An Efficient Labelling Approach to Harness Backbone and Side‐Chain Protons in 1H‐Detected Solid‐State NMR Spectroscopy

¹H‐detection can greatly improve spectral sensitivity in biological solid‐state NMR (ssNMR), thus allowing the study of larger and more complex proteins. However, the general requirement to perdeuterate proteins critically curtails the potential of ¹H‐detection by the loss of aliphatic side‐chain protons, which are important probes for protein structure and function. Introduced herein is a labelling scheme for ¹H‐detected ssNMR, and it gives high quality spectra for both side‐chain and backbone protons, and allows quantitative assignments and aids in probing interresidual contacts. Excellent ¹H resolution in membrane proteins is obtained, the topology and dynamics of an ion channel were studied. This labelling scheme will open new avenues for the study of challenging proteins by ssNMR.     

增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤激光器抽运技术研究进展

介绍了一种新型增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤的结构、基本理论以及其在光纤激光器领域的重要应用. 在综合分析了不同抽运条件下的激光输出特性以及光纤的热效应特征后, 得出侧面抽运是增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤的最佳抽运方案的结论; 重点介绍了增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤侧面抽运的理论模拟以及基于V形槽技术的侧面抽运实验研究过程, 为相关领域的实验研究提供了参考; 最后分析了实验结果与理论差距较大的原因, 并提出了改进的方向.     

Electronic structure and relative stability of 1:1 Cu-O2 adducts from difference-dedicated configuration interaction calculations

A computational strategy to analyze Cu-O(2) adducts based on the use of difference-dedicated configuration interaction (DDCI) calculations is presented. The electronic structure, vertical gaps and nature of the metal-O(2) interaction, and the extension of the charge transfer between both fragments have been investigated. Relative stabilities between isomers are determined from triplet states CCSD(T) calculations. The key point of the here proposed strategy rests on the use of a rationally designed active space, containing only those orbitals, which optimize the interaction pathways between LCu and O(2) fragments. The procedure has been tested on a broad set of model and synthetic biomimetic systems, the results compared with previous theoretical evaluations and/or available experimental data. Our study indicates that this strategy can be considered as an alternative approach to multireference second-order perturbation theory methods to deal with this type of systems with remarkable biradical nature.     

Regioselectivity Study on Propylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Neutral Salicyladiminato Pd（Ⅱ） Model Complex with DFT Method

Many attempts have been made to control the regioselectivity for olefin polymerization by varying the structures of ligands in catalysts. The regioselectivity of propylene polymerization was investigated by replacing a nitrogen atom in the Pd(Ⅱ) diimine catalyst with an oxygen atom from density functional theory method at the B3LYP/LANL2DZ level. The results show that the 1,2-insertion becomes a rival mechanism to the 2,1-insertion when the nitrogen atom is replaced by the oxygen atom leading to an asymmetric environment in the catalyst, and that the steric effect in the asymmetrical catalyst plays an important part in the polymerization. The insertion barrier from 2-O is much higher than that from 2-N. A pyramid transition state was characterized for the catalyst to convert 2-O back to 2-N through internal rotation. The propylene prefers to coordinate at the opposite side of O in the catalyst. This is the driving force for the internal rotation.The results are significant for isotactic and syndiotactic polymerization.     

Selectively reductive cleavage of the protected taxol side chain with sodium borohydride

During the course of our studies on the taxol chemistry,we have ever tried thereductive cleavage of the acotyl group at 20-C in compound 1a~(1,2) with the hydroxylgroup assistance at 4-C by sodium borohydride. However, the major product 2a~2(27%)still had the acetyl group at 20-C and the signal for the 10-C proton at 6.61 ppm(s)was shifted to 6.31 ppm(d, J=3.79 Hz). A new doublet signal at 3.62 ppm(d, J=3.80     

具有苯烷基侧链的芳香液晶聚酯的合成及性质

以熔融缩聚方法全盛了具有苯烷基侧链取代的全芳香液晶聚酯，用TG，DSC，热台偏光显微镜研究了聚酯的热性能，并讨论了取代基对聚酯热性能的影响，所有合成的聚酯均为热致型液晶，且具有较低的相转变温度。特别是当聚对苯二甲酸对苯二酚酯的两个苯环上分别取代了叔丁基和苯烷基，或取代了两个苯烷基侧链后，聚酯的熔融温度下降到225℃以下，并可在室温下溶于普通的有机溶剂中。     

The synthesis and characterization of amine-terminated poly(aryl ether ketone)s as a function of side group and molecular weight

It is shown that amine-terminated poly(aryl ether ketone)s based on the reaction of 4,4'-difluorobenzophenone, and a substituted hydroquinone [either methylhydroquinone (MePK), t-butylhydroquinone (tBPK), or phenylhydroquinone (PhPK)] of controlled molecular weight and high amine-termination efficiency can be synthesized by a two-step reaction technique. Attempts to synthesize analogous materials by a one-step method were shown to be unsuccessful. The side groups are shown to have a large influence on the aromatic proton chemical shifts and this effect is characterized. The side groups and molecular weight are also shown to influence the thermal transitions of the respective polymers. The tBPK polymer possessed the highest glass transition temperature, while the MePK polymer was found to be the only semi-crystalline polymer; a unit cell is proposed. The side groups and molecular weight effects are also characterized as a function of thermal stability and mechanical properties. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Changes in sol fraction during peroxide crosslinking of linear low-density polyethylenes with homogeneous distribution of short chain branching

FTIR measurements of sol fractions were carried out in order to assess side reactions during dicumyl peroxide (DCP) crosslinking of linear low density polyethylenes (LLDPEs) with homogeneous distribution of short chain branching. The changes of methyl and olefinic unsaturation concentration were measured as a function of degree of branching and DCP content. The changes of methyl and vinylidene concentration indicate that the scission probability has greater significance for the samples with initial branch content above 31 CH₃/1000 C and increases with increasing DCP concentration. The analysis of trans-vinylene concentration indicates that the probability of disproportionation also increases with increasing DCP content. The changes of methyl concentration in the sol fraction of the sample containing initially ca. 23 CH₃/1000 C with increasing DCP content could be interpreted using the dependence of crosslinking efficiency on branch content found previously for some range of branch concentration. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.