THE ACTION OP PYRIDINE on DULCITOL HEXANITRATE By

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

THE ACTION OP PYRIDINE on DULCITOL HEXANITRATE By THE ACTION OP PYRIDINE ON DULCITOL HEXANITRATE by GEORGE GORDON MCKEQWN A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE In the Department of CHEMISTRY We accept this thesis as conforming to the standard required from candidates for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE. Members of the Department of Chemistry THE UNIVERSITY OP BRITISH COLUMBIA September, 1952. ABSTRACT Dulcitol hexanitrate was prepared In 90% yield by nitrating dulcitol with nitric and sulphuric acid. The optically inactive hexanitrate crystallized from ethanol and water to give fine, colorless needles melting at 98-99°C. When the pure dulcitol hexanitrate was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine, an exothermic reaction occurred with the evolution of a gas. On dilution of the solution with water, a crystalline dulcitol pentanitrate separated in 65% yield. The pentanitrate was re- crystallized from ethanol and water as fine, color• less needles, which melted at 85-86°C; it was optically inactive and did not reduce Fehling's solution. The pentanitrate was methylated with silver oxide and methyl iodide, and then reduced with hydrogen over palladized charcoal to give an optically inactive monomethyl dulcitol. This product crystallized from ethanol as heavy, colorless crystals which melted at 149-150°C. Periodate oxidation of the monomethyl dulcitol indicated that it was a racemic mixture of 3- and 4-methyl D-dulcitol (D-galactitol)• Hence the action of pyridine selectively removed a nitric acid ester group from the 3-(or chemically equivalent 4-) position in the D-dulcitol hexanitrate molecule leaving a hydroxyl group. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer wishes to express his sincere thanks to Dr. L.D. Hayward for his ready encouragement and sound advice in the direction of this investigation. Grateful acknowledgements are also made to the Standard Oil Company of B.C. for the award of a fellowship, to the National Research Council of Canada for a summer grant, and to the Department of Veterans Affairs. TABLE OP CONTENTS _____ GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 2 DISCUSSION OP RESULTS 9 A. Dulcitol Hexanitrate 9 B. Dulcitol Pentanitrate 9 C. Monomethyl Dulcitol Pentanitrate 12 D. Monomethyl Dulcitol 13 EXPERIMENTAL 19 Special Precautions 19 A. Materials 19 Nitric Acid 19 Pyridine 19 Dulcitol 19 Palladized Charcoal Catalyst 19 Sodium Metaperiodate 20 Diphenyiamine Reagent 20 Silver Oxide 20 B. Analytical Methods 21 Nitrogen 21 Methoxyl 21 Oxidations with Periodate 21 C. Dulcitol Hexanitrate 23 Preparation of Dulcitol Hexanitrate 23 Hydrogenolysis of Dulcitol Hexanitrate 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page D. Dulcitol Pentanitrate 24 Denitration of Dulcitol Hexanitrate 24 Hydrogenolysis of Dulcitol Pentanitrate 26 Methylation of Dulcitol Pentanitrate 26 E. Monomethyl Dulcitol 27 Hydrogenolysis of Methyl Dulcitol Pentanitrate 27 Nitration of Monomethyl Dulcitol 28 Periodate Oxidation of Monomethyl Dulcitol 29 BIBLIOGRAPHY 31 GENERAL INTRODUCTION It has long been known that D-mannitol hexanitrate is unstable to pyridine and other bases. Prom the action of pyridine on D-mannitol hexanitrate, a product had been isolated in good yield which analysis had indicated to be a D-mannitol pentanitrate. Dulcitol hexanitrate had also been treated with pyridine to yield a product believed to be a dulcitol pentanitrate. In 1950, L.D. Hayward undertook to determine the position of the unstable nitrate group in the D-mannitol compound. He showed conclusively that a nitrate group was selectively removed from the 4-position (or 3- which is Identical chemically and optically) producing 1,2,3,5,6, D-mannitol pentanitrate. The present work is a similar study on the op• tically inactive dulcitol compound (dulcitol has a meso structure and may be designated as D- or L- dulcitol or galactitol). One might anticipate that the chemically equivalent 3- and 4-positions would be attacked. However, if such was the case, the two products would not be identical, but would be optical isomers. That is, the product would be a racemic mixture of 1,2,3,5,6, D-dulcitol pentanitrate and 1,2,3,5,6, L-dulcitol pentanitrate. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION In recent years, considerable study has been made orf the selective removal of nitric acid ester groups from carbohydrate molecules. Apart from the intrinsic interest, selective denitration could be of great value in synthesis work requiring specific substitution. Nitrate ester groups have many qualities of a good blocking agent - introduction Is relatively easy, usually by direct nitration, complete removal is quantitative by a Kuhn hydrogenation1 and no wandering of the groups has 2 ever been reported. Denitration first appeared as the undesirable slow decomposition of guncotton. Guncotton, when stored for extended periods, became very sensitive to shock and, Indeed, detonated spontaneously. Technically, the problem was solved by Abel's process of distintegrating the nitrated fibre on Hollander machines and washing thoroughly with warm water. In" 1911, Walter4 investigated the action of weak organic bases on guncotton. Dimethylaniline, phenylhy- drazine, o- and p-toluidine and naphthylamine were employed. 5 ' Becker and Hunold reported degradation of guncotton by 6 7 diphenylamine. Angeli and later Giannini studied the decomposition of guncotton by pyridine at room temperature. Analysis of the carbohydrate products showed degradation and oxidation but only a small degree of denitration. 8 In 1944, Gladding and Purves found that pure, dry pyridine caused a vigorous decomposition of dissolved, stabilized gunco.tton at steam bath temperature. Nitrogen dioxide was evolved as a volatile pyridine complex that readily crystallized above the solution on cooling. Segall,9 in 1946, was interested in the relative reactivity of the nitrate groups in cellulose trinitrate and studied its behavior when treated with pyridine in the presence of hydroxylamine, methoxyamine, and their corresponding hydrochlorides. Pyridine with excess hydroxylamine attacked cellulose trinitrate at room temperature liberating one mole of nitrogen per glucose residue. The product obtained in 98$ yield, was approximately a dinitrate. The nitrate groups attacked were shown to be secondary in nature. This cellulose dinitrate was the first cellulose nitrate reported as being stable in pyridine and Segall suggested that the instability of cellulose trinitrate was due to a specific nitrate group .in a definite position in the glucose residue. Attempts to locate the position of this group were un• successful. Methoxyamine in pyridine yielded the same dinitrate but there was no noticeable yield of nitrogen. Segall explained this on the basis of the weaker reducing action of methoxyamine. Segall also treated cellulose trinitrate with excess hydroxylamine hydrochloride in pyridine. The gas _ 4 - liberated contained 85$ nitrous oxide, the remainder being nitrogen. The product obtained in 85$ yield approx• imated a ketoxime dinitrate. In 1949, L.D. Hayward10 investigated the action of hydroxylamine in pyridine on methyl -^-D-glucopyranoside tetranitrate to see if any light might be shed on Segall's results with cellulose trinitrate. Hayward found that a similar denitration proceeded vigorously, with the evolution of 1.26 moles of pure nitrogen. The reaction was halted after several hours by pouring the mixture into water. Ether extraction yielded a sirup in 80% yield which was shown to contain methyl -fl -D-glucopyranoside -2,3,6 - trinitrate (53$), methyl -D-glucopyranoside - 3,6 - dinitrate (33$) and unidentified methyl -4-D-glucoside trinitrate (14$). Since 70$ of the nitrate groups were removed from the 4-position, this research did not directly explain the reactions of cellulose trinitrate in which the 4-position is not available. C.S. Rooney11 followed up the work of Hayward by treating methylyS-D-glucopyranoside tetranitrate with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in pyridine. A slow reaction occurred with evolution of a gas composed of 70$ nitrous oxide and 30$ nitrogen. The carbohydrate products consisted of a complex mixture of partially nitrated methylglucosides and completely denitrated polyoxime products. Methyly$-D- glucopyranoside -2,3,6-trinitrate and a substance believed - 5 - to be methyl T^-D-glucopyranoside-2,6-dinitrate were isolated, 12 E.P. Swan has shown that methyl-#-D-glucopy- ranoside tetranitrate is acted upon by quinoline at 50°C with the evolution of a gas. Angeli studied the denitration of methyl and ethyl nitrate with hydroxylamine. The corresponding alcohols were formed. 14 Ryan and Casey studied the action of primary, secondary and tertiary amines on various organic nitrate esters. No analyses of the carbohydrate products were attempted. Dimethylaniline reacted with mannitol hexanitrate,at an elevated temperature to evolve a gas consisting of 70$ nitrous oxide and 30$ nitrogen. The study of partial denitration of the nitric acid esters of sugar alcohols began in 1863, when 15 Tichanowltsch Passed dry ammonia gas through an ethereal solution of D-mannitol hexanitrate(II). A dark, viscous layer separated and nitrogen was evolved. The supernatant liquid yielded a solid which proved to be a D-mannitol pentanitrate, together with a sirupy substance which appeared to be an anhydromannitol tetranitrate. The dark, viscous layer yielded a product which appeared to be an anhydromannitol tetraamine. In 1903, Wigner16 treated mannitol hexanitrate with alcoholic pyridine, to obtain a mannitol pentanitrate in 80-90$ yield similar to that obtained by
Recommended publications
  • Hereditary Galactokinase Deficiency J
    Arch Dis Child: first published as 10.1136/adc.46.248.465 on 1 August 1971. Downloaded from Alrchives of Disease in Childhood, 1971, 46, 465. Hereditary Galactokinase Deficiency J. G. H. COOK, N. A. DON, and TREVOR P. MANN From the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton, Sussex Cook, J. G. H., Don, N. A., and Mann, T. P. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 465. Hereditary galactokinase deficiency. A baby with galactokinase deficiency, a recessive inborn error of galactose metabolism, is des- cribed. The case is exceptional in that there was no evidence of gypsy blood in the family concerned. The investigation of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia led to the discovery of galactosuria. As noted by others, the paucity of presenting features makes early diagnosis difficult, and detection by biochemical screening seems desirable. Cataract formation, of early onset, appears to be the only severe persisting complication and may be due to the biosynthesis and accumulation of galactitol in the lens. Ophthalmic surgeons need to be aware of this enzyme defect, because with early diagnosis and dietary treatment these lens changes should be reversible. Galactokinase catalyses the conversion of galac- and galactose diabetes had been made in this tose to galactose-l-phosphate, the first of three patient (Fanconi, 1933). In adulthood he was steps in the pathway by which galactose is converted found to have glycosuria as well as galactosuria, and copyright. to glucose (Fig.). an unexpectedly high level of urinary galactitol was detected. He was of average intelligence, and his handicaps, apart from poor vision, appeared to be (1) Galactose Gackinase Galactose-I-phosphate due to neurofibromatosis.
