Synthesis and conversions of metallocycles. XII.13C NMR spectra of tri- and tetracyclic organoaluminum compounds with a bridge structure

The¹³C NMR spectra of a new class of tri- and tetracyclic organoaluminum and organosulfur bridge-type compounds, containing five-membered heterocycles with anexo-orientation, are discussed. The assignment of the signals and determination of the isomerism of the compounds studied were performed using the spectra of their hydrocarbon analogs, additive calculations, and an analysis of the spectra of products of deuteration and hydrolysis of organoaluminum compounds.For previous communication, see [1].Institute of Organic Chemistry, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2742–2750, December, 1992.     

维生素E的催化合成路线分析

维生素E具有多种特异的生理活性,同时也是一种优良的抗氧化剂,已经逐渐成为维生素领域中的焦点,市场需求不断增加。目前合成维生素E占据市场的80%以上,提升维生素E的产量和生产效率势在必行。天然维生素E包括四种生育酚类物质和四种生育三烯酚类物质,其中α-生育酚含量最大,生理活性也最高。本综述简要介绍α-生育酚的合成路线,其中包括2, 3, 5-三甲基氢醌和异植物醇的合成以及它们二者缩合的反应。本文着重阐述路线的设计和催化剂的选择,并对存在的问题及潜在的解决办法进行评述和展望。     

纳米碳点的制备与应用研究进展

纳米碳点是碳纳米材料家族的新成员,近年来在国内外受到广泛关注。与传统的荧光染料和半导体量子点发光材料相比,碳点不仅具有优异的光学性能及尺寸效应,且具有制备成本低廉、生物相容性好、易于官能化、能带结构可调等优势。本文在理清有关碳点概念的基础之上,介绍了碳点结构特征和制备策略,着重综述了纳米碳点在生物成像与诊疗、传感器件、催化、光电器件和能量存储领域的最新研究进展,探讨了碳点研究目前存在的问题及未来的发展方向。     

Polyphenols of the Mediterranean Diet and Their Metabolites in the Prevention of Colorectal Cancer

The Mediterranean diet is a central element of a healthy lifestyle, where polyphenols play a key role due to their anti-oxidant properties, and for some of them, as nutripharmacological compounds capable of preventing a number of diseases, including cancer. Due to the high prevalence of intestinal cancer (ranking second in causing morbidity and mortality), this review is focused on the beneficial effects of selected dietary phytophenols, largely present in Mediterranean cooking: apigenin, curcumin, epigallocatechin gallate, quercetin-rutine, and resveratrol. The role of the Mediterranean diet in the prevention of colorectal cancer and future perspectives are discussed in terms of food polyphenol content, the effectiveness, the plasma level, and the importance of other factors, such as the polyphenol metabolites and the influence of the microbiome. Perspectives are discussed in terms of microbiome-dependency of the brain-second brain axis. The emergence of polyphenol formulations may strengthen the efficiency of the Mediterranean diet in the prevention of cancer.     

A Review of Recent Developments of Mesoporous Materials

This personal account concerns novel recent discoveries in the area of mesoporous materials. Most of the papers discussed have been published within the last two to three years. A major emphasis of most of these papers is the synthesis of unique mesoporous materials by a variety of synthetic methods. Many of these articles focus on the control of the pore sizes and shapes of mesoporous materials. Synthetic methods of various types have been used for such control of porosity including soft templating, hard templating, nano‐casting, electrochemical methods, surface functionalization, and trapping of species in pores. The types of mesoporous materials range from carbon materials, metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal nitrides, carbonitriles, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and composite materials. The vast majority of recent publications have centered around biological applications with a majority dealing with drug delivery systems. Several other bio‐based articles on mesoporous systems concern biomass conversion and biofuels, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, ultrasound therapy, enzyme immobilization, antigen targeting, biodegradation of inorganic materials, applications for improved digestion, and antitumor activity. Numerous nonbiological applications of mesoporous materials have been pursued recently. Some specific examples are photocatalysis, photo‐electrocatalysis, lithium ion batteries, heterogeneous catalysis, extraction of metals, extraction of lanthanide and actinide species, chiral separations and catalysis, capturing and the mode of binding of carbon dioxide (CO₂), optical devices, and magneto‐optical devices. Of this latter class of applications, heterogeneous catalysis is predominant. Some of the types of catalytic reactions being pursued include hydrogen generation, selective oxidations, aminolysis, Suzuki coupling and other coupling reactions, oxygen reduction reactions (ORR), oxygen evolution reactions (OER), and bifunctional catalysis. For perspective, there have been over 40,000 articles on mesoporous materials published in the last 4 years and about 1388 reviews. By no means is this personal account thorough or all inclusive. One objective has been to choose a variety of articles of different types to obtain a flavor of the breadth of diversity involved in the area of mesoporous materials.     

