Preparation, characterization, and application of multistimuli-responsive microspheres with fluorescence-labeled magnetic cores and thermoresponsive shells

Novel functional microspheres with multistimuli-responsive properties have been prepared and characterized. The as-prepared microspheres respond to an external magnetic field, environmental temperature, and ultraviolet radiation. The in vitro drug-loading efficiency and drug-release behavior of these microspheres demonstrated that they could be used as drug carriers for drug controlled release. The results of in vivo distribution investigations of these microspheres showed that they exhibit a high magnetic-targeting effect, which holds promise for applications in various fields such as magnetic drug targeting and tissue labeling, among others.     

Experimental and computational studies of intracomplex reactions in Mg+(primary, secondary alkylamine) complexes induced by photoexcitation of Mg+

We report herein a comprehensive study of photoinduced reactions in complexes of Mg+ with primary (n-propyl- and isopropylamine) and secondary amines (dipropyl- and diisopropylamine) in the spectral range of 230-440 nm. Similar to the methyl- and ethylamine complexes studied previously, N-H bond activation of these complexes is very unfavorable. Instead, the C(alpha)-C, C-N, and C(alpha)-H bond-cleavage photoproducts are observed after photoexcitation of the Mg+ complexes (3(2)P<--3(2)S). For Mg+(primary amine) complexes, for example, Mg+-NH2CH2CH2CH3, and Mg+-NH2CH(CH3)2, the photoproducts resulting from C(alpha)--C rupture prevail after P(z) and charge-transfer excitations, whereas the Mg+ photofragment is predominant upon P(x,y) excitation. However, with further N-alkyl substitution, as in Mg+(secondary amine) complexes, for example, Mg+-NH(CH2CH2CH3)2 and Mg+-NH[CH(CH3)2]2, a novel intracomplex C-C coupling photoreaction dominates on P(x,y) excitation of Mg+, which is believed to arise from Mg+* insertion into the C-N bond. With P(z) and charge-transfer excitation, the Mg-R elimination photoproducts, arising from C(alpha)-C bond cleavage, predominate. The energetics and possible mechanisms of the intracomplex photoreactions are analyzed in detail with the help of extensive quantum mechanics calculations.     

Comparisons of NMR spectral quality and success in crystallization demonstrate that NMR and X-ray crystallography are complementary methods for small protein structure determination

X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy provide the only sources of experimental data from which protein structures can be analyzed at high or even atomic resolution. The degree to which these methods complement each other as sources of structural knowledge is a matter of debate; it is often proposed that small proteins yielding high quality, readily analyzed NMR spectra are a subset of those that readily yield strongly diffracting crystals. We have examined the correlation between NMR spectral quality and success in structure determination by X-ray crystallography for 159 prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins, prescreened to avoid proteins providing polydisperse and/or aggregated samples. This study demonstrates that, across this protein sample set, the quality of a protein's [15N-1H]-heteronuclear correlation (HSQC) spectrum recorded under conditions generally suitable for 3D structure determination by NMR, a key predictor of the ability to determine a structure by NMR, is not correlated with successful crystallization and structure determination by X-ray crystallography. These results, together with similar results of an independent study presented in the accompanying paper (Yee, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., accompanying paper), demonstrate that X-ray crystallography and NMR often provide complementary sources of structural data and that both methods are required in order to optimize success for as many targets as possible in large-scale structural proteomics efforts.     

树脂法再生贮氢合金材料包覆液工艺中树脂吸附性能研究

本文研究并探讨了NK-ELN型离子交换树脂在再生贮氢合金材料包覆液过程中，温度、流速、溶液中离子浓度等条件对树脂交换容量和再生效率的影响，为树脂法再生贮氢合金材料包覆液工艺的制定，提供了一系列重要参数。     

2, 2＇─(1, 4─亚乙二氧基)—二苯甲酸与钴(Ⅱ)生成的两种配合物的结构研究

硝酸钴与２，２＇－（１，４－亚乙二氧基）－二苯甲酸（Ｈ２Ｌ，图１）作用分别得到红色配合物ＣｏＬ＇和蓝色配合物ＣｏＬ″。经元素分析、红外光谱、紫外可见光谱、热分析等方法进行了表征、ＣｏＬ＇配合物的分子式为［ＣｏＬ．Ｈ２Ｏ］．３Ｈ２Ｏ，近八面体构型，羧酸根以双齿形式与Ｃｏ（Ⅱ）螯合；ＣｏＬ″配合物分子式为［ＣｏＬ″］。Ｈ２Ｏ，近四面体构型，羧酸根以单齿形与Ｃｏ（Ⅱ）配位。     

