High performance liquid chromatographic separation of clausenamide enantiomers with chiral –AGP stationary phase

<正>A method of high performance liquid chromatographic separation of clausenamide enantiomers with chiral-AGP(α_1-acid glycoprotein) stationary phases has been established.The absolute configurations of(-)clausenamide and(+)clausenamide are 3S, 4R,5R,6S and 3R,4S,5S,6R,respectively.The present method has been used to analyze the(-)clausenamide and(+)clausenamide and its analogues such as the major metabolite and synthetic derivatives of clausenamide.     

Transformations of N-arylpropiolamides to indoline-2,3-diones and acids via C≡C triple bond oxidative cleavage and C(sp^2)–H functionalization

A new palladium-catalyzed oxidative conversion of N-arylpropiolamides and H2O to various indoline-2,3-diones and acids through the C≡C triple bond cleavage and C(sp2)–H functionalization is described,which is promoted by a cooperative action of catalytic CuBr2,2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy(TEMPO)and O2.The method provides a practical tool for transformations of alkynes by means of a C–H functionalization strategy,which enables the formation of one C–C bond and multiple C–O bonds in a single reaction with high substrates compatibility and excellent functional group tolerance.     

Structure and electrospray mass spectrometry studies on dithiacyclooctan-3-ol-containing palladium (II) complex of trans -[Pd(dtco-3-OH)_2](ClO_4)_2·2DMSO

The structure of trans-[Pd(dtco-3-OH)2] (ClO4)2·2DMSO, in which dtco-3-OH is dithiacyclooctan-3-ol and DMSO is dimethyl sulfoxide, was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystal data: space group pi, a = 0.7077(2) nm, b = 1.0788(1) nm, c = 1.1111(1) nm, α=67.710(8)°, β = 73. 59(2)°, γ = 85. 39(2)°,R1 = 0 . 0368 and Rw = 0.0998. The palladium (II) is coordinated by four sulfur atoms with a regular square planar configuration. The Pd-S distances are 0.2314(1) and 0.2317(1) nm, respectively. Both dtco-3-OH ligands are in the boat-chair configuration and two hydroxyl groups are on the opposite sites of the PdS4 coordination plane and are towards Pd(II). The Pd-O distance is 0. 285 nm, indicating a weak interaction between them. A typical hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group of dtco-3-OH ligand and DMSO was observed in the crystal structure. An aqueous solution prepared with the crystals of the complex was used for the investigation of electrospray mass spectrometry ( ESMS ). Besid     

Synthesis of affinity column of phosphatidylinositol-3,4-diphosphate

Phosphatidylinositol polyphosphates (PIPx) are related with tyrosine kinase activation, cell proliferation and carcinogenesis. In order to investigate the action mechanism of PIPx, it is desirable to synthesize affinity column of PI-3,4-P2, which is expected to be able to isolate the binding proteins of PI-3,4-P2. Thyramine reacted with CH-Sepharose 4B giving column 13. The p-amino group of 3'-(1',2'-distearoyl-glyceryl)-1-(2-p-aminobenzyl)-3,4-di-O-phosphoryl-myo-inosityl phosphate (12) was diazotized, then diazo-coupled with column 13 to give PI-3,4-P2 affinity column 14. This PI-3,4-P2 affinity column is an effective tool to pick up binding proteins of PI-3,4-P2.     

STUDIES ON THE STEREOSELECTIVITY AND SUBSTITUTED GROUPS OF (+)-CAMPHOR DERIVATIVES

From (+)- camphor, six new (+)-camphor derivatives were synthesized. According tothe structure and chemical properties of the derivatives, the relation between the substitutedgroups and the stereoselectivity of alkylations and reduction was examined. It is found thatthe chemical shift of protons of C(8), C(9) methyl groups and chemical properties of carbonylO(2) are associated with the substituted groups.     

