Cellulose: the structure slowly unravels

This article attempts to bring together basic and complex information which has been gathered on cellulose structure, principally that of native cellulose, over the last few decades. Even though advances have been made in the field of crystallography, powder crystallography cannot yield a definitive cellulose structure and single crystal diffraction is not possible due to the lack of suitable crystals. Knowledge obtained on the biosynthesis of native cellulose and on the polymorphy of cellulose and its derivatives help our understanding of ultrastructure. Many inconsistencies between early crystallographic studies of native cellulose have been clarified by the discovery that two polymorphs (α and β) of cellulose I exist. Models of the possible ultrastructural arrangements within native cellulose have been put forward over the decades; with advancement in technology, computer simulations of small and large systems are being created to test the viability of these ultrastructural models. It is hoped that this review will aid in the understanding of the complexity and uncertainties that still exist in this subject. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Combined use of liquid chromatography-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the characterization of an acarbose degradation product

Directly coupled LC-MS and LC-NMR were applied to identify and structurally characterize an acarbose degradation product A in acidic media. A comparative analysis of the stop-flow LC-NMR (1H and TOCSY) and LC-MS data provided evidence that A is structurally related to acarbose, differing from the parent compound in a number of subunits present in the molecule. Spectral analysis revealed that A was the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor amylostatin XG. Complementary information obtained from the two methods led to the structural elucidation of A which was later corroborated by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy of the isolated molecule.     

化合物结构／性质相关的研究／拓扑指数法（Ⅰ）

本文提出一种新的拓扑指数－ＥＡ系列指数，它是从表示分子图形的邻接矩阵出发，结合图形中顶点的度构造成ＥＡ矩阵，计算ＥＡ矩阵的本征值，求出本征值绝对值和指数ＥＡΣ及本征值绝对值最大值指数ＥＡｍａｘ，实验表明，ＥＡ系列指数具有良好的唯一性和相关性。     

The effect of the structure of bonded cyanoalkyl stationary phases on their selectivity in the liquid chromatographic separation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Summary The paper discusses the effect of the length and structure of the hydrocarbon chain connecting the nitrile group to the silica gel surface on the chromatographic properties of cyanoalkyl phases.When using non-polar and polar mobile phases, the selectivity of the cyanodecyl phases toward PAHs is higher than of the cyanopropyl phase and of hydroxylated silica gel.Polar additives to the mobile phase drastically decrease the retention on silica gel and on the cyanopropyl phase while affect the properties of cyanodecyl phases only to a considerably less degree. Newly synthesized phases with different structures of the hydrocarbon chain are compared with the commerical cyano-and ODS-phases. The retention mechanism on the cyanoalkyl phases is discussed.     

Potential energy surfaces and nonadiabatic transitions in the asymptotic regions of ICN photodissociation to study the interference effects in the F1 and F2 spin-rotation levels of the CN products

One of the most spectacular yet unsolved problems for the ICN -band photodissociation is the non-statistical spin-rotation F₁ = N + 1/2 and F₂ = N − 1/2 populations for each rotation level N of the CN fragment. The F₁/F₂ population difference function f(N) exhibits strong N and λ dependences with an oscillatory behavior. Such details were found to critically depend on the number of open-channel product states, namely, whether both I (²P_3/2) and I (²P_1/2) are energetically available or not as the dissociation partner. First, in the asymptotic region, the exchange and dipole-quadrupole inter-fragment interactions were studied in detail. Then, as the diabatic basis, we took the appropriate symmetry adapted products of the electronic and rotational wavefunctions for the F₁ and F₂ levels at the dissociation limits. We found that the adiabatic Hamiltonian exhibits Rosen–Zener–Demkov type nonadiabatic transitions reflecting the switch between the exchange interaction and the small but finite spin-rotation interaction within CN at the asymptotic region. This non-crossing type nonadiabatic transition occurs with the probability 1/2, that is, at the diabatic limit through a sudden switch of the quantization axis for CN spin S from the dissociation axis to the CN rotation axis N . We have derived semiclassical formulae for f(N) and the orientation parameters with a two-state model including the 3A′ and 4A′ electronic states, and with a four-state model including the 3A′ through 6A′ electronic states. These two kinds of interfering models explain general features of the F₁ and F₂ level populations observed by Zare's group and Hall's group, respectively. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Electronic structures of zinc and palladium tetraazaporphyrin derivatives controlled by fused benzo rings

