Synthesis and the crystal structures of N-(2-nitroxyethyl)isonicotinamide and its complexes with PdCl2 and PtCl2 as potential antitumor medicines

Previously unknown N-(2-nitroxyethyl)isonicotinamide was synthesized by the reaction of isonicotinoyl chloride with 2-nitroxyethylamine and was used as a ligand in the reactions with PdCl₂ and PtCl₂ to prepare new complexes, viz., trans-bis[(2-nitroxyethyl)isonicotinamide-N]dichloropalladium(ii) and cis-bis[(2-nitroxyethyl)isonicotinamide-N]dichloroplatinum(ii), respectively. The structures of the ligand and the resulting complexes were established by X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Deuteron ground state properties and low energy P-N scattering 1 S 0 and 3 S 1–3 D 1 channels

Deuteron properties and P-N elastic scattering in ¹ S ₀ and ³ S ₁–³ D ₁ channels are described within the framework of a model containing non-local interactions that take into account quark exchange processes. Comparisons with other theoretical results are also made. Received: 1 February 1999     

Destabilization kinetics of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine in a field of low frequency impacts

Experimental results on the destabilization kinetics of compounds with chelate structure (polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine) in the field of the impact of low-frequency vibrations (from 2 to 45 Hz) are presented. The optimum frequencies at which the process rate is greatest are found for different impact modes. Based on the experimental data, conclusions are drawn as to the effect the energy of low-frequency impacts has on the studied clathrate and chelate structures.     

Determination of luminescence spectral characteristics of complex organic compounds by a fluorescence saturation method

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 252–258, February, 1992.     

Numerical study of steady-state regimes of rotational-gravitational convection

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 35–39, January–February, 1991.     

Wetting in hydrophobic nanochannels: a challenge of classical capillarity

We report an investigation of the water-hydrophobic interface in well-defined nanochannels (R approximately 2-4 nm). Wetting in these systems cannot be described by classical (macroscopic) capillary theory: (1) water occupies only a fraction ( approximately 60%) of the pore volume, and (2) the capillary pressures are approximately 60-90% greater than predicted by the Laplace equation. The results suggest the presence of approximately 0.6 nm layer of low-density fluid (vapor) separating water from the hydrophobic solid.     

Membrane dynamics of the amphiphilic siderophore, acinetoferrin

Acinetobacter haemolyticus is an antibiotic resistant, pathogenic bacterium responsible for an increasing number of hospital infections. Acinetoferrin (Af), the amphiphilic siderophore isolated from this organism, contains two unusual trans-2-octenoyl hydrocarbon chains reminiscent of a phospholipid structural motif. Here, we have investigated the membrane affinity of Af and its iron complex, Fe-Af, using small and large unilamellar phospholipid vesicles (SUV and LUV) as model membranes. Af shows a high membrane affinity with a partition coefficient, K(x)= 6.8 x 10(5). Membrane partitioning and trans-membrane flip-flop of Fe-Af have also been studied via fluorescence quenching of specifically labeled vesicle leaflets and (1)H NMR line-broadening techniques. Fe-Af is found to rapidly redistribute between lipid and aqueous phases with dissociation/partitioning rates of k(off) = 29 s(-1) and k(on) = 2.4 x 10(4) M(-1) s(-1), respectively. Upon binding iron, the membrane affinity of Af is reduced 30-fold to K'(x) = 2.2 x 10(4) for Fe-Af. In addition, trans-membrane flip-flop of Fe-Af occurs with a rate constant, k(p) = 1.2 x 10(-3) s(-1), with egg-PC LUV and a half-life time around 10 min with DMPC SUV. These properties are due to the phospholipid-like conformation of Af and the more extended conformation of Fe-Af that is enforced by iron binding. Remarkable similarities and differences between Af and another amphiphilic siderophore, marinobactin E, are discussed. The potential biological implications of Af and Fe-Af are also addressed. Our approaches using inner- and outer-leaflet-labeled fluorescent vesicles and (1)H NMR line-broadening techniques to discern Af-mediated membrane partitioning and trans-membrane diffusion are amenable to similar studies for other paramagnetic amphiphiles.