The alkaloids from the fruits of the plant Daphniphyllaceae

Six alkaloids have been isolated from the fruits of the plant Daphniphyllaceae. Two of them are new alkaloids, namely methyl homodaphniphyllate (1) and daphnilactone-B (2). The structure of the former was deduced by chemical transformation from daphniphylline (3). The structure of daphnilactone-B was estimated by the exhaustive spectral analysis as well as by chemical evidences, and finally determined by an X-ray crystallographic analysis of the free base.     

Preparation of trimethylsilyl derivatives of amino acids and peptides for peptide synthesis

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Skeletal ruthenium catalyst in asymmetric hydrogenation

Conclusions Skeletal ruthenium catalyst, modified with D-(+)-tartaric acid, leads to the asymmetric hydrogenation of the carbonyl group in acetoacetic ester.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, p. 2361, October, 1972.