Struktur von 7,11-Diphenyl-2,4-diazaspiro[5,5]undecan-1,3,5,9-tetraonen durch LIS-NMR

A semi-quantitative method for determining distances between a possible coordination centre and protons from LIS-NMR values is developed for the title compounds3, although these have four coordination points. This makes it possible to propose structures and conformations for the isomers of3.

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H.-H. Otto undH. Yamamura, Ann. Chem., im Druck.     

A new boundary treatment: HF surface potential model applied to solid-state cluster calculations

A new boundary treatment, a Hartree–Fock (HF ) surface potential model, is proposed to deal with the surface effect in the solid-state cluster calculations using the LCAO –MO –SCF ab initio method. The surface potential arises from one or more atoms, which have no basis function and are added to the calculated cluster system. These atoms are placed in such sites so that the HF potential field of the calculated system should possess a point-group symmetry. The surface potential could be found by the corresponding HF potential using a symmetry operator. The fact that a rather symmetric electronic structure of the asymmetric cluster YBa₂CuZn₂O₇ is obtained using the HF surface potential shows that the surface effect in the cluster calculations could be neutralized to a great extent. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Chromatographic detection of scandium

Scandium was readily detected by paper chromatography using methyl acetate as the solvent and quinalizarin for the developer. The reddish-violet color formed with scandium resembled the colers obtained with thorium, titanium, zirconium and the rare earths, but the difference in R_F values gave definite separation of these elements. Positive chromatographs were obtained by using 0.01 ml of solution 0.005M respect to scandium.     

The Lewis basicity of the [Pt3(μ-CO)3(PR3)3] clusters and the X-ray crystal structure of [{ZnI2}{Pt3(μ-CO)3(PPh(i-Pr)2)3}]

The cluster compounds [Pt₃(μ-CO)₃(PR₃)₃] act as Lewis bases towards the metal halides of Group XI, MX, Group XII, MX₂, and Group XIII, MX₃, to form cluster compounds of the composition [{MX_n}{Pt₃(μ-CO)₃(PR₃)₃}]. The X-ray crystal structure, NMR and IR data are given for the compound [{ZnI}{Pt₃(μ-CO)₃(PPh(i-Pr)₂)₃}].     

The Structures of Some Products from the Photodegradation of the Pluramycin Antibiotics Hedamycin and Kidamycin

The photolability of the antitumor antibiotic hedamycin ( 1 ) was investigated by irradiation in different solvents in the presence or in the absence of oxygen. The products formed were separated chromatographically and their structures determined by NMR spectroscopy. Photolysis of 1 in the presence of oxygen gave only one isolable product, photohedamycin A ( 3 ), where ring E of hedamycin had been transformed into an enol ether. The reaction in the absence of oxygen yielded the photohedamycins B, C, and D ( 5, 6 , and 7 , respectively). In these compounds, one of the epoxides of hedamycin had been opened reductively, and in photohedamycin D ( 7 ) the substituent at C(8) - originally ring E of hedamycin - was now acyclic. In addition to these compounds, the photolyses yielded a large number of unstable minor products, which could not be isolated.     

Kontinuierliche Konzentrationsbestimmung von Elektrolyten mit Hilfe der Oscillometrie

Zusammenfassung Die Messung der Elektrolytkonzentration in fließenden Lösungen, auch bei solchen, die Niederschläge oder Suspensionen enthalten, wird auf Grund der Veränderung des Dielektrikums einer Zelle, welche von einem elektrischen Hochfrequenzstrom durchflossen wird, durchgeführt. Auf diesem Wege ist die quantitative Bestimmung der Konzentration der gelösten Substanz oder die der durchlaufenden Menge beträchtlich vereinfacht und automatisiert. Dabei werden subjektive und Manipulationsfehler weitgehend ausgeschlossen. Die untersuchte Probe erleidet keinerlei Veränderungen.

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Summary The electrolyte concentration of flowing solutions and of suspensions or solutions containing precipitates can be measured by the variation of the dielectrics in a cell, which is coupled with a high-frequency circuit. By means of this method the quantitative determination of the concentration of solutions or the determination of the quantity of ions passed through the tube can be simplified. The method makes possible an automatization and it precludes the possibility of subjective and manipulation errors. During the measurement the sample remains unchanged.

     

The crystal and molecular structure of the cycloadduct from an activated carbodiimide and methyl isothiocyanate

The crystal and molecular structures of the cycloadduct from isopropyl[α-(dimethylthio-carbamoyl)isopropyl]carbodiimide and methyl isothiocyanate were determined by single-crystal X-ray methods. The product was established to be 2-(1-isopropyl-3,5-dimethyl-4,6-dithioxo-hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine-2-ylidenamino)-N,N-dimethylthioisoburyramide, in which contrary to expectations based on hybridisation the heterocyclic ring adopts a boat conformation.     

NMR spectra of a microcrystalline protein at 30 kHz MAS

Proteins are not always available in amounts desirable for solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) nuclear-magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. To maximize the signal-to-noise ratio achievable with small samples, the filling factor must be optimized by using small-diameter MAS rotors. These rotors have the added benefit of allowing higher radio frequency field amplitudes during polarization transfer steps and during decoupling periods as well as allowing higher spinning frequencies. We demonstrate the advantages of relatively fast MAS (30 kHz using a 2.5 mm rotor) compared to MAS at 12 kHz for the 10.4 kDa model protein Crh with 93 residues and show that the signal-to-noise ratio in two-dimensional correlation spectra can be significantly improved by taking advantage of optimized pulse sequences available with rapid MAS.     

Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Pyrazine and Imidazole Alkaloids from Botryllus LeachiRID=”a”ID=”a”?Dedicated to Prof. G. M?rkl on the occasion of his 75th birthday

The synthesis of the naturally occurring and biologically active alkaloids 1 and 2, first isolated from the red ascidian Botryllus leachi by Duran et al. [1], is described and the structure proposed for Botryllazine B (1) is confirmed. The analytical data for 2-(p-hydroxybenzoyl)-4-(p-hydroxyphenyl)imidazole (2) are discussed and compared with the literature. With special emphasis of ¹H NMR data the tautomerism of aroylimidazolemethanones is described.