Enantioselective phospha-Michael reaction of diethyl phosphonate with exocyclic α,β-unsaturated benzocyclic ketones catalyzed by a dinuclear zinc−AzePhenol catalyst

The dinuclear zinc complexes as high performance catalysts were used to catalyze phospha-Michael reaction of exocyclic α,β-unsaturated benzocyclic ketones under mild conditions, and the desired products possessing 1-indanones or 1-tetralones skeleton were obtained with excellent enantioselectivities of up to 99%/99% ee and yields of up to 99%. The absolute stereochemistry of the major products catalyzed by (R,R)-L1 was determined to be the (R,R)-configuration by X-ray crystallographic analysis of 3d. A positive nonlinear effect was observed and the possible mechanism was proposed.     

In Situ Proteome Profiling and Bioimaging Applications of Small‐Molecule Affinity‐Based Probes Derived From DOT1L Inhibitors

DOT1L is the sole protein methyltransferase that methylates histone H3 on lysine 79 (H3K79), and is a promising drug target against cancers. Small‐molecule inhibitors of DOT1L such as FED1 are potential anti‐cancer agents and useful tools to investigate the biological roles of DOT1L in human diseases. FED1 showed excellent in vitro inhibitory activity against DOT1L, but its cellular effect was relatively poor. In this study, we designed and synthesized photo‐reactive and “clickable” affinity‐based probes (AfBPs), P1 and P2 , which were cell‐permeable and structural mimics of FED1 . The binding and inhibitory effects of these two probes against DOT1L protein were extensively investigated in vitro and in live mammalian cells (in situ). The cellular uptake and sub‐cellular localization properties of the probes were subsequently studied in live‐cell imaging experiments, and our results revealed that, whereas both P1 and P2 readily entered mammalian cells, most of them were not able to reach the cell nucleus where functional DOT1L resides. This offers a plausible explanation for the poor cellular activity of FED1 . Finally with P1 / P2 , large‐scale cell‐based proteome profiling, followed by quantitative LC‐MS/MS, was carried out to identify potential cellular off‐targets of FED1 . Amongst the more than 100 candidate off‐targets identified, NOP2 (a putative ribosomal RNA methyltransferase) was further confirmed to be likely a genuine off‐target of FED1 by preliminary validation experiments including pull‐down/Western blotting (PD/WB) and cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA).     

A numerical study for the KdV and the good Boussinesq equations using Fourier Chebyshev tau meshless method

The current paper presents a scheme, which combines Fourier spectral method and Chebyshev tau meshless method based on the highest derivative (CTMMHD) to solve the nonlinear KdV equation and the good Boussinesq equation. Fourier spectral method is used to approximate the spatial variable, and the problem is converted to a series of equations with Fourier coefficients as unknowns. Then, CTMMHD is applied blockwise in time direction. For the long time computing of solitons, we introduce the computational area moving technique. The numerical results show that the accuracy of Fourier-CTMMHD is good and the computational area moving technique makes the long-time numerical behavior well for the problems with solitons moving towards the same direction.     

Study on viscoelastic properties of epoxidized trans-1,4-polyisoprene by rubber process analyzer

Two kinds of epoxidized trans-1,4-polyisoprene (ETPI) were prepared by surface selective epoxidation which products named as SETPI and solution random epoxidation which product named as RETPI, respectively. The viscoelastic behavior of unmodified trans-1,4-polyisoprene (TPI) and ETPI, both RETPI and SETPI, was studied with the use of a rubber process analyzer (RPA). The strain sweep, frequency sweep, temperature sweep and stress sweep indicated that the SETPI could be seen as a blend of the pure ETPI and TPI. The rheological behavior of TPI and ETPI was recorded by two kinds of shear rate. An obvious effect of epoxidation on the movement behavior of the melt of RETPI was observed. However, the effect of epoxy content of SETPI on ln??* is weak. The complex viscosity at various frequencies of SETPI is higher than that of RETPI.     

Depressing defocusing effect in microscopy by bi-orthogonal wavelet transform

For different dimensions, heights and irregular shapes, small and large particles cannot be viewed simultaneously as sharp images under the microscope due to optical defocusing effects. Bi-orthogonal wavelet transform is used in this paper to depress such defocusing effect by merging the wavelet coefficients of the image series. The algorithm is presented in detail, using SWE(13,7) and CDF(2,2), and a few particle images are provided to validate the proposed method.     

Advances in Electrochemical Decarboxylative Transformation Reactions

Owing to their non-toxic, stable, inexpensive properties, carboxylic acids are considered as environmentally benign alternatives as coupling partners in various organic transformations. Electrochemical mediated decarboxylation of carboxylic acid has emerged as a new and efficient methodology for the construction of carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom bonds. Compared with transition-metal catalysis and photoredox catalysis, electro-organic decarboxylative transformations are considered as a green and sustainable protocol due to the absence of chemical oxidants and strong bases. Further, it exhibits good tolerance with various functional groups. In this Minireview, we summarize the recent advances and discoveries on the electrochemical decarboxylative transformations on C−C and C−heteroatoms bond formations.     

Simulation of Three-Spin Interaction in Coupled Cavities Chain

We generalize usual second-order effective Hamiltonian approximation into third-order. Employing the generalized method, we propose a scheme to generate three-spin interaction using coupled cavity chain. We show that the third order term not only improves two parties interaction but also induces direct three-spin interaction which has not been simulated before. By controlling the frequency of laser field, one can obtain next nearest neighbor interaction on the same order with the nearest neighbor’s or the three-spin interaction on the same order as next nearest neighbor’s.     

不同尺寸的NdFeB稀土永磁体热退磁行为研究

针对不同类型及不同尺寸的两类NdFeB永磁体分别研究了它们随温度变化的热退磁行为。采用样品的整体剩余磁通来表征热退磁过程中磁体性能的变化。结果表明,Pc较小的永磁体温度稳定性较差,随温度的升高,样品的剩余磁通迅速衰减;Pc<<0.1的普通型永磁体,温度为100℃时样品的剩余磁通损失超过60%。高矫顽力型永磁体比普通型磁体具有更优越的温度稳定性和高温性能。温度升高主要导致磁体矫顽力降低,140℃时普通型磁体的矫顽力降低约80%,而高矫顽力型磁体的矫顽力只降低了约20%。