    [Show full text]
  • In Silico Screening of Sugar Alcohol Compounds to Inhibit Viral Matrix Protein VP40 of Ebola Virus
    Molecular Biology Reports (2019) 46:3315–3324 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04792-w ORIGINAL ARTICLE In silico screening of sugar alcohol compounds to inhibit viral matrix protein VP40 of Ebola virus Nagasundaram Nagarajan1 · Edward K. Y. Yapp2 · Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le1 · Hui‑Yuan Yeh1 Received: 28 December 2018 / Accepted: 28 March 2019 / Published online: 13 April 2019 © Springer Nature B.V. 2019 Abstract Ebola virus is a virulent pathogen that causes highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in human and non-human species. The rapid growth of this virus infection has made the scenario increasingly complicated to control the disease. Receptor viral matrix protein (VP40) is highly responsible for the replication and budding of progeny virus. The binding of RNA to VP40 could be the crucial factor for the successful lifecycle of the Ebola virus. In this study, we aimed to identify the potential drug that could inhibit VP40. Sugar alcohols were enrich with antiviral properties used to inhibit VP40. Virtual screening analysis was perform for the 48 sugar alcohol compounds, of which the following three compounds show the best binding afnity: Sorbitol, Mannitol and Galactitol. To understand the perfect binding orientation and the strength of non-bonded interactions, individual molecular docking studies were perform for the best hits. Further molecular dynamics studies were conduct to analyze the efcacy between the protein–ligand complexes and it was identify that Sorbitol obtains the highest efcacy. The best-screened compounds obtained drug-like property and were less toxic, which could be use as a potential lead compound to develop anti-Ebola drugs.
    [Show full text]
  • Hemicellulose Arabinogalactan Hydrolytic Hydrogenation Over Ru-Modified H-USY Zeolites
    Research Collection Journal Article Hemicellulose arabinogalactan hydrolytic hydrogenation over Ru-modified H-USY zeolites Author(s): Murzin, Dmitry; Kusema, Bright; Murzina, Elena V.; Aho, Atte; Tokarev, Anton; Boymirzaev, Azamat S.; Wärnå, Johan; Dapsens, Pierre Y.; Mondelli, Cecilia; Pérez-Ramírez, Javier; Salmi, Tapio Publication Date: 2015-10 Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010792434 Originally published in: Journal of Catalysis 330, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2015.06.022 Rights / License: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted This page was generated automatically upon download from the ETH Zurich Research Collection. For more information please consult the Terms of use. ETH Library Hemicellulose arabinogalactan hydrolytic hydrogenation over Ru-modified H-USY zeolites Dmitry Yu. Murzin1*, Bright Kusema2, Elena V. Murzina1, Atte Aho1, Anton Tokarev1, Azamat S. Boymirzaev3, Johan Wärnå1,4, Pierre Y. Dapsens2, Cecilia Mondelli2, Javier Pérez-Ramírez2, Tapio Salmi1 1Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Process Chemistry Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20500 Åbo/Turku, Finland, E-mail: [email protected] 2Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland 3Namangan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Technology, Namangan, 160115, Uzbekistan 4University of Umeå, Umeä, Sweden ABSTRACT The hydrolytic hydrogenation of hemicellulose arabinogalactan was investigated in the presence of protonic and Ru (1-5 wt.%)-modified USY zeolites (Si/Al ratio = 15 and 30). The use of the purely acidic materials was effective in depolymerizing the macromolecule into free sugars. While the latter partly dehydrated into 5- hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural, the generation of high molecular-weight compounds (aggregates of sugars and humins) was not favored, in contrast to previous evidences over beta zeolites.
