Molecular and crystal structures of hemigossypolone and gossypolone

The results are given of an x-ray structural investigation of hemigossypolone isolated from the stems of a wiltinfected cotton plant and of gossypolone obtained by oxidizing gossypol.     

Molecular characteristics of subfractions of laminarin

Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 296–298, March–April, 1994.     

Multivariate calibration methods for quantification in strongly overlapping capillary electrophoretic peaks

Capillary zone electrophoresis with diode-array detection was applied to the separation of ebrotidine and its metabolites. However, three of these, which are neutral in the conditions studied, co-migrated with the electroosmotic flow signal. Therefore, strongly overlapping peaks were observed. The main aim of this study was to show the potentiality of capillary electrophoresis in combination with chemometrics. Multivariate calibration methods were applied to quantify these analytes in synthetic mixtures. The results obtained using partial least squares (PLS) were in agreement with actual values, with an overall prediction error of 9.7%.     

A concise route to (-)-kainic acid

A concise route to (-)-kainic acid from enantiopure (+)-cis-4-carbobenzoxyamino-2-cyclopentenol has been devised by employing concurrent Chugaev syn-elimination and intramolecular ene reaction as the key step.     

Soft agonist receptor interactions: Theoretical and experimental simulation of the active site of the receptor of sweet molecules

The structure-activity relationship of sweet molecules is chosen as an example to illustrate a mechanistic approach of soft agonist-receptor interactions. It is shown that an essentially geometric model of the receptor site can explain the activity of most sweet molecules, both rigid and flexible. The relevant conformations of flexible molecules in solution are extracted from a combination of NMR data and of energy calculations. A possible experimental simulation of the receptor environment in solution is illustrated by the complex of a dipeptide sweetener with a crown-ether.     

Behavior of 3,6-Bis(vinylsulfonyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene in Homolytic Addition of Dialkyl Phosphites

Reaction of 3,6-bis(vinylsulfonyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene with dialkyl phosphites at thermal initiation (70°C) gives rise to 3,6-bis(dialkoxyphosphonoethylsulfonyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzenes in up to 45% yield. The formation of diethoxyphosphonyl radicals in the course of the reaction was observed with the use of ESR method applying spin trapping by 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane. The use as initiator of the azo-bis-isobutyronitrile increased the yield of diadducts to 60%.     

An investigation of catalytic activity in mixed metal oxide nanophase materials

We present preliminary evidence for catalytic activity by unsupported mixed metal oxide nanocrystalline materials. The results of this study show that a nanophase form of Li-MgO has begun to exhibit catalytic activity by 300 °C. This is at least 200 degrees below the temperature at which conventional Li-MgO catalysts exhibit comparable activity. Furthermore, at higher temperatures, the same nanophase composition shows enhanced activities and somewhat improved hydrocarbon selectivities over conventional Li-MgO catalysts.     

Hopanoids of methylotropic acetobacteria

Squalene, 35-methoxyho-6-ene-32R,33R,34S-triol, hop-22(29)-ene, and hopan-22-ol have been isolated fromAcetobacter sp. VSB 917. The structures of the substances isolated and of the 35-methoxyhop-6-ene-32R,33R,34S-triol triacetate obtained have been established by IR, mass, and¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopies.Vitaminy Scientific-Production Association, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Nos. 3,4, pp. 367–372, May–August, 1992.