Spectrophotometric studies on the solvatochromism of the Fe(CN)2(phen)2 complex

Summary The solvatochromic behaviour ofbis-(cyano)-bis-(9,10-phenanthroline)-iron(II) has been reexamined spectrophotometrically in a series of 19 solvents including water, alcohols and dipolar. aprotic media. Satisfactory correlations between the wave numbers of the long-wavelength band and solvent acceptor numbers are obtained in all media; only values, for carboxylic acids deviate from the regression line.

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Spektrophotometrische Untersuchungen über die Solvatochromie der Komplexverbindung Fe(CN)₂(phen)₂

Zusammenfassung Das solvatochrome Verhalten vonbis-(Cyano)-bis-(9,10-phenanthrolin)-eisen(II) wurde in 19 Lösungsmitteln, darunter Wasser, Alkohole und dipolare aprotische Medien, spektrophotometrisch überprüft. In allen Medien wurden zufriedenstellende Korrelationen zwischen den Wellenzahlen der langwelligen Bande und den Akzeptorzahlen der Lösungsmittel erhalten; lediglich die Werte für Carbonsäuren weichen von der Ausgleichgeraden ab.

     

Electrostatic potentials of molecules and prediction of the lewis acid-base properties of solvents,part II. Application of electrostatic parameters

Summary Electrostatic parameters,UN andUP, introduced previously, have been applied to predict solvent acid and base properties. TheUN parameter correlates well with the electrostatic component of solvent basicity. This parameter also significantly improves correlations between Koppel-Paju, Kamlet-Taft and Gutmann basicity scales. TheUP parameter combined with Mullikan charges at hydrogen atoms of the solvent molecules allows an estimation of solvent acidity parameters in the frame of the two-parameter similarity model. The results show that parameters computed with the MNDO method for isolated molecules are suitable for molecules of nonaqueous solvents in liquid state.

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Elektrostatische Potentiale von Molekülen und Voraussage von Lewis-Säure-Base-Eigenschaften von Lösungsmitteln, 2. Mitt.: Anwendung elektrostatischer Parameter

Zusammenfassung Die in der vorhergehenden Arbeit eingeführten elektrostatischen ParameterUN undUP wurden zu Vorhersagen von Säure- und Base-Eigenschaften von Lösungsmitteln angewandt. DerUN-Parameter korreliert gut mit der elektrostatischen Komponente der Lösungsmittelbasizität und verbessert auch signifikant Korrelationen zwischen der Koppel-Paju, Kamelt-Taft und Gutmann'schen Basizitätsskala. DerUP-Parameter, in Kombination mit Mullikan-Ladungen an den Wasserstoffatomen der Lösungsmittelmoleküle, erlaubt die Abschätzung von Solvens-Aciditäts-Parametern im Rahmen eines Zweiparameter-Vergleichsmodells. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die über die MNDO-Methode für isolierte Moleküle berechneten Parameter zur Beschreibung von nichtwäßrigen Lösungsmitteln geeignet sind.

     

The sporothriolides. A new biosynthetic family of fungal secondary metabolites

The biosynthetic gene cluster of the antifungal metabolite sporothriolide 1 was identified from three producing ascomycetes: Hypomontagnella monticulosa MUCL 54604, H. spongiphila CLL 205 and H. submonticulosa DAOMC 242471. A transformation protocol was established, and genes encoding a fatty acid synthase subunit and a citrate synthase were simultaneously knocked out which led to loss of sporothriolide and sporochartine production. In vitro reactions showed that the sporochartines are derived from non-enzymatic Diels–Alder cycloaddition of 1 and trienylfuranol A 7 during the fermentation and extraction process. Heterologous expression of the spo genes in Aspergillus oryzae then led to the production of intermediates and shunts and delineation of a new fungal biosynthetic pathway originating in fatty acid biosynthesis. Finally, a hydrolase was revealed by in vitro studies likely contributing towards self-resistance of the producer organism.

A new family of fungal biosynthetic pathways is elucidated based on the use of fatty acid and citrate-like intermediates.

Gamma-lactone and alkyl citrate compounds derived from oxaloacetate are widespread natural products in fungi and often possess potent biological activities. Examples include sporothriolide 1,^1,2 piliformic acid 2,³ tyromycin 3⁴ and the cyclic maleidrides including byssochlamic acid 4^5,6 among others (Fig. 1). In some cases, for example those of 4 and squalestatin S1 5,⁷ detailed molecular studies have revealed that a dedicated polyketide synthase (PKS) produces a carbon skeleton that is then condensed with oxaloacetate by a citrate synthase (CS) to give an early alkyl citrate intermediate that is further oxidatively processed. In other cases, such as 1 and the sporochartines 6, the biosynthetic pathways are not yet clear.Open in a separate windowFig. 1Structures of γ-lactone and alkyl citrate metabolites from fungi. Bold bonds show oxaloacetate-derived carbons where known.Sporochartines 6a–6d^8,9 from the fungus Hypoxylon monticulosum CLL 205 (now referred to as Hypomontagnella spongiphila)¹⁰ possesses potent cytotoxicity (IC₅₀: 7.2 to 21.5 μM) vs. human cancer cell lines and are proposed to be Diels Alder (DA) adducts of the furofurandione sporothriolide 1, itself a potent antifungal agent (EC₅₀: 11.6 ± 0.8 μM),¹¹ and trienylfuranol A 7,¹² originally obtained from an endophytic fungus Hypoxylon submonticulosum DAOMC 242471 (now referred to as Hypomontagnella submonticulosa).¹³ Since the biosynthesis of sporothriolide 1 and related compounds is unknown, and biological DA reactions in fungi are currently of high interest,¹⁴ we decided to examine the biosynthesis of the sporochartines 6 in the Hypomontagnella spp. strains MUCL 54604 and CLL 205 (ref. 10 and 13) in detail.     