野生和种植翅果油树果实中微量元素的分析比较

采用火焰原子吸收光谱法对野生和种植翅果油树不同形状果实的果仁、果皮、果壳中Cu、Zn、Fe、Mg、Ca、K、Na、Mn 8种微量元素进行了分析比较.结果显示:在果仁果皮果壳中,8种微量元素的含量是K＞Mg＞Ca＞Fe＞Na＞Zn＞Mn＞Cu,其中果仁的Cu、Zn、Mg含量高.在果仁中Zn、Mg、K、Na、Mn是野生＞种...     

Applicability of ICP-OES,UV-VIS,and FT-IR Methods for the Analysis of Coffee Products

Spectroscopic methods were applied to study and compare the nutrient composition of ground, instant, and chicory coffee products. The total concentrations of 17 elements, including major (Ca, Mg, P) and trace (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sr, Ti, Zn) elements were determined in solid samples and infusions from ground coffee by means of inductively coupled plasma atomic optical spectrometry (ICP-OES). For measurement of As and Se levels, hydride generation technique (HG-ICP-OES) was used. The accuracy of the element measurements was verified by the analysis of certified reference materials (tea leaves (INCT-TL-1), apple leaves (1515), and TORT-2). Caffeine was determined by UV spectrometry. Infrared spectroscopy was applied to investigate organic matter of the coffees. Soluble oxalate was determined by a redox titration. Additionally, measurements of some physico-chemical parameters such as moisture, ash, pH, and starch (coffee adulteration) were performed. Differences in the composition of analyzed ground and instant coffees based on the contents of caffeine, oxalate, and minerals such as Cu, Mg, P, and Zn were found. FT-IR spectroscopy was a suitable tool to characterize the presence of caffeine and oxalate.     

The Different Facets of Triclocarban: A Review

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, it was discovered that the substitution on aromatic rings of hydrogen atoms with chlorine yielded a novel chemistry of antimicrobials. However, within a few years, many of these compounds and formulations showed adverse effects, including human toxicity, ecotoxicity, and unwanted environmental persistence and bioaccumulation, quickly leading to regulatory bans and phase-outs. Among these, the triclocarban, a polychlorinated aromatic antimicrobial agent, was employed as a major ingredient of toys, clothing, food packaging materials, food industry floors, medical supplies, and especially of personal care products, such as soaps, toothpaste, and shampoo. Triclocarban has been widely used for over 50 years, but only recently some concerns were raised about its endocrine disruptive properties. In September 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned its use in over-the-counter hand and body washes because of its toxicity. The withdrawal of triclocarban has prompted the efforts to search for new antimicrobial compounds and several analogues of triclocarban have also been studied. In this review, an examination of different facets of triclocarban and its analogues will be analyzed.     

生物热化学和热动力学研究进展

生命相关过程伴随着极其复杂的化学和物理过程,包含着物质变化和能量转换,其中部分能量不可避免地会以热的形式表现出来。用微量热技术和热动力学方法,研究复杂生命体系和相关反应的热动力学过程,可宏观地、本质地反映生命相关过程的内在规律。本文综述了生物量热学方法和技术在生命科学中的应用,介绍了生物量热技术在生态系统、生物组织和器官、细胞水平、亚细胞水平和分子层面等不同生物层次和结构水平上的研究现状和进展。     

Synthesis and conversions of metallocycles. 8.13C NMR spectra of aluminocyclopentanes

Using¹³C NMR spectroscopy we have studied disubstituted and trisubstituted aluminocyclopentanes, determined the spectral parameters, and made stereochemical assignments of the isomers. The structure of the studied organoaluminum compounds has been confirmed by analysis of the products of hydrolysis, deuterolysis, and oxidation of aluminocyclopentanes.For communication 7, see [1].Institute of Organic Chemistry, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2110–2116, September, 1992.     

Thermal analysis of macromolecules

This review traces the development of thermal analysis over the last 50 years as it was experienced and contributed to by the author. The article touches upon the beginning of calorimetry and thermal analysis of polymers, the development of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), single-run DSC, and other special instrumentations, up to the recent addition of modulation to calorimetry and superfast calorimetry. Many new words and phrases have been introduced to the field by the author and his students, leaving a trail of the varied interests over 50 years. It began with cold crystallization and more recently the terms oriented, intermediate phase, glass transitions of crystals, and decoupled chain segments were coined. In-between the following phenomena were named and studied: extended-chain crystals, irreversible thermodynamics of melting of polymer crystals, zero-entropy-production melting, dynamic differential thermal analysis (DDTA), the rule of constant increase of C _p per mobile bead within a molecule at the glass transition temperature, superheating of polymer crystals, melting kinetics, crystallization during polymerization, chin-folding principle, molecular nucleation, rigid amorphous phase, system of classifying molecules, macroconformations, amorphous defects, rules for the entropy of fusion based on molecular shape and flexibility, single-molecule single-crystals, systems for classifying phases and mesophases including condis phases, and the globally metastable semicrystalline polymers with reversible, local subsystems. This review is update of a publication written in 1995 and published under the same title in the J. Thermal Anal., 46 (1996) 643. Parts F and G are fully new, and Part G is the basis for my lecture: ‘The development of the idea of thermodynamic decoupling in macromolecules’.     

