Strained silacycle-catalyzed asymmetric Diels-Alder cycloadditions: the first highly enantioselective silicon Lewis acid catalyst

The first highly enantioselective silicon Lewis acid catalyst for an asymmetric organic transformation has been developed. The catalyst derives its activity from the strain induced in the silicon center by virtue of being constrained in a five-membered ring. A simple tridentate ligand has been developed and the derived chlorosilane complex catalyzes the Diels-Alder cycloaddition of methacrolein and cyclopentadiene with 94% ee.     

铽与苯甲酸及其衍生物配合物的合成与发光特性

合成了铽与苯甲酸及其衍生物(苯甲酸、邻苯二甲酸、间苯二甲酸、水杨酸、邻氨基苯甲酸、磺基水杨酸)的配合物。经元素分析确定其组成结构式。研究了它们的红外吸收光谱、紫外吸收光谱及荧光光谱。紫外光谱的研究表明,配合物的紫外吸收主要表现为配体的吸收;红外光谱的研究表明,配合物的红外光谱不同于自由配体的红外光谱;荧光光谱的研究表明,铽与这六个配体的配合物都表现出较好的荧光性能,并发现磺基水杨酸铽配合物在本实验系列中其荧光发射最强。     

Cinnamic acid amides and lignanamides from Aptenia cordifolia

Examination of the hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves of Aptenia cordifolia has afforded three cinnamic acid amides and two lignanamides. Structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic data, including 2D-NMR analyses.     

聚酰胺酸合成工艺研究

 采用超声波在线测量溶液粘度的方法，研究了合成聚酰胺酸过程中实验条件的影响，并对实验结果进行分析，由此确定了合成高分子量聚酰胺酸的最佳实验条件。研究表明：在加料次序为先加二胺后加二酐（二酐与二胺的摩尔比为1.01～1.02：1）、试剂中含水量尽可能少，反应温度0～5℃、反应时间以溶液粘度到达最大值为止的条件下，所合成的聚酰胺酸溶液粘度最大，可满足惯性约束聚变（ICF）充气腔靶端口膜的需要。     

脑细胞激活素药物的化学成分分析

采用日本岛津LC-60A型高压液相色谱仪和美国P-E3030型原子吸收分光光度计，对该药进行了氨基酸、维生素和化学元素的含量测定。结果表明，该药含有18种氨基酸，不少于3种维生素和20几种化学元素，为进一步改进该药物的合理配制方法和临床应用提供了参考数据。     

寡聚乳酸改性葡聚糖的合成及表征

设计了两种基于寡聚L-乳酸(OLL)改性葡聚糖的工艺路线:路线Ⅰ为OLL末端羟基活化后接枝葡聚糖;路线Ⅱ为在亲核试剂及偶合剂的存在下,OLL末端羧基接枝葡聚糖.研究表明,固定OLL与葡聚糖摩尔比,延长反应时间有利于提高路线Ⅰ的产品得率,而对路线Ⅱ中的产品得率几乎没有影响.1HNMR,IR,UV表征改性后产物显示OLL在葡聚糖上的接枝率(葡聚塘的100个葡萄糖单元上OLL的数目)可以通过调节反应物摩尔比得到有效的控制.     

Interpretation of inorganic arsenic metabolism in humans in the light of observations made in vitro and in vivo in the rat

The toxicity of inorganic trivalent arsenic for living organisms is reduced by in vivo methylation of the element. In man, this biotransformation leads to the synthesis of monomethylarsonic (MMA) and dimethylarsinic (DMA) acids, which are efficiently eliminated in urine along with the unchanged form (As_i). In order to document the methylation process in humans, the kinetics of As_i, MMA and DMA elimination were studied in volunteers given a single dose of one of these three arsenicals or repeated doses of As_i. The arsenic methylation efficiency was also assessed in subjects acutely intoxicated with arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃) and in patients with liver diseases. Several observations in humans can be explained by the properties of the enzymic systems involved in the methylation process which we have characterized in vitro and in vivo in rats as follows: (1) production of As_i metabolites is catalyzed by an enzymic system whose activity is highest in liver cytosol; (2) different enzymic activities, using the same methyl group donor (S-adenosylmethionine), lead to the production of mono- and di-methylated derivatives which are excreted in urine as MMA and DMA; (3) dimethylating activity is highly sensitive to inhibition by excess of inorganic arsenic; (4) reduced glutathione concentration in liver moderates the arsenic methylation process through several mechanisms, e.g. stimulation of the first methylation reaction leading to MMA, facilitation of As_i uptake by hepatocytes, stimulation of the biliary excretion of the element, reduction of pentavalent forms before methylation, and protection of a reducing environment in the cells necessary to maintain the activity of the enzymic systems.     

Reaction of pentafluorobenzoylpyruvic acid with amines

Reactions of pentafluorobenzoylpyruvic acid with amines afford the respective enamines. The intramolecular cyclization of the latter results inN-substituted 4-quinolone-2-carboxylic acids. Ammonia and triethylamine favor the cyclization of pentafluorobenzoylpyruvic acid to 2-carboxychromone.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 299–302, February, 1994.     

Cubane derivatives 1. Synthesis and molecular structures of the esters of 1,4-cubanedicarboxylic acid

An effective method of esterification of 1,4-cubanedicarboxylic acid with alkylsulfuric acids is proposed. The derivatives of alkanols with substantially different pK_a Valus are obtained in high yields. Molecular structures of the esters obtained are confirmed by various methods. The X-ray study showed a remarkable effect of the nature of an alkyl radical on the geometry of the cubane core.Translated fromIzyestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp.668–672, April, 1994.The authors thank Dr. G. V. Lagodzinskaya for analyzing the NMR spectra and for useful discussions.