 1.42 g of (V) with Et₃Al (hexane, 20°C, Cp₂ZrCl₂, Ar) gave 3,7-dimethylnonan-1-ol (VI), boiling which with 48% HBr in the presence of concentrated H₂SO₄ gave 1-bromo-3,7-dimethylnonane (VII) which was then converted into the desired (VIII) by the reaction of the corresponding Grignard reagent with DMFA (0–2°C, 1 h; 20°C, 2 h; Ar). The characteristics of the compounds — yield (%), n_D (°C): (I), 79, 1.4340 (22); (III) 89, 1.4660 (23); (IV), 82, 1.4739 (23); (V), 85, —; (VI), 90, 1.4483 (20); (VII), 88, 1.4409 (22); (VIII), 88, 1.4589 (22). Details of the IR and PMR spectra of compounds (II)–(VII) are given.Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Scientific Center, Urals Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 272–276, March–April, 1989.     

Temperature dependence of nqr spectra in MSbBrF3 (M=Na,Cs, NH4) and Cs3Sb2Br9

Conclusions We have studied the temperature dependence of the NQR parameters of¹²³Sb and⁸¹Br in the range 77–360 K for the complexes of MSbBrF₃ (M=Na, Cs, NH₄) and Cs₃Sb₂Br₉. We have established the temperature regions for which piezoelectric properties appear in the crystal hydrate NaSbBrF₃.H₂O, and in the compounds MSbBrF₃ (M=Na, NH₄) and Cs₃Sb₂Br₉ anomalous changes appear in the dependences of the quadrupole coupling constant, the asymmetry parameter of the electric field gradient for the antimony atoms and the resonance frequency of the bromine atoms.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1501–1504, July, 1987.     

Favorskii rearrangement of α,β-epoxy ketones

Reactions of α,β-epoxy ketones with nucleophilic bases generally take one of two courses: (1) α-displacement followed by β-elimination of water or (2) Favorskii rearrangement via a cyclopropanone or zwitterion intermediate. Among the factors that appear to control these reactions, it is suspected that an α′-substituent effect may operate. Such an effect has been confirmed by observing the conversion of 3,5,5,6 - tetramethyl - 2,3 - epoxycyclohexanone (1) to the ring-contracted γ-lactone 3, together with other Favorskii rearrangement products, on treatment with refluxing methanolic potassium hydroxide. The α′-methyl substituted steroid 2 under similar reaction conditions was transformed into roughly equal amounts of 4, 5 and 4 (all rationalized by a Favorskii-like mechanism). In each case the analogous epoxy ketone lacking an α′-Me substituent failed to give any Favorskii products.     

Synthesis of methyl-branched low-molecularmass insect bioregulators from the products of the acid decyclization of 4-methyltetrahydropyran

This review generalizes work on the chemoselective synthesis of racemic methyl-branched insect pheromones and the juvenoid hydroprene from 1,5-bifunctional 3-methylpentanes produced by the acid opening of the ring of 4-methyltetrahydropyran.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientific-Research Institute of Fine Organic Synthesis Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 170–177, March–April, 1977.     

Charge and salt-driven reentrant order-disorder and gas-solid transitions in charged colloids

Monte Carlo simulations have been performed for aqueous charged colloidal suspensions as a function of effective charge density (sigma) on the particles and salt concentration C(s). We vary the effective charge density in our simulations over a range where a reentrant solid-liquid transition in suspensions of silica and polymer latex particles has been reported by Yamanaka et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 5806). We show that at low ionic strengths a homogeneous liquid-like ordered suspension undergoes crystallization upon increasing sigma. Further increase in sigma resulted once again in a disordered state, which is in agreement with experimental observations. In addition to this reentrant order-disorder transition, we observe an inhomogeneous-to-homogeneous transition in our simulations when salt is added to the disordered inhomogeneous state. This inhomogeneous-to-homogeneous disordered transition is analogous to the solid-gas transition of atomic systems and has not yet been observed in charged colloids. The reported experimental observations on charged colloidal suspensions are discussed in the light of present simulation results.