    [Show full text]
  • Sugar Alcohols a Sugar Alcohol Is a Kind of Alcohol Prepared from Sugars
    Sweeteners, Good, Bad, or Something even Worse. (Part 8) These are Low calorie sweeteners - not non-calorie sweeteners Sugar Alcohols A sugar alcohol is a kind of alcohol prepared from sugars. These organic compounds are a class of polyols, also called polyhydric alcohol, polyalcohol, or glycitol. They are white, water-soluble solids that occur naturally and are used widely in the food industry as thickeners and sweeteners. In commercial foodstuffs, sugar alcohols are commonly used in place of table sugar (sucrose), often in combination with high intensity artificial sweeteners to counter the low sweetness of the sugar alcohols. Unlike sugars, sugar alcohols do not contribute to the formation of tooth cavities. Common Sugar Alcohols Arabitol, Erythritol, Ethylene glycol, Fucitol, Galactitol, Glycerol, Hydrogenated Starch – Hydrolysate (HSH), Iditol, Inositol, Isomalt, Lactitol, Maltitol, Maltotetraitol, Maltotriitol, Mannitol, Methanol, Polyglycitol, Polydextrose, Ribitol, Sorbitol, Threitol, Volemitol, Xylitol, Of these, xylitol is perhaps the most popular due to its similarity to sucrose in visual appearance and sweetness. Sugar alcohols do not contribute to tooth decay. However, consumption of sugar alcohols does affect blood sugar levels, although less than that of "regular" sugar (sucrose). Sugar alcohols may also cause bloating and diarrhea when consumed in excessive amounts. Erythritol Also labeled as: Sugar alcohol Zerose ZSweet Erythritol is a sugar alcohol (or polyol) that has been approved for use as a food additive in the United States and throughout much of the world. It was discovered in 1848 by British chemist John Stenhouse. It occurs naturally in some fruits and fermented foods. At the industrial level, it is produced from glucose by fermentation with a yeast, Moniliella pollinis.
    [Show full text]
  • Oleaginous Yeasts for the Production of Sugar Alcohols Sujit S Jagtap1,2
    Oleaginous Yeasts for the Production of Sugar Alcohols Sujit S Jagtap1,2* ([email protected]), Ashwini A Bedekar2, Jing-Jing Liu1, Anshu Deewan1,2, and Christopher V Rao1,2 1DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. 2Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. https://cabbi.bio/ Project Goal: The goal of this project is to investigate sugar alcohol production from plant- based sugars and glycerol in the oleaginous yeasts Rhodosporidium toruloides and Yarrowia lipolytica. We are also interested in understanding the mechanism of sugar alcohol production and the key genes involved in the polyol synthesis process. Sugar alcohols are commonly used as low-calorie, natural sweeteners. They have also been proposed by the Department of Energy as potential building blocks for bio-based chemicals. They can be used to produce polymers with applications in medicine and as precursors to anti-cancer drugs 1. Production of these sugar alcohols by yeast often results, from redox imbalances associated with growth on different sugars, accumulation of toxic intermediates, and as a cell response to the high osmotic pressure of the environment 2-3. The ability of yeast to naturally produce these sugar alcohols from simple sugars provides a potentially safer and more sustainable alternative to traditional chemical hydrogenation. In our study, we found that the oleaginous yeast R. toruloides IFO0880 produces D-arabitol during growth on xylose in nitrogen-rich medium 3. Efficient xylose utilization was a prerequisite for extracellular D-arabitol production. D-arabitol is an overflow metabolite associated with transient redox imbalances during growth on xylose.
    [Show full text]
  • Potentially Explosive Chemicals*
    Potentially Explosive Chemicals* Chemical Name CAS # Not 1,1’-Diazoaminonaphthalene Assigned 1,1-Dinitroethane 000600-40-8 1,2,4-Butanetriol trinitrate 006659-60-5 1,2-Diazidoethane 000629-13-0 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene 000602-96-0 1,3-Diazopropane 005239-06-5 Not 1,3-Dinitro-4,5-dinitrosobenzene Assigned Not 1,3-dinitro-5,5-dimethyl hydantoin Assigned Not 1,4-Dinitro-1,1,4,4-tetramethylolbutanetetranitrate Assigned Not 1,7-Octadiene-3,5-Diyne-1,8-Dimethoxy-9-Octadecynoic acid Assigned 1,8 –dihydroxy 2,4,5,7-tetranitroanthraquinone 000517-92-0 Not 1,9-Dinitroxy pentamethylene-2,4,6,8-tetramine Assigned 1-Bromo-3-nitrobenzene 000585-79-5 