A combined theoretical and experimental study of efficient and fast titanocene-catalyzed 3-exo cyclizations

The mechanism of titanocene mediated 3-exo cyclizations was investigated by a combined theoretical and experimental study. A gradient corrected density functional theory (DFT) method has been scaled against titanocene dichloride, the parent butenyl radical, and in bond dissociation energy (BDE) calculations. The BP86 method using density fitting, and a basis set of triple-zeta quality emerged as a highly reliable tool for studying titanocene mediated radical reactions. The computational results revealed important kinetic and thermodynamic features of cyclopropane formation. Surprisingly, the beta-titanoxy radicals, the first intermediates of our investigations, were demonstrated to possess essentially the same thermodynamic stabilization as the corresponding alkyl radicals by comparison of the calculated BDEs. In contrast to suggestions for samarium mediated reactions, the cyclization was shown to be thermodynamically favorable in agreement with earlier kinetic studies. It was established that stereoselectivity of the cyclization is governed by the stability of the intermediates and thus the trans disubstituted products are formed preferentially. The observed ratios of products are in good to excellent agreement with the DFT results. By a combination of computational and experimental results, it was also shown that for the completion of the overall cyclopropane formation the efficiency of the trapping of the cyclopropylcarbinyl radicals is decisive.     

The Ru(dipy)32+-Bromate-Malonic acid oscillating system

The Ru(dipy) ₃ ²⁺ -bromate-malonic acid oscillating system was in vestigated. It has been established that at early stages of the reaction the period of oscillation is about 20 sec and the potential change is about 170 mV; chloride at concentrations hiherg than 10^–3M is an inhibitor. The rates of both heat evolution and formation of bromomalonic acid are periodic. The activation energy of the oscillating (E) is 16.2 kcal mol^–1. Ru(dipy) ₃ ²⁺ -- . , 20 , 170 ; , - 10^–3 M, . . (E) 16,2 /.     

Infrared intensities of the external modes of crystalline nitrous oxide

The absorption intensities of two infrared active lattice modes of crystalline N₂O have been measured. Both the frequencies and intensities of the external modes of N₂O have been found to be very similar to those of CO₂, and most of the differences between the spectra of CO₂ and N₂O can be explained by the differences in the quadrupole moments.     

Heterogeneity of cardiac rat and human elongation factor 2

Elongation factor 2 (EF-2) catalyses the last step of the elongation cycle, translocation, in the course of protein biosynthesis. A system for analyzing post-translational modifications of EF-2, which is a single polypeptide of 857 amino acids, is reported and its application to cytosolic extracts of cultured neonatal rat heart myocytes, neonatal and adult rat cardiac tissue, and extracts of human left ventricular myocardium is described. Comparing different pH ranges in immobilized pH gradient-isoelectric focusing (IPG-IEF), a range of pH 3 - 10 and 4 - 9 resulted in a highly defined and reproducible resolution of six different EF-2 variants of all extracts in the first dimension. These six variants were detected by the "imaging plate" (phosphor radiation image sensor) after specific labeling with Pseudomonas exotoxin A catalyzed [32P]ADP-ribosylation. This finding could be confirmed in Western blot analysis with a specific polyclonal rabbit antibody. Using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D-PAGE), five to six EF-2 variants could be demonstrated in all extracts. By application of a second IPG indicator strip to the 2-D gel, they could be aligned with corresponding spots in a silver-stained 2-D separation of human myocardial tissue, revealing that the EF-2 variants belong to the group of low-abundance proteins.     

Conformations and base-catalyzed equilibrations of N-nitroso-decahydroquinolines and N-nitroso-2-methyldecahydroquinolines

Conformations of six title compounds were determined by¹³C-NMR spectroscopy. Equilibration of the 2-methyl-compounds gives as main products the derivatives of the amines least abundant in the product mixture of the catalytic hydrogenation.

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Konformation und Base-katalysierte Äquilibrierungen von N-Nitroso-decahydrochinolinen und N-Nitroso-2-methyl-decakydrochinolinen (Kurze Mitt.)

Zusammenfassung Die Konformationen der sechs Titelverbindungen wurden mittels¹³C-NMR Spektroskopie bestimmt. Äquilibrierung der 2-Methyl-verbindungen ergab als Hauptprodukte die Derivate der bei katalytischer Hydrierung in geringster Menge entstandenen Amine.

