P Ramachandra Rao
Articles written in Proceedings – Section A
Volume 19 Issue 1 January 1944 pp 88-92
P Ramachandra Rao P Suryaprakasa Rao T R Seshadri
A convenient method of preparing 2∶4-dihydroxy-ω∶3∶6-trimethoxyacetophenone (I) directly from 2∶6-dibenzyloxy-1∶4-dimethoxybenzene is described. By the condensation of (I) with the sodium salt and anhydride of trimethylgallic acid, 7-hydroxy-3∶5∶8∶3′∶4′∶5′-hexamethoxyflavone (II) is obtained. Methylation of (II) yields a heptamethyl ether (III) identical with heptamethyl hibiscetin. Demethylation of (II) gives rise to a heptahydroxy flavone (IV) which is found to be identical with hibiscetin in all its properties and reactions. The constitution of hibiscetin is therefore confirmed by synthesis as 3∶5∶7∶8∶3′∶4′∶5′-heptahydroxy flavone.
Volume 22 Issue 3 September 1945 pp 157-162
P Ramachandra Rao T R Seshadri
8-Hydroxy-galangin, the lowest member of the gossypetin series of flavonols, has been prepared and its properties and reactions compared with the other members. Its important derivatives are described. The tetramethyl ether has been obtained by two methods, one of which is the direct condensation of gossypetol-tetramethyl ether, obtained by the fission of herbacetin pentamethyl ether, with benzoic anhydride and sodium benzoate.
Volume 24 Issue 5 November 1946 pp 456-464
P Ramachandra Rao T R Seshadri
Populnin is a monoglucoside of populnetin which is shown to be identical with kæmpferol. By the methylation and the subsequent hydrolysis of the glucoside a trimethyl ether of kæmpferol is obtained. Its colour reactions and properties indicate definitely that the free hydroxyl group is not in the 3− or 5-position. It has been compared with the isomeric 4′-hydroxy compound and found to be different. Thus the degradation product should have the hydroxyl in the 7-position. This is confirmed by ethylation and comparison of the ethyl ether and of its alkali degradation product (ketone) with synthetic samples.
Volume 27 Issue 2 March 1948 pp 104-110
Constitution of hibiscitrin. Part I
P Ramachandra Rao T R Seshadri
Analysis and study of acid hydrolysis show that hibiscitrin is a monoglucoside of hibiscetin. It undergoes complete methylation with dimethyl sulphate and anhydrous potassium carbonate in anhydrous acetone medium; on hydrolysing the methyl ether a O-hexamethyl hibiscetin is obtained which yields trimethyl gallic acid on fission with alkali. From this reaction and from other characteristic properties of the above partial methyl ether it is concluded that the free hydroxyl is in the 3-position and that hibiscitrin is a 3-glucoside.
Volume 27 Issue 3 March 1948 pp 209-216
Constitution of hibiscitrin. Part II
P Ramachandra Rao T R Seshadri
The constitution of hibiscitrin proposed in Part I as the 3-glucoside of hibiscetin is confirmed here by synthetic experiments. The O-hexamethyl hibiscetin (A) has been ethylated to (B). Using the method of nuclear oxidation a hexamethyl hibiscetin with a free hydroxyl in position 5 is now prepared and shown to be different from (A). Ethyl ethers of the isomeric 8- and 3-hydroxy compounds are also prepared. The former is different from (B) whereas the latter is identical with it.
Though alkali fission of (A) does not yield the ketonic part, the ethyl ether (B) can be satisfactorily employed for this fission. The ketonic product is found to be identical with ω-ethoxy-2-hydroxy-3: 4: 6-trimethoxy-acetophenone obtained synthetically, thus confirming again the above constitution of (B) and of hibiscitrin.
Volume 29 Issue 1 January 1949 pp 9-15
Synthesis of some important partial methyl ethers of flavonols
S Rajagopalan P Ramachandra Rao K Visweswara Rao T R Seshadri
The following three partial methyl ethers of flavonols which are derivatives of naturally occurring monoglucosides having only one free hydroxyl group have been conveniently synthesised by using the method of partial benzylation: (1) 3 ∶ 5 ∶ 4′-O-trimethyl-kæmpferol derived from populnin and related glycosides, (2) 3 ∶ 5 ∶ 3′ ∶ 4′-O-tetramethyl quercetin derived from quercimeritrin and (3) 3 ∶ 5 ∶ 7 ∶ 3′ ∶ 4′-O-pentamethyl gossypetin derived from gossypin.
Volume 34 Issue 4 October 1951 pp 236-239
Analysis of sugars and uronic acids using paper chromatography (Horizontal Migration)
P S Rao R M Beri P Ramachandra Rao
Using the horizontal migration method of filter paper chromatography, the separation and identification of glucuronic and galacturonic acids and their barium salts have been effected.
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