Etude en Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire du Carbone-13 de N-Aryl Pyrazolines-2 Diversement Substituées. Effets de Substituant et Etude Conformationnelle

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline and 25 N-nitrophenyl-2-pyrazolines, with different substituents on the heterocyclic ring, have been assigned. These values are discussed as a function of the steric and electronic nature of the various substituents. The steric effects produced conformational modifications, both in the nitrophenyl and 2-pyrazoline moieties, which explain some of the chemical shifts.     

Polymerization of calcium caseinates solutions induced by gamma irradiation

Solutions of calcium caseinate (5%) combined with propylene glycol (PG) or triethylene glycol(TEG) (0, 2.5% and 5%) and used for the development of edible films and coatings, were irradiated at doses between 0 to 128 kGy. Solutions were chromatographed through toyopearl HW 55F resin to observe the effect of irradiation on cross-link reactions. In unirradiated calcium caseinate solutions, two peaks could be observed (fractions 30 and 37) while samples irradiated at 64 kGy and 128 kGy showed one shifted peak at fraction 32 and 29 respectively. No effect of the plasticizers was observed. According to proteins standards of knowed molecular weights, the molecular weight of calcium caseinate increased approximately 10 times when irradiated at 128 kGy and 5 times when irradiated at 64 kGy. The physico-chemical properties of bio-films prepared with the irradiated solutions, demonstrated that tensile strength at break increased with increase of irradiation dose. A maximum dose was obtained at 16 kGy.     

Polymerisation stereoelective en phase homogene du methyl-2 thiiranne amorcee par des semences optiquement actives

Optically active seeds have been prepared by polymerization of the laevorotatory enantiomer of 2-methylthiirane with cadmium thiolate; they have been used for the polymerization of the racemic monomer, which is stereoelective. These results are explained by the formation of two types of chiral sites in unequal numbers, each type of site choosing only one enantiomer.     

Novel (4 + 1) fragment combination approach to chiral cyclopentanoids from tartaric acid

A $\text{chiral}$ cyclopentanoid building block $\text{29}$ has been synthesized in “one pot” cyclization process from epoxides $\text{22}$ - $\text{25}$ (which are readily accessible from (R,R)-(+) tartaric acid) with the carbanion derived from phenylthioacetonitrile (PhS-CH₂-CN).     

Morphology and surface heterogeneities in synthetic goethites

In the framework on a study of the acido-basic and sorption properties of iron oxides, a thorough characterization of two types of goethite powders was performed in several laboratories joined in a common project. Chemical analysis by ICPAES; high-resolution SEM, TEM, and AFM observations; XRD with line width analysis; and argon and nitrogen sorption isotherms were used for that purpose. The main crystallographic faces of goethite particles could be identified as {001}, {101}, and {121}, and their abundance correlated with the distribution of low-pressure argon adsorption local isotherms. These results will be very useful for further studies on the relationship between surface reactivity in aqueous solution and orientation of solid surfaces.     

Preparation d'olefines trisubstituees bifonctionnelles par voie photochimique

∝-methyl ∝-functionalized (CO₂CH₃, CN, CH₂OH and CH₂Cl) cyclopentanones $\text{2}$ when irradiated by UV light give title compounds : 5-substituted 4-hexen 1-al $\text{4}$ as a mixture of E and Z isomers. A comparison of the photochemical behaviour of this cyclopentanones and a simple and efficient chemical transformation of the isomers Z in the more demanded isomers $\text{4}$ E are described.     

Synthèse de composés cyclopentaniques chiraux,di, tri et tétrasubstitués. Application à la synthèse de dérivés Oxa-13-prostanoïques

The cyclopentenecarbaldehyde 1a , acetals 2a , 2b and the cyclopentenone 2c have been transformed through regio and stereocontrolled reactions into a variety of enantiomerically pure substituted cyclopentanes. Using appropriately selected Wittig reagents, aldehyde 1a furnished the condensation products 3 , 4 , 5 . Michael addition of diethyl malonate on the α,β-unsaturated aldehyde 1a under phasetransfer conditions led efficiently to 7 . Reduction of the cyclopentenone 2c gave 21 in high yield. The cyclopentenes 2a , 2b and 23 , submitted to hydroboration-oxidation furnished the cyclopentanols 10 , 13 and 24 , respectively, in 30, 70 and 50% yields, reflecting the substitution pattern of the starting alkenes. The salient feature of these reactions is the stereospecificity due to the chiral centre of the molecules 1a , 2a , 2b and 2c , leading to compounds with two, three and four asymmetric centres. The straightforward synthesis of 11α-hydroxy-13-oxaprostanoic acid 20 is described and an approach towards the preparation of 9α, 11α-dihydroxy-13-oxaprostanoic acid 34 is also presented. The structure of these products has been determined by ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy.     

