Synthesis and magnetic properties of organic multilayer films based on the layer‐by‐layer assembly

Two polymers containing pyridine rings were prepared by free‐radical polymerization and confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and ¹H NMR spectra. The preparation of four multilayer films that were obtained by self‐assembly of the polymer and the transition metal neutralized polyelectrolyte on PE substrate was described. UV–vis spectra and atomic force microscopy images were applied to characterize these films and indicate the uniform assembling process. The driving force for building up the multilayer films was identified by infrared spectroscopy to be the coordination interaction. The magnetic behavior was examined as a function of magnetic field strength at 30 kOe and as a function of temperature (5–300 K). All films display strong soft ferromagnetic properties and higher than those of the bulk materials. The magnetic results show that the layer‐by‐layer self‐assembling approach is beneficial to the ordered alignment of adjacent paramagnetic spins and induces better magnetic phenomena. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Redox‐Neutral α‐Allylation of Amines by Combining Palladium Catalysis and Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

An unprecedented α‐allylation of amines was achieved by combining palladium catalysis and visible‐light photoredox catalysis. In this dual catalysis process, the catalytic generation of allyl radical from the corresponding π‐allylpalladium intermediate was achieved without additional metal reducing reagents (redox‐neutral). Various allylation products of amines were obtained in high yields through radical cross‐coupling under mild reaction conditions. Moreover, the transformation was applied to the formal synthesis of 8‐oxoprotoberberine derivatives which show potential anticancer properties.     

Synergetic Spin Crossover and Fluorescence in One‐Dimensional Hybrid Complexes

Hybrid materials integrated with a variety of physical properties, such as spin crossover (SCO) and fluorescence, may show synergetic effects that find applications in many fields. Herein we demonstrate a promising post‐synthetic approach to achieve such materials by grafting fluorophores (1‐pyrenecarboxaldehyde and Rhodamine B) on one‐dimensional SCO Fe^II structures. The resulting hybrid materials display expected one‐step SCO behavior and fluorescent properties, in particular showing a coupling between the transition temperature of SCO and the temperature where the fluorescent intensity reverses. Consequently, synergetic effect between SCO and fluorescence is incorporated into materials despite different fluorophores. This study provides an effective strategy for the design and development of novel magnetic and optical materials.     

纸质包装材料中甲醛、乙醛向食品模拟物改性聚苯醚的迁移行为

为了解纸质包装材料中甲醛、乙醛向食品模拟物改性聚苯醚( Tenax)中的迁移行为,建立了一步提取衍生化、超高效液相色谱测定纸质包装材料和Tenax中的甲醛和乙醛的方法。本方法在甲醛和乙醛的测定范围内,线性相关系数R2>0.9999,甲醛检出限为0.03 mg/m2,乙醛检出限为0.04 mg/m2,测定纸样和Tenax的加标回收率为90.1%~108.6%。采用本方法研究不同温度和时间下两种纸质包装材料中甲醛、乙醛向Tenax中的迁移规律。研究表明,甲醛、乙醛迁移行为随时间变化趋势大致相同,均呈现迁移率随迁移时间延长先迅速增大,后又减小达到一个常数;甲醛和乙醛迁移率受温度的影响不同,达到平衡后,甲醛在30℃下迁移率最高,乙醛在70℃和50℃下迁移率高;甲醛和乙醛向Tenax中的迁移率差异较大,达到平衡后,乙醛的迁移率远高于甲醛。     

亲电取代反应中活性位点预测方法的比较

预测发生亲电取代反应的活性位点具有重要的理论和实际意义. 目前已提出了许多基于反应物自身电子结构的预测方法. 本文选择14 个单取代苯和8 个双取代苯作为测试集,对14 种预测方法的可靠性进行了详细的比较分析. 结果表明,福井函数、平均局部离子化能等体现局部电子软度的方法特别适合含有邻对位定位基的单取代苯和双取代苯体系,但对于含有单个间位定位基的体系,这类方法往往预测失败. 基于静电效应的预测方法整体表现明显不如体现局部软度的方法,但更适合含有单个间位定位基的体系. 对所有体系预测能力最稳健的是双描述符,因此可以作为普适性的预测方法.     

Spatial,Hysteretic, and Adaptive Host–Guest Chemistry in a Metal–Organic Framework with Open Watson–Crick Sites

Biological and artificial molecules and assemblies capable of supramolecular recognition, especially those with nucleobase pairing, usually rely on autonomous or collective binding to function. Advanced site‐specific recognition takes advantage of cooperative spatial effects, as in local folding in protein–DNA binding. Herein, we report a new nucleobase‐tagged metal–organic framework (MOF), namely ZnBTCA (BTC=benzene‐1,3,5‐tricarboxyl, A=adenine), in which the exposed Watson–Crick faces of adenine residues are immobilized periodically on the interior crystalline surface. Systematic control experiments demonstrated the cooperation of the open Watson–Crick sites and spatial effects within the nanopores, and thermodynamic and kinetic studies revealed a hysteretic host–guest interaction attributed to mild chemisorption. We further exploited this behavior for adenine–thymine binding within the constrained pores, and a globally adaptive response of the MOF host was observed.     