Not 2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexanitro-3,3'-dihydroxyazobenzene Assigned 2,2-di-(4,4,-di-tert-butylperoxycyclohexyl)propane 001705-60-8 2,2-Dinitrostilbene 006275-02-1 2,3,4,6- tetranitrophenol 000641-16-7 Not 2,3,4,6-tetranitrophenyl methyl nitramine Assigned Not 2,3,4,6-tetranitrophenyl nitramine Assigned Not 2,3,5,6- tetranitroso nitrobenzene Assigned Not 2,3,5,6- tetranitroso-1,4-dinitrobenzene Assigned 2,4,6-Trinitro-1,3,5-triazo benzene 029306-57-8 Not 2,4,6-trinitro-1,3-diazabenzene Assigned Not 2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl trimethylol methyl nitramine trinitrate Assigned Not 2,4,6-Trinitroso-3-methyl nitraminoanisole Assigned 2,4-Dinitro-1,3,5-trimethyl-benzene 000608-50-4 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine 000119-26-6 2,4-Dinitroresorcinol 000519-44-8 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-diydroperoxy hexane 2-Nitro-2-methylpropanol nitrate 024884-69-3 3,5-Dinitrosalicylic acid 000609-99-4 Not 3-Azido-1,2-propylene glycol dinitrate
    [Show full text]
  • Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule 2
    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2007) (Rev. 2) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes PHARMACEUTICAL APPENDIX TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2007) (Rev. 2) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes PHARMACEUTICAL APPENDIX TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE 2 Table 1. This table enumerates products described by International Non-proprietary Names (INN) which shall be entered free of duty under general note 13 to the tariff schedule. The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers also set forth in this table are included to assist in the identification of the products concerned. For purposes of the tariff schedule, any references to a product enumerated in this table includes such product by whatever name known. ABACAVIR 136470-78-5 ACIDUM LIDADRONICUM 63132-38-7 ABAFUNGIN 129639-79-8 ACIDUM SALCAPROZICUM 183990-46-7 ABAMECTIN 65195-55-3 ACIDUM SALCLOBUZICUM 387825-03-8 ABANOQUIL 90402-40-7 ACIFRAN 72420-38-3 ABAPERIDONUM 183849-43-6 ACIPIMOX 51037-30-0 ABARELIX 183552-38-7 ACITAZANOLAST 114607-46-4 ABATACEPTUM 332348-12-6 ACITEMATE 101197-99-3 ABCIXIMAB 143653-53-6 ACITRETIN 55079-83-9 ABECARNIL 111841-85-1 ACIVICIN 42228-92-2 ABETIMUSUM 167362-48-3 ACLANTATE 39633-62-0 ABIRATERONE 154229-19-3 ACLARUBICIN 57576-44-0 ABITESARTAN 137882-98-5 ACLATONIUM NAPADISILATE 55077-30-0 ABLUKAST 96566-25-5 ACODAZOLE 79152-85-5 ABRINEURINUM 178535-93-8 ACOLBIFENUM 182167-02-8 ABUNIDAZOLE 91017-58-2 ACONIAZIDE 13410-86-1 ACADESINE 2627-69-2 ACOTIAMIDUM 185106-16-5 ACAMPROSATE 77337-76-9
    [Show full text]
  • Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Samarium(II) Iodide Michal Szostak,* Neal J
    Review pubs.acs.org/CR Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Samarium(II) Iodide Michal Szostak,* Neal J. Fazakerley, Dixit Parmar, and David J. Procter* School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom 4.3. Aldol Reactions BM 5. Cross-Coupling As Part of Sequential and Cascade Reactions BM 5.1. Cascades Initiated by Radical Intermediates BN 5.2. Cascades Initiated by Anionic Intermediates BR 6. Conclusions BT Author Information BT Corresponding Authors BT Notes BT Biographies BT CONTENTS Acknowledgments BU 1. Introduction A References BU 2. Reactivity of Functional Groups toward Samarium Note Added in Proof CB Diiodide B 3. Cross-Coupling via Radical Intermediates C 3.1. Ketyl Radical-Alkene/Alkyne/Arene Cross- 1. INTRODUCTION Coupling C Since its introduction to organic synthesis in 1977 by Kagan,1,2 ’ 3.1.1. Intramolecular Cross-Coupling of Ketyl samarium(II) iodide (SmI2, Kagan s reagent) has gained the Radicals with Alkenes C status of one of the most versatile single-electron transfer − 3.1.2. Intermolecular Cross-Coupling of Ketyl reagents available in the laboratory.3 46 SmI occupies a unique − 2 Radicals with Alkenes S place among other reductants47 57 in that it is an extremely − 3.1.3. Cross-Coupling of Ketyl Radicals with powerful58 64 yet chemoselective reagent, whose selectivity Alkynes Y toward functional groups is fine-tuned by the use of appropriate 26−30 3.1.4. Cross-Coupling of Ketyl Radicals with ligands and additives. Transformations mediated by SmI2 Allenes Z are performed under user-friendly and operationally simple 3.1.5.
