The mechanism of oxidation of indoxyl and its analogs to indigo and indigoides

Conclusions Intermediate formation of 3-oxynaphthenyl-2 radical during oxidation of 3-oxythionaphthene to thioindigo was demonstrated by the inhibitor method. The 1:1 recombination product of this radical and diphenylpicrylhydrazyl was isolated. It is assumed that the postulated oxidation mechanism is general for compounds possessing a methylene group bonded to an electron-donating X group and an electron-accepting C=O group.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1168–1170, May, 1970.     

Olivomycin and related antibiotics

Summary It has been shown that olivomycose has the structure of 3-C-methyl-2, 6-dideoxy-L-arabino-hexose. In olivomycins A and C, this sugar is present in the form of the 4-O-isobutyrate, and in olivomycin B in the form of the 4-O-acetate.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 405–410, 1967For preliminary communication, see [1].