Structure of salvigenolide,a novel diterpenoid with a rearranged neo-clerodane skeleton from salviafulgens

From the aerial parts of Salvia fulgens Cav. (Labiatae) a new diterpenoid with a rearranged neo-clerodane skeleton was isolated. This novel compound named salvigenolide, showed a six-seven A/B ring system with a trans fussion. A probable biogenetic route is proposed. Its structure and relative stereochemistry as in $\text{1}$, were established by spectroscopic means and X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Effects of aggregation on the electromagnetic resonance scattering of dielectric spherical objects

Summary The effects of aggregation on the electromagnetic resonance scattering by small, strongly reflecting spheres are studied. Two or more spheres are allowed to cluster together to form rather complicated anisotropic scatterers whose extinction cross-section is calculated as a function of the wave number of the incident field in the neighbourhood of the lowest resonance of the individual spheres. The macroscopic absorption coefficient of a low-density random dispersion of clusters is also calculated in the same range of wave number. The results for two-, three- and four-sphere clusters are discussed. Work supported in part by C.N.R. through the G.N.S.M. and in part by the U.S. Army European Research Office through grant DAJA45-84-C-0005 and contract DAJA37-81-C-0895.     

Gedunin,ad-seco limonoid

Chloroform/Methanol extraction of the bark ofCedrela salvadorensis (Meliaceae), followed by chromatography afforded the crystalline C₂₈H₃₄O₇ terpene. The structure first proposed by spectroscopy is confirmed by this X-ray analysis as 7-acetyloxy-14,15:21,23-diepoxy-4,4,8-trimethyl-d-homo-24-nor-17-oxachola-1,20,22-triene-3,16,-dione. The title compound crystallized in the orthorhombic space groupP2₁2₁2₁ with unit cell parametersa=10.243(2),b=13.356(3) andc=18.058(4) Å. The molecule is comprised of a six-membered tetracyclic skeleton, with a circular arc overall conformation. No intermolecular hydrogen bonding is indicated.     

Cyclotetraveratrylene and its benzene solvate

The title compound crystallizes in a solvent-free form and also includes solvent molecules. The X-ray structure analysis reveals that in the both crystal forms the cyclododecatetraene ring in the host molecules adopts a sofa conformation. The guest molecules occupy the channels formed among columns of stacked host molecules.Contribution No. 1452 of Instituto de Química, UNAM.     

Crystal and molecular structure of the complex boron triferrocenyl-pyridine

The title compound is C₃₅H₃₂NBFe₃, monoclinic,P2₁/n,a=14.204 (4),b=11.582 (4),c=17.547 (6) Å,=101.46 (2)°. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method and refined by least-squares techniques to anR factor of 0.037 for 3148 observed reflections. The X-ray study confirms that in the solid state the structure of the title compound is similar to that inferred from chemical and spectroscopic evidence. The B atom is coordinated by three ferrocenyl groups and a pyridine ring in a distorted tetrahedral array. The molecule has a nearly three-fold axis normal to the plane defined by the ferrocenyl groups. The B-N distance of 1.656 (5) Å is larger than that obtained for other compounds studied. Bond lengths and angles for the whole structure are all in accord with similar compounds. The pyridine and cyclopentadienyl rings are planar. The H atoms of the cyclopentadienyl rings are displaced significantly toward their corresponding Fe atom. The molecules in the crystal are packed at normal van der Waals distances. No unusually short intermolecular contacts are noted.     

Intra- vs intermolecular hydrogen bonding. The crystal structure of 5-methyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone thiosemicarbazone monohydrate and salicylaldehyde-2-methylthiosemicarbazone monohydrate

The crystal structure of 5-methyl-acetophenonethiosemicarbazone monohydrate,A, and salicylaldehyde-2-methylthiosemicarbazone monohydrate,B, were determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction.A crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupC2/c, with lattice parametersa=14.161(2),b=15.753(1) ?,c=11.084(1) ?, β=112.59(1)° andZ=4, yielding a calculated density ofD _calc=1.352 mg/m³.B crystallizes in the triclinic space groupP1, witha=7.233(2) ?,b=7.371(2) ?,c=11.841(2) ?, α=82.77(2)°, β=78.33(2)°, γ=63.06(2)° andD _calc=1.371 mg/m³ forZ=2,. In bothA andB the immine nitrogen and the sulfur atom areanti with respect to N2-C8. WhileA presents the usual intramolecular six membered hydrogen bond ring,B has instead an intermolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxy moiety of the salicyladehyde and a water molecule. AM1 calculations agree with the experimental conformations observed in both compounds. Contribution No. 1619 of the Instituto de Química, UNAM.     

Selective and mild oxidation of thiols to sulfonic acids by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by methyltrioxorhenium

Aromatic and aliphatic thiols are oxidized in acetonitrile at 20 °C by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of methyltrioxorhenium as the catalyst to yield the corresponding sulfonic acids in high isolated yields (85-94%).