• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
• /
• v.12 no.1
• /
• pp.14-25
• /
• 2008

To investigate the 3-bond connectivity of human brain metabolites by scalar coupling interaction through 2D-correlation spectroscopy (COSY) techniques using high field NMR spectroscopy. All NMR experiments were performed at 298K on Unity Inova 500 or 600 (Varian Inc.) equipped with a triple resonance probe head with z-shield gradient. Human brain metabolites were prepared with 10% $D_2O$. Two dimensional 2D COSY spectra were acquired with 4096 complex data points in $t_2$ and 128 or 256 increments in $t_1$ dimension. The spectral width was 9615.4 Hz and solvent suppression was achieved using presaturation using low power irradiation of the water resonance during 2s of relaxation delay. NMR data were processed using VNMRJ (Varian Instrument) software and all the chemical shifts were referenced to the methyl resonance of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) peak at 2.0 ppm. Total 10 metabolites such as N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), glutamine (Gln), glutamate (Glu), myo-inositol (Ins), lactate (Lac), taurine (Tau), ${\gamma}$-aminobutyricacid (GABA), alanine (Ala) were included for major target metabolites. Symmetrical 2D-COSY spectra were successfully acquired. Total 14 COSY cross peaks were observed even though there were parallel/orthogonal noisy peaks induced by water suppression. Except for Cr, all of human brain metabolites produced COSY cross peaks. The spectra of NAA methyl proton at 2.02 ppm and Glu methylene proton ($CH_2(3)$) at 2.11 ppm and Gln methylene proton ($CH_2(3)$) at 2.14 ppm were overlapped in the similar resonance frequency between 2.00 ppm and 2.15 ppm. The present study demonstrated that in vitro 2D-COSY represented the 3-bond connectivity of human brain metabolites by scalar coupling interaction. This study could aid in better understanding the interactions between human brain metabolites in vivo 2D-COSY study. Also it would be helpful to determine the molecular stereochemistry in vivo by using two-dimensional MR spectroscopy.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.38 no.10
• /
• pp.749-752
• /
• 1994

Two furanosesquiterpenes, (5'E)-5-(2',6'-dimethylocta-5',7'-dienyl) furan-3-carboxylic acid (1) and (1'E,5'E)-5-(2',6'-dimethylocta-l',5',7'-trienyl) furan-3-carboxylic acid (2), were isolated from soft coral Sinularia lochmodes collected from Palikir pass at Pohnpei Micronesia, June, 1990 in Hawaii. Their structures were elucidated by $^1H$, $^{13}C$ NMR, Homo-COSY, $^1H$-$^{13}C$ (1 bond) Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Coherence Spectroscopy (HMQC), $^1H$-$^{13}C$ (2 and 3 bond) Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Coherence Spectroscopy (HMBC), Electron Impact Mass Spectroscopy (EI-ms), and Infrared Spectroscopy (IR).

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
• /
• v.19 no.6
• /
• pp.655-659
• /
• 2006

Two dineolignans (1,2) with nitric oxide inhibitory activities were isolated from Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae) using silica gel column chromatography. Although the structures, saucernetin-7 (1) and -8 (2), have been already reported, NMR assignment of the two compounds was completed aided by 2D-NMR spectroscopy including $^1H-^1H$ COSY, $^1H-^{13}C$ COSY, HMBC and NOESY NMR spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited significant nitride oxide inhibitory activity in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells with $IC_{50}$ values of $11.3{\mu}M\;and\;7.1{\mu}M$, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.38 no.3
• /
• pp.194-199
• /
• 1994

The solubilization sites of some phenyl alkanols such as phenol, benzyl alcohol, phenethyl alcohol, 3-phenyl-1-propanol solubilized in 0.2 M aqueous sodium dodecylsulfate micelle solution was studied by two dimensional heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy (2D C-H COSY). The results show more quantitative and clear solubilization sites in the SDS micelle than previous results using $^1H$-NMR spectrum integration. We found that most of the phenyl alkanols penetrate into the core of SDS micelle, and the insertion depth was 6.5∼7.0 methylene units from ${\alpha}$-methylene.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
• /
• v.22 no.4
• /
• pp.115-118
• /
• 2018

Dipyrromethane 2 functionalized with 3-chloropropyl group on the meso carbon undergoes an unusual intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction in the presence of $NaN_3$ instead of a simple nucleophilic substitution reaction. As a result, a new chiral dipyrromethane 1 was synthesized. In this reaction, the ${\beta}$-carbon of the pyrrole ring functions as a nucleophile while the carbon next to the chlorine atom acts as an electrophile. Interestingly, this reaction progresses even in the absence of an acid catalyst. Compound 1 was fully characterized by $^1H-^1H$ and $^1H-^{13}C$ COSY NMR spectroscopic analyses and the high resolution EI mass spectrometry.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.27 no.9
• /
• pp.1397-1400
• /
• 2006