    [Show full text]
  • Retinal Polyol and Myo-Lnosifol in Galactosemic Dogs Given an Aldose-Reducto.Se Inhibitor
    Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol. 32, No. 13, December 1991 Copyright © Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Retinal Polyol and Myo-lnosifol in Galactosemic Dogs Given an Aldose-Reducto.se Inhibitor Timothy 5. Kern and Ronald L. Engerman Galactitol and myo-\nosito\ concentrations were measured in retinas, erythrocytes, and skeletal muscle of experimentally galactosemic dogs receiving a placebo or the aldose reductase inhibitor, sorbinil, for 5 yr. The concentration of galactitol was increased more than 30-fold in the retina and other tissues by galactosemia, and the increase was inhibited 90-96% in all tissues by sorbinil. The concentration of free myo-inos\to\ was greater than normal in retinas of galactosemic dogs, and its concentration was not altered by the aldose-reductase inhibitor. The mjw-inositol concentration likewise was greater than normal in the retinas of dogs that were diabetic for 2-4 months. The marked inhibition of polyol production and accumulation in the retina of sorbinil-treated galactosemic dogs was not associated with a comparable inhibition of retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 32:3175-3177,1991 Experimental elevation of blood galactose concen- to receive either the aldose reductase inhibitor, sor- tration in normal dogs leads to a retinopathy that is binil, or to remain untreated. The dogs were fed twice morphologically similar to that in diabetic dogs and daily (8 AM and 6 PM) to maintain blood galactose humans.12 One mechanism by which hyperglycemia levels elevated as high as possible throughout the day. in diabetes or experimental galactosemia might cause Sorbinil was given orally twice a day, usually at a dose retinopathy is through excessive polyol production of 60-80 mg/kg/day, 30 min before each feeding.
    [Show full text]
  • Prediction of the Crystalline Densities of Aliphatic Nitrates by Quantum Chemistry Methods
    Central European Journal of Energetic Materials ISSN 1733-7178; e-ISSN 2353-1843 Copyright © 2019 Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Poland Cent. Eur. J. Energ. Mater. 2019, 16(3): 412-432; DOI 10.22211/cejem/112306 Article is available in PDF-format, in colour, at: http://www.wydawnictwa.ipo.waw.pl/cejem/Vol-16-Number3-2019/CEJEM_00978.pdf Article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Research paper Prediction of the Crystalline Densities of Aliphatic Nitrates by Quantum Chemistry Methods Guixiang Wang,* Yimin Xu, Chuang Xue, Zhiyuan Ding, Yan Liu, Hui Liu, Xuedong Gong** Computation Institute for Molecules and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China E-mails: * [email protected]; ** [email protected] Abstract: Crystal density is a basic and important parameter for predicting the detonation performance of explosives, and nitrate esters are a type of compound widely used in the military context. In this study, thirty-one aliphatic nitrates were investigated using the density functional theory method (B3LYP) in combination with six basis sets (3-21G, 6-31G, 6-31G*, 6-31G**, 6-311G* and 6-31+G**) and the semiempirical molecular orbital method (PM3). Based on the geometric optimizations at various theoretical levels, the molecular volumes and densities were calculated. Compared with the available experimental data, the densities calculated by various methods are all overestimated, and the errors of the PM3 and B3LYP/3-21G methods are larger than those of other methods. Considering the results and the computer resources required by the calculations, the B3LYP/6-31G* method is recommended for predicting the crystalline densities of organic nitrates using a fitting equation.
