Novel Silicon Nanotubes

The preparation of silicon nanotubes is a subject of great importance for both the theoretical and experimental work in the nanotube research field since it could lead to a wealth of new physics and chemistry because of the unique properties of silicon as compared with its carbon analogue. Some structures of nanoscale silicon and silicon composites, such as silicon nanowire1, silicon nano-clusters2 and SiC nanorods3 have been discovered and investigated. The silicon nanotubes, however, have …     

A Novel Hexanordammarane Glycoside from the Roots of Panax notoginseng

There are extensive chemical studies on the roots of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen, a famous traditional Chinese medicine called San-Qi or Tian-Qi, thirty-three dammarane saponins were isolated and their structures were identified by our group and other scientists1-8. Further chemical investigation on this plant led to the isolation of a novel hexanordammarane glycoside, named notoginsenoside R10 (1).Notoginsenoside R10 (1), white powder, negative HRFAB-MS showed a quasimolecular…     

The Reaction of CH_3+NO in Gaseous Phase

NOx is a major pollutant product from combustion processes. In hydrocarbon combustion there are a number of radicals as CH2, C2H, CH3 and C2H3 can react with NO1-3. A large amount of CH3 exists in natural gas combustion flame. Therefore the reaction of CH3 with NO is very important. A rate constant (k =1.510-11exp(-60k/T) cm3molecule-1s-1) of the overall CH3+NO reaction was measured with laser flash photolysis/absorption spectroscopy over the temperature range 296-509 K and at pre…     

In Vitro Interaction of Nicotine and Hemoglobin under Liver Cell Metabolizing Condition

Nicotine, 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine, the main alkaloid in tobacco products, has been well known for its addiction effect. Habitual smokers are usually maintaining nicotine concentration constant in their blood at about 10-15 ng/mL1. Therefore the interaction of nicotine and hemoglobin (Hb) is essential to be studied. Our recent study by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has shown that nicotine could form adducts with Hb after in vivo administration, and there is a positive dose r…     

Catalytic Film and Selective Oxidation of Iso-butylene

Selective oxidation is an important unit process in petrochemistry and fine chemical industry. As a thermodynamically profitable reaction, selective oxidation of hydro- carbons usually takes place with a lot of side-reactions and a great deal of reaction heat at high temperature. To prevent the side-reactions and accelerate heat exchanges are two principal aims in catalytic oxidation1. Using the catalytic film not only can remove the target products from the reaction area in time, but also avo…     

A New Method for Determination of Adsorption and Desorption Coefficients of Pesticides with Soil Column Liquid Chromatography

Agricultural chemicals such as pesticides were extensively applied in the fields. Pesticides effectively protect the crops, only as long as they remain in the root zone of soil. In case a portion of the chemicals leaves root zone and especially leaches through soil pores. They may pollute groundwater and be a serious environmental problem1. This problem has got widespread concern in the world. In soils the fate of organic compounds such as pesticides is governed by hydraulic transport coupled…     

An Improved Method of Total Synthesis of 2-Methoxypodocarpane-8,11,13-triene

12-Methoxypodocarpane-8,11,13-triene 1 is the key intermediate for synthesis of some important diterpenoids, such as Ferruginol 21, 6,7-dehydroferruginol 31, sugiol 42, 5-epixanthoperol 53 etc. These compounds posses significant bioactivities, such as fungicidal1, antimicrobial1 and cytotoxic activity2. Some methods of synthesis of the title compound 1 were reported, but the process is laborious and the yield is low. In connection with our effort to discovery and develop new anti-HIV drugs, …     

Enantioselective Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene with Carbon Monoxide Using Cationic Palladium-Chiral Diphosphine Catalyst

Alternating copolymerization of (-olefins with carbon monoxide (CO) catalyzed by cationic palladium-chiral ligand complexes is of great interest due to the potential use of the resulting polymer as a new material1. Recently, enantioselective alternating copolymerization of CO with styrene has been reported by us using PdCl_2-CuCl2-chiral phosphine catalyst2. Here, we first report enantioselective alternating copolymerization of CO with propylene (P) using [(DDPPI)Pd(CH3CN)4](BF4)2 as …     

Reduction of Elemental Selenium by Samarium Diiodide: the Synthesis of Dithiodiselenides and Dithioselenides

Selenium is an essential element in living organism. It is reported that the selenosulfides have been transported in vivo in glutathione or coenzyme-A1. It is also discovered in low concentration in garlic2. In organic synthesis, selenosulfides are useful intermediates3. Several methods for the formation of sulfur-selenium bond have been reported. For example, the compounds including S-Se bond were prepared by chloroamination of thiols and selenols4; by heating the selenocyanate with thiols5…