Hydroacridines: Part 33. An experimental and DFT study of the 13 C NMR chemical shifts of the nitrosamines derived from the six stereoisomers of tetradecahydroacridine.

The paper presents the experimental and DFT-calculated values of the 13 C NMR chemical shifts of the six stereoisomers of tetradecahydroacridine and of the corresponding nitrosamines. Performing the DFT calculations using several combinations of functional and basis sets, it was found that the best experimental-calculated agreement was obtained for OPBE/6-311++G (dp) method. Considering the effect of N-nitrosation upon the 13 C NMR chemical shifts of the C-α carbons of secondary amines, it was found that if following nitrosation both C-α carbons are shifted upfield or both are shifted downfield, then the resulted nitrosamine will have a sterically strained ─N═O group. If, however, one of the C-α is shifted upfield and the other is shifted downfield, then the ─N═O group will be strain-free or weakly strained. Our calculations predict strain energies of about 10-15 kcal mol-1 in the first case and ≈0-6 kcal mol-1 in the latter.

Reversal of diastereoselectivities in intra- and intermolecular reactions of 2-adamantanylidenes primarily caused by electron-donating and electron- withdrawing substituents on C5.

[reaction: see text] A reversal of diastereoselectivity was observed for novel 5-(trimethylsilyl)adamantan-2-ylidene (1c) with regard to 5-hydroxyadamantan-2-ylidene (1a). Ostensibly in intermolecular reactions, 5-substituted 2-adamantanylidenes (1) are sterically unbiased. However, inductive effects originating from the pendant group bend the divalent carbon bridge of 1 either toward (ERG's, e.g., -Si(CH(3))(3)) or away from (EWG's, e.g., -OH) the gamma-position. Hence, the more exposed side is more susceptible to intermolecular reaction and the other side concomitantly undergoes intramolecular 1,3-CH insertions more readily.

Insecticidal pyrido[1,2-a]azepine alkaloids and related derivatives from Stemona species.

Eight new alkaloids, the pyrido[1,2-a]azepines stemokerrin, methoxystemokerrin-N-oxide, oxystemokerrin, oxystemokerrin-N-oxide, and pyridostemin, along with the pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepines dehydroprotostemonine, oxyprotostemonine, and stemocochinin were isolated from four Stemona species together with the known compounds protostemonine, stemofoline, 2'-hydroxystemofoline, and parvistemonine. Their structures were elucidated by 1H and 13C NMR including 2D methods and two key compounds additionally by X-ray diffraction. Besides the formation of a six membered piperidine ring, additional oxygen bridges and N-oxides contributed to structural diversity. The co-occurrence of pyrrolo- and pyridoazepines suggested biosynthetic connections starting from more widespread protostemonine type precursors. Bioassays with lipophilic crude extracts against Spodoptera littoralis displayed very strong insecticidal activity for the roots of S. curtisii and S. cochinchinensis, moderate activity for S. kerrii, but only weak effects for the unidentified species HG 915. The insect toxicity was mainly caused by the accumulation of stemofoline, oxystemokerrin, and dehydroprotostemonine displaying two different modes of action. Based on the various insecticidal activities of 13 derivatives structure-activity relationships became apparent.