scholarly journals Refractive dispersion of organic compounds. V-Oxygenated derivatives of cyclohexane the inadequacy of the Ketteler-Helmholtz equation

In the preceding paper of this series, refractive indices and molecular extinction coefficients over a wide range of wave-lengths were recorded for the two cyclic hydrocarbons cyclohexene and 1:3- cyclohexadiene . These observations completed a study of the refractive dispersions of the series of 6-ring compounds C 6 H 12 , C 6 H 10 , C 6 H 8 , C 6 H 6 ; they also provided a basis for the study of the phenomenon of "optical exaltation," which is exhibited by compounds containing conjugated double bonds, since the last two members of the series belong to this type. Conjugation, however, may be effected, not only between two olefinic double bonds, but also between an olefinic double bond and an oxygenated radical, such as the carboxyl, carbonyl, or hydroxyl group. The present paper, therefore, records the absorption spectra and refractive dispersions of three oxygenated derivated of cyclohexane, namely, cyclohexanol , cyclohexanone , and ethyl hexahydrobenzoate , in the molecules of which each of the preceding groups is exemplified. Dispersion curves are thus now available for typical compounds of the cyclohexane series containing "unsaturated" radicals of all the principal types which are used in constructing conjugated systems, and the way has been prepared for a detailed study of conjugation, as exemplified on the one hand by cyclo hexadiene, and similar compounds containing two olefinic radicals, and on the other hand by a variety of compounds containing a double bond in addition to a hydroxyl, carbonyl, or carboxyl group. It is anticipated that, with the help of the date set out in the preceding and present papers, it will be possible in a later communication to demonstrate in what respect the behaviour of conjugated compounds differs from that which might be anticipated from a merely additive behaviour of the chromophoric radicals, and thus to determine the nature, and if possible to discover the origin, of the phenomenon of optical exaltation.

One of the ultimate aims of the present investigations of refractive dispersion is to elucidate the phenomenon of “optical exaltation” in organic compounds containing conjugated systems of alternate single and double bonds, as observed by Gladstone in 1881 and defined by Brühl in 1907. A first step was taken in Part IV (Allsopp 1934 a ) when dispersion curves were plotted over a wide range of wave-lengths for two compounds of the cyclohexane series, viz. cyclohexene (I), which contains a single olefinic double bond, and cyclohexadiene (II), with two conjugated olefinic double bonds:


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Peng Ye ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
Xin-Yu Duan ◽  
Jianping Guan ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
...  

An unprecedented electrochemical heterodifunctionalization of α-CF3 alkenes with benzenesulfonyl hydrazides was accomplished in this work, wherein a β-sulfonyl and a α-hydroxyl group were simultaneously incorporated across the olefinic double bond...


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liujuan Zheng ◽  
Haowen Wang ◽  
Aili Fan ◽  
Shu-Ming Li

Abstract Oxepinamides are derivatives of anthranilyl-containing tripeptides and share an oxepin ring and a fused pyrimidinone moiety. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been reported on the elucidation of an oxepinamide biosynthetic pathway and conversion of a quinazolinone to a pyrimidinone-fused 1H-oxepin framework by a cytochrome P450 enzyme in fungal natural product biosynthesis. Here we report the isolation of oxepinamide F from Aspergillus ustus and identification of its biosynthetic pathway by gene deletion, heterologous expression, feeding experiments, and enzyme assays. The nonribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS) OpaA assembles the quinazolinone core with d-Phe incorporation. The cytochrome P450 enzyme OpaB catalyzes alone the oxepin ring formation. The flavoenzyme OpaC installs subsequently one hydroxyl group at the oxepin ring, accompanied by double bond migration. The epimerase OpaE changes the d-Phe residue back to l-form, which is essential for the final methylation by OpaF.


1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-568
Author(s):  
R. J. de Kock ◽  
A. Veermans

Abstract With the aid of model compounds—derivatives of endo- and exo-dicyclopentadiene—it has been established that a) the 9, 10-double bond (the double bond in the norbornane ring) is involved in the polymerization of dicyclopentadiene with ethylene and propylene, b) dicyclopentadiene, present in the polymerization mixture in the endo-configuration, occurs in the exo-configuration in the polymer chain. The same model compounds enable the dicyclopentadiene content of ethylene propylene dicyclopentadiene terpolymers to be determined by infrared spectroscopic methods. Use is made of the 3045 cm−1 band, which is characteristic of endo-cyclic double bonds in five-membered rings.