Zinc and palladium tetracyclic aromatic complexes lying structurally between tetraazaporphyrin (TAP) and phthalocyanine (Pc), that is, monobenzo-, adjacently dibenzo-, oppositely dibenzo-, and tribenzo-fused TAPs, have been prepared, and their electronic structures investigated by electronic absorption, magnetic circular dichroism (MCD), fluorescence, phosphorescence, and time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectroscopy, as well as cyclic voltammetry. The last-named indicated that the first oxidation potentials shift to more negative values with increasing number of the fused benzo rings, but also suggested that the first reduction potential apparently has no correlation with the size and symmetry of the pi-conjugated systems. However, this latter behavior is reasonably interpreted by the finding that the effect of the fused benzo rings on destabilization of the LUMO depends on the orbital to which they are fused (i.e., whether it is an egx or egy orbital), since the LUMOs of TAP complexes are degenerate with D4h symmetry. The energy splitting of the LUMOs, that is, DeltaLUMO, was evaluated experimentally for the first time by analyzing the relationship between the first reduction potential and the size and shape of the pi-conjugated system. Electronic absorption and MCD measurements indicate that the lowest excited singlet states are split in the case of the low-symmetry TAP derivatives, although these excited states are degenerate for Pc and TAP with D4h symmetry. These energy splittings DeltaE(SS) correlate well with the DeltaLUMO values. To investigate the electronic structures in the lowest excited triplet state, zero-field splitting (zfs) was analyzed by time-resolved EPR (TREPR) spectroscopy. The energy splitting in the lowest excited triplet state, DeltaE(TT) was quantitatively evaluated from the temperature dependence of the zfs or spin-orbit coupling of the Pd complexes. Consequently, it is demonstrated that DeltaLUMO, DeltaE(SS), and DeltaE(TT) values exhibiting a mutually good relationship can be determined experimentally.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 1,7,7-Trimethyl- 4-（4-methoxyphenyl）-4,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline- 2,5（1H,3H）-diones under Microwave Irradiation

1 INTRODUCTION Various quinolone derivatives are known to dis- play interesting biological properties ranging from microbial activity to cytotoxicity[1]. They have been reported as antiviral (HIV-1)[2] and antitumor agents[3] as well as used as tubulin[4], topoisomerase[5] and thrombocyte inhibitors[6]. As a member of the quino- lone family, substituted N-phenyl-2-quinolones re-present the structural basis of many biologically active compounds, such as protein kinase inhibitors, immunodu…     

IR Study of p–π Conjugation in 2-Substituted 4-Methylene-1,3-dioxolanes and 4-Methyl-1,3-dioxoles

Selected group frequencies of the IR spectra of a number of 2-substituted 4-methylene-1,3-dioxolanes (a) and their endocyclic isomers, 2-substituted 4-methyl-1,3-dioxoles (b), have been studied to establish their usefulness as a measure of the strength of p– conjugation in the O—C=C moieties of the title compounds. In the exo compounds (a), the C=C stretching frequencies C=C and the in-phase, out-of-plane bending (wagging) frequencies CH₂ w of the =CH₂ group were found to be linearly related, besides to each other, also to the electron-donating character of the substituents and the ¹³C NMR chemical shift of the C atom of the exocyclic CH₂ group. This suggests that the two IR group frequencies of the exo isomers are linearly related to the strength of p– conjugation in the O—C=C moiety. The C=C stretching absorption of the exo compounds in the 1600–1700 cm^–1 region appeared as a doublet, shown to arise from Fermi resonance of the C=C fundamental with the CH₂ w overtone. The C=C frequencies of the endo compounds support some previous findings of an unexpected strength of p– conjugation in the 2-alkoxy derivatives. Finally, DFT calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory are shown to give accurate predictions of the effect of 2-substituents on the group frequencies.     

