Reduction of Alkyl-2-amino-5,6-dialkyl-3-cyanopyridine-4-carboxylates

Reduction of alkyl-2-amino-5,6-dialkyl-3-cyanopyridine-4-carboxylates with sodium borohydride in protic solvents gave rise to 4-amino-3-imino-6,7-dialkyl-1,3-dihydrofuro[3,4-c]pyridines that at hydrolysis in acid medium afforded the corresponding lactones.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2005, pp. 288–291.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Vasil’ev, Lyshchikov, Nasakin, Kayukov, Tafeenko.     

Interaction of Methyl 5,6-Dialkyl-2-amino-3-cyanopyridine-4-carboxylates with Primary Amines

An unusual direction has been found for the interaction of alkyl 5,6-dialkyl-2-amino-3-cyanopyridine-4-carboxylates with primary amines leading to the formation of 2,6,7-trialkyl-4-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-1,3-diones.     

Reaction of 4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles with 1,3,5-trlaryl-2,4-diaza-1,4-pentadienes

2-Aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-3,3,4,4,-tetracarbonitriles and 1,3,5-triaryl-9-oxo-1,2,3,4b,5,6,8a,9-octahydropyrido[3,4:3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazine-4b,8a-dicarbonitriles are formed by the reaction of 4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarnonitriles with 1,3,5-triaryl-2,4-diaza-1,4-pentadienes depending on the solvent used.Chuvash State University, Cheboksary 428015. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1395–1409, October, 1996. Original article submitted October 2, 1996.     

Refinement of the structure of the products of the interaction of 4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles with aldehydes

It has been established by x-ray structural analysis that on reacting 4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles with aldehydes 6-imino-2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-4,4,5-tricarbonitriles are formed and not 3-imino-2,6-dioxabicyclo[2,2,2] octane-4,8,8-tricarbonitriles as has been proposed. Chuvash State University, Cheboksary 428015. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 497–499, April, 1997.     

Annulation of pyrrole ring in 4-acylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles in the presence of ammonia

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - 4-Acyl-2-amino-6-chloropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles underwent heterocyclization in the presence of ammonia in aqueous dioxane medium, involving the...     

Reaction of 2,2,3,3-tetracyanocyclopropyl ketones with water

3-Benzoylcyclopropane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitrile reacted with water to give 2-benzoyl-1,3-dicyanocyclopropane-1-carboxamide as a result of hydrolysis of the cyano group in the trans position with respect to the carbonyl group and subsequent decarboxylation. The reaction of 3-benzoyl-3-methylcyclopropane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitrile with water involved heterocyclization with participation of the carbonyl group and cis-cyano groups, leading to 8-methyl-3,6-dioxo-1-phenyl-2,7-diazatricyclo[3.2.1.0^4,8]octane-4,5-dicarbonitrile. Hydrolysis of 3-alkylcyclopropane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitrile followed both reaction paths to produce mixtures of products, including 7-alkyl-4-amino-7-hydroxy-1,9-dioxo-3,8-diazatricyclo[4.3.0.0^1,5]non-3-ene-5-carbonitriles. In all cases, the three-membered ring was retained.     

DYNGA: a general purpose QM-MM-MD program. I. Application to water

We present a general purpose QM-MM-MD engine (DYNGA) designed to test alternative hybrid Hamiltonians geared towards the treatment of problems of interest in structural biology including the use of experimental data constraints. In this first presentation we use DYNGA to explore the behaviour of a traditional QM-MM approach in the treatment of the water—water interaction. We find the potential energy hypersurface for the water dimer computed with the HF 4–31G*/TIP3P hybrid Hamiltonian tends to be too flat. We also explore the effect of using traditional QM-MM techniques on proton wires and conclude there is a need for improvement, possibly addressed by using polarizable force fields.     

PAST AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF A COLLAPSED FISHERY: THE BAY OF BISCAY ANCHOVY

Abstract We analyze the efficiency of the international management of the Bay of Biscay anchovy. While a sharing agreement between France and Spain has been in place since 1992, the fish stock collapsed in 2005 and the fishery closed from 2005 to spring 2010. We consider differences in production technologies between both countries and calibrate our model using data from 1987 to 2009. Our results suggest two sources of rent dissipation under the existing sharing agreement: inefficient quota allocation and production inefficiencies due to inflexible national regulations. We discuss several alternatives to improve management.