Optical diagnostic studies of trimethyl phosphine-containing radio-frequency discharges

We have investigated the decomposition of P(CH₃)₃ in 13-MHz, radio-frequency discharges in He and H₂. Relative concentrations of atomic phosphorus were estimated actinometrically by measuring P emission intensities, relative to Ar, while quantitative, relative P₂ number densities were measured by ArF excimer laser-induced fluorescence. A radiative lifetime of 10.5±1.0 ns was measured for the v=11 level of the C¹ _u ⁺ state, resonantly excited by the 193 nm laser. Additions of P(CH₃)₃ to He discharges reduce the electron energy distribution as sensed by the quenching of optical emission from He and trace amounts of added Ar, and thereby causes the overall process P(CH₃)₃P+3CH₃ to occur with maximum efficiency at very low (0.5%) P(CH₃)₃ additions. H₂ discharges are 10 times less efficient at producing P and P₂, due to the lower electron energies, and possibly to hydrogenation reactions. P₂ production in both He and H₂ discharges increases linearly with pressure up to at least 10 torr. Under optimum conditions, plasma decomposition of P(CH₃)₃ (and by analogy PH₃) promises to be an attractive source of phosphorus for growth of phosporus-containing thin films.     

Synthesis of lomazarin and norlomazarin, pigments from Lomandra hastilis

5,8-Dihydroxy-2,3,6-trimethoxy-7-ethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (1) was used to synthesize in high yield 5,8-dihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,3,6-trimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (lomazarin, 3), a pigment from Lomandra hastilis. Alkaline hydrolysis of lomazarin produced mainly 5,6,8-trihydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (9) through a retro-aldol decomposition of the 6-keto-form of 5,6,8-trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (13b) formed during the reaction. 2,5,8-Trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-3,6-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (norlomazarin, 4a), a pigment of L. hastilis, and its 3,5,8-trihydroxy-7(1′-hydroxyethyl)-2,6-dimethoxy isomer 4b were formed as a difficultly separable mixture in addition to quinone 9. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 581–584, November–December, 2008.     

Effect of surfactants on the degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by ultrasonic (US) treatment

Perfluorooctanoic acid (C₇F₁₅COOH, PFOA) is an aqueous anionic surfactant and a persistent organic pollutant. It can be easily adsorbed onto the bubble-water interface and both mineralized and degraded by ultrasonic (US) cavitation at room temperature. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the effect of US on the degradation of PFOA in solution can be enhanced by the addition of surfactant. To achieve this aim, we first investigated the addition of a cationic (hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide, CTAB), a nonionic (octyl phenol ethoxylate, TritonX-100), and an anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) surfactant. We found the addition of CTAB to have increased the degradation rate the most, followed by TritonX-100. SDS inhibited the degradation rate. We then conducted further experiments characterizing the removal efficiency of CTAB at varying surfactant concentrations and solution pHs. The removal efficiency of PFOA increased with CTAB concentration, with the efficiency reaching 79% after 120 min at 25 °C with a 0.12 mM CTAB dose.     

Interaction Between GMAC-m-CS and Surfactants: Surface Tension and Conductivity Methods

Glycidyl trimethyl ammonium chloride-modified chitosan (GMAC-m-CS) was synthesized through nucleophilic substitution of GMAC on CS in isopropanol dispersed system, which was characterized by FTIR and ¹H NMR methods. The interaction between GMAC-m-CS and surface active ILs ?1-dodecyl (tetradecyl and hexadecyl)-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C_nmimBr, n = 12, 14, 16) was studied by surface tension and conductivity methods. The amount of C_nmimBr adsorbed on GMAC-m-CS increases first with raising temperature, and then decreases, which reaches the largest amount at 30°C. The amount increases with the increase of alkyl chain length. The surface tension reducing capabilities of GMAC-m-CS/C_nmimBr systems increase with temperature, however, decrease with the increase of GMAC-m-CS concentration. The aggregation processes of C₁₄mimBr in solutions without GMAC-m-CS and with high concentration of GMAC-m-CS were entropy driven; however, it is enthalpy driven in solutions with low concentration of GMAC-m-CS. Based on the analysis of properties of GMAC-m-CS/C_nmimBr, the interaction model of GMAC-m-CS/ILs was proposed.     

铬天青S分光光度法测定甲烷氧化菌素的研究

铬天青S(CAS)在十六烷基三甲基溴化铵存在条件下能与Cu产生蓝紫色的络合物,乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA)和甲烷氧化菌素(mb)可以夺取络合物CAS-Cu中的Cu而产生颜色变化.采用分光光度法绘制二者的铜络合曲线,得出回归方程,进而计算出mb的EDTA相当量,最终设计一种检测甲烷氧化菌素的测定方法.其最大吸收波长为60...     

阳离子改性壳聚糖的合成工艺

弱碱性条件下,在壳聚糖（CTS）上引入2-羟丙基三甲基氯化铵（CTA）基团,使其阳离子化。采用正交试验通过测定合成产物的取代度确定其最佳合成条件,再用红外光谱对产物结构进行表征。结果表明：CTS/CTA质量比=1∶5,溶胀时间60 min,碱化温度35℃,反应温度60℃,反应时间9 h为该工艺的优化条件,在此条件下合成...     

Possible key intermediates in arsenic biochemistry: Synthesis and identification by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and high resolution mass spectrometry

Arsenic is a type 1 carcinogen and its toxicity is critically dependent on chemical speciation. However, after decades of research, the biogenesis of at least fifty naturally occurring arsenic species is still not well understood.Here, based on experimental work, it is proposed a set of pathways for the formation of multiple arsenic species that might help to clarify the present situation.These are focused on the thiol protein arsenic bond and on its interaction with reactive metabolites. In fact, arsenic bound to glutathione interacting with sulfur adenosyl methionine (SAM), MethylCB₁₂ and AdoCB₁₂, forms a number of complexes that might be key intermediates in arsenic biochemistry. These include dimethylarsino glutathione (DMAG) m/z 412 [M + H]⁺, synthesized non-enzymatically from glutathione and cacodylate. Trimethylarsonio glutathione (TMAG) m/z 426 [M]⁺ synthesized from DMA, GSH and SAM, apparently by a classical Challenger methylcarbonium attack. Tetramethyl arsonium ion m/z 135 [M]⁺ is formed in a third step, apparently by carbanion methylation. The presence of trimethylarsine oxide (TMAO) m/z 137 [M + H]⁺ is attributed to the hydrolysis of TMAG or TMA, or to carbanion methylation of dimethylarsinoyl glutathione (m/z 428 [M]⁺) formed from cacodylate and GSH. Cantoni type attacks of DMAG on SAM were unsuccessful, eventually due to competition of the trivalent S⁺ atom of SAM for the As^III atom attack. The presence of dimethylarsonio diglutathione (DMADG m/z 717 [M]⁺), is suggested to result from a GS^- attack on dimethylarsenoyl glutathione (m/z 428 [M + H]⁺). The presence of dimethylarsenoyladenosine (m/z 372 [M + H]⁺), trimethylarsenosugar adenine (m/z 370 [M]⁺), and dimethylthioarsenosugar adenine (m/z 388 [M + H]⁺), is explained by the synthesis of the pecursor dimethylarsonio-adenosine glutathione DMAAG (m/z 661 [M]⁺), a likely source of oxo-and trimethylated arsenosugars, as well as of thio-arsenosugars by the cleavage of its S-C bond. The results gathered suggest that cell vacuoles might play a major role in arsenic metabolism, and that the dominance of oxo-As sugars, in algae extracts, may be supported by a mechanism of synthesis independent of DMAAG (m/z 661).They also offer an explanation for the reason why arsenobetaine, and tetramethylarsonium are loosely bound to biotic tissues. Four arsenic species new to science, to the best of our knowledge, and a number of known arsenic compounds were synthesized in this work, identified by HPLC–ESI-MSⁿ and FTICR–ESI-MS, and suggestions regarding their mechanisms of synthesis were advanced. These results provide a framework for arsenic biochemistry which may explain the origin of a significant part of arsenic known metabolites.     

Synergistic adsorption of Triton X-100 and CTAB surfactants at the toluene + water interface

Equilibrium interfacial tension measurements at 25.0 °C of the toluene + water system with two widely used surfactants, octylphenol decaethylene glycol ether (Triton X-100) and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) having concentrations much lower than their CMC were performed. According to the obtained parameters from the Szyszkowski equation, Triton has higher adsorption tendency than of CTAB. The results obtained for surfactants mixtures are analyzed by the theory of non-ideal interactions in binary mixtures (NIBMs) and the interfacial composition and the interaction parameter in the mixed adsorbed monolayer are determined. The attractive interaction shows a maximum value at nearly equal surfactants bulk mole fraction. The synergism is achieved for Triton bulk mole fractions of 0.30 and higher, and the highest degree of synergism (40.6%) is found for the bulk mole fraction of 0.52 with the lowest investigated constant interfacial tension of 28.0 mN m⁻¹. A correlation was developed for variation of the interaction parameter with bulk mole fraction.     

两种有机物改性膨润土对Cu2+和Zn2+的吸附-解吸研究

选用天然有机物料(猪粪降解液)和有机化学试剂[十六烷基三甲基溴化胺(HDTMA)]对钠基膨润土进行表面改性,比较了膨润土对两类有机物的吸附特性,以及两种有机物改性膨润土对Cu2+、Zn2+吸附-解吸性能的差异。结果表明,膨润土对HDTMA和猪粪降解液是优惠吸附,且前者最大吸附量为382.4mg/g,是后者的4.19倍。HDTMA改性膨润土对Cu2+、Zn2+的最大吸附量均大于猪粪降解液改性膨润土,前者分别为后者的1.12倍(Cu2+)和1.09倍(Zn2+),且两种吸附剂对Cu2+的最大吸附量和吸附速率均大于Zn2+。Zn2+在两种改性膨润土上的解吸率均高于Cu2+,且Cu2+、Zn2+在猪粪改性膨润土上的解吸率均要高于在HDTMA改性膨润土的。两种有机物改性的钠基膨润土对重金属离子具有良好的吸附性能,可以用于含重金属废水的处理和重金属污染土壤的钝化修复,而猪粪降解液改性膨润土是环境友好的重金属钝化剂。     

Physiological activities of chitosan and N‐trimethyl chitosan chloride in U937 and 3T3‐L1 cells

Chitosan (CH) is a biopolymer with biocompatible, biodegradable, and bioactive properties. N,N,N‐trimethyl chitosan chloride (TMC) is a quaternized form of CH that is highly cationic and more water soluble than unmodified CH. The physiological activities of CHs with different molecular weights (M_w) and degrees of TMCs quaternization were investigated in U937 and 3T3‐L1 cell lines. ¹H‐NMR spectrometry and size exclusion chromatography were used for characterization of the biopolymers. The half inhibition concentration (IC₅₀) of DPPH‐radical‐scavenging activity was below 0.9 mg/m with quaternized CHs. The IC₅₀ values of chitooligosaccharides, low‐ and medium‐molecular‐weight CHs were 8.4, 10.9, and 13.9 mg/ml, respectively. High‐molecular‐weight CHs and TMCs showed apoptotic activity on U937 cells. T41, a TMC of 549 kDa with a 41% degree of quaternization (DQ), yielded 30.7% apoptotic cell death in U937 at 20 µg/ml and effectively repressed cell differentiation and triglyceride accumulation in 3T3‐L1. Depolymerized CHs reduced triglyceride accumulation but also caused cell differentiation. TMCs showed repressor activity to both cell differentiation and triglyceride accumulation. Increasing the molecular weight of CHs and TMCs generally resulted in increased physiological activity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.