THE HUANGHAI SEA IN THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD——ACQUISITION AND STUDY OF SOME NEW DATA ON ITS PALEOGEOGRAPHY

Based on the studies on the sediments of the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) formed in thelast glacial period, the complicated palaeogeographic environments of the Huanghai Sea arefound. By the data newly found in the peat and shell layers, it is revealed that the HuanghaiSea is three times exposed and dried as a continent. And the marine sediments are foundfor the first time in the so-called "continental sediment" formed in the early of thelast glacial period. The evolutionary pattern and geological chronicle of natural environ-ments of the Huanghai Sea can primarily be established by the facts that the reversed polarevents of palaeomagnetic variations in the cores are determined and that the peat layer isdated by using ~(14)C.     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOCK POLYMER OF ALTERNATING COPOLYMERS

Block polymer of alternating copolymers, poly[(ST-a-MA)-b(IP-a-MMA)-b-(ST-a-MA)](I), has been synthesized in the presence of AlEt_(1.5)Cl_(1.5),by using Mn_2(CO)_(10)/CBr_4. initiation system.The GPC results indicate that there is no unreacted prepolymer in I purified by precipitation andfractionation. The study of NMR shows that every block of polymer I has alternating structure. The dynamicmechanical properties of I measured by torsional braid method indicate that the polymer has two T_g s,being 38 and 75℃, respectively. The transmission electron micrographs of I show they have two phasestructure and the domain size increases with increasing molecular weight of hard block.     

DROUGHT-EARTHQUAKE RELATION AND MEDIUM-RANGE PREDICTION OF GREAT EARTHQUAKES

In order to approach the medium-range prediction of great earthquakes with Ms≥6, the author investigated the relation between drought and earthquakes and believed that the drought-earthquake relation is an effective method for the medinm-range prediction of great earthquakes.When the author studied the meteorological effects on the earthquake preparation, he found that the epiecntral regions of great earthquakes with M≥6 are usually dry for one to three and a half years before earthquakes. The draught area changes with the earthquake magnitude proportionally. If an earthquake occurs in the 3rd year of drought, its magnitude is 0.5 higher than that in the 1st year of the drought.According to the above-mentioned facts, the author puts forth the medium-range prediction method and principle of great earthquakes by the drought-earthquake relation: (ⅰ) the magnitude is defined in accordnce with the area of the drought regious; (ⅱ) the possible risk area is defined on the basis of the location of the droug     

PRINCIPLE OF REMOTE SENSING OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTION BY COMBINED SOLAR EXTINCTION AND FORWARD SCATTERING METHOD AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT

In this paper, the principle of inverting aerosol size distribution by solar spectral extinc-tion-forward scattering measurements is proposed and analyzed. Two methods of inversion——the segmental inversion and the combined one——are presented. Numerical experimentsshow that this method is quite successful in improving the accuracy of retrieved aerosolsize distribution in both smaller part (r<1μm) and larger part (r>1μm) of aerosolsize ranges.     

FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TAIHU LAKE AND RECENT DEPOSITION

Situated in the Taihu plain between the mouth of the Changjiang River and theHangzhou Bay, the Taihu Lake is a large shallow-water lake in China with a surface area of 2427.8 km~2.The lake bottom mainly consists of loess-like sediment. Some buried and silted up channels and residual depressions can be found at the bottom and a lot of Neolithic cultural relics on the loess-like sediment. This indicated that the Taihu Lake was formed on the alluvial plain charaterized by widely deposited loess-like sediment because of siltation and stagnancy of water, instead of by development from lagoons as reported in the past.Recent deposition including influent-effluent current accumulation, wind-driven current and storm deposition in this lake occurred mainly in the south, the west shore and the midst of the lake.The sedimentary rate in the east Taihu Lake is about 1.7-1.8 mm/a, whereas in the west Taihu Lake it is about 0.41 ram/a, only 23％ of that of the former.     

