Synthesis of resorcin[4]arene bearing self-folding substituent

Thiomethylation of resorcin[4]arene using N,N-diisopropyl-2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride and formaldehyde [1:4:4 molar ratio] carried out in methanol/acetic acid [1:1 v/v] at 60 °C produced monofunctionalized product 3 in 68% yield. The introduced substituent was intramolecularly self-included into the cavity. This self-inclusion reduced the reactivity of the aromatic rings and inhibited further functionalization.     

The effect of compositions and combinations of the reactants upon the copolycondensation of isophthalic acid/terephthalic acid with a combination of hydroquinones and bisphenols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine

Copolycondensation of isophthalic acid (IPA)/terephthalic acid (TPA) with various combinations of 2,2‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (BPA) and hydroquinones (HQs) or bisphenols (BPs) was conducted to study the effects of the compositions of IPA/TPA and of BPA/HQs or BPA/BPs upon the reaction. Different from homopolycondensation of each of diol components examined where most of the reaction was facilitated by lower contents of IPA at about 70 mol %, the copolycondensation was influenced by a combination of diol components. With chlorohydroquinone (ClHQ) or bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)sulfone (BPS) having a polar chlorine or sulfonyl substituent, the reaction proceeded most satisfactorily at IPA/TPA = 30/70, whereas it was IPA/TPA = 50/50 for the reaction with nonpolar methyl substituted methylhydroquinone (MeHQ). The reaction with 2,2‐bis(3,5‐dichloro‐4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (TC‐BPA), despite having polar chlorine substituents in TC‐BPA, was not affected by IPA/TPA compositions. Alternatively, from the viewpoint of the compositions of diol components, the reactions containing 30–50 mol % of HQs or BPS yielded better results except for the reaction of IPA/TPA = 70/30, in which higher contents of MeHQ was more favorable. On the basis of sequence distributions of diol components in the resultant copolymers determined by NMR, compositions of IPA/TPA or diol components and combinations of the diols producing random copolymers yielded better results in copolycondensation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 1100–1106, 2004     

Invariant measures for the subshifts arising from non-primitive substitutions

Every almost primitive substitution gives rise to an almost minimal subshift. The nonatomic, invariant measures of the subshift which are finite on every clopen set disjoint from a unique fixed point are unique up to scaling and ergodic.     

Semi-synthesis of polymyxin B (2-10) and colistin (2-10) analogs employing the Trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc) group for side chain protection of alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid residues

Improved strategies for the chemical conversion of natural polymyxin B and colistin to their N-terminal analogs are reported. First, the protection of the side chains of five L-alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid (Dab) residues in natural polymyxin B and colistin was achieved with trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc), then the resulting pentakis(N gamma-Troc)-polymyxin B and pentakis(N gamma)Troc)-colistin were treated with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) : methanesulfonic acid (MSA) : dimethylformamide (DMF) : H2O (10 : 30 : 55 : 5) at 40 degrees C in order to remove N alpha-alkanoyl-Dab(Troc)-OH selectively. The new key compounds, tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-polymyxin B (2-10) and tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-colistin (2-10), were obtained in 19% and 15% yields, respectively, which is higher than previous reports using trifluoroacetyl (Tfa) for tetrakis(N gamma-Tfa)-polymyxin B (2-10) and tetrakis(N gamma-Tfa)-colistin (2-10), respectively. Acylation of tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-polymyxin B (2-10) and tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-colistin (2-10) with various hydrophobic acids bearing aliphatic or aromatic ring structures, followed by the deprotection of Troc by Zn in AcOH, produced polymyxin B (2-10) and colistin (2-10) analogs which were used for structure-activity relationship studies. It was found that cyclohexylbutanoyl-, 4-biphenylacetyl-, and 1-adamantaneacetyl-polymyxin B (2-10) showed potent antimicrobial activity equal to that of polymyxin B against three Gram-negative bacterial strains. The lipopolysacharide (LPS) binding activity of cyclohexylbutanoyl-, 4-biphenylacetyl-, and cyclododecanecarbonyl-polymyxin B (2-10) increased greatly in comparison with that of polymyxin B (2-10). The various N alpha-acylated polymyxin B (2-10) analogs showed slightly higher antimicrobial and LPS binding activities than the corresponding N alpha-acylated colistin (2-10) analogs.     

