Radical addition of polychloromethanes toα,α-dichlorovinyl compounds

Conclusions The reaction of CCl₄ and CHCl₃ with CCl₂=CHR, where R=(CH₂)₃H (I) and (CH₂)₃Cl (II), gives compounds of type HCCl₂CH(CCl₃)R, and the adducts HCCl₂CH(CCl)₂CH₂CH₂CH₂Cl (V) from (I) and HCCl₂CH·(CCl₃)CH₂CH₂CHCl₂ (VIII) from (II).From CCl₄ and CC1₂=CHCH₂CH₂CH=CH₂, besides the usual addition product CCl₂=CHCH₂CH₂CHClCH₂· CCl₃, is formed 1,1-dichloro-2-(trichIoromethyl)-5-(chloromethyl)cyclopentane due to stabilization of the CCl₂CH(CCl₃)R radical by intramolecular addition to the CH=CH₂ group and the subsequent cleavage of chlorine.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1569–1574, July, 1975.     

Influence of Solution Acidity on Structure of Actinocin Derivatives and Their Affinity to DNA Studied as a Function of pH by Raman Spectroscopy

An important problem of molecular biophysics is the influence of pH and ionic strength of a solution on chemical structures and charge of biologically active substances. By means of pH titration and Raman spectroscopy methods, the influence of solution acidity on structural changes of actinocin derivatives was investigated, analogues to antitumor antibiotic actinomycin D. It has been shown that these ligands have different values of cation charges in neutral solutions. From analysis of Raman spectra, it was concluded that protonation of nitrogen atom and amino group of the phenoxazone ring starts only at pH < 3.5. It was shown that protonation of actinocin derivative with two amide groups (diaminoactinocin) occurred in two steps. Corresponding protonation constants for diaminoactinocin (log k ₁ = 6.9 ± 0.5 and log k ₂ = 5.3 ± 0.1) and for partially protonated actinocin derivative with three methylene groups in the side chains (log k = 5.3 ± 0.1) were obtained. Characteristic frequencies of Raman spectra for the basic functional C=O, C2–NH₂, C–C=C, and –N=C groups of phenoxazone chromophore of actinocin derivatives in protonated and nonprotonated states were determined. The different affinities of binding of variously charged ligands to DNA have also been demonstrated.     

Preparation and characteristics of zirconium-aluminum oxide system

The possibility of preparing highly dispersed mixed zirconium-aluminum oxides by precipitation of zirconium hydroxide on γ-Al₂O₃ was studied.     

Reaction of some organoboron compounds with radical-forming substances

Conclusions The anhydrides of phenyl- and p-tolylboronic acid react with dicyclohexyl peroxydicarbonate at 60–65° in solution with the formation of aryl radicals. Tribenzylborine behaves in a similar manner. The transformation products of the aryl and benzyl radicals were identified.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1163–1164, May, 1967.