Preparation of N-(β-acetoxyethyl) anabasine,-brucine, -strychnine,and -cocaine iodides and a study of some of their biological properties

A. S. Sadykov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 413–415, May–June, 1990.     

Preliminary investigation of the simultaneous detection of sugars,ascorbic acid,citric acid,and sodium benzoate in non-alcoholic beverages by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) was used for the simultaneous detection of sugars, ascorbic acid, citric acid, sodium and/or potassium benzoate in non-alcoholic beverages, with meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (MW 974) as a matrix. Using potassium hydroxide as dopant, fructose/glucose was detected as the potassiated molecule at m/z 219, whereas potassiated sucrose, [Sucrose. K](+), was detected at m/z 381. Using sodium hydroxide as dopant, the fructose and sucrose ions were detected at m/z 203 and 365, respectively. Citric acid generated multiple ions at m/z 269, 307, and 345, which were assigned to [Citricbond;H+2K](+), [Citricbond;2H+3K](+), and [Citricbond;3H+4K](+), respectively. However, a stored methanolic solution of citric acid produced additional ions at m/z 283, 297, and 321, which were attributed to [Citricbond;2H+CH(3)+2K](+), [Citricbond;3H+2CH(3)+2K](+), and [Citricbond;3H+CH(3)+3K](+), respectively, due to esterification that took place during storage. The limits of detection in water were: ascorbic acid, 0.30 wt%; citric acid, 0.5 wt%; and sodium benzoate, 0.001 wt%. In the beverage formulations, the limits of detection were: ascorbic acid 0.3 wt%, citric acid 0.3 wt%, and sodium benzoate 0.02 wt%. Spiking a water or beverage solution that contained ascorbic and/or citric acid with less than 0.6 wt% of tartaric acid lowered the detection limits of ascorbic and citric acids to 0.2 wt%. This study demonstrates the potential for using MALDI-TOFMS in the quality control analyses of non-alcoholic beverages, particularly with regard to the detection of low molecular weight organic acids in commercial beverage formulations.     

The surface enhanced Raman scattering effects of composite nanocrystals of Ag-TiO2

The composite particles of Ag-TiO2 both in a nanocrystal form was prepared by photoreduction of AgNO3 in the rutile colloidal solution. The surface plasmon absorption (SPA) band of the silver clusters supported on the TiO2 nanocrystal was red shift, and a strong surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect for the composite particles of Ag-nanocrystalline TiO2 was observed. The SERS effect is relating to the red shift phenomenon of SPA band, which could be explained by induced-resonance effect.     

Role of thiol-disulfide exchange in insulin binding to its receptor.

The effects of reduction by DTT, oxidation by DTNB and treatment with NEM on the thiol contents and insulin binding to its receptor in mice liver membranes were studied. Reduction with DTT leads to a parallel increase in the thiol content and the specific binding of insulin to the membrane. Scatchard analysis of the results shows little change in the number of binding sites but a twofold increase of the binding constant. Washing the membrane with bound insulin by a DTT containing buffer results in a more marked increase in the release of bound insulin than washing with buffer alone, suggesting that part of the insulin is bound to its receptor by covalent disulfide linkages through a thiol-disulfide exchange reaction and reduction with DTT leads to a marked increase in this "disulfide-linked" insulin. Treatment with DTNB or NEM of the DTT-reduced membrane seems to reverse the effect of DTT reduction, although the reaction of the untreated membrane with DTNB or NEM had little or no effect on the specific binding of insulin. It is suggested that initially, part of the thiols responsible for the exchange reaction may not be available for reaction with DTNB and reduction with DTT generates further thiols leading to increased specific binding in general and increased insulin binding to the receptor through covalent disulfide linkages in particular.     

Study of the nature and properties of surface centers of a Ni-Cr oxide catalyst according to ir spectra of adsorbed CO and NH3 probe molecules

The modification of a Ni-Cr oxide catalyst during reduction was studied by IR spectroscopy of adsorbed CO and NH₃ probe molecules. It was determined that in the starting oxidized sample the nickel cations were in the form of oxide clusters distributed over the surface of chromium oxide. As a result of reduction, they were depleted in oxygen, and metal clusters were formed and enlarged. Effective oxidation, by water vapor, of part of the surface of the metallic-nickel clusters that formed during reduction was observed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2718–2725, December, 1991.     

X-ray diffraction and spectral studies of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-(2′,4′-Dimethylphenylazo)-pyrazolone-5

The molecular and crystal structures of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-(2,4-dimethyl-phenylazo) pyrazolone-5 were determined. In the crystal the molecule exists as the hydrazone tautomer. The pyrazole ring is planar, and the substituents are practically coplanar with it. The molecule contains an intramolecular NH...O hydrogen bond that closes a practically planar six-membered ring (N...O, 2.77 (I), H...O 2.14 Å, angle at H(N(4)) hydrogen 131 °). The x-ray diffraction data agree with the spectral data and with the CNO calculation.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 816–821, June, 1985.     

Synthesis and structure of substituted 3,4-dihydropyridin-2-ones

The condensation of benzylideneacetonacetic ester with cyanoacetamide in the presence of triethylamine yielded 3-carbamoyl-3,4-dihydropyridin-2-one, while the condensation of arylidenecyanoacetamides with -aminocrotonic ester in acetic acid yielded 3-cyano-3,4-dihydropyridin-2-ones. It was established by NMR spectroscopy that 3-cyano-4-R-5-ethoxycarbonyl-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyridin-2-ones exist in solutions in the form of a mixture of cis- and trans-stereoisomers in a 101 ratio.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1504–1508, November, 1984.     

Microdynamics of solid anilinium chloride

Intraionic C₃ reorientation of the anilinium NH⁺₃ group was evidenced by measurements of the temperature dependence of the proton spin—lattice relaxation time, by rotating frame experiments and cw NMR data. Analysis of the results yielded a rotor hindering potential E = 33.6 kJ/mole and τ_o = 4 × 10⁻¹³ s.     

Automatic geometry optimization for molecules with d orbitals. I. General analytic formulas for derivatives of slater orbitals

General analytic formulas for derivatives of real Slater orbitals with respect to the Cartesian coordinates x and y have been derived. The application of this result to molecular geometry optimization or to the construction of a force constant matrix is briefly discussed.     

Selective mono-and diamination of polyfluorinated benzenes and pyridines with liquid ammonia

Amination of pentafluoropyridine, 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoropyridine, 4-chlorotetrafluoropyridine, 3,5-dichlorotrifluoropyridine, octafluorotoluene, α,α,α,2,3,5,6-heptafluorotoluene, decafluoro-m-xylene, decafluorobiphenyl, hexafluorobenzene, and pentafluorobenzene with liquid ammonia was investigated. Bis-aminodefluorination temperatures for the majority of substrates were shown to exceed significantly the corresponding temperatures of monoaminodefluorination. The optimal conditions for selective preparation of mono-and diaminopolyfluoro(het)arenes were elucidated. An efficient method for isolation of particular polyfluorophenylenediamines from product mixtures formed in nonselective reactions of pentafluorobenzene and hexafluorobenzene with aqueous ammonia based on complexation with a crown ether is proposed. Dedicated to the memory of Academician N. N. Vorozhtsov on the occasion of his 100th anniversary. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2163–2170, November, 2007.