A Novel Synthesis of (-)-10-epi-α-Cyperone

The eudesmane derivative, (-)-10-epi-α-cyperone 1, is widely used as a chiral starting material for the synthesis of other fused-ring sesquiterpenes1. The first synthetic work was reported by Howe and co-workers via condensation of (+)-dihydrocarvone 2 with 1-diethylaminopentan-3-one methiodide in 32% yield2. Previously, our group reported the synthesis of compound 1 by treating ketone 2 with ethyl vinyl ketone (EVK) directly under different conditions1a, but the yields were not satisfacto…     

STUDIES ON CHIRAL THIOPHOSPHORIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES [ⅤⅢ]——THE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF SOME REACTIONS OF THE MIXED ANHYDRIDE OF O-ETHYL PHENYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC AND O-ETHYL O-PHENYL PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACIDS

In this paper, (1) alkaline methanolysis, (2) acid methanolysis, (3) alkaline hydro-lysis, (4) aminolysis of (+)-(R)-(R)-mixed anhydride 1 of O-ethyl phenylphosphonothioic:and O-ethyl O-phenylphosphorothioic acid, (5) its reactions with KSH and (6) with PCl_5have been studied. The cleavage of P-O-P bonds in all the reactions studied has beenfound. In reactions (1)-(4), attacks of nucleophiles occur to the phosphorus atoms of phos-phonyl groups forming the products with inversion of configuration, while the configurationof the phosphorus atoms of phosphoryl groups which are not attacked is retained. Inreaction (5), the uncleophile -SH attacks the phosphorus atom of the phosphonyl group,but a racemic product results because of the formation of ph(EtO)P(S)~- which loseschirality; the configuration of the phosphorus atom of the phosphoryl group which is notattacked is still retained. In reaction (6), both the phosphonyl and phosphoryl groups arechlorinated giving as products (-)-(R)-thiophophonyl chloride 1     

Effect of urea on synchronous fluorescence spectra and electrochemical behaviour of cytochrome

The changes of the synchronous fluorescence spectra and the electrochemical behaviour of cytochrome c with the urea concentration are studied. It has been found that with the increase of urea concentration, there occur sequentially the deaggregation of cytochrome c molecules, the increase of exposure extent of the heme group to the solvent, the disruption of Fe-S bond of the heme group and the change in the electrochemical behaviour of cytochrome c. It is suggested that the reason why the electrochemical reaction of cytochrome c is irreversible is that cytochrome c molecules exist in the concentrated solution as oligomers which are electrochemically inactive.     

Action mechanism of antioxidation and anticorrosion and molecular design for perfluoropolyether fluid additives (Ⅰ)——Action mechanism of additive and property of donating-accepting electron

The combination energy and chemical adsorption energy of N-substituted perfluoropoly-alkyletherphenylamide (PFPEA) additive to perfluoropolyalkylether oxygen radical (RfO.) and to Fe atom have been calculated by quantum chemical methods. Structural characteristics, action mechanism, property of donating-accepting electron and substituent effect for antioxidant and anticorrosive additive are investigated. It is found that HOMO of the additives is a π-molecular orbital with lone pair electron of heteroatom. The HOMO of PFPEA additive reacts with LUMO of Fe atom to result in chemical adsorption. The LUMO of additive can interact with the SOMO of RfO. and accept electron of RfO. to form stable addition product. The additives have the property of donating-accepting electron. The electron-releasing group, particularly, the phenyl group, introduced to N atom of phenylamide can increase the combination energy and chemical adsorption energy, and enhance the antioxidant and anticorrosive efficiency. The research achi     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of N-[（2S）-4-bromo-2-（L-menthyloxy）-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-3-furyl]-L-leucine

Starting from(5S)-(L-menthyloxy)-3,4-dibromo-5H-furan-2-one and L-leucine,the title compound N-[(2S)-4-bromo-2-(L-menthyloxy)-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-3-furyl]-L-leucine 5(C20H32BrNO5,Mr = 446.37) was obtained in one-pot process via the tandem Michael addition-elimination reaction in the presence of potassium hydroxide.The chemical structure and absolute configuration of the title compound were confirmed via rotation,UV-Vis,FT-IR,1H NMR,13C NMR,MS and elemental analysis,especially by the X-ray single-crystal diffraction.The crystal crystallizes in an orthorhombic system,space group P212121 with a = 12.5249(16),b = 19.005(3),c = 19.719(3) ,V = 4693.7(10) 3,Z = 8,Dc = 1.263 g/m3,μ = 1.778 mm-1,F(000) = 1872,the final R = 0.0617 and wR = 0.1576 for 3967 observed reflections(I > 2σ(I)).X-ray analysis reveals that the title compound has two independent molecules in the asymmetric part of the unit cell with the two five-membered furanones being almost planar.The essential part of the electron delocalization is concentrated in the N(1),C(3),C(1),C(37) and O(7) region and N(2),C(28),C(27),C(30) and O(4) region in the other molecule respectively,but does not take place at the expense of delocalization within the ester function.     

钼酸根阴离子印迹陶瓷膜的制备与吸附性能

以三氧化二铝陶瓷膜为载体,以钼酸根阴离子为模板离子,1-乙烯基咪唑为功能单体,1,6-二溴己烷为交联剂,采用表面印迹和接枝聚合方法制备了能选择性吸附Mo(Ⅵ)的新型印迹陶瓷膜(IIP-PVI/CM).采用红外光谱、X射线光电子能谱、热重分析及扫描电子显微镜等方法对陶瓷膜进行结构表征.研究了pH值对吸附性能的影响,当pH值范围为2~4时,IIP-PVI/CM具有良好吸附能力;动力学和热力学结果表明,IIP-PVI/CM对Mo(Ⅵ)的吸附符合准二级动力学模型和Langmuir吸附模型;当pH=4.0和温度为30℃时,IIP-PVI/CM对Mo(Ⅵ)具有良好选择性,Mo(Ⅵ)对W(Ⅵ)的选择性系数高达7.48;动态吸附结果表明,IIP-PVI/CM对W(Ⅵ)和Mo(Ⅵ)的吸附饱和时间分别为24和47 min,饱和吸附量分别为0.163和0.672 mmol/100 g,动态吸附时IIP-PVI/CM亦具有良好选择性;经9次吸附与解吸后,IIP-PVI/CM对Mo(Ⅵ)吸附容量仍可达到初始值的92%,再生和循环使用性能良好.     

Effect of lysozyme adsorption on the interfacial rheology of DPPC and cholesteryl myristate films

A model tear film lipid layer composed of a binary mixture of cholesteryl myristate (CM) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) was characterized using surface tension measurements, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) and interfacial stress rheology (ISR). Isotherms showed that films containing >or=90 mol % CM have a 17-fold greater % area loss between the first and second compressions than the films with less CM. BAM images clearly showed that CM films did not expand after compression, and solid-like regions extending 1-2 mm were observed at low pressures (1 mN/m). Lipid films with or=50 mol % CM became elastic at higher surface pressures. Increasing CM content reduced the surface pressure at which the mixed film became elastic. Lysozyme adsorption into a CM film increased the compressibility and resulted in a more expanded film. Lysozyme increased the ductility of the CM/DPPC films with no film breakdown occurring up to the highest pressure measured (40 mN/m). In summary, CM increased the elasticity of the lipid films, but also caused them to become brittle and incapable of expansion following compression. Lysozyme adsorption increased the ductility and decreased the isotherm hysteresis for CM/DPPC films.     

Insight into Seasonal Change of Phytochemicals,Antioxidant, and Anti-Aging Activities of Root Bark of Paeonia suffruticosa (Cortex Moutan) Combined with Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Chemical compositions, antioxidants, and anti-aging activities of Cortex Moutan (CM), from different collection periods and different producing areas, were measured and compared in order to obtain excellent CM extracts. The bioactivities of CM extracts were examined by an in vitro antioxidant method and a UVB irradiated human dermal fibroblast (HDF) model. Phytochemical properties were obtained from ultra-fast liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UFLC-Q-TOF-MS) prior to the multivariate statistical analysis. As for the results, the extracts of Heze CM (HZCM) and Luoyang CM (LYCM) collected in June had better in vitro antioxidant activities, significantly increased the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and reduced the content of malondialdehyde (MDA), compared to other CM extracts. HZCM and LYCM extracts could upregulate the relative expression of SOD and GSH-Px mRNA. The extract of HZCM collected in June could significantly repress the production of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) and improve the production of procollagen type I (PCOL)-I in UVB irradiated HDF. In total, 50 compounds, including 17 monoterpenoids, 19 flavonoids, 13 phenols, and 1 amino acid were identified or tentatively identified in the CM extracts. Gallic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, oxypaeoniflorin, paeoniflorin, 1,2,3,4,6-O-pentagalloyl glucose, and paeonol were predominant compounds in the CM extracts. Taken together, CM collected from April to September had better antioxidant and anti-aging effects for external usage.     

Chrysin Derivative CM1 and Exhibited Anti-Inflammatory Action by Upregulating Toll-Interacting Protein Expression in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated RAW264.7 Macrophage Cells

Although our previous study revealed that gamma-irradiated chrysin enhanced anti-inflammatory activity compared to intact chrysin, it remains unclear whether the chrysin derivative, CM1, produced by gamma irradiation, negatively regulates toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis for the downregulation of TLR4 signal transduction by CM1 in macrophages. We initially determined the appropriate concentration of CM1 and found no cellular toxicity below 2 μg/mL. Upon stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), CM1 modulated LPS-stimulated inflammatory action by suppressing the release of proinflammatory mediators (cytokines TNF-α and IL-6) and nitric oxide (NO) and downregulated the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathways. Furthermore, CM1 markedly elevated the expression of the TLR negative regulator toll-interacting protein (Tollip) in dose- and time-dependent manners. LPS-induced expression of cell surface molecules (CD80, CD86, and MHC class I/II), proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6), COX-2, and iNOS-mediated NO were inhibited by CM1; these effects were prevented by the knockdown of Tollip expression. Additionally, CM1 did not affect the downregulation of LPS-induced expression of MAPKs and NF-κB signaling in Tollip-downregulated cells. These findings provide insight into effective therapeutic intervention of inflammatory disease by increasing the understanding of the negative regulation of TLR signaling induced by CM1.     

Docking and molecular dynamics study on the inhibitory activity of coumarins on aldose reductase

In order to explore the inhibitory mechanism of coumarins toward aldose reductase (ALR2), AutoDock and Gromacs software were used for docking and molecular dynamics studies on 14 coumarins (CM) and ALR2 protease. The docking results indicate that residues TYR48, HIS110, and TRP111 construct the active pocket of ALR2 and, besides van der Waals and hydrophobic interaction, CM mainly interact with ALR2 by forming hydrogen bonds to cause inhibitory behavior. Except for CM1, all the other coumarins take the lactone part as acceptor to build up the hydrogen bond network with active-pocket residues. Unlike CM3, which has two comparable binding modes with ALR2, most coumarins only have one dominant orientation in their binding sites. The molecular dynamics calculation, based on the docking results, implies that the orientations of CM in the active pocket show different stabilities. Orientation of CM1 and CM3a take an unstable binding mode with ALR2; their conformations and RMSDs relative to ALR2 change a lot with the dynamic process. While the remaining CM are always hydrogen-bonded with residues TYR48 and HIS110 through the carbonyl O atom of the lactone group during the whole process, they retain the original binding mode and gradually reach dynamic equilibrium.     

Influence of Inoculum Source and Pre-incubation on Bio-Methane Potential of Chicken Manure and Corn Stover

In order to investigate the effects of inoculum source and pre-incubation on methane production performance of chicken manure (CM) and corn stover (CS), two sets of bio-methane potential tests using non- and pre-incubated inocula (digested sludge from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (DSMW) and digested sludge from a chicken manure treatment plant (DSCM)) were conducted at 37 °C. Modified Gompertz and first-order models were used to evaluate the kinetic parameters. The results revealed that DSMW was better than DSCM in digesting organic substrates (CM and CS), since the average ultimate methane yields were 351 mL g^?1 volatile solid (VS)_added for CM and 300 mL g^?1 VS_added for CS when DSMW was used as inoculum, and 298 mL g^?1 VS_added for CM and 218 mL g^?1 VS_added for CS when DSCM was used as inoculum, respectively. Nevertheless, there was no significant difference (p?>?0.05) in the ultimate methane yields between non- and pre-incubated inoculum for digesting CM and CS, regardless of the inoculum source. However, when evaluating the kinetic parameters of anaerobic digestion, the correlation coefficient, maximal methane production rate, and hydrolysis rate constant were slightly higher using pre-incubated inoculum as compared to non-incubated inoculum.     

Optimal scaling factors for CM1 and CM3 atomic charges in RM1-based aqueous simulations

Scaling factors for atomic charges derived from the RM1 semiempirical quantum mechanical wavefunction in conjunction with CM1 and CM3 charge models have been optimized by minimizing errors in absolute free energies of hydration, ΔG_hyd, for a set of 40 molecules. Monte Carlo statistical mechanics simulations and free energy perturbation theory were used to annihilate the solutes in gas and in a box of TIP4P water molecules. Lennard–Jones parameters from the optimized potentials for liquid simulations‐all atom (OPLS–AA) force field were utilized for the organic compounds. Optimal charge scaling factors have been determined as 1.11 and 1.14 for the CM1R and CM3R methods, respectively, and the corresponding unsigned average errors in ΔG_hyd relative to experiment were 2.05 and 1.89 kcal/mol. Computed errors in aniline and two derivatives were particularly large for RM1 and their removal from the data set lowered the overall errors to 1.61 and 1.75 kcal/mol for CM1R and CM3R. Comparisons are made to the AM1 method which yielded total errors in ΔG_hyd of 1.50 and 1.64 kcal/mol for CM1A*1.14 and CM3A*1.15, respectively. This work is motivated by the need for a highly efficient yet accurate quantum mechanical (QM) method to study condensed‐phase and enzymatic chemical reactions via mixed QM and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) simulations. As an initial test, the Menshutkin reaction between NH₃ and CH₃Cl in water was computed using a RM1/TIP4P‐Ew/CM3R procedure and the resultant ΔG^?, ΔG_rxn, and geometries were in reasonable accord with other computational methods; however, some potentially serious shortcomings in RM1 are discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem, 2011     

Evaluation of new high-density ion exchange adsorbents for expanded bed adsorption chromatography

New adsorbents Q HyperZ and CM HyperZ composed of hydrogel-filled porous zirconium oxide particles were evaluated for expanded bed adsorption applications in the present work. The HyperZ adsorbents have wet density of 3.16 g ml(-1), particle size of 44.5-100.8 microm and average sphere diameter of 67 microm. The bed expansion as the function of flow velocity and fluid viscosity was measured and correlated with Richardson-Zaki equation. The suitable expansion factor was considered less than 2.5, while the corresponding flow velocity was about 450 cmh(-1). Liquid mixing in the bed was determined to evaluate the stability of expanded bed. The Bodenstein numbers tested were higher than 40 and the axial mixing coefficients (D(ax)) were between 0.5 and 9.7x10(-6)m(2)s(-1), which demonstrated that a stable expanded bed could be formed under suitable operation conditions. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme were used as model proteins to estimate the adsorption capacities of Q and CM HyperZ, respectively. The maximum equilibrium adsorption of Q and CM HyperZ could reach 45.7 and 27.2 mg g(-1) drained adsorbents, respectively. It was found that yeast cells had little influence on the adsorption capacities of the two adsorbents tested. The dynamic adsorption capacity of BSA at 10% breakthrough with Q HyperZ was 35.9 mg g(-1) drained adsorbent at flow velocity of 100 cm h(-1) for packed bed adsorption. The values for expanded bed adsorption were 34.4 mg g(-1) drained adsorbent at flow velocity of 200 cm h(-1), 33.6 mg g(-1) drained adsorbent at 300 cm h(-1) and 31.7 mg g(-1) drained adsorbent 400 cm h(-1). The results demonstrated that Q HyperZ and CM HyperZ are suitable for expanded bed adsorption of biomolecules.     

Conformational memories with variable bond angles

Conformational Memories (CM) is a simulated annealing/Monte Carlo method that explores peptide and protein dihedral conformational space completely and efficiently, independent of the original conformation. Here we extend the CM method to include the variation of a randomly chosen bond angle, in addition to the standard variation of two or three randomly chosen dihedral angles, in each Monte Carlo trial of the CM exploratory and biased phases. We test the hypothesis that the inclusion of variable bond angles in CM leads to an improved sampling of conformational space. We compare the results with variable bond angles to CM with no bond angle variation for the following systems: (1) the pentapeptide Met-enkephalin, which is a standard test case for conformational search methods; (2) the proline ring pucker in a 17mer model peptide, (Ala)(8)Pro(Ala)(8); and (3) the conformations of the Ser 7.39 chi(1) in transmembrane helix 7 (TMH7) of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor, a 25-residue system. In each case, analysis of the CM results shows that the inclusion of variable bond angles results in sampling of regions of conformational space that are inaccessible to CM calculations with only variable dihedral angles, and/or a shift in conformational populations from those calculated when variable bond angles are not included. The incorporation of variable bond angles leads to an improved sampling of conformational space without loss of efficiency. Our examples show that this improved sampling leads to better exploration of biologically relevant conformations that have been experimentally validated.     

Physicochemical and catalytic characterizations of materials prepared from copper malonate by thermal decomposition or chemical reduction

Results of Carr and Galwey [1] concerning copper malonate (CM) decomposition in vacuo at 510 K prompted present studies on the utility of CM as a low-temperature precursor of oxide-supported copper catalysts. CM deposited upon metal oxides has been converted to copper particles by vacuum thermal decomposition or reduction with aqueous hydrazine. Using the dehydrogenation of isopropanol to acetone as a catalytic probe reaction, comparisons are made between levels of catalytic activity and selectivity induced in TiO₂, MgO and Ca(OH)₂ supports by copper deposited thereon. Effects of particle size, prereduction temperature, and support reducibility are described and evidence is given for a strong metal support interaction (SMSI)-like inhibition of activity of Cu/TiO₂ by prior high temperature reduction.