Constructing a multidimensional free energy surface like a spider weaving a web

Complete free energy surface in the collective variable space provides important information of the reaction mechanisms of the molecules. But, sufficient sampling in the collective variable space is not easy. The space expands quickly with the number of the collective variables. To solve the problem, many methods utilize artificial biasing potentials to flatten out the original free energy surface of the molecule in the simulation. Their performances are sensitive to the definitions of the biasing potentials. Fast‐growing biasing potential accelerates the sampling speed but decreases the accuracy of the free energy result. Slow‐growing biasing potential gives an optimized result but needs more simulation time. In this article, we propose an alternative method. It adds the biasing potential to a representative point of the molecule in the collective variable space to improve the conformational sampling. And the free energy surface is calculated from the free energy gradient in the constrained simulation, not given by the negative of the biasing potential as previous methods. So the presented method does not require the biasing potential to remove all the barriers and basins on the free energy surface exactly. Practical applications show that the method in this work is able to produce the accurate free energy surfaces for different molecules in a short time period. The free energy errors are small in the cases of various biasing potentials. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

两嵌段共聚高分子链通过薄膜上纳米孑孔隙输运的研究

针对两嵌段高分子链的跨膜输运过程,分别给出与不同输运次序相对戍的高分子链的自由能,进而通过求解Fokker-Planck方程并在不同条件下对平均首次通过时间进行了数值计算.计算结果表明,当共聚高分子链由良溶剂区向不良溶剂区输运时,不能发生线团一链滴转变的链首先输运总是有利于整个高分子链的输运.而在给定输运次序的情况下,化学势、线团一链滴转变、共聚链的组成以及输运速率等因素对输运时间可产生显著影响.相关研究结果可为调控实际生物高分子链的输运时间提供可能的理论线索.     

Migration Reaction of a Silyl Group from a Phosphorus to a Carbonyl Oxygen in a Molybdenum Coordination Sphere

The reaction of Cp anion, [C 5 H 4 CH 2 CH 2 P(TMS)Mes] m with (CH 3 CN) 3 Mo(CO) 3 leads to the formation of [( m 5 --C 5 H 4 CH 2 CH 2 --P(TMS)Mes)Mo(CO) 3 ] m , which then reacts with MeI to give a metallaphosphacyclopropane complex with silyl migration.     

Wenliang Wang a,Wenli Zhao a,Haochun Zhang a,Xincheng Dou a,Haifeng Shi a,b,

近年来, Fenton反应由于其成本低,反应速度快,操作简单等优势受到了广泛的研究.传统的均相Fenton反应可通过H2O2氧化Fe2+产生具有强氧化性的羟基自由基,用于处理难降解的有机物.然而, Fenton反应存在两个主要问题,首先,在Fenton反应中需要加入大量的酸来维持酸性环境,以保证反应的最佳活性.其次, Fenton反应中铁离子不断流失并形成固体污泥,这严重影响了Fenton反应产生·OH的效率.目前,将光催化反应与非均相芬顿反应相结合是改善这些问题的有效方案.非均相光芬顿反应不仅能提高有机物降解的活性,而且通过光催化剂导带上的电子有效减少Fe3+的浸出和铁氢氧化物沉淀的产生.最近,作为一种可见光Fenton催化剂,α-Fe2O3可以在几乎中性的条件下发生光芬顿反应,这解决了在反应过程中需要随时调整PH值的问题.此外,光照条件下α-Fe2O3价带上的电子能跃迁至导带并将Fe3+还原成Fe2+,从而减少铁离子的损耗.然而,由于光生载流子复合率较高等问题,单一α-Fe2O3光催化剂的催化活性仍不理想.构建具有2D/2D结构的S型异质结可以缩短电子在界面间的传输距离,增大材料的活性位点,将光生电子-空穴在空间上分离,从而有效增强光生载流子的分离效率.因此,构建2D/2Dα-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6 S型异质结,并用于光芬顿反应有望进一步提高对有机污染物的降解效率.本文通过简易的水热法制备了具有2D/2D结构的α-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6 S型异质结光芬顿催化剂,并通过XRD、BET、TEM、XPS和UV-Vis等手段对催化剂的晶体结构、元素状态、微观结构、光学性质和化学组分进行了表征.通过在可见光照射下降解甲基蓝(MB),考察了α-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6的光芬顿催化活性.结果表明,由于光催化反应与Fenton反应的协同作用,α-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6表现出了明显增强的光-Fenton催化活性,最佳比例的α-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6的活性分别是单一α-Fe2O3和Bi2WO6的11.06倍和3.29倍.本文将光催化反应与Fenton反应相结合,一方面,光催化反应对Fe3+的还原有促进作用,提高了Fe2+的浓度,从而提升羟基自由基的产量;另一方面, Fenton反应对α-Fe2O3/Bi2WO6中电子的利用阻止了光生载流子的复合,进一步提高了光催化降解效率.此外,由于二维纳米片之间具有更大的接触面积, 2D/2D异质结可以缩短电荷传输时间和距离,促进了光生电子-空穴的分离.同时,具有较大比表面积的2D/2D材料可以在催化剂表面提供大量用于有机物氧化分解的活性位点.而S型异质结的构建不但促进了界面电荷的转移和分离,还能维持最佳的电荷氧化还原电位,这都提升了催化剂的光芬顿催化活性.总之,本文为合成可高效降解有机污染物的非均相光-芬顿催化剂提供了新的思路.     

Hydroacridines XXV [1]. First Synthesis of (4aα,8aα,9aβ,10aβ)-Tetradecahydroacridine and New Syntheses of (4aα,8aα,9aα,10aβ)- and (4aα,8aβ,9aα,10aβ)-Tetradecahydroacridine

Summary. On heating in dry DMSO, in the presence of potassium t-butoxide, the N-nitrosamine of (4aα,8aβ,9aβ,10aα)-tetradecahydroacridine is completely converted into the N-nitrosamine of (4aα,8aα,9aα,10aβ)-tetradecahydroacridine. Under similar conditions, the N-nitrosamine of (4aα,8aα,9aβ,10aα)-tetradecahydroacridine yields a ternary equilibrium mixture containing itself (19%), and the N-nitrosamines of (4aα,8aβ,9aα,10aβ)-tetradecahydroacridine (46%) and the so far unknown (4aα,8aα,9aβ,10aβ)-tetradecahydroacridine (35%). The resulting N-nitrosamines can be smoothly denitrosated to the corresponding secondary amines.     

Partial incorporation of a cyclopentadienyl ligand into a molybdaborane to form a molybdacarbaborane

Reaction of the molybdaborane arachno-2-[Mo(η-C₅H₅)(η⁵:η¹-C₅H₄)B₄H₇] (I) with NEt₃ in toluene at 120 °C for 7 days gives a 90% yield of the molybdacarbaborane nido-1-[Mo(η-C₅H₅)(η³:η²-C₃H₃)C₂B₃H₅] (II). Two of the carbon atoms in the substituted cyclopentadienyl ring in I are incorporated into the metallacarbaborane cluster II. The carbaborane {C₂B₃H₅} fragment in II is attached to an allylic {C₃H₃} group and can be thought of as a new non-planar {C₅B₃H₈} ligand providing seven electrons to the molybdenum atom. Reaction of I with KH in thf at 20 °C gives the anion via deprotonation of a B-H-B bridging proton.     

Impedance of a passive iron electrode in a solution containing a reducing agent

Frequency dependences of impedance of a passive iron electrode in 0.5 M Na₂SO₄ solutions with and without 0.01 M K₄[Fe(CN)₆] are obtained by a pulsed method and the Fourier transform. At 1–1000 Hz, the results in 0.5 M Na₂SO₄ satisfactorily agree with our previous results obtained by a lock-in method. With the [Fe(CN)₆]^4- ions present, the impedance decreases faster at lower frequencies. The impedance of the oxide film/solution interface relaxes longer the film impedance. These conclusions are similar to those obtained earlier.Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 97–101.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Klyuev, Rotenberg, Batrakov.To the Centennial of B.N. Kabanov.     

Taming Mars with a tent and a tunnel: creation of a biosphere-city

An unconventional site-specific outdoor utility sculpture, used as a Strait of Gibraltar stopper, may soon store unwanted Earth-atmosphere derived wastes (mineralized CO2 and CFCs) for hundreds of years. Such a Land Art processing facility, an anti-global warming/cooling antidote, is an appropriate macro-engineering response to allegedly impending human survival macro-problems.     

Formation of a tris-capsule and a tris-carceplex from a cyclic six-bowl assembly

A macrocycle composed of six cavitands was assembled into a tris-capsule and a tris-carceplex, each of which encapsulates three guest molecules.     

Hydrolytic cleavage of a DNA-model phosphodiester: a new inorganic–organic hybrid constructed from a Zn-cluster with a polyoxometalate

An inorganic–organic hybrid constructed from a Zn-cluster with a polyoxometalate {[Zn₃Na₂(μ-OH)₂(bpdo)₆(H₂O)₁₆][PW₁₂O₄₀]₂}·(bpdo)₃·C₂H₅OH·2H₂O (bpdo?=?4,4′-bis(pyridine-N-oxide)) (1) has been synthesized by hydrothermal reaction and characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The structural analysis indicates that 1 is an S-like complex constructed by [Zn₃Na₂(μ-OH)₂(bpdo)₆(H₂O)₁₆]^6? with two PW₁₂O₄₀ ^3? with water occupying several coordination sites and have the potential to act as labile ligands, allowing for substrate and nucleophile binding. Kinetic experiments for hydrolytic cleavage of the DNA-model phosphodiester bis(p-nitropheny1)phosphate (BNPP) were followed spectrophotometrically for absorbance increase at 400?nm in 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1–propane sulfonic acid (EPPS) buffer solution due to the formation of p-nitrophenoxide with 1 at pH 4.0 and 50?°C. UV spectroscopy indicates cleavage of the phosphodiester bond proceeds with pseudo-first-order rate constant 6.7(±0.2)?×?10^?7?s^?1, giving an inorganic phosphate and p-nitrophenol as the final products of hydrolysis. The results demonstrate that 1 exhibits good catalytic activity and reusability for hydrolytic cleavage of BNPP.