Two New Phenolic Carboxylic Acid Esters from Opuntia vulgaris

Two new phenolic carboxylic acid esters n-butyl eucomate(1) and methyl eucomate (2) and six known compounds eucomic acid(3), 3-β-acetyl-taraxerol (4), friedelin(5),lupenone(6),methyl linoleate(7) and methyl oleate(8) were isolated from the stems of Opuntia vulgaris Mill(Cactaceae). Their structures were determined on the basis of spectral methods. Compounds 3,4,6,7,8 were isolated for the first time from this plant.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 4-(4,6-dimethoxyl -pyrimidin-2-yl)-3-thiourea Carboxylic Acid Methyl Ester

The title compound 4-（4,6-dimethoxylpyrimidin-2-yl）-3-thiourea carboxylic acid methyl ester was synthesized by the reaction of 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxyl pyrimidine, potassium thiocyanate and methyl chloroformate in ethyl acetate. Single crystals suitable for X-ray measurement were obtained by recrystallization with the solvent of dimethyl formamide at the room temperature. The structure was characterized by elemental analysis and IR and determined by X-ray diffraction analysis＇ Crystallographic data： C9H12N4O4S, Mr = 272.29, monoclinic, space group C2/m with a = 1.6672（3）, b = 0.66383（12）, c = 1.1617（2） nm, β = 109.275（2）°, V = 1.2136（4） nm^3, Dc = 1.490 g/cm^3,μ = 0.281 mm^-1, F（000） = 568, Z = 4, R1 = 0.0341and wR2 = 0.1042.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 4-(4,6-Dimethoxylpyrimidin-2-yl)-3-thiourea Carboxylic Acid Ethyl Ester

4-（4,6-Dimethoxyl-pyrimidin-2-yl）-3-thiourea carboxylic acid ethyl ester was synthesized by the reaction of 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxyl pyrimidine, potassium thiocyanate and methyl chloroformate in ethyl acetate. Single crystals suitable for X-ray measurement were obtained by recrystallization with the solvent of dimethyl formamide at room temperature. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Crystallographic data： C10H14N4O4S, M, = 286.31, monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 2.5309（3）, b = 0.67682（6）, c = 1.74237（19） nm, β = 114.744（3）°, V= 2.7106（5） nm3, Dc = 1.403 g/cm3, p = 0.225 mm-1, F（000） = 1200, Z= 8, R= 0.0514 and wR= 0.1529.

Retention behaviour of carboxylic acid methyl esters in supercritical fluid chromatography

The study on retention behavior in supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) is necessary to understand the mechanism of the various interactions in SFC. The retention of SFC in carboxylic acid methyl ester/polymethylsiloxane/CO2 system was studied systematically and the retention behavior of this kind of compounds under various typical operation conditions was described using the method of an alternative unified theory of chromatographic retention. The results illustrated that expression: Ink.= a + b/T + cp + dp/T + ep2/T can be used to describe quantitatively the retention behavior of carboxylic acid methyl ester/polymethylsiloxane/CO2 system in the ranges of reduced density from 0.549 to 1.411. It was also found that the entropy of solute in stationary phase is dependent on the density of supercritical fluid (SF) under typical operating conditions of SFC.

STRUCTURAL EFFECT IN FORKED CONJUGATIVE SYSTEMS——BIFURCATION-TYPE OF FORKED POLYENIC NITRILES,CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ESTERS

Five homologous series of bifurcate systems of aliphatic and aromatic polyenic cyano and carboxylic compounds have been prepared and studied. The electronic absorption spectra forthe series and the NMR chemical shifts for the methyl-, methylene- and beta-protons havebeen found to conform very well to the rule of homologous linearity. The mass spectra forthe α-cyano polyenic ester series show strong peaks for the fragments of M-COOEt but noneof M-CN, indicating that the CN group seems to be in stronger conjugation with the poly-enic chain than the COOEt group does. In all the forked series studided, a red shift in electronic spectra is brought about upon the introduction of an electron-attractive branching group, just like the case of introducing an electron-repelling substituent. This has been taken as an indication of the predominance of themolecular integrality over the group characteristics. By means of the method of similar triangles between a homologous line for a linearseries and that for the corresponding forked compounds, the equivalent △Ns for a branching group may be calculated with accuracy. Based on the value of this equivalent, the substituentnature of the structural effect of the branching group has been inferred. The electronic absorption maxima for four series of the forked compounds have been cal-culated by means of the extended homologous equation for the corresponding linear compounds.With an appropriate correction for the positional effect of the substituent equivalent, the cal-culated wavelengths agree generally with experimental data within ± 7nm.

Highly selective hydrohalogenation reaction of substituted 2,3-allenoates

The hydrohalogenation reaction of 1-alkyl substituted 1,2-allenyl carboxylic acid esters (1) with MX (M= Na, or Li, X= Cl, Br, I) afforded a mixture of β,γ-unsaturated 3-halo–3-alkenoates (2) and Q,P unsaturated 3-halo-2-alkenoates (3) in HOAc, while using a mixture of HOAC-CF3CO2H (1:1) or CF3C2H as the reaction medium the corresponding reaction cleanly produced β,γ -unsaturated 3-hale3-alkenoates (2) as the sole products in high yields. The subsequent coupling reactions were studied.