Structural requirements in chiral diphosphine-rhodium complexes—XI: Asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenation of z-α-acylaminocinnamic acids and esters with (1s, 2s)-trans-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl) cyclohexane/rhodium(i) complexes

Z-α-acylaminocinnamate esters were hydrogenated with neutral rhodium(I) complexes containing (1S, 2S)-trans-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)cyclohexane. Increasing the steric bulk of the alcohol moiety of the ester function results in increased enantioface differentiation in favor of the re-si prochiral face to yield an excess of the S-amino acid derivatives. In the series of N-acetylphenylalanine ester products (resulting from hydrogenation of Z-α-acetamidocinnamate esters) the optical purity increased from 1% ee-(R) [Me]; 20% ee-(S) [Et]; 47% ee-(S) [i-Pr]; to 58% ee-(S) [t-Bu]. Increasing the steric bulk of the acyl function (NHCOR, where R is an alkyl moiety) favors the reduction of the si-re prochiral face [in the methyl ester substrates] to yield an excess of the R-amino acid derivatives. In the series of N-acylphenylalanine methyl ester products (resulting from hydrogenation of Z-methyl α-acylaminocinnamates) the optical purity increased from 1% ee-(R) [Me]; 13% ee-(R) [i-Pr]; to 15% ee-(R) [t-Bu and 1-adamantyl]. The α-formamido and α-benzamido substrates gave hydrogenation products having 22% ee-(R) [H] and 35% ee-(R) [Ph]. In the corresponding free acids, increasing the steric bulk of the acyl function (NHCOR, where R is an alkyl moiety) results in almost no change in the optical purity of the reduction products. In the series of N-acylphenyl-alanine products (resulting from hydrogenation of Z-α-acylaminocinnamic acids) the optical purity was 35% ee-(S) [Me]; 31% ee-(S) [i-Pr]; 33% ee-(S) [t-Bu]; and 35% ee-(S) [1-adamantyl]. The α-benzamido substrate gave a hydrogenation product having 8% ee-(S).     

General framework for studying the dynamics of folded and nonfolded proteins by NMR relaxation spectroscopy and MD simulation

A general framework is presented for the interpretation of NMR relaxation data of proteins. The method, termed isotropic reorientational eigenmode dynamics (iRED), relies on a principal component analysis of the isotropically averaged covariance matrix of the lattice functions of the spin interactions responsible for spin relaxation. The covariance matrix, which is evaluated using a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, is diagonalized yielding reorientational eigenmodes and amplitudes that reveal detailed information about correlated protein dynamics. The eigenvalue distribution allows one to quantitatively assess whether overall and internal motions are statistically separable. To each eigenmode belongs a correlation time that can be adjusted to optimally reproduce experimental relaxation parameters. A key feature of the method is that it does not require separability of overall tumbling and internal motions, which makes it applicable to a wide range of systems, such as folded, partially folded, and unfolded biomolecular systems and other macromolecules in solution. The approach was applied to NMR relaxation data of ubiquitin collected at multiple magnetic fields in the native form and in the partially folded A-state using MD trajectories with lengths of 6 and 70 ns. The relaxation data of native ubiquitin are well reproduced after adjustment of the correlation times of the 10 largest eigenmodes. For this state, a high degree of separability between internal and overall motions is present as is reflected in large amplitude and collectivity gaps between internal and overall reorientational modes. In contrast, no such separability exists for the A-state. Residual overall tumbling motion involving the N-terminal beta-sheet and the central helix is observed for two of the largest modes only. By adjusting the correlation times of the 10 largest modes, a high degree of consistency between the experimental relaxation data and the iRED model is reached for this highly flexible biomolecule.     

Selenourea-Ca2+ reactions in gas phase. Similarities and dissimilarities with urea and thiourea

The gas-phase reactions between Ca(2+) and selenourea were investigated by means of electrospray/tandem mass spectrometry techniques. The MS/MS spectra of [Ca(selenourea)](2+) complexes show intense peaks at m/z 43, 121, 124, and 146 and assigned to monocations produced in different coulomb explosion processes. The structures and bonding characteristics of the stationary points of the [Ca(selenourea)](2+) potential energy surface (PES) were theoretically studied by DFT calculations carried out at the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level. The analysis of the topology of this PES allows identification of H(2)NCNH(+), CaSeH(+), selenourea(+). and CaNCSe(+) ion peaks at m/z 43, 121, 124, and 146, respectively. The reactivity of selenourea and the topology of the corresponding potential energy surface mimic that of thiourea. However, significant dissimilarities are found with respect to urea. The dissociative electron-transfer processes, not observed for urea, is one of the dominant fragmentations for selenourea, reflecting its much lower ionization energy. Similarly, the coulomb explosions yielding CaXH(+) + H(2)NCNH(+) (X = O or Se), which for urea are not observed, are very favorable for selenourea. Finally, while in urea the loss of NH(3) competes with the formation of NH(4+), for selenourea the latter process is clearly dominant.