A detailed spectroscopic study ($^1H$ NMR, COSY, ROESY) of complexation of venlafaxine hydrochloride (VEN) with $\beta$-cyclodextrin ($\beta$--CD) was carried out in solution. The stoichiometry of the complex was determined to be 1 : 1 and penetration of aromatic ring into $\beta$-Cyclodextrin cavity was confirmed from primary rim side, with the help of ROESY spectral data. The structure of the venlafaxine hydrochloride-$\beta$-CD complex has been proposed. The association constant was determined to be 234 $M^{-1}$.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
• /
• v.23 no.6
• /
• pp.539-545
• /
• 2012

3-(2-benzotriazolovinyl)thiophene (BVT) was synthesized by the connection of the thiophene with the electron-withdrawing group, benzotriazole, through the vinylene. Its structure was confirmed by FT-IR, $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR and 2D hetero-cosy spectroscopy. Both BVT and 3-octylthiophene (OT) were copolymerized and showed an average molecular weight of 12000 (PDI 2.67) and 15000 (PDI 2.55), respectively. The copolymers were dissolved in the organic solvent such as chloroform, THF, TCE, etc. The mole ratios of BVT and OT in the synthesized copolymers were confirmed as 1 : 1.8 and 1 : 2.8 from $^1H$-NMR spectra. The UV-vis maximum absorption of copolymers appeared at the wavelength of 470 nm and 465 nm and the photoluminescence at ${\lambda}_{max}$ = 662 nm and 641 nm correspond to red-orange light. The band gaps of copolymers at 1.96 eV and 2.02 eV were found to be higher than those of poly(3-octylthiophene). The HOMO energy levels of the copolymers decreased overall in comparison with those of poly(3-octylthiophene), but the overall LUMO energy level increased.

• Natural Product Sciences
• /
• v.12 no.4
• /
• pp.205-209
• /
• 2006

The structures of flavonoids, 2(S)-5,7-dihydroxy-8,2'-dimethoxyflavanone (1), wogonin (2), 2(S)-5,7, 2'-trihydroxy-8-methoxyflavanone (3), and 2(S)-5,2',5'-trihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavanone (4), isolated from Scutellaria indica were revised on the basis of 2D NMR spectroscopy, including to gCOSY, gHSQC, and gHMBC. Compounds 1-4 were tested in vitro protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitory activity. Compounds 2 and 4 exhibited weak PTP1B inhibitory activity with $IC_{50}$ values of 208 and $337{\mu}M$, respectively.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
• /
• v.24 no.4 s.79
• /
• pp.293-304
• /
• 1996

A bacterial strain, KSl, possessing strong antifungal activity was isolated from soil samples of ginseng fields and identified as Bacillus subtilis. In greenhouse test, the culture filtrate of B. subtilis KS1 showed strong protective effect against several fungal diseases of agricultural plants such as cucumber gray mold and wheat leaf rust. In addition, the crude butanol fraction of the culture filtrate exhibited antagonistic effect against several fungi including plant or human pathogens, such as Botrytis maydis, Chytridium lagenarium and Candida albicans. The antifungal compound, SW1, produced by B. subtilis KS1 was purified through consecutive chromatographic separations on a pep-RPC column and a ${\mu}$ Bondapak $C_{18}$ reverse phase column. Temperature and pH showed little effect on the stability of the compound in the ranges $-20-121^{\circ}C$ and pH 4.0-10.0, respectively. The composition and structural characteristics of SW1 were analysed by HPLC and by $^1H-,\;^1H-^1H-COSY$, NOESY, COSY-NOESY and HOHAHA NMR spectroscopy, respectively, which revealed that the compound belongs to iturin A, a typical cyclic antifungal compound produced by B. subtilis. In contrast to the previously reported iturin A compounds which have one or no $-CH_3$ side chain in the hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain of ${\beta}-amino$ acids, SW1 was shown to have a ${\beta}-amino$ acid containing 12-carbon skeleton with two $-CH_3$ side chains.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
• /
• v.45 no.4
• /
• pp.311-315
• /
• 2017

${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory compounds (1-4) in a 50% methanol extract of Euonymus alatus were isolated by activity-based fractionations and the structures determined on the basis of chemical and spectral characterization techniques such as $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, $^1H-^1H$ correlation spectroscopy (COSY), and heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC). The compounds 1-4 belong to flavonols and exhibited potent inhibitory activities against ${\alpha}$-glucosidase, with $IC_{50}$ values of 25.3, 17.1, 47.3, and $35.1{\mu}M$, respectively. All the isolated compounds were more potent than the positive control acarbose. This is the first report describing the potential hypoglycemic effect of Euonymus alatus through ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibition and identification of its active components.