白光有机发光二极管的研究进展

由于白光有机发光二极管(WOLED)具有效率高、亮度高、功耗低、视角广、响应速度快、主动发光、超薄超轻以及可柔性化等优异性能, 并在显示和照明领域有广阔的应用前景, 受到学者和业界的广泛重视而成为研究热点. 本文首先介绍了实现WOLED的不同方法, 然后从发光材料种类的角度, 阐述了全荧光WOLED、全磷光WOLED、基于荧光/磷光杂化WOLED以及延迟荧光WOLED近年来的研究进展, 并结合我们研究团队最近的工作详细地介绍了不同高性能WOLED的器件结构、设计思想、工作原理、物理机制以及发光过程; 接着, 简单介绍了柔性WOLED最近研究进展; 最后探讨了WOLED目前存在的问题及其未来的发展趋势.     

Organometallic materials for nonlinear optics

Almost three decades ago, the field of nonlinear optics evolved with the discovery of lasers. In the beginning, nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena were investigated in inorganic materials, leading to the development of traditional NLO materials such as lithium niobate, potassium titanyl phosphate, quartz and gallium arsenide. In the 1970s, the importance of organic materials was realized because of the promise of large NLO responses, high laser damage thresholds, fast optical responses, architectural flexibility and ease of fabrication. Following work with organic materials, the scrutiny of organometallics also began recently. In organometallics, the metal-ligand bonding is expected to display large molecular hyperpolarizability because of the transfer of electron density between the metal atom and the conjugated ligand system. In organometallics, the diversity of central metals, oxidation states and ligands fosters in optimization of the charge-transfer interactions. Keeping this in view, second- and third-order NLO properties of organometallics have been reviewed here, highlighting new materials that are emerging. Organometallics may have a wide range of applications in opto-electronics including integrated optics, optical switching, telecommunications, bistability and modulation.     

ICP–AES法测定稀土硅铁球化剂和孕育剂中钙、镁、铝、锰、镧、铈

建立了电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP–AES)测定稀土硅铁球化剂和孕育剂中Ca,Mg,Al,Mn,La,Ce等元素含量的方法。通过基体匹配消除了铁基体的干扰,Ca,Mg,Al,Mn,La,Ce的分析谱线分别为317.933,279.553,394.401,257.610,333.749,456.236 nm。各元素标准曲线的线性相关系数均在0.999以上,检出限在0.000 1%~0.000 4%之间。方法的加标回收率为99.4%~102.8%,测定结果的相对标准偏差均小于3%(n=11)。用该方法测定标准样品,测定结果与认证值相吻合。该法适用于稀土硅铁球化剂和孕育剂中钙、镁、铝、锰、镧、铈的测定。     

Oximes of five-membered heterocyclic compounds with three and four heteroatoms 2. Synthesis of derivatives,reactions, and biological activity (Review)

Data on the reactions of triazole, tetrazole, dioxazole, oxadiazole, and thiadiazole aldoximes, ketoximes, and amidoximes, their synthesis, and the reactions of their derivatives are reviewed. The synthesis of new heterocycles based on the oximes of five-membered heterocyclic compounds with three and four heteroatoms is examined separately. The principal results from investigation of the biological activity of ethers of these oximes are also presented. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 963–990, July, 2008.     

Structure of adsorption layers of ionic surfactants at the solid/liquid interface

A large number of experimental results of different surfactant adsorption systems (mainly on the silicas) obtained from both equilibrium and kinetic studies under different conditions are interpreted by a model of small individual surface aggregates. The adsorption model is contrasted with the influences of various factors, including electrostatic interaction, hydrophobic interaction, concentrations, types of coions, types of counterions, surfactant structure, alkyl chain length, types of head groups, neutral electrolytes, pH, adsorbent structure, porosity, surface charge density, and surface polarity.Dedicated to Frau Professor Dr. Elsa Ullmann on the occasion of her 80th birthday     

Novel Fluorescent Methods for Biotechnological and Biomedical Sensoring: Assessing Antioxidants,Reactive Radicals,NO Dynamics,Immunoassay, and Biomembranes Fluidity

We proposed and developed a series of fluorescent methods for analysis and investigation of biological systems with a view of future biotechnological and biomedical applications. The methods we describe have been built upon several photochemical and photophysical phenomena including fluorescent quenching, photochrome photoisomerization, and energy transfer. Three new types of molecular probes have been developed and employed for such studies: (1) dual fluorophore–nitroxide compounds, (2) fluorescence–photochrome molecules, and (3) super molecules containing both fluorescence and fluorescent quenching segments. The fluorescent properties of the new probes were intensively exploited for several practical applications including a real-time analysis of antioxidants, nitric oxide, superoxide, reactive radicals, trinitrotoluene, and metal ions, investigation of molecular dynamics of biomembranes in a wide range characteristic times, detection of protein conformational transition, and characterization of surface system. Owning high sensitivity, simplicity, and availability of fluorescent techniques, these methods can be widely employed and are adaptable to fibrooptic sensoring. A general survey of the physical principles and application of the new fluorescent methods has been provided.     

