Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds on the basis of cyclohexane-1,3-diones (review)

The literature data for the period 1973–1985 on the synthesis, on the basis of cyclohexane-1,3-diones and their derivatives, of heterocyclic compounds that contain a 3-oxocyclohexene structural fragment or are formed as a result of a change in the cyclohexane ring are examined.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 723–738, June, 1988.     

粮谷中8种痕量真菌毒素的定量分析方法

建立了大米、小麦和大豆中黄曲霉毒素B1、黄曲霉毒素B2、黄曲霉毒素G1、黄曲霉毒素G2、伏马毒素B1、伏马毒素B2、柄曲霉素和异烟棒曲霉素C 8种真菌毒素的高效液相色谱-串联质谱(HPLC-MS/MS)分析方法。样品加入正己烷去除油脂,用60%乙腈振荡液液分配提取,取乙腈水层过滤膜后分析。在电喷雾电离(ESI)正离子模式下采用多反应监测(MRM)进行测定。定量方法采用同位素内标稀释法,8种真菌毒素在各自浓度范围内线性关系良好,线性系数均不低于0.997 0。空白样品的加标回收率为77%～123%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.6%～13.3%。该方法操作简单、灵敏度高,可用于粮谷中真菌毒素的检测。     

Zinc oxide nanoparticles immobilized on graphene flake

Interactions of ZnO nanoparticles with graphene oxide in isopropanol were studied; graphene oxide was shown to perform as an efficient substrate to immobilize zinc oxide nanoparticles on its surface. Interactions of nanocomposites consisting of graphene oxide-zinc oxide nanoparticles with supercritical isopropanol were studied. The conversion of graphene oxide into graphene does not appreciably changes the composition, morphology, or structure of ZnO nanoparticles.     

Vinylation of cellulose in superbase catalytic systems: towards new biodegradable polymer materials

Diverse celluloses including non-mercerized and mercerized ones have been successfully vinylated with acetylene in the superbase catalytic systems MOH/DMSO and MOH/THF (M = Na, K) at 85–140 °C. Depending on the reaction conditions, degree of substitution of the hydroxyl groups by highly reactive polymerazable vinyloxy groups ranges 0.11–1.22, the yields of vinylated celluloses (insoluble in water, but soluble in DMSO) being 41–89 %. Vinylated celluloses are easily decomposed under the action of white rot fungi: Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Trametes versicolor and Trametes hirsutus, and can constitute a basis for the preparation of biodegradable polymer materials (due to polymerization or polyaddition at the vinyloxy group).     

Calorimetric study of poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate) over the range from T → 0 to 350 K

For the first time, the heat capacity $ C_{\text{p}}^{^\circ } $ of poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate) has been studied in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter between 7 and 350 K, the standard thermodynamic functions: heat capacity $ C_{\text{p}}^{^\circ } $ (T), enthalpy H°(T) ? H°(0), entropy S°(T) ? S°(0), Gibbs function G°(T) ? H°(0) have been calculated from T → 0 to 350 K. The energy of combustion Δ_c U of the compound under study has been measured in a calorimeter with a stationary bomb and an isothermal shell. The standard enthalpy of combustion Δ_c H° and thermodynamic parameters of formation—enthalpy Δ_f H°, entropy Δ_f S°, Gibbs function Δ_f G°—at T = 298.15 K have been calculated. The results have been used to calculate the thermodynamic characteristics of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate bulk polymerization into poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate) over the range from T → 0 to 350 K.     

Quantum-chemical study on thermal transformations of urea in ethylene glycol

Thermal decomposition of urea in ethylene glycol with formation of isocyanic acid and ammonia was studied at the B3LYP/6-311++G(df,p) level of theory. The decomposition process is efficiently catalyzed by monomeric and dimeric forms of ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol dimer formed via intermolecular hydrogen bonding is a stronger acid than the monomeric species, which is responsible for the higher catalytic activity of the former. Ethylene glycol associates efficiently catalyze addition of ammonium to isocyanic acid in the synthesis of ethylene carbonate.     

Influence of defoliating agents on the level of some secondary metabolites in cotton-plant leaves

The change in the composition of the secondary metabolites (SMs) of cotton-plant leaves under the influence of two modifications of defoliating agents in the period of leaf fall has been studied. It has been shown that, in contrast to the dynamics of the SMs in genetic deciduous lines, up to the period of leaf-fall the amount of free sterols in the petioles decreases, while in the leaf blades it remains unchanged. In experiments with cotyledons, the opposite effect was observed. In all cases, the amount of polyprenols decreased substantially.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Republic Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Institute of Experimental Plant Biology, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 67–71, January–February, 1992.