     

Formation and Crystal Structure of Stable Five‐coordinate Diorgano Cobalt(III) Complexes

The mer‐octahedral complexes(2‐carbonyl)(4‐Me)(6‐tBu)phenolato[C,O]hydridotris(trimethylphosphine)cobalt(III) ( 1 ) or ‐(1‐carbonyl)(2‐oxo)(1,2‐diphenylethene)[C,O]hydridotris(trimethylphosphine)cobalt(III) ( 2 ) via formal insertion of propynoic acid ethyl ester into Co‐H functions afford pentacoordinate vinylcobalt(III) 3 and 4 , respectively, that are diamagnetic and attain a square pyramidal structure as exemplified by an X‐ray diffraction analysis of 3 .     

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nickel(II) azurin

We show that X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) can be employed to probe the oxidation states and other electronic structural features of nickel active sites in proteins. As a calibration standard, we have measured XMCD and X-ray absorption (XAS) spectra for the nickel(II) derivative of Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin (NiAz). Our analysis of these spectra confirms that the electronic ground state of NiAz is high-spin (S = 1); we also find that the L(3)-centroid energy is 853.1(1) eV, the branching ratio is 0.722(4), and the magnetic moment is 1.9(4) mu(B). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations on model NiAz structures establish that orbitals 3d(x2-y2) and 3d(z2) are the two valence holes in the high-spin Ni(II) ground state, and in accord with the experimentally determined orbital magnetic moment, the DFT results also demonstrate that both holes are highly delocalized, with 3d(x2-y2) having much greater ligand character.     

Kalorimetrische Messungen an Mischungen von Nichtelektrolyten, 1. Mitt.: Molwärme des Systems 1,2-Dibromäthan-Benzol

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Aufbau eines Kalorimeters zur Bestimmung der spezif. Wärme von Flüssigkeiten beschrieben. Die Messungen werden nach einem kontinuierlichen adiabatischen Aufheizverfahren durchgeführt. Der Fehler in der Molwärme beträgt ca. ±0,4%. Die Methode erlaubt auch innerhalb relativ kleiner Temperaturbereiche eine Aussage über die Temperaturabhängigkeit der Wärmekapazität.Die Molwärme des Systems 1,2-Dibromäthan-Benzol wird zwischen 24 und 29°C über den ganzen Konzentrationsbereich vermessen. Die Mischungen zeigen negative C _p-Werte mit unsymmetrischem Konzentrationsverlauf. Für höhere Temperaturen ist eine Zunahme der Symmetrie zu erwarten.

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A calorimeter has been described which serves to determine the heat capacities of liquids. In the measurements the calorimeter and the surroundings are heated continuously, so that adiabatic conditions prevail. The experimental error in the molar heat capacities is ca. ±0,4%. The method also permits the estimation of the temperature dependence of the heat capacities, even within relatively small temperature intervals.The molar heat capacity of the system 1,2-dibromoethane-benzene has been measured between 24° and 29°C for all concentrations. The C _p-values of the mixtures are negative and show an asymmetrical dependence on the concentration. For higher temperatures it is expected that the concentration dependence will become more nearly symmetrical.

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Synthesis of branched oxime-linked peptide mimetics of the MUC1 containing a universal T-helper epitope

Our goal was to develop mimics of MUC1, highly immunogenic to induce an efficient immune response against the tumor-associated form of MUC1, and sufficiently different from the natural antigen to bypass the tolerance barrier in humans. With the aim of obtaining a well-defined peptide construct as a means of evoking the precise immune responses required in immunotherapy, we synthesized artificial mimics of the MUC1 protein composed of two MUC1 repeat units of inverse orientation and a universal T-helper epitope. To synthesize these heteromeric peptide constructs, we followed a convergent approach using chemoselective ligation based on oxime chemistry. A stem peptide was first synthesized bearing two orthogonally masked aldehydes. After successive deprotection, two oxime bonds can be specifically generated. The proposed strategy proved to be concise and robust, and allowed the synthesis of the tri-branched protein in a very satisfactory yield. The different constructs were tested for their ability to generate antibodies able to recognize the MUC1 protein.     

New minimal geodesics in the group of symplectic diffeomorphisms

We compute the Hofer distance for a certain class of compactly supported symplectic diffeomorphisms of ²ⁿ. They are mainly characterized by the condition that they can be generated by a Hamiltonian flow _H ^t which possesses only constantT-periodic solutions for 0 <T 1. In addition, we show that on this class Hofer's and Viterbo's distances coincide.