CLONING AND ANALYSIS OF HISTONE 3 GENE AND RUBISCO SMALL SUBUNIT GENE OF RICE

We have isolated and determined the DNA sequence of several genes from the nucleus of rice (Oryza sativa, IR26). We screened a genomic library of rice IR26 and isolated a 14.8 kb segment containing an H3 gene and an H3-like pseudogene. Sequence analysis showed that the coding sequence of the rice H3 gene is 405 bp in length, and the 5' and 3' noncoding regions contain several regulatory sequences common to eukaryotic or histone genes. The codon usage of the rice H3 gene is highly unusual in that the third codon position is 98% G and C. Southern blotting analysis suggested that the copy number of the H3 gene is around 50 per diploid rice genuine. From the same rice geaomic library, we have identified rbcS, which codes for the small subunit of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco). The rbcS sequence is interrupted by an intron at the same location in both rice and wheat. The first 18 amino acids of the transit peptide in rice and wheat rbcS are identical     

EFFECTS OF MOIST PROCESS ON SUBTROPICAL FLOW PATTERNS AND MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM STATES

A low-order general circulation moisture model is presented, and some experiments with it are described. The model is based on the quasi-geostrophic motion in the β-plane of two layers with landsea distribution. As proposed by Lorenz, the moisture variable in the model is the total dewpoint. Modeled processes consist of evaporation, precipitation, and the effects of clouds and water vapor on radiation.Results of the experiments with the model show that the moisture process enhances subtropical highs significantly and the meridional development of flow. It can also reproduce the hi-equilibrium states in certain parametric combinations, which is similar to the observational fact about the "Eastern pattern" and the "Western pattern" circulations in the subtropical areas during the summer half year.     

EFFECTS OF MOIST PROCESSES ON LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION OVER NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DURING SUMMER TIME

In this paper the Lorenz's moist low-order spectral model~([1]) is further improved by introducinga parameterization for cumulus convection into it. Numerical experiments by this improved model mani-fest quasi-three week oscillations both in the location of the simulated subtropical high at upper tropo-sphere along cast-west direction and in the simulated vertical velocities and precipitation over South Asia,which is similar to those in the real atmosphere. The results of the experiments and the computationsof parameters of energetics show that introducing moist processes is a necessary condition for stimulat-ing and maintaining the low-frequency oscillations, and that moist convection can also obviously shortenoscillation periods, which is generally in agreement with the conclusions in another paper~([2]) of theauthors.     

Correlation Analysis of the Runoff of the Rivers and the Seisms in China

In recent hundred years the annual discharge variations of the Changjiang River (represented by the Yichang station) and the Huanghe River (represented by Shanxian and Tangnaihe, respectively) have closely related to the geographical distribution of the earthquakes coming about in China in the same year, Both the occurrence of the destructive seism or seismic swarm in the river basins and the disappearance of the shocks in the east and south of the basins are the conditions that the Changjiang and Huanghe Rivers are the high flow while that the strong earthquake of magnitude 7 or more occurred in North China is the condition for the Changjiang low flow year and that of 6 or more in the Qilian Mountains area is for the Huanghe River. In the latter part of this paper, a 2-year sample is given to explain that the conditions of the 2 rivers being high flow years are that the north-south seismic belt is active and in the meanwhile no seism occurred in South China, and those of the low flow year are that the     

SEPARATION OF IRON AND MANGANESE IN THE EARLY DIAGENETIC PROCESSES AND ITS MECHANISM OF BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Study shows that the reduction of iron (Fe~(3+)) and manganese (Mn~(4+)) in modern sedi-ments and the diffusive flux of the Mn~(2+) from the pore water into the overlying waterare mainly controlled by bacteria, and the distribution of the bacteria is believed to beaffected strongly by the sedimentary environment. It is the diffusive fluxes between Fe~(2+)and Mn~(2+) that lead to the separation of iron and manganese in the modern sediment at theChangjiang Mouth and near the shore. The level of the separation decreases with theincrease of the overlying water salinity and increases from the surface to the depth. Thismechanism has given a new explanation why manganese is concentrated in sediments onthe oceanic floor of ferromanganese-rich nodules.     

A carbanion induced synthesis of highly congested pyrazole and imidazole containing heterocycles

An efficient approach to the synthesis of highly congested di, penta and hexacyclic pyrazoles as well as imidazole fragment containing novel heterocyclic molecule has been developed through a carbanion induced transformation of suitably functionalized 2H-pyran-2-ones, benzo[h]chromene and thiochromeno[4,3-b]pyrans. Due to the presence of fluorescence, we report their prime application metal sensor as off/on switching in ferric ions.     

Selective synthesis of 4,5-dihydroimidazo- and imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalines via modified Pictet–Spengler reaction

An efficient tandem approach for the selective synthesis of 4,5-dihydroimidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalines 6a–g and imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalines 7a–h by the reaction of 2-imidazolyl anilines 4a–c with aryl aldehydes 5a–k under mild reaction conditions is described. Introduction of electron releasing alkyl groups in substrates 4a–b was found to be instrumental for the success of the reaction.     

