Chlorsiliconorganic Compound Formed during Lipid Separation from Japan Marine

The crystal substance has been isolated from chloroform-ethanol extract of sea organism Halocynthia aurantium. A set of spectrometry methods was used to describe a structure of this compound. It was appeared that element analysis showed ≈60% chlorine, less silicon, carbon and hydrogen. Another spectroscopy method (UV, IR, NMR) did not give an additional information. The data obtained suggests us that we have the matter with unusual compound. X-ray-phase analysis was used also. On the basis of an element analysis and X-ray diffraction parameters the formula of compound С2H2Si4Cl12 has been offered.


Introduction
Our interest to ascidia has been determined by the attempts to study the lipids of these group of sea animals, in particularly fatty acids (FA) and prostaglandins (PG).Earlier we have shown that extracts from H. aurantium possess high PG-like activity [1].
Being engaged in research lipids from sea organisms, we have found out that at storage lipid fractions crystals are formed, in the course of storage crystals grow.This fact has interested us, and we investigated structure of one of them and some properties of crystal compound.
The element analysis has shown that a crystal contents to 60% of chlorine, 12 % of silicon and 1 % of carbon.
On these preliminary data it became clear, that we deal with silicon organic compound.The chemistry and properties of siliconorganic compounds were devoted a lot of literature because they are widely used in medical practice [2]- [8].
However, as to data about the derivatives of silicon organic compounds and in particularly chlorosilanes chemical information appears to be rather scanty [9]- [12].
The purpose of our research was to study structure of the unusual compound formed during prostaglandins separation from sea organism H. aurantium.
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Experimental Section
Animal material.H. aurantium were collected in april at a Troiza bay of Peter the Great bay of Japan sea.The sample of Ascidia were homogenized and extracted by 1.5 liters mixture of solvents CHCl 3 -EtOH (1:1).Further extraction of this material was carried out, taking into account on 20 g of the crushed tissue on 100 ml mixture of solvents.
Extraction and separation.3-fold extraction procedure was carried out by mixture CHCl 3 -EtOH (1:1).Solvent after everyone extraction was evaporated up to the minimal volume by the rotor evaporator.The first extract contained very much aqueous solution.The bottom chloroform layer was collected after phases separation.Repeated extraction by the extraction mixture also was given the extract contained water, but to a lesser degree.A chloroform extract has dark cherry-color.The crystals fall at solvent evaporation of this last (third) extraction procedure.

Results and Discussion
A monocrystal (sizes are 25 × 21 mm, thickness is 2 mm; it has shown at the Figure 1) has obtained from chloroform-ethanol extract of H. aurantium at lipid separation.Under a microscope the crystal represents volumetric structure as the layered plates similar to mica.On edges it has a dark fringing.The crystal gets silver spice (metal shine) under a microscope at different illumination of a field.
The monocrystal has been crushed for carrying out of analyses.Melting point of a substance has been mea- sured to be 170˚С.The substance appeared to be rather unstable: it has evaporated slowly in the open air without any residue.The crystals do not soluble in water, chloroform, diethyl ether.They are soluble in aqueous ethanol and ipropyl alcohol.By element analysis has found (%): C 1.00, H 0.20, Cl 59.00.
The neutronic activation analysis has shown (%): Si 12.00, Al 0.30 and traces Br, Y, Zr.The atomic-emission analysis has confirmed high percent of chlorine and has shown the trace amounts of Al, Ba, Br, Ca, Mg, Fe, Sr, Zr, Y.
X-ray-phase analysis (RPA) has shown, the substance investigated has a crystal structure.Diffractogram data of a compound obtained are presented in Table 1.The crystal isolated according to RPA data is Isostructures of RbCl and KCl compounds and it belongs to cubic syngonia (crystallographic system) with parameters a = b = c = 6.59Ǻ.
Chlorosilicon organic compounds of an animal origin is not investigated practically.Despite of use of several spectroscopic methods (UV, IR, 13 C-NMR), the most informative methods to be the element and X-ray-phase analyses which have allowed offering the formula for crystal isolated: Carbon-silicon bonds are however generally absent in biochemical processes although their fleeting existence has been reported in a freshwater alga.Several organosilicon compounds are being investigated as pharmaceuticals [5].
Organosilyl chlorides are important commodity chemicals.They are mainly used to produce silicone polymers.Especially important silyl chlorides.
It is considered, that the compounds containing bonds Si-Cl are more active, than the compounds containing bonds Si-C.Such bonds are more polar linkages [4].
RPA analysis has shown, that interatomic distances in the crystal investigated is equal to 3Å, that is a characteristic feature of the cluster metal compounds [13].
In our opinion, the crystal isolated by us can be attributed to liquid crystals because of its structure changes under a microscope: as though "is floating".
As to history creation of silagraphen.The first computer modelling of structures has originally been performed.Then one from the set of structures (Si 2 C) has been chosen and synthesized.The following investigations of its properties has allowed to use these group of compounds under the general name siloxanes in medicine.It has appeared, that silagraphene shows fine elastic properties and it is allowed to use its in manufacturing nanotubes.
As to chlorographen it also has been synthesized.Chlorographens with different degree of chlorination have been received.Their properties, in particularly the influence of different temperatures (from minus to positive) on chlorographen structures have been also determined.
It should be noticed that the compound presented by us does not obtained by chemical synthesis but was isolated from natural object.The substance has been obtained from the representative of the sea invertebrate Ascidians.
The structure offered by us seems to be rather unusual for substances isolated from the animal objects because of it contained the structural elements of the both compounds: namely silagraphen and chlorographen.

Conclusion
Thus we have managed to isolate from the natural source, namely marine Ascidia, a novel chlorosiliconorganic compound as a crystal form.The element and X-ray-phase analyses of this crystal have allowed us to offer its formula-C 2 H 2 Si 4 Cl 12 .Although the function of this compound isolated within the metabolism of the animal cells has not been cleared this time, the well known properties of synthetic chlorosilanes in time to be a group of compounds widely are used in many chemical processes.Each such compound has at least one silicon-chlorine bond.Organic chlorosilanes are usually used as coating for silicon and glass surfaces, and in the production of silicon (polysiloxane) polymers.