Die Reaktion von Tellurhexafluorid mit Trimethylamin,Strukturen der TeF5−- und SeF5−-Anionen

Reaction of Telluriumhexafluoride and Trimethylamine, Structures of the TeF₅^? and SeF₅^? Anions The reaction of TeF₆ and (CH₃)₃N is of the redox kind, resulting in reduction of tellurium: X-ray single crystal analysis reveals the compounds (CH₃)₂N? CH₂? N(CH₃)₂⁺TeF₅^? and [(CH₃)₃NH⁺]₅(TeF₅^?)₃(HF₂^?)₂. By comparison with published data it can be shown that this mixture is identical to previously published [(CH₃)₃N]₂TeF₆. The latter was supposed to be one of the few examples of tellurium in a coordination state of eight. (CH₃)₄N⁺TeF₅^? and (CH₃)₄N⁴SeF₅^? are obtained and their structure is investigated by single crystal x-ray methods also. The anions SF₅^?, SeF₅^? and TeF₅^? are discussed in terms of weak interactions.     

The synthetic microporous tellurites Na2[Me 2(TeO3)3]·3H2O (Me=Zn,Co): Crystal structure,De- and rehydration,and ion exchange properties

Summary The crystal structure investigations of hydrothermally synthesized Na₂[Zn₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NZT) and Na₂[Co₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NCT) using single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods revealed a microporous framework structure of hexagonal symmetry with tubular channels running parallel to the c-axis (zemannite type). The statistically occupied sites of the Na⁺ ions and H₂O molecules within the channels as well as the channel dimensions indicate a possible zeolitic behaviour of the compounds. Thermoanalytical investigations ofNZT show an irreversible breakdown of the framework already atT=533 K caused by complete dehydration. A reversible rehydration was solely observed for partially dehydratedNZT (T493 K); a remarkable ion exchange rate from alkali-chloride solutions was observed only for Li⁺. Both the rehydration and the ion exchange properties are characterized by relatively long reaction times. The relatively poor zeolitic properties compared to typical zeolitic compounds could be related to the stereochemical activity of the lone-pair electrons of the Te⁴⁺ atoms which claim a certain volume within the channels and constrict the effective channel dimension to a free diameter of approximately 2.5 Å.

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Die synthetischen zeolithartigen Tellurite Na₂[Me ₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (Me=Zn, Co): Kristallstruktur, De- und Rehydratisierung und Ionenaustauschvermögen

Zusammenfassung Die Kristallstrukturuntersuchungen mittels Röntgen-Einkristalldiffraktionsmethoden von hydrothermal dargestelltem Na₂[Zn₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NZT) und Na₂[Co₂(TeO₃)₃]·3H₂O (NCT) ergaben eine zeolithartige Gerüststruktur hexagonaler Symmetrie mit parallel zur c-Achse angeordneten röhrenartigen Kanälen (Zemannittyp). Die statistisch besetzten Punktlagen der Na⁺-Atome und H₂O Moleküle innerhalb der Kanäle wie auch die Kanaldimensionen selbst weisen auf mögliche zeolithische Eigenschaften der Verbindungen hin. Thermoanalytische Untersuchungen anNZT ergaben einen irreversiblen Zusammenbruch der Gerüststruktur bereits beiT=533 K durch vollständige Entwässerung. Eine reversible Rehydratisierung wurde nur für partiell entwässertesNZT (T493 K) beobachtet; ein nennenswerter Ionenaustausch aus Alkalichlorid-Lösungen konnte nur für Li⁺ bestimmt werden. Sowohl die Rehydratisierung als auch das Ionenaustauschvermögen sind durch relativ lange Reaktionszeiten charakterisiert. Die im Vergleich zu typisch zeolithischen Verbindungen relativ schlechten zeolithischen Eigenschaften konnten auf die stereochemische Aktivität der einsamen Elektronenpaare der Te⁴⁺ Atome zurüchgefürt werden, die einen gewissen Platz innerhalb der Kanäle beanspruchen und den effektiven freien Durchmesser der Kanäle auf etwa 2.5 Å einengen.