Understanding the Diels-Alder reactivity of 1,2-azaborine analogues

The Diels-Alder reactivity of 1,2-heteroborines (H₄C₄B(H)X, X?=?NH, PH, AsH; O, S, Se) has been computationally explored by means of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. The influence of the HB?=?X fragment on the reactivity of the system has been quantitatively analyzed in detail by means of the so-called Activation Strain Model (ASM) of reactivity. It is found that the interaction between these species and the dienophile is significantly stronger than that computed for their all-carbon isoelectronic counterpart, benzene. In addition, the strain energy plays a key role in the observed reactivity trends. The role of the aromaticity strength of these heteroarenes on the reactivity is also assessed.     

Synthesis of N-substituted carbazolones from α-iodo enaminones via Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular coupling under microwave irradiation

A variety of N-aryl and N-alkyl carbazolones were conveniently achieved in good to high yields via Pd₂(dba)₃-mediated intramolecular coupling of N-substituted α-iodo enaminones under microwave irradiation. The Pd(0)-catalyzed cyclization was found to proceed favorably with the more electron-deficient phenyl ring during the reactions involving unsymmetrical N,N-diaryl α-iodo enaminones. This unique property enables the construction of carbazolone skeleton containing nitro substituted benzenoid ring.     

Synthesis of substituted 2,4,5,6-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrazoles and 2,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazoles by intramolecular nitrilimine cycloaddition

Both substituted 2,4,5,6-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrazoles and 2,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazoles have been synthesized by the 3+2 intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition of nitrilimines to alkynes. This cyclization has been extended to more versatile 3-bromo derivatives by the use of alkynylbromides as dipolarophiles.     

Catalyst free,visible-light promoted photoaddition reactions between C60 and N-trimethylsilylmethyl-substituted tertiary amines for synthesis of aminomethyl-1,2-dihydrofullerenes

An efficient and benign method for the preparation of aminomethyl-substituted fullerenes has been developed. The process, involving catalyst free, visible-light irradiation of 10% EtOH-toluene solutions containing fullerene C₆₀ and N-trimethylsilylmethyl-substituted amines by using a 20 W compact fluorescent lamp, leads to formation of aminomethyl-substituted fullerene adducts in a highly efficient manner. The photoaddition reaction takes place via a pathway initiated by visible light absorption by C₆₀, followed by SET from the amine to the triplet excited state of C₆₀. Ethanol-promoted desilylation of the resulting a minimum radical then generates the corresponding α-amino radical which couples with the C₆₀ radical anion to form the anion precursor of the fullerene adducts. The new approach using visible-light takes place under mild conditions and it does not require the use of photocatalysts. Thus, the method developed in this effort could broadens the range of functionalized fullerene derivatives that can be readily prepared.     

Highly efficient and stereoselective cycloaddition of nitrones to indolyl- and pyrrolylacrylates

The reactions of various nitrones with indolyl- and pyrrolylacrylates proceeds regioselectively with high diastereoselectivity in the case of aldonitrones, and represents an effective method for obtaining new indolyl- and pyrrolyl-substituted isoxazolidine carboxylates stabilized by weak (CH?O) and moderate (NH?N) strength intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The resulting cycloadducts exhibit promising in vitro anti-influenza activities.     

Transition metal-free direct amination of benzoxazoles using formamides as nitrogen sources

A transition metal-free method for the direct amination of benzoxazoles using formamides as nitrogen sources is reported, which was mediated by an inexpensive and environmentally friendly tetrabutylammonium iodide/tert-butyl hydroperoxide system and gave the 2-aminobenzoxazole derivatives with moderate to good yields.     

Toward new camptothecins. Part 6: Synthesis of crucial ketones and their use in Friedländer reaction

In the context of the preparation of camptothecin and luotonin A analogs, the synthesis of some key keto-precursors and their use in Friedländer condensation are described. This paper also focuses on the stability of these keto intermediates and emphasizes the major differences between indolizinones and pyrroloquinazolinones series. Noteworthy is also the report of some original structures isolated as by-products of some experiments.     

l-Proline-catalyzed five-component domino reaction leading to multifunctionalized 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines

Multifunctionalized 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines are concisely synthesized in good yields via l-proline-catalyzed or l-proline/FeCl₃-cocatalyzed one-pot multicomponent reactions (MCRs). The MCRs involve a domino hydroamination/prins reaction/Mannich-type reaction/intramolecular dehydration-cyclization process. The molecular structure of 5baa, one of multifunctionalized 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines, was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.