    [Show full text]
  • Compositions Comprising Nebivolol
    (19) TZZ ZZ__T (11) EP 2 808 015 A1 (12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (43) Date of publication: (51) Int Cl.: 03.12.2014 Bulletin 2014/49 A61K 31/34 (2006.01) A61K 31/502 (2006.01) A61K 31/353 (2006.01) A61P 9/00 (2006.01) (21) Application number: 14002458.9 (22) Date of filing: 16.11.2005 (84) Designated Contracting States: • O’Donnell, John AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR Morgantown, WV 26505 (US) HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI • Bottini, Peter Bruce SK TR Morgantown, WV 26505 (US) • Mason, Preston (30) Priority: 31.05.2005 US 141235 Morgantown, WV 26504 (US) 10.11.2005 US 272562 • Shaw, Andrew Preston 15.11.2005 US 273992 Morgantown, WV 26504 (US) (62) Document number(s) of the earlier application(s) in (74) Representative: Samson & Partner accordance with Art. 76 EPC: Widenmayerstraße 5 09015249.7 / 2 174 658 80538 München (DE) 05848185.4 / 1 890 691 Remarks: (71) Applicant: MYLAN LABORATORIES, INC This application was filed on 16-07-2014 as a Morgantown, NV 26504 (US) divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62. (72) Inventors: • Davis, Eric Morgantown, WV 26508 (US) (54) Compositions comprising nebivolol (57) The active ingredients of the pharmaceutical composition described consist of nebivolol, one or more ACE inhibitors and one or more ARB. EP 2 808 015 A1 Printed by Jouve, 75001 PARIS (FR) EP 2 808 015 A1 Description [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser.
    [Show full text]
  • United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,235,237 B2 L0scalz0 Et Al
    USOO7235237B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,235,237 B2 L0ScalZ0 et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 26, 2007 (54) METHODS OF TREATING VASCULAR 5,968,983 A 10/1999 Kaesemeyer DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY NITRC 5,973,011 A 10/1999 Noack et al. OXIDE INSUFFICIENCY 6,103,769 A 8, 2000 Kelm 6,117,872 A 9, 2000 Maxwell et al. (75) Inventors: Joseph Loscalzo, Dover, MA (US); 6,319,515 B1 1 1/2001 Hidaka et al. Joseph A. Vita, Hingham, MA (US); 6,458,797 B1 10/2002 Adams et al. Michael D. Loberg, Boston, MA (US); 2004, OO63719 A1 4/2004 Adams et al. Manuel Worcel, Boston, MA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: NitroMed, Inc., Lexington, MA (US) EP O327263 A 8, 1989 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this EP O 968 713 A1 5, 1998 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 JP O905915.2 3, 1997 U.S.C. 154(b) by 492 days. WO WO95/26725 10, 1995 WO WO 98.21 193 5, 1998 (21) Appl. No.: 10/415,136 WO WO 99.00361 1, 1999 WO WO 99,66921 12/1999 (22) PCT Filed: May 2, 2001 WO WO 99,67231 12/1999 WO WO O1/35961 A 5, 2001 (86). PCT No.: PCT/USO1A14245 OTHER PUBLICATIONS S 371 (c)(1), (2), (4) Date: Apr. 25, 2003 Dupuis, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 8(3):501-507 (1994). Cohn et al. The New England Journal of Medicine, 325(5):303-310 (87) PCT Pub.
    [Show full text]