Determination of the uronic acid composition of seaweed dietary fibre by HPLC

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for determination of the ratio of beta-d-mannuronic acid to alpha-l-guluronic acid (M/G ratio) in dietary fibre of edible seaweeds. Total dietary fibre (TDF) content was determined gravimetrically. The TDF fraction was hydrolysed with 12 m and 1 m H(2)SO(4), then neutralized with AG 4 x 4 resin. The uronic acids were separated in a Tracer Extrasil SAX 5 micro m column (25 cm x 4 mm) at 35 degrees C, with 2 mm KH(2)PO(4) containing 5% methanol as mobile phase at a fl ow rate of 1.5 mL/min. The detection wavelength was UV 210 nm. The chromatographic identifications of beta-d-mannuronic acid and alpha-l-guluronic acid were confirmed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The method precision was 1.4% for beta-d-mannuronic acid and 3.5% for alpha-l-guluronic acid. The method was used to determine M/G ratio in canned seaweeds (Saccorhiza polyschides and Himanthalia elongata) and in dried seaweeds (H. elongata, Laminaria ochroleuca, Undaria pinnatifida, Palmaria sp. and Porphyra sp.).     

On the mathematical formulation and interpretation of LACO MO theory

The mathematical basis of LCAO MO theory is studied, both within the Hartree-Fock approximation and in more exact formulations. The basic LCAO expansion for molecular orbitals ¦> in terms of atomic orbitals ¦x> is conveniently written ¦> = ¦x> S ^–1 B where S is the overlap matrix for atomic orbitals and B is the matrix of atomic orbital-molecular orbital overlaps. It is suggested that matrices P and Q, defined by P=B B and Q=BnB where n is the matrix of molecular orbital occupation numbers, are appropriate to the interpretation of molecular calculations in terms of atomic orbital components, electronic populations and the degree of bonding. Implications for Hartree-Fock calculations are investigated.     

The complexation of 2,3-anthracenedicarboxylate by β- and γ-cyclodextrins in mixed solvent systems as studied by induced circular dichroism. The role of cosolvent hydrophobicity

The complexation of 2,3-anthracenedicarboxylate (ADC) by- and-cyclodextrins in water containing an organic solvent has been studied by induced circular dichroism. It has been shown that an increase of organic solvent ratio causes the degradation of the 1:1 ADC:-CD complex and the liberation of one guest molecule from the 2:1 ADC:-CD complex in water. The higher the hydrophobicity of the cosolvent, the weaker the complexation of ADC by-CD.     

1H,13C,and19F NMR study of products of the interaction of the η5-cyclopentadienyldicarbonyliron(ii) anion,CpFe(CO)2 −, with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride

Interaction of the ⁵-cyclopentadienyldicarbonyliron(II) anion with pentafluorobenzoyl chloride affords C₆F₅COFe(CO)₂Cp, CpFe(CO)₂C₆F₄COFe(CO)₂Cp, and CpFe(CO)₂C₆F₄C₆F₄Fe(CO)₂Cp. The reaction products are characterized by¹H,¹³C and¹⁹F NMR spectra.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 935–937, May, 1994.     

A Study of N-Butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine and Its Protonated Species by 1H- and 13C-NMR. Spectroscopy

The Schiff base of all-trans-retinal was investigated in organic solution by ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. at high field. Complete assignment of the ¹H-NMR. peaks of N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine ( 2 ) and the N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)-ammonium ion ( 3 ) was achieved by INDOR (internuclear double resonance). The vicinal proton coupling constants of the polyene chain show that the π-bond orders remain unchanged in N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine relative to all-trans-retinal ( 1 ), but change towards larger π-delocalization in the N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)ammonium ion. At ?-61° only one isomer of N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)ammonium was observed. This was shown to be trans at the imine linkage and independent of the solvent. The trifluoroacetic acid counter-ion can approach the positive charge of the N-atom in the weakly polar solvent dichloromethane but not in the leveling solvent methanol. In dichloromethane the nature of the 1:1 complex is a H-bonded (O^?…H-N⁺) ion-pair whose rate of breaking and forming is rapid at RT. Strong stabilization of the ion-pair resulted from homo-conjugation with a second molecule of trifluoroacetic acid. Excess of acid efficiently diminished the isomerization rate at the C,N-bond.     

Triterpene glycosides ofFatsia japonica. I. Isolation and structure of glycosides fromFatsia japonica seeds

The known triterpene glycosides hederagenin 3-O--L-arabinopyranoside, hederagenin 3-O-\-D-glucopyranoside, oleanolic acid 3-O--sophoroside, hederagenin 3-O--sophoroside, and their 28-O--gentiobiosyl esters, respectively, in addition to the new triterpene glycoside 3-O--sophorosyl-28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--gentiobiosyl hederagenin are isolated fromFatsia japonica (Araliaceae) seeds. The structures of these glycosides are established using chemical and spectral methods.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 131–133, March–April, 2000.     

Quantum chemical studies on electrophilic addition

The geometries of the 2-aminoethyl cation and the isomeric protonated aziridine have been optimized using ab initio molecular orbital calculations employing the split-valence shell 4-31G basis set. The protonated aziridine is computed to be the more stable ion by 46.5 kcal/mole (4-31G level) and 44.9 kcal/mole (double-zeta basis set). The profile to interconversion is found to have a barrier of less than 15 kcal/mole (relative to the 2-aminoethyl cation) and this profile is compared with those computed for the similar ions XCH₂CH ₂ ⁺ where X=OH, F, SH and Cl.     

Field-theoretic approach to second-order phase transitions in two- and three-dimensional systems

We review the physical principles which are at the basis of recent field-theoretic computations of the critical exponents in two- and three-dimensional systems. We concentrate on those points that do not show up explicitly in the more standard-expansion: they must be discussed with care if one uses a perturbative approach at fixed space dimensions (the loop expansion). We present in detail simple computations of the critical exponents, while we summarize the results of longer and more accurate computations.     

Selective reduction of the acyl group in cyclic α-acyl-β-dicarbonyl compounds with sodium cyanoborohydride. Efficient synthesis of cyclic α-alkyl-β-dicarbonyl compounds

Efficient synthesis of cyclic -alkyl--dicarbonyl compounds of the cyclopentane, cyclohexane, tetronic acid, and -pyrone series from the corresponding cyclic -acyl--dicarbonyl compounds under the action of NaBH₃(CN) in a THF--HCl system is described.     

Transformed steroids

The approaches to the synthesis of various 16,17-disubstituted pregna-4,9-dien-3,20-diones from the corresponding 9-derivatives with labile epoxide, dioxolane, and oxathiolane ringsD have been studied. The transformation has been found to proceed efficiently when the 9-sulfinic esters are used at the intermediate stage and then elimination of sulfinic acid by TsOH/SiO₂ is carried out.For part 193, see ref. 7.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 983–986, May, 1993.