Topochemical investigations of peptide systems

The basic principles of the topochemical approach to the investigation of the structure-function relation in peptide systems are formulated. This approach makes use of the new possibility of transforming natural peptides, consisting in the modification of the molecule as a whole and utilization of the resultant analogs to elucidate the boundaries of the stereoelectronic complementarity of the biologically active peptide to the corresponding receptor. In particular, on the example of depsipeptide antibiotics and their topochemical analogs the fruitfulness of using such compounds as tools in elucidating the physicochemical basis of functioning of biological membranes is shown. The topochemical principle has also been applied in preparing specific competitive inhibitors of proteolytic enzymes, whose study may shed light on the nature of the forces binding the substrate to the contact site of the corresponding enzyme.     

Complete synthesis of serratamolide

Summary 1. A method for the separation and quantitative determination of - and -DNP derivatives of , -DABA, ornithine, and lysine has been proposed.2. A quantitative evaluation of the N N migration in four peptides of , -DABA has been carried out.3. The degree of migration in inactive polymyxin M and the DNP-peptides from a partial hydrolyzate of the inactivated antibiotic has been determined.4. The amino acid composition of the DNP peptide B1 from a partial hydrolyzate of active DNP-polymyxin M has been established.5. The quantitative aspect of the conversion of and diketopiperazines has been studied.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 277–284, 1966     

Mass-spectrometer investigation of 3, 6-dialkyl-2, 5-diketopiperazines

Analysis of mass-spectra of various 2, 5-diketopiperazines gives the basic fragmentation rules for their molecular ions, and the effects of nature and positions of substituents on the process.Mass-spectrometry Laboratory of the Institute of the Chemistry of Natural Compounds.Antibiotics Chemistry Laboratory of the Institute of the Chemistry of Natural Compounds.     

Effect of Unpaired Electron in Thermochemical Description of the Dissociation Energy of Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules

The dissociation energy of heteronuclear diatomic molecules with polar covalent bonds was calculated by the modified Pauling procedure taking into account the presence of an unpaired electron on one of the atoms.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 78, No. 2, 2005, pp. 341–343.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Yakovlev, Ovchinnikov, Fokeeva.     

On the nature of paramagnetism in macromolecules with conjugated cc bonds

The paramagnetic properties of one-dimensional macromolecules with conjugated C?C bonds are discussed on the basis of low-lying quasi-homeopolar triplet excitations. A good agreement with the experimental results is shown.