1962 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Langecker

ABSTRACT Judging from the metabolites found in the urine, 1-methyl-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one (methenolone) and testosterone are metabolized in a different manner. For further clarification, other derivatives of testosterone with modifications in Ring A were investigated with regard to the oxidation of the 17-hydroxyl group. The production of urinary 17-ketosteroids decreased in the following sequence: testosterone; 1α-methyltestosterone and androstan-17β-ol-3-one; 1β-methyl-androstan-17β-ol-3-one; 2α-methyl-androstan-17β-ol-3-one and androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one; 1α-methyl-androstan-17β-ol-3-one; 1-methyl-androsta-1,4-dien-17β-ol-3-one; 1,17α-dimethyl-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one and 1 -methyl-androst-1 -en-17β-ol-3-one (methenolone). The difference in metabolic degradation is also demonstrated in the fractionation of the urinary ketones. While after the administration of testosterone practically only hydrogenated 17-ketones are observed in the urine, the unchanged compound is still traceable in remarkable quantities after the administration of methenolone, along with minor quantities of the corresponding diketone. Testosterone-metabolites here are absent, whereas they represent the major substances present after the administration of androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-on. Following the administration of 1α-methyltestosterone only hydrogenated 17-ketones are detected which are still partly methylated. The 1-methyl-group and the Δ 1-double-bond seem to be responsible for the inhibition of the oxidation of methenolone in the 17-position. In addition, the hydrogenation of the double-bond and the reduction of the 3-keto-group are inhibited, obviously on account of the same structural peculiarities. The demethylation of methenolone is also inhibited. Any change in the steroid ring system forms a new substrate, thus producing new conditions for the enzymatic attack in the metabolic degradation.


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Tori ◽  
Y. Hata ◽  
R. Muneyuki ◽  
Y. Takano ◽  
T. Tsuji ◽  
...  

Proton magnetic resonance spectra of some norbornane derivatives having double bonds and (or) a benzene ring in the skeleton were studied. Differences in the chemical shifts between the bridge methylenes of norbornene and benzonorbornene and that of norbornane result from the diamagnetic anisotropy effect of a double bond or a benzene ring being in good agreement with the values calculated theoretically. However, in the norbornadiene derivatives which have two double bonds or one olefinic double bond with a benzene ring in a part of the skeleton, the signals of their bridge methylenes show extraordinarily larger downfield shifts by about 0.8 p.p.m. than those expected from the additive shielding due to each π-electron system. This anomaly is not observed in bicyclo[2.2.2]octane ring series. A large transannular interaction between two π-electron systems in that system would be a major contribution to the above anomaly.


1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 711 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Grant ◽  
KL Chee ◽  
JS Prasad ◽  
MY Tho

Dehydration of the unstable hydroperoxy ethers (4) and (6) formed on ozonolysis of the manool derivatives (2) and (5) resulted in the formation of the ten- membered unsaturated lactones (11) and (12) in good yield. The results of an investigation into the nature of the hydroxyl group and its spatial relationship to the exocyclic double bond in lactone formation are reported for other manool derivatives.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1100601
Author(s):  
Barbara Bednarczyk – Cwynar

Oleanolic acid, one of the most known triterpenes, was subjected to different chemical transformations within C-3 β-hydroxyl group, a double bond between C-12 and C-13, and a carboxyl function at C-17 in order to obtain new derivatives. The key compound consists of four six-membered rings (A, B, D, E) and one enlarged ring (C ring) containing a nitrogen atom and a carbonyl function – lactam. This type of derivative can be obtained by Beckmann rearrangement of the appropriate oxime. The lactam can be transformed into thiolactam with the use of Lavesson's reagent. The method is also presented for new derivatives synthesis, as well as their structure elucidation by spectroscopic means.


1989 ◽  
Vol 44 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bohl ◽  
Zeno Simon ◽  
Jens Reiner Lochmann

Abstract A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR ) approach by use of the minimal topological difference (MTD) method including 46 derivatives of 4-androstene-3,17-dione and 5a-androstane- 3,17-dione is applied to give indications about the role of the C 4 = C5 double bond in competitive inhibition of human placental aromatase and about sterical requirements in steroidaromatase interactions. The inhibitory activity is found to correlate with the sterical MTD variable, hydrophobicity, and π-system conjugation in the A,B-ring region. A comparison of the MTD results reveals a good agreement with interpretations based on freeenergy data derived from inhibition constants. By means of MM2 molecular mechanics and PCILO quantum-chemical calculations, the 4-ene structure is shown to significantly influence conformational features of C19 substituents which are important in enzym atic transformations. While 19-hydroxy-5a-androstane-3,17-dione favour a conformation having the hydroxyl group in the enzyme-directed out-of-ring position, the C 4 = C5 double bond energetically enables the steroid to adopt a conformation which can be hydroxylated without internal rotations. According to present theoretical findings, the 4-ene unsaturation thus exerts an indirect conformational influence by hydroxyl positioning appropriate to aromatase interactions and a direct electronic influence by π conjugation.


2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Huszcza ◽  
Jadwiga Dmochowska-Gładysz ◽  
Agnieszka Bartmańska

The course of transformations of testosterone and its derivatives, including compounds with an additional C1,C2 double bond and/or a 17α-methyl group, a 17β-acetyl group or without a 19-methyl group, by a Beauveria bassiana culture was investigated. The fungi promoted hydroxylation of these compounds at position 11α, oxidation of the 17β-hydroxyl group, reduction of the C1,C2 or C4,C5 double bonds and degradation of the progesterone side-chain, leading to testosterone. The structure of 4-ene-3-oxo-steroids had no influence on regio- and stereochemistry of hydroxylation. In a similar manner, dehydroepiandrosterone was hydroxylated by Beauveria bassiana at position 11α, however, a small amount of 7α- hydroxylation product was also formed.


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