Acylation of n-phenyl-2-(indol-3-yl)succinimides

Treatment of N-phenyl-2-(1-R-indol-3-yl)succinimides with acetyl perchlorate leads to acylation of the benzene ring of the indole substituent.L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physico-Organic and Carbon Chemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Donetsk 340114. A. N. Kosygin State Textile Academy, Moscow 117918, GSP-1. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 85–88, January, 1997.     

Catalytic Properties of Acid Solutions and the Structure of Acid–Base Complexes with Strong Hydrogen Bonds

The catalytic action of acid solutions involves an equilibrium step in the formation of a reactive complex of reactant molecules with catalyst entities. The relative concentrations of these complexes are determined by using thermodynamic parameters (acidity functions and activities of catalyst components). Data on the structure of complexes with strong H-bonds can be obtained from the vibrational spectra of these species. These data are required for establishing the mechanisms of catalytic reactions and for predicting the catalytic properties of acid solutions containing these complexes.     

Alpha-induced reactions on natural erbium

Stacks of natural erbium were bombared with -particles with energie of 85 MeV. Cumulative cross sections for the productions of different nuclei were measured using -ray spectroscopy. The data are compared with the theoretical predictions provided by the equilibrium and preequilibrium reaction model.     

Formation of pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinolines from substituted 5-methyl-6-aminomoles by the combes reaction

It is shown that the reaction of 2, 3, 5-trimethyl-6-amino-indole with 1, 3-diketones is a convenient method for the preparation of angular IH-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinolines, while the presence of a methyl group on the pyrrolic nitrogen atom of the initial indole as a result of steric hindrance completely blocks cyclization to the corresponding pyrroloquinolines.Mordovskii State Educational Institute, Saransk 430007. Moscow State University, Moscow 119899. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No 11, pp. 1499–1501, November, 1995. Original article submitted May 23, 1995.     

1,2,2-Trimethyldisilane-1,1,2-triol: intermediate formation and conversion to condensation products

1,2,2-Trimethyldisilane-1,1,2-triol (1) is formed as an unstable intermediate upon hydrolysis of oligo(trimethyldisilanylsesquiazane). In the absence of trapping agents it undergoes rapid condensation to give ether-soluble poly(trimethyldisilanyloxane) which contains silanol groups. Treatment of the hydrolysis products with chlorotrimethylsilane in the presence of triethylamine affords trimethylsiloxy derivatives, (Me₃SiO)₂MeSiSiMe₂(OSiMe₃),5,6, and [Si₂Me₃O _x (OSiMe₃) _y ] _n . The isolation of these products indicates that disilanetriol1 readily undergoes condensation to form hydroxylcontaining six-membered rings and polysiloxanes. The condensation of compound1 in the presence of Me₃SiOH has been studied. The ratio between the isomeric cyclosiloxanes5 and6 has been determined both by¹H NMR spectroscopy and by a chemical method (chlorinolysis). Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1788–1792, October, 1993.     

Fluorimetric determination of anionic surfactants by extraction as safranine-T ion-pairs

A simple and rapid method is proposed for the spectrofluorimetric determination of anionic surfactants. It is based on formation of an ion-pair at pH 2 with safranine-T and its subsequent extraction into chloroform. Fluorescence intensity is increased by a factor of about 5 with respect to that of the reagent. The calibration graph is linear in the concentration range 0.015–0.40 mg l^?1 dodecyl sulfate; the relative standard deviation is 5.6% at 0.22 ml l^?1 surfactant. The method is applied to determine anionic surfactants in city waste-waters, giving recoveries close to 100%.     

Cathodic Reduction of Chromium on a Surface of Nickel Modified by Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

Effect of organic compounds (salicylic, acetylsalicylic, and p-nitrobenzoic acids) adsorbed on a nickel surface or introduced into solution on the cathodic reduction of Cr(VI) is studied by measuring voltammetric curves in a wide potential range up to the beginning of electrodeposition of black chromium. If the adsorbate is salicylic or p-nitrobenzoic acid, only the maximum current corresponding to incomplete reduction Cr(VI) Cr(III) increases in cathodic polarization curve (PC). On a surface modified by acetylsalicylic acid, in addition to an increase in the maximum current, all parts of PC shift towards positive potentials. The Cr(VI) reduction on modified surfaces accelerates presumably due to the electron transfer from the cathode surface onto Cr(VI) atoms, accelerated by the formation of bridges with an increased electron conduction.     

Regulation of cellulose synthesis in Acetobacter xylinum by cyclic diguanylic acid

Cellulose is the most abundant renewable carbon resource on earth and is an indispensable raw material for the wood, paper, and textile industries. A model system to study the mechanism of cellulose biogenesis is the bacterium Acetobacter xylinum which produces pure cellulose as an extracellular product. It was from this organism that in vitro preparations which possessed high levels of cellulose synthase activity were first obtained in both membranous and soluble forms. We recently demonstrated that this activity is subject to a complex multi-component regulatory system, in which the synthase is directly affected by an unusual cyclic nucleotide activator enzymatically formed from GTP, and indirectly by a Ca (2+) -sensitive phosphodiesterase which degrades the activator. The cellulose synthase activator (CSA) has now been identified as bis-(3' 5')-cyclic diguanylic acid (5'G3'p5'G3'p) on the basis of mass spectroscopic data, nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and comparison with chemically synthesized material. We also report here on intermediary steps in the synthesis and degradation of this novel circular dinucleotide, which have been integrated into a model for the regulation of cellulose synthesis.