On a certain method of solving nonlinear differential equations

A new method of exactly solving nonlinear differential partial equations is developed. This method is applied to an equation of a potential flow of compressible gas. A new solution is obtained in the supersonic region, which may be treated as an analogon of a nonlinear stationary wave.Partially supported by NSF contract INT 73-20002A01.     

Photophysics of an electrophosphorescent platinum (II) porphyrin in solid films

We examine electronic processes in platinum (II) octaethyl porphyrin (PtOEP) embedded in an organic solid state matrix and in the form of vacuum-evaporated neat films in conjunction with potential applications of this compound to organic photovoltaic and electrophosphorescent devices. Absorption, photoexcitation, and luminescence spectra indicate the excitonic dimers to be dominant excited states, and their dissociation underlies the charge photogeneration process. Different charge separation distance (1.5 nm and 2.6 nm) in opposite charge carrier pairs preceding dissociation can be distinguished based on the fit of the three-dimensional Onsager theory of geminate recombination to electromodulated luminescence and photoconduction measurements. The near-positive electrode concentrated triplet dimer excitons, produced by strongly 370 nm absorbed light in neat PtOEP films, are efficiently quenched by electron transfer to the metal (Al), generating the positive charge with an efficiency eta+ exceeding 0.15 at high electric fields and dominating the measured photocurrent. Their dissociation efficiency in the bulk, eta- (negatively biased illuminated electrode), is more than one order of magnitude lower than eta+. The dissociation of singlet dimer states dominates the bulk photogeneration process induced by the weakly-absorbed light at 450 nm, with comparable eta+ and eta-. The "hot excited state" underlying the temperature-increasing emission at 540 nm has been attributed to the upper excitonic component Q+ of the first absorption band Q consistent with the exciton concept applied successfully to the interpretation of all dimer-underlain spectroscopic features of PtOEP samples studied.     

Herstellung von Hilfsstoffen für die asymmetrische Synthese aus Weinsäure. Addition von Butyllithium an Aldehyde in chiralem Medium

Preparation of Auxiliaries for Asymmetric Syntheses from Tartaric Acid. Additions of Butyllithium to Aldehydes in Chiral Media. Chiral derivatives of the complexing 1,2-diheterosubstituted ethanes A–D are prepared from tartaric acid. The key starting materials are the succinic acid derivative 1 , the dioxolane 2a , and the diamide 3a . These are converted to the ethers, alkoxyamines, and alkylthio-amines listed in the first column of Table 2 which also contains the derivatives 21c, 22d , and 23d made from lactic acid, malic acid, and proline, respectively. It is shown that the highest optical yields (up to 40%) in reactions of butyllithium with aldehydes are obtained when mixtures of (?)-1,2,3,4-tetramethoxy-butane ( 4b ), (+)-2,3-dimethoxy-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,4-butanediamine ( 17a ), and (?)-1,4-dimethoxy-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-2,3-butanediamine ( 14c ) with pentane are used at temperatures down to ?150° and ratios of auxiliary/butyllithium of up to 10:1 (see equation (1), Tables 2–4).     

Crystallographic studies of intra- and intermolecular interactions. Part 4. A comparative study of the effect of through-resonance on the geometry of p-nitro- and p-nitrosophenolate anions

The VB- and the HOSE-model calculations carried out on the basis of an experimental geometry of p-nitro- and p-nitrosophenolate anions revealed that the NO₂ group is a much weaker-electron acceptor than the NO group. The STO-3G ab initio calculation with optimization of the geometry supported this view. Electrochemical study in an aprotic solvent (DMF) yielded estimates of electron affinity for nitro- and nitrosobenzene and indicated a much lower value for the latter, supporting stronger electron accepting properties of the NO group in p-X-Ph-NO systems with X-electron donating substitutents. -electron distribution in p-nitrosophenolate anions depends strongly on H-bonding interactions in a crystal lattice as deduced directly from the HOSE-model and the VB calculations for the experimental geometry.     

Kaluza,Klein, confinement,and nuclear forces

The nonsymmetric Kaluza-Klein and Jordan-Thiry theories are reviewed as interesting propositions of physics in higher dimensions. It is shown how a dielectric model of confinement can be derived from interference effects in these theories. It is postulated that the old puzzle of nuclear physics,-particles, can be connected to the skewon fieldg _[v] and the scalar field in the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry theory. Similarities are pointed out between the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry Lagrangian in the flat space limit and the soliton bag model Lagrangian. Finally the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry Lagrangian is proposed as the bosonic part of the strong interaction Lagrangian.On leave of absence from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland.