Rapid Protein Hydrolysis by Microwave Irradiation Using Heat-Resistant Teflon-Pyrex Tubes

A rapid peptide-bond hydrolysis by means of microwave irradiation is introduced for the facile preparation of protein hydrolysates used for amino acid analysis. The optimal hydrolysis condition has been determined using several enzymes with known amino acid compositions. The effects of hydrolysis time on the recovery of various labile and hydrophobic amino acids are also exemplified in the microwave heating of standard amino acids. The method has been applied to the complete amino acid analysis with a single nonvolatile solvent of methanesulfonic acid with good recovery of tryptophan and half-cystine. It provides a radical expedition of protein and peptide hydrolysis via commercial microwave ovens and specially-designed Teflon-Pyrex tubes, circumventing the tedious procedures using vacuum-sealed pyrex lubes heating at 110°C for more than 24 h. This novel type of microwave chemistry associated with rapid peptide-bond cleavage is of great potential in the automation of the complete process of amino acid analysis starting from the preparation of protein hydrolysates.     

New NIST sediment SRM for inorganic analysis

NIST maintains a portfolio of more than 1300 standard reference materials (SRM), more than a third of these relating to measurements in the biological and environmental fields. As part of the continuous renewal and replacement efforts, a set of new marine sediments has been recently developed covering organic and inorganic determinations. This paper describes the steps taken in sample preparation, homogeneity assay, and analytical characterization and certification with specific emphasis on SRM 2702 inorganics in marine sediment. Neutron activation analysis showed the SRM to be highly homogeneous, opening the possibility for use with solid sampling techniques. The certificate provides certified mass fraction values for 25 elements, reference values for eight elements, and information values for 11 elements, covering most of the priority pollutants with small uncertainties of only several percent relative. The values were obtained by combining results from different laboratories and techniques using a Bayesian statistical model. An intercomparison carried out in field laboratories with the material before certification illustrates a high commutability of this SRM.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at     

Elucidating dominant factors of PO43-, Cd2+ and nitrobenzene removal by biochar: A comparative investigation based on distinguishable biochars

Four distinct biochars were employed to remove three typical pollutants, meanwhile, path analysis, a multi-statistical regression method, was performed to elucidate the dominant factors of biochar adsorption. This work can provide a new insight to prepare a targeted biochar as adsorbents.     

Competitive formation of 4-aminoisoxazoles and 5-aminooxazoles in the cyclization reactions of O-alkylated hydroxyimino nitriles

Base-catalyzed cyclization of O-alkylated α-hydroxyimino nitriles gave mixtures of 4-aminoisoxazoles and 5-aminooxazoles, their ratio depending on the substituent structures and the reaction conditions. The formation mechanism of 5-aminooxazoles in this reaction is discussed. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1773–1780, October, 2006.     

The reciprocal CuInS2+2CdSe⇔CuInSe2+2CdS system. Part I. The quasi-binary CuInSe2-CdSe system: Phase diagram and crystal structure of solid solutions

The type of interaction in quasi-binary system CuInSe₂ (CIS)-CdSe was investigated using differential thermal and X-ray phase analysis methods. The limits of existence of solid solutions based on low-temperature (α) and high-temperature (γ) CIS modifications and CdSe (β) with chalcopyrite, sphalerite and wurtzite structures, respectively, were established in sub-solidus region at 620 K and 870 K. For certain compositions of solid solutions, the structure was refined using powder X-ray diffraction. A phase diagram of the CIS-CdSe system was constructed. A peritectic process L+β⇔γ takes place in the system at 1260 K.     

双嘧达莫的荧光光谱分析法

以荧光光谱法研究了双嘧达莫在溴化十六烷基三甲基铵(CTMAB)、β_环糊精 (β_CD)、十二烷基硫酸钠 (SDS)等介质体系中的荧光性质 ,发现CTMAB、SDS和 β_CD对双嘧达莫均有不同程度的荧光增敏作用 ,提出了在CTMAB、SDS和 β_CD水溶液中测定双嘧达莫的荧光光谱分析法 ;该法灵敏度高 ,检出限低(3.20×10 -9mol/L) ,在6.40×10 -8～3.20×10 -6mol/L范围内荧光强度与双嘧达莫的浓度呈良好线性关系     

Etude DFT du mécanisme des réactions de cycloaddition dipolaire-1,3 de la C,N-diphénylnitrone avec des dipolarophiles fluorés de type éthylénique et acétylénique

Structures and energetics of reactants, transition states and cycloadducts of cycloadditions of nitrone with three-fluorinated dipolarophiles have been investigated with the density functional theory method B3LYP/6-31G^*. Analysis of the results on the different reaction pathways shows that the reaction takes place along a concerted mechanism and proceeds more or less synchronously. The FMO analysis shows a strong HOMO_dipole-LUMO_{dipolarophile} interaction as the principal reason for the reactivity in these 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Regioselectivity of the products of the reaction is predicted reliably by our calculations, the results provide a good prediction of the relatives rates observed experimentally as the dipolarophiles are varied.     

中药微量元素的主成分分析

基于主成分分析的方法,研究了中药的相似性。主成分综合得分越近,中药就越相似。     

4-hydroxy-2-quinolones. 114. Synthesis and structure of 6-R-5-hydroxy-2,4-dioxo-2,3,4,6-tetrahydrobenzo-[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>][2,7]naphthyridine-1-carbonitriles

Hydration of ethyl 1-R-4-dicyanomethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate gives the corresponding substituted cyanoacetamides which are readily and quantitatively cyclized to 6-R-5-hydroxy-2,4-dioxo-2,3,4,6-tetrahydrobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine-1-carbonitriles in the presence of aqueous base. For Communication 113 see [1]. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 726–735, May, 2007.     

Covalent chemistry and conformational dynamics of topologically chiral amide-based molecular knots

The readily available in gram quantities tris(allyloxy)knot of the amide-type 5 (knotane) can be completely and partially deprotected with nBu(3)SnH in the presence of a palladium catalyst resulting in hydroxyknotanes 7-9. These, in turn, react with diethylchlorophosphate giving rise to knotanes equipped with between one and three phosphoryl groups. Sulfonylation of bis(allyloxy)monohydroxyknotane 8 with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride and, following removal of one or two allyl groups from the intermediate monosulfonate 13, give rise to sulfonyloxy-allyloxy-hydroxy- and sulfonyloxy-dihydroxy-knotanes 15 and 14, respectively. This provides a convenient method for the preparation of knotanes with any substitution pattern. All new knotanes have been isolated in preparative amounts and as highly pure substances with an exception of allyloxy-dihydroxyknotane 9. This compound could only be obtained as a mixture with the corresponding monohydroxy-derivative 8. The structures of all synthesized compounds were established by means of FAB and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry, (1)H and (31)P NMR spectroscopy. The triphosphorylated knotane 10 exhibits high solubility in alcohols, allowing its complete enantiomeric resolution with a commercially available chiral HPLC column. (1)H,(1)H DQF-COSY correlation spectroscopy along with H/D exchange experiments and ab initio calculations provided the first detailed (1)H NMR signal assignments of knotanes in [D(6)]DMSO solution. The combination of variable temperature (1)H and (31)P NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling has been applied to study the conformational behavior of the new knotanes in different solvents. It has been shown that in DMSO solution at room temperature knotanes exist in a relatively rigid nonsymmetrical conformation similar to that found in the solid state while faster conformational exchange leading to the average D(3) symmetrical structure was detected in a number of other solvents.