Novel sponge-like molecularly imprinted mesoporous silica material for selective isolation of bisphenol A and its analogues from sediment extracts

Bisphenol A (BPA) imprinted sponge mesoporous silica was synthesized using a combination of semi-covalent molecular imprinting and simple self-assembly process. The molecularly imprinted sponge mesoporous silica (MISMS) material obtained was characterized by FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurements. The results show that the MISMS possessed a large specific surface area (850.55 m² g⁻¹) and a highly interconnected 3-D porous network. As a result, the MISMS demonstrated a superior specific adsorption capacity of 169.22 μmol g⁻¹ and fast adsorption kinetics (reaching equilibrium within 3 min) for BPA. Good class selectivity for BPA and its analogues (bisphenol F, bisphenol B, bisphenol E and bisphenol AF) was also demonstrated by the sorption experiment. The MISMS as solid-phase extraction (SPE) material was then evaluated for isolation and clean-up of these bisphenols (BPs) from sediment samples. An accurate and sensitive analytical method based on the MISMS–SPE coupled with HPLC–DAD has been successfully established for simultaneous determination of five BPs in river sediments with detection limits of 0.43–0.71 ng g⁻¹ dry weight (dw). The recoveries of BPs for lyophilizated sediment samples at two spiking levels (50 and 500 ng g⁻¹ dw for each BP) were in the range of 75.5–105.5% with RSD values below 7.5%.     

HPLC Determination of Lansoprazole and Method Application for the Formulation Development of Enteric‐coated Lansoprazole Pellets

The aim of this study was to develop a validated HPLC method for the determination of lansoprazole in dissolution medium and pellets. For the formulation development, we investigated the role of 2‐hydroxypropyl‐β‐cyclodextrin (HPβCD) on the dissolution of enteric‐coated pellets of lansoprazole prepared by the solution layering technique using a fluid bed coater. Dissolution results demonstrated the coating using Acryl‐Eze protected the formulations from releasing lansoprazole in acid medium for the first 2 h, and the addition of HPβCD improved the dissolution performance by 189%, compared with the group without HPβCD. The DSC analysis displaced an absence of the endothermic peak for the lyophilized products lansoprazole and HPβCD, and FTIR analysis demonstrated the band broadening, shifting or disappearance compared to the spectra of the physical mixture, which indicated the formation of the inclusion complex between lansoprazole and HPβCD. This study has developed a validated HPLC method to measure lansoprazole in test media and pellets, which was applied successfully to the formula tion development of enteric‐coated pellets.     

Determination of Acetylcysteine in Pharmaceutical Samples by Silicomolybdenum Blue Spectrophotometry

An accurate and fast spectrophotometric method for the determination of acetylcysteine by silicomolybdenum blue has been established. The various effect factors on the determination of acetylcysteine by silicomolybdenum blue spectrophotometry are investigated in detail. The results show that under the optimum reaction conditions, SiO₃^2‐ reacts with Mo₇O₂₄^6‐ to form silicon molybdenum heteropoly acid (H₄Si(Mo₃O₁₀)₄). Then H₄Si(Mo₃O₁₀)₄ is reduced by hydrosulfuryl (‐SH) in acetylcysteine to form silicomolybdenum blue (H₄Si(Mo₃O₁₀)₂(Mo₃O₉)₂). The absorbance of silicomolybdenum blue is measured at the maximal absorption wavelength of 735 nm, and the content of acetylcysteine can be calculated based on this absorbance. A good linear relationship is obtained between the absorbance of silicomolybdenum blue and the concentration of acetylcysteine in the range of 5.040∼25.20 μg⋅mL^‐1. The linear regression equation is A = 0.0272 + 21.484C (mg⋅mL^‐1), with a linear correlation coefficient of 0.9995. This proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of acetylcysteine in pharmaceutical samples, and the results agree well with those obtained by pharmacopoeial method.     

The Syntheses,Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Four 2D Lanthanide(III)‐naphthalenedicarboxylic Complexes

Four Ln‐NDC coordination polymers [Ln(NDC)(HNDC)(H₂O)] (Ln = La ( 1 ), Pr ( 2 ), Nd ( 3 ), Sm ( 4 ), H₂NDC = 1,4‐naphthalenedicarboxylic acid) were hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Compounds 1 – 4 are isomorphous, and their structures display a layer constructed from a Ln‐organic chain and NDC^2– ligand, in which the H₂NDC ligands adopt two different acidity‐dependent types and coordination modes: HNDC^1– with μ‐η¹:η¹ and NDC^2– with μ‐η¹:η²:η¹:η². The 3D supramolecular networks of 1 – 4 are mainly controlled by hydrogen bonds interactions. The magnetic susceptibilities of complexes 2 – 4 reveal overall antiferromagnetic interactions between the Ln^III ions. In addition, thermogravimetric analysis of compound 2 is described.