Triterpene glycosides of Acanthophyllum gypsophiloides IV. The structure of acanthophyllosides B and C

Summary Alternative structures for the acyloside chain of acanthophylloside B and C have been established.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 728–734, November–December, 1975.     

Die Analytik wasserl?slicher Cellulose?ther

Zusammenfassung Es werden allgemeine und qualitative Merkmale von Natrium-Carboxymethylcellulose, Methylcellulose und Hydroxyäthylcellulose sowie gravimetrische und titrimetrische Bestimmungsmöglichkeiten der wasserlöslichen Celluloseäther insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit dem Substitutionsgrad beschrieben.Verfahren zur Ermittlung der Viscosität von Lösungen, des Polymerisationsgrades und des Gelteilchengehaltes werden besprochen. Abschließend werden charakteristische Beispiele für das analytische Vorgehen bei Substanzgemischen gegeben, die nur einen geringen Anteil Celluloseäther enthalten.

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Analysis of water-soluble cellulose ethers

General and qualitative characteristics of sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose and hydroxyethylcellulose are presented and gravimetric and titrimetric methods for the determination of water-soluble cellulose ethers are described, especially with regard to the degree of substitution. Procedures for the measurement of the viscosity of solutions, of the degree of polymerisation and of the content of gel particles are discussed. Characteristic examples are presented for the treatment of mixtures containing only a small percentage of cellulose ethers.

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Erweiterte und umgearbeitete Fassung eines Vortrages, gehalten am 28. 6. 1971 in Baden-Baden.

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Frau Dr. G. Bartelmus, Analyt. Laboratorium der Fa. Kalle AG, sprechen wir an dieser Stelle unseren herzlichen Dank für wertvolle Beratung aus.     

Synthesis and reactions of heterocyclic compounds

5-Azido-2-methylbenzthiazole, 6-azido-1, 2-dimethyl-, and 5-azido-2-methyl-1-phenylbenzimidazoles were prepared. By the reactions of these azides with alkyl halides the quaternary slats based on the cyanine dyes were obtained.     

Carbon-bound diazeniumdiolates from the reaction of nitric oxide with amidines

[reaction: see text] The enediamine tautomer of a variety of substituted amidine free bases reacts with nitric oxide (NO) to produce compounds containing a carbon-bound diazeniumdiolate [R1R2R3C-N(O)=NO-] functional group (previously called "nitrosohydroxylamines"). The new reaction has been shown to be quite general, although the nature of the products does vary. Amidines containing more than one replaceable hydrogen produce polydiazeniumdiolates as intermolecular salts, while those in which only one diazeniumdiolation can occur provide zwitterionic salts. These diazeniumdiolated amidines are shown to be useful NO donor compounds which undergo very slow spontaneous dissociation on dissolution in pH 7.4 phosphate buffer to produce mixtures of NO and nitrous oxide containing mostly NO. The most advantageous manifestation of the new discovery is the preparation of the monodiazeniumdiolated amidine zwitterions. Reaction of the medically relevant alpha-adrenergic agonists tetrahydrozoline and idazoxan produced monodiazeniumdiolated amidine zwitterions from which NO release was observed for up to 28 days and showed little sign of ending. The reaction should be applicable to a variety of pharmaceutical agents, including NO synthase inhibitors, antitumor agents, and antibacterials.     

Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Cysteine and Cystine at a Carbon-Paste Electrode Modified with Ruthenium(IV) Oxide

The electrocatalytic activity of ruthenium(IV) oxide incorporated into a carbon-paste electrode was studied in the oxidation of cysteine and cystine. The oxidation potentials of the amino acids decreased and the current peaks of their oxidation increased at a modified electrode as compared to an unmodified one. Procedures for the voltammetric determination of cysteine and cystine with the use of electrodes chemically modified with ruthenium(IV) oxide were proposed.     

Synthesis of 6R(β)-tritylaminopenicillanic-3R(β)-alcohol,a versatile stereoisomer of natural β-lactams

In an attempt to rationalize a synthesis of penicillin analogs modified at C(3), we have isolated the 3R(β)-carbinolamide derivative 4a. The trityl substituent on N(6′) seems to be responsible for the inversion of configuration which occurs at C(3) during the acid hydrolysis of the isocyanate intermediate. An hydrogen bond is formed on the β-face of the bell-shaped bicyclic skeleton between the N(6′)-nitrogen lone pair and the C(3) hydroxyl group. On standing, the carbinolamide analog slowly isomerizes to its expanded bicyclic isomer 4b , but the starting material may be easily recovered by treatment with acid. The postulated intermediate during isomerization, i.e., the open aldehyde form, does not accumulate. Substitutions of the hydroxyl group at C(3) lead to a variety of compounds with the biologically active 3S(α) configuration. These may be used to study the importance of the carboxyl group of penicillins in their interaction with β-lactamases at the molecular level.     

Isomerization of α-acetylenic ketones

A method is suggested for isomerization of -acetylenic ketones with migration of the oxo group from position 1 to position 3 and of the triple bond from position 2 to position 1 of the ketoacetylenic fragment; it consists of addition of Et₂NH at the triple bond of the ketone, conversion of the adduct to the imminium salt with POCl₃, followed by alkaline hydrolysis. The isomerization is achieved in one preparative stage without isolation of intermediate compounds.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2094–2098, September, 1990.     

Choline esters of alkylenebisphosphonic acids

The reaction of the acid chlorides of alkylenebisphosphonic acids with ethylene glycol and ethylene chlorohydrin gave ethylene glycol and -chloroethyl esters of alkylenebisphosphonic acids. The quaternization of these products leads to choline esters of alkylenebisphosphonic acids.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1424–1429, June, 1990.     

Bromination of 3-acyl-2-aminoindoles

Unlike 3-acylindoles, 3-acyl-2-aminoindoles display high selectivity on being electrophilically attacked in the benzene ring, and are substituted at the 6-position. At the same time, an unco-subsitution of the acyl group takes place (to the greatest extent — the formyl group). Direct bromination of 3-acyl- and 3-cyano-2-aminoindoles provides the 6-bromo- and 6,4-dibromo-2-aminoindoles and their derivatives.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 486–490, April, 1990.     

Formation of oligonucleotide-PNA-chimeras by template-directed ligation

DNA sequences have previously been reported to act as templates for the synthesis of PNA, and vice versa. A continuous evolutionary transition from an informational replicating system based on one polymer to a system based on the other would be facilitated if it were possible to form chimeras, that is molecules that contain monomers of both types. Here we show that ligation to form chimeras proceeds efficiently both on PNA and on DNA templates. The efficiency of ligation is primarily determined by the number of backbone bonds at the ligation site and the relative orientation of template and substrate strands. The most efficient reactions result in the formation of chimeras with ligation junctions resembling the structures of the backbones of PNA and DNA and with antiparallel alignment of both components of the chimera with the template, that is, ligations involving formation of 3'-phosphoramidate and 5'-ester bonds. However, double helices involving PNA are stable both with antiparallel and parallel orientation of the two strands. Ligation on PNA but not on DNA templates is, therefore, sometimes possible on templates with reversed orientation. The relevance of these findings to discussions of possible transitions between genetic systems is discussed.