A novel approach for one-step forming ε-caprolactam from cyclohexane nitrozation catalyzed by transition metal salt

The nitrozation reaction of cyclohexane in one-step reaction to form ε-caprolactam has been studied using transition metal salt as catalysts in this work. The results indicated that the catalysts play an especially important role. This method is expected to be a novel way to synthesize other lactam by similar reaction. The possible mechanism was suggested.     

Two Key Amino Acids Variant of α-l-arabinofuranosidase from Bacillus subtilis Str. 168 with Altered Activity for Selective Conversion Ginsenoside Rc to Rd

α-l-arabinofuranosidase is a subfamily of glycosidases involved in the hydrolysis of l-arabinofuranosidic bonds, especially in those of the terminal non-reducing arabinofuranosyl residues of glycosides, from which efficient glycoside hydrolases can be screened for the transformation of ginsenosides. In this study, the ginsenoside Rc-hydrolyzing α-l-arabinofuranosidase gene, BsAbfA, was cloned from Bacilus subtilis, and its codons were optimized for efficient expression in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant protein BsAbfA fused with an N-terminal His-tag was overexpressed and purified, and then subjected to enzymatic characterization. Site-directed mutagenesis of BsAbfA was performed to verify the catalytic site, and the molecular mechanism of BsAbfA catalyzing ginsenoside Rc was analyzed by molecular docking, using the homology model of sequence alignment with other β-glycosidases. The results show that the purified BsAbfA had a specific activity of 32.6 U/mg. Under optimal conditions (pH 5, 40 °C), the kinetic parameters K_m of BsAbfA for pNP-α-Araf and ginsenoside Rc were 0.6 mM and 0.4 mM, while the K_cat/K_m were 181.5 s⁻¹ mM⁻¹ and 197.8 s⁻¹ mM⁻¹, respectively. More than 90% of ginsenoside Rc could be transformed by 12 U/mL purified BsAbfA at 40 °C and pH 5 in 24 h. The results of molecular docking and site-directed mutagenesis suggested that the E173 and E292 variants for BsAbfA are important in recognizing ginsenoside Rc effectively, and to make it enter the active pocket to hydrolyze the outer arabinofuranosyl moieties at C₂₀ position. These remarkable properties and the catalytic mechanism of BsAbfA provide a good alternative for the effective biotransformation of the major ginsenoside Rc into Rd.     

单取代烷烃电离能的估算

根据量子力学微扰理论,将单官能团取代甲烷(MeZ)和单官能团取代烷烃(RZ)分别当作未微扰体系和同扰体系,则后者的第一电离能Ip~1~(~R~Z~)可由下式估算：Ip~1~(~R~Z~)＝Ip~1~(~M~e~Z~)＋7.1702△qz－1.3949△PEI。其中Ip~1~(~M~e~Z~)为取代甲烷的第一电离能,△qz为RZ和MeZ分子中Z上面的部分电荷之差,△PEI为基团R和Me的极化效应指数(PEI)之差。对10类单官能团取代烷烃的61个化合物计算结果表明,计算值和实验值之间的平均相对误差仅为0.20%。     

一类以菲衍生物为配体的新型红色到近红外磷光配合物的合成及其光致和电致发光性质

以2-(菲-9)-吡啶、1-(菲-9)异喹啉和喹喔啉并[2,3-l]菲为配体,合成了3个新颖的红色到近红外磷光配合物(pypt)2Ir(acac)、(sqpt)2Ir(acac)和(qupt)2Ir(acac).对这些配合物的吸收、发射光谱和电化学性质进行了研究,结果发现,菲取代基的性质主要影响配合物的LUMO能级,随着菲取代基共轭程度的增加,吸收光谱和发射光谱红移,光致发光(PL)光谱从619 nm红移到704 nm.将4%的(sqpt)2Ir(acac)掺杂在PVK+PBD主体材料中制备了掺杂磷光发光器件,器件电致发光(EL)光谱的λmax为704 nm,器件的EL光谱从红色一直延伸到近红外区域.     