Coriatone and corianlactone, two novel sesquiterpenes from Coriaria nepalensis

Both coriatone (1). a novel highly oxygenated picrotoxane-type sesquiterpene, and corianlactone (2). with an unprecedented sesquiterpene basic skeleton, named coriane, were isolated from Coriaria nepalensis Wall. The structures of 1 and 2 were determined by analysis of their two-dimensional NMR data, and the structure of 2 was confirmed by X-ray analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 showed no remarkable inhibitory activity toward K(562) cells. They are cytotoxic with IC(50) > 50 microg/mL (cis-platinim: IC(50) = 0.49 microg/mL).     

Liposome induced self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into hollow spheres

Gold nanoparticles were prepared by the reduction of [(C7H15)4N]+ [AuCl4]- with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) as reductant in toluene solution. The employed stabilizers include 3,3'-thiodipropionic acid (TDPA), 1-dodecanethiol (DDT), (+/-)-10-camphorsulfonic acid (CSA), and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA). The reaction processes were tracked by UV-vis and FT-IR spectroscopy, and the as-prepared gold nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. When TDPA and MUA, which possess both -S- and -COOH groups, were used as the stabilizer in the preparation, the as-prepared nanoparticles could self-assemble into hollow spheres. While when DDT with a -SH group or CSA with a -SO3H group was used as the protecting agents, only discrete gold nanoparticles were observed. The results show that the groups of both -S- and -COOH in the stabilizer play an important role in forming the hollow nanospheres. It is proposed that the formation mechanism of the hollow spheres is a liposome that formed between -COO- and [(C7H15)4 N]+ could act as a template to induce the self-assembly of the gold nanoparticles into the hollow spheres.     

Inorganic electrides

Inorganic electrides are a novel kind of ionic compounds in which the anions are electrons confined in a complex array of cavities or channels and the cations are nanoscale arrays of alkali metal ions that provide charge balance. In electrides the donated electron behaves like a low-density correlated electron gas, whereby the dimensionality of the electron gas and its electronic and magnetic properties are determined by the topology of the cavities in the host matrix. Unlike traditional electrides, in which alkali cations are encapsulated within an organic cage, inorganic electrides are thermally stable. The current inorganic electrides based on alkali metal loaded zeolites can be designed as useful reduced-dimensionality materials. Inorganic electrides are powerful reducing agents, and they are able to reduce small aromatic molecules to the radical anions within the channels of the zeolite.     

SciFinder-guided rational design of fluorescent carbon dots for ratiometric monitoring intracellular pH fluctuations under heat shock

Intracellular pH plays a significant role in various biological processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, metabolism, enzyme activity and homeostasis. In this work, a novel design strategy for the preparation of pH responsive carbon dots (CDs-pH) for ratiometric intracellular imaging was reported. By using SciFinder database, fluorescent CDs-pH with the required pK_a value of 6.84 were rationally designed, which is vital important for precise sensing of intracellular pH. As a result, the synthesized CDs-pH demonstrated robust ability to test pH fluctuations within the physiological range of 5.4-7.4. The CDs-pH was further utilized for fluorescent ratiometric imaging of pH in living HeLa cells, effectively avoided the influence of autofluorescence from native cellular species. Moreover, real-time monitoring of intracellular pH fluctuation under heat shock was successfully realized. This SciFinder-guided design strategy is simple and flexible, which has a great potential to be used for the development of other types of CDs for various applications.     

Oxidations of 4- and 3-Aminopyridinepentaammineruthenium(ii) Complexes by Ethylenediaminetetraacetatocobaltate(III)

Redox reactions of Co(edta)^? with Ru(NH₃)₅L²⁺ (L = 3- and 4-aminopyridine (AmPy)) were found to follow an outer-sphere electron transfer mechanism. The specific rate constants are (3.26 ± 0.03) × 10² and (3.07 ± 0.04) × 10₃ M^?1S^?1, for L = 3- and 4-AmPy, respectively, at μ, = 0.10 M LiClO₄, pH = 8.0 (tris) and T = 25 °C. The rate constants of oxidations for a series of Ru(NH₃)₅L²⁺ complexes are higher than those of the corresponding Fe(CN)₅L_3- complexes by factors of 4 to 15 even after corrections for differences in reduction potentials and in charges of the complexes. Nonadiabaticity in the reactions of Fe(CN)₅L3 complexes may account for the difference in the relative reactivities.