Experiment on long-term readout of binarized image in photorefractive memory with double mutually pumped phase conjugators

We demonstrate long-term readout of a binarized image with a dynamic refreshment technique by mutually pumped phase conjugate mirrors (MPPCMs). Long-term continuous readout without any fixing technique can be achieved by the refreshment with image-bearing beam resonance between the phase conjugate mirrors. Our technique additionally offers image binarization by intensity thresholding of MPPCM without any external image processing systems. In this paper, we show grayscale-to-binary conversion as well as long-term readout can be realized by adjusting the appropriate incident beam intensities and the coupling strength of crystals. We perform recording and retrieving experiment with barium titanate crystals and demonstrate the binarized image can be reconstructed over 10 min in the double MPPCM configuration.     

Verification study for an empirical rule in diverse helical conformational behaviors of asymmetric 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols in the solution state

Cell-membrane glycerophospholipids and glycolipids have a common asymmetric skeleton of 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols. The 1,2-diacyl moiety in solutions permits a rapid equilibrium among three helical conformers, namely gt(+), gg(?), and tg, to display diverse conformational properties. The conformational property changes variably not only by head groups at the sn-3 position, but also by the solvent conditions applied. Recently, we came across an empirical rule in the conformational diversity in the solution state when we assumed the term of ‘helical disparity’ for the equilibrium between gt(+) and gg(?) conformers with reversed helical signs for each other. The sign and magnitude of the helical disparity (%) governs the (+)- or (?)-chirality around the lipid tail and corresponds to the magnitude of the exciton couplet CD (circular dichroism) bands. The empirical rule expresses that the disparity (%) changes linearly by the function of gt(+) population (%). Herein, the rule was verified by ¹H NMR spectroscopy using different types of 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols as model compounds. The present paper describes that the rule is formulated with a general equation (Eq-1): ‘helical disparity (%)’?=?[gt(+)?gg(?)] (%)?=?A[gt(+)?B], in which A and B are constants taking values around 1.3 and 38, respectively. This rule is maintained regardless of the 1,2-diacyl and sn-3 substituent groups as far as examined here, while affording several exceptions. With Eq-1 (A?=?1.3, B?=?38), a conformational diagram can be obtained. This allows us to overview the diverse helical conformational properties of the asymmetric 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols in the solutions state.     

Review of AdS/CFT Integrability: An Overview

This is the introductory chapter of a review collection on integrability in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. In the collection, we present an overview of the achievements and the status of this subject as of the year 2010.     

Host–Guest Complexation Behavior of Resorcinarenes with Tetraalkylammonium Ions and N-Methylpyridinium Ions in Methanol: The Effect of Bulky Hydrophobic Substituents at the Extra-Annular Positions

The host–guest interaction of C-methylresorcin[4]arene and its derivative having four tert-butylsulfanylmethyl groups at the extra-annular positions was studied by ¹ H NMR spectroscopy in CD₃OD. Based on the association constants (Ka) and the complexation-induced NMR shifts (CIS), it was concluded that the bulky substituents create a deep cavity with a narrow entrance and improve the size and shape selectivity.     

An enzyme-free highly glucose-specific assay using self-assembled aminobenzene boronic acid upon polyelectrolytes electrospun nanofibers-mat

A highly selective enzyme-free amperometric glucose sensor based on electrostatic self-assembling of 3-aminobenzene boronic acid (ABBA) onto a poly(styrene-co-acrylamide)/polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSA/PSSA) electrospun nanofibers-mat was investigated. Emerging ability of phenylboronic acid to bind with the diols of sugars has been extended for rapid response of glucose with a pH-sensitive redox mediator, hematein natural dye. ABBA was adsorbed on the PSA/PSSA nanofibers-mat/Pt-disc electrode that resulted in an ABBA/PSA/PSSA glucose active electrode. The interaction of ABBA onto the PSA/PSSA nanofibers-mat/Pt-disc electrode was characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ζ-potential, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), contact angle and cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements. The prepared enzyme-free sensor exhibited a fast amperometric response, i.e., about 4 s and linearity ranging from 0.75 to 14 mM to glucose with a sensitivity of 0.987 μA mM⁻¹ cm⁻². Compared to other types of glucose biosensors viz. use glucose oxidase as sensing elements, present glucose sensor offers basic advantages including ease of fabrication, high affinity-selectivity to the glucose upon the electrode surface and quick response.