Stability of vortex solitons in the cubic-quintic model

We investigate one-parameter families of two-dimensional bright spinning solitons (ring vortices) in dispersive media combining cubic self-focusing and quintic self-defocusing nonlinearities. In direct simulations, the spinning solitons display a symmetry-breaking azimuthal instability, which leads to breakup of a soliton into a set of fragments, each being a stable nonspinning soliton. The fragments fly out tangentially to the circular crest of the original vortex ring. If the soliton’s energy is large enough, the instability develops so slowly that the spinning solitons may be regarded as virtually stable ones, in accord with earlier published results. Growth rates of perturbation eigenmodes with different azimuthal “quantum numbers” are calculated as a function of the soliton’s propagation constant κ from a numerical solution of the linearized equations. As a result, a narrow (in terms of κ) stability window is found for extremely broad solitons with values of the “spin” s=1 and 2. However, analytical consideration of a special perturbation mode in the form of a spontaneous shift of the soliton’s central “bubble” (core of the vortex embedded in a broad soliton) demonstrates that even extremely broad solitons are subject to an exponentially weak instability against this mode. In actual simulations, a manifestation of this instability is found in a three-dimensional soliton with s=1. In the case when the two-dimensional spinning solitons are subject to tangible azimuthal instability, the number of the nonspinning fragments into which the soliton splits is usually, but not always, equal to the azimuthal number of the instability eigenmode with the largest growth rate.     

Excess enthalpies and excess volumes of (2-methoxyethanol + 1,4-dioxane) and (1,2-dimethoxyethane + benzene) at temperatures between 283.15 K and 313.15 K

The measurement of excess enthalpies, H^E, at T=298.15 K and densities at temperatures between 283.15 K and 313.15 K are reported for the (2-methoxyethanol + 1,4-dioxane) and (1,2-dimethoxyethane + benzene) systems. The values of H^E and the excess volumes, V^E, are positive, and the temperature dependence of V^E is quite small for (2-methoxyethanol + 1,4-dioxane). The (1,2-dimethoxyethane + benzene) system shows a negative H^E and sigmoid curves in V^E, which change sign from positive to negative with an increase in 1,2-dimethoxyethane. The temperature dependence of V^E for this system is negative.     

Copper-catalyzed regioselective alkylation of heteroarenes with functionalized alkyl halides

The Cu-catalyzed regioselective alkylation of heteroarenes with functionalized primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl halides is reported. The reaction proceeds via the copper-catalyzed addition of alkyl radicals to a wide range of heteroarenes, including coumarin, quinolinone, naphthoquinone, and benzofuran derivatives, with a broad substrate scope and wide functional group tolerance.     

Magnetic nanoparticle-supported eosin Y ammonium salt: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for visible light oxidative C–C and C–P bond formation

A highly efficient visible light mediated C–C and C–P coupling reactions of sp³ C–H bonds adjacent to the nitrogen atom in tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives with pronucleophiles such as nitroalkanes, malononitrile, dimethyl malonate and H-phosphonate diesters were achieved by using a magnetic nanoparticle-supported eosin Y bis-benzyltriethylammonium salt (MNPs-Eosin Y) as catalyst and air as the sole oxidant, affording the corresponding products in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions. Notably, the supported eosin Y catalyst can easily be separated from the reaction mixture by an external permanent magnet and can be recycled at least eight times without a significant loss of activity.     

双(取代水杨醛)缩卡巴肼正丁基锡配合物的合成、结构及除草活性

在微波甲醇溶剂热中,正丁基三氯化锡(n-BuSnCl₃)与双[4-二乙氨基或(3,5-二叔丁基)取代水杨醛]缩卡巴肼和缩硫代卡巴肼配体反应,合成双(取代水杨醛)缩卡巴肼和缩硫代卡巴肼丁基锡配合物,( n-BuSn) ₂CI₃(OH₂)[(2-OH,R)PhCH=NNH]₂CX[R:4-NEt₂(4-二乙氨基),X:O(A1);R:4-NEt₂,X:S(A2);R:3,5-(t-Bu)₂,X:O(A3);R:3,5-(t-Bu)₂,X:S(A4)],经元素分析、IR、¹H 和 ¹³C NMR表征,X射线衍射获得的配合物A2的晶体结构表明,化合物A2是具有六配位畸形八面体构型的双锡核配合物。 配体及其丁基锡配合物均对马齿苋、刺苋、四九菜心、苋菜和决明子靶标植物具有生长抑制作用,且配合物A1和A2具有较广谱、配合物A3和A4具有选择性生长抑制作用,可作为杂草生长抑制候选物研究。     

Entanglement dynamics of two-qubit systems in different quantum noises

The entanglement dynamics of two-qubit systems in different quantum noises are investigated by means of the operator-sum representation method.We find that,except for the amplitude damping and phase damping quantum noise,the sudden death of entanglement is always observed in different two-qubit systems with generalized amplitude damping and depolarizing quantum noise.