Nondestructive characterization of nanoscale layered samples

Multilayered samples consisting of Al, Co and Ni nanolayers were produced by MBE and characterized nondestructively by means of SRXRF, μ-XRF, WDXRF, RBS, XRR, and destructively with SIMS. The main aims were to identify the elements, to determine their purity and their sequence, and also to examine the roughness, density, homogeneity and thickness of each layer. Most of these important properties could be determined by XRF methods, e.g., on commercial devices. For the thickness, it was found that all of the results obtained via XRR, RBS, SIMS and various XRF methods (SRXRF, μ-XRF, WDXRF) agreed with each other within the limits of uncertainty, and a constant deviation from the presets used in the MBE production method was observed. Some serious preliminary discrepancies in the results from the XRF methods were examined, but all deviations could be explained by introducing various corrections into the evaluation methods and/or redetermining some fundamental parameters.     

Surfactants – Compounds for inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses

We provide here a general view on the interactions of surfactants with viruses, with a particular emphasis on how such interactions can be controlled and employed for inhibiting the infectivity of enveloped viruses, including coronaviruses. The aim is to provide to interested scientists from different fields, including chemistry, physics, biochemistry, and medicine, an overview of the basic properties of surfactants and (corona)viruses, which are relevant to understanding the interactions between the two. Various types of interactions between surfactant and virus are important, and they act on different components of a virus such as the lipid envelope, membrane (envelope) proteins and nucleocapsid proteins. Accordingly, this cannot be a detailed account of all relevant aspects but instead a summary that bridges between the different disciplines. We describe concepts and cover a selection of the relevant literature as an incentive for diving deeper into the relevant material. Our focus is on more recent developments around the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, applications of surfactants against the virus, and on the potential future use of surfactants for pandemic relief. We also cover the most important aspects of the historical development of using surfactants in combatting virus infections. We conclude that surfactants are already playing very important roles in various directions of defence against viruses, either directly, as in disinfection, or as carrier components of drug delivery systems for prophylaxis or treatment. By designing tailor-made surfactants, and consequently, advanced formulations, one can expect more and more effective use of surfactants, either directly as antiviral compounds or as part of more complex formulations.     

Oxidation of Methanol and Other Low-Molecular-Weight Alcohols on the RuNi Catalysts in an Alkaline Environment

The results of investigations of the RuNi catalysts, which are designed for the electrooxidation of methanol and other low-molecular-weight alcohols in alkaline solutions, are presented. It is shown that the maximum catalytic activity in this reaction is exhibited by a catalyst, which was synthesized thermochemically on acetylene black AD100 containing 15 wt % RuNi at a 68 : 32 atomic ratio (in at. %) between the metals. The structure of the synthesized catalysts is studied by the methods of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction analysis (XRDA). The area of the metal surface is determined on the basis of the magnitude of the adsorption of CO from the voltammetric curves. An analysis of the data obtained in this work leads to the conclusion that ruthenium in the composition of the catalyst exists in metallic and partially oxidized states and nickel exists in the form of a nonstoichiometric oxide. In addition it is found that the insertion of nickel into the system leads, as follows from the XRDA data, to the dispersion of ruthenium and, as follows from the voltammetric curves, to a decrease in the specific surface area accessible to the adsorption of CO. This is probably connected with the decoration and blockade of a portion of the ruthenium surface by some nickel oxides. Data on the influence, which is exerted by the concentration of methanol, alkali, and temperature on the electrocatalytic activity of the AD100 + 15 wt % RuNi catalyst at a 68 : 32 atomic ratio (in at. %) between the components, are presented. Rates of the oxidation of methanol, ethanol, n-butanol, and ethylene glycol in identical conditions on the catalyst AD100 + 15 wt % RuNi (68 : 32 at. %) between the metals are compared with one another. The oxidation currents, which are observed at a potential of 0.3 V, are equal to 5.48, 2.67, 0.48, and 0.47 A per gram of the catalyst for ethanol, ethylene glycol, methanol, and n-butanol, respectively.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2005, pp. 829–839.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Tarasevich, Karichev, Bogdanovskaya, Kapustin, Lubnin, Osina.