Synthesis of halogenoazoles

On reaction with halogens, organolithium and organomagnesium derivatives of azoles are converted into halogenoazoles. Halogen derivatives of N-substituted imidazoles, benzimidazoles, and indazoles have been studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1109–1111, August, 1973.     

Hydrogenation of furfural with alkali-metal amalgams

The possibility of reducing furfural to furyl alcohol with potassium and sodium amalgams under the conditions of neutralizing the alkali formed with carbon dioxide has been investigated. The reduction of furfural can be directed to the predominant formation of furyl alcohol by regulating the rate of feed of furfural into the reaction vessel.     

Activation analysis of high-purity silicon

³²P was separated from the irradiated silicon matrix as ammonium phosphomolybdate and the activity was measured with a GM tube or on a plastic scintillator. The second-order interference was taken into consideration. Research associate of the N.F.W.O.     

Indolo[3,3a,4-gh]chinoline und 10a, 6a-Iminopropano-indolo-[3,3a,4-gh]chinoline. Stereospezifische Synthesen und Umlagerungen. Teil II. 9. Mitteilung über synthetische Indolverbindungen

Alkaline hydrolysis of 1-benzyl-4, 4-dicyanoethyl-5-oxo-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo-[cd]indole under controlled conditions leads to 4-benzyl-4,6,7,8-tetrahydro-10a, 6a-iminopropanoindolo[3,3a,4-gh]quinoline-9(10H),12-dione ( 2a ), the first representative of such a ring system. Alkylation of this di-lactam affords the N-monoalkyl ( 2b ), the N, N'-dialkyl ( 3 ), and the N, O-dialkyl ( 4 ) derivatives according to the conditions employed. Treatment of compounds such as 2 with sodium in liquid ammonia results in the opening of one of the lactam rings by a stereoelectronically controlled reductive cleavage of the benzylamine bond; subsequent protonation proceeds stereospecifically to give trans-octahydroindolo[3,3a, 4-gh]quinolines (viz. 5 ). The NMR. spectra and the mechanism of the reductive ring opening are discussed.     

Triterpenoid saponins Communication 16. Structure of araloside C

Summary The complete structure of araloside C — a triterpenoid saponin from the roots ofAralia manshurica (Rupr. et Mey) — was established.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimisheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1214–1222, July, 1965